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 911: Democracy is a system of government that is Options:
  A) constituted by the will of the majority of the citizens
  B) imposed on the majority of the citizens
  C) designed to favour the elite
  D) put in place to favour the party caucus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 912: In pre-colonial governance women played prominent roles in the Options:
  A) Igbo society
  B) Tiv society
  C) Jukun Kingdom
  D) Yoruba Kingdom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 913: The foremost British trading company company on the West African coast was Options:
  A) Royal Niger Company
  B) Lever Brothers
  C) United African Company
  D) John Holt and Sons
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 914: Public corporations are established to Options:
  A) reduce government spending
  B) boost government revenue
  C) improve provision of social amenities
  D) create vacancies for political appointments
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 915: We say that a constitution is rigid if Options:
  A) the sources are too many
  B) the constitution is foreign
  C) it has no chapter on human rights
  D) the provisions are too detailed
  E) the process of changing it is too cumbersome
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 916: The headquarters of registered political parties in Nigeria must be located in Options:
  A) the federal capital
  B) the state where most of their supporters come from
  C) any state capital
  D) the Northern and Souther parts of Nigeria
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 917: Before the 1976 reforms, the three-tier local government system was practiced by Options:
  A) Northern and Eastern Nigeria
  B) Eastern and Western Nigeria
  C) Western and Northern Nigeria
  D) Mid-Western and Eastern Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 918: The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person Options:
  A) opposes the government violently
  B) leave the country permanently
  C) is convicted of a serious crime
  D) is pronounced dead
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 919: 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 920: Membership of a society is Options:
  A) voluntary
  B) constitutional
  C) conventional
  D) mandatory
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  The correct answer is A .