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 2131:

  In a democratic system _______

  Options:
  A) Majority Vote
  B) Legal Sovereignty shouldn't be unquestionable
  C) Electoral college is always necessary
  D) Minority vote but majority rule
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2132: The British colonial rule in Nigeria brought about Options:
  A) stagnationin social formations
  B) the pampering of traditional rulers
  C) a change in the mode of production
  D) stabilization in the price of raw materials
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2133: The first African Secretary-General of the United Nations is Options:
  A) Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali
  B) Joe Garba
  C) Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Kofi Annan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2134: The OAU has its headquarters in Options:
  A) Freetown
  B) Dar es Salaam
  C) Nairobi
  D) Addis Ababa
  E) Khartoum
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2135: The general Strike of 1945 was caused primarily by the Options:
  A) persistent implementation of discriminatory laws
  B) disparity in the criteria for employment
  C) harshness in trade laws as it concerns the Africans
  D) government's rejection of a demand for an increase of 50 percent in the cost of living allowances
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2136: Which of the following internal factors did NOT affect the development of nationalist movements in colonial Nigeria? Options:
  A) Denial of equal opportunities to Nigerians vis-a-vis their European counterparts
  B) the establishment of political parties and newspaper
  C) theinflux of west indian and american intellectuals
  D) the development of modern education
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2137: Which of the following traditional Nigerian societies practiced the system of checks and balances? Options:
  A) Tiv
  B) Yoruba
  C) Hausa
  D) Igbo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2138: A good example of a country which operates a cabinet system of government is Options:
  A) France
  B) the United Kingdom
  C) the USA
  D) the Soviet Union
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2139: A government controlled by a few people for their own interests is said to be Options:
  A) an autocracy
  B) a tyranny
  C) an oligarchy
  D) a meritocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2140: The independence Constitution can be described as Options:
  A) monarchical and presidential
  B) Republican and parliamentary
  C) monarchical and parliamentary
  D) federal and republican
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  The correct answer is C .