Government questions and answers

Government Questions and Answers

Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.

1,011.

Popular Sovereignty is located in the

A.

military

B.

police

C.

electorate

D.

opinion leaders

Correct answer is C

TYPES OF SOVEREIGNTY

 1.Legal Sovereignty– This is the sovereignty vested on the law making body in a state. E.g. Parliament
2. Internal Sovereignty– This is the absolute power of a state to make and enforce law within its area of jurisdiction.
3. External Sovereignty– This refers to the power of the state to run its affairs without any form of foreign interference.
4. De jure Sovereignty– De jure sovereignty is having independent legal rule over one’s own country. The state have the right to control its military, finances, territory and people.
4. De Facto Sovereignty– This sovereignty make use of force in compelling obedience. However, such state might see itself as a sovereign state while other external nations might not. E.g. Military government.
5. Political Sovereignty (popular) – This sovereignty resides with the supreme body in a state. Political sovereignty lies with the electorates/ citizens.

1,012.

Sovereignty implies all the following except

A.

the highest authority in a state

B.

a state of political independence

C.

unilimited powers of a state to make and enforce laws

D.

the supremacy of political parties

Correct answer is D

1. Permanence– This is the major attribute of sovereignty. Sovereignty should exist as long as a state remain independent. Sovereignty is a permanent feature of a state unlike the government.
2. Absoluteness– Sovereignty is supreme and absolute. It is not subject to any control or interference.
3. Independence– Sovereignty doesn’t allow external interference , therefore, a sovereign state is independent and free from external control.
4. Indivisibility– The sovereignty of a state is indivisible. It remains single and absolute.
5. Unity– “Unity is the spirit of Sovereignty”. A sovereign state should stay united.
6. Comprehensiveness– Every member of the state is subject to the sovereignty of the state. The power of a state is universally applicable.

1,013.

A system of government in which the political power is vested in the elected representatives is known as

A.

oligarchy

B.

democracy

C.

feudalism

D.

Fascism

Correct answer is B

Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

1,014.

A situation where all the citizens meet in an open place to govern the state is called

A.

direct democracy

B.

electoral college

C.

representative democracy

D.

guided democracy

Correct answer is A

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. it is a form of democracy in which all laws and policies imposed by governments are determined by the people themselves, rather than by representatives who are elected by the people.

1,015.

Absence of government in a state is referred to as

A.

anarchy

B.

confusion

C.

coup détat

D.

instability

Correct answer is A

Anarchy refers to a society, entity, group of people, or a single person that rejects hierarchy. The word originally meant leaderlessness. The earliest recorded use of the word, from the early 16th century, meant simply “absence of government,”