GOVERNMENT 2024 UTME PAST QUESTION

1. ……. Is the use of power and the distribution of resources

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

2. one major advantage of the unitary system is that it tend to makes government

A. free of controversy
B. distant from the people
C. popular among the masses
D. strong and stable

3. The judiciary performs all but one of the following functions

A. Interprets the laws
B. Serves as a checks on the legislature and the executives
C. Performs executives functions
D. Arbitrates disputes

4. …….. do not only widen the scope of the political and popular participations buts its also helps to unify, simplify, and stabilizes the political process

A. Sovereign
B. Governments
C. Pressure group
D. Political parties

5. A political party is primarily interested in ….

A. Influencing government policies
B. Professing their manifesto
C. Seeking and getting political power
D. Organizing themselves for elections

6. A popular techniques employs by pressure group to achieves their objectives is

A. Gerrymandering
B. Campaign
C. Coercion
D. Lobbying

7. The colonial administrations in Nigerian can be best describes as

A. Developments oriented
B. None of the option
C. Authoritarians
D. Democratic

8. Before it became effectives, the 1979 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria was finally approved by

A. The armed force ruling council
B. The supreme military council
C. The Nigerian labour congress
D. The constituent assembly

9. The officer responsible for announcing the result of an election is known as

A. Electoral officers
B. Ballot officers
C. Presiding officers
D. Returning officers

10. Nation to state is synonyms with

A. Self-actualization
B. Sovereignty
C. Liberation
D. Nationalism

11. Under the emirate system the commander of the armies is the

A. Hakimi
B. Sarkin Fada
C. Madawaki
D. Alkali

12. ……….. is most deliberate of socialization agent because it is not consciously planned

A. Family
B. Peer group
C. School
D. Mass media

Which of the following political parties was the first to be formed when the ban on politics was lifted in 1978

A. NPN
B. UPN
C. NPP
D. PRP

14. In Nigeria first republic, the prime minister was both the

A. Head of state and commander in chief of the armed force
B. Commander in chief of the armed force and party leader
C. Head of state and the party leader
D. Head of government and law maker

15. Public administration are also known as

A. Aristocrats
B. Egalitarians
C. Democrats
D. Bureaucratese

16. The highest organ of the state during the Babangida regime was the

A. Provisional ruling council
B. Supreme military council
C. Armed force ruling council
D. Federal executive council

Nigerians rows in the Africans union was most prominent during the regime of

A. President Olusegun Obansojo
B. President Shehu Shagari
C. President Umaru Yaradua
D. President Ibrahim Babangida

Common wealth nation are represented in other members nation by

A. Attaches
B. Charges affairs
C. Ambassadors
D. High commissioners

19. Under the technical aid crops, Nigerians experts are employed to

A. Africa, the pacific and the Caribbean
B. Europe, south American and Asia
C. The pacific, the Caribbean and Europe
D. Asia, Africa, and the pacific

20. Under the 1963 constitution, the prime minister was the heads of the

A. State
B. Government
C. Republic
D. country

21. The major emphasis of politics is

A. Authority and power
B. Authority and legitimacy
C. Power and legitimacy
D. Government and power

The capacity to command obedience is called

A. Power
B. Influence
C. Authority
D. Sovereignty

23. In politics, power is all the following except

A. Capacity to affects the actions of others
B. Ability to make people do the things they otherwise will not do
C. An object
D. It is part of a relationship

24. A form of oligarchy in which gifted people are at the helms of affairs is the

A. Aristocracy
B. Theocracy
C. Plutocracy
D. Gerontocracy

25. All groups, associations, institutions that are outside the controls of the state and that stand between the state and the society are known as

A. Professional groups
B. The labor union
C. The civil society
D. The category group

26. The legislative body of the United State of American Is the

A. Parliaments
B. National Assembly
C. Congress
D. Councils

27. A typical form of delegated legislation is

A. An act
B. A bill
C. A decree
D. A bye law

28. The extents to which individuals are involves at various levels in the political system is refer to as

A. Participant observations
B. Individualism
C. Level of analysis
D. Political participation

29. Laws made by military governments at the state level are called

A. Acts
B. Decrees
C. Bye laws
D. Edicts

30. A one party system of government

A. Is found only in Africa
B. Allow no official oppositions
C. Does not provide for a legislature
D. provide for a legislature

31. One of the main duties of the local government service commission is to

A. Handle request for the creation of more local government
B. Supervise and manage the personnel of local government
C. Conduct election into Local Council
D. Create an enabling working environment for council workers

32. Former colonies of Britain belong to the association known as

A. Commonwealth
B. OECD
C. NATO
D. European Union

33. A system of government which emphasizes co-ordinate status of component units is referred to as

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

34. nationalist agitation began in Nigeria with the

A. formation of West African Youth League
B. Lagos protest against water rate in 1908
C. Introduction of indirect rule
D. Annexation of Lagos in 1861

35. The following six political parties were registered for the 1983 elections

A. UNCH, UPN,NPP,NNDP,UMBC,NAP
B. NPN, NAP, NPP, PRP, GNPP UPN
NPN, NNA, PPP, PPA, UPN
D. NNP, chopchop, PPP, PPA, UPN,PRP

36. In Nigeria’s First Republic, the prime Minister was both the

A. Head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces
B. Commander-in-chief of the armed forces and party leader
C. Head of state and party leader
D. Head of government and a lawmaker

37. To ensure the rights and freedom of citizens, the powers of the arms of government must be

A. Fused
B. Incorporated
C. Separated
D. rotated

38. an attribute that Nigeria shares with most non-aligned countries is

A. the state of her economy
B. her heterogeneous population
C. her large population
D. her large size

39. A representative of a commonwealth country in another member state is known as

A. Consul-General
B. Ambassador
C. Attachés
D. High Commission

40. A major flaw in liberal democracy is

A. The limitation of the freedom of expression
B. Its emphasis on political right over economic rights
C. That it promotes political instability
D. Its emphasis on collective ownership