2005 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 4

Citizenship acquired through marriage is referred to as registration.

This is a method by which women acquire citizenship through marriage. For example, a Cameroonian woman married to a Nigerian may register as a Nigerian and should take the oath of alliance and renounce her Cameroonian citizenship.

The method used to determine the possible outcome of an electoral contest is opinion poll.

Opinion poll is the questioning of a number of people chosen by chance to find out general opinion about something or someone. In civilized societies, newspaper columns contain public opinions on government activities.

On the basis of its structure,a political party can be classified as indirect if its membership is acquired through other groups

The final stage in the process of enacting legislation is assent of the bill.

Third reading: In this final stage, a thorough look would be taken at the bill in order to correct certain errors connected with the drafting or amendment. A final vote is also taken on the bill at this stage. The bill now taken to the President for his assent after the bill had passed all the five stages is signed by the President.

In a presidential system of government, the President relieves a Minister of his appointment by unilateral action.

Going through the powers and functions of the President, it should be observed that the President has the right to dismiss any member of his cabinet and can also reshuffle the cabinet.

The study of government essentially facilitates the understanding of the observance of fundamental human rights

In the Judicial administration, the term " bench" refers to the judges.

Serfs are the dominated class under feudalism. The first class is the king who was regarded as the sole owner of the land. The Serfs were the actual cultivators of the land.

Sovereignty is the ultimate authority in a state. It should be noted that sovereignty is absolute power of the state to exercise supreme legal authority over its own affairs within its territory without any form of external control.

K.C. Wheare was one of the foremost theorists of federalism.

He maintained that federalism is the method of dividing powers so that central and regional governments are within a sphere, coordinate and independent.