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 311: Government means the machinery established by a state to manage the affairs of the Options:
  A) rulers
  B) aliens
  C) civil servants
  D) workers and peasants
  E) people
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 312: The country whose interest conflicted with those of Nigeria over Angola in 1975 was Options:
  A) USSR
  B) USA
  C) FRANCE
  D) CUBA
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 313: In international relations, countries have a right to Options:
  A) export oil
  B) create more states
  C) diplomatic immunity of their envoys
  D) own a police force
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 314: One main weakness of a unitary system of government is that Options:
  A) it facilitates the domination of minority groups
  B) the constitution can be amended easily
  C) it is run as a single entity
  D) carpet - crossing and opposition are made difficult
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 315: A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a Options:
  A) clan
  B) state
  C) nation
  D) kingship
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 316: An interest group that admits members and conducts its affairs according to stated rules is described as Options:
  A) organizational
  B) associational
  C) non-associational
  D) institutional
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 317: The termination of a session of a legislature by proclamation issued by the head of state is called Options:
  A) prorogation
  B) dissolution
  C) plebiscite
  D) summons
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 318: The (former) Northern Region of Nigeria became internally self-governing in Options:
  A) 1956
  B) 1957
  C) 1958
  D) 1959
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 319: One of the general tenets of fascists doctrine is that a leader is Options:
  A) supreme relative to the constitution
  B) surbodinate to the laws of the state
  C) weak relative to the constitution
  D) surbodinate to the norms of the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 320: Which of the following is a form of delegated legislation? Options:
  A) Case law
  B) Convention
  C) Edict
  D) Acts
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  The correct answer is C .