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JAMB Government past questions and answers

10 questions from the most recent UTME Government papers in our bank, across different topics. Try each one, then open the answer to see a worked solution.

  1. Question 1 · UTME 2024 · Pressure Groups and Public Opinion

    The aggregate view of individuals in a society is referred to as

    1. Apublic outcry
    2. Bpeople's voice
    3. Cpopular opinion
    4. Dpublic opinion
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    Answer: D. public opinion

    What the question is asking: Public opinion.

    Key idea: Collective view.

  2. Question 2 · UTME 2024 · Public Corporations

    The Nigerian Ports Authority is an example of a

    1. Acivil service
    2. Bpublic service
    3. Cpublic corporation
    4. Dmaritime corporation
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    Answer: C. public corporation

    What the question is asking: NPA.

    Key idea: Statutory corporation.

  3. Question 3 · UTME 2024 · Elections and Electoral Systems

    The electoral process in a representative government does NOT include

    1. Afree and fair elections
    2. Ba free press
    3. Can independent electoral commission
    4. Dregistration of births
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    Answer: D. registration of births

    What the question is asking: Not electoral.

    Key idea: Birth registration is civil, not electoral.

  4. Question 4 · UTME 2024 · International Organisations

    ECOWAS was established in

    1. A1970
    2. B1972
    3. C1975
    4. D1976
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    Answer: C. 1975

    What the question is asking: Lagos Treaty.

    Key idea: 28 May 1975.

  5. Question 5 · UTME 2024 · The Civil Service

    Recruitment and promotion of civil servants in Nigeria are the responsibility of the

    1. AFederal Character Commission
    2. BCivil Service Commission
    3. CNational Universities Commission
    4. DFederal Judicial Service Commission
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    Answer: B. Civil Service Commission

    What the question is asking: CSC.

    Key idea: Appointments, promotion, discipline.

  6. Question 6 · UTME 2024 · Systems of Governance

    Absence of red tape is a merit of the

    1. Afederal structure
    2. Bunitary structure
    3. Cconfederal structure
    4. Drepublican structure
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    Answer: B. unitary structure

    What the question is asking: Unitary.

    Key idea: One chain of command, fewer layers.

  7. Question 7 · UTME 2024 · Nigeria's Foreign Policy

    The most effective instrument adopted by Nigeria against the East–West Cold War in the 1960s was

    1. Agood neighbourliness
    2. BAfrica as the centrepiece
    3. Canti-apartheid stance
    4. Dnon-alignment policy
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    Answer: D. non-alignment policy

    What the question is asking: Non-alignment.

    Key idea: Avoiding the blocs.

  8. Question 8 · UTME 2024 · Forms of Government

    A form of government where the powers of the state are determined by the citizens is

    1. Amonarchy
    2. Baristocracy
    3. Cautocracy
    4. Ddemocracy
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    Answer: D. democracy

    What the question is asking: Democracy.

    Key idea: Power from the people.

  9. Question 9 · UTME 2024 · Federalism in Nigeria

    The rationale behind Nigeria's adoption of a federal system is to

    1. Apromote the autonomy of states
    2. Bestablish a powerful central government
    3. Ccreate more states
    4. Dpromote unity in diversity
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    Answer: D. promote unity in diversity

    What the question is asking: Unity in diversity.

    Key idea: Accommodating many groups.

  10. Question 10 · UTME 2024 · Basic Concepts in Government

    An agent through which the state undertakes direct political socialisation is the

    1. Achurch
    2. Bschool
    3. Cpeer group
    4. Dmass media
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    Answer: B. school

    What the question is asking: School.

    Key idea: Civic education in state curricula.

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