100 Current JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers: With over 15 years in tutoring students on JAMB classes , I have carefully grafted out most repeated past questions and answers which are ticked in green
Foundations of Government
- Government is the machinery established to manage the affairs of
A) The executive
B) The legislature
C) The judiciary
D) The state ✅ - The rule of law emphasizes
A) Freedom of speech
B) Supremacy of the law ✅
C) Equality before the law
D) Fundamental human rights - A constitution is said to be flexible if
A) It can be easily amended ✅
B) It requires a special procedure for amendment
C) It is unwritten
D) It is difficult to interpret - The principle of separation of powers was popularized by
A) John Locke
B) Montesquieu ✅
C) Karl Marx
D) Aristotle - The primary function of government is to
A) Provide social amenities
B) Ensure law and order ✅
C) Engage in business ventures
D) Conduct foreign relations
Types and Forms of Government
- A government in which power is vested in a few privileged individuals is called
A) Democracy
B) Aristocracy ✅
C) Autocracy
D) Monarchy - A totalitarian government is one that
A) Encourages multiple political parties
B) Has complete control over all aspects of life ✅
C) Protects individual freedom
D) Allows for free press - A federal system of government is best suited for
A) A homogeneous society
B) A country with diverse ethnic groups ✅
C) A unitary state
D) A one-party system - The head of government in a parliamentary system is
A) The president
B) The governor
C) The prime minister ✅
D) The king - One disadvantage of a unitary system is
A) It promotes strong national unity
B) It allows for quick decision-making
C) It concentrates power in one authority ✅
D) It is expensive to run
100 Current JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers
Citizenship and Human Rights
- A citizen is a person who
A) Has lived in a country for a long time
B) Has full legal rights and obligations in a country ✅
C) Holds a permanent visa
D) Pays taxes regularly - The process of acquiring citizenship by birth is called
A) Jus sanguinis
B) Jus soli ✅
C) Naturalization
D) Citizenship by registration - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in
A) 1945
B) 1948 ✅
C) 1950
D) 1960 - One of the limitations to fundamental human rights is
A) Freedom of speech
B) National security ✅
C) Right to vote
D) Freedom of movement - The right to vote and be voted for is called
A) Political right ✅
B) Economic right
C) Civil right
D) Social right
Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary
- The law-making body of government is the
A) Executive
B) Legislature ✅
C) Judiciary
D) Civil service - The executive arm of government is responsible for
A) Law-making
B) Implementing policies ✅
C) Interpreting laws
D) Conducting elections - The judiciary serves as
A) Law enforcement
B) The final arbiter in legal disputes ✅
C) A pressure group
D) An advisory body - The doctrine of checks and balances ensures
A) The supremacy of the legislature
B) That no arm of government is too powerful ✅
C) The dominance of the executive
D) That the judiciary makes laws - The leader of a parliamentary government is called
A) President
B) Prime Minister ✅
C) Speaker
D) Governor
Elections and Political Parties
- The process of electing government officials is called
A) Governance
B) Democracy
C) Election ✅
D) Appointment - Universal adult suffrage means
A) Voting rights for all citizens above 18 ✅
B) Voting rights for men only
C) Voting rights for property owners
D) Voting rights for politicians - A manifesto is a document that
A) Explains a party’s ideology ✅
B) Contains the election results
C) Shows the budget of a country
D) Describes the constitution - The body responsible for conducting elections in Nigeria is
A) INEC ✅
B) NCC
C) NPC
D) EFCC - A multi-party system allows
A) Two political parties
B) More than two political parties ✅
C) A single political party
D) No political parties
100 Current JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers
Public Administration
- The civil service is mainly responsible for
A) Making policies
B) Implementing government policies ✅
C) Conducting elections
D) Organizing protests - The head of the Nigerian civil service is the
A) Chief Justice
B) Head of Service ✅
C) Attorney General
D) Senate President - A public corporation is an organization that
A) Is owned by private individuals
B) Provides essential services ✅
C) Is profit-driven
D) Has no government control - One feature of local government is
A) It is directly controlled by the state governor
B) It operates at the grassroots level ✅
C) It has no elected officials
D) It is mainly for traditional rulers - The highest court in Nigeria is the
A) Court of Appeal
B) Federal High Court
C) Supreme Court ✅
D) Magistrate Court
Public Administration (Continued)
- The Nigerian civil service is mainly composed of
A) Politicians
B) Professionals
C) Career officers ✅
D) Businessmen - The tenure of local government chairmen in Nigeria is
A) 2 years
B) 3 years ✅
C) 4 years
D) 5 years - The agency responsible for checking corruption in Nigeria is
A) INEC
B) EFCC ✅
C) NLC
D) NCC - One major function of the public service is
A) Conducting elections
B) Implementing government policies ✅
C) Protecting citizens’ rights
D) Forming political parties - The head of a Nigerian ministry is known as
A) Commissioner
B) Director-General
C) Permanent Secretary ✅
D) Special Adviser
Constitutional Development in Nigeria
- The first constitution of Nigeria was the
A) Clifford Constitution
B) Lyttleton Constitution
C) Macpherson Constitution
D) 1922 Clifford Constitution ✅ - The Independence Constitution of Nigeria came into effect in
A) 1954
B) 1957
C) 1960 ✅
D) 1963 - The 1979 Nigerian Constitution introduced
A) Unitary system
B) Presidential system ✅
C) Parliamentary system
D) Military rule - The 1999 Nigerian Constitution is based on the
A) Westminster model
B) Federal system ✅
C) Unitary system
D) Communist system - The highest law-making body in Nigeria is
A) The National Assembly ✅
B) The Judiciary
C) The Executive
D) The Local Government
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Nigeria’s Foreign Policy
- Nigeria’s foreign policy is based on
A) Self-interest
B) Africa as the centrepiece ✅
C) Military alliances
D) Economic exploitation - The first Prime Minister of Nigeria was
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Tafawa Balewa ✅
C) Ahmadu Bello
D) Obafemi Awolowo - Nigeria is a founding member of
A) United Nations
B) African Union ✅
C) European Union
D) NATO - ECOWAS was established in
A) 1963
B) 1975 ✅
C) 1980
D) 1991 - The headquarters of the African Union is in
A) Lagos
B) Nairobi
C) Addis Ababa ✅
D) Accra
Military Rule in Nigeria
- The first military coup in Nigeria took place in
A) 1963
B) 1966 ✅
C) 1975
D) 1983 - General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in
A) 1975
B) 1976 ✅
C) 1978
D) 1980 - The military handed over power to civilians in
A) 1979
B) 1983
C) 1999 ✅
D) 2007 - The Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) was introduced by
A) Shehu Shagari
B) Ibrahim Babangida ✅
C) Sani Abacha
D) Olusegun Obasanjo - The decree that suspended the Nigerian Constitution during military rule was called
A) Human Rights Act
B) Federal Decree
C) Constitution Suspension Decree ✅
D) Emergency Act
Political Development in Nigeria
- The first political party in Nigeria was
A) NPC
B) NCNC
C) NNDP ✅
D) AG - The first Executive President of Nigeria was
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Shehu Shagari ✅
C) Olusegun Obasanjo
D) Goodluck Jonathan - The Nigerian Civil War lasted from
A) 1966 to 1970
B) 1967 to 1970 ✅
C) 1970 to 1975
D) 1980 to 1983 - The annulment of the June 12, 1993 election led to
A) A coup
B) Political unrest ✅
C) Civil war
D) Economic growth - The leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was
A) Anthony Enahoro
B) Wole Soyinka
C) Gani Fawehinmi
D) Abraham Adesanya ✅
100 Current JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers
Political Institutions and Systems
- The primary function of the judiciary is to
A) Make laws
B) Interpret laws ✅
C) Execute laws
D) Organize elections - The Nigerian Senate is headed by the
A) Chief Justice
B) Senate President ✅
C) Speaker
D) Vice President - The Speaker of the House of Representatives is elected by
A) The Senate
B) The President
C) Members of the House ✅
D) The Judiciary - The body that regulates elections in Nigeria is
A) INEC ✅
B) EFCC
C) NLC
D) NCC - The tenure of a Nigerian President is
A) 4 years ✅
B) 5 years
C) 6 years
D) 7 years
Public Administration and Civil Service
- The civil service is headed by the
A) Attorney General
B) Head of Service ✅
C) Chief Justice
D) Senate President - The highest court in Nigeria is the
A) Court of Appeal
B) Supreme Court ✅
C) High Court
D) Magistrate Court - The EFCC is responsible for
A) Investigating financial crimes ✅
B) Conducting elections
C) Regulating telecoms
D) Managing government policies - The NLC is responsible for
A) Conducting elections
B) Regulating banks
C) Representing workers ✅
D) Managing public funds - The 36 states in Nigeria are grouped into
A) 4 geopolitical zones
B) 5 geopolitical zones
C) 6 geopolitical zones ✅
D) 7 geopolitical zones
