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Government JAMB 2023

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1. … is the time during which the life of the legislature comes to an end.

a. End of session

b. Postponement

c. Dissolution

d. Adjournment

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2. The … senate ended at the end of the Buhari-led civilian administration.

a. Seventh

b. Ninth

c. Eight

d. Tenth

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3. One of the following is not an attribute of a state.

a. Government

b. Permanence

c. Monthly meetings

d. Population

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4. The following are merits of socialism except …

a. welfare of people.

b. unity.

c. monopoly.

d. industrial harmony.

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5. Government's responsibility and accountability to its citizens can be achieved through the following means except …

a. demonstration

b. periodic change of government

c. political education

d. public opinion

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6. Equality before the law is a principle of …

a. separation of powers

b. checks and balances

c. Ombudsman

d. rule of law

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7. A federal system of government is adopted in a state that possesses …

a. a weak economic base.

b. a small population with a large expanse of land.

c. a single ethnic group

d. marked inequalities the component units.

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8. The benefits of pressure groups are the following except …

a. promotion members' interests

b. acting as watchdogs

c. provision of specialised information.

d. paucity of funds

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9. … is the Chief Executive Officer in a parliamentary system of government.

a. Prime Minister

b. Governor General

c. Speaker

d. President

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10. The laws promulgated by military government are known as …

a. acts.

b. orders.

c. bye-laws.

d. decrees.

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11. Judicial independence can be achieved when courts …

a. enter into agreements with civil service and the Bar.

b. cooperate with the executive and military.

c. work with the legislature and the Ministry of Justice.

d. are independent of the executive and the legislature.

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12. Delegated legislation can be one of the following.

a. Edicts

b. Man-made laws

c. Case laws

d. Statutory instruments

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13. Which of the following perfectly describes two-party system?

a. A political system where only two major political parties exist in a political system

b. A political system in which majority of the electorate prefer two political parties to others

c. A political system that gives more attention to two political parties than others

d. The existence of more than two political parties contesting for political power in a state

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14. The practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into electoral districts in a manner that gives one source of political party an unfair advantage in elections is known as …

a. constituency census.

b. gerrymandering.

c. constituency planning.

d. delimitation.

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15. The power of the unitary system of government is derived from …

a. the judiciary.

b. the Ministry of Justice

c. a rigid constitution.

d. one authority.

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16. .… are powers shared by both the federal government and constituent political units such as a state or province.

a. Current powers

b. Executive powers

c. Concurrent powers

d. Residual powers

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17. In the policy of assimilation, the term 'commune' was used to describe …

a. models of towns and villages in colonies as they were in France.

b. central state.

c. small cities in colonies.

d. Saint Louis.

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18. During the policy of assimilation, which of the following was not one of the four communes in Senegal?

a. Dakar

b. Rufisque

c. Goree

d. Marseille

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19. Which of the following is not an importance of the Brazzaville Conference of 1944?

a. Enlargement of African representatives

b. French colonies to become autonomous units within a federation with headquarters in Dakar.

c. Promotion of cash crops cultivation

d. Extension of French citio all citizenship the inhabitants of the French colonies

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20. The following are positive impacts of colonialism except …

a. relegation of African culture to the background by colonialists.

b. development of political parties.

c. common language.

d. common legal system.

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21. Which of the following is not an internal factor that led to the rise and growth of nationalism?

a. The Atlantic Charter

b. Formation of political parties

c. return of the ex-servicemen

d. Activities of the educated elite

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22. The idea of creating the National Congress of British West Africa was conceived by …

a. Akinwande Savage and Obafemi Awolowo.

b. Obafemi Awolowo and Kwame Nkrumah.

c. Nnamdi Azikiwe and J. E. Casely Hayford.

d. J. E. Casely Hayford and Akinwande Savage.

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23. All the British colonial governors were reporting to …

a. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

b. President.

c. Prime Minister.

d. the English Monarchy.

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24. Which of the following constitutions introduced the elective principle into the Legislative Council in Nigeria?

a. Lyttleton Constitution

b. Macpherson Constitution

c. Richards Constitution

d. Clifford Constitution

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25. One of the following is not a merit of the Second Republican Constitution.

a. Fixed term of office

b. Creation of a new federal capital territory

c. Separation of powers

d. Delay in the execution of programme

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26. An elected governor or president can be removed from office by the electorate through …

a. Judicial Service Commission.

b. impeachment.

c. public hearing and pronouncements.

d. recall.

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27. The Ajaokuta Steel project is closely associated with one of the following countries.

a. Russia

b. United States of America

c. The Netherlands

d. The United Kingdom

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28. The factional national chairman of the labour Party in Nigeria that was mobbed at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja is …

a. Umar Farouk.

b. Lamidi Apapa.

c. Julius Abure.

d. Abdullahi Adamu.

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29. The Labour Party in Nigeria was previously known as the …

a. Party for the Labour Chiefs.

b. Social Party for the Masses.

c. Party for Social Democrats.

d. Party for Social Democracy.

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30. Which of the following sets of governors constituted the G-5 Governors in Nigeria shortly before the 2023 general elections?

a. Gboyega Oyetola, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, and Seyi Makinde

b. Abduraman Abdulrasaq, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, and Seyi Makinde

c. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, and Seyi Makinde

d. Ifeanyi gwuanyi, Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Rotirni Akeredolu, and Seyi Makinde

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31. In the 1930s, the Nigerian National Democratic Party domination of Lagos politics was challenged by …

a. Northern People's Congress

b. Nigerian Youth Movement

c. Action Group

d. Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroun

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32. …is the transfer of powers from a central government to subnational authorities, e.g. states, regions, etc.

a. Power transfer

b. Decentralisation

c. Delegation

d. Devolution

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33. The head of the judicial arm of government of Nigeria and Supreme Court is …

a. Chief Justice of Nigeria.

b. Federal Attorney General.

c. Barrister General of the Federation.

d. Attorney General of the Federation.

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34. The cancellation of Nigeria's debt was vehemently opposed by one of the following British prime ministers.

a. Edward Heath

b. Gordon Brown

c. Harold Wilson

d. Margaret Thatcher

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35. A major feature of authoritarianism is that the government is …

a. personalised.

b. decentralised.

c. localised.

d. centralised.

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36. Since the 1976 local government reform in Nigeria, the main source of local governments has been …

a. revenue from licences and court fines.

b. local rates.

c. allocations from the federal government.

d. levies.

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37. The separation of powers can be said to mean …

a. public complaints system.

b. checks and balances.

c. rule of law.

d. unitary set-up.

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38. The parliamentary system of government is also known as …

a. democracy.

b. Westminster system.

c. unitary model.

d. confederal system.

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39. Which type of sovereignty do we have a sovereign who is just there by name because he is not really capable of exercising any effective power?

a. internal sovereignty.

b. legal sovereignty.

c. titular sovereignty.

d. external sovereignty.

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40. A form of government in which only owners of property are allowed to be a part of the government is known as

a. stratocracy.

b. timocracy.

c. meritocracy.

d. theocracy.

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Items to Bring:

JAMB Exam Slip Copies: Carry two printed copies of your JAMB exam slip—one for yourself and one for the invigilator.
Pencil/Eraser: Essential for making sketches and corrections during the exam.
Cash: While not a JAMB requirement, having sufficient cash on hand is a good precaution for unforeseen circumstances.

Prohibited Items:

Candidates must strictly avoid bringing any of these items into the exam venue to prevent penalties or disqualification:

Caps of Any Kind
Pen/Biro
Mobile Phones or Any Electronic Devices
Spy Reading Glasses
Calculators or Similar Electronic Devices
USBs
CDs
Wrist Watches
Books or Any Reading/Writing Materials
Cameras
Recorders
Microphones
Ear Pieces
Ink/Pen Readers
Smart Lenses
Smart Rings/Jewelry
Smart Buttons and Bluetooth Devices
Hard Disks or Similar Storage Devices

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