Year : 
2013
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 40 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Under the Technical Aid Corps, Nigerian experts are deployed to

A. African, the pacific and the Caribbean

B. Europe, South America and Asia

C. The pacific, the Caribbean and Europe

D. Asia, Africa and the pacific

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
32.

The center-piece of Nigeria's foreign policy covers only

A. Europe

B. Africa

C. Latin America

D. Asia

Detailed Solution

Africa is the centre point of Nigeria's foreign policy which does provide Nigeria a leadership role within the continent.
There is an explanation video available below.
33.

Which of the following countries pioneered the establishment of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria?

A. Ghana

B. Togo

C. Algeria

D. Cameroun

Detailed Solution

Nigeria and Togo started pushing for the idea in the early 1970s.
There is an explanation video available below.
34.

Nigeria's role in the African Union was most prominent during the regime of

A. President Olusegun Obasanjo

B. President Shehu Shagari

C. President Umaru Yar'adua

D. President Ibrahim Babangida

Detailed Solution

During Obasanjo's term he was chair of both the AU and the PSC
There is an explanation video available below.
35.

A representative of a Commonwealth country in another member state is known as

A. Consul-General

B. Ambassador

C. Attache

D. High Commissioner

Detailed Solution

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.
There is an explanation video available below.
36.

The organ of UN that promotes voluntary co-operation among member states in diverse areas is the

A. International Court of Justice

B. General Assembly

C. Economic and Social Council

D. Security Council

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
37.

The main representative body of the United Nations is the

A. Security Council

B. General Assembly

C. Trusteeship Council

D. Secretariat

Detailed Solution

The Charter established six principal organs of the United Nations: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
There is an explanation video available below.
38.

The AU differs from the OAU in having

A. Effective tools for decision enforcement

B. No permanent headquarters

C. A minimum of divergent viewpoints

D. No assembly of Heads of State

Detailed Solution

One of the key differences between the AU and the OAU is that the AU is conceived as a union of peoples rather than of the leaders of Africa.
There is an explanation video available below.
39.

Under the emirate system, the commander of the army is the _____

A. Alkali

B. Hakimi

C. Sarkin Fada

D. Madawaki

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
40.

The indirect rule system of administration was more successful in northern Nigeria because

A. the people were mainly interested in being governed indirectly

B. of the existence of an organized structure in the area

C. the Europeans ensured that the farmlands of the natives were not confisticated

D. the natives showed little or no resistance

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
31.

Under the Technical Aid Corps, Nigerian experts are deployed to

A. African, the pacific and the Caribbean

B. Europe, South America and Asia

C. The pacific, the Caribbean and Europe

D. Asia, Africa and the pacific

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
32.

The center-piece of Nigeria's foreign policy covers only

A. Europe

B. Africa

C. Latin America

D. Asia

Detailed Solution

Africa is the centre point of Nigeria's foreign policy which does provide Nigeria a leadership role within the continent.
There is an explanation video available below.
33.

Which of the following countries pioneered the establishment of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria?

A. Ghana

B. Togo

C. Algeria

D. Cameroun

Detailed Solution

Nigeria and Togo started pushing for the idea in the early 1970s.
There is an explanation video available below.
34.

Nigeria's role in the African Union was most prominent during the regime of

A. President Olusegun Obasanjo

B. President Shehu Shagari

C. President Umaru Yar'adua

D. President Ibrahim Babangida

Detailed Solution

During Obasanjo's term he was chair of both the AU and the PSC
There is an explanation video available below.
35.

A representative of a Commonwealth country in another member state is known as

A. Consul-General

B. Ambassador

C. Attache

D. High Commissioner

Detailed Solution

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.
There is an explanation video available below.
36.

The organ of UN that promotes voluntary co-operation among member states in diverse areas is the

A. International Court of Justice

B. General Assembly

C. Economic and Social Council

D. Security Council

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
37.

The main representative body of the United Nations is the

A. Security Council

B. General Assembly

C. Trusteeship Council

D. Secretariat

Detailed Solution

The Charter established six principal organs of the United Nations: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
There is an explanation video available below.
38.

The AU differs from the OAU in having

A. Effective tools for decision enforcement

B. No permanent headquarters

C. A minimum of divergent viewpoints

D. No assembly of Heads of State

Detailed Solution

One of the key differences between the AU and the OAU is that the AU is conceived as a union of peoples rather than of the leaders of Africa.
There is an explanation video available below.
39.

Under the emirate system, the commander of the army is the _____

A. Alkali

B. Hakimi

C. Sarkin Fada

D. Madawaki

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
40.

The indirect rule system of administration was more successful in northern Nigeria because

A. the people were mainly interested in being governed indirectly

B. of the existence of an organized structure in the area

C. the Europeans ensured that the farmlands of the natives were not confisticated

D. the natives showed little or no resistance

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.