JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 173

861.

In pre-colonial governance women played prominent roles in the

A.

Igbo society

B.

Tiv society

C.

Jukun Kingdom

D.

Yoruba Kingdom

Correct answer is A

In pre-colonial governance women played prominent roles in the Igbo society. During this period in Igbo land, the women known as ''Umuada'' played different prominent roles such as looking into cases involving misconduct by men and woman of the village or their kindred's as a case may be.

862.

At its inception in 1919,the National Congress of British West Africa was led

A.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

B.

William Du Bois

C.

Casely Hayford

D.

Marcus Garvey

Correct answer is C

British subjects was the status of the inhabitants of the Lagos Crown Colony.

According to G.A.I. Ofoegbu (1976): ''Crown Colony was a colony that was administered directly by the Colonial Government of the colonial state e.g. Lagos, it was always regarded as part of colonial state. Citizens of crown colonies or territories were regarded as citizens of the crown state e.g Senegal under France.'' But as far as British policy was concerned, such citizens were British subjects.

863.

Under colonial administration, what was the status of the inhabitants of the Lagos Crown Colony

A.

British servants

B.

British settlers

C.

British subjects

D.

British citizens

Correct answer is C

British subjects was the status of the inhabitants of the Lagos Crown Colony.

According to G.A.I. Ofoegbu (1976): ''Crown Colony was a colony that was administered directly by the Colonial Government of the colonial state e.g. Lagos. It was always regarded as part of colonial state. Citizens of crown colonies or territories were regarded as citizens of the crown state e.g Senegal under France.'' But as far as British policy was concerned, such citizens were British subjects.

864.

A major merit of privatization is that it increases

A.

industrial harmony

B.

public fiscal resources

C.

activities on the stock exchange

D.

labour turnover

Correct answer is B

A major merit of privatization is that it increases public fiscal resources.

Privatization is a process of transferring ownership and control of companies, industries, corporations, etc, from public to private sector.

Privatization generates more fund and then revamps the economy as well as development of rural areas.

Through privatization, the corporations or enterprises will be managed and organized more efficiently for the overall benefit of the masses or consumers.

865.

Under the 1963 Republican Constitution,the President exercised

A.

nominal powers

B.

judicial powers

C.

concurrent powers

D.

executive powers

Correct answer is A

Under the 1963 Republican Constitution,the President exercised nominal powers.

He was only a ceremonial head and had no real powers. Unlike the President of the Second Republic, he was not an executive president, but ceremonial one.