JAMB - Government (2014)

  • 1
    The necessary attributes of a state are:
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    (A)
    Definite territory population, sovereingnty, and government
  • 2
    The process of taking part in political and public affairs can be termed political
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    (A)
    participation
  • 3
    Membership of a society is
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    (A)
    voluntary
  • 4
    In a democratic political system, the political sovereign is usually the
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    (A)
    electorate
  • 5
    One basic feature of a monarchical form of government is that
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    (A)
    succession is through heredity
  • 6
    One main advantage of bicameral legislature is that it
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    (B)
    is not easy to manipulate bills
  • 7
    The court that has unlimited power to interpreted the constitution is the
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    (C)
    Supreme Court
  • 8
    Unitary-system of government, is more suitable to a country
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    (B)
    with a relatively small area and a homogenous population
  • 9
    An example of a country ruled by a constitutional monarch is
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    (D)
    Morocco
  • 10
    The development of a classless society is the goal of
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    (B)
    Maxism
  • 11
    A flexible constitution is one which is
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    (C)
    easily amended
  • 12
    which of the following is a feature of checks and balances?
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    (A)
    judicial review
  • 13
    Laws made by military government at the state level are called
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    (A)
    Edicts
  • 14
    Citizenship is acquired by an alien through
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    (C)
    Registration
  • 15
    The officer responsible, for announcing the result of an election is known as
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    (A)
    returning officer
  • 16
    The ultimate aim of political parties is to
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    (D)
    acquire and exercise power
  • 17
    The main objective of pressure groups is to
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    (D)
    influence legislation for the benefit of their members
  • 18
    Which of the following is not a dimension of public opinion?
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    (B)
    substance
  • 19
    The body that is responsible for the appointment discipline, promotion and dismissal of civil servants
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    (A)
    Civil service commission
  • 20
    In the per-colonial Hausa political system, the madawaki performed the function of
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    (D)
    Minister of defence
  • 21
    In the Old Oyo Empire, the Ajele
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    (C)
    ensured good governance of the districts
  • 22
    The general Strike of 1945 was caused primarily by the
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    (D)
    government's rejection of a demand for an increase of 50 percent in the cost of living allowances
  • 23
    Before 1945, the component units of Nigeria were
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    (D)
    provinces
  • 24
    The emergence of nationalism was essentially the result of the ills of
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    (A)
    colonialism
  • 25
    Which of the following nationalist was the founder of Nigeria's first political party
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    (B)
    Herbert Marcaulay
  • 26
    The Nigeria Independence Constitution was modified by the
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    (C)
    1963 constitution
  • 27
    The president of Nigeria was indirectly elected through secret ballot for a period of five years by the senate in
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    (A)
    1963
  • 28
    The main function of the federal character commission in Nigeria is
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    (C)
    ensuring fair representation of all states in the public service
  • 29
    The power of appointing the chairman of the independent National Electoral commission is vested in the
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    (A)
    President
  • 30
    The NCNC and the NPC facilitated the creation of the
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    (C)
    Mid-West Region
  • 31
    One of the major problems of Nigeria federalism is
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    (A)
    imbalance in the structure and sizes of units of federation
  • 32
    Which of the following was done during the Gowon administration to reduce regional structural imbalance in the federation?
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    (D)
    creation of states
  • 33
    One feature of public corporations that was weakened by privatization is
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    (B)
    governmental control
  • 34
    A problem of public corporations in Nigeria is
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    (B)
    wastage of resources
  • 35
    One of the main duties of the local government service commission is to
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    (C)
    supervise and manage the personnel of local governments
  • 36
    The option A4 model was used in the conduct of the
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    (A)
    1993 elections
  • 37
    The review of Nigeria foreign policy under the Murtala-Obasanjo regime was done by
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    (A)
    Adedeji Commission
  • 38
    Which of the following is a guiding principle of Nigeria's foreign policy?
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    (B)
    decolonisation of all African Countries
  • 39
    The technical Aids Corps was established during the regime of
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    (A)
    Ibrahim Babangida
  • 40
    The granting of asylum to Charles Taylor by Nigeria was to
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    (D)
    promote peace in Liberia
  • 41
    Nigeria is regarded as a frontline state because she
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    (D)
    Assisted the liberation struggle in Southern Africa
  • 42
    The reason behind Nigerian's suspension from the Commonwealth in 1995 was
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    (C)
    legal
  • 43
    Commonwealth nations are represented in other member nations by
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    (A)
    high commissioners
  • 44
    The UN succeeded the
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    (B)
    League of Nations
  • 45
    The number of permanent members of the UN Security council is
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    (D)
    five