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 2061: A constitution is classified as unwritten because it Options:
  A) is used in Britain
  B) has no written records
  C) makes no provision for a clear-cut separation of powers
  D) does not emanate from the legislature
  E) is not contained in any one document
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2062: The philosophy and fundamental laws of a Options:
  A) constitution
  B) party programme
  C) manifesto
  D) decrees
  E) edicts
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2063: A system based on hierarchies of land ownership is Options:
  A) feudalism
  B) totalitarianism
  C) communism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2064:

  The Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) is attributable to the ____ regime

  Options:
  A) Ibrahim Babangida's
  B) Murtala/Obasanjo's
  C) Yakubu Gowon's
  D) Abdulsalam Abubakar's
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2065:

  The principle that determines the pattern of interaction of a country in international politics is known as____________

  Options:
  A) foreign policy
  B) international trade
  C) alignment policy
  D) international relations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2066: In the Hausa pre- colonial political system, a district was headed by Options:
  A) A hakimi
  B) a dagaci
  C) an alkali
  D) a waziri
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2067: President Shehu Shagari was elected Options:
  A) by the Election Tribunal
  B) By the supreme Court
  C) on the first ballot
  D) by the federal Electoral Commission
  E) by the National Assembly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2068: In general constitutions are designed to provide Options:
  A) legal remedies for all political problems
  B) Clea alternative to military take-overs of elected governments
  C) general arrangement rules and national objectives within which political activities are conducted
  D) codes of ethic for politicians and punishment for those who break the laws of the land
  E) rigid ideological frameworks for nations that operate the constitutions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2069: 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 2070: Unicameral legislature is a common feature of Options:
  A) unitarism
  B) federalism
  C) presidential
  D) parliamentarism
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  The correct answer is A .