JAMB Government 2018

14 reviewed questions with answers and explanations.

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Question 1

The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain

  1. absolute majority
  2. simple majority
  3. forty percent of the votes
  4. fifty percent of the votes
Answer and explanation

A: absolute majority

An absolute majority requires more than half of the valid votes. A second ballot allows a further vote when no candidate meets the required majority in the first round.

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Question 2

The tenure of the president of the UN Security Council is

  1. one month
  2. six months
  3. two years
  4. one year
Answer and explanation

A: one month

The Security Council presidency rotates among its members in English alphabetical order. Each presidency lasts one calendar month, as set out in Rule 18 of its provisional rules.

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Question 4

Bicameral legislatures are popular in

  1. unitary system
  2. federal system
  3. confederal
  4. rigid system
Answer and explanation

B: federal system

Bicameralism is common in federations because one chamber can represent people and another the constituent states or regions. The second chamber gives those units a voice in national lawmaking.

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Question 8

Power refers to the__________

  1. ability to impose one’s will upon others
  2. duties an individual imposes on himself
  3. legal nature of a constitution
  4. duties political parties demand of their registered members
Answer and explanation

A: ability to impose one’s will upon others

Political power is the capacity to make others act in accordance with ones will. Authority is the recognized legitimate right to exercise power, which is a related but distinct concept.

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Question 10

An Agency of the united Nations which specializes in the welfare of children is the _______

  1. WHO
  2. UNESCO
  3. UNICEF
  4. UNDP
Answer and explanation

C: UNICEF

UNICEF is the United Nations Childrens Fund and focuses on childrens welfare and rights. Its work includes health, nutrition, education and protection.

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Question 14

In 1991, the African Economic Community Treaty was signed in

  1. Addis Ababa
  2. Abuja
  3. Lomé
  4. Tripoli
Answer and explanation

B: Abuja

The treaty establishing the African Economic Community was adopted in Abuja in June 1991. This is why it is commonly called the Abuja Treaty.

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Question 15

Based on its objectives, the Organization of African Unity can primarily be classified as

  1. a social organization
  2. a political organization
  3. a cultural organization
  4. an economic organization
Answer and explanation

B: a political organization

The OAU brought African states together to defend sovereignty, advance unity and support liberation. These central intergovernmental objectives make it primarily political, despite its economic and cultural cooperation work.

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Question 19

The goal of the theory of separation of power is to

  1. make the executive dependent on the legislative
  2. give more powers to the legislative
  3. protect individual liberty
  4. creates efficiency in the judiciary
Answer and explanation

C: protect individual liberty

Separating governmental powers helps prevent their concentration in one authority and thereby protects individual liberty. Checks between branches strengthen this restraint.

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Question 20

The first executive president of Nigeria was_________

  1. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
  2. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
  3. General Yakubu Gowon
  4. Alhaji Shehu Shagari
Answer and explanation

D: Alhaji Shehu Shagari

Shehu Shagari became Nigeria’s first executive president in 1979. Nnamdi Azikiwe had earlier served as a ceremonial president under the parliamentary system.

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Question 22

The primary function of the judiciary is to ______

  1. interpret laws
  2. make laws
  3. regulate behaviour
  4. execute laws
Answer and explanation

A: interpret laws

The judiciary interprets laws and applies them in deciding cases. The legislature primarily enacts laws, while the executive implements public policy and administers government.

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Question 33

Political socialization is associated with

  1. free choice of party programmes
  2. military takeover of civilian government
  3. the transmission of political values
  4. political transition
Answer and explanation

C: the transmission of political values

Political socialization transmits political values, beliefs and expectations through institutions and social experience. It is a learning process, not a military transfer of government.

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Question 35

The development of a classless society is the goal of __________

  1. liberalism
  2. Marxism
  3. conservatism
  4. feudalism
Answer and explanation

B: Marxism

Marxism envisages overcoming class divisions associated with ownership of the means of production. Its ultimate communist goal is a classless society, unlike feudalism or conservatism.

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Question 37

Rhodesia was the former name of

  1. Zambia
  2. Namibia
  3. Zimbabwe
  4. Swaziland
Answer and explanation

C: Zimbabwe

The territory known as Southern Rhodesia, and later commonly Rhodesia, became independent Zimbabwe in 1980. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia, so the two historical names should be distinguished.

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Question 38

The Yoruba traditional system of government was

  1. monarchical
  2. egalitarian
  3. republican
  4. democratic
Answer and explanation

A: monarchical

Traditional Yoruba kingdoms generally placed an oba at the head of a monarchical structure. Councils and other institutions could limit that ruler's authority, so monarchy did not necessarily mean unlimited personal power.

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