JAMB Government 2025 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2025 JAMB Government paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 104 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

JAMB Government 2025 questions and answers

1. 1.

   The Babangida transition programme to civil rule officially started in

   1. A
      1985
   2. B
      1986
      Correct
   3. C
      1990
   4. D
      1993
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   Answer: B

   General Ibrahim Babangida seized power in a palace coup in August 1985, but that was the change of government itself, not the start of his transition plan.

2. 2.

   When a pressure group is made up of people of the same profession, it is called 

   1. A
      Promotional group
   2. B
      Anomic group
   3. C
      Professional group
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   4. D
      Ethnic group
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   Answer: C

   A pressure group formed by people who share the same occupation or profession — such as the Nigerian Medical Association, the Nigerian Bar Association, or the Nigerian Union of Teachers — is called a professional group. Members join because they belong to the same trade or profession and want to protect and promote its interests.

3. 3.

   The system of government in which the central and component units possess coordinated powers is

   1. A
      Federal system
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   2. B
      Confederal system
   3. C
      Devolutionary system
   4. D
      Unitary system
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   Answer: A

   Federalism is the system in which powers are constitutionally divided between a central (federal) government and component units (states/regions), and each level is coordinate — meaning neither is subordinate to the other within its own sphere of authority. This is the classic definition given by political scientist K.C. Wheare, and it matches Nigeria's own arrangement of a federal government and states, each with its own constitutionally guaranteed powers.

4. 4.

   The group that had the best egalitarian traditional political system is the

   1. A
      Benin
   2. B
      Yoruba
   3. C
      Hausa-Fulani
   4. D
      Igbo
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   The Igbo are the group known in the Nigerian Government syllabus for having the most egalitarian traditional political system.

5. 5.

   One of the major reasons for colonialism in Africa was

   1. A
      The rivalry among European powers for national prestige
   2. B
      The wish to assimilate Africans into European culture
   3. C
      The need for raw materials and markets for European manufactured goods
      Correct
   4. D
      The desire to spread Christianity to the African people
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   Answer: C

   The need for raw materials and markets for European manufactured goods is correct. After the Industrial Revolution, European factories needed cheap raw materials (like palm oil, cotton, rubber, and minerals) and new markets to sell their finished goods. Africa offered both, and this economic motive was the major driving force behind the Scramble for Africa and colonial rule.

6. 6.

   Which of the following promotes private ownership of properties?

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

   Capitalism is the economic and political ideology that promotes private ownership of property. Under capitalism, individuals and businesses are free to own, control, and use land, capital, and other property for private profit, with minimal government interference. This is one of the defining features distinguishing capitalism from other systems taught in Government.

   Therefore, among the options, capitalism is the system that promotes private ownership of properties.

7. 7.

   Public opinion allows an organised government to

   1. A
      dissolve the legislature when it loses confidence
   2. B
      appoint judges to the highest courts
   3. C
      declare a state of emergency across the federation
   4. D
      check the excesses of government and its officials
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   Answer: D

   In Government, public opinion is the collective view citizens hold about the actions and policies of those in power. In an organised government, one of its major functions is to check the excesses of government and its officials — when the public disapproves of a policy or an official's conduct, that pressure can force a reversal, a resignation, or greater caution in future decisions. This is a key feature of accountability in a democracy.

   So the correct sense of the question is that public opinion serves as an informal but powerful check on government excesses.

8. 8.

   One of the gains of the nationalist struggles in Nigeria was

   1. A
      Creation of additional states for even development
   2. B
      Attainment of political independence from colonial rule
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   3. C
      Adoption of the federal character principle in appointments
   4. D
      Introduction of the presidential system of government
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   Answer: B

   The nationalist struggle in Nigeria (led by figures like Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, through parties like the NCNC, AG and NPC) was a sustained campaign against British colonial rule. Its central demand, and its ultimate achievement, was self-rule — Nigeria's attainment of political independence on 1 October 1960. That is the direct "gain" the question refers to.

9. 9.

   Public corporations are funded by the

   1. A
      Loans obtained from commercial banks
   2. B
      Direct taxes collected from workers
   3. C
      Sale of shares to members of the public
   4. D
      Annual grants (subvention) from the government
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   A public corporation is a statutory body set up by an Act of the legislature to provide essential services (such as the defunct NEPA or the NRC). Because it is owned and controlled by government rather than by private investors, it is mainly financed through annual grants (subvention) from the government, drawn from the national or state budget, and this is what keeps it running even where it also earns some revenue from its services.

10. 10.

    The Commonwealth Games were last hosted by Nigeria in

    1. A
       1995
    2. B
       2003
       Correct
    3. C
       2007
    4. D
       1999
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    Answer: B

    Nigeria hosted the Commonwealth Games in Abuja in 2003 — the 8th edition of the Games and the first time the event was held in Africa.

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