Government 2019 Past Questions | WAEC
Study the following Government past questions and answers for JAMB, WAEC NECO and Post-JAMB. Get prepared with official past questions and answers for upcoming examinations.
31. The Commonwealth Secretariat is located in _________
- A. Los Angeles
- B. Kuala-Lumpur
- C. London
- D. Glasgow
32. Which colonial administration in West Africa sought to integrate her colonies with their home country?
- A. British
- B. Dutch
- C. French
- D. Danes
33. The following are benefits member countries derive from the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) except _______
- A. economic cooperation
- B. Larger market
- C. military assistance
- D. free ports
34. Which of the following is not an obligation of a citizen?
- A. payment of taxes
- B. voting in an election
- C. protecting public property
- D. attending religious gathering
35. The implementation of indirect rule was supervised by the __________
- A. Chiefs and Councils of elders
- B. British officials
- C. spiritual leaders of the land
- D. educated elite
36. The electronic and print media makes their views heard on national issues through_______
- A. public notice
- B. advertisement
- C. documentary
- D. editorial commentary
37. Any type of restricted franchise is a violation of the principle of ________
- A. constitutionalism
- B. sovereignty
- C. political equality
- D. editorial commentary
38. Public corporation can operate in a more efficient manner if they are ________
- A. free from political interference
- B. controlled by the judicial service commission
- C. under the head of the civil service
- D. controlled by the military
39. The agency responsible for fulfilling the purpose of the state is ________
- A. government
- B. pressure group
- C. public corporation
- D. media
40. The power of the electorate signifies _________
- A. political sovereignty
- B. legal sovereignty
- C. external sovereignty
- D. internal sovereignty
41. The removal of government direct control and monopoly in manufacturing and service sectors is called __________
- A. privatization
- B. specialization
- C. commercialization
- D. decentralization
42. ECOWAS monitoring group (ECOMOG) was established to ________
- A. recruit able-bodied men to defend West Africa
- B. restore peace to war-torn West African countries
- C. change bad government in West Africa
- D. corporation of the ex-servicemen with the governor
43. The major concern of the United Nations Organization (UNO) is world ________
- A. trade
- B. peace
- C. health
- D. cooperation
44. Nationalist agitation in British West Africa after the World War II led to the ________
- A. disregard for traditional rulers who supported the British
- B. formation of political parties
- C. killing of British administrative officials
- D. cooperation of the ex-servicemen with the governor
45. An African- American who contributed greatly to the growth of nationalism in West Africa was _______
- A. Martin Luther King
- B. Jesse Jackson
- C. Nelson Mandela
- D. William Du Bois
