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: A constitution of any country is basically Options:
  A) a mere piece of paper
  B) a guide to how the country should be governed
  C) a document stating what the leaders should do
  D) a document stating how to acquire power
  E) C and D
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 312: 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 313: Under the United States Constitution Options:
  A) Congress is supreme
  B) the Supreme Court is dominant
  C) the presidency is clearly superior in practice to the other two branches of government
  D) Black Americans enjoy preferential treatment to compensate for past injustices
  E) no branch of government can function without co-operating with the others
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 314: Under the presidential system Options:
  A) the party with the majority of seats forms the Executive
  B) there is the principle of collective responsibility
  C) the president may come from any of the parties
  D) the constitution must be unwritten
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 315: Bills passed by the legislature usually requires the approval of the following except_______ Options:
  A) Governor
  B) Member house of representative
  C) Monarch
  D) President
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 316: Indirect rule was introduced in Nigeria because Options:
  A) traditional rulers were powerful
  B) there were few administrators in the country
  C) the colonialists were poor administrators
  D) the native authorities were already well organized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 317: In the pre-colonial Yoruba political system,the council of chiefs constituted the Options:
  A) legislative arm
  B) executive
  C) ombudsman
  D) judicial arm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 318: Power refers to the__________ Options:
  A) ability to impose one’s will upon others
  B) duties an individual imposes on himself
  C) legal nature of a constitution
  D) duties political parties demand of their registered members
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 319: One of the agreements of the 1957 constitutional conference was that Options:
  A) Southern cameroons should constitute a separate region
  B) a house of Chiefs was to be created in the Western Region
  C) the office of the speaker of the house of representatives was to be created
  D) the police was to be regionalized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 320: In the pre-colonial Igbo political system, which of the following was the most democratic organ of government ? Options:
  A) the Umuada
  B) Eze
  C) Izu
  D) Oha-na Eze
  E) Otu-Ebiri
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  The correct answer is D .