2022 NECO Government Past Questions
Browse the 2022 NECO Government past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. Government covers Nigerian and comparative political systems, public administration, and constitutional history. The questions favour students who know specific dates, sections of the Constitution, and named office-holders. Use the year archive below to time yourself the way the actual exam does — most candidates need to work questions across multiple years before the patterns become obvious.
Sample NECO Government questions
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- Q12007MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes the sentence The...........is visiting next week,
- A.commissioner
- B.commisioner
- C.comessioner
- D.commesioner✓ Correct
- E.comissioner
- Q22001MEDIUMPhysics
What is the energy stored in a 10μ F capacitor if the potential difference between the plates is 40 V?
- A.2.0 × 10-4J
- B.8.0 ×10-4J
- C.4.0 × 10-3J✓ Correct
- D.8.0 × 10-3J
- E.1.6 × 10-2J
- Q32007MEDIUMEnglish
The driver inadvertently killed a man in an auto crash and was consequently convicted of ....................
- A.assassination
- B.executive
- C.manslaughter✓ Correct
- D.murder
- E.suicide
- Q42009MEDIUMEconomics
The following are qualities of money EXCEPT
- A.A. acceptability
- B.B. divisibility
- C.C. homogeneity✓ Correct
- D.D. portability
- E.E. rationality
- Q52006MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options A to E the one that is the NEAREST IN MEANING T0 THE UNDERLINED WORD. It was surprising that even preachers could be so bellicose over a trivial issue.
- A.Belligerent✓ Correct
- B.disenchanted
- C.enthusiastic
- D.insistent
- E.persistent
- Q62007MEDIUMBiology
During fertilization, the direction in which the pollen tube grows is controlled by
- A.Ovary✓ Correct
- B.ovule
- C.pollen grains
- D.pollen tube nucleus
- E.style
- Q72003MEDIUMGovernment
The British rule in Nigeria became established through a series of hesitant steps adopted EXCEPT
- A.A. award of contract
- B.B. gunboat diplomacy
- C.C. trade treaties
- D.D. treaties of friendship✓ Correct
- E.E. use of force
- Q82005MEDIUMPhysics
An atom radiates 1.5 × 10-19J when an electron jumps from one level to another. What is the wavelength of the emitted radiation? (Planck’s constant 6.6 × l0-34Js ; Speed of light in vacuum = 3.0 × 108$ms^{-1}$)
- A.1.32 × 10-6m✓ Correct
- B.2.97 × 10-6m
- C.3.30 × 10-6m
- D.6.82 × 10-6m
- E.8.01 × 10m-6
- Q92007MEDIUMMathematics
A quadratic equation with roots -1$\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{1}{4}$ is
- A.x2 + 3x + 4 = 0✓ Correct
- B.8x2 + 10x + 3 = 0
- C.8x2 +12x – 3 = 0
- D.8x2 + 10x-3.= 0
- E.8x2 + 12x + 3 = 0
- Q102009MEDIUMBiology
Which of these is NOT a pollutant?
- A.Carbondioxide
- B.Lead oxide
- C.Nitrogen gas
- D.Nitrogen oxide✓ Correct
- E.Sulphur dioxide
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