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 2221: One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the Options:
  A) Supreme Military Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) Federal Executive Council
  D) Willink's Commission
  E) Public Service Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2222: The judicial organ of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security council
  B) Trusteeship council
  C) International court of justice
  D) General Assembly
  E) European court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2223: Liberalism is a philosophy underlying Options:
  A) socialism
  B) capitalism
  C) Feudalism
  D) nazism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2224: The essence of checks and balances is to Options:
  A) enhance the functioning of government and prevent arbitary use of power
  B) ensure that people have their own rights
  C) make sure that power is not delegated to other bodies or individuals
  D) prevent political parties from putting pressure on government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2225: The foreign policy of Nigeria is centred on Africa because of her Options:
  A) membership of OAU
  B) membership of ECOWAS
  C) concern for and attention to African, problems
  D) commitment to end colonization in Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2226:

  Which African country successfully resisted European imperialism and maintained its independence?

  Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Ethiopia
  C) Kenya
  D) Algeria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2227: A flexible constitution is one which is Options:
  A) known to all the citizens
  B) written by the parliament
  C) easily amended
  D) porpular with the legislators
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2228: In the Hausa pre- colonial political system, a district was headed by Options:
  A) A hakimi
  B) a dagaci
  C) an alkali
  D) a waziri
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2229: Commonwealth nations are represented in other member nations by Options:
  A) high commissioners
  B) attaches''
  C) charge d''affaires
  D) Ambassadors
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2230: One outstanding action for which the GOWON administration will be remembered in Nigeria's political history is the Options:
  A) organizatin of FESTAC
  B) construction of roads
  C) creation of twelve states
  D) civil service purge
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  The correct answer is C .