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 851: The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain Options:
  A) absolute majority
  B) simple majority
  C) forty percent of the votes
  D) fifty percent of the votes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 852:

  The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution donotinclude _________

  Options:
  A) democracy and social justice
  B) federal character and inequality
  C) concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
  D) national integration and ethnic loyalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 853: The form of government headed by a king is Options:
  A) monarchy
  B) presidentialism
  C) fascism
  D) republicanism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 854: A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a Options:
  A) nation
  B) state
  C) dominion
  D) leviathan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 855: In a democracy,sovereign authority is exercised by the Options:
  A) legislature
  B) people
  C) executive
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 856: 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 857: A state that is ruled by an elected citizen is Options:
  A) an empire
  B) a monarchy
  C) a republic
  D) a plutocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 858: The main objective of pressure groups is to Options:
  A) win political power
  B) conduct free and fair elections
  C) mobilize support on behalf of the government
  D) protect the interests of its members
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 859: Freedom of speech in a democratic state is limited by Options:
  A) law of sedition
  B) law of trespass
  C) press censorship
  D) martial law
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 860:

  Within the United Nations, the vote power is exercised in __________

  Options:
  A) UNESCO
  B) WHO
  C) the General Assembly
  D) the Security Council
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  The correct answer is D .