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Acknowledgements
May I thank all previous candidates who Introduction
were kind enough to reveal the questions
Over the years the number of candidates
they were asked on various social media
seeking admission into the University of
platforms (e.g. Nairaland.com etc.)
Ilorin have been nothing short of
As well as those who were helpful in giving mindboggling. Every Emeka, Abdulsalam,
out theirs when contacted. Olayinka and Joseph wants to get into the
university known for its remarkable
My thanks to you reading this material and
academic calendar and quality. Hence the
I pray it would be among the last you read
competition is fierce and one has to stand
before the congratulatory messages starts
out to be sure of getting that notification
pouring in.
indicating one has been admitted into the
“better by far” citadel of learning.
The University of Ilorin Post UTME is
Computer Based Test and is more or less a
. form of aptitude test with basic knowledge
tested. With English language having the
bulk of the questions (about 80%) whereas
Basic Arithmetic and General Knowledge
(taking about 10% apiece) making up the
remaining number of questions (50
questions all together)
This question and answer pack is aimed at
getting one familiar with what to expect on
that particular day. With the contentious
answers of the most recent years explained
in the simplest form possible to aid easy
recall.
This question pack should in no way be a
form of substitute for your personal
preparation by reading recommended
English text and other necessary material
but a form of aid to get you acquainted with
what to expect.
For instance, seeing spellings being asked
should spur you to look up other possible
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easily misspelt words and to commit them 1. Probability
to memory. 2. Series
3. Discount
I wish you success in this examination as
4. Word problems
you go through this aid. God bless you.
5. Percentage
6. Fractions etc.
Ohijei O. A. While for General Knowledge
Author 1. Basic history
2. Current happenings around you
What to expect in the forthcoming
3. Sports
Unilorin's post Utme examination ?
4. Places (Countries, Capital cities,
The University of Ilorin's post utme Currencies etc.)
examination format over the years has been 5. Notable individuals both nationally
50 questions to be attempted under about 25 and internationally and their
– 30 minutes. And there is very little chance portfolios
this particular format would be changed. 6. Nigeria political history
7. Unilorin’s history
The examination is similar for every 8. Unilorin’s principal officers and
aspirant irrespective of intended course of their portfolios etc.
study or jamb subject combinations as the
University is satisfied with your passing
and meeting the Unified Tertiary
Prior to now the ratio at which the 50
Matriculation Examination and O'level
questions were picked from the three
requirement respectively for your course of
aforementioned categories were subjected
study.
to sheer luck. However it seems in recent
The questions are grouped into three major years the system has been programmed to
categories which are Use of English, Basic set a particular number of questions from
Mathematics and General Knowledge each categories. So Candidate A will get
(Current affairs). same proportion of questions in each
categories as Candidate B though their
Generally under Use of English the questions may be quite different.
following are usually (not exclusively)
tested;
1. Questions under Concord
2. Synonyms
3. Antonyms
4. Phrasal verbs
5. Statement interpretation
6. Stress (Both Emphatic and Word)
7. Oral English
8. Idioms
9. Intonations
For Mathematics;
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How do I get the best out of this
question pack ?
UNILORIN POST UTME 2006
The best way to get the most out of this
1.50, 40, 100, 90, 150, ?
question pack is to see it as AN AID and
not as a question bank meant to be crammed a)200
with the intention of regurgitating the
answers on that particular day as there are b) 180
about thousands of questions in the c) 140
University archive.
d) 300
When going over the pack try as much as
you can to do your basic research and know
WHY answer to question 2 is option A and
not Option B which looks more like the 2. A class of 27 students has a 33% pass.
answer. And the way to go about this is by How many of them passed?
getting the BEST English, Mathematics
and current affairs text/material available (a) 9
around and also by consultation of a good
dictionary when necessary. (b) 10
Study the questions in this question pack
and any similar questions you can find (c) 12
under the above category because “the
more the merrier” as you may just find (d) 21.
yourself with similar questions on that very
day and won’t waste time in answering such
leaving you with ample time to face other
questions.
N/B: The 80 questions per year in this 3. A graduating class has 420 candidates.
question pack is more than the 50 you If 5% of them are in honors roll and the
are to expect on the day of your post
requirement for being in honors roll is to
utme examination
score the minimum of 75%, how many
candidates scored below 75%?
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(a) 400
(b)399 6. The take-over progression to the

presidency in case of death or step-aside of
(c) 200
the president is
(d) 199.
(a) vice president, senate president,
speaker of the house of representative
(b) vice president, , speaker of the house,

4. A graduating class has 420 candidates. senate president
If 5% of them are in honors roll and the
(c) senate president, speaker of the house,
requirement for being in honors roll is to
vice president
score the minimum of 75%, how many
candidates made the honors roll? (d) speaker of the house, vice president,
senate president.
(a)321
(b) 40
7. Synonyms
(c) 30
I wonder what will be left of his essay
(d) 21
when the extraneous material is deleted.
a) Superfluous
b) erroneous
5. If the class average of a 100 student
class is 50% and 25%of the students c) relevant
scored 70%. How many scored below
d) main
75%?
(a) 50
8.Synonym
(b) 75
His success may be described as a pyrrhic
(c) 60
victory
(d) 25
a)costly
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b) a deserving victory (c) 1,2
c) an easy victory (d) 0,9
d) indecisive
12.The numbers 0 and 1 in computer

9.The constituency of the senator is ..........
language is referred to as
the federal representative.
(a) byte
(a) larger than
(b) base
(b) smaller than
(c) bit
(c) equal to
(d) term.
(d) twice that of
10. Which of the following statements 13. INEC stands for

about language is incorrect?
(a) language barrier often created problems (a) Independent National

Electoral Commission
(b) language barrier often led to (b) Independent Nigerian
discrimination Elections Commission
(c) Independent National
(c) language barrier often bred suspicion Electric Commission
(d) language barrier often created (d) Internal National Electoral

Commission
friendship
14. The solar eclipse occurs when

11.Computer logic is based on two digits (a) the sun comes in between
the moon and the earth
namely:
(b) the earth comes in between
(a) 0,1 the sun and the moon
(c) the moon comes in between
(b) 1,10
the sun and the earth
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(d) None of the above (c) 16men
(d) 15men
15. The removal of top soil by water or 19. A trader bought a good for #20 and
wind is called sold it for #20. What was the gain
percent?
(a) Soil wash (a)100%
(b) Soil erosion (b)10%

(c) Soil creep (c)1%
(d) Silting of soil (d) 0%
16. Who invented the telephone?

20. Some goods were sold for #11,000 at
a profit of 10% of the cost price. What
did the goods cost?
(a) Thomas Alva Edison
(a) #10,000
(b) Galileo
(b) #11,100
(c) Alexander Graham Bell
(c) #1,200
(d) Thomas Graham Bell
(d) #13,200
21. How many 40K can we get in

17. Albert Einstein was a famous #16,000?
(a) 400
(a) Physician (b)300
(b) Chemist
(c)200
(c) Physicist
(d)100
(d) Biologist
22. Express two Million, two hundred

18. If 6 men can dig a well in 3 days, thousand and 50 in figures.
how many men will dig it in 2 days at the
same rate? (a)2200050
(a)9men (b) 2020050

(b) 12men (c) 2205000
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(d)2020050 from Ibadan in another bus. Suddenly a car
passed the bus the man was travelling in.
23. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 2 How does the man feel with respect to the
days, how long will it 2 men? car ?
(a) 4days
(a) bus faster than the car
(b) 6days
(c) 5days (b) bus moving backwards
(d)12days
(c) the driver of the car is slowing down
(d) the bus driver was no longer moving at
24. Internet connectivity is based on his speed before the car approached them
(a) radio communication
(b) computer communication 27. Despite all preparation, the wedding

did not .......
(c) television communication
a) come along
(d) video communication.
b) come off
25. There was lightning and this was c) come on
followed by thunder. The boy who saw the d) come up

lightning flash was not afraid of lightning
but got scared when the thunder roared.
Which of these is dangerous? 28. A man owns 2/3 of the market research
business and sells 3/4 of his shares for
(a) lightning N75,000. What is the value of
business ?
(b) thunder A. N150,000
(c) both B. N13,000

C. N240,000
(d) none.
D. N34,000
26 A man was travelling from Lagos to 29. Which of the following numbers
Ibadan in a bus and on the opposite side of should be added to 11158 to make it
exactly divisible by 77?
the road a woman was travelling to Lagos
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A. 9 of the greatest side of the
triangle in cm is
B. 8
A. 6
C. 7
B. 10
D. 5
C. 14
D. 16
30.On selling 3 articles at the cost of 4

articles, there will be profit of 34. The radius of a right circular cone is
30cm and its height is 4cm, the curved
A. 25%
surface of the cone will be
B. 100/3%
A. 12sq.cm
C. 75/2%
B. 15sq.cm
D. 40%
C. 18sq.cm
D. 21sq.cm
31. By selling an article for N40, there is a

35. The fractions 7/11; 16/20; 21/22 when
loss of 40%, by selling it for N80, there
arranged in descending order is
would be
A. Gain of 20%
A.7/11; 16/20; 21/22
B. Loss of 10%
B. 21/22; 7/11; 16/20
C. Loss of 20%
C. 21/22; 16/20; 7/11
D. Gain of 10%
D. 7/11; 21/22; 16/20
32. A number consists of 2 digits whose

sum is 8, if 8 is subtracted from the 36. If 10% of a number is subtracted from
number, the digits interchanges their it, result is 1800. The number is
place. The number is
A. 1900
A. 44
B. 2000
B. 35
C. 2100
C. 62
D. 2140
D. 33
37.The number proceeding 9909 which is

33.The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of a perfect square is
3:5:7 and its perimeter is 30cm. The length
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A.9908 C. 28 minutes past 12
B. 9900 D. 25 minutes past 12
C. 9899
D. 9801
42. A person has 4 coins each of different
denomination, what is the number of
38. Find the root value of 36.1/102.4?
different sums of money the person
A. 61/34 can form (using one or more coins at a
time)?
B. 19/31
A. 16
C. 19/32
B. 15
D. 19/33 C. 12
D. 11
39. A shop keeper sold a T.V. set for
N17,940 with a discount of 8% and earned
a profit of 19.6%, what would have been 43. Which number is the odd one out of
the percentage of profit earned if no 9678, 4572, 5261, 3527, 7768?
discount was offered?
A. 9678
A. 24.8%
B. 4572
B. 25%
C. 5261
C. 26.4%
D. 3527
D. None of the above
44. A radio when sold at a certain price

40..If (2x-y) = 4, then (6x-3y) = ? gives a gain of 20%, what will be the gain
percent if sold for 3ce the price?
A. 15
A. 280
B. 12
B. 270
C. 18
C. 290
D. 10
D. 260
41.A clock is set at 8am. The clock gains

10min in 24hrs. What will be the true time
when the clock indicates 1pm on the
following day? 45.A pencil 20cm long was recorded as
22cm long. What is the percentage error?
A. 48 minutes past 12
A. 22%
B. 38 minutes past 12
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B. 20% B. fuel
C. 10% C. air
D. 5% D. water
46. A student made a 5% error in the 50. Compatriots in the first stanza of the
measurement of a 50cm long stick. What Nigeria National Anthem refers to……….
was the student’s measurement?
A. soldiers
A. 50cm
B. Nigerians
B.60cm
C. companies
C.512.5cm
D. foreigners
D. 55cm
51.Braille is used by --------------------------

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47. Complete the sentence. As soon as he
entered the room he ___________ off his A. illiterate people
shirt.
B. blind people
A. Take
C. short sighted people
B. Takes
D. old people
C. Took
D. taken
52.The young of a goat is
called_____________
48. Ngozi is the ______________ of the A. Son
three sisters.
B. Kid
A. Taller
C. calf
B. Tallest
D. Baby
C. Most tall
D. More taller
53..The young of a cow is

called____________
49. For a paper kite to fly high, it needs
…………………………………… A. Ewe
A. fire B. Kitten
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C. Calf C. What people do, tells us what they are
really like.
D. Kid
D. What people do, is not always the right
thing,
54.The full meaning of GSM is
_____________________
A. Got Sent Messages 58.Why do we breast-feed?
B. Global Service Mobile A. Because it is the cheapest way of

feeding babies.
C. General System manager
B. Because we have plenty of milk.
D. Global System for Mobile
communications C. Because it is the easiest food to prepare.
D. Because no other food is so nourishing

to babies.
55. Some green are blue, no blue is white.
A. Some green are white 59. Meat is cooked before it is eaten
B. No white is green because:
C. No green is white A. It tastes better that way.
D. None of the above B. It smells better when cooked.
C. Housewives like cooking meat.
D. Cooking kills germs.

56.I have trouble
A. to remember my password
B. to remembering my password
60. Which tells you best what plenty is?
C. remember my password
A. A great deal.
D. remembering my password
B. Enough.
C. More than enough.

57. We judge people by what they do D. All that you want.
rather than what they say. Why?
A. Words are sometimes hard to

understand. 61.The words telegraph, telephone,
television, all contains- “tele” what does it
B. Words often have more than one mean?
meaning.
A. It tells us that these three things are
worked by electricity.
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B. It tells us that these things are scientific. 66. If ftgcokpi in code means dreaming,
then ogcp means.................
C. It tells us that these things enable one
to deal with things at a distance.
D. It simply means “tell or say”. A B C D
Maid Made Mean

Mend
62.If bread in code is csfbe, then cbe
means.................
A B C D 67. If the exchange rate is US$ 1 = N150,

how much is US$ 500 in naira?
Bed Ear Bad Red a. N150,000
b. N500,000
c. N7,500
63. If scraping in code is rbqzohmf, then
fzor means.................... d. N75,000
A B C D
Grin gaps gasp gain 68. How much is N3,000 worth in US$ if
the exchange rate is US$ 1 = N120?
a. US$ 65
64.If ynncyjgle in code is appealing, then b. US$ 25

nyle means............... c. US$ 45
A B C D d. US$ 35
Pane Pale Pang Peal 69. Which is the greatest of the following
fractions?
a. 7/9
65.If amlypqcjw in code is coarsely, then b. ¾
alpq means...............
c. 5/8
A B C D
d. 2/3
Case Coal Clay Core
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70. After spending 2/3 of her money on
food, a woman was left with N250. How
much money did she have originally? 74. If a can of malt drink costs N65, how
much is a dozen cans of malt drink ?
a. N250
a. N780
b. N500
b. N715
c. N750
c. N650
d. N1,000
d. N585
71. A man with N5,000 spent 1/5th at

the Chemist and ¼ at the Electric shop. 75.Bunmi can hoe a yam plot in 5hrs. and
How much money did he have left? Dele can hoe it in 4hrs:. If the two men
hoe, what fraction of the yam plot will be
a. N2,750 left to hoe after 2hrs?
b. N3,750 a. ¼
c. N4,000 b. 1/5
d. N1,000 c. 1/8
d. 1/10
72. A girl spent 1/2 of her money at the

market and 1/5th of the remaining amount
at the bakery. If she had N1,000 originally, 76. What fraction of the yam plot will they
how much has she left? hoe in 1hr?
a. N100 a. ¼
b. N200 b. 9/20
c. N300 c. 1/9
d. N400 d. 9/10
73. If Ayuba bought 5 oranges for N7,

how many oranges of the same type can he 77. In an election the winner received 3/7
buy for N49? of the total vote: If the total number of
votes cast were 700000, what number of
a. 15 oranges votes did the winner receive?
b. 35 oranges a. 100,000 votes
c. 25 oranges b. 200,000 votes
d. 30 oranges c. 300,000 votes
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d. 400,000 votes 15B 16C 17C 18A 19D 20A 21A 22A 23B
24B 25A 26B
27B 28A 29C 30B 31A 32D 33C 34B 35C

78. If the total votes cast were 1.4 million, 36B 37D 38C
what total votes did the losers receive ?
39D 40B 41A 42B 43D 44D 45C 46C 47C
a. 800,000 votes 48B 49C 50B
b. 600,000 votes 51B 52B 53C 54D 55A 56D 57C 58D 59D
c. 1 million votes 60A 61C
d. 1.2 million votes 62C 63B 64C65A 66C 67D 68B 69A 70C
71A 72D 73B
79. If there were 3 candidates at the 74A 75D 76B 77C 78A 79B 80A
election and one of the losers received
5/14 of the votes, what number of votes
did the other loser receive ?
a. 100,000 votes
b. 150,000 votes
c. 200,000 votes
d. 250,000 votes
80. A factory increased its annual

production of radios from 40,000 to
50,000. Calculate the percentage increase
in production.
a. 25%
b. 10%
c. 15%
1)The first female to drive a car in Nigeria
d. 20%
is
a) Mrs. Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti
b) Mrs. Bolanle Awe
c) Mrs. Mary Herbert
SOLUTION TO 2006
d) None of the above
1C 2A 3B 4D 5B 6A 7A 8A 9A 10D 11A
12C 13A 14C
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6. Nigeria changed from Pounds to Naira
2. Who was the first prime minister of in
Nigeria?
a) 1972
a) Sultan of Sokoto
b) 1971
b) Alh. Tafawa Balogun
c) 1970
c) Alh. Tafawa Balewa
d) 1975
d) Alh. Tafa Balewa
7. Whose photograph appears in the

3.The largest bird in the world is …….. N1000 note
a) Vulture a) Clement Isong and Alh Tafawa Alewa
b) Eagle b) Clement Isong and Alh Aliyu Kingibe
c) Ostrich c) Clement Isong and Aliyu Maibornu
d) Swan d) Alh Maikingibe and Clement Effiong
4. The full meaning of the acronym

“GSM” is 8. The Green and White colours in Nigeria
a) Global System Mobile Flag symbolize
b) General System Mobile Communication a) Agriculture and Finance
c) Global system of Mobile b) Peace and Prosperity

communication c) Agriculture and Transparency
d) General System Mobile
d) Agriculture and peace
5. Nigeria as a country is not a member of 9. Who designed the National flag?

which of the following:
a)Mr. Taiwo Akinkunmi
a)U.N.O
b) Mr. Taiwo Akinyemi
b) ECOWAS
c) Mr. Taiye Akinkumi
c) AU d) None of the above
d) None of the above
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10. University of Ilorin is a 14. Nigeria celebrated her Silver Jubilee in
…………….generation University the year ……………
a) 1st a) 1985
b) 2nd b) 2003
c) 3rd c) 1995
d) 4th d) 2008
11. Which of these is the first Nigerian 15. People who carry out experiments to
University? investigate nature are called
a) Obafemi Awolowo University a) Scientist
b) University of Ilorin b) Experimentalist
c) University of Ibadan c) Experimentist
d) Ahmadu Bello University d) Scientia
12. What is the meaning of CBT?

16. Objects thrown up, always come down
a)Computer Basic Technology
due to
b) Computer Basic Test
a) kinetic force
c) Computer Based Test
b) potential force
d) All of the above
c) gravitational force
d) Gravitational pull
13. Nigeria Federal Capital Territory

shifted from Lagos to Abuja in
what year?
17. Human beings have different types of
a) 1991
teeth and hence are referred to as
b) 1989 a) Homodont
c) 1990 b) Homodent
d) 1992 c) Heterodent
d) Isodent
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b)right
18. ICT Means c)center
a) Information and Communication d)part
Technology
b) Information Communication
Technology 22.. Ikeja is to Lagos as ----------- is to
Akwa-Ibom
c) International Communication
Technology a)Calabar
d) Internal Community Technology b)Mecca
c) Uyo
d) Ibadan
19. Which of the following is proteinous in
nature?
a) groundnut
23. Subtract ninety nine from nine hundred
b) millet and ninety and then, add it to eight hundred
and sixty five. What will be the final
c) beans
answer?
d) guinea corn
(a) 1756
(b) 1855
(c) 1954
20. A man having 20 litres of petrol in his
car, uses it for 600 km. How many (d) 1180
kilometers will the same man travel with
19.25 litres.
a) 577.5km 24. If John starts work at 8.845am and

b) 576.2 km finishes at 5.15pm. He has 90 minutes of
break. How many hours does he work in 5
c) 587.5km days?
d) 586.2km a).38
b) 39
c) 35
21.Which side of the chest is the heart
d) 40
normally located?
a)left
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25. A restaurant bill is made up of the c) 398800
following: #12.50 for starters, #28.55 for
main courses and #8.95 for deserts, plus a d) 399000
#17.50 service charge. How much is the
bill?
28. A boy estimated his transport fare for
a) #56.50 a journey as N 190 instead of N200. Find
b) #57.50 the percentage error in his estimate
c) #57.00 a) 5%
d) 59.50 b) 47.5%
c) 5.26%
25.. Dapo was knock down by a car with d) 95%

plate number HA539KST. The police on
duty picked the car plate number in a
reverse order as.............. 29. In a bag of oranges, the ratio of good
ones to bad ones is 5:4. If the number of
A. HA 359KST bad oranges in the bag is 36, how many
B. KST 593HA oranges are there altogether?
C. HA 539KTS a) 72
D. TSK935AH. b) 81
c) 54
26.A rancher plans to add a post between d) 45
every two posts of an open-ended

(straight) fence. If he currently has 10 Choose a word which has the same or
nearly the same meaning as the first
posts in the fence, how many does he need
word.
to insert?
30 Feeble:
a) 5
b) 9 a) Strong
c) 10 b)weak
d) 20 c)Tired
d)Little
27.Express 398753 correct to three
significant figures
Choose a word which has the same or
a) 398000 nearly the same meaning as the first
word.
b) 398700
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31. Astonish: D. complete
a). asunder
b) attack Choose a word which has the same or

c) surprise word.
d) Sensible 35.Boss:
A. Governor
Choose a word which has the same or B. Servant
word. C. Mistress
32. miserable: D. master
a) Mischief
b) wretched Choose a word which has the same or

c) mistake word.
d) wicked 36. Dear:
A. precious
Choose a word which has the same or B. cheap
word. C. nice
33. stubborn: D. useless
a). obstinate
b) sturdy Choose a word which has the same or

c) Fearful word.
d) strong 37. Elegance:
Choose a word which has the same or A. grace
word. B. display
34. Permanent: C. safety
A. temporary D. ugly
B. old
C. lasting
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Choose a word which has the same or A. Enthusiasm
word. B. Zeal
38.Thankfulness: C. Fuss
A. greatness D. Success
B. gratitude
C. meanness SIMILES
D. goodness Complete the following similes:
42.Her gown is as green as:
Choose a word which has the same or A. grace

nearly the same meaning as the first B. grass
word.
C. flag
39. Study:
D. butter
A. Learn
B. Enjoy
Complete the following similes:
C. Teach
43. Olu is as hungry as a:
D. Remember
A. orphan
B. wolf
nearly the same meaning as the first C. termites
word.
D. Thug
40.Prohibit:
A. advertise
B. allow
44. He is as mischievous as:
C. forbid
A. Satan
D. destroy
B. monkey
C. gazelle
nearly the same meaning as the first D. tortoise
word.
41. Excitement: Complete the following similes:
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45. He is as industrious as : 49. Because of his ........ nature, Ayo was
tricked out of his watch
A. an ant
a. Kind
B. elephant
b. Pliable
C. worker
c. Uncompromising
D. messenger
d. Uncalculating
50. He says he ........ find me a job, but will

Complete the following similes: accommodate me.
46. As merciless as a: a. Could not
A. grave b. Was not able to
B. grasshopper c. Is not able to
C. Catastrophe d. Cannot be able to
D. Catapult
51. The idle steward could not see ........ on

Complete the following similes: the wall, and he lost his job.
47.As brittle as: a. The writing
A. pure water b. What is written
B. glass c. What will be written
C. bintu d. The handwriting
D. wood
52. Yesterday in the hall, Ola said that
........ his watch
a. he had mislaid
48. As beautiful as :
b. he had forgot
A. rainbow
c. he has misplaced
B. brass
d. he have lost
C. peacock
D. lamb
53. Government should invest more in
.......... training
a. Teacher’s
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b. Teacher d. Gesticulating
c. Teachers
d. Teachers’ 58. Making a phone call instead of paying

a visit represent a ......... trend
A. Sudden new major social

54. The team has benefitted from the
coach's .......... of experience b. New social sudden major
a. Minefield c. New sudden major social
b. Reservoir d. Sudden social new major
c. Wealth
d. World 59. She was the first woman to stand

..........election to parliament.
A. to
55. There was ......... any traffic as he drove
home B. for
a. Hardly C. through
b. Normally D. by
c. Usually
d. No
60. They waited in a state of feverish
anxiety ..........their mother to come home.
56. I look forward to ......... you next week A. till
a. Seen B. to
b. Seeing C. until
c. Be seeing D. for
d. See
61 Complete the series English, French,

57. The girl cannot speak with a clear Hindi, Arabic
voice, she is always ......... A. Swahili
a. Blabbing
B. Language
b. Vociferous
C. Dialect
c. Stuttering
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D. Africa B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
62.If you were to add all odd numbers
between 1 and 11 (both inclusive), the
result would be 65.Which is the next number is the series?
18, 13, 9, 6, 4,.
A. Even
A. 1
B. Odd
B. 2
C. Impossible to say
C. 3
D. None of the above
D. 4
63.When Jack, James, Jim and Jane stand

66. Steam is to water as liquid is to
by age, Jack being the youngest stands
first while James brings up the rear. A. Ice
However, when they stand by height, Jim
B. Solid
being the shortest stands first while James
comes to the third spot. In both lines Jane C. Vapour
remains at the second position. Who is D. Snow

immediately younger than James?
A. Jack 67.Sir Richard’s constitution was
B. James introduced in Nigeria in

A. 1946
C. Jim
B. 1950
D. Jane C.1964
D. 1864
64.The day after tomorrow is three days

before a Monday. What day is it 68.The Central Bank of Nigeria was
today? established in
A. Monday A. 1920
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B. 1908 c. 100km
C. 1959 d. 105km
D. 1950
73. A man’s annual salary is N132,000.

69.Headquarters of NYSC is at ________ What is his monthly salary?
A. Abuja a. N11,000
B. Aba
b. N12,000
C. Kano
c. N13,000
D. Lagos
d. N22,000
70. The Nigeria Civil War started on ------- 74. A man earns N20,000 a month. What
does he earn in a year?
-------------
a. N200,000
A. 3rd October, 1970
B. 6th July 1967 b. N240,000
C. 16th July 1967 c. N220,000
st
D. 1 April 1976
d. N280,000
75. In April, Mrs. Ngosi bought a bag of

71. A can of Cola was labeled as
corn for N1,200. When she bought more in
containing 330ml of fluid but was found to
June, the price had gone up by 20%. How
contain 341ml. What was the percentage
much did she pay in June for a bag of
error?
corn?
a.33.0%
a. N1,300
b. 34.1%
b. N1,400
c. 3.33%
c. N1,440
d. 3.41%
d. N1,340
72. A surveyor measured a road as being

95km with 5% underestimation. What is
the true length of the road? 76. A trader made a loss of 10% on a
motorcycle he sold for N54,000: How
a. 90km
much should he have sold the motorcycle
b. 95km to avoid any loss?
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a. N56,000 d. England
b. N58,000
c. N60,000
d. N62,000
77.. How much should he have sold the

motorcycle to make a gain of 10%?
a. N60,000
b. N62,000 SOLUTION TO 2007
c. N64,000 1A 2C 3C 4C 5D 6A 7C 8D 9A 10B 11C

12C 13A
d. N66,000
14A 15A 16D 17C 18A 19A 20A 21A
22C 23A 24C
78. A train moves at a speed of 55km/hr:
How long will it take to cover 385km? 25B 26D 27D 28A 29B 30B 31C 32B 33A
34C 35D
a. 5hrs.
36A 37A 38B 39A 40C 41A 42B 43B 44B
b. 7hrs. 45A 46A
c. 9hrs. 47B 48A 49B 50C 51D 52A 53B 54C

55A 56B 57C
d. 11hrs.
58A 59B 60D 61A 62A 63C 64C 65C
66B 67A 68C
69A 70B 71C 72C 73A 74B 75C 76C

79.. How far will it go in 3hrs? 77D 78B 79A 80A
a. 165km
b. 175km
c. 185km
d. 195km UNILORIN POST UTME 2008
1. Which of these is active in the night?

80. Who hosted the 2006 world cup
a. Germany A. bird
b. Greece B. squirrel
c. France
C. bat
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D. lizard 5.The Armed Forces of Nigeria comprise
of ……………………..
2.Export goods are…………….. A. the Army, Custom, police
A. Goods and services produced in a the B. Navy, Immigration, Air-force

country
C. The police, Air-force, Navy
B. Manufacture outside the country
D. Army, Air-force, Navy
C. Goods produced for sale in the country
D. Goods produced for sale outside the

country
6. A man who mends shoes is known as
…………………….
3. The sun is the major source of ----------- A. leather maker

--------- and ----------------------------
B. shoe shiner
A. power and heat
C. cobbler
B. light and heat
D. artist
C. strength and heat
D. light and darkness
7.At what time of the day is the sun at the

zenith?
4. A female dog is called a/an ………….
A 8am
A. kitten B 10am
B. bitch C 4pm
C. ewe D 12 Noon
D damp E 2pm
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8. .Supply of electricity in Nigeria is the E Tilapia
responsibility of
A National Electric Power Authority
B Power Holding Company of Nigeria 11.Which of the following is a reptile?
C. National Atomic Power Agency A Whale
D National Energy Commission B Toad
E National Emergency Management C Lizard

Agency
D Pigeon
E Tilapia
9..Which of these is not a bird?
A Kite
B Eagle 12.President Jonathan’s speech------ at

9pm yesterday
C Vulture
A. had being broadcast
D Bat
E Pigeon B. had been broadcast
C. was broadcasted
D. was broadcast
10..Which of the following is an 13.The way to stop frivolous publications

amphibian? is to-----the press
A Whale A. bribe
B Toad B. gag
C Lizard C. jail
D Pigeon
D. shackle
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14. Which of the following is correct? A. title
A Acomodation B. editorial
B Accomodation C. headline
C Accommodation D. story
D Acommodation
E Acomoddation
18.How many sides in a pentagon?
A 8
15. A man is four times as old as his son.
B 6
The difference between their ages is 36.
Find the sum of their ages C 7
D 5
A. 45years
E 9
B. 48years
C. 60years
D. 74years
19. If a typist can type at the rate of 50
words/minute, How long will it take to
type a 7500 word document?
16.A student spends ¼ of his pocket
money on books and 1/3 on a shirt. What A 3Hrs
fraction remains? B 4Hrs
A. 5/6 C 21/2Hrs
B.7/12 D 1Hr
C. 1/6
D. 5/12
20..What is your percentage profit margin
if you bought an item for N600 and sold it
17. The ------ in today’s issue of The for N750?
Punch News paper focused on inflation A 600
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B 750 23. Sharp:
C 150 A. Clever
D 25 B. Blunt
E 100 C. Keen
D. Even
Choose a word opposite in meaning to

the first word Choose a word opposite in meaning to
the first word
21. Liberty:
24. Conductor:
A. Freedom
A. Driver
B. Captivity
B. Conductress
C. Stadium
C. Passenger
D. Guilty
D. Wire

the first word 25. How many Lunar months make one
year
22.Dissent:
A 13
A. Dissent
B 11
B. Undissent
C 12
C. Assent
D 14
D.Indissent
26.Two-third of a class passed English

Language as a subject. The number of
the first word
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students who failed English Language
will be?
Chose the lettered word or phrase that
A 1/3 is most nearly opposite in meaning to
the words in capital letters
B 1/2
29. ABUNDANT
C 1/4
A. Surplus
D 3/4
B. Few
C. Brilliance
27.“My Heart Jumped into my mouth”
What is the meaning of the above D. Birth
statement?
A To be confused
B To be hungry
C To be afraid 30.A promotional discount of 15% is

offered on a new coat which previously
D To be discouraged
cost #18,000. What is the discounted price
of the coat?
A. #15,300
Chose the lettered word or phrase that
B. #14,000
is most nearly opposite in meaning to
the words in capital letters C. #15,500
28. EXEMPLARY D. #16,000
A. Foreign
B. Imitate Choose a word opposite in meaning to

the first word
C. Additional
31. .Above :
D. Outstanding
A. over
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B. below A. clever
C. high B blunt
D. low C. Keen
D. even

the first word
the first word
32.liberty :
35. Conductor :
A. freedom
A. driver
B. captivity
B. conductress
C. stadium
C. Passenger
D. guilty
D. Wire

the first word
the first word
33..Dissent:
36. Spendthrift :
A. dissent
A. miser
B. undissent
B. loan
C. Assent
C. Foolish
D indissent
D. happy

the first word
the first word
34.Sharp :
37. Profane :
34
A. beautiful C. Pacific ocean
B. sacred D. Cameroon
C. Profuse
D. Stiff. 41. Which of these is NOT an Island in

Africa?
A. Fiji
38.Which of the following rivers is not
found in Nigeria? B. Madagascar
A River Kaduna C. Cape Verde
B Cross River D. Zanzibar
C River Niger
D River Nile 42. In which state is Lake Chad situated?
E River Benue A. Adamawa
B. Borno
C. Taraba
39.The longest river in Nigeria is river
D. Sokoto
A. Benue
B Hadejia
43. The black race is called
C. Niger
A. Caucasian
D. Osun
B. Red Indian
C. Mongolian
D. Negroid
40. Nigeria is bounded in the south by
A. Togo
B. Atlantic ocean
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44.The headquarters of United Nations is
located at
47. Bible is to a priest as ........to a don
A. Geneva
A. Qur’an
B. New York
B. Books
C. Rome
C. Music
D.Washington
D. Drum
45. Seun‘s friend was knock down by a

car, he tried to copy the car plate number 48.._________ is the Head of the British
which reads Commonwealth of Nations.
HA539KST. Which one of the following A) President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

is a correct copy of the car plate number?
B) David Cameron
A. HA 359KST
C) Queen Elizabeth II
B. HA 593KST
D) Barack Obama.
C. HA 539KTS
D. HA 539KST.
49..In which geo-political zone of Nigeria

is Kwara state located?
46. Danladi is to transfer some money into
the account of his friend which reads A North east
040000111906. Which one of the B North west

following is a correct copy of the account
C North central
number of his friend?
D South south
A. 040000111960.
E East
B. 040000111906.
C. 04000111906.
D. 04000011906.
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50. 50% of a kilometre is 53. What type of vegetation are you likely
to find at the northernmost parts of
A 500mm Nigeria?
B 500m A Guinea savannah

B Sudan savanna
C 500cm
C Mangrove forest
D 500ft
D Rain forest
E 500yd E Sahel savannah

51. Ojo and Aina bought 25 oranges each word.
and gave Audu and Amina 6 and 8 oranges
54. Astonish:
each from both. How many oranges will
A. asunder
both of them have left?
B. attack
A 18 each
C. surprise
B 19 and 17 D. Sensible
C 36
D 36 each
word.
55. Miserable:
A. Mischief
nearly the same meaning as the first B. Wretched
word.
C. Mistake
52.Prohibit:
D. Wicked
A. advertise
B. allow
C. forbid nearly the same meaning as the first
word.
D. destroy
56. Stubborn:
A. obstinate
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B. sturdy
C. Fearful Choose a word which has the same or

D. strong word.
60. Boss:
57 Which of these United Nations A. Governor
Agencies is responsible for the promotion
of culture? B. Servant
A. ILO C. Mistress
B. WHO D. master
C.UNESCO
D. UNICEF Choose a word which has the same or

word.
61. Dear:
A. precious
word. B. cheap
58.Feeble: C. nice
A. Strong D. useless
B. weak
C. Tired Choose a word which has the same or

D. Little
word.
62. Elegance:
A. grace
word. B. display
59. Permanent: C. safety
A. temporary D. ugly
B. old
C. lasting Choose a word which has the same or

D. complete
word.
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63. Thankfulness:
A. greatness 67. A grandfather is ones__________
B. gratitude A father’s father only
C. meanness B mother’s father
D. goodness C both mother and fathers father
D. All fathers and mothers above 50years of

age.
word.
68..Suleiman is taller than Ajayi while
64. Study: Usman is taller than Suleiman and Tope
who is taller than Suleiman . Who is the
A. Learn shortest?
B. Enjoy (a) Usman
C. Teach (b) Suleiman
D. Remember (c) Ajayi
(d) Tope
word
65. Excitement:
69. Some oranges were shared between two
A. Enthusiasm children in ratio three to five respectively.
B. Zeal If the first child’s share was 120, how many
oranges were shared between them?
C. Fuss
A three hundred and twenty
D. Success
B. two hundred
C. four hundred and twenty

Complete the following simile:
D. two hundred and twenty
66.Her gown is as green as:
A. grace
70. Increase six hundred by twenty five
B. grass percent
C. flag A. one hundred and fifty
D. butter B. seven hundred and fifty
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C. one thousand 74. There is a boat with a ladder attached
to it and the ladder is eight metres tall if
D. six thousand the water rises four metres how much of
the ladder will be on top of the water?
A. 12 metres
B. 48 metres
71. Bisi is older than Ore, Dele is older C. 8 metres

than Bisi. Who is the youngest of all? D. 10 metres
A. None
B. Bisi 75. I thought the time was ten minutes

C. Ore to two ,but I was looking at the clock in a
mirror. What time was it really?
D. Dele.
A. ten minutes to two
B. ten minutes after two

72. Abayo, Tope, Femi and Seyi are
friends. Only Abayo likes going to the C. ten to ten
theatre.Only Tope and Seyi like the D. Ten to three.
cinema. Only Femi and Seyi like dancing.
Which boy likes neither dancing nor
cinema?
ANALOGIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
A.Tope
Choose the correct word to complete the
B.Seyi analogies.
C.Abayo 76. Gloves are to hands as shoes are to:
D.Femi. A. Boxers
B. Hands
73. I do not like grapes or bananas but I C. feet

have bought some fruits to eat. Do you
think it is grapes, bananas, both or neither? D. Legs
A. Grapes
B. Bananas Choose the correct word to complete the

analogies.
C. Both
77. Up is to down as before is to:
D. Neither
A. later
B. after
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C. now 14C 15C 16D 17B 18D 19C 20D 21B
22C 23B 24C
D. next
25A 26A 27C 28D 29B 30A 31B 32B
33C 34B 35C
Choose the correct word to complete the 36A 37B 38D 39C 40B 41A 42B 43D 44B
analogies. 45D 46B
78. Sew is to needle as dig is to: 47B 48C 49C 50B 51A 52C 53E 54C 55B
A. garden 56A 57C
B. plant 58B 59C60D 61A 62A 63B 64A 65A 66B

67C 68C
C. poke
69A 70B 71C 72C 73D 74C 75B 76C
D. spade 77B 78D 79D 80B
Choose the correct word to complete the UNILORIN POST UTME 2009
analogies.
1.Abuja officially replaced Lagos as
79. School is to pupils, as army is to: capital of Nigeria in --------------
A. teachers a)1992
B. chiefs b) 1996
c) 1998
C. soldiers
d) 1991
D. barracks
2.The highest court in Nigeria is the --------

Complete the following simile: -----------
80. Olu is as hungry as a: a) Federal High Court
A. orphan b) Supreme Court
B. wolf c) Federal Court
C. termites d) Sharia Court
D. Thug
3.The rotation of the earth on its axis

SOLUTION TO 2008 causes?
1C 2D 3B 4B 5D 6C 7D 8B 9D 10B 11C a) Autumn and Winter
12D 13B
b) Wet and dry seasons
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c) Summer and water d) Oasis
d) Dawn and Twilight
8. HIV can be transmitted in the of these

ways except
4. The earth is the --------? a) Homosexual intercourse
a) Closest planet to the sun b) Heterosexual intercourse
b) 2nd closest to the sun c) Mosquitoes as a Vector
c) 3rd closest to the sun d) Needle pick injury with infected blood
d) 4th closest to the sun
9.Her younger sister likes conservative

hair style but her cousin prefers---------
5. Naira is to Nigeria as ---------is to India hairstyle (opposite in meaning)
a) Yen
a) Modest
b) Francs
b) New
c) Rupee
c) Modern
d) Dupee
d) Magnanimous
6. Collection of different human organs

10. Antonyms
working as a unit is referred to as –
She adores eating junks but------eating
a) Tissue
fruits
b) Cell
a) Loves
c) System
b) Supports
d) Skeleton
c) Dislikes
d) Disliked
7. A body of shallow sea water or brackish
water separated from the sea by some form
of bamer is called ------- 11. Antonyms
a) Nile’s Valley The brevity of the first message contrasts
with the---------of the second message
b) Lagoon
a) Shortness
c) Greeks
b) Integrity
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c) Verbosity a)Cornea
d) Moral b) Pupil
c) Iris
d) Ciliary muscles
12. Antonyms
Humility is a virtue while-------can be

regarded as a vice 16.A labourer is paid N5,400:00k per
month. What is his total salary in 1
a) Pride 3/4years?
b) Proud a)N113,40:00
c) Curiosity b) N64,800:00
d) Position c) N97,200:00
d) N129,600:00
13. Antonyms
Femi is very Presumptuous whereas his 17.Which of the following will sink when
friend is -------- placed on water?
a) Kind a) Ball
b) Plastic Cup
b) Modest
c) Balloon
c) Proud
d) Eraser
d) Pompous
18. The following are domestic birds

14. An iron rod feels cooler in the hand except
than a wooden rod at the same
temperature. The reason is that iron-------- a) Duck
a) is a better conductor of heat than wood b) Pigeon
b) has a higher density than wood c) Turkey
c) has a higher expansivity than wood d) Vulture
d) is heavier than wood of the same size

19.A boy buys a biscuit for N4 and sells it
at a profit of 20%. Find the actual price
and the selling price?
15. Which of the following is used for
controlling the amount of light entering the a) i =N1.00k, ii = N5.00k
eye?
b) i = 60k, ii = N4.40k
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c) i = 80k, ii = N4.80k c)Senator Iyorchia Ayu
d) i = 50k, ii = N4.50k d)Chief Adopous Wabara
20. A man buys recharge card for N500. 24.We eat Carbohydrate food to give
He sells it for N430. What is the us..........................
percentage loss?
a)Energy
a) 7%
b)Good sight
b) 9%
c)Good teeth
c) 14%
d)Strong bones
d) 20%
25.President Barrack Obama is

21. Under whose regime were Delta and the.................. president of the United
Adamawa States created? States of America and first African-
American president of U.S.
a) Gen Sani Abacha
a)35th
b)Gen Yakubu Gowon
b)44th
c)Gen Murtala Muhammed
c)40th
d)Gen Ibrahim Babangida
d)39th
22.The body charged with the 26.A large area of water surrounded by
responsibility of regulating and protecting land is called.......................................
consumers against illicit foods and drugs
in Nigeria a)A dam
a)Consumer protection council b)An Island
b)Standard Organization of Nigeria c)An Is berg
c)National Drug Law Enforcement agency d)A lake
d)National Agency for Food, Drug

Administration and Control
27.A written piece of paper which
indicates that goods bought and services
rendered have been paid for is
23. The senate president during the second called...............................
republic was.........................
a) An Invoice
a)Dr. Joseph Wayas
b) A receipt
b)Senator Anyim Pius Anyim
c) A wage bill
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d) A trade document d) 30
28.The device for stepping up or down

electricity voltage on transmission line is 32..Which one of the following key
called...................... techniques is necessary for all the others to
a)Electricity meter be effective?
a) Communication
b) Transmission station
b) Teamwork
c) Transformer
c) Leadership
d) Step-down panel
d) Technical know-how
29.The major raw material for pottery

is............................. 33. ....... you come early to the new house,
clean up my flat
a)Metal
b)Ceramics a. By chance
c)Cement b. While
d)Clay c. Should
d. Should in case
30. If the total sales for a bag shop in a

certain year were #150, 000 What were
sales in July, if July sales were half the 34. Those men duped Dupe and .........
monthly average?
a. Myself
a) #6,250
b. I
b) #8,650
c. Me
c) #12,500
d. We
d) #7,550
35. The physicians have more people in

31.If 15 cans of food are needed for seven ......... waiting room than ........ have ever
adults for two days, the number of cans had
needed to feed four adults for seven
days is? a. His/he
a) 25 b. There/they
b) 15 c. Their/they
c) 20 d. Them/they
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40.A hexagonal kite has --- sides.
36.It was Friday on Jan 1, 2010. What was a) 5

the day of the week Jan 1, 2011?
b) 6
a) Sunday
c) 4
b) Wednesday
d) 7
c) Thursday
d) Saturday
41.The followings are true concerning a

trapezium except
37.Choose the odd one among the
followings, a)It does not have any line of symmetry
a) Cougar b) All the sides are of different lengths
b) Hyena c) All the angles are of different sizes
c) Cheetah d) It has two angles equal but others

different.
c) Leopard
42.A man bought 100 eggs at N1500.00,

10 eggs were damaged. He sold the rest at
38.Which among the following does not N20.00 each. Calculate the percentage
belong to the group, profit made.
a) 17
a) Brigadier
b) 15
b) Colonel
c) 20
c) Navy Captain
d) 12
d) Group Captain
43. In a leap year a baker baked 500,000

39. In which part of Africa will you find loaves of bread, how many loaves did the
Tanzania baker bake in February, if his working
days are Mondays to Saturdays?
a) West Africa
a) 1592
b) North Africa
b) 39800
c)Southern Africa
c)/38208
d) East Africa
d) 46168
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48.The following deceases are transmitted
by mosquitoes except
44.In Nigeria democracy day is marked on
a) Yellow fever
a) June 12
b) Dengue fever
b) May 29
c) West Nile fever
c) June 29
d) Hepatitis fever
d) May 27
49.In a coding system numbers 0 to 9 are

45.The -------------- originated the division coded a to j respectively, what will be the
of time as base of 60 code for the number 4238
a) Babylonians a) ebdj
b) Americans b) fdei
c) Romans c) ecdi
d) Arabs d) dbch
46.In the computer browser address field, 50.Obtain the missing number in the
what does the abbreviation www stands for following sequence: 2, 3, 5, 8, ----, 17, 23,
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a) world wide web
a) 13
b) word wide web
b) 12
c) web wide world
c) 11
d) wide web world
d) 14
47. The earth is the ------ planet from the

sun 51.A retailer sells at a discount of 15% of
the marked price, if a customer pays
a) 3rd
N16,700.00 for an item, what is the
b) 4th marked price of the item?
c) 2nd a) N 19,650.00
d) 5th b) N 13,750.00
c) N 20,700.00
d) N 22,700.00
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d) Ibrahim Babangida
52.Given that G is directly proportional to
the square of H. If G is 5 when H is 3,
Find H when G is 100
56. Which is the odd one out among the
a) 150 followings,
b) 125 a) African National Congress
c) 180 b) Social Democratic Party
d) 225 c) National Republican Convention
d) All Peoples Party
53.Late Idi Amin Dada was from which of

the following countries
57. The last military head of state in
a) Kenya Nigeria was
b) Tanzania a) Sanni Abacha
c) Uganda b) Ibrahim Babangida
d) Congo Brazzaville c) Abubakar Abdulsalam
d) Muritala Muhammed
54.River Nile has its source from

58.GSM telephony was introduced into
a) Lake Chad Nigeria communication system during the
regime of
b) Lake Victoria
a) Ibrahim Babangida
c) Lake Tanganyika
b) Olusegun Obasanjo
d) Lake Albert
c) Umaru Yar’adua
d) Goodluck Jonathan
55)Who was the head of state when
Nigeria first won the African Cup of
Nations,
59. The following Nigerian footballers
a) Shehu Shagari have won the African Footballer Award
except
b) Muhammadu Buhari
a) Victor Ikpeba
c) Muritala Muhammed
b) Nwankwo Kanu
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c) Rasheed Yekini c) Abuja
d) Austin Okocha d) Calabar
60.Kofi Annan is well known for his role 64..The time zone operative in Nigeria is
as
a) GMT
a) President of Ghana
b)+1 GMT
b) Secretary General of United Nations
c) – 1 GMT
c) Secretary General of the African Union
d) +2 GMT
d) President of the United Nations
65. The rotation of the earth on its axis is

61.Complete the followings; Ooni and used in the measurement of
Osun, Sultan and Sokoto, Obi and
Anambra, El Kanemi and -------- a) Time
a)Kaduna b) Weather
b)Borno c) Temperature
c) Katsina d)/Pressure
d) Yobe
66.The Nigerian currency in use before the

change to the Naira was the
62.In which part of Nigeria will you find
relics of groundnut pyramids a)Pound
a) Kano b) Dollar
b) Jos c) Riyal
c) Sokoto d) CFA
d) Maiduguri
67.An oncologist is a medical practitioner

specialized in the treatment of
63.Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport is
found in a)Tumours
a)Enugu b) Fibroids
b) Port Harcourt c) Obesities
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d) Ulcers 72. An area of land almost surrounded by
water is known as ----------------------
68.Car is to road as train is to a) Lake

a) Wheels
b) Lagoon
b). Rails
c) Surface c) Island
d) Locomotive
d) Peninsula
69.Which is the odd one out?

73. 148.Solve 1/4 of 20/7
a) Hockey
b) Exercise a) 3/7
c) Tennis
b) 7/5
d) Football
c) 5/7
d) 2/7
70. A forest is to a tree as a tree is to a
a) Leaf
b) Orchard
74..The cost of 2 biros and 3 pencils is
c) Jungle
N18, if a pencil cost N2.50k, how much is
d) Plant
a biro?
a) N4.25k
71. The non-resident head of a University b) N3.20k
is ------------------------- c) N4.00
A. Vice-chancellor d) N5.25K
B. Chancellor
C. Provost 75.Solve 21% of 70
D. Registrar a) 29.4
b) 14.7
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c) 13.9
79.Add all the even numbers from 15 to 20
d) 7.4
a) 55
b) 34
76.Wale and Joke have ratio 6:4 in 80 c)54
units of Transcorp’s shares. How many
d) 64
units of these shares belong to Wale?
a) 48 80.Which of the following fractions is the

highest?
b) 40
a) 3/4
c) 32
b) 7/9
d) 24 c) 2/3
d) 12/15
77..The sum of and 2/3 and 1/3 is what?
a) 1/3
b) 2/3
c) 1
SOLUTION TO 2009
d) 3 1B 2B 3D 4C 5C 6C 7B 8C 9C 10C 11C
12A 13B 14A 15C 16A 17D 18D 19C
20C 21D 22D 23A 24A 25B 26D 27B
78.A trader had 19 lanterns in her store, 28C 29D 30A 31D 32A 33C 34C 35C
sold 13 and bought 6 more. How many 36D 37B 38A 39D 40B 41D 42C 43C
lanterns does she left in her store? 44B 45A 46A 47A 48D 49C 50B 51A
52C 53C 54B 55A 56A 57C 58B 59D
a) 6
60B 61B 62A 63C 64B 65A 66A 67A 68B
b) 9 69B 70A 71B 72D 73C 74D 75B 76A
77C 78C 79C 80D
c) 12
d) 4
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1.Peter’s .......... a cold upsets our plan 5. A pioneer, he ........ the institution from
his own resources
a) catches
a) found and funded
b) will catch
b) founded and funded
c) to catch
c) was finding and funding
d) to have caught
d) had fund and funded
e) catching
e) was founding and funding
2. Although he was invited ...... he was not

welcome 6. He passed so well ....... he was awarded
a scholarship
a) but
a) since
b) yet
b) because
c) so
c) that
d) since
d) while
e) because
e) thus
3. When John reported the incident, the

teacher remarked that he ......... a 7. Government should prevent smugglers
responsible boy ...... their contraband.
a) was a) to sell
b) is b) to be selling
c) will be c) from selling
d) should have been d) having sold
e) is going to be e) selling
4. They tried to cash in .......... the people's 8. As ....... of you as can come are
ignorance welcome
a) under a) each
b) against b) any
c) about c) many
d) with d) more
e) on e) most
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9. He bade them ........ to his house a) amending
a) welcomed b) modifying
b) welcome c) mixing
c) to be welcome d) mincing
d) to have been welcome e) meaning
e) welcomes
14. He is easily the ...... of the lot
10. If ......... one day, we would talk about a) brightest
it for weeks
b) brighter
a) a lion will be coming into this room
c) more bright
b) a lion was to come into this room
d) most brightest
c) a lion came into this room
e) most bright
d) a lion is coming into this room
e) a lion is going to come into this room
15. I am not attending ......... is my wife
a) whereas
11. Excuse me, do you mind ........ I smoke
b) neither
?
c).either
a) if
d) but
b) since
e) since
c) while
d) against
16. Some people think that ......... are
potentially a nuisance
12. The house will look all the better .........
a) Parent-in-law
this new coat of paint
b) Parents-in-law
a) for
c) Parents-in-laws
b) under
d) Parents-ins-laws
c) against
e) Parent-in-laws
d) upon
e) over
17. Shakespearean ..... are generally the
victims of circumstances
13. Without ........ words he accused him
a) heros
directly of treachery
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b) heres b) I had paid my taxes up to date
c) heroses c) I paid my taxes up to date
d) hero d) have I paid my taxes up to date
e) heroes e) I have paid my taxes up to date
18. ......... a good film, wasn’t it ? 22. Do you want me to buy her anything ?
She asked Asman. She asked Asman If
a) It is
......
b) Was it
a) she wants her to buy her anything
c) There is
b) you want to buy anything
d) It was
c) she wanted to buy anything
e) There was
d) I wanted her to buy anything
e) she wanted her to buy anything
19. We left .... . USA and crossed .......
Atlantic Ocean to. ..... Europe
23. He devoted himself ........ homeless
a) the/the/......
children
b) ...../..../....
a) to helping
c) ...../..../the
b) to help
d) the/...../a
c) by helping
e) ....../an/......
d) with helping
e) helping
20. There was ..... much noise at night that
we couldn’t sleep
24. Although the problem was simple .......
a) such a
students were able to solve it
b) such
a) little
c) that
b) Small
d) very
c) few
e) so
d) a few
e) a lot of
21. Have you paid your taxes up to date ?
The tax collector inquired if .......
25. We walked quietly ....... wake the baby
a) You have paid your taxes up to date
a) so that not
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b) in order to b) didn’t we
c) so as to c) don’t we
d) so as not to d) aren't we
e) so not to e) used we not
26. These six employees ..... absent from 30. (Antonyms)

work since New Year's Day
Oche entered the principal's office in a
a) are rather abrasive manner
b) have been a) gentle
c) were b) rude
d) had been c) lackadaisical
e) are being d) Indifferent
27. I wish I ...... to swim when I was 31. (Antonyms)

younger
Otokpa is a member of the ad hoc
a) had learnt committee on stock acquisition
b) learn a) improvised
c) learnt b) formal
d) was learning c) temporary
e) have learnt d) fact-finding
28. By the end of June, I ........ six 32. (Antonyms)

examinations this year
His gift to the poor was always
a) shall take infinitesimal
b) have taken a) large
c) shall have taken b) small
d) am taking c) supportive
e) took d) shameful
29. We used to go to that club on Saturday 33. (Antonyms)

night, ....... ?
a) Isn’t it
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The economist concluded that several 37. (Antonyms)
factors have been adduced to explain the
The way the workshop was organized was
fall in the birth rate
rather hit-and-miss
a) affirmed
a) systematic
b) diffused
b) hasty
c) mentioned
c) slow
d) refused
d) funny
34. (Antonyms)
38. (Antonyms)
The presidential system is an antidote to
Chibuzor gave a curt nod and walked
some political ailments
away
a) an answer
a) rude
b) a reply
b) polite
c) an inquiring
c) shocking
d) an obstacle
d) gentle
35. (Antonyms)
39. (Antonyms)
Ola thought that her father was very
The girl took a cursory glance at the letter
callous
and hid it
a) parlous
a) concise
b) compassionate
b) brief
c) wicked
c) lasting
d) cheerful
d) sententious
36. (Antonyms)
40. (Synonyms)
He was very much respected, though he
The cynics feared that the nation's nascent
hand no temporal power
democracy would fail
a) spiritual
a)Pessimists
b) Mundane
b) delinquents
c) permanent
c) critics
d) ephemeral
d) illusionists
41. (Synonyms)
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The essence of governance is to seek the 45. (Synonyms)
good and well-being of the majority of the
Publishing as a business venture has
people
become a hot potato in Nigeria
a)importance
a)unpleasant
b) goal
b) profitable
c) characteristics
c) unacceptable
d) secret
d) expensive
42. (Synonyms)
46. (Synonyms)
From what she said, one may infer that he
The man's story sounded plausible to his
does not like the course
audience
a) suppose
a) fantastic
b) realize
b) credulous
c) deduce
c) credible
d) agree
d) entertaining
43. (Synonyms)
47. (Synonyms)
He shared his room with a person whose
The presence of the captain makes the
behaviour was quite nauseating
sailors ill at ease
a) disrespectful
a) impatient
b) disgraceful
b) easily ill
c) discouraging
c) uncomfortable
d) disgusting
d) sickly
44. (Synonyms)
48. (Synonyms)
The carpenter built a commodious
Ibro shows enough liberality with his
wardrobe
meagre income
a)gigantic
a) insensitivity
b) small
b) prodigality
c) spacious
c) frugality
d) wide
d) generosity
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49. (Synonyms) a) Whale
It is a misnomer to call three thousand b) Dog
naira a living wage
c) Cat
a)a wrong description
d) Shark
b) an incontrovertible assertion
c) an appropriate term
d) a mishmash 54. Avian Flu Is A Disease In Which Of
The Following
50. A Place Where Two Rivers Meet Is
Called a)Mammals
a)Confluence a) Birds
b) Junction c) Pisces
c) Joint d) Amphibians
d) Delta 55. Which Of The Following Is Not An

Excretory Product?
a) Sweat
51. The Primary Source Of Energy Is
Called b) Urea
a) Sun c) Urine
a) Water d) Dust
c) Food
d) Heat 56. What Is The Angle In Degrees On A

Straight Line
a) 90
52. The First Colour Of The Rainbow Is
Called b) 60
a) Green c) 180
b) Violet d) 30
c) Indigo
d) Red 57. Convert 0.005 kilograms To Grams
a) 5000
53. Which Of The Following Is Not A b) 500

Mammal
c) 50
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d) 5 b) jury
c) bench
58. What Is The Value Of DCXL d) board
(A) 640
(B) 504
63. A number of persons of the same race
(C) 540 and character
(D) 600 a) gang

b) tribe
c) associates
59. A number of people listening to a
concert d) fellow
a) congregation
b) spectators
64. A place where milk is converted into
c) audience butter and cheese
d) crowd a) dairy
b) bakery
60. A number of singers in a church
c) distillery
a) troupe
d) refinery
b) choir
c) entertainers
d) artists 65. A place for housing aeroplanes
a) tarmac
b) garage
61. A number of sailors manning a ship
c) hangar
a) crew
d) airport
b) gang
c) staff
d) host 66. A place where government records are
kept
a) library
62. A number of directors of a company b) archive
a) panel c) government house
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d) museum a) 1/8, 3/7, 5/9 and 1/3
b) 3/7, 1/8, 5/9 and 1/3
c) 1/8, 3/7, 5/9 and 1/34

67. A place for storing grain
d) 1/8, 1/3, 3/7 and 5/9
a) depot
b) store
c) bans
72. Arrange the following in descending
d) granary order 2/3, 4/7, 5/9 and 1/4
a) 2/3, 4/7, 5/9 and 1/4
b) 1/4, 5/9, 4/7 and 2/3

68. The 2010 world cup was hosted by
c) 1/4, 4/7, 5/9 and 2/3
a) Brazil
b) South Africa d) 1/4, 2/3, 4/7 and 5/9
c) Germany
d) Argentina
73. What is Roman numeral of 50?
a) L
69. The 2008 Olympic was held in which of
these cities b) X
a) Berlin c) C
b) Greece
d) D
c) Beijing
d) London
74. What is Roman numeral of 19?
a) XX
70. The 1998 world cup was hosted and
won by b) IX
a) Brazil c)XIX
b) France d) D
c) England
d) USA
75.What is Roman numeral of 60?
a) XL
71.Arrange the following in ascending
order 1/8, 3/7, 5/9 and 1/3 b)LX
60
c) CX d) 500
d) XD
80. Subtract 6289 from 4389
76. What is Roman numeral of 1000? a) 1900
a) D b) 1800
b) L c)-1900
c) C d) -1800
d) M SOLUTIONS TO POST UTME 2010
1E 2B 3A 4E 5B 6C
77. What is Arabic figure of Roman figure 7C 8C 9B 10 C 11A

IC?
12D 13D 14A 15B 16B
a) 49
17E 18D 19A 20E 21B
b) 99
22E 23A 24C 25D 26B
c) 101
27A 28C 29B 30A 31B
d) 89
32A 33D 34D 35B 36A
37A 38B 39A 40A 41A

78. What is Arabic figure of Roman figure
ID? 42C 43D 44C 45A 46C
a) 499 47C 48D 49A 50A 51A
b) 299 52D 53D 54B 55D 56C
c) 401 57D 58A 59C 60B 61A
d) 489 62D 63B 64A 65C 66B
67D 68B 69C 70B 71D
79.What is Arabic figure of Roman figure 72A 73A 74C 75B 76D
VC? 77B 78A 79B 80C
a) 99
b) 95
c) 105
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c) penalty
UNILORIN POST UTME d) freedom

2011
e) condition
1.The judge restrained the landlord from
......... the tenant
5. The government scolded the contractors
a) sacking for the poor ......... of the project
b) ejecting a) prosecution
c) dismissing b) investigation
d) disqualifying c) execution
d) installation
2. The university awarded ....... doctoral e) establishment
degrees to four distinguished members of
the community
a) honourable 6. The new car is strikingly attractive but I
very much doubt its ......
b) expensive
a) durability
c) ceremonious
b) style
d) ceremonial
c) harmony
e) honorary
d) longetivity
e) complexity
3. The students threatened to embark on a
........ of lectures if their demands were not
met 7. Since there were no further comments
a) condonation the chairman called for the ........ of the
minutes of the last meeting
b) suspension
a) objection
c) rejection
b) resolution
d) strike
c) admission
e) boycott
d) adoption
e) kidnap
4. The kidnappers demanded a ........... of
N50,0000 before they would release the
rich businessman 8. There was a ten-minute ....... during the
a) levy stage performance of the play
b) ransom a) interim
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b) interview c) rather too fast
c) interlude d) too rather fast
d) interplay
e) intercession 13. The previous assignment was ........ for
me
a) much too difficult
9. The judge warned that he would not
tolerate any interruption of the ....... of the b) too much difficult
court.
c) difficult too much
a) proceeds
d) much difficult too
b) deliberations
c) debates
14. The TV set, ........ was damaged last
d) proceedings week, had been taking to the electronics
engineer
e) processions
a) which
b) who
10. The satellite maintains a constant .........
round the earth c) of whom
a) path d) of which
b) orbit
c) circle 15. My ........ house is by the side of the
road
d) route
a) father-in-law's
e) chart
b) father's-in-law
c) fathers'-in-law
11. I want to know your religious ........
d) father-in-law
a) believe
b) believing
16. The students were advised to look
c) beliefs
........ difficult words in the dictionary
d) believes
a) in
b) on
12. He runs .......
c) out
a) rather much fast
d) up
b) quite rather fast
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17. He was charged with complicity .......
the abortive coup
c) caus e
a) in d) coarse
b) for
c) about 22. Neither John nor Mary felt happy
......... the incident
d) on
a) for
b) in
18. He was convicted ....... Stealing some
bags of cocoa c) about
a) with d) by
b) in
c) of 23. Any parent would be pleased ...........
Such impressive performance
d) for
a) at
b) from
19. Mary said she was acting ...... the
instructions of the principal c) with
a) by d) for
b) on
c) for 24. Stella wanted to show ...... with her
necklace
d) through
a) off
b) on
20. ......... normal circumstances, it is rare
to get all registered voters to vote. c) over
a) on d) back
b) by
c) in 25. The woman ...... daughter he married,
is his mother-in-law
d) under
a) whose
b) which
21. Salary cuts could be the ............... of
the worker's protest c) her
a) course d) whom
b) curse
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26. He acts as if he ...... a general manager d) amply
a) is been
b) were 31. I started writing at 9am. It is now 10.
By 11am, I ..... writing for 2 hours
c) has been
a) will be
d) is being
b) am
c) will have been
27. The national essay competition came
....... on the 23rd of July 1986 d) have been
a) out
b) in 32. My ....... to you, students, is to be good
c) by a) advice
d) up b) advise
c) adverse
28. Mrs Nwokolo had ...... her breakfast d) advances
before her friend came in
a) has
33. The car couldn’t keep pace ....... the
b) have motor cycle especially in congested areas
c) had a) along
d) been had b) with
c) down
29. If the two boys ...... been bitten by the d) on
snake, they should be taken to the hospital
a) has
34. I want everybody to learn the last ten
b) had lines of the poem ...... heart
c) have a) with
d) is b) in
c) for
30. The man ....... missed death during the d) by
collision
a) extensively
35. They went ........ talking after midnight
b) always despite the fact that they all had to get up
early
c) narrowly
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a) by
b) for 40. At eighteen, Bose is too ..... to take
good care of her sisters
c) on
a) enough
d) with
b) too old
c) older enough
36. They are always scared to visit Mr Ade
because he is ....... d) old enough
a) an army
b) a soldier 41. We won’t leave until it ..... raining
c) an army man a) will stop.
d) a military b) stopped
c) stops
37. I want that spoon washed, I can still d) has stopped
see ..... on it
a) oilness
42. The ........ event marked the beginning
b) grease of a new life for the entire cabinet
c) some oil a) historical
d) greasiness b) historicity of the
c) historic
38. Everybody has to do ......... homework d) history of the
a) his
b) them 43. The train ...... before I arrived
c) theirs a) was leaving
d) there b) has left
c) had left
39. Having worked all day, it is about time d) would leave
we .... back home
a) go
44. You can travel on your own, ....... ?
b) goes
a) Isn’t it
c) went
b) can’t you
d) gone
c) won’t you
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d) shan’t you a) understanding
b) indifference
45. The man is refurbishing the flat with a c) deference
view to ........ it
d) satisfaction
a) sell
b) selling
50. A nursery rhyme is used to teach
c) have sold pupils how to spell the word
d) be selling a) hipoppotamus
b) hippopotamus
46. The Secretary General was shocked at c) hipopotamus
the number of ........
d) hippoppotamus
a) child's soldiers
b) childish soldier
51. The title of the traditional ruler of
c) children soldiers Benin is called................................
d) child soldiers a) Obi
b) Obong
47. In spite of Shade's good looms, her c) Oba
hair is always ..........
d) Igwe
a) unkept
b) unkempt
52. Which of these is not a method of
c) unwashed preventing iron from rusting?
d) uncared for a) Lubrication
b) Galvanization
48. By the end of the football match today,
c) Melting
we ........ the best player
d) Painting
a) could have known
b) might have
c) will have known 53.Which of the following is not a rainbow
colour?
d) would have known
a) Indigo
b) Purple
49. It is African for a younger person to
show ........ to elders c) Orange
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d) Green
58.A bricklayer is Paid N1000:00k for
5days work. What is his pay for 22days
54. A person who flies an aircraft is work?
called..........................
a) N22,000:00k
a) A captain
b) N50,000:00k
b) A craftologist
c) N4,400:00k
c) A pilot
d) N5,000:00k
d) An aeronautics engineer
59. In parliamentary system of

55.Kwame Nkrumah Museum is located government, members of the parliament
in.................................. are required to report the proceedings of
the house to their..............................
a) Tanzania
a)Local government chairman and
b) Kenya
governors
c) Mauritania
b) Constituencies
d) Ghana
c) Political parties and party stalwarts
d) Traditional rulers
56.An example of confluence town in
Nigeria is...................................
60. One essential duty of a citizen to
a) Onitsha
his/her state is to...........................
b) Obudu
a) Vote and support the government in
c) Lokoja power
d) PortHarcout b) Recite the national anthem and the

pledge
c) Pay his tax.
d) Encourage other citizens to be loyal
57.A trained person that specializes in the
treatment of diseases and disorders of the
teeth is called................
a) Cardiologist 61. Today is Monday. After 63 days, it
will be:
b) Dermatologist
a) Wednesday
c) Physician
b) Monday
d) Dentist
c) Tuesday
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d) Saturday 66. The place where water is found in the
desert is called
a)lake
62. At 10% discount, an item valued at
N45000 now cost b) dam
a) 4050 c) diff
b) 40500
d) oasis
c) 40505
d) 40550
67. Which of the following has the highest
population in the world
63. In which country is Mississippi river a) India
a) USA b) Russia
b) Argentina c) China
c) Brazil d) USA
d) Canada.
68.The scientific way of referring to the

64. On a road map, a line segment of 4 activity of the ear is
inches long represents a distance of 12
miles. How many miles long is 4.5 inches. a)audio visual
a) 12.5 b) audio
b) 13.5 c) visual
c) 14.5 d) chemoreceptor
d) 15.5
69. The upper legislative arm of

government in Nigeria is headed by
65. The breadth and length of a rectangle
are L and 2L respectively. What is the a)speaker
perimeter of the rectangle?
b) president
a) L
c) leader
b) 3L
d) secretary
c) 5L
d ) 6L
70. The degree of hotness and coldness of
a place is called
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(a)rainfall B. grasshopper
(b) humidity C. Catastrophe
(c) temperature D. Catapult
(d) weather
75. 1, 3, 5 ,7 , 9, ?
71. How many seconds do have in a day?
a) 3600sec (a) 8
(b) 11
b) 86.4x 102 sec
(c) 12
c) 86.4x 103 sec
(d) 13
d) 864sec
76.. 2, 2, 4, 6, 10 ,?
72. How many seconds make one week?
a) 86.4x 104secs
(a) 14
3
b) 604.8x 10 secs (b) 10
3
c) 60.4810 secs (c) 20
d) 6864secs (d) 16
73.How many hours and minutes are there

from 7.45am to 3.30p.m.? 77. 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, ?
a) 6hrs. 45mins.
(a) 1.1
b) 8hrs 30mins
(b) 0.11
c) 7hrs 45mins
(c) 11
d) 7hrs 30mins
(d) 0.011
Complete the following simile: 78. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, ?
74. As merciless as a:
(a) 36
A. grave
(b) 30
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(c) 35 42C 43C 44B 45B 46D 47B 48D
49C 50B 51C
(d) 31
52C 53B 54C 55D 56C 57D 58C
59B 60C 61B
62B 63A 64B 65D 66D 67C 68B 69B
79. 4, 5, 7, 11, 19, ? 70C 71C
72B 73C 74A 75B 76D 77A 78C 79D
(a) 33 80B
(b) 27
(c) 37
(d) 35
80. 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ? UNILORIN POST UTME 2012

1.Awolowo is dead. .......... ?
(a) 80
(a)Is he
(b) 95
(b)was he
(c) 92
(c)Isn’t he
(d) 101 (d)wasn’t he
2.Neither Agbo nor his parents ........ the

meetings now
(a)Attended
(b) attends
(c)has attended
SOLUTIONS TO 2011 POST UTME (d) attend
1B 2E 3E 4B 5C 6A 7D 8C 9D
10B 11C
3.The result of his experiment represents a
12C 13A 14A 15A 16D 17A 18D 19B break through in medical science
20D 21C
(a)An outstanding success
22C 23C 24A 25A 26B 27D 28C 29C
30C 31C (b)catastrophe
32A 33B 34D 35C 36B 37C 38A 39C (c)an end to such experiments
40D 41C (d)a breaking point
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(e)a colossal failure
4. Which of these is correctly spelt 8. When the beggar was tired, he ....... down
by the road side.
(a) lenght
(b) lentgh
a. Lied
(c) length
b. Laid
(d) lenghtt
c. Layed
(e) lengtt
d. Lay
e. Lain
5. Must you say "good morning" to
everyone in the street ? No .......
a. I needn't 9. He did not like .......... leaving the class
early
b. I mustn't
a. We
c. I can't
b. Us
d. I do not need
c. Our
e. I will have to
d. Ourselves
e. Our selves
6. Kumasi is in which of these countries
(a) Morocco
10. Nearest in meaning
(b) Senegal
His jail terms were to run concurrently
(c) Rwanda
(d) Niger
a. Simultaneously
(e) Ghana
b. uniformly
c. Laboriously
7. Who scored Nigeria's goals in 2010
world cup in South Africa d. Consecutively
(a)Obafemi Martins e. Judiciously
(b) Nwankwo Kanu
(c) John Obi Mikel 11. Only the small fry get punished for
such social misdemeanours
(d) Kalu Uche
a. Small boys
(e) Ikechuckwu Uche
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b. Unimportant people c. Order
c. Frightened people d. Ask
d. Frivolous people e. Compel
e. Inexperienced people
15. Opposite in Meaning
The government is making determined
efforts to eradicate illiteracy
12. The traffic situation in Lagos can lead
to disastrous consequences; a man lost a
very lucrative job because he was held up
a. Compulsory
by it
b. Unreliable
c. Innocent
a. Confused
d. Ineffective
b. Delayed
c. Annoyed
16. Opposite in meaning
d. Intrigued
Sola's car is badly damaged; he has to look
e. Obstructed
for an expert mechanic to fix it
13. The state government appointed a

a. Uneducated
commission of inquiring to go into the
community's complaints b. Amateurish
c. Awkward
a. Investigate d. Scientific
b. Search
c. Look for 17. Opposite in meaning
d. Account for The judge blamed the plaintiff for
misleading the court
e. Ascertain
a. Complainant
14. Granted you are my senior by one year,
you cannot ........ me around as if I were b. Accused
your servant
c. Defendant
d. Prosecution
a. Control
b. Dribble
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18. I look forward to ....... you next week 22. Adika ...... a message from the club
regularly
a. seen
a. Receives
b. seeing
b. Had received
c. be seeing
c. Receive
d. see
d. Has received
19. ........ told of his impending arrival l

worked hard to make his short stay very 23. The board has been having ....... series
comfortable of meetings lately.
a. Have being a. Some

b. Having been b. a
c. Have been c. a lot of
d. Having being d. Many
20. The villagers ......... to grow rice

24. ........ Lawyers enrolled at the Nigerian
Bar last year ....... this year
a. Used
b. Are used
a. As much/As
c. Were used
b. Very many/than
d. Use
c. More/ than
d. As many/ than
21. I have already ....... The picture on the
sitting room wall
a. hanged 25. I'm sorry I can't give you any of the

oranges. I have ....... Left
b. hunged
c. hang
a. Few
d. hung
b. Little
c. only a little
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d. A few a. Runny
b. Running
c. Watery
26. I can't offer you another loan, I have d. Flowing
....... Money left in my account.
a. A few
b. a little
30. I have the ....... of meeting him
c. Little
d. few
a. Previlege
b. Privilege
c. Priviledge
27. Do you think all ....... Not enough to
d. Previledge
help with the investigations ?
a. These informations are

31. All God's prophets were given the great
b. This informations is
..........
c. This information is
d. These informations are
a. Commision
b. Commition
c. Comission
28. The police came early enough to .....
d. Commission
bomb planted by the rioters
a. Diffuse
32. The attitude of my students to ...........
b. Insulate
Baffles me
c. Detonate
d. Defuse
a. Pronunciation
b. Pronounciation
c. Pronouceation
29. The visitor was very uncomfortable
d. pronounceation
because of his ........ nose
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33. Each of the houses ....... a new look 37. One of the girls who ....... Impregnated
....... died
a. Have got
a. Was / have
b. Have
b. Were / have
c. Has
c. Was / has
d. Were given
d. Were / has
34. Four weeks ...... enough for the police to

conclude their investigation
a. Were 38. My MOTHER served rice and fresh
fish stew for dinner
b. Is
a. What kind of meal did your mother serve
c. Are
for dinner ?
d. Has been
b. Did your mother serve rice and fresh
stew for lunch ?
c. What kind of stew did your mother serve
for dinner ?
35. The quality of your questions which
....... always attracted attention ........ never d. Who serve a rice and fish stew for dinner
been in doubt ?
a. Have / has
b. Have / have 39. Although he is in all respects a poor
student, he has managed to buy a tape
c. Has / has recorder to improve his ........ of French
d. Has / have
a. mastering
b. Ideas
36. The police claim that a number of stolen c. speaking
cars ....... Recovered
d. Thinking
e mastery
a. Have been
b. Has been
c. Has being
d. Have being
40. Invariably he ends all his letters ".......
amicably"
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a. You d. Shoot off
b. Your's e. Lift off
c. Yours'
d. Yours 44. The frightening explosion in the factory
....... whole wing
e. Your own
a. Washed out
b. rooted out
41. We should take care ........ the robbers
come back c. Wiped out
a. May be d. Flushed out
b. Should in case e. Cleared out
c. Perhaps
d. Probably 45. 2008 Olympic games was held in
e. In case (a)Ghana
(b)Greece
(c)Nigeria
42. The man no longer feared his opponent (d)France
after their spokesman had assured him that
(e)China
they were well disposed ....... him
46. A man buys recharge card for N500. He

a. To
sells it for N430. What is the percentage
b. Around loss?
c. About (a)7%
d. Towards (b)9%
e. For (c)14%
(d)20%
43. Our plane was scheduled to ....... at
10:00 hrs but it was delayed because of bad
47. President Barrack Obama is
weather
the.................. president of the United
a. Fly out States of America and first African-
American president of U.S.
b. Take off
(a)35th
c. Start out
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(b)44th a. College
(c)40th b. Chemical
(d)39th c. Chairman
d. Champagne
48. A place where two rivers meet is called
a ...............
(a) Joint
52. Three quarters of the people in the
(b) Junction village ...... killed, but only half of their huts
...... affected
(c) Confluence
(d) Delta
a. were/was
b. Were/were
c. Was/were
49. The Managing Director did not pay his
staff last month ..... ? d. Was/was
a. Didn't he
b. Had he not
c. Is not it 53. The sergeant spoke to me in a ........
manner
d. Did he
a. Coerce
e. Has he
b. Coarse
c. Course
50. If you would do me this favour, I ...... be
very grateful d. Casual
a. Will 54.I shall find time for my ...... when I get

....... with this difficult assignment
b. Shall
a. Past-time/over
c. Would
b. Pass-time/over
d. Should
c. Pastime/through
d. Passtime/ through
51. Rhymes
Chalet
55.Cairo is to Egypt as ……………….. is
to Senegal
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a) Bangul (e) donkey
b) Monrovia
c) Dakar 60.. ……………. is used for the measurem
ent of atmospheric pressure
d) Yaoundé
a)Thermometer
b) Barometer
56. Lusaka is a capital city of ……………
c) Hydrometer
a)Tunisia
d) Sphygmomanometer
b) Uganda
c) Zambia
d) Zimbabwe
61.One of the following is used in measuri
ng wind speed
a)Wind speed
57. b) Barometer
Which mountain is the tallest in the world
c) Thermometer
a) Everest
d) Anemometer
b) Kilimanjaro
c) Elbrus
62. Patience, Abdul Rahman and Tola
d) Blanc received three hundred and ninety-six naira
to share in the ratio of 5:4:3 respectively,
how much did Patience receive ?
58.What is the full meaning of ATM? a) N132
b) N198
a)Automatic teller machine
c) N99
b)Authentic teller machine
d) N165
c)Argument teller machine
d)Automated teller machine
63. If 125 men can do a piece of work in
120 days, how many men would be
59. The young of a horse is called sufficient to do the same work in 109 days
(a) foal a) 115 men
(b) ewe b) 96 men
(c) herd c) 180 men
(d) Stallion d) 150 men
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a) 20
64. Shade went out with some money. She b) 30
spent 5/10 of it and had #2.40 remaining.
c) 40
How much did she have before going out ?
d) 7
a) #4.80
b) #2.60
69. Five years ago, Ade was 8 years old.
c) #6.00
How old will Ade be in Ten years time ?
d) #15.60
a) 18
b) 13
65. Increase #3,400 by 13% ?
c) 23
a) #442
d) 28
b) #3,842
c) #3,413
70.
d) #3,952 Which of the following fraction is the smal
lest?
a) 1/2
66. I have 25 Oranges. I gave 10 to Ade and
5 to Bola. What fraction do I have b) 1/3
remaining ?
c) 1/6
a) 3/5
d) 1/5
b) 2/5
c) 4/5
71. If you don’t want to ....... your car to
d) 1/5 robbers, then don’t travel in the night
a. Loose
67. How many times is 0.04 contained in b. Lose
44 ?
c. Lose
a) 1.76
d. Lost
b) 110
c) 1100
72. When the driver lost control of his
d) 11 vehicle, the pedestrians began to run for
a. their dear lives
68. Divide 22 by half and deduct 4. What b. their dear life
do you have ?
c. dear lives
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d. dear life b. Follow
c. Escort
73. My uncle is one of the ........ of the d. Join
society
a. Elitists
78. The man declared his intention from the
b. Elites ........
c. Elite a. Onset
d. Elitist b. Inset
c. Outset
74. Atuk without giving any hint as to what d. Offset
he intended to do, went and ....... himself
a. Hung
79. Audi fought with his ....... brother
b. Hang
a. Senior
c. Hanged
b. Older
d. Hunged
c. Elder
d. Bigger
75. Although the manager is busy right
now, he will be with you ......
80. The loquacious young lad reeled off all
a. Immediately
the names of the players .....
b. Soon
a. Off head
c. Without delay
b. At hand
d. Right away
c. At heart
d. Off hand
76. She usually works hard but ....... she
could be lazy
a. At times
b. Atimes
c. Attimes
SOLUTIONS TO POST UTME 2012
d. At time
1.C
Explanation: A positive statement will give
77. I would like to ...... my father to Kaduna
a negative question tag and vice versa.
a. Accompany
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Small fry as an idiom refers to Unimportant
people.
2. D
Explanation: The subject is after nor which
is“ his parents “ being plural in nature will 12. B
attract attend not attends (singular verb)
Explanation:
3. A
Delayed is correct here.
Explanation: A breakthrough is
synonymous with an outstanding success
13. A
4. C
Explanation:
5. A
The phrasal verb “to go into” means to
investigate.
6. E
Explanation:
14. C
Kumasi is in Ghana
Explanation:
You only “order” people around.
7. D
Explanation:
15. D
Kalu Uche was the goals scorer
Explanation:
Ineffective is the proper antonym here.
8. D
9. C
16. B
Explanation:
“Our” (action of) not “Us” (action of)
17. C
leaving the class.
Explanation:
The opposite of plaintiff is Defendant.
10. A
Explanation:
18. B
Simultaneously is synonymous to
Concurrently. Explanation:
Note: With a view to, accustomed to, look
forward to etc. are accompanied by an -ing
11. B
verb.
Explanation:
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19. B Few is correct as it is used for countable
nouns like Oranges and also shows or
Explanation:
indicates not enough.
Having been is the correct option here
26. C
20. A
Explanation:
Explanation:
Since money is an uncountable noun, only
This means there was a time they were in little (inadequate) can be used here.
the habit of growing rice. Used to would
have been correct only if it is followed by
growing indicating continuous activity. 27. C
Explanation:
21. D Information must not take an “s” and since
it is an uncountable noun only a singular
Explanation:
determinant “This” and singular verb “is”
When it involves non human, hung is used. can accompany it.
Note: hung can only apply to parts of the
body suspended in a position that does not
connote killing. 28. D
Explanation:
22. A Defuse means make not to explode and is
apt in this situation.
Explanation:
Receives as a present tense like all other
present tenses can be used for an habitual 29. A
action.
Explanation:
Runny is the right term for nasal discharges.
23. B
30. B
24. C
Explanation:
Explanation:
Privilege has no “d”
More and than can only be the answer here
since we are comparing a countable noun.
31. D
Explanation:
25. A
Commission has two “m” and two “s”.
Explanation:
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32. A 39. E
Explanation: Explanation:
Pronunciation without an “o” between the Mastery is the correct answer here not
two “Ns” is the correct spelling for mastering.
pronunciation.
40. D
33. C
Explanation:
Explanation:
Yours without an apostrophe is correct.
Each is accompanied by a singular verb,
hence “has” is correct.
41. E
Explanation:
34. B
Either “ In case” or “ Should “ should be
Explanation:
used exclusively not together.
Is employed for a stretch of time taken for
an activity to be completed.
42. D
Explanation:
35. A
Disposed towards is the right answer here.
Explanation:
Questions which “have”, Quality
(uncountable noun) “has” 43. B
Explanation:
36. A A plane take off or touched down. Meaning
to ascend and descend respectively.
Explanation:
44.
A number of is usually followed by a plural
verb. Have been is correct in this instance.
45. E
37. D Explanation:
Explanation: It was held in Beijing, China.
The girls who “were”, but one of them
“has” died.
46. C
Explanation:
38. D
100% --- 500
84
X ---- 430
X= (430 × 100)/500 52. B
X = 86 Explanation:
Therefore = 100 – 86 = 14% Both of the subjects are plural hence
were/were is correct.
47. B
53. D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the
U.S.A Casual is more apt with manner, whereas
coarse has to do with voice. Coerce on the
other hands means to force.
48. C
Explanation:
54. C
The answer here is Confluence and Lokoja
Explanation:
is Kogi State in North Central Nigeria is the
most notable example of a confluence town Pastime with a single “s” and “t” refers to
in this part of the world. leisure period.
55.
49. D 56.
Explanation: 57. A
Did he is correct because the statement “did Explanation:
not” shows negativity which can only be
Mount Everest is the world tallest
followed by a positive tag.
mountain.
50. D
58. D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Should is more polite and should be
The full meaning of ATM is Automated
preferred to would. The other two options
Teller Machine. Hence the expression
are in present tense and picking them would
“ATM machine” is actually tautological as
render the verb sequence unbalanced.
the machine is already in the acronym
ATM.
51. D
Explanation: 59.
Champagne rhymes with Chalet, with both
having the “Sh” consonant.
60. B
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Explanation: X = (3400 * 113)/100
Barometer is used for the measure of = #3,842
atmospheric pressure.
66. B
61. D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Total initial oranges = 25
Anemometer is used for the measurement
No given to Ade = 10
of wind speed whereas wind vane measures
direction of wind. No given to Bola = 5
62. D No left = Total - Ade's - Bola's

Explanation: Number left = 25 – 10 – 5
Patience : Abdul : Tola Number left = 10 Oranges
5:4:3
For Patience’s share; Therefore the fraction is 10/25
=5/(5 + 4 + 3) × 396 Which is further simplified to 2/5
=(5/12) × 396
= #165 67. C
Explanation:
63. By simply dividing 44 by 0.04 we will get
the number of 0.04 in 44.
= 44/0.04
=1100
64. A
Explanation:
68. C
(1 – 5/10) × X= 2.40
Explanation
(5/10)X = 2.40
= 22 ÷ (1/2) – 4
X= 2.40 × 10/5
= 22 × (2/1) – 4
X = #4.80
= (22 × 2) – 4
= 44 – 4
65. B
= 40
Explanation:
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69. C 73. C
Let A represent the present age of Ade 74. C
A–5=8 75. B
A=8+5 76. A
A = 13 77. A
78. C
In ten years time; 79. C
A (10) = 13 + 10 80. D
A (10) = 23 years
Note A(10) represents Ade in 10 years'

time.
1. I cannot ----------------- any noise --------
70. C -----
Explanation: a) Hare/here
The fastest way to get this without b) Ear/Hair
calculator is by finding the L.C.F. of the
c) Hear/here
denominators
d) Hear/hear
1/2, 1/6, 1/3, 1/5
L.C.F. = 30
2. What does one good turn deserve?
Then multiply each of them by the 30
a) Other
1/2 × 30 = 15
b) Another
1/6 × 30 = 5
c) Each other
1/3 × 30 = 10
d) One another
1/5 × 30 = 6
3. What will a rolling stone never gather?

From the above we can deduce that 1/6
which is option C is the smallest with 1/2 a) Rose
being the largest.
b) Mass
c) Moss
71. B
d) Boss
72. D
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4. What is the mother of invention? e) slide
a) Difficulty
b) Necessary 9. Who catches the worm?
c) Necessity a) Early bird
d) Necessitate b) Late Bird
c) Early rise
5. What should you make while the sun e) Eagle
shine?
a) Gay
10. The Apex Bank in Nigeria is
b) Say __________
c) Day a) Zenith Bank
d) Hay b) First Bank
e) Ray c) Intercontinental Bank
d) Central Bank.
6. What should you do before you leap?
a) Listen 11. The highest rank of an officer in the
Nigerian Navy is __________
b) Hear
a) Commodore
c) Think
b) Commander
d) Look
c) General
d) Admiral
7. It takes a ....... catch a thief. Complete
this idiom.
a) Gun 12. AU stands for ______
b) Police a) American Union
c) Soldier b) Africa United
d) Thief c)African Union
d) African Unionism.
8. What should you let sleeping dogs do?
a) Lay 13. Which of these enzymes is
responsible for the digestion of fat?
b) Sleep
a) Lipase
c) Lie
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b) Pepsin d) #53.00
c) Amylase
d) Cellulase 18. Shade went out with some money. She
spent 5/10 of it and had #2.40 remaining.
e) Xylanase
How much did she have before going out?
14. The marked price of a book is #180.00.

a) #4.80
What will be the cash price if a discount of
6% is allowed? b) #2.60
a) #210.80 c) #6.00
b) #30.60 d) #15.60
c) #169.20
d) #190.80 19. Add together the nine smallest numbers
from 1 to 19
15. Reduce 216/324 to its lowest terms.

a) 30
a)1/9
b) 55
b)2/3
c) 42
c) 3/4
d) 45
d)4/5
20. How many seedlings must be planted to

16. A ship sails 400km in 18hours. How
obtain 60 trees if only 20% of the seedlings
many days will it take to cover 1600km at
survive?
the same rate?
a)3 days
a) 150
b) 4 days
b) 125
c) 6 days
c) 300
d) 8 days
d) 250
17. By selling an article for #47.00, a man

lost 6%. How much did he pay for it? 21. If your father has two wives, the
daughter of the other wife is your ______
a) #25
a) Sister
b) #5.00
b) Half sister
c) #50.00
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c) Cousin c) 164
d) Step sister d) 200
22. Dog, cat, goat and _____________ are 26. The cost of electricity is 15K per unit.
examples of mammals. How many units did a man consume if he
paid #42.55K
a) 283.67
a) Snake
b) 2.837
b) Lizard
c) 482.67
c) chicken
d) 48.27
d) Whale
27. Whose picture is shown on 100 naira

23. Amaka scored 60% in a test that had 50
note?
questions. How many questions did she get
correct? a)Tafawa Balewa
a) 25 b)Obafemi Awolowo
b) 30 c)Nnamdi Azikiwe
c) 35 d)Herbert Macaulay
d) 40
28. The first woman to drive a car in Nigeria
is --------------------------------
24. In what ratio will 56 oranges be shared
between Femi and Dayo such that Femi gets a)Mrs. Dora Akunyili
16 and Dayo gets 40?
b) Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
c) Mrs. Elam Adebayo
a) 1:2
d) Mrs. Juliana Coker
b) 1:5
c) 2:5
29. The Nigeria female football Team is
d) 3:5 called ---------------------
a)Flying eagles
25. A farmer has 120 birds. If he has b) Super falcons
increase of 20% how many birds has he?
c) Golden eagles
a) 124
d) Oladimeji queen
b) 144
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30. Whose picture is shown on the five c) stomach
naira note?
d) gullet
a) Sir Tafawa Balewa
b) Chief Anthony Enahoro
35. The missionary that stopped the killing
c) Sir Arthur Richards of twins in Nigeria is
d) Sir Ahmadu Bello a) Mungo Pack
b)Mary Slessor
31. The male part of a flower is called------ c)Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
--------------------------
d)Queen Elizabeth
a) pistil
b) corolla
c) stigma
d) stamen
36. Regarding admission into Unilorin, I
resign myself to fate.
32. The ----------------- is referred to as the a) I am prepared for whatever happens
pumping station of an animal.
b) I am prepared to consult fortune teller
a) brain
c) I am prepared to contest the outcome
b) lung
d) I am prepared to resign my right of being
c) heart admitted.
d) kidney
37. Choose the correct interpretation
33. The bone of the brain is covered by the- The problem with fatal is that he has a
----------------------- finger in every pie. This means that...
a) patella
b) skull a) Fatai loves eating all kind of pies
c) tibia b) Fatai is involve in too many activities
d) scapular c) Fatai steal things
d) Fatai likes making pies
34. Digestion of food starts from the -------
----------------------
38. Peter's mother has kicked the bucket.
a) mouth This means that...
b) anus A. Peter grandmother is dead
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B. Peter's grandmother is strong a) The governor is rejecting a second term
C. Peter grandmother is in the hospital b) The governor is indirectly asking for a
second term
c) The governor is being asked to run a
39. I had a night out with Dickson.
second term by his party against his will
a) Dickson and I spent the night with
d) The governor is being very serious with
reading
his second term aspiration
b) Dickson and I had an evening of fun and
enjoyment
c) Dickson and I quarrelled all night
43. Moses has been booted out of his job
d) Dickson and I went out when it was night
by his employer
a) Moses has been promoted by his
employer
b) Moses has been commended by his
employer
40. I am going for a work out this evening
c) Moses has been sacked by his employer
a) I am planning to Steal this evening
d) Moses has be kicked by his employer
b) I am going to visit a friend this evening
c) I'm going for physical exercise this
evening
d) I am going to my work this evening 44. He has been inundated with work.
(nearest in meaning)
a) Overwhelmed
b) Unhappy with
41. Michael took the English language
exam for granted c) Interested in
a) He assumed the exam would be easy d) excited
b) He did not worry about the out of the

exam
c) He expected the exam would be difficult
45.The vice chancellor has approved a new
d) He worked hard for the exam allowance an incentive for the all lectures
a) An advance
b) A package
42. I can say that our governor is angling
for a second from his party c) An encouragement
d) A reward
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46. Although the speech was impromptu, 50. What happened last week at the meeting
it was very well received (nearest in vindicate my earlier position (nearest in
meaning) meaning)
a) Prepared a) Disagreed with
b) Advertised b) Proved
c) Read out c) Dismissed
d) Not prepared for d) Voided
47. My appeal to the lecturer for help was 51. Let me tell you, David is one student
futile (nearest in meaning) with an impeccable character. (nearest in
meaning)
a) Successful
a) Faultless
b) Accepted
b) Bad
c) Without success
c) Interesting
d) Realistic
d) Deviant
48. Tonia was accused of immodest

dressing
a) Loud 52. The president visit the town with a view
to...... things for himself.
b) Poor
a) see
c) Indecent
b) been
d) Costly
c) seeing
d) having seen
49. While preparing for the post jamb
aptitude test, Felix read through pages 35
to 78 and 102 to 127 of an English text
53. Hide and Kemi quarrelled last week and
book. How many pages did he read
haven't .......... yet.
altogether?
a) Made it out
a) 58
b) Made up
b) 70
c) Made out
c) 68
d) Made it up
d) 64
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b) saves nine
c) saves all
54. It was .......... on the evening news. d) revive nine
a) Broadcasted
b) Being broadcasted 59. John talks as if he ......... everything
c) Been broadcast a) knew
d) Broadcast b) known
c) knows
55. Patience told the congregation that she d) know
married a doting man. (Opposite in
meaning)
60.
a) A loving
a) acomodation
b) A funny
b) accommodation
c) Uncaring man
c) acommodation
d) Nagging
d) accomodation
56. He was very discreet about the number

of university entrance examinations he has 61. If the ratio of girls to boys in a class is
written (Opposite in meaning) 5:3 which of these can not be the number of
students in the class
a) Secretive
a) 32
b) Open
b) 40
c) Sure
c) 48
d) Uncertainty
d) 36
57.
62. Who gave Nigeria her name and after
a) harasment
what was Nigeria named
b) harrasment
a) Flora Michael and Niger Area
c) harassment
b) Lady Flora and Area of Niger
d) harrasssment
c) Florence Shaw and Niger Era
d) Flora Shaw and Niger Area
58. A stitch in time .........
a) revive all
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63. d) Lackadaisical
a) Quarrelling
b) Quarelling 68. The head of the Senate chamber of the
National Assembly is;
c) Quarreling
a) Secretary to the government
d) Quareling
b) Speaker
c) Chief whip
64. The wicked boy threw a stone at the bird
smashing ....... two legs. d) president
a) is
b) it's 69. After Jerry had made the bed he ...... on
it
c) it
a) layed
d) its
b) lied
c) lay
65. Which number comes next in the series
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...... d) laid
a) 26
b) 21 70. Who is the first Senate president in
Nigeria
c) 19
a) Adolphus Wabara
d) 32
b) Ken Nnamani
c) Nwafor Orizu
66. Ten litres of water ....... to be consumed
daily. d) Anyim Pius Anyim
a) are e) Nnamdi Azikiwe
b) is
c) may 71. What structure in the fish serves the
d) should same purpose as the lungs in
human being?
a) Scales
67.
b) Lateral line
a) Lackadasical
b) Lackaidasical c) Fins
c) Lackaidaisical d) Gills
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75. Which part of the egg of a chicken
develops into the young ones?
72. One of the major problems faced by
the men who travel into space is ----- a) Yolk
a) Hunger b) Yellow matter
b) Lack of water c) White matter
c) Extreme cold d) Air space
d) Lack of weight
76. Animals that give birth to their young

ones alive are called------
73. What is the name of the white part of a
boiled egg? a) Birds
a) Yolk b) Reptiles
b) Abdomen c) Amphibians
c) Albumen d) Mammals
d) Egg white
77. What term is given to the changes

insects undergo in their life history?
74. The period in which the hen lies on its
eggs until it aches is known as....... period a) Recuperation
a) Hibernation b) Rousting
b) Incubation c) Metamorphosis
c) Breeding d) None of the above
d) Rousting
78. What is the major product of the

process of respiration in living things?
75. How long does the chicken lie on its
eggs before it aches? a) Carbohydrate
a) 10 days b) Protein
b) 12 days c) Energy
c) 30 days d) Carbon dioxide
d) 21 days
79. Which of the following is a cereal?
a) Maize
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b) Cocoa 13. A
c) Coffee
d) Tea 14. C
Explanations
Discount of 6% of 180
80. An organism that lives on a living
organism and eventually causes = 6/100 × 180
harm to it is called......
= 10.8
a) Herbivore Therefore 180 – 10.8
b) Carnivore = #169.20
c) Parasite
d) Pest 15. B
Explanation:
216/324
Divide both the numerator and denominator
by the smallest number possible that will
give a whole number answer
So we divide by 2
(216 ÷ 2)/(324 ÷ 2) = (108)/(162)
SOLUTIONS TO 2013 POST UTME We can still divide by 2
QUESTIONS
(108 ÷ 2)/(162 ÷ 2) = (54)/(81)
1.C
2 can’t go here, so we switch to 3
2. B
(54 ÷ 3)/(81 ÷ 3) = (18)/(27)
3. C
We can still divide by 3 but 9 would take us
4. C to the lowest terms so we use 9
5. D (18 ÷ 9)/(27 ÷ 9) = 2/3
6. D
7. D 16. A
8. C Explanation
9. A Km ---------- hours
10. D Therefore
11. D 400 km -------- 18 hours
12. C
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1600 km ------- X hours d = common difference
Cross multiply
400 X = 18 × 1600 S = (9/2) × ( 2 × 1 + ( 9 – 1) × 1)
X = (18 × 1600)/ 400 S = 4.5 ( 2 + 8)
X = 72 hours S = 4.5 (10)
Note 24 hours make 1 day therefore S = 45
72/24 = 3 days
20. C
17. C Explanation
Explanation 20/100 × Y = 60
47 ---------- 94% Therefore
Y ----------- 100% 20Y = 60 × 100
Y = (60 × 100)/(20)
Y = (100 × 47)/ 97 Y = 300
Y = #50
21. B
18. A Explanation
Explanation When it has to do with siblings (brothers
and sisters) half is apt for a non biological
5/10 is the same as 1/2
spouse of your biological parent step is used
1 – 1/2 = 1/2 instead.
1/2 × X = 2.4
X = 2.4 × 2 22. D
X = 4.8 Explanation
Whale is a mammal though it is found in the
sea alongside other Pisces (fishes).
19. D
Explanation
23. B
Sum of Arithmetic progression
Explanation
S = (n/2) × (2a + (n – 1) d)
X/50 × 100 = 60
n = nth term
Therefore
a = 1st term
X = (60 × 50)/100
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X=6×5 15K ------ 1
X = 30 4255K ------ X ?
24. C 15X = 4255

Explanation X= 4255/15
16 : 24 X = 283.67 unit
Divide through by 2
8 : 20 27. B
4: 10 Explanation
2:5 Please commit this to memory
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is on
N5 note
25. A
Dr. Alvan Ikoku on N10 note
Explanation
Gen. Murtala Muhammed on N20 note
120 --------- 100%
Chief Obafemi Awolowo on N100 note
Y ---------- 120%
Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello on N200 note
Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe on N500 note
Y = (120 × 120)/(100)
Alhaji Aliyu Mai Bornu and Dr. Clement
Y = 144
Isong are on N1000 note.
26. A
28. B
Explanation
29. B
Remember 100 kobo makes one naira
30. A
15 kobo ------ 1 unit
31. D
42.55k -------- X ?
Explanation
Stamen comprises anther and filament and
Converting #42.55k to Naira is regarded as the male part of the flower.
Pistil is for female.
42.55 × 100
= 4255k
32. C
33. B
Therefore
34. A
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Explanation n = 44 (first stretch of pages read)
The first site of digest is the mouth where
ptyalin (a salivary enzyme) acts on cooked
L = a + (n – 1) d
starch.
127 = 102 + (n – 1) 1
35. B
127 – 102 + 1 = n
Explanation
n = 26 (second stretch of pages read)
Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twins in
Calabar.
Total pages = 1st stretch + second stretch

36. A T = 44 + 26
37. B T = 70
38. A
39. B 50. B
40. C 51. A
41. A 52. C
42. B Explanation
43. C With a view to, accustomed to, admitted to
etc. Are all accompanied by an -ing verb.
Explanation
(Try finding out others that follow this rule)
“Booted out” has nothing to do with a boot.
It means sacked and its equivalent.
53. B
Explanation
44. A
Made up used here means to settle
45. C
differences or a quarrel (Note: that the time
46. D here is passed hence “made” not “make”)
47. C
48. C 54. D
49. B Explanation
Explanation Broadcast has no other form. It remains
broadcast in its past tense, present tense and
L = a + ( n – 1) d
past participle. Other examples following
78 = 35 + (n – 1) 1 this rule are cast, cut, hit etc.
78 – 35 = n – 1 55. C
78 – 35 + 1 = n 56. B
100
Explanation =48/8
To be discreet (which is different from =6
discrete meaning separate or distinct)
Same like the rest, not the answer
means careful, wary, close-lipped and its
closes nearest in meaning the given = 36/8
question is open.
=4.5
This is our answer as it couldn’t have been
57. C the total number of students represented by
the ratio 5:3
Explanation
It is spelt HARASSMENT with one “R”
and two “S” 62. D
63. A
58. B Explanation
59. C It is spelt QUARRELLING with double
“R” and double “L” whereas QUARREL
60. B
has double “R” and a single “L”.
Explanation
It is spelt ACCOMMODATION with
64. D
double “C” and double “M”.
Explanation
Its is a possessive pronoun whereas it’s is
61. D
simply it is or it has depending on what
Explanation follows it. So since we are talking about a
possession of the bird, its is appropriate.
5:3 = 8
65. B
We are going to divide through by 8, as we
are dealing with humans we should have Explanation
whole numbers for it to be the possible total
Taking a careful look at the series we will
number of students as we can’t have
find the added numbers being greater by
fractioned students
one of the previously added number.
= 32/ 8
So,
=4
0+1=1
So the above is possible and hence not our
1+2=3
answer
3+3=6
=40/8
6 + 4 = 10
=5
10 + 5 = 15
This isn’t our answer too
15 + 6 = 21 which is our answer
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So what will be our next if the series had
continue ? No, Not 26 but 28 as we will be
adding 7.
66. B
67. D
Explanation
It is spelt LACKADAISICAL that is LACK
– ADA – ISICAL (Note: this is not
separation based on syllabic pattern but for
easy recall) 1.How many years did Nelson Mandela
spend as a political prisoner ?
68. D
a) 37
Explanation
b) 11
The Senate president is the head of the
upper legislative chamber (Senate) whereas c) 27
the speaker is the head of the lower d) 7
legislative chamber (House of
nd
Representatives). The Senate is the 2 in
line of succession to the President just 2. Who is the only African to win the world
behind the Vice president and above the best footballer of the year award ?
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
a) Samuel Eto'o
b) Didier Drogba
69. C
c) George Best
70. E
d) Abedi Pele
71. D
72. D
3. Africa’s first female president is ?
73. C
a) Sirleaf Ellen Johnson
74. B
b) Mrs Winnie Mandela
75. D
c) Mrs Ellen Borland
76. D
d) Mrs Rockland Mpholulu
77. C
4.
78. D
a) Etiquette
79. A
b) Etiqquete
80. C
c) Etiquete
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d) Ettiquete b) Trammelled
c) Trammeled
5. d) Trameled
a) Hemorrhage
b) Haemorhage 10.
c) Hemorrhage a) incesant
d) Haemorrhage b) inccesant
c) incessant
6. How many geopolitical zones has d) inccessant
Nigeria ?
a) 5
11. Benue state is known as the ........ of the
b) 4 nation
c) 3 a) Sunshine
d) 6 b) food basket
c) coal state
7. There are 20 houses in a community, 2 d) harmony
houses were being sold. How many do we
have left?
12. The first man to win a Nobel laureate
a) 18
price for literature in west Africa is ?
b) 20
a) Chinua Achebe
c) 16
b) Chike Obi
d) 17
c) Wole Soyinka
d) Chukwu Emeka
8. Our progress was ...... by the bad weather.
a) blocked
13. A lawyer is also referred to as a ....... ?
b) posted
a) Legal expert
c) altered
b) Judge
d) hampered
c) Plaintiff
d) Legal practitioner
9.
a) Tramelled
14. The criminal is a son of no ........
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a) Pedegree d) Taiwo Akinkumi, 1959, London,
Student.
b) Pedigree
c) Trace
19. Peter's ....... a cold upsets our plan.
d) Naughty woman
a) catches
b) caught
15. /i:/ (Rhymes)
c) catching
a) leak
d) catch
b) sickie
c) side
20. How many colours has Nigeria’s flag
d) lick
a) 3
b) 1
16. /u:/ (Rhymes)
c) 4
a) book
d) 2
b) look
c) table
21. Birds of ...... flocks together.
d) school
a) some feathers
b) the same feathers
17. Aminat as well as her sisters ........
coming now c) a feather
a) are d) like feathers
b) were
c) was 22. Arrange these in ascending order 1/2 ,
2/3, 3/4 and 4/5
d) is
a) 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5
b) 2/3, 1/2, 4/5, 3/4
18. Who designed Nigeria’s flag, what year,
where was he and what was he doing at that c) 4/5, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2
point in time ?
d) 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 1/2
a) Ibrahim Taiwo, 1960, USA, Artist.
b) Taiwo Hassan, 1958, Germany, Lecturer.
23. The city which was once called the
c) Ibrahim Hassan, 1959, Australia, “forbidden city” is in ?
Designer.
a) Tokyo, Japan
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b) Berlin, Germany 28. Only observers from the ministry of
works ..... allowed into the conference room
c) Peking, China
a) is
d) Calabar, Nigeria.
b) are
c) have
24. Abuja officially became Nigeria's
capital on ..... ? d) has
a) 1st January 1992
b) 5th May 1991 29. Each of the candidates that came late
........ to complete .......
c) 1st October 1992
a) have/this form
d) 12th December 1991
b) are having/these forms
c) has/this form
25. I ran ...... an old friend of mine on broad
street and brought him home. d) have/these forms
a) into
b) to 30. The board has been having ........ series
of meetings lately.
c) over
a) a
d) across
b) some
c) a lot of
26. He ....... arrived by now I can hear all
the people shouting. d) many
a) would have arrived
b) must have arrived 31. The patient is suffering ........
c) has arrived a) Reumatism
d) should have arrived b) Rheumantism
c) Rhuematism
27. Sibi ....... novels since she came home d) Rheumatism
a) is reading
b) has read 32. The attitude of my students to .........
baffles me
c) had been reading
a) Pronunciation
d) has been reading
b) Pronounciation
c) Prononciation
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d) Pronuonciation a) pseudo
b) paper
33. By the time the plane reaches Harare, it c) pneumonia
...... in the air for twelve hours
d) fan
a) has been
b) should be
38. The woman refused to testify ....... her
c) would have been husband.
d) would be a) in
b) at
34. Those ...... are very beautiful c) from
a) flowers of her d) against
b) flowers of her's
c) our flowers 39. The guard spent all night pacing .........
d) flowers of ours a) from and to
b) fro and to
35. My mother bought a BICYCLE c) to and from
yesterday.
d) to and fro
a) what did my mother buy yesterday ?
b) whose mother bought a bicycle yesterday
40. He went to the restaurant to enjoy the
?
special .......
c) did my mother steal a bicycle yesterday
a) suite
?
b) a la carte
d) when did my mother buy a bicycle ?
c) chef
d) cuisine
36. Musa is STAYING in Enugu
a) Is Musa staying on the outskirts of Enugu
? 41. motivation
b) Is Audi staying in Enugu ? a) moTIvation
c) Was Musa staying in Enugu ? b) motiVation
d) Is Musa passing through Enugu ? c) MOtivation
d) motivaTION
37. epitaph (same consonant sound)
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42. certification 47. The philanthropist devoted himself ......
the poor
a) cerificaTION
a) by helping
b) certifiCAtion
b) in helping
c) cerTIficafion
c) to helping
d) certiFIcation
d) at helping
43. programmatic
48. Umar: I have never visited the dentist
a) PROgrammatic
Aliyu: ....
b) prograMAtic
a)neither I
c) programmatiC
b) neither myself
d) proGRAMmatic
c) neither have I
d) I also never
44. Oboro will always ...... his friends
a) stand up for
49. Emeka's painting was so realistic that it
b) stand down for
could almost have been a photograph
c) stand across for (nearest in meaning)
d) stand beside for a) picturesque

b) concrete
45. Yours is to command, ...... is to obey. c) lively
a) their's d) authentic
b) theirs'
c) theirs 50. Courteously, Ade stood back to let his
teacher go first through the door.
d) their (Synonyms)
a) patiently
46. Local government are authorised to pass b) politely
.....
c) carefully
a) byes'-laws
d) calmly
b) bye-laws
c) bye-law
51. A nursery rhyme is used to teach pupils
d) bye's-law
how to spell the word ......
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a) hipopotamus a) Catarrrh
b) hippoppotemus b) Catar
c) hippopotamus c) Catarr
d) hippoppotemus d) Catarrh
52. jurisprudence 57. My father has been away on a journey

but my mother says she
a) JUrisprudence
......... he ........ this Friday.
b) juRISprudence
a)expects/would
c) jurisPRUdence
b) expected/will arrive
d) jurispruDENCE
c) expects/will arrive
d) expected/would arrive
53. suburbanite
a) SUburbanite
58. Kola was fined; ....... thieves were given
b) suBURbanite
a jail sentence.
c) suburBAnite
a) rest
d) suburbaNITE
b) the rest of the
c) the rest
54. The EAGLES won the match
d) rest of the
a) Did the eagles lose the match ?
b) who won the match ?
59. Do you mind ...... another hour or two ?
c) what did the eagle win ?
a) wait
d) Did the eagles win the match ?
b) waiting
c) to have waited
55. Right spellings
d) to wait
a) comittee
b) commitee
60. Round off 1.56 to 1 decimal place
c) comittee
a) 1.6
d) committee
b) 1.56
c) 0.56
56. Right spelling
d) 1.5
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65. A reflection in a mirror is called ------
61. Simplify 7+y = 20. Find y a) Darkness
a) 18 b)Image
b) 27 c) Shadow
c) 13 d) Colour
d) 14
66. On a map, two metres represent fifteen

kilometres. What length on the map would
62. Simplify 10 + p = 30. Find p represent a distance of ninety kilometers?
a) 30 a) 675 metres
b) 10 b) 337.5 metres
c) 20 c)12 metres
d) 40 d) 9 metres
67. If N1200 is divided between boys A, B

and C at a ratio of 5:2:1 respectively, what
63. What is the total charge for a distance is the share of boy B?
of 4km if a taxi charges 50k per
kilometer. A N600
a)N 5.00 B N750
b) N 2.00 C N300
D N150
c)N 9.00
E N400
d) N 4.00
64. Scientists who study the weather are 68. Dotun, Ayo, Stephen and Olu were
called......... given 10, 18, 24 and 8 oranges
respectively. What percentage of the total
a) Geographers
oranges was given to Stephen?
b) Archaeologist A 40
c) Astrologers B 18
d) Meteorologist C 25
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E 30 A. Stardom
B. Galaxy
69. What is the speed of a car that travelled C. Astronomy

840km in 7 hours?
D. Meteorology
A 7km/hr
B 120km/hr
C 940km/hr 73. How long does a train take to cover the
D 110km/hr journey if it starts at 6.10a.m. and ends at
3.55p.m. the same day?
E 130km/hr
A. 10hrs 35mins
B. 9hrs. 45mins
70. The judge ........... her to two years
imprisonment C. 9hrs 30mins
a) pronounced D. 10hrs 45mins
b) commended
c) condemned 74. A clock gains 20 seconds every hour. It

shows the correct time at 6 a.m. What time
d) tried will it show at 3p.m.?
e) sentenced A. 3.03p.m.
B. 3.06p.m.
71.Scurvy is a disease caused by lack of C. 2.57p.m.
which vitamins? D. 3.13p.m.
A. A
75. Find the number of days from 12th June
B. B noon to 12th September noon.
C. C A. 90days
B. 92days
D. E
C. 61days
D. 62days
72. Collection of stars is called --------------

-------------
110
76. A plane leaves town B at 09.50 hours C. 7.50
and arrives town C at 19.40hours. If the
time at C is one hour ahead of time B how D. 0075
long does the flight take?
A.8hrs 45mins
B. 8hrs 50mins 80. A teacher earns #15,000 a month. He

spends #9000 and saves the remaining
C. 7hrs 55mins amount. What is the ratio of his savings to
the amount he spends?
D. 7hrs 45mins
A. 3:2
B. 2:3
77. Find the HCF of 36 and 60
C. 3:5
A. 3
D. 5:3
B. 6
C. 12
D. 36

1.C
2. C
78. Reduce to its lowest term.
3. A
4. A
A.
Explanation
It is spelt ETIQUETTE with
B.
1 T, 1 Q and 2 Ts
5. D
C.
Explanation
It is spelt HAEMORRHAGE
D.
Note: Americans spell it “HEM” but you
are going to be tested on British English.
6. D
79. Express in a decimal form.
7. B
A. 0.075
Explanation
B. 0.75
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This question is based on logic. A house is 17. D
stationary (immobile) that after purchasing
Explanation
it the new owners move into it. Hence the
number of houses in a street still remain the The noun or pronouns after as well as is not
same. taken into consideration.
8. D
9. B 18. D
Explanation 19. C
It is spelt TRAMMELLED with 2 Ms and 20. D
2 Ls
21. C
22. A
10. C
Explanation
Explanation
Hint: Get the lowest common factor of the
INCESSANT has a single C and double S denominators then multiply with each
fraction. To know the order of arrangement.
11. B
12. C
23. C
Explanation
24. D
Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel prize
for Literature in the year 1986 25. A
13. D Explanation
14. A When you run into someone you meet such
an individual without planning to.
Explanation
26. B
PEDIGREE not pedegree take note of the
“DIG” 27. D
28. B
15. A Explanation
Explanation Hint: Observers is the subject here.
Leak is transcribed /li:k/ 29. C
Explanation
16. D Each of is followed by a plural noun or
pronoun then a singular verb.
Explanation
30. A
School is transcribed /Sku:l/
31. D
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Explanation 46. B
RHEUMATISM there’s no other way of 47. C
spelling this.
Explanation
32. A
Devoted to... Is accompanied by an -ing
Explanation verb
PRONUNCIATION there's no other way of 48. C
spelling it. Take note of the NUN not
49. A
NOUN
50. B
33. C
51. C
34. D
Explanation
35. A
Hint: the trick is to actually sing the rhyme
36. D
(not loudly at the CBT hall please), in case
37. D you have forgotten here it goes.
38. D ¶ HIP for the hip ¶
39. D ¶ POPO for the hip-popo ¶
40. D ¶ and TAMUS for the hip-popo-tamus ¶
41. B Hence the right spelling is
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Explanation
Hint: @ + @ + STRESS + ion
52. C
(I.e. stress the second to the last)
53. B
42. B
54. B
Explanation
55. D
@ + @ + STRESS + ion
Explanation
Double M, double T and double E makes up
43. D
the spellings of COMMITTEE
Explanation
56. D
Hint:
Explanation
@ + @ + STRESS + @ + ic
Catarrh is spelt with 2 Rs only
57. C
44. A
58. B
45. C
59. B
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60. A 10 + 18 + 24 + 8 = 60
61. C 24/60 × 100
Explanation = 40%
After collecting like terms
Y = 20 – 7 69. B
Y = 13 Explanation
62. C 840/7
Explanation = 120
After collecting like terms 70. E
P = 30 – 10 71. C
P = 20 72. B
63. B 73. B
50 kobo --- 1 Km 74. A
T ----- 4 Km 75. B
T = 50 × 4 76. B
T = 200 kobo 77. C
Which is equivalent to #2.00k 78. C
64. D 79. B
65. B 80. B
66. C Explanation:
Explanation 15,000 – 9000 = 6,000
Hint: just same approach as that of question 6,000 : 9,000
63
6:9
X = (90 × 2)/15
2:3
X = 12
67. C
Explanation
1. The largest known planet is
2 × 1200/8 …………………….?
= 300 a)Sun
68. A b)Uranus
Explanation
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c)Jupiter
d)Earth 5. Pastoral nomadic is a common

characteristics of the ………………..
a) Hausas
2. The largest continent on earth is b) Igbos

……………………?
c) Fulanis
a) Africa
d) Yorubas
b)Australia
e) Edos
c)North America
d)Asia
6.What fraction of N4.32 is N 3.87
e) Europe a)41/48
b)43/48
c)47/48
3. 50 men can build a house in 60 days.
How many more men of equal strength and d) 39/48
ability must be put on so as to finish a
similar house in 40 days?
7. Yinka and Segun have 120 oranges
a)20 men Yinka gets 16 oranges more than Segun.
b)30 men How many oranges has Segun?
a) 60
c) 35 men
b) 26
d) 25 men
c) 68
d) 52
e) 45 men
4. A group of letters that is added to the 8.If 480.00 borrowed for 3 years simple
beginning of a word in order to change its interest became N516, what was its rate of
meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is
interest?
……………………………?
a)5%
a)Suffix
b) 2 ½ %
b)Antonym
c)Prefix b)6%
d) Pronouns c)4%
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d) 84
9.The daily sales in a week at a petrol
station are 100 litres, 825 litres, 707 litres,
13. In a school, the ratio of girls to boys is
830 litres, 642 litres, 908 litres and 112
5:6. How many are boys if the total
likes. What is the average daily sales?
population is 605?
a) 365
a)848 litres
b) 275
b) 589 3/7 litres
c) 330
c) 718 litres
d) 560
d) 617 litres
14. A class-one teacher gave 23 counting

10. A car traveling at 80 km per hour leaves
seeds to each of the 45 pupils in his class.
Lagos at 8.am for Ibadan 136km away.
How many counting seeds did the teacher
What time did it get to Ibadan?
give out?
a)8.42am
a)225 seeds
b) 9.42am
b)935 seeds
c) 9.32am
c) 2070 seeds
d) 9.30am
d) 1035 seeds
11. By how much is 845.79 greater than

99.359?
15. Find the greater number that will divide
a) 746.431
43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same
remainder in each case.
b) 74.6431
a) 4
c) 835.8541
d) 83.5841
b) 7
c) 9
12.A square lawn has an area of 729 sq.m.
What is the distance around the lawn? d) 13
a) 96
16. The total number of digits used in
b) 108
numbering the pages of a book having 336
pages is:
c) 120
a) 732
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b) 990
b)1.1211
c) 1098 c) 1.211
d) 1305
d) 0.11211
17. Which of the following pairs of

21.What is 7/8 of the profit of a contractor
fractions adds up to a number greater than in a year, if half of the profits made is
N2880.72?
5?
a) 5/3, 3/4 a) N5040.26
b)7/3, 11/5
b) N5041.26
c)11/4, 8/3
c) N2520.63
d)13/5, 11/6
d) N5041.36
18.What is the difference between the
biggest and the smallest fraction among 2/3,
22.When 7867 is divided by 14, what
3/4 , 4/5 and 5/6?
remains?
a)1/6
a)11
b) 13
b) 1/12
c) 1/20
c) 3
d) 1/30
d) 7
19.What number whose ½ is multiplied by

1 23. Eggs now sell at N2.55 a dozen and
/3 of the same number will give a product
oranges 2 for 10k. What will 20 dozen eggs
of 726?
and 100 oranges cost?
a)96
a)N48.00
b)166
b) N60.50
c)160
c)N56.00
d) 66
d) N44.00
20. What is the product of 0.101 and 11.1?

24. What principal will gain N168.00
simple interest in 4 years at 7 ½ %
a)12.21
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a) Ghana
a)280.00
b) Republic of Benin
b) N480.00 c) Togo
c) N560.00 d) Cameroun
d) N720.00 e) Chad
25. Which country won the Olympic gold

medal for football during 1996 Atlanta 29.A tripod has how many supports?
Olympic
a) 2
a) USA
b) 4
b) France
c) 3
c) Nigeria
d) 5
d) Brazil
e) 6
26. Which of the following is not a tree

crop?
30. Tyres are made from ?
a) Yam
a) Pulp
b) Cashew
b) Steel
c) Cocoa
c) Cotton
d) Coffee
d) Rubber
e) Sizer
27. Which of these animals does not have

horns?
a) Goat
b) Cattle
c) Buffalo
31.The position of planet earth from the
d) Horse
sun in the solar system is
e) Ram
a) 3rd
b) 2nd
c) 1st
28. Which country boarders Nigeria in the
west? d) 4th
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e) 5th .
36.The handset won’t work, the battery has
run--------
a) Off
32. The name of a young lion is called
b) Out
a) kitten c) Down
b) kevlin d) Over
c) cub
d) cude 37. The thief was caught. He couldn’t get-

-----with what he stole
a) Away
33. The name of an equipment for
measuring pressure is called b) Scot free
a) barometer c) Free
b) thermometer d) Over
c) gauge
d) hygrometer
38. The University project---------owing to
lack of funds
34. It is right to say, switch-------or put----- a) Fell down
--the light subject to the type of light.
b) Fell over
a) of/off
c) Fell off
b) off/off
d) Fell through
c) out/off
d) off/out
39. “He must carry his cross” mean
a) She is a Christian
35. A betrayal from someone supposed to
be a friend is a stab--------the back b) He is a disciple
a) On c) He is a minister of God
b) In d) He suffers by destiny
c) At
d) From
40. There is a big hole in my pocket means
a) My pocket is leaking
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b) my money comes and goes away fast. a) enter
c) My pocket is torn b) board
d) my pocket is not in good shape c) transit
d) tranceed
41. He got the job and suddenly became

swollen headed
45. Which of the following is wrong?
a) The job is full of hazards
a) Plane crash
b) The job made him become proud.
b) boat sink
c) the job made him a big man
c) Car accident
d) The job made him wealthy
d) ship wreck
42. Which of the following is arranged in

wrong ascending order? 46. The officials accompanying a VIP for
protection purpose are referred to as
a) Feet-Body -Head
a) Police
b) Middle-Top-Bottom
b) Escort
c) Root-Stem-Leaves
c) Soldier
d) Sea-Land-Mountain
d) Mobile
43. Which correspondence is wrong

matching? 47. Someone who persist in doing the
wrong thing even after he has been
a) nose-breathing-air punished is said to be
b) mouth-laughing-sound a) stubborn
c) eyes-seeing-heat b) heady
d) feet-motion-distance c) recalcitrant
d) disobedient
44. Which of the following is the correct

term for entering an aircraft?
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48.In which of the following African
countries will you find a confluence of two
oceans 52. Which of the followings is not a planet
a)South Africa a) Pluto
b) Nigeria b) Mercury
c) Somalia c) Venus
d) Senegal d) Moon
49.Choose the odd one out among the 53. Which of the followings is a star?
followings: a) Earth
a) Peru b) Sun
b) Venezuela c) Moon
c) Bolivia d) Nebula
d) Indonesia
54. The River Niger has its source from

50.The capital city of Rwanda is a) Fouta Djallon Island
a) Khartoum b) Lake Guinea
b) Kabul c) Upper Volta
c) Kigali d) Timbuktu
d) Kingston
55.The earth is mainly covered with

51. The geographic equator passes through a) Water
which of the following countries
b) Land
a) Uganda
c) Equal amount of land and water
b) Zambia
d) Mountains
c) Nigeria
d) Cameroon
56. FM in radio operation means
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a) Far medium transmission 60.The following maintains law and order
EXCEPT.
b) Mega Frequency transmission
a) Police
c) Modulated Frequency transmission
b) Air force
d) Modern Frequency transmission
c) Engineer
d) Civil Defense
57. Inferiority complex is used to describe
a) A mathematical complex inferior to

algorithm. 61. Good reading culture is done in
b) A feeling that one is not as good or the.........................
intelligent as other people. a) Darkroom
c) A mathematical complex describing an b) Bathroom
inferior integral
c) Library
d) A life inferior complex
d) Kitchen
58. The term LAN in Computer Systems

62. Nigeria does not have this military
means branch the United States of America has.
a) Local Area Network a) Navy
b) Low Antenna Network b) Air force
c) Low Attenuated Network c) Infantry
d) logarithmic Advanced Network d) Marine
59.A.....................is one of the tools for 63.In which state is Madonna University
bricklaying. situated in Nigeria.
a) Spanner a) Kwara
b) Nail b) Ekiti
c) Trowel c) Anambra
d) Scriber d) Bayelsa
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64. When did Nigeria join the World Trade Choose a word opposite in meaning to
Organisation.
the first word
a) 1995
68. Spendthrift:
b) 1904
c) 2004 a) Miser
d) 1996 b) Loan
c) Foolish
65. The following are stationery EXCEPT. d) Happy

a) Stapler
b) Exercise book
c) Abacus
the first word
d) Office pin
69. Profane:
a) Beautiful
66. The following are types of camera
EXCEPT.
b) Sacred
a) Kodak
c) Profuse
b) Samsung
c) Sony d) Stiff.
d) Supper Kodak
70. A team of eight lumberjacks cut an
67. The full meaning of WAEC average of 15,000 cubic feet of timber in a
is..................... week. How many cubic feet will four
a) West African Examinations Council lumberjacks cut in four weeks?
b) West Africa Examination Council a) 30, 000

c) West Africa Examination Councils
b) 25,000
d) West Africa Examination Council
c) 32,000
d) 16,000
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74. Mrs. Felicia Ojo borrowed ten (10)
tiers of gari from her neighbour, Mrs
71. The expression 2 x 2 x 2 is equal to 8
Comfort Chinedu and promises to return it
can be expressed as
three fold, the following month. How
A. quadruple 2 many tiers of gari will she return?
B. triple 2 a) 3
b) 13
C. cubic 2
c) 30
D. thrice 2 d)/10
75. Divide 666 cowries between 6 women

72. The head of a parliamentary system traditional gods worshipers. How much
of Government is does each receive?
a)111
A. The Prime Minister
b) 110
B. The President
c) 66
C. The Queen
d) 660
D. The King
76.Write in full figures 106
73. Seconds, minutes, hours are units a) 60

with definite converts faction which of the
b) 6.0
following is not
c) 106
A. inch, feet yard
d) 1,000,000
B. naira, dollar, pound
C. centimeter, meter, kilometer

77. I am 10 years old my sister is 4, in how
D. centigrade, fahcuhelt, many years shall I be twice as old as she
Celsius will be?
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A. 3 b) a wooden attractive carved
B. 4 c) an attractive carved wooden
C. 2 d) a carved attractive wooden
D. 5

1.C
2.D
78. Bola had fewer sums right than ojo,
3.D
ojo had fewer sums right than Dele. Which
had the most right answers? 4.C
5.C
A. Bola
6.B
B. Ojo and Bola 7.D
C. Dele 8. B
9.B
D. Bola and Dele
10.B
11. A
79. Audu is taller than Laide but shorter 12. B
than Deji. Deji is of the same height as 13. C
Taiwo.Who is the shortest?
14. D
A. Audu 15. A
B. Laide 16. B
17. C
C. Deji
18. A
D. Taiwo Explanation:
5/6 – 2/3
5 – 4 = 1/6
80. The first prize was ........... tray
6
a) a carved wooden attractive
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19. D 46. B
20. B 47. C
21. B 48. A
22. B 49. D
23. C 50. C
24. C 51. A
Explanation: 52. D
Hints; use I = PRT/ 100 53. B
25. C 54. A
26. A 55. A
27. D 56. C
28. B 57. B
29. C 58. A
30. D 59. C
31. A 60. C
32. C 61. C
33. A 62. D
34. D 63. C
35. B 64. A
36. C 65. C
37. A 66. D
38. D 67. A
39. D 68. A
40. B 69. B
41. B
42 B 70. A
43. C Explanation:
44. B (8 × 7)/15000 = (4 × 7 × 4)/X
45. B X= (15000 × 4 × 7 × 4)/(8 × 7)
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X = 30,000 2=X
X = 2 years
71. C
72. A 78. C
73. B 79. B
74. C 80. C
Explanation:
Folds is mostly used for multiplications, in
essence thtee
75. A
Explanation:
666/6
= 111
76. D
Explanation:
10^6 is the same as 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10
× 10
= 1,000,000
NO PUTME was conducted in 2016
77. C
Explanation:
M + X = 2 (S + X)
X= in how many years time
M = my age
S= Sister’s age
M + X = 2 ( S + X)
10 + X = 2(4) +2 X
10 – 8 = 2X – X
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a) moves hurriedly
b) moves noisily
c) moves slowly
d) moves fast
5. Which of the following is correctly spelt

?
a) brocolli
b) broccolli
c) brocollil
1.Who wrote the novel “Half of a yellow
sun” ? d) broccoli
a) Chinua Achebe
b) Wole Soyinka 6.In a single throw of a dice, what is the pr
obability of getting a number greater than
c) Olusegun Obasanjo
4?
d) Chimamanda Adichie
(a)1/2
(b)2/3
2. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart ?
(c)1/4
a) Wole Soyinka
(d)1/3
b) Chimamanda Adichie
c) Chinua Achebe
7.In banking, ATM stands for
d) Flora Nwapa
(a)Automated Tallying Machine
(b)Automated Teller Machine
3. Which of the following spellings is
(c)Automated Totalling Machine
correct
(d)Automated Transaction of Money
a) Panthar
b) Panther
8. Late Idi Amin Dada was from which of
c) Pantha
the following countries
d) Panthre
(a) Kenya
(b) Tanzania
4. The old woman ambles about in her
(c) Uganda
garden
(d) Congo Brazzaville
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b) 1963
9. The following Nigerian footballers have c) 1914
won the African Footballer Award except
d) 1991
(a)Victor Ikpeba
(b)Nwankwo Kanu
14. Which of these is correctly spelt ?
(c)Rasheed Yekini
a) Millennium
(d)Austin Okocha
b) Millenium
c) Milinneum
10. The Federal Capital Territory was
d) Millinneum
shifted from Lagos to Abuja in what year ?
(a) 1989
15. Muhammadu Buhari became the
(b) 1990
military head of states in Nigeria in what
(c) 1991 year ?
(d) 1992 a) 1985
b) 1984
11.Who designed the National flag? c) 1983
(a). Mr. Taiwo Akinkunmi d) 1982
(b) Mr. Taiwo Akinyemi
(c) Mr. Taiye Akinkumi 16. Which of these is correctly spelt ?
(d) None of the above a) Colleague
b) Collaegue
12. Nigeria became a republic in what year c) Colleage
?
d) coleague
a) 1960
b) 1914
17. Olusegun Obasanjo ruled as a Military
c) 1980 head of states from what year to what year
?
d) 1963
a) 1986 - 1989
b) 1976 - 1979
13. In what year did the Northern and
Southern protectorate in Nigeria c) 1975 - 1978
amalgamate ?
d) 1999 - 2007
a) 1960
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18. The present senate of Nigeria is what sterling.
republic ? d) We were paid in a strong and stable
a) Eighth currency
b) Seventh
c) Sixth
23. If he went to London, he would see the
d) Fifth
Queen.
a) When he goes to London, he will see the
19. Which of the following is correct ?
Queen.
a) Laison b) He did not go to London and did not see
b) Liaison the Queen.
c) Liason c) He did not see the Queen when he went
d) Laisson to London.
d) He would like to see the Queen when he
20. Apparition is synonymous to goes to London.
a) Ghost
b) Spirit
24. The elders rebuked Olu for taking
c) Demon issue with his principal.
d) Witch a) Olu was cautioned for shouting at his
principal.
21. Ngozi has always considered her father b) Olu was scolded for acting in collusion
to be an impassioned man. with his principal.
a) Her father is a very lively man. c) Olu was reprimanded for arguing with
b) Her father is an emotional man. his principal.
c) Her father is a disciplined man. d) Olu was blamed for issuing a statement
d) Her father is a very strict man. denying his principal.
22. The manager paid us in hard 25. The leader has the unstinting support
currency. of his party. (nearest in meaning)
a) We were paid in new notes. a) unsparing
b) We were paid in foreign currency.
b) laudable
c) We were paid in dollars and pound
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c) uninspiring B. loose
d) cautious C. loss
D. lost
26. The company is to shed three thousand

staff this year. (nearest in meaning)
30. Ali plays .....… violin with remarkable
a) demote
skill.
b) lay off
a) their
c) throw up
b) some
d) placate
c) a
d) the
27. There was a glut of oil on the market.
a) a variety of 31. Ugo has often be described as
belligerent (nearest in meaning)
b) an accumulation of
a) attractive
c) an abundance of
b) patient
d) an increase in
c) innocent
d) combative
28. The nurse was in favour of voluntary
euthanasia.
a) a painless death 32. The player kept on gamely to the end
b) a simple operation of the match
c) a sleeping pill a) amateurishly
d) a major operation b) skilfully
c) courageously
29. Be careful not to …... this money. d) stubbornly
A lose
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33. Tade became timorous when she was a) had costed
asked to give the valedictory speech
b) have cost
a) excited
c) costed
b) nervous
d) cost
c) aggressive
d) happy
37. When Ajike met her .............. husband
at the party she felt like reconciling with
him.
34. YOUR sister should come with us
tomorrow a) estranged
a) should your brother come with us b) caring

tomorrow ?
c) strange
b) should our brother come with us
d) loving
tomorrow ?
c) Should Ado's sister come with us

tomorrow ? 38. Three quarters of the hostel .........been
painted and three quarters of the students
d) Should my sister come with us
........ moved in.
tomorrow ?
a) has/has
b) has/have
35. They FLEW to Abuja
c) have/has
a) Did they go to Abuja by road ?
d) have/have
b) Did they fly to Jos ?
c) How will they get to Abuja ?

39. Church
d) Where did they fly to ?
a) feature
b) chauffeur
36. The imposing edifice ........ a fortune to
build c) Ocean
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d) Machine c) EXpostulate
d) exPOStulate
40. A wide range of options ........ made

available to the political parties during the
44. The train ........ before I arrived
recently concluded elections.
a) was leaving
a) are
b) was leaving
b) were
c) had left
c) was
d) would leave.
d) is
45. ............. of the students turned up, so

41. Past
the lecture was cancelled
a) wrestle
a) few
b) preached
b) little
c) castle
c) a few
d) pasture
d) a little
42. Sure
46. You don’t like mathematics, ...........
a) cheer you ?
b) cheap a) don’t
c) charlatan b) do
d) church c) can’t
d) can
43. Expostulate
a) exposTUlate 47. If you are not careful, you would .......

your money.
b) expostuLATE
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a) loss 51. The rent for a house is N 600 per
month. What is the total rent for a
b) lose
year?
c) loose
a) #2720
d) lost
b) #7200
c) #1720
48. He ........ the picture on the table.
d) #720
a) lay
b) laid
52 Simplify (√49)2
c) lied
a) 7
d) lain
b) 49
c) 6
49. By the end of this month, ................
d) 8
for three years in this school.
a) I will study
53. A lucky draw price of #150 was
b) I am studying
shared among three winners in the ratio
c) I will have been studying 4:5:6. How much did each get?
d) I had been studying a) 30, 40, 70
b) 40, 50, 60
50. Photography c) 50, 60, 40

a) phoTOgraphy d) 20, 50, 70
b) PHOtography
c) photoGRAphy 54. In a school, 25 teachers out of 60
d) photograPHY own cars. What is the ratio of the

teachers who own cars to those who do
not?
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a) 5:7 58. What year was the University of Ilorin
established ?
b) 3:4
a) 1985
c) 1:3
b) 1975
d) 5:12
c) 1974
d) 1984
55. I have N12 and my brother has
N24. what is the ratio of my money to
my brothers?
59. Who is the current Jamb registrar ?
a) 3:4
a) Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde
b) 1:2
b) Prof Ishaq Oloyede
c) 2:4
c) Prof Itsey Sagay
d) 1:3
d) Prof Yemi Osibanjo
56. A decagon has ………….. sides

60. Which of these is Kwara State slogan ?
a) Seven
a) God's own state
b) eight
b) Food basket of the nation
c) nine
c) The big heart
d) ten
d) State of harmony
57. A dozen is 12, a score is ……………

61. If twenty five percent of candidate
a) 20 for post UTME are girls, what fraction
of the candidate are boys?
b) 24
a) one - quarter
c) 48
b) two - third
d) 144
c) half
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d) three – quarter d) 57.14
62. Two sums of money are in ratio 65. I owe a sum of two hundred and
two to ten, if the smallest is fifteen twenty naira and was able to pay one
kobo, what is the largest? hundred and ten naira. What percentage
have I not paid?
a) one naira fifty kobo
a) forty – four
b) thirty five kobo
b) twenty
c) seventy five kobo
c) fifty
d) one hundred and fifty naira
d) fifty – four
63. When Caleb was 15years old his

brother Clement was 18years, if Caleb 66. He was both a writer and a politician,
was born in year 1900, in what year but he was better ........ a singer.
was Clement born?
a) as if
a) 1903
b) like
b) 1915
c) as
c) 1897
d) to be
d) 1867
67. We visited his house ........ three times.

64. In a class of thirty two boys,
a) like
sixteen passed an examination and four
were absent while the rest students b) for like
failed. What percentage of the whole c) about

class failed?
d) for about
a) 37.5
b) 50
68. We stood up when the principal came
c) 42.86 in, ............
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a) Isn’t it ? a) they can’t do with out each other.
b) Didn’t we ? b) they are happy together.
c) Not so ? c) they despise each other.
d) Did us ? d) they are friends with each other.
69. demarcation 73. Which of this is the correct spelling
a) demarcaTION
b) demarCAtion a) servette
c) deMARcation b) serviette
d) DEmarcation c) serviete
d) servitte
70. Which of this is correct
a) Fahrenheit 74. NCC means ---------------------------
b) farenheit A. Nitel Communication Commission
c) fahreheit B. Nigerian Communication Centre

d) fahrrenheit
C. Nigeria Communication Centre
D. Nigerian Communication Commission

71. Which of this is correct
a) Rhinoceros
b) Rinoceros 75.Which is the world’s largest

archipelago?
c) Rhinocerous
A. British Isles
d) Rhinoxerous B. Canadian Arctic Archipelago
C. Japanese Archipelago
D. Malay Archipelago
72. There is no love lost between them
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80.The cost of 20 pieces of tomato each
weighing 150g is N240, what will be the
76.Where is British Isles located? cost of 30 pieces if each weighs 120g?
A. Atlantic Ocean A. N240
B. Arctic Ocean B. N300
C. Indian Ocean C. N288
D. Pacific ocean D. N388
77.Where is the RING OF FIRE located? SOLUTIONS TO 2017 PUTME

A. Baltic Sea QUESTIONS
B. Dead Sea 1.D

C. Indian Ocean
Explanation:
D. Pacific Ocean
Half of a yellow sun was written by
Chimamanda Adichie. Other books written
by her are Purple Hibiscus, Americanah
78.The two colours seen at the upper part
of the rainbow are etc.
A. Indigo and Violet
B. Red and Orange

2. C
C. Green and Blue
Things fall Apart was written by the late
D. Orange and Yellow
Chinua Achebe. He also Authored There
was a country
79.Which of these numbers is the odd one

out?
3. B
A. 4561
B. 3724 Panther is of the Cat family and is spelt P-
A-N-T-H-E-R e.g. The black panther is a
C. 9142
wild animal.
D. 6434
4. C
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Explanation:
Ambles about is the same as moves 9. D

slowly.
Explanation:
Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha is one of the

5. D notable African (Nigerian) not win the
CAF African Footballer of the Year award
Explanation:
during their career.
Broccoli is spelt B-R-O-C-C-O-L-I with
two “C” and one “L”
10. C
Explanation:
6. D
The Federal Capital Territory was moved
Explanation
from Lagos to Abuja in the year 1991.
There are six possible throws in a die
which are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
11. A
Therefore we can see that only two (2)
throws 5, 6 are bigger than 4 Explanation:
Therefore the probability is 2/6 Mr Taiwo Akinkumi designed Nigeria’s

flag in the year 1959
= 1/3
12. D
7. B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Nigeria became a Republic in 1963. Her
The full meaning of the acronym ATM is
Independence was however in 1960.
Automated Teller Machine.
13. C
8. C
Explanation:
Explanation:
The late Idi Amin was from Uganda
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The historic amalgamation that resulted in
present day Nigeria was in 1914
20. A
21. B
14. A
22. D
Explanation
23. B
Millennium has two “L” and two “N”
24. C
{Please take note}
25. A
15. C
Explanation:
Explanation:
Unsparing and Unstinting are nearest in
1983 is the answer and he was overthrown
meaning.
via a palace coup by the Ibrahim Badamosi
Babangida regime in 1985. Please take
note of the military head of state (not 26. B
civilian president)
Explanation:
When shed has to do with workers or

16. A people, lay off is more appropriate.
Explanation
Colleague is spelt C-O-L-L-E-A-G-U-E 27. C
17. B Explanation
18. A A glut means an abundance of.
19. B 28. A
Explanation: Explanation:
Liaison is spelt L-I-A-I-S-O-N with two Euthanasia is a medical term also called
“I” between the A. Mercy death in which after careful
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consideration and deliberation involving 33. B
medical personnel and the family of a
Explanation:
victim in critical condition. A consensus is
reached to “pull the plug” instead of either To be timorous just like timid connotes
prolonging the inevitable or by reducing shyness, nervousness etc.
the pain or discomfort of such an

individual. So “A” is the closest to this.
34. D
35. A
29. A
Explanation:
Explanation
The only question that will make you
Lose is correct. Check question 47 in year shout (emphasize) FLEW, is “did they go
2017 for more explanation. to Abuja by road ?”
30. D 36. D
Explanation: 37. A
“The” is the right article to use here. 38. B

Please take note.
39. A
31. D
Explanation:
Explanation
Only Church and features both share the
Belligerent is synonymous to being same sound in their “Ch” and “T”
combative I.e. wanting to fight at all times. respectively.
32. C 40. C
Explanation Explanation
Gamely here means courageously A range of, a series of, a group of etc. Are
all accompanied by a singular verb. “Was”
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here was preferred to “Is” because of past (1) The train .... left
activity. (2) Before I arrived.
Please also take note of the “arrived”

indicating a past action.
41. B
Explanation
45. A
Preached is correct here. Wrestle and
Castle both possess a silent “t” consonant. Explanation:
Pasture on the other hand has “ch”
The answer here is “few” that is, not
sounding consonant in place of its “t”.
enough. Which could have led to the
cancellation of the said lecture. Note:
Little is not a determinant for countable
42. C
nouns such as students.
Explanation
Charlatan like Champagne has the same

46. B
consonant as “S” in sure.
Explanation:
Negative statement gives positive question

43. D
tags and vice versa.
Explanation
The stress pattern for words ending in -

47. B
ATE is stress the third syllable from
behind. Explanation:
@ + STRESS + @ + ATE Lose is the answer here, which means to

no longer be in possession of something.
Note: @ represents a syllable.
Loose is to make less tightened. Loss is a
noun. Lost is past tense of lose.
44. C {Please put this at the back of your mind
Explanation as examiners are fond of setting questions

requiring the knowledge of the distinction
Only had can join two clauses together
between the aforementioned}.
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48. B Explanation
Explanation: = (√49)2
He laid the picture on the table is correct. = (7)2

When it comes to placing on a table or
= (7 × 7)
surface lay and laid are the present and
past tense respectively. = 49
49. C 53. B
Explanation
50. A 4:5:6
Explanation = 4 + 5 + 6 = 15
For words ending in PHY Therefore
Note: Always stress the third syllables For the first;
from behind e.g 4/15 × 150 = 40
@ + @ + STRESS + @ + phy The next;
5/15 × 150 = 50
51. B The last but not the least;
Explanation: 6/15 × 150 = 60
#600/months
Since 12 months make a calendar year 54. A
The rent for a year becomes Explanation
= 600 × 12 Those who don’t own a car = Total
= #7,200 number – Those who own cars
T = 60 – 25
52. B T = 35
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Therefore the ratio of those who own to The right answer here is Professor Ishaq
those who don’t own is Oloyede who was formerly Vice
Chancellor of the University of Ilorin.
25 : 35
60. D
Which can be broken down to 5 : 7 as it
simplest form. 61. D
Explanation:
55. B If 25% of them are girls. 100 – 25 = 75%

will represent boys.
Explanation:
Therefore 75/100 in its simplest term is 3/4
Mine : His
Which in writing is “ three – quarter”
12 : 24
6 : 12
62. C
1:2
Explanation:
Let our unknown be Y

56. D
2 : 10
57. A
15 kobo : Y
58. B
Cross multiplying
Explanation:
2 × Y = 10 × 15
UNILORIN was established in the year
1975. It is expected of you to know some Y = 150 / 2
basic things about the university you are
Y = 75
applying to. For example; Its year of
establishment and current Vice Chancellor.
63. C
59. B Explanation:
Explanation From the given variables
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Caleb who is 15 years old was born in the 110 ..... X%
year 1900
Cross multiplying
Clement is 18 years old and we are asked
100 × 110 = 220 × X
to find his birth year
X = (100 × 110)/220
Since he is 3 years older than Caleb that
means he was born three years before X = 50%
Caleb
Therefore; 1900 – 3 = 1897 66. C
67. C
64. A 68. B
Explanation 69. B
Total number of students – those who Explanation:

passed – those absent = those who failed
Note: The stress pattern for words ending
32 – 16 – 4 = 12 in TION is stressing of the second from
Therefore the percentage of those who the last syllable.
failed is @ + @ + @ + STRESS + ion
12/32 × 100 = 37.5%
70. A
65. C Fahrenheit (a unit of temperature
Explanation measurement) is spelt F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-

I-T
220 ........... 100%
71. A
If you paid 110 therefore the amount
remaining is 220 – 110 Rhinoceros is spelt R-H-I-N-O-C-E-R-O-S
= #110
72. C
220 ..... 100% Explanation:
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No love lost actually means they despise
or hate each other.
73. B
Explanation:
Serviette is spelt S-E-R-V-I-E-T-T-E
74. D
75. D
76. A
77. D
78. B
79. D
80. C
In as much as great attention and research
THE
were given in the making of this question
pack one can not rule out errors and
omission or outright wrong answers. So I
enjoin you to cross check whenever a
contentious answer is given. You can send
END
a mail to us at acecards10@gmail.com
indicating the questions and whatever
omissions you observe. Thanks and God
bless.
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