GOVERNMENT POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS

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GOVERNMENT POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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GOVERNMENT POST UTME

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GOVERNMENT POST UTME
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The Commission for Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration is an organ of the

ECOWAS

OPEC

Commonwealth

AU

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Citizens who are legally qualified to vote form

political parties

trade union congress

the electorate

members of the House of Assembly

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An election in which people vote for issues of public policy rather than candidates is known as a

referendum

bye-election

mini election

party primary

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One form of delegated legislation is

case laws

statutory instruments

man-made laws

conventions

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In a unitary system of government

political power is diffused

there is high degree of centralisation

parliament is very weak

there is low degree of centralisation

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The scholar, who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in an authority was

A.V. Dicey

John Austin

Montesquieu

Jean Bodin

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How many Nigerians were elected into the Legislative Council when the elective principle was introduced in 1922

six

two

four

three

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The first African military coup in Egypt occurred

1952

1951

1953

1954

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To promote justice in a state, judges must

belong to the ruling party

punish people who oppose them

not socialise with the people

enjoy security of tenure of office

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A tax law emanates from

a judicial bill

the speaker

private bill

a public bill

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The first president of Nigeria Republic was

Ibrahim Babangida

Ahmadu Bello

Nnamdi Azikwe

Obafemi Awolowo

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The two main policies introduced by the French in West Africa were

indirect rule and direct rule

indirect rule assimilation

direct rule and indignant

assimilation and association

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The concept of sovereignty was popularised by

Jean Bodin

A.V. Dicey

C.L. Montesquieu

J.J. Rousseau

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The 1978 Local Government Reform provided for a ---term of office

3-year

5-year

4-year

2-year

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Pressure group use all the following techniques to achieve their objectives except

strikes

coup d’état

demonstration

lobbying

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Nigeria’s diplomatic representative in Britain is known as

ambassador

plenipotentiary

permanent representative

high commissioner

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See also ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES

Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as

monarchy

autocracy

dictatorship

oligarchy

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Who founded the Unity Party of Nigeria?

Pa Adesanya

Chief Awolowo

Chief Falae

Chief Ajasin

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The ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) was organised to maintain peace in

Chad

Guinea

Liberia

Benin Republic

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Power under military rule in Nigeria can be said to be

absolutely fussed

absolutely centralised

more separated than fussed

absolutely separated

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Authority means

a civil right to be obeyed

legitimate right to obeyed

an automatic right to be obey

a civil right to obey orders

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The end of each session of the legislature is called

suspension

prorogation

closure

dissolution

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All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria’s independence except

Tafawa Balewa

Nnamdi Azikwe

Obafemi Awolowo

Olu Fale

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Which of the following is not an agent of political socialisation?

mass media

tourism

family

peer group

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The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is

David Cameroon

Tony Blair

Don McKinnon

Queen Elizabeth II

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An institution which seeks to redress people’s grievances against abuse of administration power is

Judicial Service Commission

Directorate of Public Prosecution

ombudsman

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Which of the following is not an accepted way of resolving international conflict?

diplomacy

nuclear war

propaganda

military force

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Which of the following principle officials of the house is not an elected parliamentarian?

leader

clerk

chief whip

speaker

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Power is transformed into authority through

legitimacy

force

prayers

influence

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The follow are the key factors which influenced Nigeria foreign relations except

non-interference

economic dependence

international co-operation

peaceful co-existence

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Zionism resulted in the establishment of the state of

Jordan

Israel

Lebanon

Iraq

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The Commonwealth is...

made up of independent European countries

made up of all countries who are friendly with Britain

an economic organisation

made up of all independence ex-colonies of Britain

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The doctrine of separation of powers is associated with

Locke

Marx

Montesquieu

Hobbes

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Nigeria became a federation of 19 states in

1979

1861

1976

1996

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The process through which people develop their political attitude is called

political mobilisation

politicisation

political socialisation

political dissemination

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The exclusive list in a federal state includes

transportation

defence

education

market

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The ‘Uniting for Peace’ ‘esolution of the UNO was adopted in

1947

1960

1950

1945

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Which of the following countries had practised confederated system of government?

Mali and Senegal

Ghana and Nigeria

none of the above

Senegal and Gambia

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The chief executive in a parliamentary government is known as the

governor-general

prime minister

speaker

president

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The first elected Executive President of Nigeria was

Umaru Yaradua

Nnamdi Azikwe

Sheu Shagari

Olusegun Obasanjo

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Which of the following will produce weak government?

general elections

military

coalition

two-party system

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The main deliberative organ of the UNO is the

Economic and Social Council

General Assembly

Secretariat

International Court of Justice

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Which of the following is not a means by which government maintains law and order

law making

provision of socio-economic services

maintenance of police and other security agencies

establishment of provisional association

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A federal constitution is usually

flexible

unwritten

written and rigid

written and flexible

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Fascism emphasizes

totalitarianism

individualism

communism

equality

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Under the 1979 Constitution, members of the Federal Executive Council were called

senators

commissioners

ministers

judges

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Free and fair election can exist where there is

secret balloting

referendum

plebiscite

double voting

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In democracies, political participation could be restricted on the basis of

age

race

class

religion

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Government can be described as the art of

engineering

making and enforcing laws

collecting taxes

making constitutions

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Who among the following was dismissed from Action Group at the Jos Congress of February 1962?

Dauda Adegbenro

Dauda Adegbenro

Ladoke Akintola

Anthony Ehahoro

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