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 81: The UN succeeded the Options:
  A) SEATO
  B) League of Nations
  C) Warsaw pact
  D) NATO
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 82: Another term for a colonialism electoral district is a Options:
  A) ward
  B) local government area
  C) politically demarcated area
  D) constituency
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 83: The central decision-making organ of a confederation is made up of Options:
  A) technocrats appointed by the units
  B) politicians elected from the confederal constituencies
  C) politicians nominated by the government of member states
  D) representatives of pressure groups.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 84: Under the 1979 Constitution in Nigeria, each state of the federation Options:
  A) had a bicameral legislature
  B) had equal legislators in the House of Representatives
  C) had an equal number of senators
  D) was provided with a presidential liaison officer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 85: Which of these constitutions recognized local government as a third tier of government in Nigeria? Options:
  A) 1960 Constitution
  B) 1963 Constitution
  C) 1979 Constitution
  D) 1946 Constitution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 86: Legislative supremacy exists in Options:
  A) Britain
  B) France
  C) Soviet Union
  D) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 87: The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was Options:
  A) Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi
  B) Major - General Ike Nwachukwu
  C) Prof Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Major -General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 88: In the presidential system of government , the leader is basically the head of state and Options:
  A) government
  B) the police
  C) the military
  D) the judiciary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 89: In the history of Nigeria, 1914 was the Options:
  A) year the British established their rule over Nigeria
  B) beginning of first world war
  C) year Lugard effected amalgamation of Nigeria
  D) year the railway system was completed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 90: Once a country changes from military to civilian rule, future military rule becomes Options:
  A) Impossible
  B) a matter of time
  C) question only of the wishes of senior military officers
  D) difficult if the civilian regime pursues popular and widely beneficial policies
  E) possible through foreigh military intervention
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  The correct answer is D .