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 2081: Nigeria hosted the Commonwealth conference which eventually led to the independence of Options:
  A) Mozambique
  B) Malawi
  C) Namibia
  D) Zimbabwe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2082: A non-monarchical state can best be described as a Options:
  A) republic
  B) confederation
  C) nation
  D) federation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2083: In the pre-colonial Igbo political system, which of the following was the most democratic organ of government ? Options:
  A) the Umuada
  B) Eze
  C) Izu
  D) Oha-na Eze
  E) Otu-Ebiri
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2084: The state legislatures of the second republic in NIGERIA had the following EXCEPT Options:
  A) speaker
  B) senate leader
  C) deputy speaker
  D) clerk of the house
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2085: The OAU is founded on the principle of Options:
  A) settlement of international disputes by armed struggles
  B) justifiable interference in the domestic affairs of member states
  C) soverign equality of member states
  D) equal cvontribution by member states
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2086: The major problem of the Nigerian federal structure in the first republic was Options:
  A) ethnicity
  B) politicization of the mlitary
  C) lopsided size of the component units
  D) rigging of elections
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2087: The rules and regulations of the civil service are called? Options:
  A) General Order
  B) Bureaucratic Order
  C) Service Order
  D) Administrative Order
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2088: The Judicial organ of government is the body which Options:
  A) implements the law
  B) makes the law
  C) punishes law makers
  D) interprets the law
  E) rewards law makers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2089: The main function of the Legislative Council in British Colonial West Africa was to Options:
  A) advise the Governor on policy
  B) make the law
  C) execute the law
  D) interpret the law
  E) act as a disciplinary body for the civil servants
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2090:

  Nigeria's federalism is often considered a flaw along the standard test of the Classical federalism ideology labelled along with_______

  Options:
  A) Abraham Lincoln
  B) K.C Wheare
  C) Thomas Hobbes
  D) Aristotle
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  The correct answer is B .