GIANTS EMPIRE ACADEMY MOCK QUESTIONS ON THE CIVIL
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1. The progress of the Civil Service relies on:
A. impartiality.
B. anonymity.
C. promo ability.
D. Civil Service Commission.
2) Which of the following is a function of the civil service
commission?
A Enforcement of law and order
B. Payment of civil servants salaries.
C. Discipline of erring Civil servants
D. Protection of lives and properties.
3. The body responsible for the Promotion and discipline of civil
servants is known as
A. Federal Character Commission
B. Ministry of Labour.
C. Civil Service Commission.
D. Public Complaints Commission.
4. One of the following belongs to the administrative cadre in the
civil service:
A. executive Officers.
B. surveyors.
C. medical Director.
D. deputy Director.
5. An important feature of the civil service is:
A. Hierarchy.
B. Imbalance.
C. Nepotism.
D. Partisanship.
6. Which of the following is not a feature of civil service?
A. Hierarchy.
B. Anonymity.
C. Merits.
D. Formulation of policy.
7. The class that oversees the implementation of government
decisions and policies
is the:
A. executive.
B. clerical.
C. technical.
D. administrative.
8. The rules and regulations of the civil service are known as
A. Service Order.
B. Administrative Order.
C. General Order.
D. Bureaucratic Order.
9) One of the following is the main function of the civil service
A. implementing government policies.
B. allocating resources to the federating units.
C. supporting the party in power.
D. mobilizing grassroots support for government.
10. Which of the following is not a feature of civil service?
A. Permanence.
B. Impartiality.
C. Anonymity.
D. Lukewarm.
11. As a constituent of the executive arm of government, the civil
service is important because it ensures:
A. gender equality.
B. effective cost-benefit analysis.
C. continuity in governance.
D. equality among professions.
12. A key characteristic of the civil service is:
A. Merit system.
B. Patriotism.
C. Quota system.
D. Transparency.
13. In the civil service, anonymity means that Civil servants must:
A. not receive the credit or blame for any good.
B. serve any government impartiality.
C. avoid nepotism and favouritism.
D. be politically neutral.
14. The highest grade in the civil service is known as:
A. executive cadre
B. administrative cadre.
C. technical cadre
D. clerical cadre.
15. A feature of civil service in which the workers maintain
complete neutrality in
politics is
A. Anonymity.
B. Impartiality.
C. Non-Partisanship.
D. Bureaucracy.
16. The efficiency and operation of civil servants can be slowed
down through
A. Meritocracy.
B. Idealism.
C. Red-tapism.
D. Conceptualism.
17. The political head of ministry at the federal level is:
A. Minister.
B. Clerical.
C. Councilor.
D. Supervisory executve.
18) Each ministry at the state level is politically controlled by the
A. Executive Governor.
B. Commissioner.
C. special adviser on duties.
D. Head of Service
19. A ministry at the local government level is otherwise called a:
A. department.
B. Corporation.
C. parastal.
D. commission of inguiry.
20. The equivalent of a minister at the local government level is
the:
A. Council Manager.
B. reassure to Local Government.
C. Supervisory Council.
D. Councilor.
21. The two prominent civil service reforms in Nigeria were carried
out in:
A. 1974 and 1988.
B. 1976 and 1989.
C. 1993 and 1999.
D. 1976 and 1996.
22. The major innovation of the civil service reform of General
Gowon's regime introduction of:
A. Professionalism.
B. Ideology.
C. Cadres.
D. Federal character.
23. The designation of ministers as the executive heads and
accounting officers of the ministries was by:
A. Jerome Dugi Commission.
B. Yussuf Aboyade Commission.
C. Dotun Phillip Commission.
D. Alison Ayida Commission.
24) The highest level in the civil service is the level:
A. 17.
B. 16
C. 15.
D. 14
25) Which of these cadres comprises the political appointees?
A. Administrative.
B. Executive.
C. Clerical
D. Technical
26. The class in the civil service in which members are general
partisan is
A. Administrative Class.
B. Professional Class.
C. Executive Class.
D. Manipulative Class.
27. The code of conduct that requlates the behaviour and actions
of civil servants in Nigeria is called:
A. By-Law
B. Act of Parliament.
C. General order.
D. Constitution.
28. The civil service cadre that supervises and control other
classes is the:
A. Manipulative Class.
B. Clerical Class.
C. Executive Class.
D. Administrative Class.
29. An agency of the executive organ which is meant for the
formulation and
implementation of government policies is the:
A. Public Compliant Commission.
B. Code of Conduct Bureau.
C. Bureau for Public Enterprise.
D. Civil Service.
30. A major difference between a ministry and public corporation
is that while the letter is:
A. non-profit oriented, the former is.
B. profit oriented, the former is not.
C. control by the government the former is not.
D. a private enterprise, the former is not.
31. The ministries in Nigeria are funded basically through:
A. ploughing back of profit.
B. private donations.
C. statutory allocations.
D. raising of special levies.
32) The introduction of presidentialism was the main goal of the
civil service reform of
A. Babangida Regime.
B. Buhari Regime.
C. Obasanjo Regime.
D. Aguiyi lronsi Regime.
33) The government workers in the ministries are referred to as:
A. public servants.
B. parastatal workers.
C. civil servants.
D. private sector workers.
34) Pernmanence in the civil service entails that workers should:
A. maintain professional conduct.
B. have job security.
C. be recruited based on meritocracy.
D. diligent and hardworking in service.
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*ANSWERS TO CIVIL SERVICE:*
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7.D 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B
15. C 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. B
27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. A
