Government Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Government is the study of political institutions, processes, and theories. It examines agencies, political bodies, and the workings of the state.

• Question 11: Membership of a society is Options:
  A) reserved
  B) voluntary
  C) mandatory
  D) honorary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12: The component units of the Nigerian Federation comprises Options:
  A) national assemblt,military,police and civil service
  B) onstituency,ward,emirate and chiefdom
  C) federal,state,local government and federal capital territory
  D) federal capital territory,national assembly,supreme court and civil service
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 13: Once a country changes from military to civilian rule, future military rule becomes Options:
  A) Impossible
  B) a matter of time
  C) question only of the wishes of senior military officers
  D) difficult if the civilian regime pursues popular and widely beneficial policies
  E) possible through foreigh military intervention
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14:

  Amendment of the U. N. O. charter is the duty of the ........

  Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) Secretariat
  C) General Assembly
  D) Trusteeship Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15: Which of the following is the main function of the civil service Options:
  A) implementing government policies
  B) supporting the party in power
  C) Allocating resources to the fedearting units
  D) Mobilizing grass root support for government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  Which document serves as the constitution of the United Nations?

  Options:
  A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  B) Geneva conventions
  C) Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  D) Charter of the United Nations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 17: The three fundamental rights of citizens are Options:
  A) salvation, property, freedom of thought
  B) employment, property, and social security
  C) life, liberty and propery
  D) free education, peaceable assembly and freedom of though
  E) freedom of movement, association and religion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18: A major merit of privatization is that it increases Options:
  A) industrial harmony
  B) public fiscal resources
  C) activities on the stock exchange
  D) labour turnover
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19: Which of these countries was NOT a foundation member of the Organisation of African Unity? Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Ethiopia
  C) Zimbabwe
  D) Tanzania
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 20: We say that a constitution is rigid if Options:
  A) the sources are too many
  B) the constitution is foreign
  C) it has no chapter on human rights
  D) the provisions are too detailed
  E) the process of changing it is too cumbersome
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  The correct answer is E .