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 2251:

  That type of sovereignty that thrives on legitimacy is__________

  Options:
  A) external sovereignty
  B) vested on any form of government
  C) legal sovereignty
  D) within the people's mandate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2252:

  In the First Republic, the official opposition party was the ..........

  Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons
  B) Northern Elements Progressive Union
  C) Action Group
  D) Northern People's Congress
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2253: During the Civil War, the major power that expressed moral support for Biafra's self-determination was Options:
  A) France
  B) China
  C) the United States
  D) Great Britain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2254: The goal of the theory of separation of powers is to Options:
  A) make the executive dependent on the legislature
  B) give more powers to the legislature
  C) protect individual liberty
  D) create efficiency in the judicary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2255: The Minorities Commission appointed in Nigeria in 1957 recommended that Options:
  A) more States should be created in the Federation
  B) no more States should be created before independence
  C) Nigeria should revert to a unitary structure of government
  D) the Federal Legislature should legislate for the minority areas
  E) all the minority areas should constitute one state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2256: Which of the following is not a dimension of public opinion? Options:
  A) intensity
  B) substance
  C) polling
  D) orientation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2257: The concept of Parliamentary Government in Britain is Options:
  A) turning into Prime M inisterial and Whitehall government in practice
  B) now a complete myth
  C) in fact identical with the Presidential system in the USA
  D) supported by a tiny segment of the population
  E) rejected by the aristocracy of that country
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2258:

  Which document serves as the constitution of the United Nations?

  Options:
  A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  B) Geneva conventions
  C) Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  D) Charter of the United Nations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2259: De Jure sovereign is acquired through Options:
  A) Law
  B) Grant
  C) Treaty
  D) Force
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2260:

  Which of the following is a concurrent power in the Nigerian federal system?

  Options:
  A) Currency and coinage
  B) Education and Healthcare
  C) Foreign affairs and international relations
  D) Defense and National security
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  The correct answer is B .