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: The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was Options:
  A) presnting to him a suicide sysmbol
  B) avoiding the palace
  C) sending him on exite
  D) refusing to carry out his orders
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 22: The body that selects the head of government following a general election is the Options:
  A) Senate
  B) electoral college
  C) electoral committee
  D) supreme court
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23: A good example of a country which operates a cabinet system of government is Options:
  A) France
  B) the United Kingdom
  C) the USA
  D) the Soviet Union
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 24: In the Old Oyo Empire, the Ajele Options:
  A) was the one led by the army
  B) ensured the safety of all trade routes
  C) ensured good governance of the districts
  D) mobilised the army
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25: Which of these constitutions recognized local government as a third tier of government in Nigeria? Options:
  A) 1946 Constitution
  B) 1960 Constitution
  C) 1963 Constitution
  D) 1979 Constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26: Which is the supreme organ of the OAU? Options:
  A) the council of ministers
  B) the adminstrative secretary general
  C) the assembly of the heads of state and government
  D) none of the above
  E) all of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 27: The Igbo political system was based on Options:
  A) Age Grades
  B) Umunna
  C) Family ties
  D) Umuada
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 28: The primary objective of the UNO is to Options:
  A) maintain international peace and security
  B) promote fundamental human rights
  C) develop bilateral relations among nations
  D) serve as a co-ordinationg platform for the actions of nations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 29: In the old Oyo empire, the Ajele Options:
  A) mobilized the army
  B) ensured good governance of the district
  C) was the head of the army
  D) ensured the safety of the trade routes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30:

  Executive Council of the African Union makes decision by_______

  Options:
  A) 1/3 majority vote
  B) discretion
  C) consensus
  D) the veto of the General Secretariat
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  The correct answer is C .