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 231: An unwritten Constitution is Options:
  A) entirely based on case laws
  B) completely sourced from parliamentary law
  C) partially written and based on convention
  D) completely unwritten and based on convention
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 232: A bye-law is made by Options:
  A) parliament
  B) congress
  C) an electoral college
  D) the local government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 233: A constitution formulated and imposed on a country without popular participation is said to be created by Options:
  A) fiat
  B) directives
  C) command
  D) decree
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 234: Which of the following pairs are members of ECOWAS? Options:
  A) Nigeria and Cameroon
  B) Liberia and Congo
  C) Senegal and Zaire
  D) Cape Verde and Burkina Faso
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 235: In a one party State Options:
  A) there are no free citizens
  B) communism is banned
  C) the communist party is the only legal party
  D) the ruling party the only only legal party
  E) elections to the legislature are held at the party's conferences
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 236: The 1960 independence Constitution could be described as written Options:
  A) monarchical and parliamentary
  B) republican and parliamentary
  C) monarchical and presidential
  D) federal and republican
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 237: Government by the wealthy is known as Options:
  A) plutocracy
  B) oligarchy
  C) aristocracy
  D) democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 238: The doctrine of separation of power is associated with Options:
  A) Montesquieu
  B) Locke
  C) Marx
  D) Hobbes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 239: The concept of Indirect Rule in Nigeria is usually associated with Options:
  A) Sir George T. Goldie
  B) Sir Donald Cameron
  C) Major Claude Macdonald
  D) Lord Lugard
  E) Sir Arthur Richards
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 240: A written constitution is distinguished by its Options:
  A) codification process
  B) reliance on case laws
  C) cumbersome and complex amendment procedure
  D) dependence on ordinary amendment procedures
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  The correct answer is C .