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 1991: Which of the following is NOT a fundamental human right in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Right to education
  B) Right to personal liberty
  C) Freedom of thought
  D) Freedom of conscience
  E) Non of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1992: The application of the principle of separation of powers seems impracticable because powers is Options:
  A) delegated
  B) centralized
  C) fused
  D) separated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1993: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1994: The term, rule of law means Options:
  A) nobody is above the law
  B) everybody is equal before the law
  C) we are being governed by lawyers
  D) A and B above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1995:

  Nigeria is a founding member of which regional organization?

  Options:
  A) ECOWAS
  B) Non-aligned Movement
  C) OPEC
  D) IMF
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1996: Nationalist activities were earlier in British than in French West Africa because the Options:
  A) French West Africans were not interested in having self government
  B) British colonialists were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
  C) French addministrative polices did not allow for poltical agitation
  D) nationalists their french counterparts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1997: The most critical debates on a bill and amendments to it take place during the Options:
  A) first reading
  B) second reading
  C) third reading
  D) assent
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1998: In the First Republic,politics in the Northern region was dominated by the Options:
  A) NEPU
  B) UMBC
  C) NCNC
  D) NPC
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1999: The commission established to handle the electoral activities in the Second Republic of Nigeria was Options:
  A) FEDECO
  B) NEC
  C) INEC
  D) NECON
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2000: The Public Complaints Commission is empowered to investigate complaints and Options:
  A) prosecute false complainants
  B) report findings to appropriate authorities for action
  C) reprimand authorities against whom complaints are made
  D) refer complaints to traditional rulers
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  The correct answer is B .