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 811: The writ of habeas corpus is applied to secure the Options:
  A) right to personal liberty
  B) independence of the judiciary
  C) freedom of the press
  D) right to own private property
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 812: Under whose regime were Akwa Ibom and Katsina States created? Options:
  A) Gen Murtala Muhammed
  B) Gen Ibrahim Babangida
  C) Gen Sani Abacha
  D) Gen Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 813: The supreme organ of the UNO is the Options:
  A) General Assembly
  B) Security Council
  C) Secretary General
  D) World Court
  E) World Bank
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 814: Which of the following parties formed the opposition in the House of Representatives during Nigerian First Republic? Options:
  A) NCNC and NEPU
  B) AG and UMBC
  C) NFC and NNDP
  D) NCNC and MDF
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 815: Under the Presidential system of government the legislature and the executive are Options:
  A) elected separately to a fixed term
  B) elected separately to an unfixed term
  C) appointed by the judiciary to a fixed term
  D) apponited at the same time to an unfixed term
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 816: The Richards Constitution in Nigeria provided for the Options:
  A) unofficial majority in the Legislative Council
  B) appointment of Nigerians as Chief Judges
  C) House of Chiefs in the Western Region
  D) House of Chiefs in the Eastern Region
  E) banning of the Trade Union Movement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 817: The committee that recommended Abuja as the new Federal Capital was headed by Options:
  A) Graham Douglas
  B) Mamman Nasir
  C) Rotimi Williams
  D) Akinola Aguda
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 818: Which of the following statements is true about the 1963 and 1979 constitutions? Options:
  A) both had provisions for the office of the president
  B) both had provisions for the office of a constitutional presient
  C) both provided for the offices of prime minister and president
  D) both had provisions for the office of an executive president
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 819:

  The Ijaw people of pre-colonial Nigeria were organized into?

  Options:
  A) Grades
  B) Clans
  C) Federations
  D) Chiefdoms
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 820: Gerrymandering means Options:
  A) the second ballot system
  B) single transferable vote
  C) the manipulation of constituency boundaries
  D) the tyranny of the majority
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  The correct answer is C .