2011 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 2

Ending a session of parliament by royal proclamation means the dissolution of parliament.


Dissolution is the official term for the end of a Parliament. After the Prime Minister has decided to call for a general election, he or she seeks a dissolution from the Queen. This is known as a Royal Proclamation which dissolves the parliament and also sets the data which dissolves the parliament will meet after the election.

A main feature of the parliamentary system is that the executive is appointed by the legislature.

Parliamentary system is that in which the executive is directly responsible to the parliament. He, the executive, that is the Prime Minister is elected by the Parliament from the majority political party in the Parliament.

In a socialist economy,private accumulation of wealth is prohibited.

Socialism is an Economic and political system which advocates that the means of production and distribution as well as management of land and capital, should be owned, controlled and managed by the public.

The earliest classification of constitutions was the work of Aristotle.

Aristotle in his politics had a lot to say about constitution. He was quite able to differentiate between two kinds of rules: ruble by passion, that is rules by men of desire and caprice; and rules by reason. He clearly remarked that the former is not a good government due to men's not a good government due to men's selfish interest and passion.

He said that a society will think of good government if such a government is governed by reason that is laws.

Constitutionalism refers to strict adherence to a constitution.

The term constitutionalism means that power of government should be defined and limited by the dictates of the body of fundamental laws of the land known as the constitution. That is to say that the actions and activities of government and its officials should be in line with the provisions of the constitution.

An advantage of delegated legislation is that technical issues are handled by experts. It helps in dealing with technical and scientific matters as experts are engaged to make such laws.

One essential duty of a citizen to his state is to pay his tax. There is no option to the performance of such duties as payment of taxes enlisting into the national army when the need arises, giving evidence in court as might be needed.

A good citizen must endeavour to pay his tax to the government so as to assist in raising funds for projects in the community.

Franchise in an electoral process means the right to vote. It is synonymous with suffrage.

The type of party system in practice is defined by the number of political parties in a country.

The party system which a country operates depends on the constitution and what such country has in mind. It could be one party, two-party or multi-party system of government.

Pressure groups harmonize different individual concerns through interest aggregation.

Pressure Groups are always involved in the task of aggregating interests in the society.