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 281: A constitution is classified as rigid if Options:
  A) it requires special procedures to amend
  B) its core provisions are made by decree
  C) all its provisions cannot be amended
  D) any of its provisions can be amended
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 282: An example of promotional pressure group is the Options:
  A) Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
  B) Nigerian Medical Association
  C) Civil Liberties Organisation
  D) Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 283: The following six political parties were registered for the 1983 elections Options:
  A) NCNC UPN, NPP, NNDP, UMBC, NAP
  B) NPN,NAP NPP, PRP, GNPP, UPN
  C) NPN, NNA PPP, PRP, PPA, UPN
  D) NPP, Chop Chop, PPP PPA, UPN, PRP
  E) UPN, AG, NNDP, PRP, NAP, PPA
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 284: The Convention People's party was a popular political party in Options:
  A) Sierra Leone
  B) Senegal
  C) Ivory Coast
  D) Ghana
  E) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 285: Membership of a society is Options:
  A) voluntary
  B) constitutional
  C) conventional
  D) mandatory
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 286: One significant aspect of the legislative council of 19922 was that Options:
  A) Africans were in the majority
  B) it made laws only for the southern provinces
  C) the colony of lagos and the protectorate of southern nigeria were merged
  D) laws governing land ownership in the north were extended to the south
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 287: In Nigeria, the institution that preserves civil liberty is the Options:
  A) Public Complaints Commission
  B) Law court
  C) Civil Service Commission
  D) Police Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 288: Which of the following influenced nationalist activities in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Indian Congress Party
  B) Negro Diaspora Congress
  C) Pan-Africa Congress
  D) National Congress of British West Africa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 289: Under the pre-colonial Sokoto Caliphate system, the next in command to the sultan was the Options:
  A) Alkali
  B) Galadima
  C) Madaki
  D) Waziri
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 290: Delegated legislation is legislation Options:
  A) which is not submitted to parliament
  B) made by judicial tribunals
  C) made by a minister acting an Act of Parliament
  D) made by local government
  E) made by parastatals
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  The correct answer is C .