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 371: One of the central tenets of the fascist doctrine is that the leader is Options:
  A) supreme relative to the constitution
  B) subordinate to the norms of the society
  C) subordinate to the laws of the state
  D) weak relative to the constitution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 372: Nigeria spearheaded the formation of ECOWAS during the regime of Options:
  A) Olusegun Obasanjo
  B) Yakubu Gowon
  C) Muritala Muhammad
  D) Ibrahim Babangida
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 373: The fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy in the 1979 Constitution do NOT include Options:
  A) democratic and social justice
  B) federal character and inequality
  C) concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
  D) national integration and ethnic loyalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 374: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries came into existence at a conference held in Options:
  A) Tripoli
  B) Caracas
  C) Riyadh
  D) Baghdad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 375: A state with a hegemonic political party is one in which Options:
  A) there is one dominant party
  B) there is no opposition party
  C) there is only one party
  D) other parties are officially recognized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 376: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 377: Individual as opposed to collective responsibility is a basic feature of the Options:
  A) monarchical system of government
  B) soialist system of government
  C) presidential system of government
  D) arliamentary system of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 378: In the 1963 Constitution, there was separation of powers between the Options:
  A) president and the commander in chief of the armed forces
  B) executive and the legislature
  C) head of state and the president
  D) head of government and the head of state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 379:

  Opinion sampling maybe necessary for the following reasons except________

  Options:
  A) for aggregating popular thinking and standpoint on a subject matter
  B) for preparing public expenditure
  C) to evaluate the political strength of a political party
  D) to inspire public reasoning on population census
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 380: Based on its objectives, the Organization of African Unity can primarily be classified as Options:
  A) a social organization
  B) a political organization
  C) a cultural organization
  D) an economic organization
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  The correct answer is B .