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 2071: 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 2072: Individual rights are said to be inelienable if they Options:
  A) apply to citizens and aliens alike
  B) cannot be denied under anycircumstances
  C) can only be denied by the legislature
  D) can only be denied after due legal process
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2073: The policy of assimilation was the colonial policy of the Options:
  A) French
  B) British
  C) Portuguese
  D) German
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2074: The principle of two levels of government in a country is called Options:
  A) the parliamentary system
  B) dictatorship
  C) Nationalism
  D) Federalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2075: 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 2076: Who was the architect of the British rule in Nigeria? Options:
  A) George Tubman Goldie
  B) Frederick Lugard
  C) Hugh Clifford
  D) Arthur Richards
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2077: The main representative body of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Trusteeship Council
  D) Secretariat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2078: The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of Options:
  A) electoral candidates
  B) voters
  C) political parties
  D) constituencies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2079: Public Commission established under the 1979 constitution were expected to be Options:
  A) independence of the executive
  B) part of the executive
  C) advisory to the executive
  D) advisory to the legislature
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2080: A vote taken by the citizenry on an important political issue is a Options:
  A) recall
  B) general election
  C) bye-election
  D) referendum
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  The correct answer is D .