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 681: The officer in charge of the administration of the palace in the Yoruba political structure is the Options:
  A) baale
  B) oluwo
  C) ilari
  D) iwarefa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 682:

  A form of government which has its slogan to be 'ruling of the best' is__________

  Options:
  A) democracy
  B) aristocracy
  C) timocracy
  D) plutocracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 683: The independence Constitution can be described as Options:
  A) monarchical and presidential
  B) Republican and parliamentary
  C) monarchical and parliamentary
  D) federal and republican
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 684: The 1960 Independence Constitution of Nigeria provided for the Options:
  A) President as head of government
  B) Governor-General as head of state
  C) Queen as head of state
  D) Governor-General as head of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 685: One major advantage of the unitary system is that it tends of make government Options:
  A) Free of controversy
  B) Distant from the people
  C) Popular among the masses
  D) Strong and stable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 686: In British West Africa, the elective principle was first introduced in Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Ghana
  C) Sierra Leone
  D) The Gambia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 687: In the First Republic, Nigeria was very reluctant to have meaningful interaction with Options:
  A) Italy
  B) The Soviet Union
  C) the United States of America
  D) Germany
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 688: The fundamental rights of citizens include rights to ___________ Options:
  A) free education, employment and freedom of thought
  B) life, speech and association
  C) life, liberty and property
  D) association, property and social security
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 689: The major strategy used by OPEC to influence oil price is by Options:
  A) determining the quality of oil to be produced at any given period
  B) influencing buyers at the international market to buy at high prices
  C) allowing member countries to produce at their discretion
  D) increasing the supply of the commodity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 690: Voting first started in Nigeria in 1923 because the Clifford Constitution of 1922 because Options:
  A) independence
  B) self-government
  C) dominion status
  D) elective principle
  E) decolonization
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  The correct answer is D .