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 221: The fundamental assumption on which the idea of the rule of law is based is Options:
  A) supremacy of the constitution
  B) rationality of human beings
  C) equality of human beings
  D) love for social justice
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 222: A major way of maintaining confidence in the electoral process is by ensuring that Options:
  A) electoral officers are regularly trained
  B) elections are conducted in a free and fair atmosphere
  C) unlimited franchise is made available
  D) elections are conducted as and when due
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 223: The major problems that confront public corporations in Nigeria included Options:
  A) Management problems corruption and ethnic loyalty
  B) excessive government directives and lack of funds
  C) red tape and manpower shortage
  D) lack of public patronage and excessive competition from the private sector
  E) A,B and C
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 224: The primary function of the Code of Conduct Bureau is to Options:
  A) Ensure minimum standard of morality
  B) Retain custody of declarations
  C) Receive declaration of assest
  D) Ensure due process by public offers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 225: The essence of the United States of America's Constitution is that Options:
  A) it is baesed on the concept that all men are created equal and are endowed with rights
  B) the supreme Court is the most politically powerful breanch of government in the country
  C) it is a peculiarly North American document
  D) it prtects black Americans at all times
  E) it provides checks and balances between the states and federal government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 226: Nigeria observed the principle of collective responsibility between Options:
  A) 1993 and 1999
  B) 1985 and 1993
  C) 1979 and 1983
  D) 1960 and 1966
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 227: Which of the following international organization was in existence before the outbreak of the Second World War? Options:
  A) The OAU
  B) The League of Nations
  C) The UNO
  D) The Commonwealth of Nations
  E) ECOWAS
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 228: The founding members of OPEC are Options:
  A) Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
  B) Nigeria, Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
  C) Venezuela, Nigeria, Libya, Iran and Iraq
  D) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Venezuela
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 229: The use of the veto in the Security Council is Options:
  A) limited only to permanent members
  B) the prerogative of all its mebers
  C) the exclusive right of the two super powers the U.S.S.R. and the U.S
  D) on a rotational basis
  E) all of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 230: In a federal constitution, legislative powers that are shared by two levels of government are referred to as Options:
  A) exclusive
  B) extra ordinary
  C) residual
  D) concurrent
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  The correct answer is D .