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 501: An electoral district is a Options:
  A) polling booth
  B) constituency
  C) ward
  D) local government area
  E) subdivision of the state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 502: Public corporations are established mainly to Options:
  A) offer free services
  B) make profit for government
  C) provide jobs for the unemployed
  D) provide services at subsidized rates
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 503: One of the major sources of a constitution is Options:
  A) judicial precedence
  B) political debate
  C) opinion poll
  D) executive order
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 504: The president of Nigeria was indirectly elected through secret ballot for a period of five years by the senate in Options:
  A) 1963
  B) 1979
  C) 1983
  D) 1960
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 505:

  The legitimate claims and entitlements available by reasons of birth and residence and/or certification, to a community of people may be abscribed as their___________

  Options:
  A) fundamental rights
  B) civil liberties
  C) communitarian privilege
  D) citizenship rights
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 506: The main role of pressure groups is to Options:
  A) Oppose oppressive legislation
  B) protect the interest of the country against foreign power
  C) resist temptation of gifts made by multi-national companies to influence their political parties
  D) to influence their judgement
  E) influence legislation in order to benefit their members
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 507: The OAU is founded on the principle of Options:
  A) settlement of international disputes by armed struggles
  B) justifiable interference in the domestic affairs of member states
  C) soverign equality of member states
  D) equal cvontribution by member states
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 508: The Clifford Constitution Options:
  A) provided for universal adult suffrage
  B) made the Governor dependent on the Executive Council
  C) provided for African representation on the Executive Council
  D) introduced the elective principle into Nigerian politics
  E) provided for African representation on the Executive Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 509: In the cabinet system of government individual responsibility of ministers means that Options:
  A) only ministers can be held responsible for errors
  B) a minister must hold his subordinates responsible for his failures
  C) the prime minister can remove an erring minister
  D) no individual can be held responsible for government decisions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 510: The 1946 Constitution is characterized by Options:
  A) official majority in the legislative council
  B) non-official majority in the legislative council
  C) non-official majority in the executive council
  D) federal system of government
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  The correct answer is B .