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 201: In a democracy, sovereignty is vested in Options:
  A) the community
  B) public officials
  C) judges
  D) the Head of Stae
  E) the legislature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 202: The 1963 Constitution of Nigeria was Options:
  A) written and flexible
  B) written and rigid
  C) flexible and unwritten
  D) unitary and rigid
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 203: The treaty establishing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was Options:
  A) concluded in Lome (Togo) in December, 1976 after hard and extensive negotiations
  B) designed as the main pillar on which an eventual African common market would be built
  C) the brain-child of Togo and Ghana
  D) signed in Lagos in May 1975 to promote trade and other economic co-operation in the region as a whole
  E) to immediately eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade among members
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 204: In the parliamentary system of government, formal legislation can take the following forms except Options:
  A) royal proclamations
  B) order in council
  C) acts of parliament
  D) ministerial pronouncement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 205: Associational interest groups are organized to Options:
  A) further the interest of members
  B) specifically lobby the government
  C) support the government
  D) achieve goals affecting other associations.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 206: Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic feature of a state? Options:
  A) A territory
  B) An army
  C) A government
  D) A system of laws
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 207: Before it became effective, the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was finally approved by Options:
  A) The Nigeria Labour Congress
  B) the National Assembly
  C) the Supreme Military Council
  D) a referendum
  E) all adult voters in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 208:

  A system of government in which a single person or a group who governs has unlimited power in a

  Options:
  A) oligarchy
  B) republican
  C) aristocracy
  D) autocracy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 209: Which of the following nations does not have veto power in the Security Council of the UNO? Options:
  A) Britain
  B) China
  C) France
  D) Germany
  E) USA
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 210: Habeas corpus is an essential process for safeguarding the right of citizens to Options:
  A) vote
  B) personal liberty
  C) own property
  D) freedom of speech
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  The correct answer is B .