Government 2020 Past Questions | JAMB
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- 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
Correct Option: Answer is C
A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed
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
Correct Option: Answer is A
Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may be distinguished by nobility, wealth, education, corporate, religious, political, or military control.
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
Correct Option: Answer is D
The Judiciary is the third organ of government that is responsible for interpretation and application of the laws when they are broken or violated. It is made up of Judges and the courts of 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
Correct Option: Answer is B
The 1979 constitution tried to avoid the pitfalls of the First Republic
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
Correct Option: Answer is D
Local government generates revenue through the collection of rates on radio and television, market shops, motor parks etc
6. In a democracy, sovereignty is in _________
- A. the community
- B. public officials
- C. judges
- D. the Head of State
Correct Option: Answer is A
7. Which of the following is a good example of a confederal state?
- A. Nigeria
- B. ECOWAS
- C. Switzerland
- D. USA
Correct Option: Answer is B
confederation is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action
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
Correct Option: Answer is D
9. Fascism developed in________
- A. France
- B. Germany
- C. Italy
- D. China
Correct Option: Answer is C
Fascism is a system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism. According to Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s own account, the Fasces of Revolutionary Action were founded in Italy in 1915. In 1919, Mussolini founded the Italian Fasces of Combat in Milan, which became the National Fascist Party two years later.
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
Correct Option: Answer is C
The theory of Doctrine of Separation of Power was first propounded by Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment political philosopher and scholar, and in 1747, he published in his book ‘Espirit des Louis’ (The spirit of the laws).
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
Correct Option: Answer is D
Fascism is a system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism.
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
Correct Option: Answer is B
On 1 January 1900, the Royal Niger Company transferred its territories to the British Government
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
Correct Option: Answer is D
14. The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association was ________
- A. Casey Hayford
- B. Herbert Macaulay
- C. Marcus Garvey
- D. W. E. B, DuBois
Correct Option: Answer is C
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant to the United States.
15. A characteristic feature of communism is __________
- A. Free enterprise
- B. liberal democracy
- C. dictatorship
- D. multi-party system