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 31: The needs of the citizen are made known to the government through ____? Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) political party
  C) civil service
  D) public opinion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 32: The cabinet can be described as a link between the Options:
  A) executive and legislature
  B) legislature and electorate
  C) executive and judiciary
  D) legislature and local government councils
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 33: Ombudsman as an institution in Nigeria is known as the Options:
  A) public complaints commission
  B) code of conduct bureau
  C) publitical service commission
  D) political bureau
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 34:

  The tenure of the president of the UN Security Council is

  Options:
  A) one month
  B) six months
  C) two years
  D) one year
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35: In 1879, four British companies were merged to form the United African Company by Options:
  A) Frederick Lugard
  B) Jhon Beecroft
  C) Tubman Goldie
  D) Macgregor Laird
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 36: Government by the few is Options:
  A) dictatorship
  B) monarchy
  C) oligarchy
  D) autocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 37: The Economic Commission for Africa is an agency of the Options:
  A) OAU
  B) ECOWAS
  C) OPEC
  D) UNO
  E) NATO
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38:

  ____was the first Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

  Options:
  A) Chief Samuel Adebo
  B) Professor Ibrahim Gambari
  C) Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule
  D) General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39: A system of government in which power derives from total control of the instruments of force is called Options:
  A) monarchy
  B) oligarchy
  C) capitalism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 40: Another term for a colonialism electoral district is a Options:
  A) ward
  B) local government area
  C) politically demarcated area
  D) constituency
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  The correct answer is D .