JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 2

Green Peace is an example of a public pressure group. Public pressure groups are those that seek to achieve their objectives by influencing public opinion and policy. Green Peace does this by advocating for environmental issues.

Gerontocracy is a form of government in which power is held by the old. The term comes from the Greek words geron, 'old man', and kratos, 'rule'. It is a political structure where the government is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than the average population.

Socialism is a political ideology that advocates for social equality, workers' rights, and wealth redistribution. Socialists believe in a system where the means of production, such as factories and farms, are owned and controlled by the community as a whole.

The Judiciary arm of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional. This is because the Judiciary interprets the law and has the constitutional authority to declare a law unconstitutional if it violates the provisions of the constitution.

The concept of six geopolitical zones in Nigeria is not a constitutional provision. It was created for administrative convenience and does not have any backing in the Nigerian constitution. Therefore, none of the options is correct.

A Select Committee is responsible for the detailed scrutiny of a bill. They are small legislative bodies that are set up to investigate specific issues or bills. The committee members are usually experts in the bill's subject matter.

When an election fails to produce a clear winner, the process of determining a winner is called a re-run election. This is a second election conducted to determine a clear winner when the first election was inconclusive.

In a proportional representation electoral system, seats in the legislature are allocated based on the percentage of votes a party receives. This system is designed to ensure that the proportion of seats a party has in the legislature reflects the proportion of votes it received in the election.

In a federal system of government, concurrent powers are powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments. In the context of Nigeria, Education and Healthcare are examples of such powers. Defense and National security, Currency and coinage, and Foreign affairs and international relations are exclusive powers of the federal government.

The process of decolonization in Nigeria was hugely impacted by World War II. The war led to a change in the attitudes of colonial powers and the colonized people. The colonized people were more assertive in their demand for independence, and the colonial powers, weakened by the war, were less able to maintain their colonial rule.