JAMB Government 1982 Past Questions

Universal Suffrage means

In the Parliamentary System of government executive powers are vested in

In a federal system, powers that are allocated to both Central and State governments are called

In a democracy, political power is exercised by

The purpose of registration before elections is to

In a parliamentary system of government the head of government is usually

In the presidential system in Nigeria the Chief Executive remains in office for

The idea of democracy as a system of government was inherited from

We say that a constitution is rigid if

All of the following term is different from the others?

Anonymity of the civil servant means that civil servants must

A court order directing a detainee to be brought to court is called

To say that a country has a multi-party system means that

Pressure groups are important because they

A constituency is the same as

In the British parliamentary system, if parliament passes a vote of no confidence on the government, the Prime Minister

Which of these is NOT a method of election?

An unwritten constitution is the one where

A body of people and institutions that make and enforce laws for a particular society is called

A constitution refers to

The idea of putting everyone under two levels of government at the same time is called

One of the fundamental features of capitalism is

A Federal system of government is the one in which

The membership of pressure groups is limited because they

The OAU was founded to

Under the present local government system in Nigeria, local councils get the bulk their finances from

The United Nations Organization was founded to

Before it became effective, the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was finally approved by

Bye-laws are usually made and enforced by

One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the

The organization of African Unty was set up in

The Nigeria 1979 Constitution gives the right to vote to

The Nigeria 1981 Revenue Allocation Act entitled the local governments to?

The Nigeria Federal Legislature is

Ghana was led into independence by

Which of the following was the last Constitution formulated for Nigeria without Nigeria participation?

Which of the parties listed below was founded by Herbert Macaulay in 1923?

In which of the following institutions does the 1979 Constitution of Nigerian provide for the representation of traditional rulers?

The Economic Commission for Africa is an agency of

Where is the administrative headquarters of ECOWAS?

Under the 1979 Nigerian Constitution, State Electoral Commissions are to conduct

The body whose responsibility it is to recruit the senior staff of local government councils in Nigeria is the

The Richards Constitution in Nigeria provided for the

Which of following countries operates a single party system?

The main function of the Legislative Council in British Colonial West Africa was to

The judicial organ of the United Nations is the

Which of the following countries has the right to veto the decision of the Security Council

The primary function of the Economic and social council of the UN is to

Which of the following countries voted 'no' in the referendum conducted by france in 1958?