2004 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 4

The fundamental assumption on which the idea of rule of law is based on the supremacy of the constitution

In a unitary system of government,power is concentrated at the center with residual functions. Some examples of residual lists are markets and chieftancy affairs.

Correct Answer: Option E A vote of no confidence leads to the resignation of the entire cabinet. Should a minister represent the Government in a bad light the parliament will pass a vote of no confidence and all cabinet ministers must resign. On the other hand, if the prime minister who is always the Chairman of the council of ministers must resign with him.

In a confederation,the constituency that a member of the legislature represents is a region

Correct Answer: Option E The agent through which the state undertakes political socialization is the pressure group. Pressure groups are organisation or associations of people who seek to influence government policies and actions and people in authority to the benefit of their members, Pressure groups do not intend to contest election and control the government. They act as the watch-dogs that check the activities of the government. For instance, the present struggle between the NLC and Obasanjo regime over the increase in fuel. Students Union also influence and help to change obnoxious policies of government such as signing of Nigerian Anglo Defence pact of the first Republic

The economic basis of feudalism is agriculture. Feudalism is a system of government based on land ownership whenever one talks of agriculture he must have to think of land.

In a constitutional monarchy,the authority to remove the head of state is exercised by the legislature

The creation of a classless society is the ultimate aim of communism.

Other aims include

1. Common ownership

2. One party system

3. Centralized economy

4. Distribution of wealth

The president checks the legislature through exercise of veto in a presidential system of government. This was entrenched in the 1979 constitution and remains like that in the 1999 constitution