JAMB Government 1997 Past Questions

Authority refers to the

Government is different from other political organizations because

Judicial independence in a modern democracy can be ensured by

The official report of proceeding in parliament is known as the

An important feature of the federal system of government is the existence of a

An important aspect of an unwritten constitution is that it

The ideology that advocates the complete control of the sources of power is

Shadow Cabinet is associated with the

One basic characteristic of parliamentary system of government is that the

In a presidential system, the theory of separation of powers is not absolute because the president

The principle of checks and balances is found mainly in

During the second republic in Nigeria, the branch of the legislature responsible for ratifying presidential nominees for appointments was the

A tax law originates from

The order used by the court against unnecessary detention is

When school pupils sing the national anthem and salute the flag, they are

A major duty of citizens is to

The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because

The process of dividing a country into electoral districts is known as

Political parties are formed essentially to

A systematic effort to manipulate the beliefs, attitudes and actions of the public through the mass media and other means is called

In the Igbo political system, authority was shared among

The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was

A major feature of the system of government in the Sokoto Caliphate was that

The people of Southern Nigeria first came in contact with Europeans through

Nigeria's first law-making body after the amalgamation was known as the

One major flaw of the British Indirect Rule in Nigeria was that the system

The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the

In 1947, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe led a delegation to the British Colonial Office in London to protest against the

Under the 1922 Clifford Constitution, franchise was granted in Calabar and Lagos to

Under the 1979 Constitution in Nigeria, each state of the federation

Under the 1963 Republican Constitution, the power of judicial review was vested in the

Between 1966 and 1975, the highest legislative body in Nigeria was the

Three important concepts associated with a well organized civil service are

The public agency now mandated to register births and deaths in Nigeria is the

Under the Babangida administration, the political bureau recommended at the federal level

The first political party that contested election in Nigeria after the Clifford Constitution was

Four pre-independece political parties in nigeria included the

In Nigeria, functions shared by the central and state governments include

The creation of more states in Nigeria has

After the botched coup of January 1966, power was handed over to General Johnson Aguiy Nronsi by the

Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were

The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was

Non - alignment is no longer relevant in Nigerian foreign policy because

In 1978,the Obasanjo Administration nationalized the assets of the British Petroleum and Barclays Bank in Nigeria in reaction to the British

Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with France in 1961 because of

Nigeri established a trust fund for other African countries with the

Nations join international organizations so that they could

The organ of the UNO with full representation is the

Which of the following was the last to win Independence from colonial rule?