GOVERNMENT 2020 UTME PAST QUESTION

1. ___ is the use of power and distribution of resources.

A. Government
B. State
C. Power
D. Politics

2. The art, science and practice of effectively managing government is called

A. public administration
B. public policy
C. public institution
D. public opinion

3. The necessary attributes of a state are

A. Police, army, sovereignty and custom
B. Resources, population, sovereignty and government
C. Sovereignty, police, army and immigration
D. Definite territory, population, sovereignty and government

4. Which of the following is not categorized as nations in diaspora

A. Palestine
B. Israel
C. Liberia
D. Somalia

5. The most aspect of political participation in a democracy is

A. Voting in election
B. Attending political rallies
C. The observance of electoral process
D. Registration with a political party

6. A constitution is said to be unwritten when is

A. Not written down
B. Based only on convention
C. Not contained in any single document
D. Not approved.

7. The claim that all the good things of life, material and spiritual depend first and fore most on the security of life is associated with

A. Claude Ake
B. Bade Onarinade
C. Thomas Hobbes
D. Machiavelli

8. Who is regarded as the first political scientist

A. Max Weber
B. Aristotle
C. Hobbes
D. Marx Weber

9. Politics is a about

A. Manipulation of people
B. Warfare
C. Governing of Men
D. Violence

10. One of the weaknesses of confederation is the

A. Over centralization of authority
B. Lack of central army
C. Tendencies towards session
D. Absence of local independence

11. A system of government which emphasizes coordinate status of component unit is referred to as

A. Federal
B. Confederal
C. Unitary
D. Communal

12. The three fundamental rights of citizens are

A. Salvation, property, freedom of thought
B. Employments, property and social security
C. Life, liberty, and property
D. Free education, peaceable assembly and freedom of thought

13. Apart from the constitutional provision, what makes a state unitary is that

A. All political authority derive power from the central government
B. There is at least two level of political authority in a state
C. The headship of a government is separate from the headship of the state
D. Power is dispersed in constituents

14. North Korean and china are examples of

A. Authorization
B. Totalitarianism
C. Communism
D. All of the above

15. In the united kingdom, the ……. Has the legal sovereignty

A. Prime minister
B. Queen
C. King
D. Parliament

16. Domestic or national politics is different from international is that

A. Politics is played both at the domestic and international level
B. Obedience to international level is voluntarily
C. International politics does not have a legislative arm of government
D. There is individual, organization and institution non state actor in international politics

17. In the descending order, the judiciary is divided into

A. Magistrate court, High court, sharia court, court of appeal, and the supreme court.
B. Magistrate court, sharia court, high court, supreme court, and court of appeal
C. Supreme court, court of appeal, sharia court, high court or federal and magistrate court,
D. Appeal court, supreme court, high court, sharia court and the magistrate court

18. All of the following save one are stages of globalization

A. The reactive nationalism and Anti colonialism
B. Slave trade
C. The spread of European political control beyond Europe
D. The dissolution of the soviet Union at the end of the cold world era

19. A human right is said to be inalienable if it is

A. Justiceable
B. Protected by the constitution
C. Fundamental and natural
D. Natural

20. …… considered the state of nature as a golden age

A. Thomas Hobbes
B. Jean Jacques Roussaeau
C. John Locke
D. James Madison

21. Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as

A. Plutocracy
B. Oligarchy
C. Monarchy
D. cabal

22.…………. Coined the word state

A. Nicollo Makiaveli
B. Niccolo Machiaveli
C. Nicollo Machieveli
D. Niccolio Mackhievelli

23. In which system of government are ceremonial and executive power usually fused

A. Unitary
B. Parliamentary
C. Presidential
D. Federal

24. One of the following is not an agency of socialization

A. Family
B. School
C. Mass media
D. Political party

The queen can do no wrong means

A. The queen has the loyalty of a vast number of the British Population
B. The queen is above the law
C. The queen act on the advice of her ministers on matters of public policy
D. The queen is the effective centre of power in the United Kingdom

26. The first aborted coup in Nigeria was staged by

A. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
B. Gen. Muritala Muhammed
C. Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka
D. Gen. Tunde Idiagbo

27. Foreign policy is relevant because

A. Encourage rivalry against Nation
B. Encourage interference in other countries domestic policy
C. Make foreign countries aggressive
D. Help to foster good relationship between nations

28. Emirate system is associated with

A. Yoruba pre colonial system
B. Hausa Fulani pre colonial system
C. Igbo pre colonial system
D. Tiv precolonial system

29. In the Hausa Fulani system the Administrative function are carried out by the

A. Madawaki
B. Galadima
C. Dogari
D. Waziri

30. Delegated legislation become expedient because of the need

A. To control appointees
B. For parliamentary control
C. For judicial control
D. For conveniences

31. A factor that causes hindrances to the effectiveness of civil service in Nigeria is

A. Executive control
B. Low incentive
C. Legal control
D. Registration of civil servant

32. From all according to his ability, to all according to his need, describe

A. Socialism
B. Fascism
C. Imperialism
D. Communism

33. The chicks commission in Nigeria was set up to look into

A. State creation
B. Revenue allocation
C. Minorities issues
D. Extra judicial killing

34. Nigeria observed the principles of collective responsibilities between

A. 1960 and 1966
B. 1979 and 1983
C. 1985 and 1993
D. 1999 and 2003

35. The head of government under the 1979 constitution is the

A. President
B. Prime minister
C. Speaker house of representative
D. Senate president

36. The African country that was not colonized is

A. Sudan
B. Botswana
C. Gambia
D. Ethiopia

37. The totality of Nigeria participation in the international system is known as

A. International policy
B. Foreign policy
C. Economic policy
D. Social policy

38. A nation could be identified through its

A. Military strength
B. Common language and culture
C. Population
D. Constitution

39. In the Igbo tradition system, the highest democratic institution is the

A. Umunna
B. Oha – na – eze
C. Umuada
D. Ofo title holders