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1. The June 12 Presidential Election was annulled by President Ibrahim Babangida on
A) June 12, 1993
B) June 14, 1993
C) June 18, 1993
D) June 23, 1993
E) June 27, 1993

2. Oyo State belongs to the ______ geo-political Zone in Nigeria.

A) South East
B) South South
C) North Central
D) North East
E) North West

3. The full meaning of OECD is

A) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
B) Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
C) Organization of Economic Community and Development
D) Organization for Economic Community and Development
E) Order of the Economic Community and Development

4. Paparada Square is
in A) Ilorin
B) Lokoja
C) Kaduna
D) Lagos
E) Sokoto

5. The former Eastern Region was proclaimed a sovereign nation, Biafra by

Odumegu Ojukwu on
A) May 30, 1967
B) June 15, 1966
C) April 6, 1968
D) January 10, 1965
E) April 21, 1969

6. Obanta's statue is located in

A) Abeokuta
B) Ibadan
C) Ogbomoso
D) Ilorin
E) Ijebu Ode

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7. The Kruger National Park is
in A) South Africa
B) Tunisia C)
Cameroon
D) Poland E)
U.S.

8. The official residence of the Secretary-General of the United Nations is

in A) Washington DC, United States
B) New York City, United States
C) Birmingham United Kingdom
D) Atlanta Georgia, United
States E) London

9. Dar es Salaam is the capital of

A) Tunisia
B) Turkey
C) Zimbabwe
D) Sudan
E) Tanzania

10. Shanga and Kyenga are ethnic groups

in A) Sokoto State
B) Bauchi State
C) Niger State
D) Kwara State
E) Borno State

11. FESTAC started in

A) October 1976
B) October 1978
C) November 1977
D) November 1978
E) June 1979

12. Which of these was never Senate President in

Nigeria? A) Iyocha Ayu
B) Chuba Okadigbo
C) Pius Anyim
D) Ameh Ebute
E) Umaru Dikko

13. Which of these was once President of Libya?

A) Omar al-Bashir

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B) Hosni Mubarak
C) Muammar Gaddafi
D) Moncef Marzouki
E) Mohamed Boudiaf

14. Liberia's former interim President

was A) Samuel Doe
B) William Tolbert
C) Amos Sawyer
D) Charles Taylor
E) Lt. Gen. Hezekiah Bowen

15. The internationally recognized capital of Israel is

A) Tel Aviv
B) Jerusalem
C) Damascus
D) Baghdad
E) Tehran

16. The current Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission

is A) Prof. Jubril Aminu
B) Prof. Julius Okojie
C) Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar
D) Prof. Dibu Ojerinde
E) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede

17. The United Nations Charter was formed on

A) 1 February 1946
B) 26 June 1945
C) 24 October 1945
D) 15 March 1943
E) 10 January 1939

18. Abayon, Adim and Adun are ethnic groups in

A) Taraba State
B) Cross River State
C) Bauchi State
D) Rivers State
E) Adamawa State

19. Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

in A) 2000
B) 2003
C) 2004

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D) 2007
E) 2009

20. The capital of Greece is

A) Greek
B) Athens
C) Rome
D) Jerusalem
E) Syria

21. Assop Falls can be found in

A) Plateau State
B) Kano State
C) Taraba State
D) Sokoto State
E) Niger State

22. The Secretary-General of the United Nations between 1972 and 1981 was
A) Javier Perez de Cuellar
B) Alger Hiss C)
Kofi Annan D)
Kurt Waldheim E)
Ahmed Salim

23. Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others were executed in

A) 1994
B) 1995
C) 1996
D) 1997
E) 1998

24. Kwara State belongs to the _______ geo-political zone in

Nigeria. A) South East
B) South West
C) North Central
D) North East E)
North West

25. Albert Lutuli was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in

A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1947
D) 1909
E) 1934

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26. Ronald Reagan, the former US president was
a A) Democrat
B) Republican
C) Democratic
Republican D) Federalist
E) Whig

27. Kaduna State belongs to the ______ geopolitical zone in

Nigeria. A) North East
B) South West
C) North West
D) South East
E) North Central

28. Gurara Falls can be located in

A) Niger State
B) Anambra State
C) Imo State
D) Edo State
E) Adamawa State

29. Obudu Cattle Ranch is

in A) Rivers State
B) Cross River State
C) Bayelsa State D)
Akwa Ibom State E)
Delta State

30. Alau Dam and Alan Lake are located

in A) Calabar
B) Warri
C) Okitipupa
D) Maiduguri
E) Ebonyi

31. The current National Security Adviser

is A) Gen. Andrew Owoeye Azazi (Rtd)
B) Gen. Mohammed Babagana Monguno
(Rtd) C) Col. Sambo Dasuki
D) Gen. Aliyu Mohammed
Gusau E) Col. Kayode Are

32. Maseru is the capital city of

A) Mauritius
B) Rwanda

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C) Lesotho
D) Tunisia
E) Gambia

33. The current Inspector-General of Police is

A) Alhaji Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar
B) Mr Ibrahim Idris Kpotum
C) Mr Tafa Balogun
D) Mr Iyami Aganike
E) Mr Sunday Ehindero

34. The current Minister of Health is

A) Prof. C.O. Onyebuchi
B) Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole
C) Prof. Olikoye Ransome Kuti
D) Dr (Mrs) Grange Alice
E) Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin

35. The title of the traditional ruler of Benin is called ________

A) Obi B)
Obong
C) Oba
D) Igwe

36. Kwame Nkrumah Museum is located in

A) Tanzania
B) Kenya
C) Mauritania
D) Ghana

37. An example of confluence town in Nigeria is ________

A) Onitsha
B) Obudu
C) Lokoja
D) Port Harcourt

38. Under whose regime were Delta and Adamawa States created?
A) Gen Sanni Abacha
B) Gen yakubu Gowon
C) Gen Murtala Muhammed
D) Gen Ibrahim Babangida

39. The body charged with the responsibility of regulating and protecting
consumers against illicit foods and drugs in Nigeria
A) Consumer protection council

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B) Standard Organization of Nigeria
C) National Drug Law Enforcement agency
D) National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control

40. The senate president during the second republic was ________
A) Dr. Joseph Wayas
B) Senator Anyim Pius Anyim
C) Senator lyorchia Ayu
D) Chief Adopous Wabara

41. President Barrack Obama is the _______ president of the United States of
America and first African-American president of U.S.
A) 35th
B) 44th
C) 40th
D) 39th

42. In which country is Mississippi river?

A) USA
B) Argentina
C) Brazil
D) Canada

43. Which of the following has the highest population in the world?
A) India
B) Russia
C) China
D) USA

44. In which part of Africa will you find Tanzania?

A) West Africa
B) North Africa
C) Southern Africa
D) East Africa

45. In Nigeria democracy day is marked

on A) June 12
B) May 29
C) June 29
D) May 27

46. Late Idi Amin Dada was from which of the following
countries A) Kenya
B) Tanzania

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C) Uganda
D) Congo Brazzaville

47. River Nile has its source from

A) Lake Chad
B) Lake Victoria
C) Lake Tanganyika
D) Lake Albert

48. Who was the head of state when Nigeria first won the African Cup of Nations?
A) Shehu Shagari
B) Muhammadu Buhari
C) Muritala Muhammed
D) Ibrahim Babangida

49. Which is the odd one out among the following?

A) African National Congress
B) Social Democratic Party
C) National Republican Convention
D) All Peoples Party

50. The last military head of state in Nigeria

was A) Sanni Abacha
B) Ibrahim Babangida C)
Abubakar Abdulsalam D)
Murtala Muhammed

51. GSM telephony was introduced into Nigeria communication system during the
regime of
A) Ibrahim Babangida
B) Olusegun Obasanjo
C) Umaru Yar'adua D)
Goodluck Jonathan

52. The following Nigerian footballers have won the African Footballer Award except
A) Victor lkpeba
B) Nwankwo Kanu
C) Rasheed Yekini
D) Austin Okocha

53. Kofi Annan is well known for his role as

A) President of Ghana
B) Secretary General of United Nations
C) Secretary General of the African Union
D) President of the United Nations

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54. Complete the followings, Ooni and Osun, Sultan and Sokoto, Obi and Anambra,
El Kanemi and ______
A) Kaduna
B) Borno
C) Katsina
D) Yobe

55. In which part of Nigeria will you find relics of groundnut pyramids?
A) Kano
B) Jos
C) Sokoto
D) Maiduguri

56. Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport is found

in A) Enugu
B) Port Harcourt
C) Abuja
D) Calabar

57. The Nigerian currency in use before the change to the Naira was
the Options
A) Pound
B) Dollar
C) Riyal
D) CFA

58. In which of the following African countries will you find a confluence of two oceans
A) South Africa
B) Nigeria
C) Somalia
D) Senegal

59. The capital city of Rwanda is

A) Khartoum
B) Kabul
C) Kigali
D) Kingston

60. Which of the following is not a planet?

A) Pluto
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Moon

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61. Which of the following is a
star? A) Earth
B) Sun C)
Moon D)
Nebula

62. The River Niger has its source from

A) Fouta Djallon Island
B) Lake Guinea
C) Upper Volta
D) Timbuktu

63. The largest continent on earth is _______

A) Africa B)
Australia
C) North
America D) Asia

64. Third World countries are found in

A) Europe, Asia and Soviet Union
B) Africa, Asia and Latin America
C) North and South America
D) Asia

65. The largest known planet is ______

A) Sun
B) Uranus
C) Jupiter
D) Earth

66. The First Prime Minister of Nigeria

was A) Alhaji Nuhu Bamali
B) Alhaji Tafawa Balewa
C) Sir Akanu lbaim
D) Dr Nnamdi Azikwe

67. Sir Richard's constitution was introduced in Nigeria

in A) 1946
B) 1950
C) 1964
D) 1864

68. The Central Bank of Nigeria was established in

A) 1920
B) 1908

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C) 1959
D) 1950

69. Headquarters of NYSC is at ______

A) Abuja
B) Aba
C) Kano
D) Lagos

70. The Nigeria Civil War started on _______

A) 3rd October, 1970
B) 6th July, 1967
C) 16th July, 1967
D) 1st April, 1976

71. Taiwo Akinkunmi designed the Nigerian Flag in

A) 1888
B) 1977
C) 1976
D) 1959

72. Nigeria has _______ geo-political zones.

A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 10

73. Alhaji Shehu Shagari became Nigerian First Executive

President A) 1st October 1960
B) 1st October 1961
C) 7th June 1985 D)
1st October 1979

74. Nigeria started using ₦200 notes on

A) 1st Feb, 2000
B) 5th May, 2001
C) 20th August, 2000
D) 1st Nov, 2000

75. Queen Elizabeth visited Nigeria for the second time

on A) 3rd December 2003
B) 2nd October 1980
C) 7th June 1985 D)
14th June 1979

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76. The International organization responsible for taking care of the injured is known as
______
A) Red Cross Society
B) UNESCO C)
World Bank D)
Man O' War

77. Which of the following is linked with CONFLUENCE?

A) Niger State
B) Kogi State
C) Benue State
D) None of the above

78. The capital of Kastina State is ______

A) Kastina
B) Gusau
C) Dutse
D) Ilorin

79. The capital of Cameroon is

A) Yauonde
B) Cairo
C) Lome
D) Conakry

80. The first man to get to the space

is A) Yuri Gagarim
B) Gay Lussac
C) Dalton
D) Sir Isaac Newton

81. The capital of Benin Republic is

A) Kinshasa
B) Algeria
C) Niamey
D) Port Novo

82. Which of the following is owned by the Federal

government? A) Union Bank Nigeria Plc
B) UBA Plc
C) Central Bank of Nigeria D)
Progress Bank Nigeria Plc

83. Birmingham is in the

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A) U.S.A
B) U.K
C) Ireland
D) Italy

84. Abuja is to Nigeria as ______ is to

Canada A) Winnipeg
B) Toronto
C) Ottawa
D) Montreal

85. The first President of Nigeria is

A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Olusegun Obasanjo
C) Nnamdi Azikwe
D) Tafawa Balewa

86. The Nigerian flag has how many

colour(s)? A) 3
B) 1
C) 4
D) 2

87. The Nigeria flag was designed by _________

A) Akinkunmi Alabi
B) Kola Olawuyi
C) Taiwo Akinkunmi
D) Tai Solarin
88. On the Nigeria's Coat of Arm, the black shield stands
for A) Fertile soil
B) Strength
C) Honour
D) Dignity

89. Which of the following organization performs FIRST AID activities?

A) WHO
B) UNESCC C)
NAFDAC D)
REDCROSS

90. Who presides over the House of Representative in Nigeria?

A) Chief Whip
B) President
C) Presiding Officer
D) Speaker

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91. Abuja officially replaced Lagos as capital of Nigeria
in A) 1992
B) 1996
C) 1998
D) 1991

92. The highest court in Nigeria is the

A) Federal High Court
B) Supreme Court
C) Federal Court
D) Sharia Court

93. Naira is to Nigeria as ______ is to

India A) Yen
B) France
C) Rupee
D) Dupee

94. How many state Governors were there in Nigeria in the year
2011? A) 36
B) 37
C) 38
D) 39

95. The most wide spread traditional occupation in Nigeria is

A) farming
B) blacksmithing
C) weaving
D) driving

96. Which of these is NOT a symbol of the nation?

A) coat of arms
B) the pledge
C) Aso Rock D)
National flag

97. The longest river in Nigeria is river

A) Benue
B) Hadejia
C) Niger
D) Osun

98. Nigeria is bounded in the south by

A) Togo

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B) Atlantic ocean
C) Pacific ocean
D) Cameroon

99. Which of these is NOT an island in

Africa? A) Fiji
B) Madagascar
C) Cape Verde
D) Zanzibar

100. In which state is Lake Chad

situated? A) Adamawa
B) Borno
C) Taraba
D) Sokoto
1. D 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.E 7.A 8.B 9.E 10.
A
11.C 12.E 13.C 14.C 15.B 16.C 17.B 18.B 19.E 20.B
21.A 22.D 23.B 24.C 25. 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.D
A
31.B 32.C 33.B 34.B 35.C 36.D 37.C 38.D 39.D 40.A
41.B 42.A 43.C 44.D 45.A 46.C 47.B 48.A 49.A 50.C
51.B 52.D 53.B 54.B 55. 56.C 57.A 58.A 59.C 60.D
61.B 62. 63.D 64.B 65.C 66.B 67.A 68.C 69.A 70.B
A
71.D 72.B 73.D 74.D 75.A 76.A 77.B 78.A 79.A 80.A
81.D 82.C 83.B 84.C 85.C 86.D 87.C 88.A 89.D 90.D
91.D 92.B 93.C 94.A 95.A 96.C 97.C 98.B 99.A 100.
B

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 MATHEMATICS
1. What is the probability of having an odd number in a single toss of a fair die
(b)
(a) 1/6 ` 1/3
(d)
(c) ½ 2/3

Use the following information for question 2 and 3

The surname of 40 children in a class were arranged in
alphabetical order , 16 of the surnames begins with O and 9 of the
surnames begins with A.
14 letters of the alphabet do not appear as the first letter of a surname.

2. What is the probability that the surname of a child picked at random

from the class begins with either O and A?
(a) 5/8 (b) 7/8 (c) 9/16 (d) 14/25

3. If more than one surname begins with a letter besides A and O, how
many surnames
(d)
begin with the letter? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 6

The table gives the score of a group of students in an English language test.

Scores 2 3 4 5 6 7
No of Students 2 4 7 2 3 2

4. If a student is chosen at random from the group, what is the

probability that he scored at least 6 marks?
(a) 3/20 (b) 1/5 (c) ¼ (d) 3/10

5. What is the probability that three customers waiting in a bank will

be served in the sequence of their arrival at the bank?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3 (c) ½ (d) 2/3

6. The probability that Kodjo and Adoga pass an examination are ¾ and 3/5
respectively. Find the probability of both boys failing the examination.
(a) 1/10 (b) 3/10 (c) ½ (d) 2/3

7. The mean of 20 observations in an experiment is 4. If the observed

largest value is 23, find the mean of the remaining observations.

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(a) 4 (b) 3
2.6
(c) 2.85 (d) 0

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8. A group of eleven people can speak either English or French or both. Seven can
speak English and six can speak French. What is the probability that a person chosen at
random can speak both English and French?
(a) 2/11 (b) 4/11 (c) 5/11 (d) 11/13

If events X and Y are mutually exclusive, P(X) = 1/3 and P(Y) = 2/5, Use
the information to answer questions 9 & 10.
9. P (X n Y) is (a) 0 (b) 2/15 (c) 4/15 (d) 11/15

10. P (X u Y) is (a) 0 (b) 2/15 (c) 4/15 (d) 11/15

11. A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If two marbles are picked at
Random, one after the other, without replacement, What is the probability of picking
two marbles of different colours?
(a) 2/3 (b) 3/5 (c) 2/5 (d) 7/20

12. Mrs. Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it will be a boy is ½ and the
probability that the baby will have blue eyes is ¼. What is the probability that she will
have a blue-eyed boy?
(a) 1/8 (b)¼ (c) 3/8 (d) 1/2
Convert the speed 90 km per hour of a car to metres per
13 second
2.5 ms- (d) 1.5 x 103
(a) 1.5 ms-1 (b) 1 (c) 25 ms-1 ms-1
14 Uche and Chidi shared a sum of money on the ratio m:n. If Chidi’s
share was N4,200.00, what was Uche’s share?
(a) N4,200n/m (b) N4,200/mn (c) N4,200m/n (d) N4,200/n

15 A husband contributes 7% of his income into a fund and his wife contributes 4%
of her income. If the husband earns N5,500 per annum (p.a) and his wife earns N4,000
p.a, find the sum of their contribution to the fund.
(a) N1,045 (b) N605 (c)N545 (d) N490
-1
A car is traveling at an average speed of 80kmh . Its speed in metres per
16 second (m/s)
is (a) 13.3m/s (b) 22.2m/s (c) 133.3m/s (d) 222.2m/s

17 If the children share N10.50K among themselves in the ratio 6:7:8,

How much is the largest share?
(a) N3.00 (b)N3.50 (c) N4.00 (d) N4.50

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18 A trader makes a loss of 15% when selling an article. Find the ratio,
selling price: cost
price.
(a) 3:20 (b) 3:17 (c) 17:20 (d) 20:23

19 A car travels at xkm per hour for 1 hour at ykm per hour for 2 hours. Find its
average
speed.
(a) 2x+2ykmh-1/3 (b) x+ ykmh-1/3 (c) x+2 ykmh-1 (d) 2x+ ykmh-1/3
20 The ages of three men are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the difference between the
ages of the oldest and youngest is 18 years, find the sum of the ages of the three
men.
(a) 45 years (b) 72 years (c) 108 years (d) 216 years

21 A bicycle wheel of radius 42cm is rolled over a distance of 66m.

How many revolutions does it make? [Take π=22/7]
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 50

22 In a bag of oranges, the ratio of the good ones to the bad ones is 5:4. If the
number of bad ones in the bag is 36, how many oranges are there altogether?
(a) 81 (b) 72 (c) 54 (d) 45

23 A man is four times as old as his son. The difference between their ages is
36. Find the sum of their ages.
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(a) 45 years` (b) 48 years (c) 60 years (d) years
If 4m+3n = 5, find the ratio m:n 4m-
24 3n 3

(a) 7:4 (b) 4:3 (c) 3:4 (d) 4:7

If 2x : (x+1) =3:2, what is the value
25 of x?
(a) ½ (b) 1 (c) 1½ (d) 3

26 The ratio of the number of men to the number of women in a 20 member

committee is 3:1. How many women must be added to the 20 member committee so
as to make the ratio of men to women 3:2 ?
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9

27 Three men, Bedu, Bakare and Kofi shared N500 in the ratio 3:2:x respectively.
If
Bedu’s share is N150, find the value of x.
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6

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 The sides of two cubes are in the ratio 2:5, what is the ratio of their
28 volumes?
(a) 4:5 (b) 8:15 (c) 6:125 (d) 8:125

29 Lena bought 400 Alpha Company shares at N1.50 each and sold them
at N2.05 each. What was her gain?

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(a) N0.55 (b) N20.00 (c) N220.00 (d) N330.00

30 Amma buys 100 oranges at 20 for C 30.00 and another 200 oranges at 4 for C
10.0. If she sells all her oranges at C3.00 each, what was her profit?
(a) C150.00 (b) C250.00 (c) C500.00 (d) C650.00

31 The price of a litre of petrol is increased from C30.00 to C

39.00. What is the percentage increase in the cost of a litre of petrol ?
(a) 90% (b) 30% (c) 34% (d) 39%

32 A trader sold a pair of shoes for C 2,800.00 making a loss of 20% on

his cost price. Find his loss as a percentage of his selling price.
(a) 162/3% (b) 2% (c) 25% (d) 75%
33 An article bought for D5,000.00 depreciate by 15% of its value during
the first year. Find its value after a year.
D4,985.0
(a) D425.00 (b) D750.00 (c) D4,250.00 (d)0
A house bought for N100,000 was later auctioned for N80,000, Find the loss
34 percent.
(a) 20% (b)30% (c) 40% (d) 50%

35 The side of a square is increased from 20cm to 21cm. Calculate the

percentage increase in its area.
(a) 2.5% (b) 9.3% (c) 10.0% (d) 10.25%

36 A man bought 2220 mangoes at N5x. He sold each for 3x kobo and
made gain of N8. Find the value of x.
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 10

37 A car moves at an average speed of 30kmh-1, how long does it take

to cover 200 metres?
(a) 2.4sec (b) 24sec (c) 144sec (d) 240sec

38 A man bought a television set on hire purchase for N25, 000 out of which
he paid N10,
0. If he is allowed to pay the balance in eight equal installments, find the
value of each installment
(a) N1250 (b) N1578 (c) N1875 (d) N3125

39 If the simple interest on N2, 000 after 9 months is N6, at what rate per
annum is the interest charged?
(a) 21/4% (b) 4% (c) 5% (d) 6%

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40 A student bought 3 notebooks and 1 pen for N35. After misplacing these
items, she again bought 2 note books and 2 pens, all of the same type for N30. What
is the cost of a pen?
(a) N5.00 (b) N7.50 (c) N10.00 (d) N15.00

ANSWERS
10)
1) A 2)A 3)B 4)C 5)B 6)A 7)A 8)B 9)A
A
20)
11) D 12)B 13)C 14)C 15)C 16)B 17)C 18)C 19)C C
30)
21) C 22)A 23)C 24)A 25)D 26)B 27)C 28)D 29)C B
40)
31) B 32) C 33) C 34) A 35)D 36) C 37) C 38) C 39) B C

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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Choose the word nearest to the word in bold

1. After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold

(a) Became quite rich (b) Won a big contract (c) he became a gold miner
(d) became a goldsmith

2. One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut
corners
(a) Not to face all problems (b) to want to become rich quickly (c) to want
to avoid unnecessary hardships (d) forfeit the opportunity of
further education.

3. The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
(a) Stature (b) figure (c) elegance (d) carriage

4. It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in the university
(a) A smart performer (b) an outright genius (c) an outstanding scholar (d)
an unmitigated swot

5. What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the subject
(a) A detailed account (b) a balanced account (c) a biased treatment (d) a general
survey

6. Hers was a chequered career

(a) An interesting and successful career (b) a career full of sorrow and tears (c)
a bright and memorable career (d) a career full of ups and downs

7. If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political mine field
(a) A source of political benefits (a) a way out of political trouble (c) a
cause for political joy (d) an invitation to political problems.

8. In my view, the play didn’t come off

(a) Succeed (b) fail (c) attract applause (d) take place

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9. When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to
stand
(a) when we get to a crisis point (b) in the final analysis (c) when the blocks
are lowered
(d) when we get to the end of the road

10. she said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion

(a) something she likes very much (b) something she dislikes very much (c) a
hobby she loves to pursue (d) one thing she can’t miss

11. the gateman does his work perfunctorily

(a) without commitment (b) with speed (c) mother’s pet (d) father’s pet

12. members of the panel were working at cross-purposes

(a) harmony (b) in disunity (c) for selfish purposes (d) stretch

13. the young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus

was promptly repudiated
(a) disowned (b) arrested (c) warned (d) killed

14. Adayi is a die-hard criminal

(a) hard to kill (b) hard to arrest (c) remorseless (d) resentless

Fill each gap with most appropriate option from the list following the gap

15. In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are to turn to God.
(a) Concerned (b) inclined (c) disposed (d) propensed

16. We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of

(a) Diverent demand and supply (b) uneven wear and tear (c) different purchasing
power
(d) unpredictable national income

17. The centre – forward was consequently the goal was not allowed
(a) In an offside position (b) very well positioned (c) brilliant player (d) the captain
of the
team

18. AIDS is disease that kills slowly but surely

(a) Too much a deadly (b) Very deadly a (c) so deadly (d) such deadly a

19. We had a dull evening because

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(a) Hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off (b) hardly had the talk begun
when the light went off (c) the talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out (d)
the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began

20. Soyinka’s masterful of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to

make
his book, Ake, an outright success
(a) Evocation (b) invocation (c) convocation (d) revocation

21. Students will always blame their teachers when examination results
are unfavourable
(a) Won’t they (b) wouldn’t they (c) isn’t it (d) cant they

22. Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never his words

(a) Chew (b) spit (c) eat (d) bite

23. Kindly me your book because my friend has mine

(a) Borrow / borrowed (b) borrow /rent (c) lend / lent (d) lend/borrowed

24. Three quarters of the church painted by members the previous day
(a) Were (b) was (c) is (d) are

25. The young boys have been caught with parts of the
stolen machine but admitted stealing it
(a) Neither of them has (b) neither of them have (c) none of them has (d) none of
them
have.

26. Watching carefully, I could see the fish along the bottom
(a) Dotting (b) crawling (c) diving (d) darting

27. Emeka is now astudent but it took him years to

(a) Matured/mature (b) mature/mature (c)mature/matured (d)matured/matured

28. The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed their
(a) Of/predicament (b) about/ indulgence (c) on/rearmament (d)
as for/advancement

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29. Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has
now changed his
an
d his tongue
Temperature/injured(b)character/tighten (d
(a) ed (c) temperament/loosened )
innocence/worsened

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30. The hospital was closed because there were no beds to put patients

(a) Again/upon (b) off/on (c) down/at (d) up/in

31. The judge with his son travelling to Lagos now

(a) Were (b) shall (c) is (d) are

32. A university teacher is an

(a) Academic (b) academics (c) academician (d) academia

33. The adventurers ran into many in the forest

(a) Dear (b) dears (c) deers (d) deer

34. The argument between the tow neighbous degenerated into

(a) A free-for all (b) a free for all fight (c) a flee for all (d) a free fight

35. The class more girls than boys this session

(a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d) comprises

36. The tourist bought

(a) A brown, small, Nigerian earthen pot (b) a small, brown Nigerian earthen pot
(c) an earthen, brown, small Nigerian pot (d) a Nigerian small brown earthen

37. I have already the picture on the sitting-room wall

(a) Hanged (b) hunged (c) hang (d) hung

38. Most of us will attend the conference at Ibadan later this year
(a) Holding (b) held (c) being held (d) to hold

39. I shall work hard so that I can a distinction in English

(a) Secure (b) make (c) receive (d) grab

40. The baby was rather than I could bear

(a) Much more troublesome (b) much too troublesome (c) so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome

Students were
41. forbidden secret society From joining (b) in
joining (c) to join (d) on
(a) joining

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42. Of course, we al saw the culprit and hit the man on the head
(a) Approached (b) approaching (c) approach (d) approaches

43. A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as
(a) Preconceived (b) premature (c) ingenuous (d) precocious

44. The company Director showed the contractor a of the proposed office complex
(a) Prototype (b) photograph (c) microfilm (d) photocopy

45. you come early to the new house, clean up my flat

(a) While (b) by chance (c) should (d) should in case

46. This imposing edifice a fortune to build

(a) Had costed (b) have cost (c) costed (d) cost

47. They let him go in to his age

(a) Respect (b) regard (c) disregard (d) consideration

48. Some scientists are trying to human beings in their laboratories

(a) Imitate (b) replicate (c) implicate (d) fabricate

49. He does not seem to know how to solve the problem

(a) Does not he (b) does he not (c) does he (d) doesn’t he?

50. These villagers to grow rice

(a) Used (b) are used (c) were used (d) use

ANSWERS
1.A 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.D 6.D 7.D 8.D 9.D 10.A

11.B 12.A 13.B 14.A 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.D 19.A 20. A

21.A 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.B 26.C 27.B 28.C 29.C 30.D

31.C 32.A 33.D 34.A 35.D 36.B 37.D 38.A 39.B 40.A

41.A 42.C 43.D 44.A 45.C 46.D 47D 48.B 49.C 50.A

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 CURRENT AFFAIRS

The first Secretary general of Common wealth was

1. George Washington (b) Tulma Goldie (c) Arnold Smith (d) Joseph Garba

Lagos became a crown colony in

1. 1862 (b) 1861 (c) 1841 (d) 1886

The first war 1 was between

(a) 1911-1914 (b) 1914-1916 (c) 1916-1918 (d) 1914-1918

4. The western and eastern Nigeria became self governed in

(a) 1959 (b) 1960 (c) 1957 (d) 1956

5. The first head of government of Nigeria was

(a) Yakubu Gowon (b) Aguiyi Ironsi (c) Tafawa Balewa (d) Nnamdi Azikiwe

6. The first militant president of Nigeria was

(a) Sanni Abacha (b) Ibrahim Babangida (c) Aguiyi Ironsi (d) Yakubu Gowon

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7. Nigeria became a republic in
(a) 1963 (b) 1960 (c) 1976 (d) 1961

8. The Northern and Southern protectorate was amalgamated in

(a) 1914 (b) 1919 (c) 1921 (d) 1900

9. The first Executive president was

(a) Nnamdi Azikiwe (b) Olusegun Obansanjo (c) Sheu Shagari (d) Goodluck Jonathan

10) The first colonial governor general of Nigeria was

(a) Tulma Goldie (b) James Robertson (c) Huge Clifford (d) Lord Lugard

11) The highest court in Nigeria is

(a) Court of Appeal (b) Supreme court (c) Federal High Court (d)Magistrate court

12) ECOWAS was established in and has it administrative headquarter in

(a) 1967 Lome (b) 1975 Lome (c) 1975 Lagos (d) 1967 Lagos

13. The first general election in Nigeria was held in

(a) 1959 (b) 1960 (c) 1963 (d) 1999

14. Nigeria practice one of the following system of government

(a) Con-federalism (b) Unitarism (c) Paliamentaism (d) Federalism

15. The last colonial governor general of Nigeria was

(a) James Robertson (b) Jimmy Carter (c) Lord Lugard (d) Huge Clifford

16. The first Militam coup de’tat in Nigeria was in

(a) 1964 (b) 1966 (c) 1960 (d) 1999

17. The establishment of states started in Nigeria on

(a) May 27 1967 (b) Feb. 13 1966 (c) April 8 1960 (d) Oct. 1 1960

18) The Biafra Civil war was between

(a) 1967-1968 (b) 1968-1971 (c) 1967-1970 (d) 1970-1975

19. The national youth service corp was established in

(a) 1960 (b) 1973 (c) 1980 (d) 1997

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20. The Nigeria Police Force belongs to which organ of government
(a) Judiciary (b) Executive (c) Legislative (d) Non f the above

21. African consist of how many countries

(a) 54 (b) 55 (c) 60 (d) 70

22) The Secretary general of OPEC is

(a) Abdulsaleam Kanuri (b) Abudullahhi El-badri (c) Utuhu Kamirideen (d)
Philip Effiong

23) The current secretary general of United nation is

(a) Ban ki Moon (b) Trugve Lie (c) Koffi Anaan (d) Boustro-Brouste Ghali

24 Which of the followingpair of countries consist of the permanent security

council of UN
(a) Brazil, Germany, France, USA, China (b) France, China, USSR,
USA, Britain (c) France, Britain, Brazil, Newzeland (d) France,
Germany, Japan, China

25 In order to qualify for the post of President in Nigeria the person must
be and above
(a) 35yr (b) 20 yrs (c) 40 yrs (d) 55yrs

26) The name Nigeria coined out of

(a) Niger Forest (b) Niger Area (c) Niger River (d) Niger Textures

27) The first Inspector General of the Police Force was

(a) Teslim Balogun (b) Louis Edet (c) Ademola Adetokunbo (d) Elias Balogon

28 The current secretary general or commission chairman of Africa union is

(a) Dlamini Zuma (b) Allasane Quattara (c) Emeka Anaoku (d) H. Desategn

29 The current president of commission or secretary is of ECOWAS

(a) H.Desategn (b) Kadre Desire Quedraogo (c) Allasane Quattara (d) Ike
Ekweremalu

30) The headquarter of UN is in

(a) New York (b) Washington (c) Geneva (d) Vienna

31 UNO was founded in San Francisco in

(a) 1939 (b) 1914 (c) 1945 (d) 1950

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32 The first military coup-de’tat in Africa was in
(a) Libya (b) Liberia (c) Egypt (d) Nigeria

33 Nigeria became 36 states under the regime of

(a) Olusegun Obasanjo (b) Sanni Abacha (c) Ibrahim Babagida (d) Yakubu Gowon

34) The first military head of state was

(a) Yakubu Gowon (b) Aguiyi Ironsi (c) Olusegun Obasanjo (d) Ernest Shonekan

35 Oil can be found in one of the following state in Nigeria

(a) Lagos (b) Anambra (c) Ondo (d) Ekiti

36 Tin is majorly found in

(a) Jos (b) Enugu (c) Kano (d) Imo

37 Oil was first discovered by Shell-BP in Nigeria

(a) Oloibiri (b) Idanre (c) Warri (d) Kabba

38 Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization

(a) ECOWAS (b) OAU (c) UN (d) OPEC

39 The last military head state of Nigeria was

(a) Abdulsaleem Abubakar (b) Sanni Abacha (c) Olusegun Obasanjo (d)
Yakubu Gowon

40) The name Nigeria was coined by

(a) Flora Shaw (b) Mary Slessor (c) Lord Lugard (d) Juman Goldie

41) The legislature in Nigeria is called

(a) House of assembly (b) House of lords (c) National Assembly (d)
House of Representative

42) The legislature in Britain is referred to as

(a) House of common (b) White house (c) Congress (d) Parliament

43 Nigeria changed from pounds to Naira in

(a) 1960 (b) 1973 (c) 1959 (d) 1963

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 44) The first Nigeria president to die in office was and he died on

1 Murtala Mohammed Feb 13 1976 (b) Sanni Abacha June 8 1998 (c) Ya’ardua
May 5
2010 (d) Aguiyi Ironsi July 29

ANSWERS

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.D 11.B 12. 13.A 14.D

15.A 16.B 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.B 21.A 22.B 23.A 24.B

25.A 26.B 27.B 28.A 29.B 30.A 31.C 32.C 33.B 34.B

35.C 36.A 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.A 41.C 42.D 43.B 44.C
 TEACHING PROFESSION
1. The ultimate goal of curriculum of planning is to

a. Develop programmes for society

b. Develop individual skills
c. Establish more schools
d. Guide educational programmes
e. Design teachers' programmes
2. Curriculum design differ primary in

a. Teaching and learning involves

b. Principles of teaching and learning
c. Method, content and structure
d. Methodology and application
21 Scope and sequence.
Broad - field curriculum design is usually criticized because
It is difficult to organize
Of its cumbersome nature
It does not include fieldtrips
It does not take care of student's interests.
Subject demarcations still exist.
Activity curriculum does not require
A lot of instructional materials.
Co-curricula activities
Game and sports
Planned activities
Infrastructure and equipment
Tyler's curriculum planning process has
6steps
5steps
c . 4steps
27 3 steps
 30 2 steps
The common features of most curriculum models are

Learning experiences and content

Objectives and learning experiences.
Objectives and evaluation
Organization of content and learning experience
Content and evaluation

32 The new UBE curriculum emphasizes

Society-centred learning.
Teacher-centred learning
Child-centred learning
Parent-centred learning
Government-centred.
33 Which of the following is not a method of teaching?
Discussion method
Project method
Interactive method
Power point presentation
Distraction method
34 Agencies of curriculum planning
and innovation in Nigeria include
NERDCand NAFDAC
NERDCand TRCN
NUCandlCPC
NCCE and NBTE
ICPCandEFCC

An importance of a lesson plan is that it

36 Guides the teacher in the delivery of the lesson

37 Evaluated the learners in the classroom
38 Guides the school in implementing its programmes
39 Guides the teacher in planning
37 THE guiding principle of the Nigeria traditional education was

38 Functionalism
39 Naturalism
40 Idealism
41 Realism
42 Existentialism
12. Islamic Education was introduced to Nigeria in the

a. 12th century
1 14th century
2 10th century
3 13th century
4 16th century
1. Which of these was not a problem in the implementation of
early colonial education programmes?

1 Lack of central school laws

2 Lack of standard qualification for teachers
3 Emphasis on conversion to Christianity
4 Emphasis on the future leaders
5 Lack of common syllabus
2. Which of the following was not provided for in the
Nigerian Education ordinance of 1887?
a. Board of Education
b. Grant-in-aids to schools
c. Parents' right to choose religion of instruction
d. Certification of teacher
e. Power of Governor to establish and maintain schools
3. The UPE scheme was launched in the Western and
Eastern regions of Nigeria in
a. 1955 and 1958 respectively
b. 1955 and 1957 respectively c.
1954 and 1958 respectively
40 1952 and 1953 respectively
 41 1950 and 1959 respectively
3. Which of the following was not a major problem in the
implementation of the 1976 Universal Primary Education?
8. Language policy ...
9. Political discrepancies
10. Financial problem
11. Girl-child education
12. Public enlightenment
9. Which of these is not one of the functions of philosophy?
10. Analytic function
11. Speculative function
12. Inspirational function
13. Prescriptive function
14. Descriptive function
(b) Philosophy can be described as an activity in three modes or
styles namely
Speculative, metaphysics
and prescriptive
Speculative, prescriptive and analytic
Speculative, analytic and epistemology
Metaphysics, analytic and Prescriptive
Prescriptive, epistemology and axiology
12. Area of Philosophical inquiry include
Metaphysic, epistemology
Metaphysic and mechanism and epistemology
. Metaphysics, axiology and materialism
Epistemology, axiology and mechanism
Metaphysics, materialism and mechanism.
(b) The school of philosophy of education associated with the
concepts of freedom, choice responsibility and self-reliance is
idealism
realism
c. existentialism
d. naturalism
 14. Marxism
(b) A factor that is not directly responsible for
examination malpractices in school is
15. Lack of committed teachers
16. Religious intolerance
17. Inability of teachers to make lessons interesting
18. Inability of school managers to motivate teachers
19. Student desperation for certificates.

(b) In the study of society, the family value commonly emphasized is

a. Polygamy
(b) Polyandry
(c) Serial polygamy
(d) Continuity
(e) Monogamy
17. A theoretical perspective that i? not emphasized in sociology
of education is

a. Conflict
Interactionism
Feminism
UBE
Marxism
(b) The major consequence of the Western education in Nigeria is.

Decentralization of the system

Lack of teacher preparation
Destruction of indigenous cultures
Centralization of the system
Corruption
(c) Which of the following is not a factor that holds society together?
 Participation and interaction
Cohesion
Conformity
Politics
Co-operation
20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the secondary
group in the socialization process?

a. Impersonal behavior
Intimate relationship
Indirect contact
Limited face to face contact
Formal behavior
22. The Management of secondary schools in a State is the responsibility
of the
Schools Board
Ministry of Education
Executive Council
Education committee
NUT
23. Which of the following is a line - staff in a school system?
The teacher
The bursar
The administrative officer
The secretary
The executive officer
.
29. Which of the following is not part of the acronym "POSDCORB"?
Planning
Coordinating
Commanding
Organizing
Reporting
(b) Which of the following constitute the administration of school?
 (b) Men and women
Staff and students
Academy and non academy staff
Money and materials
26. The Log book keeps records of
(b) Staff movement
b. Financial transactions
c. School activities
d. Students' activities
e. Teachers' promotion
32. The control of unity school in Nigeria is the responsibility of the
Universal Basic Education Commission
Federal Ministry of Education
Parent-teachers Association of Nigeria
All Nigeria Conference of principals of secondary schools
State Ministries of Education
28. Which of the following is the primary purpose of school supervision?
To determine the competence of teachers
Quality assurance in education
To check student attendance and learning
Quality measures for school management
Quality control in teaching method
The supervision of school by an external agent is referred to as
(b) Sensitization
(c) Quality control
(d) Inspection
(e) Evaluation
(f) Monitoring
Which of the following is not a type of school inspection?
a. Routine inspection
 30.Follow-up inspection
Recognition inspection
Visitation inspection
Full inspection
Modern supervisory technique does not include
33. Consultation
34. Participation
35. Coercion
36. Dialogue
37. Cooperation
Which of the following is not a major reason for
conducting research?
(b) Advancing of knowledge
(c) Creation ideas
(d) Exploring areas of difficulties
(e) Searching for book
(f) Sparking of knowledge
A study in which the effectiveness of a particular
teaching method is investigated is referred to as
35. Experimental study
36. Ex-post factor research
37. Non-experimental research
38. Historical research
39. Survey study
Action research is one in which
(b) A detailed guide of how to solve a problem is provided
(c) Line of action for solving a problem is articulated
(d) Observable actions are demonstrated by the sample
(e) Recommendations are made for solving a problem
(b) A theory is tested to demonstrate its | efficacy
 The design in which a selected unit of a population is
studied and the findings assumed to be the same for members of
the population is known as
(b) descriptive survey
(c) ethnographic design
(d) historical design
(e) qualitative design
(f) qualitative survey
Which of the following would least influence the choice of a
research topic in education?
a. Education relevance
b. Feasibility of the study
c. Meeting graduation requirement
d. Personal competence of the investigator
(b) Research ability of the problem
Which of the following is a primary
data? a. Questionnaire response
b. Textbooks content
c. Newspaper report d.
Journal article
e. Mimeograph
(b) Which of the following response formats is most suitable for
quantitative analysis?
a. Binary choice
b. Close response
c. Extended response
d. Likerttype
(b) Semantic differential
Measurement is often defined as
a. The interpretation of test scores
b. Manipulation of statistical process
c. Qualification of behavioural traits
d. Systematic approach to issues of education
(b) Systematic assignment of numbers to attributes
 (e) The scale of measurement that uses numbers or signs for the
identification of a group is
a. Interval scale
b. Ordinal scale
c. Magnitude scale
d. Ratio scale
(b) Nominal scale
Which characteristic feature of continuous assessment
ensures that the date, time and nature of assessment to be
conducted is scheduled?
44. Descriptive
45. Comprehensive

(b) Systematic
The number located in the middle when all the number in a
distribution are arranged in either ascending or descending order
of magnitude is the
Mean
Median
Mode
Standard
Variance

(b) Which of the following is a psychological requirement for conducting

test?

Comfortable furniture
Light
Legible prints
Pleasant weather
Ventilation
(b) The statistic used in determining the signification of the
difference between two sets of scores is
 (b) Chi square test
(c) Man-whitey U test
(d) One-way analysis of variance
(e) Person correlation
(f) The 'T-test'.
50. Which of the following is a disadvantage of objective tests?
(b) Absence of bias in the scoring process
(c) Coverage of wide content area
(d) Discouragement of superficial study habit
(e) Prompt release of result
e. Possibility of guessing correctly.

50. Which of the following best describes the element of counseling?

(b) Counselee, counselor, institution counseling

(c) Counselee, counselor, institution, problem
(d) Counselee, counselor, institution, interview
(e) Counselee, counselor, testing counseling

(b) Which of the following is a professional characteristic of a counselor?

Empathy
Nonchalance
Emotional
Smartness
Bravery
(c) A counseling centre is best sited in

A class room
The administrative block
An easily accessible block
A hall
 2. A library
2. Career-day is best described as?
Information service
Placement service
Referral service
Promotion service
55. The counseling association of Nigeria was established in___
a. 1960
b. 1968
c. 1970
2 1976
3 1986
7. Client- centered counseling approach was pioneered by____
a. Albert Ellis
10.C.G Bakare
c. Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
Albert Bandora
18. The first stage in the counseling process is___
Appointment
Referral
Rapport
Termination
Interview
(b) Which of the following is related to career choice measurement?
 2 Vocation interest inventory
20.Student problem inventory
21.Student habit inventory
22. Adolescent development personality inventory
23.Student inventory
22. Amnesia is the loss of___?
a. Sleep
b. Vision
c. Memory
(b) Health

e. Hearing 60. Operant conditioning

is associated with____
a. Z.BThorndike
B.F. Skinner
Ivan parlor Abraham
Maslow Albert Bandura
(b) Stimulus-response (S-R) is a concept found
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Social conditioning
Moral conditioning
Mixed conditioning
 26 Which of the following does not belong to Abraham Maslow's
theory of motivation?.

(a) Self-esteem
(b) Survival
(c) Belongingness
(d) Self-actualization
(e) Aggression

63. Which of the following is not a learning difficulty?

a. Visual impairment
(b) Hearing impairment
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Speech disorder
(e) Truancy

32 In the teaching and learning process, learners mostly

remember what they
(a) See, read and hear
(b) Read, hear and write
(c) Hear, speak and feel
(d) Are told, hear and copy
(e) Write, hear and say
33 The Suleja Academy is a school for the
Blind
Gifted
Deaf
Dumb
Lame
66.
THE four elements of language are
34 Listening, speaking, reading and writing
35 Listening, speaking, learning and writing
36 Seeing, speaking, learning and writing
37 Seeing, speaking, learning and writing
38 Learning, listening, speaking and seeing
39 Listening, speaking, writing and learning
 40 Parts of speech in grammar include
Narrative, inferences, adjectives and preposition
Nouns, pronouns, narrative and outlining
Nouns, adverbs, adjectives and preposition
Nouns, inferences, outlining and pronouns
Narrative, adverbs, adjectives and inferences
(b) THE techniques used to improve reading reading in
the classroom include
Pleasure and creative reading
Pleasure and memorization
Creative and silent reading
Creative and memorization
Reciting and chorus reading
The most appropriate place to confirm the availability of a book
in a library is ?
Reference section
Reception
Shelves
Catalogue unit
Reading
44 The earliest components of the communication process are
Noise, messenger and receiver
Messenger, sender and 'noise
Sender, messenger and receiver
Sender receiver and decoder
Receiver, decoder and encoder

45 Books kept in the reference sections of a library are those that?

Can be borrowed out of the Library

Should be used within the Library only
Are used by the Library staff only
Are demanded to interested users
Are outdated
2 Communication models are

a. Symbolic and replica

b. Symbolic and dramatic
c. Dramatic and systematic
d. Systematic and symbolic
73. One of the teaching strategies that enable learners to develop at
his rate is
a. Demonstration of instruction
b. Lecturing method
c. Individualized instruction
d. Group work
e. Discussion method

74. An adjective helps to

a. Define a noun
b. Qualify a noun
c. Denote a noun
d. Promote a noun
e. Describes a noun
75. The printer is use'8 for producing a

a. Soft copy
b. Machine copy
c. Hardcopy
d. Saved copy
e. Photocopy
76. documents are saved into

a. Flash drives
b. Printers
c. Joystick
d. Mice
 e. Keyboard

77. The major components of a computer are

a. Flash drive, CPU, Monitor, Keyboard

b. CPU, Monitor, Mouse and Printer
c. CPU, Monitor, Mouse and Keyboard
d. Zip disk, printer, keyboard
e. Monitor, mouse, diskette and CPU
78. E-mail addresses can be accessed with the use of

a. Username and password

b. User word and domain
c. Password and keyboard
d. Password and domain
e. Keyboard and PIN
79. Papers are best presented in conference using

a. Microsoft Word
b. Desktop publishing
c. Power point
d. Microsoft excel
e. Microsoft access

80. the full meaning of ICT is

a. Integrated communication
b. Interrupted community technology
c. Interpersonal computer technology
d. Informal and community technology
e. Information and communication technology
81. Panel board has a
 a. Paper background
b. Wood background
c. Metal background'
d. Water background
e. Blanket background
82. Transparencies are used with

a. Overhead projector
b. Overhead lamp
c. Overhead search light
d. Overhead camera
e. Overhead slide
83. Which of the following is an application package

a. Linux
b. Window XP Professional
c. MS-Access
d. Window 200
e. COBOL
84. Improvisation of instructional medium deals with
a. Design aids
b. Visual
c. Individuals
d. Pupils
e. Basic roads
85. One of the components of system approach of instruction is
a. Research
b. Stating objectives
c. Theory
d. Behavior attitude
e. The developed curriculum
86. One of the limitations of a flip chart is that it is
 a. Brittle
b. Large
c. Energy sapping
d. Expensive
e. Not visible
87. The advantage of a still picture as a form of instructional media is that
it
a. Can be manipulated
b. Is easy to prepare
c. Is easy to trace
d. Requires artistic skills
e. Is produced by learners
88. Which of the following is a component of instructional system?
a. Sequence
b. Practice
c. Plumbing
d. Information
e. Rating
89. Computer can only process data in binary digits which are
a. 0 and 2
b. 0 and 1
c. 0 and 3
d. 0 and 4
e. 0 and 5
90. O n e of the word processing application is
a. Corel draw
b. Instant artist
c. Database
d. MS word
e. Spread sheet
91. An example of a high level language is
 a. MS Excel
b. Window XP
c. Windows Vista
d. ORACLE
e. COBOL
92. One of the advantages of computer based instructions in the
classroom is

a. Cost reduction
b. The dramatization of instruction
c. Easy memorization
d. Symbolic presentation
e. Structural projection
93. How many local government areas are in Nigeria?

a. 727
b. 747
c. 774
d. 776
e. 777
94. Which of the following is not a responsibility of NAFDAC?

a. Manufacturing drugs
b. Checking fake drug
c. Inspecting drugs shops
d. Monitoring the importation of food
e. Destroying fake drugs
95. The first indigenous university in Nigeria is

a. University of Ibadan
b. University of Nigeria Nsukka
c. Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe
d. Ahmadu Bello Unieversity, Zaria
e. University of Lagos
96. What is the motto of UBE?

a. Education for all is the responsibility of all

b. Education for one is the responsibility for all
c. Education for all is the business of one:
d. Education for one is the business of I one
e. Education for all is the responsibility o many

97. Which of the following agencies of United Nations are responsible

for the advancement of education

a. UNESCO and UNICEF

b. FAO and UNDP
c. UNDP and UNICEF
d. FAO and ILO
e. WHO and FAO
98. The first curriculum conference in Nigeria was held in

a. 1970
b. 1972
c. 1975
d. 1977
e. 1969
99. The first female University Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria is
a. Prof. Bolanle Awe
b. Prof. GamboRarabaAdbullahi
c. Prof. Grace Alele Williams
d. Prof. JadesolaAkande
e. Prof. Mary Lar

100. Headquarters of UNESCO is located

in a. London b.
New York c.
C. Paris
d.Geneva
e. Washinton D.C
Mathematics Past Questions
1.

A) 11
B) 12
C) √146

D) 13
E) √244

2. Consider the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54, 162,.… If the 48th term is a

and the 51th is b, what is the value of b/a?
A) 1/27

B) 1/3

C) 9

D) 3

E) 27

3. What is the value of z, the number of seniors on teams as shown

in the table below?

A) 360

B) 420
C) 200

D) 1800

E) It cannot be determined from the information given

4. In the figure above, what is the value

of a? A) 30

B) 36

C) 45

D) 72

E) It cannot be determined from the information given

5. At central high school 50 girls play intramural basketball and 40

girls play intramural volleyball. If 10 girls play both sports, what is the
ratio of the number who plays only volleyball?
A) 3:4

B) 4:3

C) 5:4

D) 4:5

E) 2:3

6. Maria is 6 times as old as Tina. In 20 years, Maria will be

only twice as old as Tina. How old is Maria now?

A) 25

B) 28
C) 29

D) 30

E) 32

7. If a secretary types 60 words per minute, how many minute

will he take to type 330 words?

A) 11/2

B) 15/2

C) 16/3

D) 17/2

E) 19/4

8. If Scott can mow 2/5 of a lawn each hour, how many lawns can
he mow in h hours?

A) 2h/5

B) 5h/2

C) h-2/5

D) 2/5h

E) 5/2h

9. If it is now June, what month will it be 100 months from

now? A) January

B) April C)
June D)

October E)

December
10. In a group of 100 students, more students are on a team than
are members of a club. If 70 are in clubs and 20 are neither on a team nor
in a club, what is the minimum number of student who could be both on a
team and in a club?
A) 61

B) 62

C) 65

D) 70

E) 75

Study the chart and answer the questions below it.

11. In April to June the planned number of flights to Hong Kong is 30.
What is this decrease as a percentage of the number of flights booked in
January to March?

A) 25.5%

B) 33.3%

C) 45.3%

D) 50%
E) 66.6%

12. What was the number of UK flights booked as a percentage of the

Malaysian flights if UK flights booked is 20% of the total Europe flights?

A) 15%

B) 1.5%

C) 50%

D) 5%

E) 35%

13. A 10 % discount is offered to flights to Hong Kong booked between

January and March. What was the total cost of all flights to Hong Kong
in the period January to March?

A) $3500

B) $17500

C) $27500
D) $35000

E) Cannot Say

14. How many more flights

were booked? A) 20
B) 30

C) 40

D) 50

E) 60

15. A student bought 3 notebooks and 1 pen for N35. After misplacing
these items, she again bought 2 note books and 2 pens, all of the same type
for N30. What is the cost of a pen?
A) N5.00

B) N7.50

C) N10.00

D) N15.00

16. If the simple interest on N2, 000 after 9 months is N6, at what rate
per annum is the interest charged?
A) 21.4%

B) 4%

C) 5%

D) 6%

17. A man bought a television set on hire purchase for N25, 000 out
of which he paid N10,000. If he is allowed to pay the balance in eight
equal installments, find the value of each Installment.
A) N1250

B) N1578

C) N1875

D) N3125

18. A car moves at an average speed of 30kmh-1, how long does it take
to cover 200 metres?
A) 2.4Sec
B) 24Sec

C) 144Sec

D) 240Sec

19. A man bought 2220 mangoes at N5x. He sold each for 3x kobo
and made gain of N8. Find the value of x.
A) 2
B) 5

C) 6

D) 10

20. The side of a square is increased from 20cm to 21cm.

Calculate the percentage increase in its area.
A) 2.5%

B) 9.3%

C) 10.0%

D) 10.25%

21. A house bought for N100,000 was later auctioned for N80,000, Find
the loss percent.
A) 20%

B) 30%

C) 40%

D) 50%

22. An article bought for D5,000.00 depreciate by 15% of its

value during the first year. Find its value after a year.
A) D425.00
B) D750.00
C) D4,250.00

D) D4,985.00

23. A trader sold a pair of shoes for C 2,800.00 making a loss of 20% on
his cost price. Find his loss as a percentage of his selling price.
A) 162/3%

B) 2%
C) 25%

D) 75%

24. The price of a litre of petrol is increased from C30.00 to C 39.00 .

What is the percentage increase in the cost of a litre of petrol ?
A) 90%
B) 30%

C) 34%

D) 39%

25. A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If the width is a, what

is the length of a diagonal?
A)
B)
C)
a√2
a√3
a√5

D) 3a

E) 5a

26. Last year Jose sold a painting for $2000. If he made 25% profit
on the sale, how much had he paid for the painting?
A) $1200

B) $1500

C) $1600

D) $2400

E) $2500

27. A lacrosse team raised some money. The members used 74% of
the money to buy uniform, 18% for equipment, and the remaining $216
for a team party. How much money did they raise?
A) $2400

B) $2450

C) $2500

D) $2600

E) $2500

28. If the length of a rectangle is 4 times its width, and if its area
is 144, what is its perimeter?
A) 6

B) 24

C) 30

D) 60

E) 96

29. If the measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1:2:3,
and if the perimeter of the triangle is 30 + 10 (3)½, what is the length of
the smallest side?
A) 20

B) 18

C) 15

D) 12

E) 10

30. What is the area of

Triangle ABC? A) 350
B) 360

C) 370

D) 375
E) 390

31. What is the perimeter of Triangle ABC?

A) 80

B) 85 C)
95 D) 100

E) No

idea

32. Last year Jose sold a painting for $2000. If he made a 25% profit
on the sale, how much had he paid for the painting?

A. $1200

C. $1500

C. $1600

D. $2400

E. $2500
Jose made 25% profit, so if he bought the painting for x, he sold it for: x + 0.25x = 1.25x = 2000 ⇒x

= 2000 ÷ 1.25 = 1600.

The answer is (C).

33. In the figure below what is the value of

b? A. 30
B. 36

C. 45

D. 60

E. 72
34. Since vertical angles have the same measure, c = d, d = a, and b = a – b
a = 2b.

Therefore, c = d = a = 2b. Also, the sum of the measures of all six angles is
3600, so a + b + c + d + a – b + d = 2a + c + 2d = 360. Replacing c, d, and
a by 2b yields
10b = 360 ⇒b =36.

The answer is (B).

35. A lacrosse team raised some money. The members used 74% of the
money to buy a uniform, 18% for equipment, and the remaining $216
for a team party. How much money did they raise?

A. 2400

B. 2450

C. 2500

D. 2600

E. 2700
SINCE 74% + 18% = 92%, THE $216 spent on the party presents the other 8 % 0f the money raised.
Then: 0.08m = 216 ⇒ m = 216 ÷ 0.08 = 2700. The answer is (E).

36. In the figure below, what is the sum of the degree measures of all of
the marked angles?

A. 600

B. 620
C. 700
D. 720
E. 750
Each of the 10 marked angles is an exterior angle of the Pentagon. If you
take one angle at each vertex, the sum of the degree measures of those
five angles is 360; the sum of the degree measures of the other five also
is 360: 360 + 360 = 720.

The answer is (720).

37. If the measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1:2:3,
and if the perimeter of the triangle is 30 + 10 (3)½, what is the length of
the smallest side?

A. 20

B. 18

C. 15
D. 12

E. 10

38. What is the area of Triangle

ABC? A. 350
B. 360

C. 370

D. 375

E. 390

The area of Triangle CDE = 0.5(8)(15) = 60. Since the ratio of

similitude for the two triangles (as

Calculated in solution C15) is 2.5, the area of Triangle ABC is

(2.5)2 times the area of CDE: (2.5)2 × 60 =

6.25 × 60 = 375. The answer is (375).

39. What is the perimeter of Triangle ABC?

A. 80

B. 85

C. 95

D. 100
E. 105

Solution

By the Pythagorean theorem, 82 + 152 = (CE)2 (CE)2 = 64 + 225 =

289 CE = 17. Then the perimeter of

CDE = 8 + 15 + 7 = 40. Triangles ABC and CDE are similar (each has a 900
angle, and the vertical angle at C are congruent). The ratio of similitude is =
2.5, so the perimeter of ABC is 2.5 × 40 = 100. The answer is (100).

40. If the difference between the measures of the two smaller angles of a right
triangle is 200, what is the measure, in degrees, of the smallest angle?

A. 30

B. 35

C. 40

D. 45

E. 50

41. What is the area of Triangle BED in the figure below were ABCD
is a triangle?

A. 12

B. 24

C. 36

D. 48
E. 60

You can calculate the area of the rectangle and subtract the area of the two
white right triangles, but don’t. The shaded area is a triangle whose base is
4 and whose height is 12. The area is (4), (12) =24. The answer is (B).
42. In an office, there was a small cash box. One day Ann took half of the
money plus $1 more. Then Dan took half of the money plus $1 more. Stan
then took the remaining $11. How many dollars were originally in the box?

A. $50
B. $45

C. $42

D. $40

E. $38

Solution

You can avoid some messy algebra by working backward. Put back the $11
Stan took; then put back the extra $1 that Dan took. There is now $12, which
means that, when Dan took his half, he took $12. Put that back, now there is
$24 in the box. Put back the extra $1 that Ann took. The box now has $25, so
before Ann took her half, there was $50. The answer is ($50).

43. Each of the 10 players on the basketball team shot 100 free throws,
and the average number of baskets made was 75. When the highest
and lowest scores were eliminated the average number of baskets for
the remaining 8 players was 79. What is the smallest number of
baskets anyone could have made?

A. 22

B. 20

C. 18

D. 16
E. 14

Since the average of all 10 players was 75, the total number of baskets
made was 10 × 75 = 750. Also, since 8 of the player had an average of 79,
they made a total of 8 × 79 = 632 points. The other 2 players therefore,
made 750- 632 = 118 baskets. The most baskets that the player with the
highest number could have made, was 100, so the player with the lowest
number had to have made at least 18. The answer is (C)18.

44. Karen played a game several times. She received $5 every time she
won and had to pay $2 every time she lost. If the ratio of the number of
times she won to the number of times she lost was 3:2, and if she won
a total of $66, how many times did she play the game?

A. 30

B. 35

C. 40

D. 45

E. 48

Karen won 3x times and lost 2x times, and thus played a total of 5x games.
Since she got $5 every time she won, she received $5(3x) = $15x. Also,
since she paid $2 for each loss, she paid out $2(2x) = $4x.
Therefore, her net winning were $15x – 4x = $11x, which you are told was $66. Then, 11x = 66 ⇒ x = 6, and so 5x = 30. The answer is 30

45. Since 1950, when Martin graduated from high school, he has gained 2
pounds every year. In 1980 he was 40% heavier than in 1950. What
percent of his 1995 weight was his 1980 weight?

A. 80

B. 85

C. 87.5
D. 90

E. 95

Solution

Let x = Martin’s weight in 1950. By 1980, he had gained60 pounds (2

pounds per year for 30 years) and was 40% heavier: 60 = 0.40x x = 60
÷ 0.4 = 150. In 1980, he weighed 210 pounds, 15 years later, in 1995, he

weighed 240: 210/240= 7/8= 87.5%. The answer is C.

46. Henry drove 100 miles to visit a friend. If he had driven 8 miles per
hour faster than he did, he would have arrived in of the time he actually
tokes. How many minutes did the trip take?

A. 100

B. 120

C. 125

D. 144

E. 150

47. Two printing presses working together can complete a job in 2.5
hours. Working alone, press A can do the job in 10 hours. How
many hours will press B take to do the job by itself?

A. 10/3

B. 4

C. 5

C. 25/4

E. 15/12

Multiply each term by 10x: 2.5x + 25 = 10x

.Subtract 2.4x from each other: 25 = 7.5x

 . Divide each side by 7.5: x = 3 hours. The answer is A.

48. If flyers for Aardvark Cellular cost $150 per thousand.

Approximately, how many thousand have been produced?

A. 23

B. 20

C. 17

D. 14

E. 18

49. Express ¾ as a decimal fraction

A. 0.85

B. 0.75

C. 0.65

D. 0.45

50. Find the simple interest of N700 for 2 years at 3% per

annum A. 32
B. 42
C. 52

D. 62

English Language/Verbal Reasoning

Past Questions Lexis and Structures:

From the words given in A, B, C, D or E, choose the word or words nearest

in meaning to the one printed in italics in the sentence. Write your answer
in the space provided on the left of the question number.
1. Last night, I heard a Peculiar story about the activities of ghost.
a. True b. Special c. Short d. False e. Strange
2. That cheat of a boy cleverly imitated his father’s handwriting.
a. Copied b. rubbed out c. signed d. wrote e. scribbled
3. Mrs. Agu had to mend her basket before going to market this morning
a. Make b. weave c. get d. sew e.
repair
4. Obi was very inquisitive during the lecture and was
always asking question.
a. Interested b. clever c. queer d. curious e. active
5. He was generous and shared what he brought with his friends
a. Gentle b. polite c. unselfish d. greedy e. sorry
6. This is a rather expensive dress.
a. Cheap b. poor c. gay d. costly e.
dark
7. Dr. Akin said the patient was much better and quite cheerful.
a. Happy b. noisy c. hopeful d. talkative e. curious
8. I can’t buy that book, so I’ll manage with this one
a. Read b. repair c. try studying d. make do e.
mend
9. Ngozi whispered the answer to me when the teacher turned away.
a. Shouted b. passed c. quietly said d. slowly said e. gave

In each of the following sentences, choose from A, B, C, D, E,

one word or group of words which correctly fills the gap in each
sentence.

Write your answer A, B, C, D, or E in the space provided

at the left hand.

10. Alice was tired as they were__

a. So b. too c. as d. more e. better
11. Peter likes English___ than social studies
a. Much b. better c. better d. as e. least
12. You won’t catch the bus______ you run.
a. Before b. as soon as c. since d. unless e. as
13. I did the work_____ you told me to
a. Before b. until c. unless d. if e. for
14. I do not know if they are going, but if they____, she will be happy
a. Will be going b. were going c. had gone d. go e.
will go
15. I asked if it______ found.
a. Is b. has c. has been d. have been e. were
16. The whole school____ to the football match next Saturday
a. Went b. go c. has gone d. are going e. is going
17. When you___ will you please help me?
a. Had finished b. finish c. finishes d. to finish e. are finished
18. If you are not careful, you_____ that water
a. Will spill b. were c. are spilling d. spill e.
split
19. He did read it,_____ he?
a. Does b. doesn’t c. hasn’t d. didn’t e. aren’t
20. You weren’t ready,_____ you?
a. Are b. weren’t c. were d. don’t e. aren’t
21. I haven’t hurt him_____ I?
a. Hadn’t b. haven’t c. am d. have e. did
22. “I have used_____ all my ink,” said Ngozi
a. Around b. down c. up d. over e. on
23. The train will leave_____ six o’clock exactly
a. In b. by c. on d. to e. at
24. We do not know the exams result ________ but we will know
them by next week
a. Just b. then c. although d. even e. yet
25. Jane will continue to get low marks___ she works harder
a. Although b. even c. however d. unless e. because

Complete the following sentences with one of the given

five endings below

26. He swept so bitterly_____

a. To be consoled by everybody
b. Because he was consoled by everybody
 c. That everybody consoled him
d. For he was consoled by everybody
e. As to be consoled by everybody
27. Do you prefer coffe______?
a. Than chocolate
b. or chocolate
c. from chocolate
d. to chocolate
e. by chocolate
28. if Obi had been a good boy____
a. he will finish is work
b. he has finished his work
c. he would finish his work
d. he would have finished his work
29. Ifeoma is different_____
a. From the other girls in the class
b. With all the other girls in her class
c. By all the other girls in her class
d. To all the other girls in her class
e. Among all the other girls in her class
30. Either of those books______
a. Are hers b. is hers c. are her’s d. is hers’ e. were
hers.

Choose from the list of words lettered A, B C, D and E the one

which has the opposite meaning or almost the opposite
meaning to the word in italics

31. John is always punctual to school

a. Smart b. slow c. fast d. tidy e. late
32. He is an honest steward indeed.
a. Good b. dishonest c. bad d. fine e.
clever
33. The juice is sweet
a. Lovely b. nice c. sour d. bitter e. bad
34. He was a powerful king
 a. Strong b. weak c. new d. wretched e.
miserable.
35. Yours is a modern house
a. Beautiful b. ugly c. new d. respectable e.
old
36. It could be dangerous to drive at night
a. Risky b. pleasant c. delightful d. safe e.
exciting
37. Ada received many presents on her birthday.
a. Got b. gave c. kept d. posted c. lost

Below each of the following questions are five sentences or

group of words lettered A to E. choose the sentences or
group of words that is the best answer to the question

38. Will they be able to complete the work before Christmas?

a. No, they won’t
b. It is true
c. Yes, at Christmas
d. I don’t know.
e. No, they haven’t
39. How can the government help the people in the villages?
a. By paying their taxes for them
b. By villages are dirty
c. By providing them with light and water
d. Village schools are old
e. The village are few
40. Why didn’t you buy the shirt?
a. It isn’t right size b. it is good c. I am going to iron it d d. I
didn’t buy the shirt e. I like shirts.
41. Have you any letters for him to take home?
a. Yes, I have three
b. No, he hasn’t got them
c. Yes, I have read the letters
d. Yes, I have none
e. Yes, he has gone
42. What were you doing when I came in?
a. The food wasn’t ready
b. I didn’t see you
c. Eating
d. You arrived early
e. You should not have come
43. How long does it take to walk from one end of the town to another?
a. Five kilometers b. it’s not far c. an hour and half d. it’s a big
town

e. the town is beautiful

choose from the list of words lettered A to E the one which has almost the
same meaning as the world or group of words underlined in the sentence.
44. The teacher was annoyed with the class
a. Angry b. pleased c. confused d. amused e. disagreeing
45. The man was of average height
a. Great b. medium c. very small d. strange e. unusual
46. James found a pen for Anne when he had lost hers
a. Manufactured b. bought c. provided d. stolen e. sent
47. I used to see him frequently
a. Late b. sometimes c. quickly d. generally e. often
48. He walk rapidly to the bank of the river
a. Specially b. steadily c. quietly d. quickly e. gradually

49. He says we are going to have a bright day

a. Busy b. never c. curious d. sunny e. hopeful
Below each of the following sentences are five question lettered
A to E. choose a question that brings out the sentence as its best
answer.
50. Bolupe is
a. Who else is coming with us?
b. Is Bolupe coming with us?
c. Did Bolupe say she wants to come with us
d. Has Bolupe agreed to come with us?
e. Why is Bolupe coming with us?