ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 426:

• JAMB 1993

Gerrymandering means

A. The second ballot system
B. Single transferable vote
C. The manipulation of constituency boundaries
D. The tyranny of the majority

Question 427:

• JAMB 1993

Another term for an electoral district is a

A. Ward
B. Local government area
C. Politically demarcated area
D. Constitutuency

Question 428:

• JAMB 1993

Frarchise ensures

A. Participation in public affairs
B. Classless democratic system
C. The emergence of ideal leadership
D. Equal representation

Question 429:

• JAMB 1993

Free and fair elections do NOT accommodate

A. Obedience to the rules of the game
B. Equality of all votes
C. Freedom of choice by voters
D. Partial electoral administration

Question 430:

• JAMB 1993

Proportional representation is often criticized because it

A. Tends to preserve the multi-party system
B. Is too simple to operate
C. Encures that each party has minister
D. Provides that each state represented according to its population