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: Democracy is a system of government that is Options:
  A) constituted by the will of the majority of the citizens
  B) imposed on the majority of the citizens
  C) designed to favour the elite
  D) put in place to favour the party caucus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 22: Which of these is NOT a method of election? Options:
  A) Co-option
  B) Second ballot
  C) Proportional representation
  D) Primary election
  E) Simple majority
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 23: The rule of law is negation of Options:
  A) equality before the law
  B) supremacy of the law
  C) Limited power
  D) absolute power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24:

  In the tradition, Hausa-Fulani politicalsystem, political authority was vested in the ___________

  Options:
  A) Emir
  B) Talakawa
  C) Alkali
  D) Emirate Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 25: The Lagos Colony and Protectorate was amalgamated with The Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1886
  B) 1893
  C) 1906
  D) 1922
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 26: Which of the following is a feature of democracy? Options:
  A) interdependence of states
  B) state responsibilities to society
  C) power vested in minority parties
  D) popular consultation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 27: The two leaders that played the most prominent roles in the formation of the ECOWAS were Options:
  A) Gowon and Eyadema
  B) Kountche and Senghor
  C) Kerekou and Tubman
  D) Acheampong and Jawara
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28:

  While pressure groups aim at influencing government decisions, the primary aim of political parties is to ______

  Options:
  A) promote the welfare of their members
  B) execute particular programmes
  C) influence legislation in order to benefit their members
  D) control political power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 29: Enfranchisement describes the process of Options:
  A) allowing eligible persons the right to vote
  B) allowing special categories of persons to contest elections
  C) allowing all women the right to vote
  D) the actual act of voting
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30: Which of the following countries made up the Casablanca Group? Options:
  A) Liberia, Mali, Egypt
  B) Tunisia, Morocco, Guinea
  C) Mali, Algeria, Egypt
  D) Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Libya
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  The correct answer is C .