2019 JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers

Question 1

The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is_________

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D. Antonio Guterres

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A. Ban Ki-moon

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B. Filippo Grandi

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C. Jorge Sampaio

Question 2

One of the following reasons is unlikely to necessitate the emergence of a federal system?

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D. political sovereignty

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A. social factors

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B. geographical factors

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C. cultural diversity

Question 3

Which of the following was not responsible for the coalition between A. G and N. C. N. C.?

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A. The kano riot of 1953

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B. Awolowo's faction seeking to get N. P. C. out of power as opposed to Akintola's option

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C. contest for the federal election of 1964

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D. Akintola's faction which broke out of A. G. to form UPP

Question 4

The newspaper established by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe to project the interest of nationalists was__________

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A. West African Pilot

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B. Lagos Weekly Record

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C. Daily Times

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D. The Comet

Question 5

The most representative organ of the united nations is the_______

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A. General Assembly

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B. Security Council

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C. Economic and Social Council

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D. International Court of Justice

Question 6

Twelve States creation is a known achievement of the ... regime

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C. Yakubu Gowon's

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A. Abdulsalam Abubakar's

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B. Ibrahim Babaginda's

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D. Murtala Mohammed's

Question 7

The Economic and Financials Crime Commission (EFCC) scope and nature of duty may not extend to_______

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C. conducting trials and punishing persons involved in corruption matters

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A. arresting suspects of cyber crime and online fraud

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B. arresting the giver and the taker in a corruption case

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D. investigating cases of substance and drug abuse intersecting with money laundering

Question 8

The head of the districts in the Hausa/Fulani Empire were the_________

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C. Hakimi

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A. Emirs of Gwandu and Sokoto

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B. Galadima

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D. Sarkin Ruwa

Question 9

The principle that determines the pattern of interaction of a country in international politics is known as____________

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A. foreign policy

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B. international trade

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C. alignment policy

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D. international relations

Question 10

An order compelling a lower court or public corporation to perform in accordance with legitimacy is called_________

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A. the writ of mandamus

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B. the great writ

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C. the writ of ombudsman

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D. none of the above

Question 11

The solidarity for self-governance system and liberty of Africans demonstrated by Africans and Non-Africans in diaspora is termed__________

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D. Pan-Africanism

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A. Nationalism

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B. Afrocentrism

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C. Neo-colonialism

Question 12

Colonialist arrival in Nigeria is traceable particularly to the_____

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B. annexation of the Lagos Colony

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A. introduction of christianity

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C. emergence of economic adventurism

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D. introduction of the indirect rule policy

Question 13

The fact that the office of the Chairman is rotational in ECOWAS makes it a perfect example of a/an ........

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D. Collegiate

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A. Cartel

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B. Confederacy

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C. Economic and Egalitarian political merger

Question 14

The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

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C. gerrymandering

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A. dissolution

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B. prorogation

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D. delimitation

Question 15

The Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) is attributable to the ____ regime

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A. Ibrahim Babangida's

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B. Murtala/Obasanjo's

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C. Yakubu Gowon's

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D. Abdulsalam Abubakar's

Question 16

Under the 1999 constitution, the Chief Law Officer and the Supreme Court Judge respectively are the_______

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C. Attorney-General, Chief Justice

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A. Chief Justice, Chief Judge

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B. Minister of Justice, Chief Judge

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D. Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice

Question 17

The area from which one or more members or representatives are elected in public offices is called the electoral ........

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B. Constituency

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A. College

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C. Ward

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D. District

Question 18

The federal judge under the 1963 constitution could be removed by the______

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A. 2/3 majority of the National Assembly

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B. Federal Judicial Service Commission

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C. Nigerian Judicial Council

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D. Executive president

Question 19

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is an organ of the_________

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C. United Nations

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A. African Union

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B. Commonwealth of Nations

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D. New Partnership for Africa's Development

Question 20

One of the major defects of the Nigerian council which necessitated its replacement was that....

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A. the meetings of the council were poorly attended

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B. the council could only make law for the southern protectorate

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C. the executive council was powerful than it

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D. the council was unrepresentative

Question 21

The basis of the Nigerian foreign policy thrust particularly during the Independence Constitution era was ... in nature

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A. afrocentric

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B. eurocentric

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C. neo-colonialistic

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D. anti-apartheid

Question 22

A political party often with a radical viewpoint and perspective to sensitive state affairs matters is often labelled as a ___party

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B. liberal

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A. conservatist

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C. democratic

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D. elitist

Question 23

The right of a citizen to seek redress means the right to________

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A. fair hearing

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B. free access to legal materials

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C. seek an appeal under another judgement

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D. exercise his political liberty

Question 24

The cultural organisation which metamorphosed into the Northern People's Congress (NPC) was__________

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B. Jamiyyar Mutanen Arewa

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A. Arewa Consultative Forum

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C. Borno Youth Movement

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D. Northern Elders Forum

Question 25

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the result of a coalition of the following parties except the___________

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C. United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA)

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A. All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)

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B. Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)

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D. Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)

Question 26

The defining processes for the formation of a people's political behaviour is___________

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A. political socialisation

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B. political culture

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C. political demonstration

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D. political participation

Question 27

Deconcentration of power means the_______

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A. sharing of powers among tiers of government

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B. creation of semi autonomous units to govern other parts of a state

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C. process of setting strategies or policies for the subsidiary territories in the state by putting recognized personnel in place

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D. act of delegating powers and authority to component units that exist in a state

Question 28

One of the following political parties produced Nigeria's first Prime Minister_______

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A. Northern People's Congress (NPC)

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B. National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC)

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C. Action Group (AG)

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D. Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

Question 29

A moral or legal conviction for the observance of the constitution may be described as________

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B. constitutionalism

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A. the rule of law

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C. immunity

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D. political obligation

Question 30

Class stratification is a peculiar feature of___________

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A. capitalism

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B. communism

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C. socialism

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D. feudalism

Question 31

The process by which electorates remove elected official is called_________

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B. re-call

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A. impeachment

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C. vote of no confidence

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D. referendum

Question 32

____ is noted for having said "man by nature is a political animal"

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B. Aristotle

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A. Thomas Hobbes

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C. Plato

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D. J.J Rosseau

Question 33

In a democratic system _______

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A. Majority Vote

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B. Legal Sovereignty shouldn't be unquestionable

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C. Electoral college is always necessary

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D. Minority vote but majority rule

Question 34

Nigeria's federalism is often considered a flaw along the standard test of the Classical federalism ideology labelled along with_______

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B. K.C Wheare

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A. Abraham Lincoln

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C. Thomas Hobbes

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D. Aristotle

Question 35

Under the 1979 constitution of Nigeria, each State was allowed to elect________

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C. five senators

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A. three senators

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B. from two to five senators depending on the population

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D. as many senators as the state could finance.

Question 36

The legitimate claims and entitlements available by reasons of birth and residence and/or certification, to a community of people may be abscribed as their___________

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D. citizenship rights

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A. fundamental rights

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B. civil liberties

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C. communitarian privilege

Question 37

Acceleration of the independence movements in the British West African Colonies was essentially because of the________

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C. tolerance for political participation and demonstration through political parties

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A. posture of the British Governor Generals

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B. influence of the christianity ideology

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D. speedy grant of independence in the French Colonies

Question 38

The Green Revolution programme was the effected manifesto of the ........ in 1979

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B. NPN

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A. UPN

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C. NPP

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D. GNPP

Question 39

The Chick's commission was set up to look into the issue of revenue allocation in___________

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D. 1953

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A. 1946

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B. 1957

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C. 1951

Question 40

According to Lewis Samuel, '________ is identified with pure conquest and unequivocal exploitation...'

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C. Regressive Imperialism

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A. Neo colonialism

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B. Progressive Imperialism

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D. Colonialism

Question 41

Popular political participation means________

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B. having a good number of voters in the electoral process

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A. having majority of the people partaking in politics

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C. the aggregate efforts of more than half of the citizens to partake in public debate and politics

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D. the sum total of all activities exerted by the majority with enthusiasm actively involving in all aspects of their political sphere

Question 42

Amendment of the U. N. O. charter is the duty of the ........

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C. General Assembly

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A. Security Council

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B. Secretariat

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D. Trusteeship Council

Question 43

Executive Council of the African Union makes decision by_______

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C. consensus

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A. 1/3 majority vote

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B. discretion

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D. the veto of the General Secretariat

Question 44

An important provision of the 1946 constitution was that it ........

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A. conceived federalism for Nigeria

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B. introduced federalism in Nigeria

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C. introduced official majority in the legislative council for the 1st time

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D. for the 1st time, introduced the office of the head of government at the regional level

Question 45

A cabinet reshuffle takes place......

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B. when dissolution is held

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A. only when a motion of no confidence is passed

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C. when prorogation and collective responsibility have their way

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D. when the shadow cabinet fails in its effectiveness

Question 46

In most recent times, a seemingly workable solution to the Nigerian federal question is that of_______

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B. restructuring

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A. state police

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C. terrorism

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D. revenue allocation

Question 47

Implementations of the target programmes of the government is the primary duty of the _____ a part of the _____

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C. Civil Service; Public Service

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A. Courts; Judiciary

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B. Public Service; Civil Service

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D. Ministers; Ministry of Works

Question 48

Opinion sampling may be necessary for the following reasons except________

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B. for preparing public expenditure

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A. for aggregating popular thinking and standpoint on a subject matter

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C. to evaluate the political strength of a political party

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D. to inspire public reasoning on population census

Question 49

The primary essence of a public corporation is__________

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B. public utility

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A. profit realization

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C. for the formulation of government policies

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D. for the resolution of administrative disputes

Question 50

Generally, a political party with only manifestoes without fulfilment is a/an _____

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B. elitist party

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A. conservative party

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C. theocratic party

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D. republican party

Question 51

A predominant feature of the Precolonial governance system was that_________

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C. the customary laws were prevalent

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A. the British Indirect rule system penetrated it largely

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B. the governance structures were largely undefined

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D. theocratic system was widely embraced

Question 52

The ____ Reform is influential to the inception of Local Government in Nigeria

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C. 1976

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A. 1979

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B. 1978

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D. 1975

Question 53

Lobbying is often a strategy adopted by________

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D. pressure groups

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A. political parties

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B. public corporations

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C. public authorities

Question 54

A form of government organized by a council of military officers is called______

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C. Military Junta

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A. Militocracy

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B. Stratocracy

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D. Mobocracy

Question 55

The concept of delegated legislation is often criticised for all but one of the following reasons?

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C. for reasons of expertise rule making on specific subject matters

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A. it may lead to abuse of the powers

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B. for reasons of sheer ignorance on legislative substance and procedure

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D. it is a clear violation of the separation of powers concept

Question 56

The last measure used by the pressure groups issuing a condition to be satisfied within a stipulated time is called_______

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B. Ultimatum

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A. Lobbying

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C. Dialogue

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D. Strike

Question 57

The Hausa/Fulani Empire as a result of its heterogeneous population adopted_________

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B. A federal structure where powers were decentralized although autocratic

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A. A unitary system where full concentration of power prevailed

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C. A quasi federal structure with devolution

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D. A partial federal set up with deconcentration

Question 58

In the all-Nigerian constitutional conference of 1950________

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C. it was concluded that a quasi-federal structure should be developed for colonial Nigeria

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A. all official members of the legislative council participated

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B. it was resolved that the Nigerians federation be organized on ethnic basis

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D. all unofficial members of the legislative council participated

Question 59

The concept of the independence of the judiciary means that________

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D. All means of legislative or executive influence on judicial decision making must be disabled

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A. The judiciary must not attempt to meddle into legislative and executive affairs

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B. The powers of the courts can not be subjected of executive re-assessment

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C. The sanctity of the office of the Judges and Justices must be preserved without prejudice

Question 60

The arm of government responsible for the approval of war is the_____

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C. legislature

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A. judiciary

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B. executive

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D. none

Question 61

The Brussel conference in 1889/90 was based on______

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A. putting an end to slave trade

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B. the scramble for Africa

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C. furthering the decision on colonialism as previously discussed in the Berlin conference

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D. deciding on how to penetrate Africa for economic adventurism

Question 62

The most recent target plans and agenda of the United Nations are known as the______

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D. Sustainable Development Goals

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A. Resolution 2020

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B. Millenium Development Goals

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C. Agenda 2063

Question 63

A party can be said to have national outlook if________

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B. its membership cut across ethnic boundaries

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A. it is ethnic based but has branches all over the state

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C. it is registered by the electoral commission as a national party

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D. it is headed by individuals who are famous within and without the country

Question 64

The political party serves as________

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D. A platform for interest representation

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A. A platform upon which the rights and liberties of the people can be attained

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B. The group aggregating the interest of all in the state

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C. A platform for rebelling against military rule

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