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.
Private ownership of the means of production is central to
fascism
feudalism
capitalism
communism
Correct answer is C
Private ownership of the means of production is central to capitalism.
It should be recalled that Capitalism is an economic/political system where private individuals control and own the means of production, exchange and distribution of goods and services. In this system, the profit controls production and free competition is allowed.
Which of the following is a feature of democracy?
interdependence of states
state responsibilities to society
power vested in minority parties
popular consultation
Correct answer is D
Popular consultation is a feature of democracy.
One should remember that the basic features of democracy include popular sovereignty, political equality, popular consultation, majority rule and the rule of law.
Popular consultation means that officials must be responsive and accountable to the people. Public policies must reflect popular wishes. The government must respond to popular will.
In a nation, sovereignty is vested in the
community
state
elite
electorate
Correct answer is B
In an nation, sovereignty is vested in the state.
Sovereignty means the supreme power and authority of the state over its citizens. It is the power of the state to make laws and then enforce them with all means of coercion without any external interference.
Political behavior is governed by
political socialization
political ideology
political economy
political culture
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The development of attitudes and beliefs about a political system is
political emancipation
political socialization
political participation
political orientation
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.