ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 66:

• JAMB 1979

A constitution of any country is basically

A. A mere piece of paper
B. A guide to how the country should be governed
C. A document stating what the leaders should do
D. A document stating how to acquire power
E. C and D

Question 67:

• JAMB 1979

In general constitutions are designed to provide

A. Legal remedies for all political problems
B. Clea alternative to military take-overs of elected governments
C. General arrangement rules and national objectives within which political activities are conducted
D. Codes of ethic for politicians and punishment for those who break the laws of the land
E. Rigid ideological frameworks for nations that operate the constitutions

Question 68:

• JAMB 1979

The main function of the legislature is

A. To implement law
B. To enforce law
C. To make law
D. To interpret law
E. To unllify law

Question 69:

• JAMB 1979

The franchise is

A. The receipt given to tax payer
B. An order of the court
C. The paperwhich a voter casts at elections
D. The right to vote
E. None of the above

Question 70:

• JAMB 1979

A good example of a country with a largely unwritten constitution is

A. The United States of America
B. The Soviet Union
C. Nigeria
D. The United Kingdom
E. Sierra Leone