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 961: A government in which control of ultimate power is by a few who rule in their own selfish interests is classified as Options:
  A) a democracy
  B) a dictatorship
  C) an aristocracy
  D) a monarchy
  E) an oligarchy
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 962: Under military regimes in Nigeria, the branches of government that were fused are the Options:
  A) executive and the legislature
  B) executive and the judiciary
  C) legislature and the judiciary
  D) executive, the legislature and the judiciary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 963: Nationalism in West Africa aimed at Options:
  A) working out an alliance with the colonial regimes
  B) bringing all the educatied elite together
  C) the attainment of political independence from Britain
  D) the attainment of political independence from the colonisers
  E) founding an economic union like ECOWAS
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 964: The recognition and general acceptance of the right to rule in a country based on laid down regulations is known as Options:
  A) traditional authority
  B) constitutional authority
  C) sovereign authority
  D) legitimate authority
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 965: Which of the following international organization was in existence before the outbreak of the Second World War? Options:
  A) The OAU
  B) The League of Nations
  C) The UNO
  D) The Commonwealth of Nations
  E) ECOWAS
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 966:

  Nigeria's withdrawal from the Edinburg Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British.....

  Options:
  A) Failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  B) Negative utterances on Nigeria
  C) Supply of arms to Rhodesia
  D) Support for UNITArebels in Angola.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 967: The citizen's obligations are Options:
  A) what the government orders
  B) duties the individual imposes on himself
  C) what the law requires of the individual
  D) what the military decrees
  E) what political parties demand of their members
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 968: The first Pan-African Conference took place in Options:
  A) 1920
  B) 1945
  C) 1958
  D) 1960
  E) 1963
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 969: The legislative functions of the government of Benin Kingdom were performed by the Oba and a council of Chiefs known as the Options:
  A) Esama
  B) Ndichfe
  C) Uzama
  D) Enigie
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 970: The legal process by which an alien is accepted as a national of a country other than his own is known as Options:
  A) naturalization
  B) citizenship
  C) expatriation
  D) indigenization
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  The correct answer is A .