2021 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 3

Option C is the correct answer.

The highest judicial authority prior to Nigeria's republic status was the Privy Council. However, with the Republican Constitution of 1963, the Supreme Court of Nigeria took on the role as the highest court in the country.

Option B is the correct answer.

Pressure groups focus on representing the interests of their members and exerting influence on government decisions. While the goal of political parties is to participate in elections, gain power and govern.

Option A is the correct answer.

Upon Nigeria's independence from the United Kingdom on October 1st, 1960, the country was initially governed by a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.

Option D is the correct answer.

Following the end of World War II in 1945, the African nationalists' demands transitioned from seeking reforms to advocating for independence. The war had a morale-boosting effect on them, and it exposed the falsehood of white supremacy.

Option B is the correct answer.

The strategy of divide and rule, also known as divide and conquer, involves acquiring and holding onto power by disintegrating larger concentrations of power into smaller, more manageable groups that have less power than the entity executing the strategy.

Option A is the correct answer.

Certain pre-colonial Nigerian societies are characterized as lacking formal government institution or structures and therefore referred to as stateless.

Option B is the correct answer.

The high cost of conducting elections is one criticism against a multi-party system. Both the labour (men) and the materials are highly expensive.
 

Option D is the correct answer.

The term "gerrymandering" refers to the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries in representative democracies with the purpose of giving a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency an undeserved advantage.

Option C is the correct answer.

The Nigerian Constitution guarantees several fundamental human rights, including the right to life, the right to dignity, the right to personal liberty, the right to a fair hearing, the right to privacy, the right to freedom of thought and religion, the right to freedom of expression and the press, the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to freedom of movement, the right to freedom from discrimination, and the right to own property anywhere in Nigeria.

Option A is the correct answer.

A proposed legislation under the examining or reviewing of a legislature is called a bill. A bill is referred to as an act of the legislature or a statute once it has been passed into law. Bills are presented to the legislature,  then they are discussed, argued, and voted on them.