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JAMB UTME Government 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 JAMB UTME Government set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2008 set with instant marking.

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Sample JAMB UTME Government 2008 questions

1. A public corporation is established by statute mainly to
  1. provide a public service through a legally constituted, semi-autonomous body
  2. replace all private businesses in the country
  3. make every government employee an elected official
  4. transfer legislative powers to the courts

Answer: A. provide a public service through a legally constituted, semi-autonomous body

A public corporation is created by law to perform specified public or commercial functions with a degree of operational autonomy.

2. In the pre-colonial Sokoto Caliphate, the emir's authority was chiefly exercised within the emirate under the supervision of the
  1. Oyo Mesi
  2. Sultan of Sokoto
  3. Oba of Benin
  4. Ogboni council

Answer: B. Sultan of Sokoto

The emir administered an emirate but acknowledged the Sultan of Sokoto as the Caliphate's supreme political and religious leader.

3. In the old Oyo Empire, the body that could check an Alaafin's authority and compel an unacceptable ruler to leave office was the
  1. Ogboni society
  2. Ekpe society
  3. Oyo Mesi
  4. age-grade council

Answer: C. Oyo Mesi

The Oyo Mesi acted as a council of chiefs and could present the Alaafin with an ultimatum that required his abdication.

4. The absence of a single central ruler in many pre-colonial Igbo communities meant that important decisions were commonly reached through
  1. orders from a hereditary emperor
  2. the appointment of a colonial governor
  3. a permanent military dictatorship
  4. village assemblies and consultation among community groups

Answer: D. village assemblies and consultation among community groups

Many Igbo communities were decentralized and relied on assemblies, lineage heads, age grades, and other groups for collective decisions.

5. A military government commonly exercises law-making power through decrees issued by the
  1. ruling military authority
  2. independent electoral commission
  3. traditional council alone
  4. opposition party conference

Answer: A. ruling military authority

Under military rule, the governing military authority typically legislates by decree rather than through an elected legislature.

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