JAMB Government 2024 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2024 JAMB Government paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 65 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

JAMB Government 2024 questions and answers

1. 1.

   An economic system that encourages state ownership and control of the means of production is

   1. A
      Communism
   2. B
      Socialism
      Correct
   3. C
      Capitalism
   4. D
      Mixed economy
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   Answer: B

   Socialism is the economic system where the state (government) owns and controls the major means of production - land, industries, and resources - rather than leaving them in the hands of private individuals. The goal is for production to serve the collective good of society rather than private profit.

   Therefore, the correct description of state ownership and control of the means of production is socialism.

2. 2.

   Shehu Shagari won the 1979 Presidential Election under

   1. A
      Nigerian Peoples Party
   2. B
      Unity Party of Nigeria
   3. C
      Great Nigeria Peoples Party
   4. D
      National Party of Nigeria
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   Answer: D

   Alhaji Shehu Shagari won Nigeria's 1979 presidential election, the first under the Second Republic, as the candidate of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). The NPN had the broadest national spread of support among the five registered parties, which helped Shagari satisfy the constitutional requirement of winning 25% of votes in at least two-thirds of the states.

3. 3.

   The bipolar world was a major factor for the formation of

   1. A
      the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
   2. B
      the United Nations Organisation
   3. C
      the Warsaw Pact
   4. D
      the Non-Aligned Movement
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   Answer: D

   The bipolar world (the Cold War standoff between the USA-led bloc and the USSR-led bloc) was a major factor behind the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement.

4. 4.

   Delegated legislation can be regulated through

   1. A
      The electorate at the next general election
   2. B
      The civil service reviewing its own circulars
   3. C
      The traditional council of the local area
   4. D
      The courts through judicial review
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   Answer: D

   Delegated legislation is law-making power given by the legislature (e.g. the National Assembly) to an executive body such as a minister, government agency or local authority, so that body can make detailed rules (regulations, by-laws) without a full new Act each time.

5. 5.

   The Commission that examines complaints of civil wrongs committed by government employees is

   1. A
      Code of Conduct Bureau
   2. B
      Public Complaints Commission
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   3. C
      Judicial Service Commission
   4. D
      Civil Service Commission
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   Answer: B

   The Public Complaints Commission (the Nigerian Ombudsman) is the body set up to investigate complaints by members of the public, including complaints about civil wrongs (maladministration, abuse of office, unfair treatment) committed by government employees, ministries and agencies.

6. 6.

   The collective views of the citizens on a specific national matter is

   1. A
      public policy
   2. B
      pressure group
   3. C
      public opinion
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   4. D
      political culture
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   Answer: C

   Public opinion is the collective view or attitude held by the generality of citizens on a specific issue of national importance at a given time.

   It is expressed through the mass media, opinion polls, petitions, public debates and even elections, and it often influences government decisions.

7. 7.

   Strike action is mostly used by

   1. A
      The electorate
   2. B
      Political parties
   3. C
      The judiciary
   4. D
      Trade unions
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   Answer: D

   Strike action is a method of withdrawing labour in order to press demands, and it is a tool used mainly by trade unions (labour unions such as the NLC or ASUU) as a pressure group tactic to compel government or employers to meet their demands, for example on wages or working conditions.

8. 8.

   One of the functions of political party is

   1. A
      Adjudication of disputes between citizens and the state
   2. B
      Supervision of the conduct of general elections
   3. C
      Recruitment and nomination of candidates for elective offices
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   4. D
      Collection of tax revenue on behalf of government
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   Answer: C

   A political party's core work is to organise citizens who share similar political views and put forward candidates for public office. Recruiting and nominating candidates for elective offices is therefore a genuine function of a political party, alongside educating the electorate and forming the government or the opposition.

9. 9.

   Nigeria played fundamental roles in the creation of

   1. A
      The Economic Community of West African States
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   2. B
      The Commonwealth of Nations
   3. C
      The Organisation of African Unity
   4. D
      The Non-Aligned Movement
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   Answer: A

   Answer: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

   Nigeria did not just join ECOWAS — Nigeria conceived and drove its formation. General Yakubu Gowon championed the idea of West African economic integration, and the Treaty of Lagos, signed in Nigeria's capital in 1975, established ECOWAS. Nigeria has remained its biggest financial contributor and its most influential member ever since, which is why Nigeria's role there is called "fundamental" rather than merely participatory.

10. 10.

    Lack of separation of power is a feature of

    1. A
       Presidential system of government
    2. B
       Parliamentary system of government
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    3. C
       Confederal system of government
    4. D
       Federal system of government
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    Answer: B

    The parliamentary system of government is built on a fusion, not a separation, of powers. The executive (the Prime Minister and Cabinet) is drawn from and remains part of the legislature, and stays in office only for as long as it retains the confidence of parliament. This is why parliamentary systems have no strict separation of power among the arms of government.

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