JAMB Government 2019 Objective — Question 16

Question 16 of 40 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Government 2019 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Absolute or unrestrained power of the state to conduct its domestic affairs without external interference captures the definition of

A. legitimacy
B. sovereigntyCorrect
C. republicanism
D. independence

Explanation

Sovereignty includes the idea of internal supremacy — a state's unrestrained right to manage its own domestic affairs — as well as external independence from the control of other states.

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