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