Government Questions and Answers
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
A cabinet re-shuffle takes place......
only when a motion of no confidence is passed
when dissolution is held
when prorogation and collective responsibility have their way
when the shadow cabinet fails in its effectiveness
Correct answer is B
The membership of the Cabinet will be substituted or reshuffled especially when there is dissolution of the cabinet in its entirely in a WestMinster system.
A vote of no confidence means______
the same as impeachment in a presidential system
the ability of the head of state to dissolve the parliament when collective responsibility fails to hold
the act of showing disapproval to the prime minister having breached the collective responsibility doctrine
the disapproval with dismissal in effect, the ministers and its head
Correct answer is D
Vote of no confidence; a vote showing that a majority does not support the policy of a leader or governing body.
Argumentation, negotiation and deliberation on the subject matter of a bill begins at the_______
third stage
first reading
committee stage
second reading
Correct answer is D
At the second stage or reading of a bill, the debate on the subject matter of concern of the bill begins, this process becomes heightened at the Third Stage and particularly at the Committee Stage.
A party can be said to have national outlook if________
it is ethnic based but has branches all over the state
its membership cut across ethnic boundaries
it is registered by the electoral commission as a national party
it is headed by individuals who are famous within and without the country
Correct answer is B
Unlike the ethnic based philosophy, nature or outlook of the Action Group, Northern Peoples Congress in the First Republic, a multi-ethnic and all embracing political party is that with a Nation wide outlook
The political party serves as________
A platform upon which the rights and liberties of the people can be attained
The group aggregating the interest of all in the state
A platform for rebelling against military rule
A platform for interest representation
Correct answer is A
The functional essence of political parties is to ensure that eventually the interests, entitlements and aspirations of the nation are realised through the emergence of a responsible government.