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 51: Lord Lugard is widely regarded as Options:
  A) The most imaginative governor in the British colonies
  B) The originator of the durbar ceremony in Northern Nigeria
  C) The best friend which Southern Nigerian nationalist leaders ever had
  D) the father of indirect rule
  E) an anti-imperialist
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 52: The head of the Judiciary in every state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is called Options:
  A) Honourable Chief Justice
  B) Head of Judicial Service
  C) Grand Khadi
  D) President Customary Court of Appeal
  E) Chief Judge
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 53: An indication that Africa is still the center-peice of Nigeria's foreign policy was the creation of the Options:
  A) Ministry of Integration and Cooperation in Africa
  B) National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies
  C) Ministry of Foriegn Affairs
  D) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 54: Which of the following electoral bodies in Nigeria conducted elections from 1979 to 1983? Options:
  A) National Electoral Commission
  B) Independent Electoral Commission
  C) Federal Electoral Commission
  D) National Electoral Commission of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 55: Before it became effective, the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was finally approved by Options:
  A) The Nigeria Labour Congress
  B) the National Assembly
  C) the Supreme Military Council
  D) a referendum
  E) all adult voters in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56: Serfs are the dominated class under Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) socialism
  C) fascism
  D) feudalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 57: Which of the following is an autonomous governmental agency? Options:
  A) the Civil Service Commission
  B) the Manpower Advisory Committee
  C) the National Emergency Relief Agency
  D) the National Security Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 58: Nigeria was classified as a front line state for Options:
  A) participating in a peacekeeping in the Congo
  B) spearheading the formation of African Union
  C) supporting the liberation efforts in Southern Africa
  D) helping to end the crisis in Liberia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 59: Which of the following justifies the Afro-centric foreign policy of Nigeria? Options:
  A) Her location in the West African sub-region
  B) Her colonization by a foriegn power
  C) Her physical size, population and resource endowments
  D) Her ability to contribute to peace keeping missions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 60:

  Colonialist arrival in Nigeria is traceable particularly to the_____

  Options:
  A) introduction of christianity
  B) annexation of the Lagos Colony
  C) emergence of economic adventurism
  D) introduction of the indirect rule policy
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  The correct answer is B .