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 21:

  Warrant Chiefs were appointed to __________

  Options:
  A) Prevent tribal wars
  B) supervise native courts
  C) decide divorce cases
  D) take charge of local administration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22: The Economic Commission for Africa is an agency of the Options:
  A) OAU
  B) ECOWAS
  C) OPEC
  D) UNO
  E) NATO
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 23:

  Which of the following is a perverted form of democracy?

  Options:
  A) Feudalism
  B) Republicanism
  C) Monarchy
  D) Oligarchy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 24:

  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 25: The two nationalist leaders who led the tour of Northern Nigeria in 1946 to campaign against the Richards Constitution were Options:
  A) Ahmadu Bello and Abubakar Tawafa Balewa
  B) Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
  C) Ahmadu Bello and Samuel Ladoke Akintola
  D) Herbert Macaulay and Nnamdi Azikiwe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26: A constituency Options:
  A) is the same as a legislature
  B) is part of the campaign process
  C) is an area or district in which the inhabitants can send a representative to parliament
  D) is an important part of every monarchy
  E) consists of party executives and freewheelers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 27: The private ownership of the means of production is a feature of Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) socialism
  C) communalism
  D) communism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28: Which of the following are pressure groups? Options:
  A) the Nigeria Chamber of Commerce
  B) the Nigeria Union of Teacher
  C) the National Union of Nigerian Students
  D) all of the above
  E) A and C
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 29:

  The Nigerian constitution guarantees freedom of speech under which fundamental right?

  Options:
  A) Right to freedom of thought
  B) Right to privacy
  C) Right to freedom of expression
  D) Right to life
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 30: The Richards Constitution in Nigeria provided for the Options:
  A) total independence of the country
  B) introduction of self-government
  C) unification of the territories ruled by Britain in West Africa
  D) division of Nigeria into three administrative units
  E) replacement of the colonial governor within Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .