Jamb Government Questions
Question 6:
Collective responsibility means that
- A All ministers are collectively responsible to the prime minister
- B Ministers are collectively responsible to the parliament
- C No minister may publicly criticise decisions made collectively in cabinet without first resigning
- D Ministers must first clear their public statements on policy matters with the cabinet office before delivering them
- E Ministers must always show a sense of responsibility towards one another
Question 7:
Under the Presidential system of government in Nigeria
- A There is no formal opposition in the national legislature
- B The Majority that of the President
- C State governments do not have any powers except those allowed by the Central Government
- D The President has absolute power
- E The personal staff of the President are civil servants
Question 8:
Under the United States Constitution
- A Congress is supreme
- B The Supreme Court is dominant
- C The presidency is clearly superior in practice to the other two branches of government
- D Black Americans enjoy preferential treatment to compensate for past injustices
- E No branch of government can function without co-operating with the others
Question 9:
The British constitution, by being unwritten
- A Encourages the dominance of the Prime Minister
- B Gives room for the development of conventions
- C Makes the parliamentary system unworkable
- D Allows unquestionable parliamentary soveignty
- E Enables the queen to do no wrong
Question 10:
Constitutions are useful documents because they
- A Suppress individual rights and liberties
- B Provide ammunition to fifferent sides in ideological disputes
- C Reward the patriotic and punish traitors
- D Lay down broad guidelines for national political interaction
- E Highlight the procedures for the creation of new states