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: In a confederation,the constituency that a member of the legislature represents is a Options:
  A) nation-state
  B) region
  C) senatorial district
  D) parliamentary consistuency
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 312: An important function of a constitution is that it Options:
  A) provide a framework for the study of government
  B) facilities cross-fertilization of ideas of governance
  C) serves as the fountian head of authority for the execise of power
  D) promotes citizen participation in government and administration.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 313: Laws made by state governments are known as Options:
  A) bye laws
  B) decrees
  C) edicts
  D) acts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 314: The deliberate tampering with the delimitation of constituencies in order to win more seats is called Options:
  A) gerontocracy
  B) gerrymandering
  C) delimitation
  D) bureaucracy
  E) devolution
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 315: The public agency now mandated to register births and deaths in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) national civil registration commission
  B) civil service commission
  C) ministry of Health
  D) national population commission
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 316: The first Governor General of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Lord Lugard
  B) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
  C) Sir James Robertson
  D) the late Major Genery Aguiyi Irosi
  E) the Oni of ife
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 317: The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that Options:
  A) the Prime Minister ceased to be Head of State
  B) The Governor's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
  C) the Cabinet was no longer responsible to the legislature
  D) it introduced the Executive Prsidential system
  E) the Prime Minister was nominated by the Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 318: Ghana was led into independence by Options:
  A) Dr J.B Danquah
  B) Dr Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Dr K.A Busia
  D) Mr.Akuffo Addo
  E) Mr. Krobo Edusei
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 319: The political party formed in 1923 by Herbert Macaulay was Options:
  A) Nigerian Youth Movement
  B) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  C) United National Independent Party
  D) Nigerian National Democratic Party
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 320: A common feature of a multi-party system is that government is formed by Options:
  A) the major political party
  B) all the registered political parties
  C) a coalition of political parties
  D) the party with the highest votes
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  The correct answer is C .