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 571:

  One argument against a multi-party system is the _______

  Options:
  A) Inability to attract foreign assistance
  B) High cost of conducting elections
  C) Banning of interest groups
  D) Encouragement of opposition and instability
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 572: Nigeria's non-alignment policy in the sixties lacked real substance because of her Options:
  A) A frocentric policy
  B) Poor economic potential
  C) Partnership with Asian countries
  D) Close ties with Britain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 573:

  A group of people with different natures, opinions, and goals with complicated networks of social relation

  Options:
  A) a union
  B) an association
  C) a society
  D) a state
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 574: The state legislatures of the second republic in NIGERIA had the following EXCEPT Options:
  A) speaker
  B) senate leader
  C) deputy speaker
  D) clerk of the house
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 575: A system of government in which the central government is supreme over other levels is Options:
  A) totalitarian
  B) confederal
  C) federal
  D) unitary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 576: The consciousness of a common identity of a people is called Options:
  A) nationalism
  B) integration
  C) indoctrination
  D) emancipation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 577:

  A feature unique to General Murtala Muhammed's Supreme Military Council as compared tothat of General Yakubu Gowon was the _________

  Options:
  A) inclusion of the civilians as members
  B) exclusion of military governors from the council
  C) inclusion of the chief justice as a member
  D) the exclusion of the Inspector General of police from the council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 578: A major opposition party at the national level in Nigeria's Second Republic was Options:
  A) NNP
  B) UPN
  C) PRP
  D) GNPP
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 579: Nigeria was regarded as a Frontline State because she Options:
  A) assisted liberation struggles in Southern Africa
  B) Assisted ECOMOG troops in liberia
  C) sent troops for peace keeping in Somalia
  D) sent policemen to Namibia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 580:

  Nigeria's top contribution to Africa's agenda of decolonisation and anti-racism was mostly enhanced with the formation of the_________

  Options:
  A) New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  B) Organization of African Unity (OAU)
  C) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  D) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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  The correct answer is B .