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 881: In a federal system, powers that are allocated to both Central and State governments are called Options:
  A) Exclusive
  B) Concurrent
  C) Arbitary
  D) Copyrights
  E) Residual
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 882: The legislature in every state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is called the Options:
  A) State National Assembly
  B) State Legislative Council
  C) State Traditional Council
  D) House of Assembly
  E) State House of Representatives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 883: In parliament, the most extensive amendment to a bill takes place at the Options:
  A) first reading
  B) committee stage
  C) second reading
  D) final stage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 884: In 1964, the National Council of Nigerian Citizens and the Action Group formed the Options:
  A) Coalition Government
  B) Nigerian Advance Prty
  C) Nigerian National Alliance
  D) United Progressive Grand Alliance
  E) National Emergency Committee
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 885: Which of the following societies was classified as acephalous? Options:
  A) Benin
  B) Ibibio
  C) Igbo
  D) Ijaw
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 886: Nigeria formally became a federation in Options:
  A) 1960
  B) 1963
  C) 1914
  D) 1946
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 887: Under the 1979 Constitution, the function of the Civil Service Commission includes the Options:
  A) appointment of Civil Service Commissioners
  B) appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants
  C) negotiating better conditions of service for civil servants
  D) negotiating worse conditions of service for civil servants
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 888: The foreign affairs minister who advocated the concept of medium powers' was Options:
  A) Prof Ibrahim Gambari
  B) Major-General Joe Garba
  C) Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman
  D) Prof, Bolaji Akinyemi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 889:

  In the proportional representationelectoral system, seats in the legislature are allocated based on

  Options:
  A) primary elections
  B) political party membership
  C) the percentage of votes a party receives
  D) A winner-takes-all system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 890: A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a Options:
  A) clan
  B) state
  C) nation
  D) kingship
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  The correct answer is C .