Rule of Law - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1978

Democracy means a system of government in which

A. The majority rules
B. The minority rules
C. There is no party system
D. The people rule
E. None of the above

Question 2:

• JAMB 1979

The term rule of law means

A. Nobody is above the law
B. Everybody is equal before the law
C. We are being governed by lawyers
D. A and B
E. None of the above

Question 3:

• JAMB 1979

When a government sincerely strives to make justice and fair treatment the foundations of law and order in its society we say that the government observes

A. The rule of Gerontocracy
B. The rule of Bureaucracy
C. The rule of Law
D. The rule of Oligarchy
E. The rule of Popular Sovereignty

Question 4:

• JAMB 1980

The term rule of law is applicable only

A. In western-type democracies
B. In socialist countries
C. In developing countries
D. In state where laws are supreme
E. If the regime is not military

Question 5:

• JAMB 1985

The rule of law implies

A. The rule by lawyers
B. That only the Head of State is above the law
C. The absence of a military government
D. That no one is above the law
E. That only the National Assembly can make laws