Adamawa State Civil Service
Commission Interview Past Questions
and Answers
General Knowledge about Adamawa State
1. What is the capital of Adamawa State?
Answer: Yola
2. When was Adamawa State created?
Answer: 27th August 1991
3. How many Local Government Areas are in Adamawa State?
Answer: 21
4. What river flows through Adamawa State?
Answer: River Benue
5. Name the current Governor of Adamawa State?
Answer: [Insert current governor]
6. Who is the first civilian Governor of Adamawa State?
Answer: Abubakar Saleh Michika
7. What is the main ethnic group in Adamawa State?
Answer: Fulani
8. What is the capital of Nigeria?
Answer: Abuja
9. Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
10. What is the motto of Nigeria?
Answer: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress
11. What type of government does Nigeria practice?
Answer: Federal Republic
12. Who was Nigeria’s first president?
Answer: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
13. In which year did Nigeria gain independence?
Answer: 1960
14. What is the current population of Nigeria (approx.)?
Answer: Over 200 million
15. Name a prominent mountain in Adamawa State.
Answer: Mount Dimlang
16. Which country borders Adamawa to the east?
Answer: Cameroon
17. What is the major occupation in Adamawa State?
Answer: Farming
18. What is the meaning of the green in the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Agriculture
19. Name one tertiary institution in Adamawa State.
Answer: Modibbo Adama University of Technology
20. What is the major religion in Adamawa State?
Answer: Islam and Christianity
21. Who is Nigeria’s current President?
Answer: [Insert current president]
22. What is Nigeria’s official currency?
Answer: Naira
23. What is the symbol of justice?
Answer: The scale
24. What is the Nigerian Coat of Arms motto?
Answer: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress
25. Who is the Chief Justice of Nigeria?
Answer: [Insert current CJN]
Civil Service and Public Administration
1. What is the primary function of the Civil Service Commission?
Answer: Recruitment, promotion, and discipline of civil servants.
2. What is the difference between civil service and public service?
Answer: Civil service refers to employees of ministries and departments; public service
includes civil service and parastatals.
3. Who appoints Permanent Secretaries?
Answer: The Governor
4. What document guides civil servants in Nigeria?
Answer: The Public Service Rules
5. What is a 'query' in civil service?
Answer: A formal request for explanation due to misconduct.
6. What does promotion mean in the civil service?
Answer: Upgrading to a higher post based on merit or seniority.
7. What is secondment?
Answer: Temporary transfer of an officer to another department or agency.
8. What is a job description?
Answer: A written statement of duties and responsibilities of a position.
9. What is a minute in civil service?
Answer: An internal note or communication between officers.
10. What is inter-departmental memo?
Answer: A written communication between departments.
11. What is the Head of Service?
Answer: The most senior civil servant in the state civil service.
12. Who is responsible for performance appraisal?
Answer: Immediate superior or supervisor.
13. What is lateral transfer?
Answer: Movement from one position to another of same grade level.
14. What is the highest grade level in civil service?
Answer: Grade Level 17
15. What is redundancy?
Answer: When a post becomes unnecessary and the officer is laid off.
16. What is casual leave?
Answer: Leave granted for a short period due to emergencies.
17. What is the retirement age in civil service?
Answer: 60 years or 35 years of service
18. What is a gazette?
Answer: An official government publication.
19. Define Establishment?
Answer: A department that manages personnel matters in the civil service.
20. What is the meaning of D.O Files?
Answer: District Officer Files used for administrative records.
21. What is the role of the Audit Department?
Answer: To ensure accountability and proper use of public funds.
22. What is the role of the Finance and Accounts Department?
Answer: Handles budgeting and financial reporting.
23. What is a voucher?
Answer: A document that supports a financial transaction.
24. What is the Public Complaints Commission?
Answer: A body that addresses complaints from the public against officials.
25. Define 'Seniority'?
Answer: Order of precedence based on length of service.
Ethics and Accountability
1. Define work ethics.
Answer: Principles that guide behavior and decision-making at work.
2. What is the Code of Conduct for public officers?
Answer: Rules ensuring integrity and impartiality.
3. What is corruption?
Answer: Abuse of public office for personal gain.
4. How can a civil servant demonstrate accountability?
Answer: By being transparent and taking responsibility.
5. What is whistle-blowing?
Answer: Reporting unethical or illegal behavior within an organization.
6. Define transparency.
Answer: Operating in a way that actions are open to scrutiny.
7. What is a conflict of interest?
Answer: A situation where personal interest affects official duties.
8. What is discipline in civil service?
Answer: Enforcing rules and correcting misconduct.
9. Define integrity.
Answer: Being honest and having strong moral principles.
10. What is official secrecy?
Answer: Keeping sensitive information confidential.
11. What is impartiality?
Answer: Being unbiased in executing duties.
12. What is nepotism?
Answer: Favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit.
13. What is bribery?
Answer: Offering something of value to influence an action.
14. What is public trust?
Answer: Confidence that the public has in public officials.
15. What is the role of EFCC?
Answer: To investigate and prosecute financial crimes.
16. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
Answer: Allows access to public records.
17. What is accountability?
Answer: Being responsible and answerable for actions.
18. What is confidentiality?
Answer: Keeping sensitive data private.
19. What is harassment?
Answer: Unwanted conduct that violates dignity.
20. What is the penalty for official misconduct?
Answer: Disciplinary action including dismissal.
21. What is ethical leadership?
Answer: Leadership based on moral principles.
22. What is transparency in budgeting?
Answer: Making budget information open to the public.
23. What is civil responsibility?
Answer: Duties of citizens to the government and society.
24. What is administrative justice?
Answer: Fair and impartial administration of rules.
25. Why is ethics important in civil service?
Answer: To ensure trust, fairness, and good governance.
Logical Reasoning and Aptitude
1. If A is B’s brother and B is C’s father, what is the relationship between A and C?
Answer: Uncle
2. What is the next number in the series: 2, 4, 8, 16, ?
Answer: 32
3. If it takes 2 workers 2 days to complete a task, how long for 4 workers?
Answer: 1 day
4. What is 25% of 200?
Answer: 50
5. If 5 pens cost ₦100, what is the cost of 12 pens?
Answer: ₦240
6. A car travels 60 km in 1 hour. How far in 3.5 hours?
Answer: 210 km
7. Find the odd one out: Cat, Dog, Goat, Hen, Tiger
Answer: Tiger
8. Which is larger: 3/4 or 2/3?
Answer: 3/4
9. If x = 5, what is 2x + 3?
Answer: 13
10. What is the synonym of 'Integrity'?
Answer: Honesty
11. What is the opposite of 'Transparent'?
Answer: Opaque
12. What is 10% of 5000?
Answer: 500
13. Find the missing number: 1, 3, 6, 10, ?, 21
Answer: 15
14. What is the square root of 144?
Answer: 12
15. If a bag contains 3 red and 5 blue balls, what is the probability of picking red?
Answer: 3/8
16. What comes next: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ...?
Answer: Thursday
17. What is 9 multiplied by 8?
Answer: 72
18. Which of the following is a prime number: 4, 6, 9, 11?
Answer: 11
19. What is 100 divided by 4?
Answer: 25
20. How many sides does a hexagon have?
Answer: 6
21. If the sum of two numbers is 10 and one is 6, what is the other?
Answer: 4
22. What is 15% of 2000?
Answer: 300
23. If you buy 3 shirts for ₦1200, what’s the cost of one shirt?
Answer: ₦400
24. How many minutes are in 2.5 hours?
Answer: 150 minutes
25. What is the value of pi (π) approximately?
Answer: 3.14
Current Affairs and Recent Developments
1. Who is the current Secretary to the Government of Adamawa State?
Answer: [Insert current SG]
2. When is Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebrated?
Answer: June 12
3. Which political party is currently in power in Adamawa State?
Answer: [Insert party]
4. What agency handles elections in Nigeria?
Answer: INEC
5. What is the full meaning of EFCC?
Answer: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
6. Which country recently joined BRICS in 2024?
Answer: [Insert if known]
7. Where is the Nigerian Stock Exchange located?
Answer: Lagos
8. Who is the current Minister of Education?
Answer: [Insert current minister]
9. What is the theme of the last UN Climate Change Conference?
Answer: [Insert theme]
10. What is the function of the ICPC?
Answer: Investigate and prevent corruption
11. Who is the current Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: [Insert current COAS]
12. Which country won the last FIFA World Cup?
Answer: [Insert country]
13. What is the current inflation rate in Nigeria?
Answer: [Insert rate]
14. What is the current national minimum wage in Nigeria?
Answer: [Insert amount]
15. What is the name of Nigeria’s Vice President?
Answer: [Insert name]
16. Which international airport is in Abuja?
Answer: Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
17. What year did Nigeria become a republic?
Answer: 1963
18. Which state is the largest by landmass in Nigeria?
Answer: Niger State
19. Which Nigerian is the current Director-General of WTO?
Answer: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
20. What does COVID-19 stand for?
Answer: Coronavirus Disease 2019
21. Who is the current Inspector General of Police?
Answer: [Insert name]
22. What is the role of the Nigerian Senate?
Answer: Legislative duties and oversight
23. Who is the Chairman of INEC?
Answer: Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
24. What is the capital of Borno State?
Answer: Maiduguri
25. When is Workers’ Day celebrated in Nigeria?
Answer: May 1st
