JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 214

1,066.

Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a

A.

president

B.

chief judge

C.

prime minister

D.

cabinet minister

Correct answer is A

Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a president.

Impeachment means the process by which the chief executive is removed from office by the parliament.

1,067.

The unrestrained power of the state over its citizens is underlined by

A.

sovereignty

B.

nationalism

C.

self-determination

D.

patriotism

Correct answer is A

The unrestrained power of the state over its citizens is underlined by sovereignty.

Sovereignty could be defined as the supreme legal power to make and enforce laws for people within a definite territory without any external control.

Characteristics of sovereignty are permanence, indivisibility, comprehensiveness and absoluteness.

1,068.

A collegial executive is a government in which power is vested in a

A.

president

B.

monarch

C.

committee

D.

parliament

Correct answer is C

A collegial executive is a government in which power is vested in a committee.

A committee is a number of persons who have been selected from a large body to deal with special business.

1,069.

Government by the wealthy is known as

A.

plutocracy

B.

oligarchy

C.

aristocracy

D.

democracy

Correct answer is A

Government by the wealthy is known as plutocracy. It is one of the forms of oligarchy which is defined as government ruled by few privileged and powerful people

1,070.

In a parliamentary system,the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in

A.

the inner cabinet

B.

an individual

C.

two different individuals

D.

the ministerial council

Correct answer is C

In a parliamentary system, the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in two different individuals.

This is the system which has a ceremonial or titular head of state as president and a prime minister as the head of government and chief executive of government e.g Nigeria 1960-1966,Britain etc.