State - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1985

The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called

A. Decolonization
B. Independence
C. Nationalism
D. Sovereighty
E. Enfranchisement

Question 7:

• JAMB 1987

Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic feature of a state?

A. A territory
B. An army
C. A government
D. A system of laws

Question 8:

• JAMB 1987

The fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy in the 1979 Constitution do NOT include

A. Democratic and social justice
B. Federal character and inequality
C. Concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
D. National integration and ethnic loyalty

Question 9:

• JAMB 1992

A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a

A. Nation
B. State
C. Dominion
D. Leviathan

Question 10:

• JAMB 1992

A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a

A. Nation
B. State
C. Dominion
D. Leviathan