Government questions and answers

Government Questions and Answers

Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.

2,036.

The ECOWAS Monitoring Group began its operation in

A.

Sierra-Leone

B.

Guinea

C.

GAMBIA

D.

Liberia

Correct answer is D

Anglophone ECOWAS members established ECOMOG in 1990 to intervene in the civil war in Liberia (1989–96)

2,037.

At the formation of the OAU, Nigeria belonged to the

A.

Monrovia Group

B.

Casablanca Group

C.

Lagos Group

D.

Brazzaville Group

Correct answer is A

The Monrovia Group, sometimes known as the Monrovia bloc, officially the Conference of Independent African States, was a short-lived, informal association of African states with a shared vision of the future of Africa and of Pan-Africanism in the early 1960s.

2,038.

Lagos was annexed in

A.

1861

B.

1871

C.

1814

D.

1853

Correct answer is A

The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e., modern-day Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and when the British established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital.

2,039.

Which of the following approves the annual budget of the UN?

A.

The General Assembly

B.

The Secretariat

C.

The Security Council

D.

Trusteeship Council

Correct answer is A

The UN general assembly budget committee

2,040.

In the Hausa pre-colonial political system, the spiritual and political powers were vested in the

A.

Emir

B.

Madawaki

C.

Galadima

D.

Waziri

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.