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.

2,161.

The necessary attributes of a state are:

A.

Definite territory, population, sovereignty, and government

B.

Police, army, sovereignty, and custom

C.

Resources, population, sovereignty, and government

D.

Sovereignty, police, army and immigration

Correct answer is A

There must be a definite territory, population, sovereignty and government which make for state.

2,162.

The indirect rule system of administration was more successful in northern Nigeria because

A.

the people were mainly interested in being governed indirectly

B.

of the existence of an organized structure in the area

C.

the Europeans ensured that the farmlands of the natives were not confiscated

D.

the natives showed little or no resistance

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,163.

Under the emirate system, the commander of the army is the _____

A.

Alkali

B.

Hakimi

C.

Sarkin Fada

D.

Madawaki

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,164.

The AU differs from the OAU in having

A.

Effective tools for decision enforcement

B.

No permanent headquarters

C.

A minimum of divergent viewpoints

D.

No assembly of Heads of State

Correct answer is D

One of the key differences between the AU and the OAU is that the AU is conceived as a union of peoples rather than of the leaders of Africa. 

2,165.

The main representative body of the United Nations is the

A.

Security Council

B.

General Assembly

C.

Trusteeship Council

D.

Secretariat

Correct answer is B

The Charter established six principal organs of the United Nations: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.