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 2271:

  Which of the following was a significant trade commodity in the pre-colonial Kingdom of Benin?

  Options:
  A) Ivory
  B) Gold
  C) Rubber
  D) Salt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2272: The most important aspect of the 1976 Local Government Reforms was the Options:
  A) introduction of a uniform system of local government
  B) introduction of party politics at the local levels
  C) sbordination of local governments to the federal and state governments
  D) recognition of local government as autonomus and sovereign government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2273: The motion for self-government in Niger was proposed by Chief Anthony Enahoro in Options:
  A) 1950
  B) 1953
  C) 1956
  D) 1958
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2274: Military disengagement from politics is always preceded by Options:
  A) the retirement of military personnel
  B) the making of a new constitution
  C) an increase in workers' salaries
  D) the establishment of more universities
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2275: The first Head of Government in Nigeria after independence was__________ Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Ahmadu Bello
  C) Tafawa Balewa
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2276: In 1978,the Obasanjo Administration nationalized the assets of the British Petroleum and Barclays Bank in Nigeria in reaction to the British Options:
  A) monopoly of Nigeria;s oil market
  B) Occupation of the Falkland Islands
  C) continued trade links with South Africa
  D) reluctance to write off Nigeria's debts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2277: One main advantage of bicameral legislature is that it Options:
  A) is less cumbersome to pass bills
  B) is not easy to manipulate bills
  C) makes for quick deliberation during emergencies
  D) makes passage of bills easy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2278: The most effective way of monitoring public opinion is Options:
  A) by examining the questions asked by journalists
  B) by the frequency of the press releases of pressure groups
  C) by referendum
  D) through opinion poll
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2279: South-South cooperation is a major policy plan on which Nigeria bases her relations with Options:
  A) developed countries
  B) countries of the southern hemisphere
  C) developing countries
  D) member countries of OAU
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2280: Nazism as a doctrine was proposed by Options:
  A) Benito Mussolini
  B) Adolf Hitler
  C) Karl Mark
  D) Josef Stalin
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  The correct answer is B .