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: A true democracy in the modern sense exists where the Options:
  A) elected representatives rule
  B) majority of the people vote
  C) majority of the people rule
  D) elite rule
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1992: In a parliamentary system,the term shadow cabinet is often used to refer to Options:
  A) back-benchers in the house
  B) deputy prime ministers and assistant ministers
  C) rebellious members of the ruling party
  D) portfolio designates of the party in opposition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1993: Prorogation is the bringing of a session of a parliament to an end through Options:
  A) royal proclamation
  B) final reading
  C) guillotine
  D) impeachment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1994: Nigerian elites agitated against colonial rule Options:
  A) by guerrilla warfare
  B) by civil war
  C) through television
  D) through newspapers
  E) by bribing colonial governors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1995: The three great Nigerian nationalists between 1950 and 1966 were Options:
  A) Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Obafemi Awolowo,
  B) Ahmadu Bello , Nnamdi Azikwe and Theophilus Danjuma
  C) Obafemi Awolowo , Herbert Macaulay and Ahmadu Belio
  D) Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Ahmadu Belio
  E) K.O. Mbadiwe, S.L Akintola and Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1996: The Security Council of the United Nations Organization is composed of Options:
  A) the Western industrial nations
  B) the five permanent members
  C) the five permanent members and other members periodically elected
  D) eleven member states elected by the General Assembly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1997: In the 1950s, the Northern Elements Progressive Union was notable in Nigerian politics because it Options:
  A) opposed Northern traditional rulers
  B) Agitated for the formation of a unitary form of government
  C) allied with the Northern people's Congress to form the regional government
  D) won the election to the Northern House of Assembly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1998: Under proportional representation, elections are won on the basis of Options:
  A) simple majority of votes
  B) absolute majority of votes cast
  C) Two-thirds majority of voters cast
  D) votes received relative to those of other parties
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1999: The goal of the theory of separation of powers is to Options:
  A) make the executive dependent on the legislative
  B) give more powers to the legislative
  C) protect individual liberty
  D) creates efficiency in the judiciary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2000: Under the 1979 Nigeria Constitution, the supreme court judges were appointed by the Options:
  A) Judicial Services Commission
  B) President
  C) Honourable Chief Justice
  D) Senate
  E) National Assembly
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  The correct answer is B .