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1,420 real Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (UTME) questions from 1997 to 2026, every one with a worked solution. Practise them timed, on the web, on Android, or offline on desktop.

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Years covered
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Questions per paper
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Time allowed
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Sample Government questions, answered.

Taken straight from the papers below — one from each of the most recent years, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out.

JAMB Government 2026 · Question 1
The party system that Nigeria operated in the aborted Third Republic is
  1. zero party system
  2. one party system
  3. two party system — correct answer
  4. multi-party system
Worked solution
During the aborted Third Republic (1989-1993), General Babangida's government created a TWO-PARTY SYSTEM — the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) — as the only recognised political parties. Answer: C
JAMB Government 2025 · Question 1
The murtala/Obasanjo regime in Nigeria increased the number of states from
  1. 41 to 12
  2. 12 to 19 — correct answer
  3. 19 to 21
  4. 30 to 36
Worked solution
The Murtala/Obasanjo regime created new states in 1976, increasing the number of states in Nigeria from 12 to 19. Answer: B
JAMB Government 2024 · Question 1
Nigeria observed the principle of collective responsibility between
  1. 1960 and 1966 — correct answer
  2. 1979 and 1983
  3. 1985 and 1993
  4. 1999 and 2003
Worked solution
The principle of COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY (a feature of the parliamentary system) was practised in Nigeria's First Republic, from independence in 1960 until the first military coup in 1966, under the Westminster-style parliamentary government. Answer: A
JAMB Government 2023 · Question 1
Unitary system of government is best applicable to a/an
  1. Multi-party state
  2. Homogeneous state — correct answer
  3. Heterogeneous state
  4. Unicameral state
Worked solution
A UNITARY system of government works best in a HOMOGENEOUS state — one with relatively uniform culture, language, and ethnicity — since a single central authority can govern effectively without needing to accommodate significant regional/ethnic diversity. Answer: B
JAMB Government 2022 · Question 1
A form of government by the best citizens in the society is known as
  1. Plutocracy
  2. Aristocracy — correct answer
  3. Oligarchy
  4. Monarchy
Worked solution
ARISTOCRACY is a form of government by the BEST CITIZENS (originally, those of noble birth or considered most capable and virtuous) — rule by an elite regarded as most qualified. Answer: B
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40 questions
2025
40 questions
2024
40 questions
2023
40 questions
2022
40 questions
2021
40 questions
2020
40 questions
2019
50 questions
2018
50 questions
2017
40 questions
2016
50 questions
2015
50 questions
2014
50 questions
2013
50 questions
2012
50 questions
2011
50 questions
2010
50 questions
2009
50 questions
2008
50 questions
2007
50 questions
2006
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2005
50 questions
2004
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2003
50 questions
2002
50 questions
2001
50 questions
2000
50 questions
1999
50 questions
1998
50 questions
1997
50 questions
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (UTME) sets 40 questions in Government, answered in 40 minutes — about 60 seconds a question. Practising against that clock is the part most candidates skip, and it is the part that costs marks.

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