Government Questions and Answers
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
Taxation as a feature of Indirect Rule served as a
source of revenue for colonial administration
system of modernizing chieftaincy
policy of making the local people poor
means to ridicule the chiefs
Correct answer is A
Indirect rule was a system of governance used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires. Their colonies were taxed as a source of revenue to run the administration
Under the British Crown Colony system of administration, the head of the executive council was the
Governor-General
Head of government business
Speaker
Prime minister
Correct answer is A
A Crown colony was usually administered by a governor who directly controlled the executive and was appointed by "the Crown" known as the governor-general
A common feature in a pre-colonial centralized state was
loyalty to one political superior
absence of single superior political authority
the existence of autocratic rule
existence of separation of powers
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
A chief could be deposed in the pre-colonial era if he
violated the written constitution
persistently neglected the advice of his elders
refused to collect taxes for the British Governor
married too many wives
Correct answer is B
One way a chief could be stripped of his title is when he is found to act on his own with no regards to the advice of the elders concerning issues
The efficiency of public corporations can be enhanced through
increased production of goods
appointment of staff based on patronage
frequent redeployment of staff
less government interference
Correct answer is D
It is important to be able to say whether or not an enterprise in the public sector is efficient and to measure this aspect of its performance. One way to ensure efficiency is avoiding unnecessary interference from government.