Nigerian Navy DSSC Past Questions and Answers PDF Download - Interview Test
Nigerian Navy DSSC Past Questions and Answers PDF Download - Interview Test
Nigerian Navy DSSC Past Questions and Answers PDF Download - Interview Test
This paper has 100 multiple choice questions and each question has 5 possible answers A, B, C, D or E Consider
each question carefully and choose the correct answer from the alternatives A to E.
1. Express 2 as the square root of a single number.
A. B. C. D. E.
2. Numbers That cannot be written as ratios are called irrational Numbers. Which is an irrational number
A. 2.5 B. 7 C. 0.4 D. 2 E.
3. A right angle triangle has sides of length cm and cm What is the length of the hypotenuse
A. cm B. cm C. cm D. 4cm E. 16cm
4. A right angle triangle has sides a and b as well the hypotenuse side h, which of these is not correct
A. h2 = a2 + h2 B. h2 = a2/ h2 C. a2 = h2 - b2 D. b2 = h2 - a2 E. h is the longest side
5. An officer is twice as old as his son. In five years time, the sum of their ages will be 85 years. What is the
officers age now?
A. 20 years B. 42.5 years C. 45 years D. 50 years E. 55 years
6. A square of sides 7cm, a Rectangle of sides 8 and 6cm and a circle of radius diameter 7cm are placed side by
side . Which of these objects has the largest area
A. Rectangle B. Circle C. All D. Square E. None, the areas are equal
7. The value of a boat depreciates by 10% at the end of each year. If the boat cost $2 million now. What will be
its value in naira after two years? (Take $1 = N 150)
A. N 270m B. N 240m C. N 300m D. N 243m E. N 280m
8. An item is marked N10,000 VAT inclusive. If VAT rate is 5%, how much will the buyer pay and how much VAT
will the Government receive on this sale?
A. N 10,500 and N500 B.N 10 and N 5 C. N 9,500 and N 500
D. N 10.000 and N5 E. N10.000 and N 500
9. A settee is advertised as N9,000 plus VAT. If VAT is 5%. How much will a buyer pay
A. N9,500 B. N9,450 C. N8,550 D. N9,005 E. N9,000
A young officer earns N1.8 million basic per per annum and allowances of N45,000 per month.
The personal Income Tax rate is 10%
12. If the young officer does a compulsory mortgage contribution of 20% of his take home salary.
How much is left of his salary?
A. N160,000 B. 156,000 C. 150,000 D. N144,000 E. 200,000
The table below gives the distance travelled by an object against time. Use it to answer Q 13-15
16. If numbers can be written with a tolerance of 0.5, what is the range of values for the sum of 10 and 11?
A. 20 - 22 B. 20 - 21 C. 21 D. 21-22 E.19-20
17. A chart that represents the totality of data using a circle is called a _______
A. Pie chart B. Histogram C. Circular Chart D. Bar chart E. Pictogram
18. If a Equilateral Triangle of sides 7cm is placed on a square of sides 7cm. what is the perimeter of the
composite shape?
A. 21cm B. 14cm C. 49cm D. 35cm E. 28cm
19. What is the simple interest on N15,000 for 5 years at 10% per annum?
A. N150,000 B. N5,000 C. N10, 000 D.N7,500 E.N15,000
20. Arrange the following fractions in order of their sizes from smallest to largest: 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4
A. 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 B. 1/4, 3/4 and1/2 C. 1/2 , 1/4 and 3/4 D. 3/4, 1/4 and 1/2
E. 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4
23. A machine makes a product every five Seconds. How many hours are required to make 1440?
A. 2 hours B. 4 hours C. 14 hours D. 3 hours E. 5 hours
24. A worker completes 3/4 of a job in 12 days. At this rate, how many more days are required to finish the job?
A. 16 days B. 7 days C. 9 days D. 4 days E. 3 days
25. A boy was asked to calculate 24 x 32 and got 80 as his answer. what is the difference between his answer and
the actual answer.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 18 D. 8 E. 9
26. The boys and girls in a class room are in the ration 3:2. If the class has a total of 35 students,
how many are boys?
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A. 14 B. 32 C. 28 D. 21 E. 5
27. If A is twice as fast a B and C is three time as fast as A. A journey covered by B in 1 1/2 hrs will be covered by
C in.
A. 15 minutes B. 15 hours C. 18 minutes D. 30 minutes E. 9 hours
28. If the sides of a rectangle are reduced by 20%, the area is reduced by
A. 20% B. 40% C. 64% D. 10% E. 36%
29. Assume, 27 January 1996 was a Monday, what day of week was 10 march 1996?
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday E. Friday
30. What is the percentage yield of N1 shares at N1.08 with dividend of 10%?
A. 8% B. 9.3% C. 8% D. 1.08% E. 10.8%
Diagram
31. How many pupils are in the class?
A. 45 B. 30 C. 37 D. 40 E. 35
40. In which of these curves does the gradient change from positive to negative.
A. I B II C. III D. IV E. None