Government 2020 Past Questions | JAMB
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.
- A constitution is a legal document _________
- A. drawn up by lawyers
- B. enacted by military decrees
- C. forming the basis upon which a government rules the country
- D. only likely to succeed in countries where there is union government
2. A government in which control of ultimate power is by a few who rule in their selfish interest is classified as _________
- A. an oligarchy
- B. a dictatorship
- C. an aristocracy
- D. a monarchy
3. The judicial organ of government is the body which _________
- A. implements the law
- B. makes the law
- C. punishes lawbreakers
- D. interprets the law
4. Which of the following was not established by the 1979 Nigerian constitution?
- A. Police Service Commission
- B. National Universities Commission
- C. Federal Electoral Commission
- D. National Population Commission
5. Rates are generally collected in Nigeria by ________
- A. the State Ministry of Finance
- B. the Department of inland Revenue
- C. the Emirate of Traditional Council
- D. the Local Government Council
6. In a democracy, sovereignty is in _________
- A. the community
- B. public officials
- C. judges
- D. the Head of State
7. Which of the following is a good example of a confederal state?
- A. Nigeria
- B. ECOWAS
- C. Switzerland
- D. USA
8. A bill that applies to the whole population and is intended to promote the general welfare is called _________
- A. a private bill
- B. a decree
- C. an appropriate bill
- D. a public bill
9. Fascism developed in________
- A. France
- B. Germany
- C. Italy
- D. China
10. The theory of separation of powers was first time clearly formulated by __________
- A. Jean Bodin
- B. Jean Austin
- C. Baron de Montesquieu
- D. Lord Bryce
11. A system of government in which power derives from total control of the instruments of force is called ___________
- A. monarchy
- B. oligarchy
- C. capitalism
- D. fascism
12. The British Government revoked the charter of the Royal Niger Company and took over the direct administration of Nigeria in _________
- A. 1861
- B. 1900
- C. 1906
- D. 1914
13. The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution do not include _________
- A. democracy and social justice
- B. federal character and inequality
- C. concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
- D. national integration and ethnic loyalty
14. The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association was ________
- A. Casey Hayford
- B. Herbert Macaulay
- C. Marcus Garvey
- D. W. E. B, DuBois
15. A characteristic feature of communism is __________
- A. Free enterprise
- B. liberal democracy
- C. dictatorship
- D. multi-party system
