Mathematics, General Paper and English Language UNILAG Post UTME

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1.

Which of the following groups fall into the Civil Service?

(A) Employees of NEPA, NNPC and NRC

(B) Employees of ministries of finance, education and transportation

(D) The police, the army, and the air force

(C) All of the above

2.

The recruitment or appointment of the permanent secretary is one of the duties of:

(A) The state civil service commission

(B) The federal public service commission

(C) The executive

(D) The National Assembly

3.

In the organizational structure of the ministry or government department, offices and positions are:

(A) Diagonally arranged

(B) Hierarchically arranged

(C) Secretly arranged

(D) Haphazardly arranged

4.

The government maintains monopoly over certain services for:

(A) Selfish reasons

(B) Undisclosed reasons

(C) All of the above

(D) Security and strategic reasons

5.

Ministers of local government and chieftancy affairs were abolished in Nigeria by:

(A) General Olusegun Obasanjo

(B) President Ibrahim Babangida

(C) General Yakubu Gowon

(D) General Murtala Mohammed

6.

Policy analysis, policy implementation and plan setting are some of the functions of:

(A) The legislature

(B) The executive

(C) The civil service

(D) The local government

7.

Public corporations can be controlled through:

(A) Riots

(B) None of the above

(C) Civil disobedience

(D) Public opinion

8.

The general supervision of a public corporation is carried out by the:

(A) Secretary of the board

(B) Board of trustees

(C) Managing director

(D) Board of directors

9.

The local government in Nigeria is created to:

(A) Prevent the creation of more states

(B) Encourage competition and rivalry among communities

(C) Bring the government nearer to the people

(D) Create more civil service jobs

10.

The Civil Service embraces all workers in:

(A) All private corporations

(B) Government ministries

(C) Public and private companies

(D) Public corporations

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11.

The effective operation of the Civil Service in Nigeria is mostly hampered by:

(A) Inadequate training of personnel

(B) Poor infrastructure

(C) Debt burden and redundancy

(D) Corruption and inefficiency

12.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises is charged with the responsibility for:

(A) Generating revenue

(B) Eradicating poverty

(C) Providing employment opportunities

(D) Privatization and commercialization

13.

Financial allocation to a local government by the Federal or a State government to supplement the cost of a project is called:

(A) Matching grant

(B) Reimbursement

(C) Revenue allocation

(D) Statutory allocation

14.

A permanent Civil Service:

(A) Promotes ethnic domination

(B) Makes continuity in government possible

(C) Makes civil servants arrogant

(D) Is undemocratic

15.

One form of control exercised over public corporations is the requirement that their annual reports be laid before:

(A) All the political parties

(B) A joint committee of the executive and parliament

(C) All the local authorities in the country

(D) Parliament for scrutiny

16.

Anonymity of the Civil Service means that the Civil Servant must:

(A) Serve any government impartially

(B) Not receive the credit or blame for any good or bad policy

(C) Have job security

(D) Be politically neutral

17.

The local government reforms of 1976 in Nigeria were designed to:

(A) Achieve even development

(C) Enlist grass-root support

(D) Decentralize authority

(B) All of the above

18.

Bye-laws made by local authorities can be declared unconstitutional only by the:

(A) Ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs

(B) Local government service commission

(C) Attorney-General

(D) Courts

19.

Mass retrenchment of workers in the public and private sectors is most likely to result in:

(A) High rate of armed robbery, pilfering and political instability

(B) Political stability

(C) Economic survival

(D) Electoral malpractices

20.

Public Corporations are established to:

(A) Give advice to the government on commerce

(B) Co-ordinate the activities of ministries

(C) Provide essential services and amenities on commercial bases

(D) Look after the affairs of local authorities

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21.

Which of the following is not a source of local government revenue?

(A) State and federal government grants

(B) Returns on investment

(C) Licensing of cars and lorries

(D) Market stall fees

22.

One of the major reasons for setting up public corporations is to:

(A) Encourage patronage

(B) Provide essential services

(C) Maximize profit

(D) Compete with private companies

23.

All of the following are functions of the civil service except:

(A) Implementing edicts

(B) Preparing financial estimates

(C) Making laws

(D) Implementing policies

24.

One factor which militates against the effective functioning of the Civil Service is:

(A) Delegated legislation

(B) Judicial inference

(C) Political stability

(D) Political interference

25.

Being the third tier of government, the local government is therefore:

(A) Antagonistic to state and federal government

(B) Subordinate to state and federal government

(C) Co-ordinate to state and federal government

(D) All of the above

26.

One major problem facing public corporations in Nigeria is:

(A) Government interference

(B) Excessive patriotism

(C) Judicial manipulation

(D) Political parties

27.

Most of the reasons given for the establishment of public corporations in Nigeria are being contradicted by the current wave of:

(A) Rigging and electoral brouhaha

(B) Judicial and legislative competence

(C) Privatization and commercialization

(D) Legalization and nationalization

28.

The recruitment, promotion and discipline of civil servants in Nigeria is the responsibility of:

(A) Board of Directors

(B) Ministry of Labour and Productivity

(C) The president

(D) Civil Service Commission

29.

Engineers and architects in the Civil Service fall into the:

(A) Technical class

(B) The manipulative class

(C) Professional class

(D) Higher technical class

30.

The main functions of the administrative class of the Civil Service include:

(A) Enactment of laws for the ministries

(B) Implementation of government policies

(C) Policy making

(D) All of the above

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Mathematics, General Paper and English Language UNILAG Post UTME

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