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 631: Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was Options:
  A) seen as an instrument of impoverishment
  B) perceived to abolish the federal system
  C) promulgated without consultation with the people
  D) considered as alien
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 632: In the Second Republic, the total membership of each House of Assembly was determined by the Options:
  A) electoral commission
  B) political parties
  C) constitution
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 633: The central objective of privatization in Nigeria is to Options:
  A) Reduce the retrenchment of workers
  B) Encourage prompt payment of salaries
  C) Improve standard of living
  D) Improve the efficiency of enterprises
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 634: Nigeria adopted a republican constitution on Options:
  A) October, 1960
  B) October, 1, 1963
  C) October, 1, 1966
  D) May 1 1967
  E) October, 1, 1979
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 635: 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 636: The principle of two levels of government in a country is called Options:
  A) the parliamentary system
  B) dictatorship
  C) Nationalism
  D) Federalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 637: In Nigeria, public corporations are also known as Options:
  A) multinational corporations
  B) private enterprises
  C) parastatals
  D) co-operative societies
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 638: Which public commission was not established by the 1979 Nigerian Constitution? Options:
  A) Udoji Commission
  B) Federal Electoral Commission
  C) Public Service Commission
  D) Public Complaints Commission
  E) National Population Commision
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 639: Until her independence, Namibia was a Options:
  A) German colony
  B) South African province
  C) United Nations trusteeship
  D) British protectorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 640: Unlike the British, the United States constitution is Options:
  A) rigid, federal and written
  B) flexible, unitary and unwritten
  C) rigid written and confederal
  D) flexible, federal and unwritten
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  The correct answer is A .