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Q41 The creation of 12 states in 1967 and 19 in 1976 contributed greatly to the expansion of the civil service in Nigeria
Q42 The civil service in Nigeria operates independently of the political, social and economic environment
Q43 The 1988 Civil Service reforms professionalised the civil service
Q44 The 1988 civil service reforms did not take a tough stance on accountability
Q45 The Udoji Commission made recommendations for the civil service to be result-oriented
Q46 The creation of 12 states in 1967 and 19 in 1976 contributed greatly to the expansion of the civil service in Nigeria
Q47 Specific landmark in the evolution of the Nigerian Civil Service started with the review of the Macpherson Constitution in 1954
Q48 The evolution of the modern civil service in Nigeria can be traced generally to the close of the 2nd World War
Q49 The Nigerian Civil Service is not modeled after the British
Q50 Freed Riggs refers to the discrepancy between form and reality as formalism
Q51 The orientation of the Nigerian bureaucracy is geared towards the spoils system rather than merit
Q52 In Nigeria, the current administration laws were those introduced by the British since 50-100 years
Q53 Despite the introduction of development administration, primordial issues are obstacles to development
Q54 Unemployment and/orunderemployment are major problems among the youths
Q55 One of the political features of the underdeveloped countries is the growing gap between expectations and achievements
Q56 The political environment of underdeveloped countries is characterised by ethnic, religious and tribal conflicts
Q57 In an underdeveloped country, the rest of the population lives at subsistence level under acute poverty
Q58 Underdevelopment is also characterised by low levels of scientific and technological knowledge
Q59 About 80% of the labour force are engaged in agriculture
Q60 An underdeveloped country is predominantly agricultural
Q61 According to Walter Rodney, underdevelopment can be relative, namely the exploitation of one country by another
Q62 High poverty rate is a key indicator of underdevelopment
Q63 Modernization can take place without structural transformation
Q64 A modern society or modernising society is one that is not highly educated and technologized
Q65 Modernization cannot be equated with the attitudes and institutions of capitalist western countries
Q66 Nigeria, Uganda and Pakistan may be termed underdeveloped
Q67 The Antarctica, Arctic and parts of Sahara may be termed as undeveloped
Q68 An underdeveloped country is one which has no prospects of development
Q69 An undeveloped country is one which has prospects of development
Q70 Underdevelopment is conceptually diffuse in meaning
Q71 Using the indicators of development, Nigeria can be said to be backward
Q72 Growth does not necessarily imply development
Q73 Growth refers to sustained increase in productivity over a relatively long period of al least 10 years
Q74 Economic growth of a nation is identified by the sustained increase in the supply of goods and services
Q75 Dudly Seers, Walter Rodney, Rogers, Rostow and Jhigan are all authors on development
Q76 Economic development can be referred to as higher levels of growth in GDP and human capital development
Q77 Development is an elusive term, meaning different things to different groups of social scientists
Q78 According to Walter Rodney (1979), development is a many-sided process
Q79 Development is synymous with modernization
Q80 Development can be described in terms of poverty reduction only
