JAMB Government questions: Citizenship

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1. Question 1· Citizenship· JAMB

   Civic responsibility includes

   • Avandalism
   • Bevading tax
   • Cvoting and paying taxes
   • Drigging elections

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2. Question 2· Citizenship· JAMB

   Citizenship can be acquired by

   • Aliving in a country for a week
   • Bpaying taxes only
   • Cbirth, registration or naturalisation
   • Djoining a political party

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3. Question 3· Citizenship· JAMB

   A foreigner who becomes a citizen after living in a country for a required period and meeting conditions acquires citizenship by

   • Aregistration by marriage
   • Bbirth
   • Cnaturalisation
   • Ddescent

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4. Question 4· Citizenship· JAMB

   A right of a Nigerian citizen is the right to

   • Afreedom of movement
   • Brefuse all laws
   • Cavoid taxation
   • Down other people

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5. Question 5· Citizenship· JAMB

   A citizen may lose citizenship through

   • Arenunciation or deprivation
   • Btravelling abroad on holiday
   • Cchanging jobs
   • Dfailing an examination

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6. Question 6· Citizenship· JAMB

   A responsibility of a citizen is to

   • Adestroy public property
   • Brefuse to vote
   • Cobey the laws of the country
   • Devade taxes

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7. Question 7· Citizenship· JAMB

   A person who holds the citizenship of two countries has

   • Arefugee status
   • Bnaturalised citizenship only
   • Cno citizenship
   • Ddual citizenship

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8. Question 8· Citizenship· JAMB

   Which of the following is a civic right of a Nigerian citizen?

   • Aobeying the law
   • Bpaying taxes
   • Cfreedom of expression
   • Ddefending the nation

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9. Question 9· Citizenship· JAMB

   A foreign woman who marries a Nigerian man may acquire Nigerian citizenship by

   • Aregistration
   • Bbirth
   • Cnaturalisation only after 50 years
   • Ddescent from her parents

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10. Question 10· Citizenship· JAMB

    An obligation of a citizen is to

    • Apay taxes
    • Bbe paid by the government
    • Cown property
    • Djoin the army by force

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11. Question 11· Citizenship· JAMB

    Under the 1999 Constitution, a person may be a citizen of Nigeria by

    • Apayment of a fee
    • Bmarriage to a foreigner only
    • Cresidence for one year
    • Dbirth, registration or naturalisation

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12. Question 12· Citizenship· JAMB

    Civic rights include the right to

    • Aavoid all laws
    • Brule for life
    • Cown property and enjoy freedom of movement
    • Drefuse education to children

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13. Question 13· Citizenship· JAMB

    Naturalisation is the process by which

    • Aa person votes
    • Ba citizen loses citizenship
    • Ca child is born
    • Da foreigner becomes a citizen after meeting legal requirements

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14. Question 14· Citizenship· JAMB

    Statelessness means

    • Abeing a refugee always
    • Bhaving two nationalities
    • Cbeing a diplomat
    • Dhaving no nationality

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15. Question 15· Citizenship· JAMB

    Naturalisation in Nigeria requires, among other things,

    • ANigerian parents
    • Ba period of residence and good character
    • Cmarriage to a Nigerian man only
    • Dbirth in Nigeria

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