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 491: The Technical Aid Crops scheme in Nigeria aims at strengthening relations with Options:
  A) countries in the Northern Hemisphere
  B) countries in the Southern Hemisphere
  C) African countries
  D) West African countries
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 492: Ultimate power in a confederal state is Options:
  A) concentrated in the central government
  B) constitutionally divided between the centre and the units
  C) exercised by the larger units
  D) vested in the constituent units
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 493: Presidentialism in local government administration in understood to mean Options:
  A) the abolition of the role of trditional rulers as chairmen
  B) local government chief executives to be known as presidents
  C) chairmen of local governments to serve as accounting officers
  D) the phasing out of the post of councillors
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 494:

  Under the 1999 constitution, the Chief Law Officer and the Supreme Court Judge respectively are the_______ 

  Options:
  A) Chief Justice, Chief Judge
  B) Minister of Justice, Chief Judge
  C) Attorney-General, Chief Justice
  D) Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 495:

  The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution donotinclude _________

  Options:
  A) democracy 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 496: One basic feature of a monarchical form of government is that Options:
  A) succession is through heredity
  B) the ruler has a fixed tenure
  C) seperation of powers is absolute
  D) members of the executive are elected
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 497: Groups which seek to bring about changes in government policies without actually controlling the personnel of government are known as Options:
  A) trade unions
  B) pressure groups
  C) secret societies
  D) elite groups
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 498: Nationalism in Nigeria was facilitated by Options:
  A) the actions of the veterans of the two world wars and traditional rulers
  B) the activities of Christian churches and missionaries
  C) education and urbanization
  D) rapid economic growth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 499: 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 500: The 1989 Nigerian Constitution provided for a Options:
  A) multi-party system
  B) zero-party system
  C) two-party system
  D) one-party system
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  The correct answer is C .