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2016/2017 JAMB CBT GOVERNMENT SAMPLE/LIKELY QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
30 MINS TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Government as an institution of a state can best be defined as a body that
[a] recruits and trains political leaders
[b] settles disputes laws for the state
2. Political authority is the
[a] legitimate right to exercise political power
[b] ability to control political behavior
[c] right to participate in political campaigns
[d]right to form political parties
3. The rule of law refers to the principles of
[a] legality and impartiality
[b] the supreme power of the rules
[c] the immunity of judges from legal actions
[d] the orderly execution of government policies
4. Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right enjoyed by citizens but it may be limited if
[a]loyalty is not shown to the ruling party
[b]it exposes the wrong doings of the government
[c]it endangers the security of the state
[d]it is used to cause embarrassment to the judiciary.
5. Which of the following is an obligation of citizens?
[a] attending political rallies
[b] taking part in independence day celebrations
[c] contesting elections
[d] paying respect to the national flag
6. The extent of which the citizens regard the institutions, officials and activities of the government as right and acceptable is known as _____________________________
[a] power
[b] legitimacy
[c] influence
[d] authority
7. Diplomatic immunity is limitation to
[a] the theory of separation of powers
[b] principles of checks and balance
[c] parliamentary supremacy
[d] in the rule of law
8. A federal state is always expensive to run because
[a] every parliamentarian wants to become rich
[b] government department are duplicated
[c] judges are highly paid from the consolidated fund
[d] maintenance of the army involving high expenditure
9. In which of the following party system are all shades of opinions and interest adequately represented?
[a] zero party
[b] one party
[c] two party
[d] multi-party
10. Veto power in a presidential system lies with the
[a] attorney general
[b] chief of army staff
[c] executive
[d] constitution
11. Which of the following is the lowest class of people in the heirachy of a feudal system?
[a] nobles
[b] serfs
[c] lords
[d] manor
12. Mussolini’s fascism and Hitlers Nazism are good example of
[a] anarchy
[b] feudalism
[c]totalitarianism
[d]oligarchy
13. Which of the following is supreme in federal system?
[a] judiciary
[b]legislative
[c] constitution
[d]executive
14. An order directing a detainee to be brought before the court is called
[a] habeas corpus
[b] an appearance
[c] an injunction
[d] a referendum
15. Which of the following is a feature of an elite party?
[a] members are recruited from the working class
[b] the leadership is compose of aristocrats and wealthy merchants
[c] it usually consist of existing associations, clubs and trade unions
[d] its leadership has certain techniques which attract supporters
16. An undesirable feature of capitalism is
[a] exploitation
[b] market company
[c] profit motive
[d] free competition
17. The system of voting on behalf of another person is known as
[a] voting by lot
[b] casting votes
[c] voting by proxy
[d] preference voting
[18] Authoritarianism is least inherit in
[a] feudalism
[b] fascism
[c] democracy
[d] monarchy
19. In which of the following system of government are ceremonies and executive powers are usually fused?
[a] parliamentary
[b] presidential
[c] collegial
[d] con federal
20. The program-me of a political party is known as
[a] constitution
[b] document
[c] manifesto
[d] propaganda
21. Which of the following is a source of a country’s constitution?
[a] mandamus
[b] judicial precedent
[c] injuctions
[d] political decisions
22. The acquisitions of political power through hereditary means is feature of
[a] communal ism
[b] capitalism
[c] oligarchy
[d] monarchy
23. Which of the following factors limit the expression of public opinion?
[a] the type of government in a state
[b] the establishment of private media organism
[c]the high literacy rate of the citizens
[d] religious belief of the citizens
24. If the federal government and the unit government are to preserves their autonomy ,
[a] federal government must be supreme
[b] until governments must be supreme
[c] judicial must be supreme
[d] constitution must be supreme
25. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the central and the components government in confederation?
[a] the central government collects revenue for component government
[b] the central and components governments have equal powers
[c] the central governments legislate for the components government
[d] the central government is weaker than the components governments
26. The administration head of a republic co-operation in Nigeria is the
[a] managing director
[b] secretary
[c] board of directors
[d] chairman
27. The appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants are the responsibilities of the
[a] civil service commission
[b] judicial service commission
[d] electoral commission
28. Red tap-ism in the civil service refers
[a] the use of red tapes on legal documents
[b] slowness of action
[c] the co-operation between civil servants and politicians
[d] politicization of the service
29. The grants of the right to vote is called
[a] enfranchisement
[b] disqualification
[c] prohibition
[d] participation
30. The system which allows private individuals and companies to own and control the means of production is known as
[a] socialism
[b] fascism
[c] capitalism
[d] communism.
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