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 2141: In a federal system, the power allocated to both the central and the state governments is said to be Options:
  A) exclusive
  B) concurrent
  C) residual
  D) inherent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2142: The principle of the rule of law stipulates that Options:
  A) only juges interpret the law
  B) law makers are above the law
  C) everyone is equal before the law
  D) lawyers make laws
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2143: The participation of Nigerians in the Second World War created in the nationalists the awareness that the Options:
  A) Africans were superior
  B) Africans were more qualified to rule
  C) Europeans were not superior
  D) Europeans were less tactful in warefare
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2144: A good example of a country with a largely unwritten constitution is Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) The Soviet Union
  C) Nigeria
  D) United Kingdom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2145: Bicameral legislatures are popular in Options:
  A) Unitary systems
  B) federal systems
  C) confederal systems
  D) rigid systems
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2146: The form of government in which the powers of the hereditary ruler are limited is Options:
  A) aristocracy
  B) constitutional monarchy
  C) absolute monarchy
  D) totalitarianism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2147: The (former) Northern Region of Nigeria became internally self-governing in Options:
  A) 1956
  B) 1957
  C) 1958
  D) 1959
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2148: Nigeria adopted a republican constitution on Options:
  A) October, 1960
  B) October, 1, 1963
  C) October, 1, 1966
  D) May 1 1967
  E) October, 1, 1979
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2149: The military normally belongs to the arm (s) of government known as Options:
  A) the legislature and the judiciary
  B) the executive
  C) the judiciary
  D) the judiciary and the executive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2150: A bill is a draft which is awaiting the consideration of the Options:
  A) executive
  B) party caucus
  C) legislature
  D) judiciary
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  The correct answer is C .