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 2231: A special election organised to decide on a political issue is Options:
  A) plebiscite
  B) by-election
  C) general election
  D) primary election
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2232:

  The process of selecting candidates to represent a political party in elections is known as

  Options:
  A) campaigning
  B) primaries
  C) electioneering
  D) lobbying
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2233: Which of the following African countries receive Nigeria assistance to fight her war of independence in 1975/76? Options:
  A) Namibia
  B) Angola
  C) South Africa
  D) Mozambique
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2234: The French colonial system was underlined by the policy of Options:
  A) assimilation
  B) paternalism
  C) socialism
  D) indirect rule
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2235: The dramatic rise in the membership of the UN during late 1991 and early 1992 is best accounted for by the Options:
  A) admission of a large number of newly independent African states
  B) appointment of the first African as Secretary-General
  C) break -up of the Soviet Union into independent Republics
  D) expansion of the membership of the Security Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2236: 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 2237: The first executive president of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Dr Nnmdi Azikiwe
  B) Sir Abubakar Tarawa Balewa
  C) General Yakubu Gowon
  D) Alhaji Shehu Shagari
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2238: The doctrine of the separation of powers is based on the assumption that Options:
  A) those who hold power many encroach on the liberties of the powerless
  B) power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely
  C) man is a political animal
  D) man has inalienable rights
  E) A and B
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2239: The colonial administration in Nigeria was Options:
  A) authoritarian
  B) Democratic
  C) Development oriented
  D) dominated by Nigerians
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2240: The first African Secretary General of the United Nations is Options:
  A) Kofi Annan
  B) Joe Garba
  C) Boutrous Boutrous Ghali
  D) Ibrahim Gambari
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  The correct answer is C .