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 891: The citizenship of a country may be acquired by an individual through Options:
  A) Decolonization
  B) Nomination
  C) Nationalization
  D) Neutralization
  E) Naturalization
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 892:

  The political party serves as________

  Options:
  A) A platform upon which the rights and liberties of the people can be attained
  B) The group aggregating the interest of all in the state
  C) A platform for rebelling against military rule
  D) A platform for interest representation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 893: Nigeria's membership of the ECOWAS is informed by her desire to Options:
  A) develop a market in the sub-region
  B) form a sub-regional high command
  C) become a sub-regional power
  D) promote economic integration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 894: One of the strong points of the multiparty system in Nigeria's Fourth Republic is Options:
  A) the provision for a bicameral legislature
  B) government interference
  C) wider political participation
  D) wider anti-democracy campaign
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 895:

  A characteristic feature of communism is __________

  Options:
  A) Free enterprise
  B) liberal democracy
  C) dictatorship
  D) multi-party system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 896: The primary factor which led to the formation of political parties in colonial Nigeria was Options:
  A) introduction of the elective principle and representative institution
  B) increased wealth of the indigenous elite
  C) granting of seif government by the colonial administration
  D) call by black people all over the world for a final assault on colonialism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 897:

  The application of the rule of law may be constrained by ________

  Options:
  A) securing the tenure of office of judges
  B) insulating judges from partisan politics
  C) employing men of proven integrity as judges
  D) invoking emergency powers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 898: One instrument for safeguarding the rights of citizens is Options:
  A) judicial interpretation
  B) presidential pardon
  C) legislative intervention
  D) writ of habeas corpus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 899: The basic element of the United State Constitution is that Options:
  A) it presupposes and relies upon the existence of a highly educated and very articulate electorated
  B) Presidents like Richard Nixon cannot get away with gross abuse of power
  C) it guarantees the enjoyment of equal rights and protection by every citizen
  D) murderers who are found guilty by law courts are executed on electric chairs
  E) it embodies the concept of separation of powers
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 900: The organization of African Unty was set up in Options:
  A) 1960
  B) 1957
  C) 1963
  D) 1975
  E) 1979
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  The correct answer is C .