Year : 
1988
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The right to direct and command people is

A. authority

B. power

C. opinion

D. obedience

A

2.

The application of the rule of law can be hindered by

A. independence of the judiciary

B. irresponsible press

C. unequal distribution of wealth

D. free access to education

B

3.

When sovereignty rest with component states in a political system the constitution is referred to as

A. flexible

B. unitary

C. confederal

D. federal

C

4.

Constitutions originate from a belief that there i need for

A. limited government

B. freedom of worship

C. full employment

D. judicial independence

A

5.

Constitutions originate from a belief that there i need for

A. limited government

B. freedom of worship

C. full employment

D. judicial independence

A

6.

In a parliamentary system of government, the offices of head of state and head of government are ``

A. fused

B. separated

C. not defined

D. indistinguishable

B

7.

Citizenship may be changed by

A. Renuciation

B. remarriage

C. divorce

D. conviction

A

8.

Fascism emphasises

A. individualism

B. equality

C. nationalism

D. collectivism

D

9.

Government by the few is

A. dictatorship

B. monarchy

C. oligarchy

D. autocracy

C

10.

The doctrine of separation of power is associated with

A. Montesquieu

B. Locke

C. Marx

D. Hobbes

A

1.

The right to direct and command people is

A. authority

B. power

C. opinion

D. obedience

A

2.

The application of the rule of law can be hindered by

A. independence of the judiciary

B. irresponsible press

C. unequal distribution of wealth

D. free access to education

B

3.

When sovereignty rest with component states in a political system the constitution is referred to as

A. flexible

B. unitary

C. confederal

D. federal

C

4.

Constitutions originate from a belief that there i need for

A. limited government

B. freedom of worship

C. full employment

D. judicial independence

A

5.

Constitutions originate from a belief that there i need for

A. limited government

B. freedom of worship

C. full employment

D. judicial independence

A

6.

In a parliamentary system of government, the offices of head of state and head of government are ``

A. fused

B. separated

C. not defined

D. indistinguishable

B

7.

Citizenship may be changed by

A. Renuciation

B. remarriage

C. divorce

D. conviction

A

8.

Fascism emphasises

A. individualism

B. equality

C. nationalism

D. collectivism

D

9.

Government by the few is

A. dictatorship

B. monarchy

C. oligarchy

D. autocracy

C

10.

The doctrine of separation of power is associated with

A. Montesquieu

B. Locke

C. Marx

D. Hobbes

A