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 271: The 1979 Constitution established the Options:
  A) National Human Rights Commission
  B) National Population Commission
  C) Federal Road Safety Commission
  D) Federal Civil Defense Corps
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 272:

  The cultural organisation which metamorphosed into the Northern People's Congress (NPC) was__________

  Options:
  A) Arewa Consultative Forum
  B) Jamiyyar Mutanem Arewa
  C) Borno Youth Movement
  D) Northern Elders Forum
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 273: Herbert Macaulay was architect of the president of Options:
  A) NCNC
  B) AG
  C) UMBC
  D) NEPU
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 274: Which of the following sets of nations belong to both ECOWAS and the UNO? Options:
  A) Sierra Leone and Uganda
  B) Zimbabwe and Nigeria
  C) Cameroun and Burkina Faso
  D) Ghana and Mauritania
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 275:

  Lobbying is often a strategy adopted by________

  Options:
  A) political parties
  B) public corporations
  C) public authorities
  D) pressure groups
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 276: In their deliberations on the Sharia issue, the Constituent Assembly in Nigeria Options:
  A) threw out the entire issue from the proposed constition
  B) accepted the recommendationsof the constitution Drafting Committee (CDC)
  C) United the country over the issue of sharia
  D) accepted the principle of sharia law and justice but modified the provision in the Draft Constitution
  E) through its debate clearly educated the majority of the people of Nigeria on the principles of Sharia law and Justice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 277: The major demand of the Third World countries on the United Nations in recent times is the Options:
  A) expansion of the permanent membership of the security Council
  B) post of the Secretary-General of the organization
  C) withdrawal of the veto power from the security council
  D) enforcement of resolutions on the super powers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 278: The emirate system of administration can be likened to Options:
  A) confederal system of government
  B) unitary system of government
  C) federal system of government
  D) constitutional monarchy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 279:

  A constitution is a legal document _________

  Options:
  A) drawn up by lawyers
  B) enacted by military decrees
  C) forming the basis upon which a government rules the country
  D) only likely to succeed in countries where there is union government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 280: Which of the following is good example of a confederal state? Options:
  A) USAD,
  B) Nigeria
  C) Switzerland
  D) ECOWAS
  E) Ghana
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  The correct answer is C .