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This 2017 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 2017 set with instant marking.

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Sample JAMB UTME Government 2017 questions

1. Which feature most clearly distinguishes a state from other social associations?
  1. A defined territory with a government exercising sovereignty
  2. A shared language among all its members
  3. A common religious belief
  4. Membership based solely on kinship

Answer: A. A defined territory with a government exercising sovereignty

A state combines a defined territory, population, government and sovereignty, whereas language, religion or kinship is not essential.

2. A government is regarded as legitimate when its authority is
  1. maintained only through force
  2. accepted as rightful by the governed
  3. inherited by every office holder
  4. supported exclusively by foreign states

Answer: B. accepted as rightful by the governed

Legitimacy exists when citizens accept a government's right to rule and regard its authority as rightful.

3. The internal aspect of sovereignty refers chiefly to the state's ability to
  1. withdraw from every international organization
  2. control trade beyond its borders
  3. exercise supreme authority over persons and institutions within its territory
  4. abolish all local customs

Answer: C. exercise supreme authority over persons and institutions within its territory

Internal sovereignty means that the state has supreme authority over all persons and bodies within its territory.

4. A traditional ruler whose commands are obeyed because of long-established customs exercises mainly
  1. charismatic authority
  2. legal-rational authority
  3. delegated authority
  4. traditional authority

Answer: D. traditional authority

Traditional authority derives its acceptance from established customs and inherited practices.

5. A nation is best described as a group of people who share a sense of common identity and
  1. belonging, though they may not possess a sovereign state
  2. must live within one internationally recognized boundary
  3. are necessarily governed by a hereditary monarch
  4. have identical occupations and incomes

Answer: A. belonging, though they may not possess a sovereign state

A nation is a community united by a shared identity and belonging, and it need not constitute an independent state.

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