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 71: Tubman Goldie was famous for the Options:
  A) suppression of local rulers
  B) merger British companies into the United Africa Company
  C) Akassa Raid
  D) treaty of friendship and the race to Nikk
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 72: In the 1963 Constitution, there was separation of powers between the Options:
  A) president and the commander in chief of the armed forces
  B) executive and the legislature
  C) head of state and the president
  D) head of government and the head of state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 73: The major difference between a state and a nation is that the latter presupposes a _______ Options:
  A) heterogeneous
  B) Homogeneous population
  C) well-defined territory
  D) more organized system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 74: Electoral colleges have been criticized because they Options:
  A) are very expensive
  B) create more seats in the legislature
  C) make the legislature too responsive
  D) sometimes negate the wishes of the electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 75: The Yoruba traditional system of government was Options:
  A) republican
  B) democratic
  C) monarchical
  D) egalitarian
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 76: The body responsible for exercising the functions of local governments in the 1976 reforms was the________ Options:
  A) local government commission
  B) local government council
  C) local government committee
  D) committee of chairmen and supervisory councilors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 77:

  Under General Aguiyi Ironsi, decree 34 introduced the ____ system of government.

  Options:
  A) unitary
  B) confederal
  C) federal
  D) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 78: The principle of collective responsibility implies that Options:
  A) individually views cannot be expressed
  B) decisions taken are defended in spite of individual opinions
  C) government cannot be personalized
  D) those who hold different views must acquiesce
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 79: Which of the following pairs are members of ECOWAS? Options:
  A) Nigeria and Cameroon
  B) Liberia and Congo
  C) Senegal and Zaire
  D) Cape Verde and Burkina Faso
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 80: One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the Options:
  A) Supreme Military Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) Federal Executive Council
  D) Willink's Commission
  E) Public Service Commission
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  The correct answer is B .