JAMB Government · Citizenship, political participation and public administration

Political parties and party systems: JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Political parties and party systems

Our summary: What political parties are, how they are organised and what they do, and the different party systems.

  • Political parties (Definition, organization, functions.)
  • Party Systems (Definition, organization, functions, merits and demerits.)

Objectives

  • assess the role of political parties;
  • distinguish between types of party systems.

Syllabus content © The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (UTME).

JAMB Government questions on Political parties and party systems

  1. JAMB 2025Party coalition is common in a
  2. JAMB 2025An organised group of citizens acting together and seeking to obtain the control of government is a
  3. JAMB 2025A system in which more than two political parties contest for an election is referred to as
  4. JAMB 2025The pioneer president of the Action Group was
  5. JAMB 2025The party system that was operational in Nigeria under the aborted Third Republic was the
  6. JAMB 2024Pressure groups are different from political parties because they
  7. JAMB 2024One of the functions of political party is
  8. JAMB 2023The process of selecting candidates to represent a political party in elections is known as
  9. JAMB 2022A one-party system helps to prevent
  10. JAMB 2021A major issue that distinguishes pressure groups from political parties is the …
  11. JAMB 2021One argument against a multi-party system is the …
  12. JAMB 2020While pressure groups aim at influencing government decisions, the primary aim of political parties is to …
  13. JAMB 2019A political party often with a radical viewpoint and perspective to sensitive state affairs matters is often labelled as a … party
  14. JAMB 2019Generally, a political party with only manifestoes without fulfilment is a/an …
  15. JAMB 2019A party can be said to have national outlook if …
  16. JAMB 2019The political party serves as …
  17. JAMB 2018A political manifesto is a document which outlines …
  18. JAMB 2017The primary reason for the establishment of political parties is to … ?
  19. JAMB 2017The system of government by the political parties in a democratic country is known as … ?
  20. JAMB 2017one important agent of a political socialization is the … ?
  21. JAMB 2017A major differences between pressure group and political party is that whereas the latter aims at winning power the former … ?
  22. JAMB 2016A disadvantage of the one-party system is that it
  23. JAMB 2015A disadvantage of the one-party system is that it

Years with Political parties and party systems questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015