JAMB - Government (1997)
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Answer(C)
mandate to exercise power over others
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Government is different from other political organizations because
Answer(A)
it has legitimate power over citizens
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Judicial independence in a modern democracy can be ensured by
Answer(D)
safeguarding the security of tenure of judges
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The official report of proceeding in parliament is known as the
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An important feature of the federal system of government is the existence of a
Answer(D)
multiple tiers of government
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An important aspect of an unwritten constitution is that it
Answer(C)
contains customary laws and conventions
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The ideology that advocates the complete control of the sources of power is
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Shadow Cabinet is associated with the
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One basic characteristic of parliamentary system of government is that the
Answer(B)
cabinet is part of the legislature
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In a presidential system, the theory of separation of powers is not absolute because the president
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The principle of checks and balances is found mainly in
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During the second republic in Nigeria, the branch of the legislature responsible for ratifying presidential nominees for appointments was the
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A tax law originates from
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The order used by the court against unnecessary detention is
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When school pupils sing the national anthem and salute the flag, they are
Answer(A)
performing their obligations as citizens
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A major duty of citizens is to
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The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because
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The process of dividing a country into electoral districts is known as
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Political parties are formed essentially to
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A systematic effort to manipulate the beliefs, attitudes and actions of the public through the mass media and other means is called
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In the Igbo political system, authority was shared among
Answer(D)
title holders and age groups
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The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was
Answer(A)
presnting to him a suicide sysmbol
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A major feature of the system of government in the Sokoto Caliphate was that
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The people of Southern Nigeria first came in contact with Europeans through
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Nigeria's first law-making body after the amalgamation was known as the
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One major flaw of the British Indirect Rule in Nigeria was that the system
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The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the
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In 1947, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe led a delegation to the British Colonial Office in London to protest against the
Answer(A)
provisions of the Richards Constitution
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Under the 1922 Clifford Constitution, franchise was granted in Calabar and Lagos to
Answer(D)
male adults with an annual income of at least £ 100.
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Under the 1979 Constitution in Nigeria, each state of the federation
Answer(C)
had an equal number of senators
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Under the 1963 Republican Constitution, the power of judicial review was vested in the
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Between 1966 and 1975, the highest legislative body in Nigeria was the
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Three important concepts associated with a well organized civil service are
Answer(C)
neutrality, anonymity and impartiality
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The public agency now mandated to register births and deaths in Nigeria is the
Answer(D)
national population commission
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Under the Babangida administration, the political bureau recommended at the federal level
Answer(D)
bicameral legislature and two -party system
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The first political party that contested election in Nigeria after the Clifford Constitution was
Answer(D)
nigerian national democratic party
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Four pre-independece political parties in nigeria included the
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In Nigeria, functions shared by the central and state governments include
Answer(D)
education, provision of water and construction of roads
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The creation of more states in Nigeria has
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eliminated ethnic and religious conflicts
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After the botched coup of January 1966, power was handed over to General Johnson Aguiy Nronsi by the
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Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were
Answer(C)
cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
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The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was
Answer(B)
Major - General Ike Nwachukwu
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Non - alignment is no longer relevant in Nigerian foreign policy because
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In 1978,the Obasanjo Administration nationalized the assets of the British Petroleum and Barclays Bank in Nigeria in reaction to the British
Answer(C)
continued trade links with South Africa
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Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with France in 1961 because of
Answer(A)
France's atomic test in the Sahara Desert