Constitution - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• 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 17:

• 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

Question 18:

• JAMB 1981

Constitutions have been classified as rigid or as flexible according to

A. Whether they were written or unwritten
B. Whether they were popular or unpopular
C. The relative ease or difficulty of the writing process
D. The relative ease or difficlty of the amending process
E. All of the above

Question 19:

• JAMB 1982

We say that a constitution is rigid if

A. The sources are too many
B. The constitution is foreign
C. It has no chapter on human rights
D. The provisions are too detailed
E. The process of changing it is too cumbersome

Question 20:

• JAMB 1982

An unwritten constitution is the one where

A. No part of the constitution is ever written down
B. The whole constitution is not contained in any one document
C. The constitution is based on the wishes of the prime minister
D. The constitution can be amended by a simple majority