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: Under the Civil Service Reforms of 1988, the Nigerian civil service became Options:
  A) nationalized
  B) professionalized
  C) bureaucratized
  D) indigenized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 52:

  A meeting of the legislature is usually brought to an end with __________

  Options:
  A) an adjournment
  B) a prorogation
  C) a dissolution
  D) suspension
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 53:

  Judges in the International Court of Justice are appointed for a period of _____ years.

  Options:
  A) twelve
  B) five
  C) four
  D) nine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 54: The first executive president of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Dr Nnmdi Azikiwe
  B) Sir Abubakar Tarawa Balewa
  C) General Yakubu Gowon
  D) Alhaji Shehu Shagari
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 55: The British Government revoked the Charter of the Royal Niger Company and took over the ministration of Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1885
  C) 1900
  D) 1914
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56: The adoption of non-alignment as a principle of Nigerian foreign policy is aimed at Options:
  A) promoting Nigeria's leadership aspiration in Africa
  B) placing Nigeria on a comfortable position to contribute to international peace and morality
  C) enabling Nigeria assume equal status with the world powers
  D) fulfilling a basic requirement for her acceptance into the security council of the UN
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 57: The head of state in the first republic of Nigeria was Options:
  A) an executive president
  B) a nominee of the whole country
  C) a nominal president
  D) a party leader
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 58: The head of the Nigerian judiciary is the Options:
  A) Solicitor-Genral of the Federation
  B) President of the Court of Appeal
  C) Chief Justice of the Federation
  D) Attorney-General and Minister of Justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 59: In Nigeria,military regimes returned power to civilians through Options:
  A) transition programmes
  B) constitutional conferences
  C) impositions
  D) negotiations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 60: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries came into existence at a conference held in Options:
  A) Tripoli
  B) Caracas
  C) Riyadh
  D) Baghdad
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  The correct answer is D .