Jamb Government 1981 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1981

Collective responsibility means that

A. All ministers are collectively responsible to the prime minister
B. Ministers are collectively responsible to the parliament
C. No minister may publicly criticise decisions made collectively in cabinet without first resigning
D. Ministers must first clear their public statements on policy matters with the cabinet office before delivering them
E. Ministers must always show a sense of responsibility towards one another

Question 7:

• JAMB 1981

Under the Presidential system of government in Nigeria

A. There is no formal opposition in the national legislature
B. The Majority that of the President
C. State governments do not have any powers except those allowed by the Central Government
D. The President has absolute power
E. The personal staff of the President are civil servants

Question 8:

• JAMB 1981

Under the United States Constitution

A. Congress is supreme
B. The Supreme Court is dominant
C. The presidency is clearly superior in practice to the other two branches of government
D. Black Americans enjoy preferential treatment to compensate for past injustices
E. No branch of government can function without co-operating with the others

Question 9:

• JAMB 1981

The British constitution, by being unwritten

A. Encourages the dominance of the Prime Minister
B. Gives room for the development of conventions
C. Makes the parliamentary system unworkable
D. Allows unquestionable parliamentary soveignty
E. Enables the queen to do no wrong

Question 10:

• JAMB 1981

Constitutions are useful documents because they

A. Suppress individual rights and liberties
B. Provide ammunition to fifferent sides in ideological disputes
C. Reward the patriotic and punish traitors
D. Lay down broad guidelines for national political interaction
E. Highlight the procedures for the creation of new states