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TEST GUIDE
THE TEST FORMAT:
NNPC’S Test would usually come in 4 sections. You will required to answer 120
questions In 120minutes. That is one question per minute.
The sections are:
PART A: DIGRAMMATIC REASONING
Questions 1-30
PART B: VERBAL REASONING
Questions 31-60
PART C: QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Questions 61-90
PART D: SPATIAL REASONING.
Questions 91-120
The test may also sometimes include field specific questions relating to the field
you are applying to. This happened in 2015.
The field specific questions are usually classified as General Knowledge.
ABOUT THIS STUDY PACK:
This study pack will help you prepare for the main sections of the test.
Other supporting materials that came with your study pack will also help you
prepare for any other likely questions that may appear.
 SECTION-1

QUANTITATIVE
REASONING
30 Questions will be drawn from this section, It is
advisable to practice without using calculator, as
calculators may not be allowed in the test. Most often,
it is not allowed.

This questions pack has 300 of these past quantitative

reasoning questions.

You should pick 30 questions and manually set your

time to 30 minutes, to see how fast you can solve
these questions in the real test.
NNPC RECRUITMENT - Quantitative Reasoning Questions
A. 40%
1 B. 16%
If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times C. 20%
as many as I would then have, however, if you give me D. 100%
seven apples, we will then both have the same number E. 67%
of apples. How many apples do we currently have? The correct answer is option [B]

A. I have 24 apples and you have 18 apples.

B. I have 10 apples and you have 32 apples. 6
C. I have 18 apples and you have 24 apples. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 36 years. When
D. I have 14 apples and you have 28 apples. the weight of the teacher is also included, the average weight
E. I have 12 apples and you have 20 apples. increases by 1kg.
What is the weight of the teacher?
The correct answer is option [D]
A. 37kgs
B. 45kgs
2 C. 61kgs
If it takes Seyi twenty minutes to boil an egg in 1.5 litres D. 72kgs
of water, how long will it take Ala who is 3 years older E. 75kgs
than Seyi to boil 4 eggs in 1.5 litres of water? The correct answer is option [C]

A. 10 minutes 7
B. 20 minutes Mr. Kalada is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years,
C. 25 minutes Mr. Kalada will be twice as old as his son's age at that time. Hence,
D. 5 minutes Mr. Kalada's present age is .
E. 80 minutes
The correct answer is option [B] A. 48
B. 45
3 C. 42
Amakiri spent N125 for a camera and some film. The D. 36
camera cost N100 more than the film. What percent of E. 28
the cost of the two items did Amakiri spend for the The correct answer is option [B]
camera?
8
A. 40% What number comes next in this sequence? 917452, 97452,
B. 90% 9745, 975, ?
C. 60%
D. 100% A. 975
E. 20% B. 974
The correct answer is option [B] C. 97
D. 95
4 E. 94
How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? The correct answer is option [C]
97. The least digit in each number gets dropped.
A. 2
B. 10 9
C. 12 There is a pole in a lake. One-half of the pole is in the ground,
D. 24 another one-third of it is covered by water, and 12 ft is out of the
E. 30 water. What is the total length of the pole in ft?
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 12 ft
A dozen of anything is twelve (12) B. 34 ft
C. 56 ft
D. 64 ft
5 E. 72 ft
The price of garri rose by 40% last week and fell by The correct answer is option [E]
40% this week. What is the total rise or fall in
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A. 60
Solution: B. 55
Fraction of pole in the ground = 1/2 Fraction of pole C. 50
covered by water = 1/3 D. 45
Fraction of pole in the ground and covered by water =
E. 40
1/2 The correct answer is option [D] Solution:
+ 1/3 = (3 + 2)/6 = 5/6
Fraction of pole out of water = 1 - 5/6 = 1/6 Thus, one- It it important to note that
sixth of the pole (out of water) is 12 ft. So, total length
Average speed = Total distance / Total time. Total distance = 2
of pole = 72 ft.
x 55 miles.
Time for uphill journey (from Oakland to Pinewood) = 55 / 35
It may be noted that: hours.
Length of pole in the ground = 72/2 = 36 ft. Length of
pole covered by water = 72/3 = 24 ft. Length of pole Time for downhill journey (from Pinewood to Oakland) = 55
out of water = 12 ft. / 63 hours.
Total = 36ft + 24ft + 12ft = 72ft Total time = (55 / 35) + (55 / 63) = 22 / 9 hours.
Average speed = Total distance / Total time = 45 miles per
10 hour
Boneri was 24 when his son Ibifuro was born. If Boneri
is now 3 times as old as Ibifuro, how many years ago 13
was Boneri 4 times as old as Ibifuro?
The average cost of 5 oranges and 4 guava is 36 naira. The
average cost of 7 oranges and 8 guava is 48 naira.
A. 4 What is the total cost of 24 oranges and 24 guava?
B. 6
C. 8 A. 1044 naira
D. 12 B. 2088 naira
E. 18 C. 720 naira
The correct answer is option [A] D. 324 naira
E. 198 naira
11 The correct answer is option [B]
Amakiri bought a bike for N20 and gave the bike dealer
a cheque for N30 to pay for it. The bike dealer 14
persuaded a shopkeeper to change the cheque for him. Below are the 90th through 99th prime numbers. What is the
Amakiri having received his N10 change, rode off on the 100th prime number?
bike and was not seen again. Later, the cheque was 463, 467, 479, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, ?
found to be valueless and the bike dealer had to refund
the shopkeeper the amount he had received. The bike A. 527
dealer had bought the bike for N10. How much did the B. 529
bike dealer lose altogether?
C. 537
D. 541
A. N40 E. 543
B. N30 The correct answer is option [A]
C. N20
D. N10 15
E. The bike dealer did not lose any money The correct If P = {a, e, i, o, u} and Q = {a, e, i, u}, what is PUQ?
answer is option [C]
A. {a, e. i, u}
He lost N20. N10 as change for the cheque and N10 for B. {a}
the bike originally. C. {a, e, i, o, u}
D. {i, o, u}
E. {a e}
12
The correct answer is option [C] 16
The drive from Oakland to Pinewood was a tricky one.
I covered the uphill distance of 55 miles at 35 miles per
hour. The return journey from Pinewood to Oakland
was downhill, and I managed to drive at 63 miles per
hour. What was my average speed for the entire
journey?

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Teacher: You appeared for 4 quizzes, and your
average mark in them were 82.
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Student: How did I fare in English? If 13 = 13w/(1-w), then (2w)2 =
Teacher: Well, your average in English Language and
English Literature is 75. A. 1/4 B. 1/2
C. 1
Student: So, how was my performance in the D. 2
remaining subjects? E. 3
Teacher: I am sure you can figure that out for yourself. The correct answer is option [C]

Can you help the student find his average marks in the
remaining subjects? 20
A cricketer's average in his first 20 innings was 15 runs per
A. 75 innings. After a further 10 innings, his average had increased to
B. 78 17 runs per innings. What was his average for the last 10
C. 82 innings?
D. 88
E. 89 A. 19 runs
The correct answer is option [E] B. 18 runs
C. 17 runs
Solution: D. 20 runs
Total marks in 4 subjects = 4 x 82 = 328. E. 21 runs
Total marks in 2 English subjects = 2 x 75 = 150. The correct answer is option [E]
Total marks in remaining 2 subjects = 328 - 150 = 178.
Average marks in remaining 2 subjects = 178/2 = 89. His average was 21 runs per innings

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There are ten teams in a basketball league. During the A work is done by two people in 24 min. If one of them can do
season, each team plays the others five times. How this work alone in 40 min, how much time is required to do the
many games are played in the basketball league in same work for the second person?
total?
A. 24 min
A. 45 B. 125 C. 225 D. 450 B. 35 min
The correct answer is option [C] C. 40 min
Each team plays 45 games (9 other teams multiplied by D. 60 min
5 games against each). Multiply 45 by the number of E. None of the above
teams, and then divide by 2 since each game includes The correct answer is option [D]
two teams.
Solution
(A+B) can do the work in = 1/24 min.
A alone can do the same work in = 1/40 min.
18 B alone can do the same work in = (A+B)'s - A's = 1/24 - 1/40
A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days = 1/60
when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end Therefore, b can do the same work in = 60 min
of 7 days reinforcement arrives and it was found that
now the provisions will last 8 days less when given at
the rate of 825 grams per head. How many more men 22
can it feed? Find a number whose double exceeds its half by exactly 99.

A. 1500 men A. 33
B. 1600 men B. 44
C. 1700 men C. 55
D. 1900 men D. 66
E. 2000 men E. 77
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [D]

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An inter-agency task force has representatives from 3 different
agencies. Half of the task force members represent agency A,
23 one-third represent agency B and three represent agency C.
Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs and the How many people are on the task force?
other 54 cogs, work into each other. If the latter turns
80 times in three quarters of a minute, how often does A. 12
the other turn in 8 seconds? B. 30
C. 24
A. 48 D. 18
B. 24 C. 135 D. 138 E. 15
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [B]
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At 10 a.m. two trains started traveling toward each other from
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stations 287 miles apart. They passed each other at 1:30 p.m.
A snake slides through a long cylindrical hole in the
the same day. If the average speed of the faster train exceeded
ground at 6 centimetres per second. The hole is 7.5
the average speed of the slower train by 6 miles per hour, which
metres in length. The snake takes 14 seconds to enter
of the following represents the speed of the faster train, in miles
the hole. How many seconds does the snake take to exit
per hour?
the hole after entering it?
A. 38mi/h
A. 125 seconds
B. 40mi/h
B. 120 seconds
C. 44mi/h
C. 110 seconds
D. 48mi/h
D. 105 seconds
E. 50mi/h
E. 90 seconds The correct answer is option [C] da = a * 3.5 h
The correct answer is option [A]
Similarly, the distance traveled by the second train is db = b *
3.5 h
The snake has exited the hole when its tail just leaves We know that they started 287 miles apart, s da + db = 287 mi
the hole. The distance traveled from the time the
If we plug in our previous equations, we get
snake's tail just enters the hole till its tail just leaves the
hole equals the length of the hole. Thus,
(a * 3.5 h) + (b * 3.5 h) = 287 mi (a + b) * 3.5 h = 287 mi
a + b = 287 mi / 3.5 h a + b = 82 mi/h
Time for the snake to exit the hole after entering it =
Now, the next thing we're told is that the average speed of the
Length of the hole / Speed = = (7.5 m) / (6 cm/s) = (750
faster train exceeded the average speed of the slower train by 6
cm)
miles per hour. So
/ (6 cm/s) = 125 seconds.
a=b+6
If we plug that into the above equation, we get
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Seyi, during a half -price sale, bought a book for the (b + 6) + b = 82 mi/h 2b + 6 = 82 mi/h
usual price and a second book for one -half the usual
2b = 76 mi/h
price. If she paid 90 kobo for the 2 books, what was the
b = 76 mi/h / 2 b = 38 mi/h
usual price for a book?
Now that we know the speed of the slow train, we can find the
speed of the fast train.
A. 40k a = b + 6 mi/h
B. 50k a = 38 mi/h + 6 mi/h a = 44 mi/h
C. 60k
D. 70k
E. 80k
The correct answer is option [C]

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28 B. 2/5 C. 3/10 D. 5/6
Nnaemeka markets his goods to gain 45%. He allows E. cannot be determined
10% discount for cash. Find his percentage profit when The correct answer is option [C]
sold for cash.
33
A. 30.5% Half the graduating class of a college was accepted by a
B. 34.5% business school. One third of the class was accepted by a law
C. 36.5% school. If one-fifth of the class was accepted to both types of
D. 38.5% school, what fraction of the class was accepted only by a law
E. 34.2% school?
The correct answer is option [A]
A. 1/60 B. 2/15 C. 1/3 D. 1/2 E. 4/5
29 The correct answer is option [B]
If during a one-year period, the dividend paid on a
certain share of stock was equal to 8 percent of the par
value of the stock, then what is the fraction of the 34
dividend paid of the par value of the stock? Tammy bought excercise books at 5,000 naira a gross. What is
the price of one exercise book?
A. 1/50 B. 1/25 C. 2/25 D. 2/50 E. 2/100
The correct answer is option [C] A. 36.72 naira
B. 45.72 naira
30 C. 41.72 naira
Each interger from 1 to 50, whose unit digit is a 3, is
D. 34.72 naira
written on a separate slip of paper. If the slips are
placed in a box and one is picked at random, what is the E. Insufficient data
probability that the number picked is a prime? The correct answer is option [D]

A. 1/2 B. 2/3 C. 4/5 D. 3/4 E. 3/5

The correct answer is option [C] 35
432 naira is divided amongst three workers Boma, Soty and Titi
such that 8 times Boma's share is equal to 12 times Soty's share
which is equal to 6 times Titi's share.
31 How much did Boma get?
One day a slug fell into a hole that was 19 feet deep.
Each day he climbed up 4 feet. At night, he slid down 2 A. 192 naira
feet. How many days did it take him to climb out of the B. 133 naira
hole? C. 144 naira
D. 128 naira
A. 6days E. 115 naira
B. 13 days The correct answer is option [C]
C. 11 days
D. 9 days
E. 7 days
The correct answer is option [D] 36
If 1/2 x years ago John was 12 and 1/2x years from now he
will be 2x years old, how old will he be 3x years from now?
32
If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = . A. 18
B. 24
A. 1/3 C. 30
D. 54
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The correct answer is option [D] If 7 teams participated, then the first team plays matches
against the other 6 teams. The second team has already played
against the first team, and so has to play matches against only
37 the other 5 teams. In this manner, the second- last team has to
Ala is half as old as Blessing, and Blessing is half as old play against only one team, and the last team has already played
as Qiana. If Ala is 18 years old, what is the sum of their against all the teams. Thus, the total number of matches is
ages?
6 + 5 + ........ + 2 + 1 = 21.
A. 126
B. 36 If 21 matches are totally played, then 7 teams participated. 41
C. 24 In 1997, a particular item A cost N2,500. In 1998, the price of A
D. 45 went up 20% because of inflation while in early 1999 there was
a 10% increase in the price of A over its 1998 price. In June of
E. 54
1999, A was put on sale with a 30% decrease in price. What is
The correct answer is option [A]
the actual price it was sold for?
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A. 2500
When a student weighing 45 kgs left a class, the B. 2400
average weight of the remaining 59 students increased
C. 2310
by 200g. What is the average weight of the remaining
59 students? D. 2110
E. 2210
A. 57kgs The correct answer is option [C]
B. 56.8kgs
C. 58.2kgs 42
D. 52.2kgs Two trains running on the same track travel at the rates of 25
E. 50.2kgs and 30 miles an hour. If the first train starts out an hour earlier,
The correct answer is option [A] how long will it take the second train to catch up with it?

A. 2hr
39 B. 3hr
To 15 litres of water containing 20% alcohol, we add
C. 4hr
5 litres of pure water. What is the % of alcohol?
D. 5hr
A. 5% B. 10% C. 15% D. 20% E. 25% E. 1hr
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [D]

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A set of football matches is to be organized in a "round- A motorcycle stunts man belonging to a fair, rides over the
robin" fashion, i.e., every participating team plays a vertical walls of a circular well at an average speed of 54 kph for
match against every other team once and only once. If 21 5 minutes. If the radius of the well is 5 meters, then the distance
matches are totally played, how many teams traveled is kph.
participated?
A. 2.5
A. 15 B. 3.5
B. 12 C. 4.5
C. 7 D. 5.5
D. 5 E. 6.5
E. 3 The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [C] Solution:
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The length of a rectangle is 9 centimeter more than half the
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y + 26 + y = 140

A. Length = 14cm, Width = 14cm 2y = 114

B. Length = 14cm, Width = 16cm
C. Length = 16cm, Width = 14cm y = 57k, z = 83k, x = 62k.
D. Length = 19cm, Width = 14cm
E. Length = 16cm, Width = 11cm The correct answer
is option [C] 47
The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The digits of the
father's age are those of son's age reversed. How old could they
be?
Solution:
A. 42, 24
Perimeter = 2(length + width) 60cm = 2[width +
B. 44, 22
9+(1/2width) 60cm=2width + 2 (9+1/2width)
Distribute the 2 and you get 60cm= 2width + 18 + C. 45, 54
1width. D. 47, 19
Combine the widths. And subtract 18 from both sides E. None of the above
42cm= 3 width The correct answer is option [A]
Divide both sides by 3 to get the length of the width.
Width=14cm. 48
Then plug it into the equation for the length and you There are 200 questions on a 3 hour examination. Among these
should get 16cm. questions are 50 mathematics problems. It is suggested that
twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each
other question. How many minutes should be spent on
45 mathematics problems?
If I buy a melon and a coconut, the cost will be N1.19.
If I buy a melon and a pineapple, the cost will be N1.45. A. 36
If I buy a coconut and a pineapple, the cost will be N1.40. B. 60
What are the individual prices? C. 72
D. 86 E. 100
A. Pineapple = 85k, coconut = 57k, melon = 65k The correct answer is option [C]
B. Pineapple = 83k, coconut = 57k, melon = 62k.
C. Pineapple = 89k, coconut = 56k, melon = 62k. 49
D. Pineapple = 83k, coconut = 67k, melon = 60k. Seyi prefers 16 to 17, 400 to 401 and 100 to 103. Which of the
E. Pineapple = 82k, coconut = 56k, melon = 61k. The following numbers below does she prefer?
correct answer is option [B]
Let the price of melon be x, coconut be y, pineapple be A. 120
B. 301
z x + y = 119-----(i) C. 225
D. 171
x + z = 145----(ii) E. 404
The correct answer is option [C]
y + z = 140----(iii) Seyi prefers numbers that are squares i.e. √16 = 4; √400 = 40;
√100 = 10. The only number among the options that is a square
x = 119 - y----(iv) is 225.

substitute in equation (ii) 119 - y + z = 145

50
z - y = 26---(v) The Brainfriend calculator is low on batteries again. The
following multiplication is wrong. Each line has the correct
z = 26 + y----(vi) numbers, but mixed up. The solution is correct though. What is
the correct multiplication?
substitute the value into equation (iii) 2147
3725 *

22084429

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54
A. 1427 * 5237 What is N in the series? 6, 9, 27, 54, N, 2241.
B. 7421 * 3235
C. 2147 * 2735 A. 108
D. 2147 * 7325 B. 675
E. 4217 * 5237 C. 1125
The correct answer is option [E] D. 2041
The correct answer is option [B]
The next number in the sequence is n squared minus m or
51 f(n,m) = n2 - m
Lovena sells to Onyeka at a gain of 20%. Onyeka sells f(6,9) = 62 - 9 = 27
to Belema at the price Lovena paid. What does Onyeka f(9,27) = 92 - 27 = 54
lose in percentage? f(27,54) = 272 - 54 = 675
f(54,675) = 542 - 675 = 2241
A. 20.67%
B. 17.67%
C. 16.67%
D. 15.67%
E. 14.57% 55
The correct answer is option [C] This equation contains the numbers 1-8. Can you complete it?
6*
×
52 **
A fire engine was rushing to put out a small fire 15
miles away. The fire engine set out with 120 gallons of
water, however, the water tank had a leak and the fire
engine was

losing water at the rate of 2 gallons per minute. The fire

engine travelled at a constant speed of 30 miles per 3712
hour. If the fire required 50 gallons of water, what was
left?
A. 48 x 62
A. 90 gallons B. 54 x 58
B. 80 gallons C. 63 x 54
C. 70 gallons D. 64 x 58
D. 60 gallons E. 61 x 58
E. 50 gallons The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [D]

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On my local railway track there is a tunnel which is 5 Low temperature at night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 high
miles long. A train, which was 440 yards long, entered as higher
the tunnel at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How long did temperature in a day. Sum of the low temperature and highest
it take for the whole of the train to pass completely temperature is 100o . What is the low temp?
through the tunnel? [Note: there are 1760 yards in a
mile]. A. 20o
B. 30o
A. 6 minutes and 22 seconds C. 40o
B. 6 minutes and 21 seconds D. 50o
C. 6 minutes and 20 seconds E. 60o
D. 6 minutes and 19 seconds The correct answer is option [C]
E. 6 minutes and 18 seconds The correct answer is
option [E]
57
6 minutes and 18 seconds. The train has to effectively (1/4) 3 + (3/4 )3 + 3(1/4)(3/4)(1/4 + 1/4) = .
travel 5.25 miles at 50 mph. Time = Dist / Speed = 5.25
/ 50
= 0.105 hours = 6.3 minutes = 6 minutes 18 seconds. A. 1/64

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B. 27/64 61
C. 0 A cube whose edges are 6 inches is painted blue. The cube is
D. 1 then cut into smaller cubes, all of which have edges that are 2
E. -1 inches long. How many small cubes have no paint on them?
The correct answer is option [D]
A. 1
58 B. 2
Exactly three years before the year in which Anna was C. 6
born, the year was 1980-x. In terms of x, on Anna's D. 8
twentieth birthday, the year will be E. 18
The correct answer is option [ B]
A. 1977 + x B. 1997 + x C. 2003 - x D. 2003 + x E. 2003
The correct answer is option [C]
62
Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32
kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the
59. Complete the series in the sequence. 18984, 9492, 15 seconds elapses before the faster train completely passes
4746, 2373 . by him.
A. 1186 What is the length of the faster train?
B. 1156.2
C. 1186.5 A. 25m
D. 1234.6 B. 50m
E. 19894 C. 75m
The correct answer is option [C]
D. 100m
E. 125m
The correct answer is option [C]
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Tonye put six different colored beans in a bag. She had
red, blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple colored
beans. There were a total of 30 beans in the bag. If there 63
were 4 red beans, 2 blue beans, 6 pink beans, 5 orange The Roman numeral MCMLXXXIV is .
beans, 4 yellow beans, and 9 purple beans, what is the
probability that someone could pull a pink or a yellow A. 1984
bean out of the bag? B. 1994
C. 1874
A. 1/3 B. 1/4 C. 1/5 D. 1/6 E. 1/7 D. 1884
The correct answer is option [A] E. 1918
The correct answer is option [A] M - 1000
You have a one third chance of getting a pink or a CM - 900
yellow bean. L - 50
6+4=10 XXX - 30
10/30 = 1/3 IV - 4

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If it is 2:30, what time will it be when the hour hand has
moved through an angle of 10 degrees?

A. 2:35
B. 2:50
C. 2:15
D. 3:15
E. 11:15
The correct answer is option [B]

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70
Complete the sequence in the series: 1, 2, 10, 37, 101,
65 .
Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can
fill it in 20 and 30 minutes respectively, while C can
empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open A. 156
successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank B. 196
be filled? C. 226
D. 256
A. 163 minutes E. 296
B. 164 minutes The correct answer is option [C]
C. 165 minutes
D. 166 minutes 2 - 1 = 1; 10 - 2 = 8; 37 - 10 = 27; 101 - 37 = 64;
E. 167 minutes The differences between two consecutive numbers are 1, 8, 27,
The correct answer is option [E] 64, ... (cubes of integers starting with 1).
So, 101 + 53 = 101 + 125 = 226
66
A boutique in Port Harcourt decided to calculate the
percentage of customers who purchase hats. If 40 of the
store customers decide to purchase items and of those 71
customers 15 percent purchased hats, what is the A man named Ike says "I am only three times my son's age. My
percentage of hat customers? father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together the three of
us are a mere 1,240 years old." How old is Ike?

A. 4% A. 360 years old

B. 6% C. 15% D. 24% E. 55% B. 361 years old
The correct answer is option [B] C. 362 years old
D. 363 years old
E. 364 years old
67
The correct answer is option [A]
Juny is now twice as old as Emi, but 6 years ago she
was 5 times as old as he was.
How old is Juny now?
72
A. 10 Complete the sequence in the series: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, .
B. 16
C. 20 A. 17
D. 24 B. 18
E. 32 C. 19
The correct answer is option [B] D. 20
E. 21
The correct answer is option [E]
68
Divide 80 by 1/2 and add 40 to the result. What is the
final answer? 3 - 1 = 2; 6 - 3 = 3; 10 - 6 = 4; 15 - 10 = 5;
The differences between two consecutive numbers are 2, 3, 4,
A. 80 B. 120 C. 160 D. 200 E. 240 5, 6, ...
The correct answer is option [A] So, 21 - 15 = 6.
Alternatively, 1 + 2 = 3; 1 + 2 + 3 = 6; 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10;
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15; 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21;
The nth term in the sequence is given by n (n + 1)/2. The
numbers are often referred to as triangular numbers.

73
Which of the following is the number under 1000 which has
the most divisors? e.g. 21 has the divisors, 1, 3, 7, and
21.

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D. 59, 61 and 69
A. 670 E. 53, 69 and 71
B. 740 The correct answer is option [A]
C. 840
D. 980
E. 999 78
The correct answer is option [C] 840: which has 32
Complete the sequence in the series: 500, 475, 425, 350,
divisors. 250, .

A. 225
75 B. 200
Mrs. Priscillia receives a salary of N1,500 per week C. 172
plus 2 percent commission on sales. What was her total D. 150
earning for a week in which her sales was N29,230? E. 125
The correct answer is option [E]
A. N2,084.60 B. N2,184.60 C. N2,284.60 D. N2,384.60
E. N2,484.60 500 - 475 = 25; 475 - 425 = 50; 425 - 350 = 75; 350 - 250 =
The correct answer is option [A] 100;
The differences between two consecutive numbers are 25, 50,
75, 100, 125, ...
76 So, 250 - 125 = 125.
If the difference of two numbers is 10 and their
product is 13, what is the sum of their squares?

A. 125 79
B. 126 The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising
C. 100 15 consecutive working days was Rs.90 per day. During the first
D. 169 7 days, his average wages was Rs.87/day and the average
E. None of the above wages during the last 7 days was Rs.92
The correct answer is option [B] /day.
What was his wage on the 8th day?

Solution: A. 83
B. 92
Let a and b be the two numbers. Then, a - b = 10 and C. 90
ab = 13 D. 97 E. 102
The correct answer is option [D]
Now, (a - b)2 = (a - b) (a - b) = a2 - 2ab + b2 So, 102 =
a2 - 2(13) + b2
80
100 + 26 = a2 + b2 If Ateli lends N400 for 9 months, Ibikari lends N300 for 8
Thus, a2 + b2 = 126 months, and the interest paid is N25, how much should Ateli
receive?

A. N10
77
B. N12
Can you find three consecutive primes which total
190747 when multiplied together? C. N15
D. N17
A. 53, 59 and 61 E. N18
B. 59, 61 and 67 The correct answer is option [C]
C. 53, 67 and 73

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4, 5, 6, 45, 30
81
The current ratio of boys to girls at a certain school is 5, 6, 7, 66, 42
2 to 6, 7, 8, ??, 56
5. If 12 additional boys were added to the school, the
new ratio of boys to girls would be 4 to 9. How many A. 132
boys currently attend the school? B. 112
C. 100
A. 118 D. 91
B. 108 The correct answer is option [D] f(n,m) = (n + m) * m
C. 72 For example, f(2,3) = (2 + 3) * 3 = 15.
D. 54 Thus f(6,7) = (6 + 7) * 7 = 91
The correct answer is option [B]

84
The monthly salaries of Kunle and Femi are in the ratio of 4:7.
82 If each receives an increase of 25 naira in the salary, the ratio is
Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan's daughter and altered to 3: 5. Find their respective salaries.
12 years younger than her aunt. Joan is twice as old as
Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is A. 120 naira and 210 naira
now, and Jane was twice as old as her niece. How old is B. 80 naira and 140 naira
Jean? C. 180 naira and 300 naira
D. 200 naira and 350 naira
A. 32 E. 250 naira and 500 naira
B. 28 The correct answer is option [D]
C. 22
D. 16
E. 14 85
The correct answer is option [D] Joan is 32, Jane is 28, Replace the question marks with one mathematics symbols (
e.g. + - / x) and make the equation correct
and Jean is 16
(9 ? 1) ? (7 ? 6) ? (8 ? 4) = 3

A. +
83 B. -
What is the missing number? C. /
D. x
2, 3, 4, 15 ,12 E. None of the above
3, 4, 5, 28, 20 The correct answer is option [B] (9 - 1) - (7 - 6) - (8 - 4) = 3.
4, 5, 6, 45, 30
5, 6, 7, 66, 42 86
6, 7, 8, ??, 56 What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth
of 400?
A. 132
B. 112 A. 5
C. 100 B. 15
D. 91 C. 8
The correct answer is option [D] f(n,m) = (n + m) * m D. 10
For example, f(2,3) = (2 + 3) * 3 = 15. E. 40
Thus f(6,7) = (6 + 7) * 7 = 91 The correct answer is option [B] Solution:
1/10 of 400 is 40
83 1/4 of 40 is 10
What is the missing number? 2, 3, 4, 15 ,12 3/2 of 10 is 15

3, 4, 5, 28, 20

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87 90
James said that he was born on February 29, 1900. Diki likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for 5
What birthday will he celebrate in the year 2000? empty soda bottles she receives a full bottle. As part of the Girl
Guide's recycling initiative, she manages to collect 77 empty
A. 100 bottles. How many bottles of soda will she be able to drink in
B. 1,000 total?
C. 101
D. 1,0001 A. 77
E. None of the above B. 19
The correct answer is option [E] C. 20
D. 21
He celebrates his birthdays in leap years. In 2000, he will E. 22
be 25years old. However, the year 1900 was not The correct answer is option [B]
actually a leap year.

88 19 bottles: from the initial 77 bottles, she receives 15 full bottles

14,500 people are sitting in a stadium. One of them is (with 2 spare empties). From the 17 empties, she receives 3
picked out. What are the chances that the person's more full bottles (with 2 spare empties). From the 5 empties she
birthday is on a Sunday? receives one final full bottle.

A. 1/14,500 B. 1/7
C. 7/14,500 D. 1/14,501 E. 1/6 91
The correct answer is option [B] Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of
your toes divided by half and add it to the number of months in
1/7. The amount of people in the crowd is irrelevant. a year. What is the total?

A. 212
89 B. 202
Obomate is 2 years older than Kunle, who is twice as C. 192
old as Joe. If the ages of the three total 57 years, how old
D. 186
is Kunle?
E. 172
The correct answer is option [E]
A. 10years
B. 11years We have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs
C. 22years = 8x10 = 80÷1/2 = 160 + 12=172
D. 33years
E. 44years 92
The correct answer is option [C] Solution: A pillar 8 feet tall casts a shadow 4 feet long on the ground. If the
Let Joe's age be represented by x Kunle's age is 2x pillar was 12 feet tall, how many feet in length would the
shadow cast?
Obomate's age is 2x + 2 57 = x + 2x + 2x + 2
55 = 5x A. 12 feet
x = 11 B. 8 feet
Kunle's age is 2 2 years. C. 6 feet
D. 4 feet
E. 2 feet
The correct answer is option [C]

Solution:
The lengths of the shadows are to one another as the heights of
the pillars. Thus,
Length of the shadow for a pillar 12 feet tall
= (12 / 8) x 4 = 6 feet.

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D. 3
93 E. 2
Two people start at the same point and walk in The correct answer is option [B]
opposite directions. If one walks at the rate of 4 miles
per hour and the other walks at the rate of 6 miles per 97
hour, in how many hours will they be 40 miles apart? If 20 men or 24 women or 40 boys can do a job in 12 days
working for 8 hours a day, how many men working with 6
A. 1 women and 2 boys take to do a job four times as big, working
B. 2 for 5 hours a day for 12 days?
C. 3
D. 4 A. 2 men
E. 5 B. 8 men
The correct answer is option [D] C. 12 men
D. 24 men
94 E. 25 men
Arrange the following numbers in ascending order of The correct answer is option [A]
magnitude: 8, 9, 4, 6, 2, 4, 7, 5, 15, 12.

A. 15, 12, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2 98
B. 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 In how many ways can Ann, Bea, Cam, Don, Ella and Fey be
C. 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15 seated if Ann and Bea cannot be seated next to each other?
D. 15, 12, 9, 8, 2, 4, 4, 5,
E. None of the above A. 240
The correct answer is option [C] B. 360
C. 480
D. 600
95 The correct answer is option [C]
What row of numbers comes next?

1 99
11 The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number.
21 After 36 is added to the quotient, the sum is then divided by 2.
1211 The digits of the resulting number are the same as those in the
111221 original number, but they are in reverse order The tens' place
312211 of the original number is equal to twice the difference between
13112221 its digits. What is the number?

A. 1123123111 A. 40
B. 11123113211 B. 42
C. 1132113211 C. 44
D. 1113213211 D. 46
E. 1111132231 E. 48
The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [D]
Starting with the second line, every line describes the
line before it. In writing, it is: 100
One One Two Ones If two pencils costs 8 kobo, how much will 50,998 pencils
One Two One One etc. cost?

A. N40,708.40 B. N4,079.84 C. N407,984 D. N479.84

96
What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be E. N4,079.84
divided in order to make it a perfect square? The correct answer is option [E]

A. 6
B. 5
C. 4

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101 105
If 9x - 3y = 12 and 3x - 5y = 7 then 6x - 2y =? If two typist can type two pages in two minutes, how many
typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?
A. 2
B. 4 A. 3
C. 5 B. 4
D. 8 C. 6
E. 9 D. 12
The correct answer is option [D] E. 36
The correct answer is option [C]

102 One typist types one page in two minutes.

You're driving your car on the highway at 75 mph, and
you notice a sign that says you are 75 miles from your
destination. So if you continue driving at that speed, 106
you'd be there in an hour. When you have driven one Complete the sequence in the series 25, 100, 225, 400, 625, .
mile and you are now 74 miles from your destination,
you drop your speed down to 74 mph. So, you drive that A. 725
first mile at 75 mph; when you are 74 miles from your B. 775
destination, you drop your speed down to 74 mph; and C. 825
then 73 mph, 72 mph... and so on. Until, finally, you get D. 900
down to 1 mile from your destination and you're E. 925
driving at one mile per hour. If you do this, how long is The correct answer is option [D]
it going to take you to travel the entire 75 miles,
rounding it to the nearest hour?
107
A. 3 hours In a football syndicate, the winnings amounted to N7657. There
B. 4 hours were more than 30 people in the syndicate, but less than 100.
C. 5 hours Each won exactly the same number of Naira and no kobo was
D. 6 hours involved. How much did each win?
E. 7 hours
The correct answer is option [C]
A. N255
B. N247
103 C. N239
In a km race, A gives B a start of 20 seconds and beats D. N232
him by 40m. However, when he gives B a start of 25 E. N225
seconds, they finish in a dead heat. What is A's speed in The correct answer is option [B] 31 people: each won N247.
m/sec?

A. 12.5 mins/sec
B. 20 mins/sec 108
C. 8 mins/sec The distance between Station Rail Crescent and Station
D. 10 mins/sec Churchill is 84 miles. A train starts from Rail Crescent towards
E. 12 mins/sec Churchill. A bird starts at the same time from Churchill straight
The correct answer is option [D] towards the moving train. On reaching the train, it
instantaneously turns back and returns to Churchill. The bird
makes these journeys from Churchill to the train and back to
Churchill continuously till the train reaches Churchill. The bird
104
finally returns to Churchill and rests. Calculate the total distance
The Roman numeral MDCCCLXXXVIII is . in miles the bird travels if the bird flies at 60 miles per hour and
the speed of the train is 80 miles per hour.
A. 1878
B. 1888
C. 1988
D. 1899
E. 1818
The correct answer is option [B]

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B. N404.80
C. N440 D. N536.8
A. 84 Miles E. N560
B. 76 Miles The correct answer is option [B]
C. 72 Miles
D. 48 Miles
E. None of the above 112
The correct answer is option [C] When I add 6 times my age 6 years from now to 7 times my age
7 years from now, I get 14 times my current age. How old will I
In 36 minutes, the bird travels 36 miles, the train be 4 years from now?
travels 48 miles, and the two meet.
A. 98
Now, the train (which is traveling at a speed greater B. 89
than that of the bird) will reach Churchill before the C. 78
bird. D. 69
E. 59
So, the bird simply returns to Churchill (a return The correct answer is option [B] Solution:
journey of 36 miles).
Let x be my present age. My age 6 years from now will be x
Thus, the total distance traveled by the bird is 72 miles.
+ 6, and 6 times that will be 6 (x + 6). Similarly, my age 7 years
from now will be x + 7, and 7 times that will be 7 (x + 7).
Adding the two gives 14 times my current age. This gives the
109 equation:
If a and b are positive integers and (a - b)/3.5 = 4/7, 6 (x + 6) + 7 (x + 7) = 14 x.
then Solving the above equation gives x = (6 x 6) + (7 x 7) = 85.
Thus, I will be 89 years old 4 years from now.
A. b < a
B. b > a 113
C. b = a Complete the sequence in the series: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28,
D. b >= a .
E. none of the above
The correct answer is option [A] A. 30
B. 36
C. 42
D. 48
110 E. 54
From five different green balls, four different blue balls The correct answer is option [B]
and three different red balls, how many combinations
of balls can be chosen, taking at least one green and one 1;
blue ball?
1 + 2 = 3;
1 + 2 + 3 = 6;
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10;
A. 3660
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15;
B. 3680 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21;
C. 3700 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28;
D. 3720 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36;
The nth term in the sequence is given by n (n + 1)/2, and the
E. None of the above
numbers are often referred to as triangular numbers.
The correct answer is option [D]

114
111
A merchant buys two articles for N600. He sells one of
them at a profit of 22% and the other at a loss of 8%
and makes no profit or loss in the end.
What is the selling price of the article that he sold at a
loss?

A. N160

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If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x The correct answer is option [C]
+ y, what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3?

A. 0 118
B. 1 If one-seventh of a number exceeds its eleventh part by 100
C. -1 then the number is
D. 4
A. 1925
E. -4 B. 1100
The correct answer is option [B]
C. 1825
D. 770
115 The area of the floor of the tank is 6 square feet, The correct answer is option [A] Let the number be x.
and the water in it is 9 inches deep. How much does the Then X/7 - x/11 =100 11x-7x = 7700 x=1925. 119
water rise if a 1foot metal cube is placed in it? How Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun!
much further does the water rise if a second 1 foot cube I rode my new bicycle that Mom had given to me on my
is also placed in the tank? birthday. On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of
16 bicycles and tricycles. If the total number of wheels were 39
A. 1.8 inches, then another 2.2 inches.
, how many tricycles were there?
B. 1.2 inches, then another 2.8 inches.
C. 2.2 inches, then another 2.2 inches. A. 16
D. 1.8 inches, then another 1.8 inches. B. 15
E. 2.2 inches, then another 1.8 inches. The correct C. 12
answer is option [A]
D. 9
1.8 inches, then another 2.2 inches. Initially the volume E. 7
of water is 6 * 9/12 = 4.5 cubic feet. The first cube The correct answer is option [E]
effectively reduces the cross-sectional area of the tank
to 5 square feet, causing the water to be 4.5/5 foot =
10.8 inches deep. Thus it rises 1.8 inches. The second Solution:
cube is then placed on the floor of the tank, the cross-
sectional area is 4 square feet up to a height of 1 foot, Let the number of bicycles be x and the number of tricycles be
and this is filled by 4 cubic feet of water. The remaining y
0.5 cubic foot, in a cross-sectional area of 6 square feet, x + y = 16-----(i)
requires a height of 0.5/6 foot = 1 inch. The water is 2x + 3y = 39----(ii)
therefore 13 inches deep and has risen by another 2.2 Solve for x in equation (i) x = 16 - y----(iii)
inches. 2(16 - y) + 3y = 39 y =7.

116 120
If M = {u, v, w, x, y} and N = {u, x, z}, what is MnN? If I have a normal coin with a head and tail,
a 6-sided die, and a bag containing 4 blue and 2 red marbles,
A. {u, x} what is the probability of me flipping a head, rolling a 4, and
B. {u, v, w, x, y} picking out a red marble?
C. {u, x, z}
A. 0.0278
D. {u, v, w, x, y, z}
B. 0.0367
E. {x, z}
C. 36
The correct answer is option [A]
D. 27
E. 0.278
The correct answer is option [A]
117
If 7 workers can build 7 cars in 7 days, then how many
days would it take 5 workers to build 5 cars?

A. 1
B. 5
C. 7
D. 25

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Probability of flipping a head is 1/2 Probability of C. 47
rolling a 4 is 1/6 D. 48
Probability of selecting a red marble is 2/6 = 1/3. E. 49
Then multiply the results to get the probability: 1/2 x The correct answer is option [D]
1/6 x 1/3 = 0.0278 (to 3 decimal places)
The differences between the numbers increases by 1, starting
121 with 5 (3 to 8), so the answer is 48 because the difference has
Mr Willie likes to smoke cigars, but he cannot afford to be 10 between 38
cigars so he puts five (5) stubs (which he finds)
together to make one full cigar. One day Mr Willie was
lucky to get 25 stubs extra. How many cigars could he
smoke (maximum number)? 125
Bea can paint a house three times faster than Alice can paint a
A. 5 house. If, working together, it takes Alice and Bea 24 hours to
B. 6 paint a house, then how many hours will it take Bea to paint a
C. 7 house alone?
D. 8
E. 4 A. 28
The correct answer is option [B] B. 30
C. 32
D. 36
The correct answer is option [C]
122
600 ladies and 400 guys belong to a choreography 126
group. What are the chances that a person chosen to What percent of 15 is 15 percent of 1?
represent the group in the dance is a lady?
A. 0.001
A. 2/3 B. 0.01
B. 1/1,000 C. 3/5 C. 0.1
D. 3/2 E. 1/600
D. 1
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [D]
123
Complete the sequence in the series: 213, 426, , 852, 127
1065, 1278 . What is the number of triangles in an octagon?

A. 578 A. 326
B. 621 B. 120
C. 639 C. 56 D. 180
D. 669 E. cannot be determined
E. 701 The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [C]
213 + 213 = 426; 426 + 213 = 639; 639 + 213 = 852;
852 + 213 = 1065; 1065 + 213 = 1278; 128
The numbers simply increase by 213. If a sum of money compounded annually amounts to thrice itself
in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself?

124 A. 4 years
Determine the number that should come next in the B. 5 years
series below: C. 6 years
D. 7 years
3, 8, 14, 21, 29, 38, ? E. 8 years
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 45
B. 46

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129 A. 5
2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi, a passenger B. 7
train leaves the same station traveling in the same C. 9
direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After D. 11
traveling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the
freight train. The average speed of the freight train was
E. None of the above
. The correct answer is option [B]

A. 30 134
A painting job can be completed by 7 painters in 50 days. If 21
B. 40 more painters join the team 10 days after starting work on the
C. 58 job, how many more days are required to complete the job?
D. 60
E. 72 A. 6 days
The correct answer is option [B] B. 8 days
C. 10 days
D. 12 days
130
The average of 5 quantities is 6. The average of 3 of E. 14 days
them is 8. The correct answer is option [C]
What is the average of the remaining two numbers?
Solution:
Total effort required by 7 painters for 50 days = 7 x 50 = 350
A. 6.5
man-days.
B. 4 Initial effort by 7 painters for 10 days = 7 x 10 = 70 man- days.
C. 3 D. 3.5 E. 2.5 Job still requires 350 - 70 = 280 man-days, and there are 28
The correct answer is option [C] painters available to do it.

Additional effort required by 28 painters for 280 man-days

= 280 / 28 = 10 days.
131
Thus, 10 more days are required to complete the painting job.
There are two dogs in each corner of a room shaped
like an octagon. How many dogs are in the room?
135
A. 8
Mr. Brown has 8 black gloves and 12 brown gloves in his closet.
B. 10 He blindly picks up some gloves from the closet. What is the
C. 12 minimum number of gloves Mr. Brown will have to pick to be
D. 14 certain to find a pair of gloves of the same color?
E. 16
The correct answer is option [E] A. 3
B. 4
132 C. 5
The monthly incomes of Ada and Betty are in the ratio
D. 6
4 : 5, their expenses are in the ratio 5 : 6. If Ada saves 25
naira per month and Betty saves 50 naira per month,
E. 7
The correct answer is option [A]
what are their respective incomes?

A. 400 naira and 500 naira 136

B. 240 naira and 300 naira Which number best completes the series? 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ?
C. 320 naira and 400 naira
D. 440 naira and 550 naira A. 14
E. 110 naira and 220 naira B. 15
The correct answer is option [A] C. 16
D. 17
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What is x? if 45/9 = 12 - x

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E. 18 D. 1.00pm
The correct answer is option [D] E. 2.00pm
The correct answer is option [B]
The series is made up of prime numbers.

140
137 The present ages of Chukwuemeka and Ikechukwu are 6 :
This multiplication contains the numbers 1-9. Can you 4. Five years ago their ages were in the ratio 5 : 3. Find their
complete it? present ages.

*** x 3* A. 42, 48
B. 36, 24
C. 30, 20
7254 D. 25, 15
E. 35, 45
A. 186 x 39
The correct answer is option [C]
B. 186 x 38
C. 186 x 37
141
D. 186 x 36 Last week, I travelled from London to Stoke. On the first day I
E. 186 x 35 travelled half of the distance. On day two, I travelled one third
The correct answer is option [A] of the remaining distance. On day three, I travelled three
quarters of the remaining distance. Yesterday I travelled half of
138 the remaining distance. I now have 5 miles left to travel. How
A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, far is it from Stoke to London in total?
i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a
match. How many players participated in the A. 120 miles
tournament if a total of 15 matches are played?
B. 60 miles
C. 40 miles
A. 20
D. 20 miles
B. 16
E. 5 miles
C. 12 The correct answer is option [A]
D. 8
E. 6 120 miles. On the first day I travelled 60 miles, leaving 60 miles.
The correct answer is option [B] On day two I travelled 20 miles, leaving 40 miles On day three I
travelled 30 miles, leaving 10 miles. Yesterday I travelled 5
Solution: Since the tennis tournament is played on a miles, leaving 5 miles.
knock out basis and there 15 matches played, then the
number of players would be 16, that is , 15 players and
1 player(the winner). 142
A bank department employs 2800 people of whom 70 percent
are cash officers and one-fourth are marketing officers. The
139 number of employees in the bank who are neither cash officers
A bus started from the bus stand at 8.00am, and after nor marketing officers is .
30 minutes of staying at the destination, it returned
back to the bus stand. The destination is 27 miles from A. 235
the bus stand. The speed of the bus is 18mph. In the B. 250
return journey, the bus travels with 50% fast speed. At C. 140
what time did it return to the bus stand?
D. 155
E. 160
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 10.00am B. 11.00am
C. 12 noon
143
Complete the sequence in the series: 1, 2, 6, 24, 120,
.
A. 720

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B. 620
C. 520 Solution
D. 420 Diki has a 5/18 chance of pulling out a fruit she likes. 4 apples
E. 320 + 6 blueberries = 10 fruits
The correct answer is option [A] She likes 10/36 = 5/18.

1 = 1;
147
(1)(2) = 2;
A salesperson works 50 weeks each year and makes an average
(1)(2)(3) = 6; (arithmetic mean ) of 100 sales per week. If each sale is worth
(1)(2)(3)(4) = 24; an average (arithmetic mean) of N1,000, then what is the total
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5) = 120; value of sales made by the salesperson in a year?
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) = 720;
The nth term in the sequence is given by n! (factorial A. N50,000 B. N100,000 C. N500,000
of n), which is defined as the product of all integers D. N1,000,000 E. N5,000,000
from 1 to n. The correct answer is option [E]

148
144 The price of a product is reduced by 30%. By what percentage
Gary began peeling a pile of 44 potatoes at the rate of should it be increased to make it 100%?
3 per minute. Four minutes later, Christen joined him,
and peeled at the rate of 5 potatoes per minute. When A. 38.758%
they were finished, how many potatoes had each B. 42.857%
peeled?
C. 62%
D. 70%
A. Gary 16, Christen 20 E. None of the above
B. Gary 20, Christen 14 The correct answer is option [B]
C. Gary 24, Christen 20
D. Gary 20, Christen 24
E. Both 27
The correct answer is option [C]

149
Five years ago, Sharon's age was three times that of Sommy.
145 Ten years ago, Sharon's age was one half that of Ela. If E
In a class composed of x girls and y boys, what part of represents Ela's current age, which of the following represents
the class is composed of girls? Sommy's current age?

A. y/(x + y) A. E/6 + 5
B. 2E
B. x/xy
C. (E - 10)/3
C. x/(x + y)
D. 3E - 5
D. y/xy
E. None of the above
E. None of the above The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [C]

146 150
Diki likes blueberries and apples. She puts bananas, A portion of $7200 is invested at a 4% annual return, while the
apples, oranges, cherries, and blueberries into a basket. remainder is invested at a 5% annual return. If the annual
There are 36 fruits in the basket. There are 7 bananas, income from both portions is the same, what is the total income
4 apples, 11 oranges, 8 cherries, and the rest from the two investments?
blueberries. What is Diki's chance of picking out a fruit
that she likes?

A. 1/6

B. 18/5 C. 5/18 D. 1/9

E. 0
The correct answer is option [C]

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A. 46 minutes
A. $160 B. $320 C. $400 D. $720 B. 45 minutes
E. None of the above C. 44 minutes
The correct answer is option [B] D. 43 minutes
E. 42 minutes
The correct answer is option [B]
151
In a group of 15, 7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied
45 minutes. In 24 hours, the cold tap could fill 80 baths, the hot
Hints, and 3 have not studied either. How many of these
tap could fill 96 baths and the plug could drain 144 baths.
studied both Latin and Hints?
Therefore, in 24 hours, we have 80 + 96 - 144 baths full = 32
baths. Therefore each bath would take 45 minutes to fill.
A. 0
B. 3
C. 4 154
D. 5 Replace the question marks with one mathematics symbol
E. 6 (e.g. + - / x) and make the equation correct
The correct answer is option [B] (7 ? 1) ? (5 ? 2) ? (2 ? 3) = 20

A. +
152 B. -
From me to you with LOVE. How many times does the C. x
word LOVE appear in this grid? D. /
E. None of the above
LVEVOLEEVOLEVOLOOVEOOEVOLLVV The correct answer is option [A]
OLVLOVEVVOOOLOVEOEOLOVEOLVLE
LEVV
EVOLEELEOLEVOLEVVOLVVOLOVOLO
VEOVOLOOVVOLELOLELVOLLLELOVEL
155
OVE
Determine the number that should come next in the series
EVLOVEVVOLOVEVEEELLEVOLOEEVOL
below:
ELVVOLLLVLLVLLLV
LOEVVOEOOEVOLOOOLVEVEVVVEVOL
0, 5, 8, 17, 24, 37, ?
VLVOOELEEEEELOVEOEVLEVOLOVEV
OLOV
A. 48
A. 71 times B. 49
B. 72 times C. 50
C. 73 times D. 51
D. 74 times E. 52
E. 75 times The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [C]
12 - 1, 22 + 1, 32 - 1, 42 + 1, 52 - 1, 62 + 1, 72 - 1

153
My bath has two taps and a plug hole. The cold tap on
156
its own fills the bath in 18 minutes, the hot one in 15
I was having trouble sleeping last night and tossed and turned
minutes. The plug hole can drain the bath in 10 minutes
well into the night. Our local town hall has a clock which strikes
with the taps off. How long will the bath take to fill if I
on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour. During
leave both taps on with the plug left out?
one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once,
but I could not tell what time it was. Half an hour later it struck
once again, but I still could not tell what time it was. Finally, half
an hour later it struck once again and I knew what the time was.
What time was it?

A. 1.00 in the morning

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B. 1.30 in the morning
C. 2.00 in the morning A. 20%
D. 3.00 in the morning B. 12%
E. 4.00 in the morning C. 47.9%
The correct answer is option [B] D. 57.6%
E. 66.67%
1.30 in the morning. The initial single strike was at The correct answer is option [E]
12.30.
161
I have a jar of sweets. 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green and 9 yellow.
157 What percentage chance do I have of picking a yellow one with
In a certain year, corporation X produced 20 percent of my eyes shut?
the total world production of a certain drug. If
corporation X produced 9kg of the drug, how many kg A. 7%
were produced by producers other than corporation X? B. 5%
C. 4%
A. 45 D. 2%
B. 40 E. 1%
C. 36 The correct answer is option [C] 4 percent, or 1 in 25.
D. 27
E. 22 162
The correct answer is option [A] The ratio of Rita's age to her mother's age is 3:8. The difference
of their ages is 35 years. The ratio of their ages after 4 years will
158 be
1/3 of girls and 1/2 of boys go to the canteen .What
fraction of the total number of classmates go to the A. 7:12
canteen? B. 5:12
C. 38:43
A. 5/6 B. 1/3 C. 1/5 D. 1/6 D. 43:47
E. Cannot be determined The correct answer is option [B] Let their ages be 3x and 8x
The correct answer is option [A] 8x - 3x =35
x =7
159 Their present ages are 21 and 56 years.
Each child in a family has at least 2 brothers and 4 Ratio of their ages after 4 years are 25:60 = 5:12
sisters. What is the smallest number of children the
family might have? 163
If on an item a company gives 25% discount and earns 25%
A. 2 profit. If they now give 10% discount, what is the profit
B. 4 percentage?
C. 6
D. 8 A. 30%
E. 10 B. 35%
The correct answer is option [D] C. 40%
D. 45%
Solution: E. Insufficient data
If each boy in the family has at least 2 brothers, then The correct answer is option [A]
the smallest number of boys is 3.
Similarly, if each girl in the family has at least 4 sisters,
then the smallest number of girls is 5.
Thus, the smallest number of children the family might 164
have is 8. Boma borrowed N240 interest free from her parents to pay for
her college education. If she pays back 21/2 percent of this
160 amount quarterly and has already paid N42, for how many
Batubo sold 6 eggs at the price for which he bought months has she been paying back her loan?
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A. 6 The correct answer is option [A]
B. 7
C. 19 I spent N98.82. I started with N131.76 and initially spent
D. 21 N65.88 and then spent another N32.94, which left me with
N32.94, which meant that I'd spent N98.82 of my original
E. 24 N131.76.
The correct answer is option [D]
169
165
A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10
There are 1,200 dresses in a wardrobe. If one third of
% loss and the cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything;
the dresses are all pink, some are all blue, and others
but if he sold the horse at 5% loss and the cart at 5% gain, he
have pink and green stripes. Would 400 clothes be
would lose N10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him was N
definitely blue?
for the horse and N for the cart.
A. Yes
A. 450, 250
B. No
B. 480, 280
C. Cannot be determined by the information given
C. 500, 300
D. None of the above D. 400, 200
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [D]
The other 800 clothes can be any mix of all blue and
pink and green stripes.
170
Joe sells 12 eggs at the price for which he bought 20 eggs.
What is his profit percent?
166
A Crocodile's tail was three times as long as its head.
Its body was half as long as its tail. The body and tail A. 57.6%
measured 13 feet 6 inches. How long was its head? B. 66.67%
C. 47.96%
A. 13 feet 6 inches D. 12%
B. 9 feet E. 20%
C. 6 feet The correct answer is option [B]
D. 3 feet
E. 2 feet 6 inches
171
The correct answer is option [D]
The proportion of milk and water in 3 samples is 2:1, 3:2 and
5:3. A mixture comprising of equal quantities of all 3 samples is
made. The proportion of milk and water in the mixture is .
167
Three athletes A, B, and C are to run a race. B and C
have equal chances of winning, but A is twice as likely A. 2 : 1
to win as either. What is the probability of each athlete B. 5 : 1
winning? C. 99 : 61
D. 227 : 133
A. 3/5 B. 1/4 C. 3/4 D. 1/3 E. 2/3 E. 4 : 5
The correct answer is option [B] The correct answer is option [D]

168
Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and 172
then I spent half of that amount on some new trousers. A 5cm cube is cut into as many 1cm cubes as possible. What is
I was left with N32.94. How much did I spend? the ratio of the surface area of the larger cube to that of the sum
of the surface areas of the smaller cubes?
A. N98.82 B. N198.82 C. N98.98 D. N128.88 E.
N119.28 A. 1 : 5
B. 1 : 6
C. 1 : 25
D. 1 : 125
E. 1.734

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CM is 900.

173 177
What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of Faka bought yam at 1,000 naira a score. What is the price of
cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream (2 one tuber of yam?
pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)?
A. 50 naira
A. 16 B. 40 naira
B. 24 C. 60 naira
C. 30 D. 65 naira
D. 64 E. Cannot be determined
E. 68 The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [D]

174 178
Following the pattern shown in the number sequence The distance between Station Wilson and Station Harold is 84
below, what is the missing number? miles. A train starts from Wilson towards Harold. A bird starts
at the same time from Harold straight towards the moving train.
On reaching the train, it instantaneously turns back and returns
1, 4, 9, ?, 25, 36 to Harold. The bird makes these journeys from Harold to the
train and back to Harold continuously till the train reaches
A. 10 Harold. The bird finally returns to Harold and rests. Calculate
B. 12 the total distance in miles the bird travels if the bird flies at 80
C. 14 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 60 miles per hour.
D. 16
E. 18 A. 122 Miles
B. 112 Miles
The correct answer is option [D]
C. 80 Miles
Each number is the square of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, D. 60 Miles
6 E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]

175 Solution:
(I) Multiply 50 by 50 one thousand times.
(II) Multiply 100 by 100 five hundred times. Bird flies at a speed greater than that of the train
How many times would you have to multiply the result The train (at a speed of 60 miles per hour) travels 60 miles in
of 60 minutes.
(2) to get (1)? Therefore, the train travels from Wilson to Harold (84 miles)
in 84 minutes.
Importantly, the bird makes the journeys continuously back
A. One billion times (58) and forth for this same amount of time (namely, 84 minutes).
B. 50 to the 10th power Thus, the total distance traveled by the bird
C. 25 by 25 five hundred times = 80 miles per hour x 84 minutes = 80 x 84/60 miles = 112
D. 100 by 100 one thousand times miles
E. 2.5 to the 25th power
The correct answer is option [C]
179
A snake slides through a long cylindrical hole in the ground at 6
centimetres per second. The hole is 7.5 metres in length. The
176 snake takes 14 seconds to enter the hole. What is the length in
1900 is written in Roman numeral as . centimetres of the snake?

A. MCD A. 125cm
B. MCM B. 100cm
C. CM
D. CD
E. DC
The correct answer is option [B] M is 1000;

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C. 90cm
D. 84cm A. June
E. 204 cm B. July
The correct answer is option [D] C. August
D. September
Distance = Speed x Time. E. October
(a) The snake has entered the hole when its tail just The correct answer is option [D]
comes into the hole. It is given that 14 seconds elapse
from the time the snake's head enters the hole till its September. The numbers used are 366, +11, /13, +31, +3,
tail enters. Thus, /7 = 9.

Length of the snake = Distance traveled in 14 seconds 183

= (6 cm/s) x (14 s) = 84 centimetres. A zookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a zoo and found
it to be 80. When he counted the legs of the animals he found it
180 to be 260. If the zoo had either pigeons or horses, how many
Complete the series: 144, 121, 100, , 64, 49 horses were there in the zoo?

A. 99 A. 30
B. 91 B. 40
C. 89 C. 50
D. 81 D. 60
E. 79 E. 70
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [C]

The terms are merely the squares of integers starting

with 12 in descending order. Thus, 184
122 = 12 x 12 = 144; 112 = 11 x 11 = 121; 102 = 10 x 10 One year payment to the servant is N200 plus one shirt. The
= servant leaves after 9 months and receives N120 and a shirt.
100; Find the price of the shirt.
92 = 9 x 9 = 81; 82 = 8 x 8 = 64; 72 = 7 x 7 = 49;
Alternatively, the differences between consecutive A. N60
terms form the following simple sequence: 23, 21, 19, B. N80
17, 15. C. N100
D. N120
E. N140
181 The correct answer is option [D]
Tonye drives to Boma's house at an average speed of
40 mph. If he can drive 2/3 of the way there in an hour,
how far away is Boma's house? 185
Haretown and Tortoiseville are 52 miles apart. A hare travels
A. 20 miles at 10 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a
B. 50 miles tortoise travels at 3 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to
C. 55 miles Haretown. If both set out at the same time, how many miles will
D. 60 miles the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?
The correct answer is option [D]
Dan travels 40 miles in an hour, and he needs to go half A. 26 miles
this distance to reach Cheryl's house (that is, he has B. 30 miles
traveled two-thirds of the way and needs to travel one C. 39 miles
more third). Divide 40 by 2 to determine a third of the D. 40 miles
total distance, and then add this to the distance traveled
E. None of the above
so far: 40 + 20 = 60.
The correct answer is option [D]

182 Solution
Take the number of days in a leap year, add the number The hare and the tortoise are together covering the distance at
of months with 30 days, divide it by the number of loafs 13 miles per hour (i.e., on adding their speeds). So, they will
in a baker's dozen, add the number of days in March, cover the distance of 52 miles in 4 hours.
add the square root of nine, divide by the number of days
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Thus, in 4 hours, they will meet and the hare will have D. Length = 18, width = 40, depth = 20
traveled 40 miles. E. Length = 40, width = 20, depth = 18 The correct answer is
Alternative Solution through Equations: Note that : option [B]
Distance = Speed x Time
Let t be the time before the hare and the tortoise meet.
In t hours, the hare will travel 10 t miles. 189
In t hours, the tortoise will travel 3 t miles. Now, How many 7s are there between 1 and 100?

A. 10
10 t + 3 t = 52 B. 11
So, t = 52/13 = 4 hours. C. 18
D. 19
Thus, distance traveled by hare before meeting = 10 x
E. 20
4 = 40 miles
The correct answer is option [E]
186
190
At a local village gala, the entire population turned up
Place the numbers 1-9 in the following formula, substituting
500 people. The event raised N3,000. Tickets were
each for a letter to get a valid equation.
priced as follows:
x/yz + u/vw + r/st = 1
N7.48 men,
N7.12 women, and N0.45 children.
A. 5/34 + 7/68 + 9/1 = 1 B. 5/34 + 7/6 + 9/12 = 1 C. 5/34 +
How many children were there?
7/68 + 9/12 = 1 D. 5/3 + 7/68 + 9/12 = 1 E. 5/34 + 7/8 +
9/12 = 1
A. 92 B. 149 C. 259 D. 262 E. 267
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [A]
191
If the perimeter of square 1 and the diagonal of square 11 have
187
the same length, what is the ratio of square 1 to the area of
An empty swimming pool can be filled to capacity
square 11?
through an inlet pipe in 3 hours, and it can be
completely drained by a drainpipe in 6 hours. If both
pipes are fully open at the same time, in how many A. 12:5
hours will the empty pool be filled to capacity? B. 5:12
C. 1:8
A. 4.5 D. 3:4
B. 5 C. 5.5 E. 2:1
D. 6 E. 6.5
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [C] 192
A man insures 80% of his property and pays a 2.5% premium
188 amounting to N348. What is the total value of his property?
Last week I lost my measuring tape. I had to measure
Daniel's toy box. Luckily, I could remember that the top A. N19,000 B. N18,400 C. N18,000 D. N17,400 E. N13,920
had an area of 720 square inches, the side was 800 The correct answer is option [D]
square inches and the end was 360 square inches. What
were the true dimensions of the toy box 193
A doctor gave a patient three pills to take one every half hour.
A. Length = 44, width = 24, depth = 22 How long will the pills last?
B. Length = 40, width = 18, depth = 20
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B. one hour x - y = 15------(i)
C. 3 hours 75(x - y) = x2 - y2
D. 0 hour 75(x - y) = (x + y)(x - y)---------(ii)
E. None of the above Putting equation (i) into equation (ii), 75(15) = (x + y)(15) (x +
y) = 75.
The correct answer is option [B]
Therefore the number of coins is 75.
You take the fist pill at the start of the hour, the second
195
pill thirty minutes after and the last pill at the end of
the hour. A farmer had 51 sheep. All, but 17 sheep died through a
plague, how many does he have left?

194 A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He A. 17

did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his B. 34
wife asked, "How many gold coins do we have?" After C. 51
pausing a moment, he replied, "Well, if I divide the coins D. 68
into two unequal numbers, the difference between the E. None of the above
numbers gives 15, then 75 times the difference The correct answer is option [A]
between the two numbers equals the difference
between the squares of the two numbers." The wife
looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by
finding out how many gold coins they have? 196
Can you find a quick and elegant way to add the numbers from
A. 100 coins 1 to 30 ? In other words, what is the sum you obtain in the
B. 95 coins following case: 1 + 2 + 3 + ....... + 30 =
C. 85 coins
D. 75 coins A. 461
E. 65 coins B. 462
The correct answer is option [D] Solution: C. 463
D. 464
Let the unequal numbers be x and y x - y = 15------(i) E. 465
75(x - y) = x2 - y2 The correct answer is option [E]
75(x - y) = (x + y)(x - y)---------(ii)
Putting equation (i) into equation (ii), 75(15) = (x +
y)(15) (x + y) = 75. Solution:
Therefore the number of coins is 75. Here's an elegant way: 1 + 30 = 31
2 + 29 = 31
194 3 + 28 = 31
A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did .....................
not want anybody to know about them. One day, his ..................... 15 + 16 = 31
wife asked, "How many gold coins do we have?" After
pausing a moment, he replied, "Well, if I divide the coins Adding the above equations gives
into two unequal numbers, the difference between the
numbers gives 15, then 75 times the difference 1 + 2 + 3 + ....... + 30 = 15 x 31 = 465
between the two numbers equals the difference
between the squares of the two numbers." The wife
looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by
197
finding out how many gold coins they have?
A woman delivering pizzas drives from the pizza parlor to
make 3 deliveries. She drives East at 30 miles per hour for 10
A. 100 coins minutes for the first delivery, West at 40 miles per hour for 15
B. 95 coins minutes for the second delivery, and East at 20 miles per hour
C. 85 coins for 45 minutes for the last delivery. At this point, how far is she
D. 75 coins (in miles) from the pizza parlor?
E. 65 coins
The correct answer is option [D] Solution: A. 0
Let the unequal numbers be x and y B. 4

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C. 6
D. 8
E. 10 201
The correct answer is option [E] Solution: Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below,
The first miles due east is 30 × 1/6 = 5 miles what is the missing number?
The second miles due west is 40 × 1/4 = 10 miles
The total miles covered for the first and second 1, 8, 27, ?, 125, 216
deliveries
A. 36
= 10 - 5 = 5 miles
The third miles due east is 20 × 3/4 = 15 miles
B. 45
The distance from the pizza parlor is 15 - 5 = 10 miles. C. 46
D. 64
E. 99
198 The correct answer is option [D]
In my money box, I found $36.80 made up of equal
numbers of quarters, dimes and nickels. How many of Each number in the question is the cube of the sequence 1, 2, 3,
each coin did I find? 4, 5, 6

A. 88 202
B. 89 If 1cm on a map corresponds to an actual distance of 40 kms,
C. 90 and the distance on the map between Abalama and Kalio-Ama
D. 91 is 37.5 cm, then the actual distance between them is kms.
E. 92 A. 375
The correct answer is option [E]
B. 3750
199 Yesterday I went for a long bicycle ride around the C. 1500
local lakes. As the ride was quite long, I rode in various D. 1375
stages. In the first stage I rode half of the overall E. 1543
distance. Stage two saw half of the remaining distance The correct answer is option [C]
plus 35 metres covered. Stage three covered three-
quarters of the remaining distance. Stage four 203
completed half of the remaining distance plus 75 Recently, Amakiri, the extremely rich father of Young Harry had
metres. Stage five completed the journey with a final passed away. He had left one million dollars to Young Harry.
burst of 150 metres. How far did I cycle in total? However, the money was locked in a safe, and Young Harry
would not get the money unless he knew the combination.
A. 7040 metres. Amakiri left a number series for his son to work out. If he could
B. 7340 metres. not figure it out, he wouldn't get anything. The combination is a
C. 7343 metres. 3-digit number, and to stop him from randomly guessing he
would only be able to try once every day. Here is the series:
D. 7340 metres.
3, 11, 31, 55, 91, ... Young Harry managed to finish the series,
E. 7340 metres. and get the million dollars. What is the correct number?
The correct answer is option [B]
A. 146
Stage 1: cycled 3670 leaving 3670 B. 131
Stage 2: cycled 1870 leaving 1800 C. 130
Stage 3: cycled 1350 leaving 450 D. 129
Stage 4: cycled 300 leaving 150 E. 128
Stage 5: cycled 150 leaving 0 The correct answer is option [B]

200 Solution
What 4-digit number abcd satisfies this equation? 4 * The series works from: 1 * 2 = 2 ( + 1) = 3
abcd = dcba 3 * 4 = 12 ( - 1)= 11
5 * 6 = 30 ( + 1) = 31
A. 2178
B. 1287
C. 7128
D. 8712
The correct answer is option [A]

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7 * 8 = 56 ( - 1) = 55 2 karms equal 4 foz and 1 foz equals 3 burs 1/2 karms equals 3
9 * 10 = 90 ( + 1) = 91 burs
11 * 12 = 132 ( - 1) = 131 ? karms equals 24 burs 1 × 24/2 × 3 = 4 karms.

207
204 Complete the sequence in the series: 6, 24, 60, 120, ,
Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 336, 504, 720.

A. 25 A. 190
B. 40 B. 210
C. 70 D. -25 C. 230
E. None of the above D. 250
The correct answer is option [C] E. 270
The correct answer is option [B]

205 (1)(2)(3) = 6;
How many times does the word AUGUST appear in (2)(3)(4) = 24;
this grid?
(3)(4)(5) = 60;
(4)(5)(6) = 120;
AAGAUGUAATSUGUAAUGUSTAUGUTUT
UAAGGGAUGUSTSASUATUAUGUSTUAU (5)(6)(7) = 210;
GUSTASGSSAGAUGGUGUAUTUTUTTSU (6)(7)(8) = 336;
GUAUAUTSUGUAUSTGAAAUGAUUTUGT (7)(8)(9) = 504;
AUSUATGUASTGSAUAUGUSTUSTUUSU (8)(9)(10) = 720;
UAAUGUGTSTASGGUUGSUGUAUTSTUU The nth term in the sequence is given by n (n + 1) (n + 2).
UGGTUUGUSAAUAUGUSTUAAGUSTUGU
USUATUAUGUSTGUATGUAGTSUGUATU
A 208
During a recent trip to Scotland, I filled my petrol tank to the
A. 34 times top with a total of 10 gallons. I travelled at 60 mph up the
B. 35 times motorway and I knew that I could average 40 miles per gallon.
C. 36 times However, the moment I started, my petrol tank had a leakage
and four hours later I came to a halt having run out of petrol.
D. 37 times
How much petrol had I lost through the leakage?
E. 38 times
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 1 gallons
B. 2 gallons
206 C. 3 gallons
If 2 karms equal 4 foz, and 1 foz equals 3 burs, how D. 4 gallons
many karms are 24 burs? E. 5 gallons
The correct answer is option [D] Solution:
A. 2 karms
B. 4 karms The miles travelled is 60mph × 4hrs = 240 miles; i.e, Speed×
Time = Distance
C. 6 karms
D. 8 karms The number of gallons used within the four hours is 240/40 =
E. 10 karms
The correct answer is option [B] Solution: 6 gallons

The difference will be the amount lost 10 - 6 = 4 gallons.

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209
Bernard weighs 100 pounds more than his sister A. 980
Betsy. Their combined weight is 120 pounds. How B. 1,080
many pounds does Bernard weigh? C. 1,980
D. 2,000
A. 210 E. 490
B. 200 The correct answer is option [A]
C. 110
D. 100 There are 980 coins in the collection.
E. None of the above Let the number of coins be x x - (x/2 + x/4 + x/5) = 49
The correct answer is option [C] Solution: x - 19x/20 = 49 20x - 19x = 49(20)

Let Betsy weight be x x = 980.

Let Bernard weight be x + 100 x + x + 100 = 120
2x = 120 - 100 214
2x = 20 What is the greatest value of a positive integer n, such that 3n
x = 20/2 = 10 is a factor of 1815?
Betsy weighs 10 pounds while Bernard weighs 10 +
100 = 110. A. 15
B. 18
C. 30
D. 33
211 E. 35
If a certain chemical costs N50 for 30gallons, how The correct answer is option [C] 215
many gallons of the chemical can be purchased for Mr. and Mrs. Okon have 4 daughters and each of those
N625? daughters have 4 brothers, how many people make up the
family?
A. 12.5
B. 24 C. 325 D. 375 E. 425 A. 22
The correct answer is option [D] B. 20
C. 16
D. 10
212 E. 8
If you take 29 oranges from 60 oranges, how many The correct answer is option [D]
oranges will you have?

A. 89 216
If the average of x, y and 15 is 5, then the average of x and y is
B. 60
.
C. 31
D. 29 A. 5
E. None of the above B. 15 C. 20/2
The correct answer is option [D]
D. 10
E. 0
The correct answer is option [E]
213
A numismatist decides to divide his coin collection 217
between his children. The oldest gets 1/2 of the 2 tyres of a car were replaced at the cost of 17 naira per tyre. If
collection, the next gets 1/4, the next gets 1/5, and the 40 naira had been expected to be paid for the 2 tyres, what
youngest gets the remaining 49 coins. How many coins percent of the expected cost was saved?
are in the collection?
A. 75.0
B. 57.5

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C. 17.6 222
D. 7.5 What is the smallest number which when divided by 10 leaves
E. none of the above a remainder of 9, when divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 8,
The correct answer is option [E] when divided by 8 leaves a remainder of 7, when divided by 7
leaves a remainder of 6, and so on until when divided by 2
218 leaves a remainder of 1?
The average age of a group of 12 students is 20years. If
4 more students join the group, the average age A. 2,131
increases by 1 year. The average age of the new student B. 2,337
is . C. 2,519
D. 2,477
A. 22 E. 2,517
B. 23 The correct answer is option [C]
C. 24
D. 26 223
E. 28 Imagine that you are building a tower of play bricks. A yellow
The correct answer is option [C] brick is 19 millimetres tall and a green brick is 21 millimetres
tall. How many of each are required to build a tower that is
exactly 562 millimetres tall?
219
If zn + qp = 6pz, and pz > o, then n/p + q/z = ? A. 15 yellow and 15 green bricks.
B. 13 yellow and 15 green bricks.
A. zn = qp C. 13 yellow and 18 green bricks.
B. 0 D. 10 yellow and 11 green bricks.
C. 6n + 6q E. 17 yellow and 13 green bricks.
D. 6zq
E. 6 The correct answer is option [B] 224
The correct answer is option [E] The average of 5 quantities is 10 and the average of 3 of
them is 9. What is the average of the remaining 2?
220
A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, A. 12.5
i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a B. 11.5
match. How many matches are played in the C. 12
tournament if 107 players totally participated? D. 11
E. 9
A. 102
The correct answer is option [B]
B. 103
C. 104
225
D. 105 Justin takes the underground train to work and uses an
E. 106 escalator at the railway station. If Justin runs up 6 steps of the
The correct answer is option [E] escalator, it will take him 60 seconds to reach the top of the
escalator. If he runs up 13 steps of the escalator, it will take him
221 only 42.5 seconds to reach the top.
Which two numbers best complete the series?
How many seconds would it take Justin to reach the top if he
did not run up the escalator at all?
1, 10, 3, 9, 5, 8, 7, 7, 9, 6, ?, ?
A. 75.0
A. 11, 5 B. 70.0
B. 10, 5 C. 60.0
C. 10, 4 D. 42.5
D. 11, 6 E. 17.5
E. 11, 8 The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [A]

Alternating numbers go up by 2, and down by 1.

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If he runs up 6 steps, then he needs 60.0 seconds to
reach the top.
If he runs up 13 steps, then he needs 42.5 seconds to 229
reach the top. The Bar Z ranch was a dude ranch. One day a new "dude" asked
one of the stable hands how many men were tending the horses
The 7 additional steps take 17.5 seconds. Therefore, in the corral. Having a mischievious sense of humor, he replied,
each step takes 2.5 seconds. "I saw eighty-two feet and twenty-six heads". He then walked
away, leaving the dude scratching his head trying to figure it
Total steps in escalator = 6 + 60.0 / 2.5 = 30 or Total out. How many men were tending the horses?
steps in escalator = 13 + 42.5 / 2.5 = 30.
A. 15
If Justin did not run up any steps at all, B. 22
he would reach the top of the escalator in 75.0 seconds C. 60
(i.e., 30 steps x 2.5 seconds/step). D. 11
E. 82
The correct answer is option [D]
226
Diki prefers 9 to 10 and 1,600 to 1,700 and 3,600 to
Eleven men (and 15 horses). 11 (men) x 2 (feet per man)=22
3,700. Which of the following numbers below does she
prefer?
15 (horses) x 4 (feet per horse) = 60, and 22 (men's feet) + 60
(horse's feet) = 82 feet
A. 25
B. 27 Also, 11 (men) + 15 (horses) = 26 (total heads).
C. 29
D. 31
E. 33 230
The correct answer is option [A] Complete the sequence in the series: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,
Diki prefers numbers that are squares i.e. √9 = 3; 21, 34,
√1,600 = 40; √3,600 = 60 . The only number among the
options that is a square is 25. A. 40
B. 45
227 C. 50
If seven people were chosen at random, what chance D. 55
is there that one or more were born on a Sunday?
E. 60
The correct answer is option [D]
A. 70.5%
B. 69.1%
0 + 1 = 1;
C. 68.9% 1 + 1 = 2;
D. 66.1% 1 + 2 = 3;
E. 65.3%
2 + 3 = 5;
The correct answer is option [D] 1 - [6/7]7 = 0.661 or
3 + 5 = 8;
5 + 8 = 13;
66.1%
8 + 13 = 21;
13 + 21 = 34;
228 21 + 34 = 55;
A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr. Brown can Each term (starting with the third term) in the sequence is the
paint a house in 6 days, Mr. Black would take 8 days and sum of the two terms preceding it. The series is often referred
Mr. Blue 12 days. After 8 days, Mr. Brown goes on to as the Fibonacci series. Fibonacci (1175) believed that this
vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 series was followed by various natural phenomena. In fact, the
days. How many days will it take Mr. Blue to complete number of leaves on the stems of particular plants follows this
the contract? series.

A. 7
B. 9
C. 11
D. 12
E. 14
The correct answer is option [C]

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231
A box contains 90 nails each of 100 gms and 100 bolts
each of 150 gms. If the entire box weighs 35.5 kg., the 234
weight of the empty box is kg. What is the area of a triangle with sides 1, 3, and 4 inches?

A. 10 B. 10.5 A. 0
C. 11 D. 11.5 E. 11.7 B. 1
The correct answer is option [C] C. 3
D. 4
232
E. 12
The correct answer is option [A]
Mr. Ofori George spent one-fourth of his life as a boy,
one- eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If
Mr. Ofori George spent 9 years as an old man, then how It's impossible to have a triangle with those sides. The sum of
many years did he spend as an active man? two of the sides is equal to the third side. The result would be a
straight line, and the area would be zero.
A. 50 years
B. 63 years 235
C. 36 years If 6 workers can build 4 cars in 2 days, then how many days
D. 72 years would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars?
E. 82 years
The correct answer is option [C] A. 5/3 B. 9/4 C. 8/3 D. 11/4
The correct answer is option [B]
Solution:
Fraction of life as a boy = 1/4 Fraction of life as a
youth = 1/8 Fraction of life as an active man = 1/2 236
Fraction of life as boy, youth and active man = 1/4 + Which of the following is the greatest?
1/8 + 1/2 = (2 + 1 + 4)/8 = 7/8
Fraction of life as an old man = 1 - 7/8 = 1/8 A. 40% of 30
Thus, one-eighth of Mr. Ofori's life (as an old man) is 9 B. 3/5 of 25
years.
C. 6.5% of 200
So, Mr. Ofori's Age = 72 years.
D. 1/2 of 34
E. All of the above
It may be noted that:
The correct answer is option [D]
Life as boy = 72/4 = 18 years. Life as youth = 72/8 = 9
years.
Life as active man = 72/2 = 36 years. Life as old man =
72/8 = 9 years. 237
The average temperature on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
was 250. The average temperature on Thursday, Friday and
233
Saturday was 240. If the temperature on Saturday was 270,
A Father, son and grandson are walking in the park. A
what was the temperature on Wednesday?
man approaches them and ask for their age. The Father
replies, "My son is as many weeks as my grandson is in
A. 240
days, and my grandson is as many months old as I am
in years. We are all 100 years together." How old were B. 210
each? C. 270
D. 300
A. Father = 65 years, Son = 30 years, Grandson = 5 E. 304
years The correct answer is option [D]
B. Father = 70 years, Son = 25 years, Grandson = 5
years
C. Father = 68 years, Son = 22 years, Grandson = 10
years
D. Father = 60 years, Son = 35 years, Grandson = 5
years
E. Father = 60 years, Son = 25 years, Grandson = 15
years The correct answer is option [D]

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238 D. 23
Of 12 children on a tennis coaching course, 7 are boys E. 24
and 4 are left handed out of which are 3 boys. What is The correct answer is option [D]
the probability that a child randomly selected is a left
handed girl? These are the prime numbers (i.e., numbers whose only factors
are one and the number itself).
A. 4/12 B. 1/4 C. 3/4 D. 7/12 E. 5/6
The correct answer is option [B] 244
A mother and father have six sons and each son has one sister.
239 How many people are in that family?
If the price of an electronic is N11,000 to which VAT
of 7.5% must be added, what is the selling price? A. 14
B. 12
A. N3,300 B. N11,825 C. N25,000 D. N20,000 E.
C. 9
N22,000
D. 8
The correct answer is option [B]
E. 6
240 The correct answer is option [C]
In June, a baseball team that played 60 games had won
30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning
streak this team raised its average to 50%. How many 245
games must the team have won in a row to attain this Assuming you have enough coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents,
average? how many ways are there to make change for a dollar?

A. 202
A. 12
B. 229
B. 20
C. 292
C. 24
D. 922
D. 30
E. 200
E. 36
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [C]

246
At the local sweet shop, three particularly nice sweets are on
special offer. A Tom tom, a Trebor and a Buttermint together
241
cost N40. A Buttermint is over three times the price of a Tom
In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to
tom. Six Tom tom are worth more than a Trebor. A Buttermint,
make S to 25% of the mixture, how much R is to be
plus two Tom tom costs less than a Trebor. Can you determine
added?
the price of each type of sweet?

A. half part A. Tom tom = N23, Trebor = N4, Buttermint = N13

B. 1 part B. Tom tom = N4, Trebor = N23, Buttermint = N13
C. 11/2 part C. Tom tom = N13, Trebor = N4, Buttermint = N13
D. 2 part D. Tom tom = N23, Trebor = N13, Buttermint = N4
E. 21/2 part E. Tom tom = N40, Trebor = N23, Buttermint = N13 The
The correct answer is option [B] correct answer is option [B]
Solution:

243 Let the tom to be represented by x, trebor be represented as y

Complete the series: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, . and buttermint be represented as z

A. 20 z = 3x<6x > y x + y + z = 40
B. 21
C. 22 x + 6x + 3z = 40

x = 40/10 = N4

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251
Therefore the price of Tom tom = N4, Trebor = N23 James and Steve were busy emptying their book shelves from
and Buttermint = N13. one room to another. James on his own could have cleared the
room in 18 hours. Steve also would take 18 hours.
Unfortunately, John was moving the books back into the first
247 room from the second room. He could fill the first room in 36
Qiana can have a piece of work done in 8 days, Nissi hours. How long will it take the three of them to complete the
can work three times faster than Qiana, Ala can work task?
five times faster than Qiana. How many days will they
take to do the work together? A. 24hours
B. 18hours
A. 3 days C. 16hours
B. 8/9 days D. 12hours
C. 4 days E. 8hours
D. 5 days The correct answer is option [D]
E. Cannot be determined
The correct answer is option [B]
252
248 Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a restaurant. Tom had
Which letter comes next in the series of alphabets? B, $100 with him, Dick had $60 and Harry had $409. They got a bill
A, C, B, D, C, E, D, F, ? for $104 and decided to give a tip of $16. They further decided
to share the total expenses in the ratio of the amounts of money
A. C each carried. The amount of money Tom paid is more than what
B. D Harry paid by .
C. E
D. F A. 24
E. G B. 36
The correct answer is option [C] Alternating letters C. 48
D. 60
increase by one. E. 72
The correct answer is option [B]
249
x% of y is y% of .
253
A. x During a recent cricket match, the total number of runs scored
B. y by the first six batmen was 103. The first batman scored half the
C. x/y runs of the second batman, who in turn scored 6 runs less than
the third batman. The third batman in turn scored two thirds the
D. 2x
runs of the fourth batman. The fifth batman managed to score
E. cannot be determined the same number of runs as the difference between the first and
The correct answer is option [A] fourth batman's runs. Finally, the sixth batman scored 14 less
than the fifth batman. Can you determine how many runs the
250 sixth batman managed to score?
Following the pattern shown in the number sequence
below, what is the missing number?
A. 9 runs
1, 81, ?, 2401
B. 8 runs
C. 7 runs
A. 89 B. 625 C. 526 D. 296 E. 605 D. 6 runs
The correct answer is option [B] E. 5 runs
The correct answer is option [A]
Each number is in the fourth power to the sequence 1,
3, 5, 7.
9 runs: Respectively the scores were 7, 14, 20, 30, 23, 9.

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254 On the 23rd. 276 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11
Each child in a family has at least five brothers and four + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23.
sisters. What is the smallest number of children the
family might have? 257
If a building b feet high casts a shadow f feet long, then, at the
A. 9 same time of day, a tree t feet high will cast a shadow of how
B. 11 many feet long?
C. 13
D. 15 A. ft/b
E. 20 B. fb/t
The correct answer is option [B] C. b/ft
D. tb/f
Solution: E. Insufficient data
If each boy in the family has at least 5 brothers, then The correct answer is option [A]
the smallest number of boys is 6.
258
Similarly, if each girl in the family has at least 4 sisters, If a class begins at 2:21pm and ends at 4:36pm the same
then the smallest number of girls is 5. afternoon, how many minutes long is the class?

Thus, the smallest number of children the family A. 75 minutes

might have is 11. B. 135 minutes
C. 150 minutes
255
D. 215 minutes
Complete the sequence in the series: 2, 3, 4, 12, 6, 23,
8, E. 285 minutes
36, 10, . The correct answer is option [B]

A. 40
260
B. 44 What is the missing number in the sequence? 1, 4, 9, ? 25.
C. 51
D. 55 A. 12
E. 59 B. 14
The correct answer is option [C] C. 16
D. 18
The odd terms of the sequence are simply even
numbers. The even terms are 3, 12, 23, 36, ...
E. 20
The correct answer is option [C]
12 - 3 = 9; 23 - 12 = 11; 36 - 23 = 13;
The differences between two consecutive even terms
are 9, 11, 13, 15, ...
So, 51 - 36 = 15. 261
A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days.
256 If there were 10 men less, it will take 10 days more for the work
As my birthday approaches, I start to collect leaves. If to be finished. How many men were there originally?
on the first day of the month I collect one leaf, on the
second day I collect two and so on. By my birthday I A. 100 men
would have collected 276 leaves altogether. On which B. 110 men
day of the month is my birthday? C. 125 men
D. 135 men
A. 21st E. None of the above
B. 22nd The correct answer is option [B]
C. 23rd
D. 24th
E. 25th
The correct answer is option [C]

Solution

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263 The correct answer is option [B]
A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by
10mph. Another person was also fined for exceeding 266
the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second With 4/5 full tank a vehicle travels 12 miles. With 1/3 full
person was travelling at a speed of 35 mph, what is the tank, how much distance will the vehicle travel?
speed limit?.
A. 10 miles
A. 15mph B. 8 miles
B. 16mph C. 7 miles
C. 17mph D. 6 miles
D. 18mph E. 5 miles
E. 19mph The correct answer is option [E]
The correct answer is option [A] Solution
Let 'x' be the speed limit
Person 'A' was fined for exceeding the speed limit by =
10mph 267
Person 'B' was fined for exceeding the speed limit by = Amakiri does as much work in three hours as Kunle does in four
twice of 'A' = 2*10mph=20mph hours. Kunle's son works half as fast as Kunle. If the three
Given that the second person was traveling at the working together are paid N8.50k, how much should Kunle's
speed of 35mph son receive?
=> 35mph - 20mph = 15mph Therefore the speed limit
A. N2.00 B. N4.50 C. N3.00 D. N1.50 E. N2.20
is =15 mph The correct answer is option [D]

264
If you count from 1 to 100, how many 8's will you
pass on the way? 268
The Cintel mechanical computer is a very sensitive device. It
A. 10 consists of four sequential cog wheels which are in constant
B. 11 mesh. The largest cog has 63 teeth and the others have 42, 35
C. 19 and 27 respectively. By accident, Daniel started to rotate the
largest cog. How many revolutions must the largest cog make
D. 20
before the computer is back in its starting position (with all of
E. 21 the cogs where they started)?
The correct answer is option [C] Solution:
A. 30 revolutions
8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,
87, B. 35 revolutions
88, 89, 98 C. 40 revolutions
D. 45 revolutions
Counting the numbers gives 19. E. 50 revolutions
The correct answer is option [A]

265
Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and that 269
you are the first one to know. You pass it on to 4 Six gross of special drawing pencils were purchased for use in a
persons in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these 4 department. If the pencils were used at the rate of 24 a week,
persons in turn passes it to 4 other persons in the next the maximum number of weeks that the six gross of pencils
30 minutes and so on. Assume that no one hears it more would last is weeks.
than once and that the world population is 5.6 billion.
How long will it take for everybody in the world to get A. 6
to know the scandal? B. 12
C. 24
A. 10 hours D. 36
B. 8 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 4 hours
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E. 18 The number is 81, simply because 81 = 9 (8 + 1).
The correct answer is option [D]
273
270 N5887 is divided between Helen and Bryan, such that Helen's
Start with a number larger than 0, square it, add 4, share at the end of 9 years is equal to Bryan's share at the end of
double it, take away 3, multiply by 4 and finally subtract 11 years compounded annually at the rate of 5%. What is
the original number from it. If you were now left with Helen's share?
20, what number did you start with?
A. N2088 B. N2000 C. N3087 D. N1967
A. 1/8 B. 1/7 C. 1/6 D. 1/5 E. 1/4 E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [C]

271 274
It was Flourish's first day at school. The teacher Diki, Ala, Nissi, and Qiana shared a N2000 prize, Ala got twice
suggested that it would be a good idea for each child to as much as Diki, Nissi got 3 times as much as Diki, and Qiana got
meet every other child in the class. The teacher said, N200. How much, in naira, did Diki get?
"When you meet, please shake hands and introduce
yourself by name." If there were 12 children in the A. N300
class, how many total handshakes were there? B. N200
C. N400
A. 11 D. N500
B. 12 E. N600
C. 60 The correct answer is option [A]
D. 66
E. 67
The correct answer is option [D] 275
Complete the sequence in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42,
The class has 12 children. The first child shakes hands 56, .
with the other 11 children. The second child has
already shaken hands with the first child, and so has to A. 64
shake hands with only the other 10 children. In this B. 69
manner, the second-last child has to shake hands with C. 72
only one child, and the last child has already met all the D. 79
children. Thus, the number of handshakes is:
E. 82
The correct answer is option [C]
11 + 10 + ........ + 2 + 1 = 66.
(1)(2) = 2;
If there were 12 children in the class, then there were
(2)(3) = 6;
66 total handshakes.
(3)(4) = 12;
(4)(5) = 20;
272 (5)(6) = 30;
Which of the following number is 9 times the sum of (6)(7) = 42;
its digits? (7)(8) = 56;
(8)(9) = 72;
A. 9 The nth term in the sequence is given by n (n + 1).
B. 10
C. 26 276
D. 81 E. 118 A merchant marks his goods in such a way that the profit on
The correct answer is option [D] sale of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 25 articles. What
is his profit margin?
Solution:
A. 25%
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C. 66.67% Ann purchased a house for N139,547. She wants to sell it for a
D. 100% profit of exactly 15%. However, she does not want to sell it
E. 125% herself, she wants a real estate agent to sell it for her. The agent
The correct answer is option [D] must make a commission of exactly 5.6% (in addition to Ann's
15% profit). How much must the Agent sell the house? Give
277 your answer to the nearest Naira.
The price of sugar increases by 20%. By what % should
a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that A. N178,000 B. N177,500 C. N174,000 D. N170,000 E. N169,200
expenditure on sugar can be same as before? The correct answer is option [D]

A. 9% B. 12%
C. 15.55% Solution:
D. 16.16%
E. 17% The Agent must sell Ann's house for N170,000.
The correct answer is option [D] The Agent gets N9,520 as commission (i.e., 0.056 x 170000).

278 Ann gets (including profit) N160,480, i.e., 170,000 - 9,520. It

How many integers between 100 and 150 inclusive, may be noted that: (160,480 - 139,547) /139,547 x 100 = 15%.
can be evenly divided by neither 3 nor 5?
Importantly, the profit is calculated on the purchase cost (by
A. 33 Ann) and the commission is calculated on the selling price (by
the Agent).
B. 28
C. 27 The problem may also be solved by setting up the following
D. 26 equation:
E. 24
The correct answer is option [C] Purchase Cost + Ann's Profit + Agent's Commission = Selling
Price
279
Tarela buys three items at the store for exactly N100. 139,547 + (15/100) 139,547 + (5.6/100) S = S
The second item costs half as much as the first item, and where S is the Selling Price in Naira.
the third item is half as much as the second. How much
did each one cost? The equation may be solved as shown below. 160,480 + 0.056
S=S
A. First: N50, Second: N25, Third: N12.5
B. First: N60, Second: N30, Third: N15 S = 160,480/(1 - 0.056) = 170,000. 281
C. First: N57.14, Second: N28.57, Third: N14.285 My local greengrocer is a would-be mathematician. He
D. First: N65, Second: N32.5, Third: N15.25 The likes to arrange his apples in nice rows. However, when he lays
correct answer is option [C] his apples in rows of 3, he has one left over. When he lays them
in rows of 5, he also has one left over. Remarkably he also has
one left over when he arranges them in rows of 7 and 9. 11
279 seems to be the magic number, for in rows of 11 there are no
Tarela buys three items at the store for exactly N100. apples left over. How many apples does the greengrocer have?
The second item costs half as much as the first item, and
the third item is half as much as the second. How much A. 946
did each one cost? B. 964
C. 469
A. First: N50, Second: N25, Third: N12.5 D. 496
B. First: N60, Second: N30, Third: N15
C. First: N57.14, Second: N28.57, Third: N14.285
D. First: N65, Second: N32.5, Third: N15.25 The
correct answer is option [C]

280

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E. 694 I once cashed a cheque at the bank. I had spent N4.49 before I
The correct answer is option [A] realised the bank clerk had made a mistake. He had transposed
the Naira with the Kobo. I now had exactly 5 times the value of
282 the original cheque. What was the original cheque value?
If 0.2t = 2.2 - 0.6s and 0.5s = 0.2t + 1.1, then s =
A. N9.98 B. N52.9 C. N9.52 D. N25.9 E. N9.25
A. 1 The correct answer is option [C]
B. 3
C. 10
D. 11 286
E. 13 How many litres of water should be added to a 30 litre mixture
The correct answer is option [B] of milk and water, containing milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 3,
such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it?

283 A. 7 Litres
Pricillia put six different colored beans in a bag. She B. 10 Litre
had red, blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple colored C. 5 Litres
beans. There were 30 beans total in the bag. If there D. 6 Litres
were 4 red beans, 2 blue beans, 6 pink beans, 5 orange
E. None of the above
beans, 4 yellow beans, and 9 purple beans. What is the
probability that someone could pull a pink or a yellow The correct answer is option [C]
bean out of the bag?
287
A. 0 B. 1/5 Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. In how many
C. 2/15 D. 1/15 E. 1/3 minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank when
The correct answer is option [E] one of the taps goes dry?

Solution A. 5 minutes
You have a one third chance of getting a pink or a B. 10 minutes
yellow bean. C. 15 minutes
6 + 4 = 10 D. 20 minutes
10/30 = 1/3 E. 28 minutes
The correct answer is option [C]
284 In Hints International High School, the science
department has three disciplines. In total, 280 students
study chemistry, 254 students study physics and 280
students study biology. 97 students study both 288
chemistry and physics, 138 students study both physics A man bought a motor cycle for N160.00, sold it for N170.00,
and biology, then bought it back for N180.00, and finally sold it for N190.00.
152 students study both chemistry and biology. 73 How much did he make or lose in this series of transactions?
students study all three disciplines. How many students
are there in the science department? A. N10 lose
B. N30 profit
A. 73 B. 387 C. 460 D. 500 E. 814 C. N10 profit
The correct answer is option [D] 285
D. N20 profit
E. N20 lose
The correct answer is option [D]

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288 The correct answer is option [D]
A man bought a motor cycle for N160.00, sold it for
N170.00, then bought it back for N180.00, and finally 291
sold it for N190.00. How much did he make or lose in What is the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 )/( 0.75 *
this series of transactions? 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)?

A. N10 lose A. 0.845

B. N30 profit B. 1.908
C. N10 profit C. 2.312
D. N20 profit D. 0.001
E. N20 lose E. 0
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [A]

292
289 Following the pattern shown in the number sequence, what is
( Use the information to answer the question, the list the missing number?
of vowels is 1000 miles and consonant is 2000 miles. ) 100, 400, 900, 1600, 2500, ?, 4900.

My Hints electronic world atlas, has developed a fault. I A. 2800

did a listing of miles from Scotland to particular B. 3000
countries and here is the result: C. 3200
D. 3400
England 12,000 miles
E. 3600
Peru 6,000 miles
The correct answer is option [E]
Egypt 9,000 miles
Each number is the square of the sequence 10, 20, 30, 40,
Iceland 11,000 miles 50, 60, 70
How far away did it list Ethiopia as?

A. 11,000 miles.
B. 12,000 miles
C. 9,000 miles 293
D. 6,000 miles Desmond is renovating the local hospital. He has to number
E. None of the above each of the rooms in the hospital with plastic numbers.
The correct answer is option [A] Solution: However, he ran out of the number 9. How many 9's must
Desmond buy in order to number all 999 rooms?
11,000 miles.
Each vowel is worth 1,000 miles, each consonant is A. 304
worth 2,000 miles. So, you add up all the vowels in B. 303
Ethiopia which comes up to 5,000 miles and all the C. 302
consonants add up to 6,000 miles; this sums up to D. 301
11,000 miles. E. 300
The correct answer is option [E]
290
Last week I decided to cycle to my grandmother's He required 300 9's. Start with: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79,
house. On the first day, I cycled half of the distance. On 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 - which has 20 9's.
day 2, I cycled one half of the remaining distance. On day We then repeat this for 100, 200, 300, up to 900 - which is 200
3, I cycled three quarters of the remaining distance. On 9's. But from 900 to 999 we have an extra 100 9's as each starts
day 4, I cycled 10 miles. On day 5, I cycled two thirds of with a 9. So the total is 300.
the remaining distance and on the final day, I cycled the
remaining 5 miles. How far is it to my grandmother's
house?

A. 475 miles
B. 450 miles
C. 425 miles
D. 400 miles
E. 375 miles

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294 If one third of sixty is added to one fourth of 80 and 40 is
A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the subtracted from this sum, what will be the remainder?
steps to the temple. First he climbs up to the middle
step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 A. 0
steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then B. 20
he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes C. 40
one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder.
D. 80 E. 100
Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time
which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are The correct answer is option [A]
there?
300
A. 120 What is sum of half of two plus two?
B. 200
C. 60 A. 2
D. 49 B. 3
E. 18 C. 4
The correct answer is option [D] D. 5
He hears the bird singing on step 33. He picks up the E. None of the above
pebble on the 21st step and tosses it on the 22nd step. The correct answer is option [B] 2 + [1/2 × 2] = 3.
The remaining 27 steps are taken three at a time which
is 9 paces.

295
There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one randomly
draws a shoe, what is the probability of getting a red
shoe?

A. 5/9 B. 4/9 C. 1/9

D. 9
E. 0
The correct answer is option [A]

297
A plane maintains an average speed of 696mph from
London to New York. It then returns from New York to
London at an average speed of 145mph. What is the
average speed for the entire journey?

A. 204mph
B. 145mph
C. 240mph
D. 274mph
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]

240mph: let the distance be x miles. Therefore, the

outward trip takes x/696 hours and the return trip
takes x/145 hours. The total distance travelled is hence
2x, in a time of (x/696 + x/145). Therefore the speed
(distance / time) is given by 2x/(x/696 + x/145) = 240
mph.

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 SECTION-2

VERBAL
REASONING
30 Questions will be drawn from this section

This questions pack has 300 of these past verbal

reasoning questions.

You should pick 30 questions and manually set your

time to 30 minutes, to see how fast you can answer in
the real test.
NNPC RECRUITMENT - Verbal Reasoning Questions
In each question below, there is a sentence of which Each question consist of two words which have a certain
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
5
1 CORPOREAL : SPIRITUAL
As a disease
P : and breaks up marriages Q: accidents and suicides A. moron : savant
R : alcoholism leads to S : affecting all ages B. mesa : plateau
The proper sequence should be . C. foreigner : immigrant
D. pedagogue :teacher
A. SRPQ The correct answer is option [A]
B. RPSQ
C. SRQP
D. RQPS In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in
The correct answer is option [C] a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from
alternatives.
2
Car is to Engine as Rowboat is to . 6
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
A. Oar 1. Caste 2. Family 3. Newly married Couple 4. Clan 5. Species
B. Human
C. Ocean A. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
D. Wood B. 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
E. Sail C. 3, 2, 1, 4, 5
The correct answer is option [B] D. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
The correct answer is option [C]

3
What is the missing letter in this series? 7
.....h g ? e d. Add a letter to the beginning of me, and then read me
backwards, and you have a word that means "to run away
A. a secretly with the intention of getting married." Someone resides
B. b at one of me - add a letter to the end of his last name, and you
C. c have a provision in a document. What am I?
D. f
E. i A. Escape
The correct answer is option [D] B. House
C. Pole
D. Kidnap
Each question consist of two words which have a E. Continent
certain relationship to each other followed by four The correct answer is option [C]
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
same relationship. Pole. The other word referred to was elope.
4
TEN : DECIMAL
8
A. seven : septet Which three-letter word can be placed in front of the
B. four : quartet following words to make a new word?
C. two : binary FELLOW, PLATE, POST
D. five : quince
The correct answer is option [C] A. BEG
B. BED
C. BID
D. CAR
E. CAP

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The correct answer is option [B]
P: did not know

9 Q: he was nervous and

During the recent Hints cipher convention, a binary
code contest took place. The contest consisted of a R: heard the hue and cry at midnight S: what to do
binary code transmission where the spaces between
the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. The proper sequence should be .
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary
equivalent based on its position in the alphabet: a=1, A. RQPS
b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, B. SQPR
i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, C. QSPR
o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011,
D. PQRS
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000,
y=11001, z=11010. The correct answer is option [A]
Which country does 101011000011110 stand for?
In each of the following questions two statements are given
A. Japan
and these statements are followed by two conclusions
B. Jamaica numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two
C. Jericho statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
D. Jerusalem commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide
E. Johannesburg which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two
The correct answer is option [A] given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

In each of the following questions, arrange the given Give answer:

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives. (A) If only (1) conclusion follows
10
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful (B) If only (2) conclusion follows
sequence.
1. Infant 2. Old 3. Adult 4. Adolescent 5. Child (C) If either (1) or (2) follows

(D) If both (1) and (2) follow. 13

A. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Statements: All the harmoniums are instruments. All the
B. 3, 4, 2, 1, 5 instruments are flutes.
C. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 Conclusions:
D. 1, 5, 4, 3, 2 All the flutes are instruments. All the harmoniums are flutes.
The correct answer is option [D]

A. Only (1) conclusion follows

11 B. Only (2) conclusion follows
Which is the odd one in the option? C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Both (1) and (2) follow
A. Regularly The correct answer is option [B]
B. Annually
C. Weekly
D. Fortnightly 14
E. Monthly The sentence "neither of them are guilty" is correct.
The correct answer is option [A]
A. True
B. False
The correct answer is option [B]
12
In each question below, there is a sentence of which
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

When he

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The correct sentence is 'neither of them is guilty'. 18
French woman

P : committed suicide
15
During the recent Brainfriend cipher convention, a Q : where she had put up
binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of
a binary code transmission where the spaces between R : who had come to Calcutta
the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its S : by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel The
binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet:
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, proper sequence should be .
i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110,
o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, A. PRQS
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, B. QSRP
y=11001, z=11010.
C. RPSQ
Which country does the code
1101111111101111111110010011 represent? D. SRQP
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Mongolia
B. Malaysia 19
C. Mali Which is the odd one in the options?
D. Mauritania
E. Mauritius A. Locker
The correct answer is option [A] B. Carpet
C. Bench
D. Drawer
16
Which is the odd one out?
E. Cupboard
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Arrow
B. Dagger 20
C. Spear Which is the odd one out?
D. Shield
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D] A. Farm
B. Duplex
Shield is the odd one out because it is the only piece of C. Bungalow
defensive armor. Arrow, dagger and spear are pointed
D. Cottage
weapons used to attack.
E. Hut
The correct answer is option [A]

17 Farm is the odd one out because it usually refers to piece of

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful cultivated land. Bungalow, cottage and hut are types of houses.
sequence.
1. Adult 2. Child 3. Infant 4. Boy5. Adolescent Each question consist of two words which have a certain
relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
A. 1, 3, 4, 5, 2 words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
B. 2, 3, 5, 4, 1 21
C. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 WAN : COLOUR
D. 3, 2, 4, 5, 1
The correct answer is option [D]
A. corpulent : weight
B. pallid : complexion
In each question below, there is a sentence of which C. insipid : flavour
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these D. enigmatic : puzzle
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
NNPC RECRUITMENT - Verbal Reasoning Questions
The correct answer is option [C]

26
Each question consist of two words which have a The sentence " she said that she was leaving" can be written in
certain relationship to each other followed by four a direct quotation form as .
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
same relationship. A. she said' I am leaving'
22 B. she said; I am leaving
LIGHT : BLIND C. she said, "I am leaving"
D. "she said" I am leaving
A. speech : dumb
E. None of the above
B. language : deaf
The correct answer is option [C]
C. tongue : sound
D. voice : vibration
The correct answer is option [A] In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with sequence.
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the 27
proverb/idiom.
It has been established that
23
To leave someone in the lurch is to .
P : Einstein was
Q: although a great scientist R : weak in arithmetic
S: right from his school days
A. come to compromise with someone
B. constant source of annoyance to someone
C. put someone at ease The proper sequence should be .
D. desert someone in time of difficulty The correct
answer is option [D] A. SRPQ
B. QPRS
C. QPSR
24
D. RQPS
North Pole, Arctic Circle, , Equator. The correct answer is option [B]

A. West pole
B. Tropic of Cancer
28
C. Antarctic Circle If ERROR is related to practice; SOUND is related to
D. Tropic of Capricorn .
E. South Pole
The correct answer is option [B]
A. DEAFNESS
Here latitudes are arranged from the North Pole to the B. NOISE
Equator. Tropic of Cancer lies between the Arctic Circle
C. MUFFLER
and the Equator.
D. HORN
E. None of the above
Each question consist of two words which have a The correct answer is option [C]
certain relationship to each other followed by four A MUFFLER reduces noise as PRACTICE reduces error.
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
same relationship.
25 29
THRUST : SPEAR If PAINTER is related to BRUSH; PLUMBER is related to
.
A. mangle : iron
B. scabbard : sword A. HAMMER
C. bow : arrow B. PIPE
D. fence : epee
The correct answer is option [D]

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C. SHOP The correct answer is option [D]
D. WRENCH
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D] Each question consist of two words which have a certain
relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
30 32
During the recent Buckles cipher convention, a binary HOPE : ASPIRES
code contest took place. The contest consisted of a
binary code transmission where the spaces between A. love : elevates
the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. B. fib : lie
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary C. film : flam
equivalent based on its position in the alphabet: a=1, D. fake : ordinary
b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, The correct answer is option [B]
i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110,
o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011,
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, 33
y=11001, z=11010. Which is the odd one out?
Which country does the code 101111110010110011
represent? A. Ear
B. Lip
A. West Malaysia C. Nose
B. West Germany
D. Eye
C. West Indies
E. Chest
D. Washington The correct answer is option [E]
E. Wales
The correct answer is option [E] Chest is the odd one out because it is not a part of the face. Ear,
lip, eye and nose are parts of the face.

In each of the following questions two statements are

given and these statements are followed by two
conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
given two statements to be true even if they seem to be have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
at variance from commonly known facts. Read the P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
conclusions and then decide which of the given sequence.
conclusions logically follows from the two given 34
statements, disregarding commonly known facts. People

P : at his dispensary Q : went to him

Give answer:
(A) If only (1) conclusion follows R : of all professions
(B) If only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows S : for medicine and treatment
(D) If both (1) and (2) follow.

31 The proper sequence should be .

Statements: Some mangoes are yellow. Some tixo are
mangoes. A. QPRS
B. RPQS
Conclusions: C. RQSP
Some mangoes are green. Tixo is a yellow. D. QRPS
The correct answer is option [C]

A. Only (1) conclusion follows 35

B. Only (2) conclusion follows Which is the odd one out?
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Both (1) and (2) follow

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NNPC RECRUITMENT - Verbal Reasoning Questions
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Eagle
B. Plane
C. Rocket 39
D. Squirrel Which three-letter word can be placed in front of the
following words to make a new word?
E. Cloud
The correct answer is option [D] LIGHT, BREAK, TIME

Squirrel is the odd one out because the eagle, cloud

and plane can be seen moving in the sky. A. BOX
B. SAP
C. DAY
36 D. BED
Which is the odd one out? E. PAN
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Table
B. Wood
C. Chair Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
D. Cupboard meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
40
E. Cabinet
To hit the nail right on the head is to .
The correct answer is option [B]

Wood is the odd one out because it is a material used A. be exactly correct
to make furniture such as the table, chair and B. destroy one's reputation
cupboard. C. announce one's fixed views
D. teach someone a lesson
In each of the following questions, arrange the given The correct answer is option [A]
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives.
37 Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
sequence. 41
1. Leaves 2. Branch 3. Flower A shot in the dark is to .
4. Tree 5. Fruit
A. be able to see in the dark
A. 4, 3, 1, 2, 5 B. tell a big fat lie
B. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 C. floor a person with a punch to the face
C. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 D. take a wild guess
D. 4, 2, 1, 3, 5 The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [D]

38 Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their

Belema, Furo, Ibimina, Ibisiki, and Tekena were the top meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
five finishers in the national 700-mile race. They drove 42
yellow, orange, green, red and blue cars but not To drive home a point is to .
necessarily in that order. Neither Ibisiki nor Tekena
drove the green car. Ibisiki finished faster than Belema A. find one's roots
and Tekena. The blue car finished earlier than Tekena B. return to place of rest
's and Ibimina 's car. The yellow car finished faster than C. be back to original position
the green car and the orange car. Belema 's and Tekena D. emphasize
's car finished ahead of the orange car. Furo 's car The correct answer is option [D]
finished before the blue and the yellow car.
Who drove the blue car and what place did he finish?

A. Ibimina: 5th
B. Ibisiki: 2nd
C. Tekena: 3rd
D. Tekena:1st

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In each of the following questions, arrange the given Rearrange the scrambled word below to form a proper word.
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives. HCPRAATEU
43
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful A. APATHCUTE
sequence. B. CUTEPATH
1. Presentation 2. Recommendation3. Arrival 4. C. PARACUTE
Discussion D. PARACHUTE
5. Introduction E. CATEPARA
The correct answer is option [D]

A. 5, 3, 4, 1, 2
B. 3, 5, 4, 2, 1
C. 3, 5, 1, 4, 2
D. 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
The correct answer is option [C] have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
44 48
Identify the word that can be formed from the It was to be
complete letters in the word 'INSATIABLE'.
P : before their school examination Q : which was due to start
A. Satiable R : the last expedition S : in a month's
B. Banalities
The proper sequence should be .
C. Table
D. Basin
A. SRQP
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B] B. RQSP
C. RPQS
D. SPRQ
In each of the following questions, arrange the given The correct answer is option [C]
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives.
45 In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
sequence. P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
1. Cut 2. Puon 3. Mark 4. Measure 5. Tailor
49
A. 3, 1, 5, 4, 2 This time
B. 2, 4, 3, 1, 5
P : exactly what he had been told Q : the young man did?
C. 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
D. 4, 3, 1, 5, 2 R : beyond his dreams
The correct answer is option [D]
S : and the plan succeeded

In each of the following questions, arrange the given

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the The proper sequence should be .
correct answer from alternatives.
46
A. QPRS
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence. B. QPSR
1. Yarn 2. Pleat 3. Saree 4. Cotton 5. Cloth C. PQSR

A. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3
B. 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
C. 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
D. 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
The correct answer is option [C] 47

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D. QSRP There are 900 bottles to be filled. Jim and Molly working
The correct answer is option [B] independently but at the same time take 30 minutes to fill the
bottles. How long should it take Molly working by herself to fill
the bottles?
In each question below, there is a sentence of which
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the Statement 1 -Molly fills half as many bottles as Jim. Statement
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
50 2 -Jim would take 45 minutes by himself.
He knew that
Which of the statements above make it possible to answer the
P : and then to save himself Q : was to save all the lives question?
R : entrusted to his care
S : the duty of a captain
A. Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not
The proper sequence should be . sufficient.

A. PQRS B. Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not

sufficient.
B. SQRP
C. SPRQ C. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither
statement alone is sufficient.
D. QSRP
D. Each statement alone is sufficient. The correct answer is
The correct answer is option [B] option [D]

In each of the following questions, arrange the given In each of the following questions two statements are given
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the and these statements are followed by two conclusions
correct answer from alternatives. numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two
51 statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide
sequence. which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two
1. Heel 2. Shoulder 3. Skull 4. Neck5. Knee 6. Chest 7. given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Thigh
8. Stomach 9. Face10. Hand
Give answer:
A. 3, 4, 7, 9, 2, 5, 8, 10, 6, 1
B. 3, 9, 4, 2, 10, 6, 8, 7, 5, 1
C. 2, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5, 8, 9, 6, 3 (A) If only (1) conclusion follows
D. 4, 7, 10, 1, 9, 6, 2, 5, 8, 3
The correct answer is option [B] (B) If only (2) conclusion follows

(C) If either (1) or (2) follows

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80 is to octogenarian as 90 is to . (D) If both (1) and (2) follow.

A. nonagenarian
B. novagenarian 54
C. novascotian Statements: Some papers are pens. All the pencils are pens.
D. nanogenarian
E. nacogenarian
Conclusions:
The correct answer is option [A]
Some pens are pencils. Some pens are papers.
An octogenarian is between 80 and 90 years old, and a
nonagenarian is between 90 and 100 years old.

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Simile is comparing things with the use of "like or as'
A. Only (1) conclusion follows Personification is the act of giving human qualities to
B. Only (2) conclusion follows inanimate or lifeless objects.
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Both (1) and (2) follow
The correct answer is option [D]
59
Which is the odd one out?
Each question consist of two words which have a
certain relationship to each other followed by four A. Walk
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the B. Jog
same relationship. C. Run
55 D. Sit
GRAVITY : PULL E. Jump
The correct answer is option [D]
A. iron : metal
B. north pole : directions Sit is the odd one out because the legs are not used here. When
we walk, run and jog, the legs are used to move.
C. magnetism : attraction
D. dust : desert
The correct answer is option [C]
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Egg, , pupa, butterfly.
In each question below, there is a sentence of which
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these A. tadpole
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the B. larva
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. C. spawn
56 D. cocoon
t is not, therefore E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]
P : that I pay a tribute
Here a life cycle is given according to stages from the initial stage
Q : to conductors as a class to the adult stage. Larva is the stage between the egg and the
pupa. Spawn is the term for fish eggs or frog's eggs. Cocoon is the
R : with any feeling of unfriendliness covering in the pupa stage. Tadpole is an intermediate stage in
the life cycle of a frog.
S : to a particular member of that class The proper

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts

sequence should be . have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
A. PQRS 61
He told us that
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
P : and enjoyed it immensely Q : in a prose translation
D. PSRQ
The correct answer is option [C] R : he had read Milton

S : which he had borrowed from his teacher The proper

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The figure of speech 'simile' is the same thing as sequence should be .
'personification'.

A. RSQP
A. True

B. False
The correct answer is option [B]

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In each question below, there is a sentence of which some
B. QRPS parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are
C. RQSP labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose
D. RQPS the proper sequence.
The correct answer is option [C] 64
Education is

In each of the following questions two statements are P : of the proper sense of responsibilities Q : the first need
given and these statements are followed by two
conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the R : in a citizen
given two statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance from commonly known facts. Read the S : for the development
conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the two given
statements, disregarding commonly known facts. The proper sequence should be .

Give answer: A. SQPR

B. QSRP
C. QSPR
(A) If only (1) conclusion follows D. PQRS
The correct answer is option [C]
(B) If only (2) conclusion follows

(C) If either (1) or (2) follows The sample below shows two words which have a certain
relationship. From the list of options, select the pair which does
(D) If both (1) and (2) follow. 62 not have the same relationship.
Statements: Some ants are parrots. All the parrots are 65
apples. FILTER : WATER
Conclusions:
All the apples are parrots. Some ants are apples. A. curtail : activity
B. edit : book
A. Only (1) conclusion follows C. expunge : text
B. Only (2) conclusion follows D. censor : play
C. Either (1) or (2) follows The correct answer is option [D]
D. Both (1) and (2) follow You cannot censor a play but you can censor a movie.
The correct answer is option [B]

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In each of the following questions, arrange the given
Of the teams competing in the world archery championships,
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
twenty percent are from Europe. Half as many are from the
correct answer from alternatives.
United States and one twentieth are from Africa. What fraction
63 of teams are from neither Europe, the US or Africa?
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
1. Protect 2. Pressure 3. Relief A. 13/20 B. 15/20 C. 20/13 D. 17/20
4. Rain 5. Flood The correct answer is option [A]

A. 2, 4, 3, 1, 5
B. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3
C. 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
D. 3, 2, 4, 5, 1
The correct answer is option [B]

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Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the
proverb/idiom. 70
67 Which of the following is least like the others?
To smell a rat is to .
A. Poem
A. see signs of plague epidemic B. Novel
B. percieve the odour of a dead rat C. Painting
C. be in a bad mood D. Statue
D. suspect foul dealings E. Flower
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [E]

Flower is the only one not made by man. 71

68 Point, segment, , line.
Day, , month, year.
A. dot
A. century B. ray
B. decade C. dash
C. hour D. arc
D. fortnight E. none of the above
E. minute The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [D]
Here geometrical terms are arranged according to length. A ray
lies between a segment and line. A ray extends indefinitely in
Here time periods are arranged according to duration one direction whereas a line extends indefinitely in both
from short periods to long ones. A fortnight is fifteen directions. A segment has a definite length. Here, dot, dash and
days and therefore it naturally comes between day and arc are clearly irrelevant options.
month. Decade (10 years) and century (100 years) are
too long whereas hour is too short
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Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with Which is the odd one out?
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the
proverb/idiom.
69 A. Brook
To cry wolf is to . B. Pond
C. River
D. Stream
A. listen eagerly E. Ocean
B. give false alarm The correct answer is option [B]
C. turn pale
D. keep off starvation Pond is the odd one out because it is still water. Brook, river,
The correct answer is option [B] ocean and stream refer to flowing water.

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from
proverb/idiom. alternatives.
69 73
To cry wolf is to . Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.

1. Word 2. Paragrap 3. Sentence

A. listen eagerly 4. Letters 5. Phrase
B. give false alarm
C. turn pale A. 4, 1, 5, 2, 3
D. keep off starvation
The correct answer is option [B]

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B. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
C. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
D. 4, 1, 5, 3, 2 P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
The correct answer is option [D] sequence.
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Since the beginning of history P : have managed to catch
Each question consist of two words which have a
certain relationship to each other followed by four Q : the Eskimos and Red Indians R : by a very difficulty method
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
same relationship. S : a few specimens of this aquatic animal The proper sequence
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ARMY : LOGISTICS should be .

A. business : strategy A. QRPS

B. war : logic
C. soldier : students B. SQPR
D. team : individual C. SQRP
The correct answer is option [A] D. QPSR
The correct answer is option [D]

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During the recent Applause cipher convention, a 78
binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of During the recent Dexco cipher convention, a binary code
a binary code transmission where the spaces between contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code
the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. transmission where the spaces between the letters were
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the
binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet: alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, position in the alphabet: a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110,
i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101,
o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011,
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001,
y=11001, z=11010. z=11010.
Which country does the code Which country does the code 10100110011011111110
100001111110011110100 represent? represent

A. Philippines A. Tanzania
B. Portugal B. Taiwan
C. Poland C. Thailand
D. Puerto rico D. Togo
E. None of the above E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [B]

Each question consist of two words which have a

Each question consist of two words which have a certain
certain relationship to each other followed by four
relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
same relationship.
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DISTANCE : MILE PORK : PIG

A. weight : scale A. rooster : chicken

B. liquid : litre B. steer : beef
C. bushel : corn C. lobster : crustacean
D. fame : television D. mutton : sheep
The correct answer is option [B]

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The correct answer is option [D] C. The costs of transporting a tractor from Korea to Germany
is more than twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the
tractor in Korea.
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with D. The import taxes on a tractor imported from Korea to
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the Germany is less than twenty percent of the cost of
proverb/idiom. manufacturing the tractor in Germany.
80 The correct answer is option [D]
To end up in smoke is to .

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A. make to completely understand Which is the odd one out?

B. ruin oneself A. Pool

C. excite great applause B. Lake
D. inhale cigarette smoke C. Water
The correct answer is option [B] D. Pond
E. None of the above
81 The correct answer is option [C]
Which is the odd one in the option?
Water is the odd one out because pool, pond and lake are
A. Air force bodies of water typically surrounded by land.
B. Navy
C. Boys Scout
D. Police 85
E. Army Which of the following word is the opposite of "Probity"?
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Turpitude
B. Veracious
Each question consist of two words which have a C. Devotion
certain relationship to each other followed by four D. Dignity
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the E. Allegiance
same relationship. The correct answer is option [A]
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MUNDANE : SPIRITUAL 85
Which of the following word is the opposite of "Probity"?
A. common : ghostly
B. routine : novel A. Turpitude
C. secular : clerical B. Veracious
D. worldly : unworldly C. Devotion
The correct answer is option [D] D. Dignity
E. Allegiance
The correct answer is option [A]
83
The cost of manufacturing tractors in Korea is twenty
percent less than the cost of manufacturing tractors in
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
Germany. Even after transportation fees and import
meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
taxes are added, it is still cheaper to import tractors
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from Korea to Germany than to produce tractors in
Germany. To catch a tarter is to .
Which of the following assertions is best supported by
this information?
A. trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty
B. catch a dangerous person
A. Labor costs in Korea are twenty percent below C. meet with disaster
those in Germany. D. deal with a person who is more than one's match The
B. Importing tractors into Germany will eliminate correct answer is option [B]
twenty percent of the manufacturing jobs in Germany.

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87 A. If it is not sunny and it is snowing then Pedro goes hunting.
Which word is the odd one out? B. If it is windy and Pedro does not go hunting then it is not
snowing.
First, Second, Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth C. If it is windy and not sunny then Pedro goes hunting.
D. If it is windy and sunny then Pedro goes hunting. The
A. Second correct answer is option [B]
B. Forth
C. Sixth
D. Eighth In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in
E. Seventh a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from
The correct answer is option [B] alternatives.
91
'Forth' is the odd one because it is incorrectly spelt. It Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
ought to be 'Fourth'. 1. Family 2. Community 3. Member 4. Locality 5. Country

88 A. 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Bat, sheep, , elephant. B. 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
C. 3, 1, 4, 2, 5
A. squirrel D. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
B. rat The correct answer is option [A]
C. blue whale
D. porcupine
E. horse 92
The correct answer is option [E] During the recent Tijays cipher convention, a binary code
contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code
Here mammals are arranged according to size from transmission where the spaces between the letters were
small to big. A horse is bigger than a sheep and smaller missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the
than an elephant. A squirrel and a rat are too small and alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its
a blue whale is too big. In fact, the blue whale is the position in the alphabet: a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110,
largest mammal. g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101,
n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011,
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001,
89 z=11010.
Which of the following does not belong with the Which country does the code 110100101111011101
others? (Hint: Think of how they are used). represent?

A. Knife A. Finland
B. Screw B. France
C. Nail C. Florida
D. Wrench D. Fox Islands
E. Scythe E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [B]
The knife and scythe are used to cut, and the nail and
screw are used to pierce; the wrench is the only item
that is not used to cut or pierce. 93
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
90 A man of straw is .
Pedro goes either hunting or fishing every day. If it is
snowing & windy then Pedro goes hunting. If it is sunny
and not windy then Pedro goes fishing. Sometimes it A. a man of no substance
can be snowing and sunny.
B. a very active person
QUESTION: Which of the following statements must be C. a worthy fellow
true:

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D. an unreasonable person B. 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
The correct answer is option [A] C. 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The correct answer is option [C]
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Inyang's dog timmy is 40years old now. In the next 98
two years, it will be years old. Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
A. 6 To be above board is to .
B. 42
C. 80 A. have a great height
D. 60 B. be honest in all business dealings
E. none of the above C. be free of any debt
The correct answer is option [D] D. be outstandingly beautiful The correct answer is option [B]
A year is equivalent to 10 years of a dog's life; thus, in
the next two years, timmy will be 40 + 20years old.
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Which is the odd one out?
95
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with A. Pencil
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the B. Crayon
proverb/idiom. C. Paper
To make a clean breast of is to . D. Pen
E. Marker
A. gain prominence The correct answer is option [C]
B. praise oneself
C. confess without reserve Paper is the odd one out because it is the medium on which we
D. destroy before it blooms The correct answer is write or draw. Crayon, pen and pencil are devices with which
option [C] we write or draw.

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In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
96 have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
Which of the following word can be added to the end P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
of LIFT and the beginning of MAN to form two other sequence.
English words?
When it began to rain suddenly on the first of January P : to
A. CLOSE
B. BANK celebrate the new year
C. GATE Q : we ran for shelter
D. PLAY
E. DOWN R : to the neighbouring house
The correct answer is option [C] S : where many people had gathered
The proper sequence should be .

A. QRPS
B. PSQR
In each of the following questions, arrange the given
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the C. PRSQ
correct answer from alternatives. D. QRSP
97 The correct answer is option [D]
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
Each question consist of two words which have a certain
1. Wall 2. Clan 3. House 4. Room 5. Bricks relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
A. 5, 2, 1, 4, 3

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101 104 Belema, Furo, Ibimina, Ibisiki, and Tekena were the top five
DIVA : OPERA finishers in the national 700-mile race. They drove yellow,
orange, green, red and blue cars but not necessarily in that order.
Neither Ibisiki nor Tekena drove the green car. Ibisiki finished
A. producer : theatre faster than Belema and Tekena. The blue car finished earlier
B. director : drama than Tekena 's and Ibimina 's car. The yellow car finished faster
C. conductor : bus than the green car and the orange car. Belema 's and Tekena 's
car finished ahead of the orange car. Furo 's car finished before
D. thespian : play
the blue and the yellow car.
The correct answer is option [D] Who drove the red car and what place did he finish?

102 A. Furo: 1st

In each question below, there is a sentence of which
B. Ibisiki: 2nd
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the C. Tekena: 3rd
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. D. Belema: 4th
The correct answer is option [A]
In the darkness

P : the long, narrow beard Q : was clearly visible with In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
R : the tall stooping figure of the doctor S : and the have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
aquiline nose P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
The proper sequence should be .
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A. RQPS It is easier
P : to venture into space Q : for men
B. PSQR
R : beneath their feet S : than to explore
C. RSQP
D. QPRS The proper sequence should be .
The correct answer is option [A]
A. QRPS
B. QPSR
C. PSRQ
103
Which word of four letters can be added to the front of D. PQSR
the following words to create other English words? The correct answer is option [B]

CARD, BOX, CODE, BAG, HASTE In each of the following questions two statements are given
and these statements are followed by two conclusions
A. BACK numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
B. PALM
commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide
C. CLAP which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two
D. POST given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
E. TOSS
The correct answer is option [D] Give answer:
(A) If only (1) conclusion follows
POSTcard, POSTbox, POSTcode, POSTbag, POSThaste
(B) If only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If both (1) and (2) follow.

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Statements: Some actors are singers. All the singers B. QSRP
are dancers. C. PSRQ
Conclusions: D. QPSR
Some actors are dancers. No singer is an actor. The correct answer is option [C]

A. Only (1) conclusion follows 110

B. Only (2) conclusion follows Which is the odd word in the option?
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Both (1) and (2) follow. A. Aim
The correct answer is option [A] 107 B. Gain
C. Reason
In each of the following questions, arrange the given D. Purpose
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
E. Motive
correct answer from alternatives.
The correct answer is option [B]
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence. 111
1. Probation 2. Interview 3. Selection 4. Appointment Which vowel comes midway between J and T?
5. Advertisemet 6. Application
A. A
A. 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1 B. E
B. 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 1
C. I
C. 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 1
D. O
D. 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1
E. U
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [D] JKLMN - O - PQRST

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Pear is to Apple as Potato is to .
112
What is as light as a feather that even the strongest man
A. banana cannot hold for more than 4 minutes?
B. radish
C. strawberry A. Foam
D. peach B. His breath
E. lettuce C. Fire
The correct answer is option [B] Both grow under D. Tissue paper
E. None of the above
ground.
The correct answer is option [B]

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113
In each question below, there is a sentence of which
During the recent Sylbil cipher convention, a binary code
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these
contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the
transmission where the spaces between the letters were
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the
alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its
Then position in the alphabet: a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110,
P : it struck me Q: of course g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101,
R : suitable it was S: how eminently n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011,
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001,
The proper sequence should be . z=11010.
Which country does the code 11010111011010011 represent?
A. SPQR
A. Zambia

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B. Zimbabwe 117 Belema, Furo, Ibimina, Ibisiki, and Tekena were the top five
C. Zion finishers in the national 700-mile race. They drove yellow,
D. Zaire orange, green, red and blue cars but not necessarily in that order.
E. None of the above Neither Ibisiki nor Tekena drove the green car. Ibisiki finished
faster than Belema and Tekena. The blue car finished earlier
The correct answer is option [A]
than Tekena 's and Ibimina 's car. The yellow car finished faster
than the green car and the orange car. Belema 's and Tekena 's
car finished ahead of the orange car. Furo 's car finished before
114 the blue and the yellow car.
Fold is toTear as Alter is to . Who finish 4th place?

A. Effrontery
B. Reprobate A. Ibisiki
C. Assess B. Tekena
D. Eradicate C. Ibimina
E. Verve D. Belema
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [D]

In each question below, there is a sentence of which In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. sequence.
115 118
It is easy to excuse P : but it is hard If you need help
Q : in a boy of fourteen
P : promptly and politely Q : ask for attendants
R : the mischief of early childhood
R : to help our customers S : who have instructions
S : to tolerate even unavoidable faults The proper
The proper sequence should be .
sequence should be .

A. RPQS A. SQPR
B. QPSR
B. QRSP
C. QSRP
C. QRPS
D. SQRP
D. RPSQ
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [D]

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts

116
have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
Which is the odd one out?
P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
A. Carbon 119
B. Aluminium They felt safer
C. Copper
D. Iron P : to watch the mountain Q : of more than five miles R : as they
E. Zinc settled down
The correct answer is option [A] S : from a distance

Carbon is the odd one out because it is not a metal. The proper sequence should be .
Aluminum, copper, Zinc and Iron are metals.
A. RPSQ

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B. RSQP B. 3, 2, 4, 1, 5
C. PQSR C. 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
D. PRSQ D. 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [B]

In each question below, there is a sentence of which Each question consist of two words which have a certain
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. 123
120 INDIGENT : WEALTHY
Of many artists
A. gauche : graceful
P : those who impressed me the most Q : I was a child B. native : affluent
R : but those with unique personalities off stage S : C. scholarly : erudite
were not always the successful ones D. angry : rich
The correct answer is option [A]
The proper sequence should be .

A. SRQP In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts

B. QRSP have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
C. RSPQ P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
D. QPSR 124
The correct answer is option [D]
The national unity of a free people

P : to make it impracticable
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
121 R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power
Amble, , jog, run. S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably
opposed to it

A. sprint The proper sequence should be .

B. walk
C. crawl A. QRPS
D. creep B. QRSP
E. none of the above C. RPQS
The correct answer is option [B] D. RSPQ
The correct answer is option [D]

Here actions are arranged according to speed from

slow to fast. Walk is faster than amble and slower than In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
jog. Crawl and creep are too slow whereas sprint is too have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
fast. P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
sequence.
125
the majestic mahogany table P : belongs to an old prince
In each of the following questions, arrange the given
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the Q : which has one leg missing R : who is no impoverished
correct answer from alternatives.
122 S : but not without some pride
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
1. Elephant 2. Cat 3. Mosquito
4. Tiger 5. Whale

A. 5, 3, 1, 2, 4

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D. Snk
The proper sequence should be . E. Bttl
The correct answer is option [D]
A. PQSR
B. QRSP The analogy is "Boomerang is to Return as Quicksand is to Sink",
C. PRSQ but with all of the vowels removed. A boomerang is well known
D. QPRS as an object that returns (or is supposed to) when thrown, and
The correct answer is option [D] quicksand is something that things can sink into.

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the 130
proverb/idiom. To pick holes is to .
126
To have an axe to grind is .
A. find some reason to quarrel
A. a private end to serve B. destroy something
B. to fail to arouse interest C. criticise someone
C. to have no result D. cut some part of an item The correct answer is option [C]
D. to work for both sides
The correct answer is option [A] 131
Which is the odd one out?

In each of the following questions, arrange the given A. Paper

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the B. Tree
correct answer from alternatives. C. Man
127 D. Insect
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful E. Reptile
sequence. The correct answer is option [A]
1. Income 2. Status 3. Education
4. Well-being 5. Job Paper is the odd one out because it is the only non-living thing.
Tree, mouse and man are living things.
A. 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
B. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4
C. 1, 2, 5, 3, 4 Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their
D. 3, 5, 1, 2, 4 meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom.
The correct answer is option [D] 132
To play second fiddle is to .

In each of the following questions, arrange the given A. be happy, cheerful and healthy
words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the B. reduce importance of one's senior
correct answer from alternatives. C. support the role and view of another person
128 D. do back seat driving
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful The correct answer is option [C]
sequence.
1. Leaf 2. Fruit 3. Stem 4. Root 5. Flower
133
A. 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
Which of the following word can be added to the end of GRASS
B. 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words?
C. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
D. 4, 3, 1, 2, 5 A. GREEN
The correct answer is option [B] B. EXTRA
129
Bmrng is to Rtrn as Qcksnd is to .

A. Bnk
B. Jmp
C. Lck

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C. LAND
D. FRESH 137
E. CARPET 'She dwells with beauty - beauty that must die'. The following
The correct answer is option [C] sentence contains figure of speech.

A. personification
134 B. metaphor
Which is the odd one out? C. onomatopoeia
D. simile
A. Cheese E. none of the above
B. Yoghurt The correct answer is option [A]
C. Butter 'Beauty' is given the attribute of a living thing 'die'. It is only
D. Margarine living things that die.
E. Milk
The correct answer is option [E]
Each question consist of two words which have a certain
relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related
Milk is the odd one out because butter, cheese,
words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
margarine and yoghurt are products made from milk.
138
AFTER : BEFORE
In each question below, there is a sentence of which
some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these A. first : second
parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the B. present : past
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. C. successor : predecessor
135 D. contemporary : historic
We have to The correct answer is option [C]

P : as we see it
In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts
Q : speak the truth have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled
P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper
R : there is falsehood and weakness S : even if all sequence.
139
around us The grocer

P : did not listen to the protests of customer Q : who was in the

The proper sequence should be . habit of weighing less
R : whom he had cheated S : with great audacity
A. RQSP
B. QRPS The proper sequence should be .
C. RSQP
D. QPSR A. PRSQ
The correct answer is option [D] B. QSPR
C. QPRS
D. PQSR
The correct answer is option [C] 140
136
A group or flock of crows goes by another name. What
is it?

A. Fortune
B. Cluster
C. Murder
D. Cacophony
E. Bluster
The correct answer is option [B]

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Belema, Furo, Ibimina, Ibisiki, and Tekena were the top Which country does the code
five finishers in the national 700-mile race. They drove 1101111110010111111111111 represent?
yellow, orange, green, red and blue cars but not
necessarily in that order. Neither Ibisiki nor Tekena A. Malaysia
drove the green car. Ibisiki finished faster than Belema B. Mali
and Tekena. The blue car finished earlier than Tekena C. Mauritania
's and Ibimina 's car. The yellow car finished faster than
D. Morocco
the green car and the orange car. Belema 's and Tekena
's car finished ahead of the orange car. Furo 's car E. Mauritius
finished before the blue and the yellow car. The correct answer is option [D]
Who drove the orange car?

A. Ibisiki In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in

B. Belema a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from
alternatives.
C. Ibimina
144
D. Furo
The correct answer is option [C] Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1. Tree 2. See 3. Flowers
4. Fruit 5. Plant
141
Which is the odd one out?
A. 5, 2, 1, 3, 4
B. 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
A. Enormous C. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4
B. Mighty D. 2, 5, 3, 1, 4
The correct answer is option [C]
C. Great
D. Tiny 145
E. Huge Which is the odd word in the option?
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Right
142
B. True
Building, town, , country.
C. Correct
D. Accurate
A. planet
B. continet E. Left
The correct answer is option [E]
C. apartment
D. room
E. state In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in
The correct answer is option [E] a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from
alternatives.
Here places are arranged according to size from small 146
to big. A state is bigger than a town and smaller than a Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
country. Continent and planet are too big whereas 1. Poverty 2. Population 3. Death
apartment is too small. 4. Unemployment 5. Disease

A. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1
143 B. 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
During the recent Silverscreen cipher convention, a
C. 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of
a binary code transmission where the spaces between D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. The correct answer is option [C]
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its
binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet: 147
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, Choose the option that does not belong to the group.
i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110,
o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, A. Town
t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, B. Street
y=11001, z=11010. C. Path

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D. Road D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
E. Lane The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [A]

In each of the following questions, arrange the given

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives.
148
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
1. Rainbow 2. Rain 3. Sun
4. Happy 5. Child

A. 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
B. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
C. 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
D. 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
The correct answer is option [B]

In each of the following questions, arrange the given

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives.
148
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
1. Rainbow 2. Rain 3. Sun
4. Happy 5. Child

A. 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
B. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
C. 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
D. 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
The correct answer is option [B]

Each question consist of two words which have a

certain relationship to each other followed by four
pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the
same relationship.
149
PAIN : SEDATIVE

A. comfort : stimulant
B. grief : consolation
C. trance : narcotic
D. ache : extraction
The correct answer is option [B]

In each of the following questions, arrange the given

words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the
correct answer from alternatives.
150
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful
sequence.
1. Nation 2. Village 3. City 4. District 5. State

A. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1
B. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5
C. 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
 SECTION-3

G.K / CURRENT
AFFAIRS
 ACRONYMS
9. In Nigeria, NESREA is known as
A. National Environmental Regulation and Enforcement
1. In Nigeria, PTDF is known as . Agency
A. Petroleum Training and Development Foundation B. Nigerian Environmental Regulation and Enforcement
B. Petroleum Technical Development Funds Agency
C. Petroleum Trust Development Fund C. National Economical Regulation and Enforcement Agency
D. Petroleum Training Development Fund D. National Environmental Regulation and Enforcement
Authority
2. In Nigeria, NITDA is known as .
A. National Information Technology Development 10. ALGON stands for .
Agency A. All Local Governments of Nigeria
B. Nigerian Information Technology Development B. Associated Local Governments of Nigeria
Agency C. Association of Local Governments of Nigeria
C. National Information Technology Development D. Association of Legal Governors of Nigeria
Authority
D. National Institute of Technology Development 11. In Nigeria, WOTCLEF stands for .
Agency A. World Trafficking Transport and Children Emancipation
Foundation
3. In Nigeria, PENGASSAN stands for . B. Women Trafficking and Child Emancipation Foundation
A. Petroleum Natural Gas Senior Staff of Nigeria C. World Transport and Child Labour Eradication
B. Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association Foundation
of Nigeria D. Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication
C. Petroleum and Natural Gas Association of Senior Foundation
Staff of Nigeria
D. Petrol and Natural Gas Association of Senior Staff 12. Internationally, UNESCO is known as .
of Nigeria A. United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organ
B. United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural
4. In Nigeria, NAICOM is known as . Organisation
A. National Insurance Commission C. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
B. Nigerian Agency of Insurance Commission Organisation
C. National Investment Commission D. United Nations Education and Science Organisation
D. Nigerian Agency of Investment Commission
13. The full meaning of the acronym of the Nigerian agency
5 In Nigeria, FIRS is known as . N.E.M.A., is .
A. Federal Inland Responsibility Service A. Nigerian Empowerment Management Agency
B. Federal Inland Regulatory Service B. National Environmental Management Agency
C. Federal Inland Revenue Service C. Nigerian Economy Management Agency
D. Federal Inland Resource Service D. National Emergency Management Agency

6 In Nigeria, FRCN is known as . 14. In Nigeria, FRC is known as .

A. Federal Resources Collection of Nigeria A. Federal Responsibility Commission
B. Federal Road Corporation of Nigeria B. Fiscal Resources Commission
C. Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria C. Fiscal Revenue Commission
D. Federal Responsibility Commission of Nigeria D. Fiscal Responsibility Commission

7. In Nigeria, NAPIMS is known as . 15. In Nigeria, NEPZA is known as .

A. National Petroleum Investment Management A. Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority
Service B. National Export Processing Zones Authority
B. Nigerian Petroleum Investment Management C. Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority
Service D. Nigeria Export Processing Zones Agency
C. National Petrol Investment Management Service
D. Nigeria Petroleum Investment Management Service

8 In Nigeria, ICPC stands for .

A. International Collegiate Programming Contest
B. International Cable Protection Committee
C. Independent Centre for the Prevention of Crime
D. Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related
Offences Commission
3
 ACRONYMS
25. In Nigeria, FMBN is known as .
A. Fiscal Money Bank of Nigeria
16. In Nigeria, FEPA is known as . B. Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
A. Federal Economical Protection Agency C. Federal Management Bank of Nigeria
B. Federal Environmental Protection Agency D. Federal Maritime Bank of Nigeria
C. Federal Electorate Protection Agency
D. Federal Emergency Protection Agency 26. In Nigeria, NSCDC is known as .
A. Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp
17. In Nigeria, EFCC stands for . B. Nigerian Service and Civil Defence Corp
A. Economic and Finance Crimes Commission C. National Security and Civil Defence Corp
B. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission D. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp
C. Economical and Financial Crimes Commission
D. Economic and Financial Crimes Corporation 27. In Nigeria, PTDF stands for .
A. Petroleum and Transportation Development Fund
18. In Nigeria, FAAN is known as . B. Petroleum Trust Development Fund
A. Federal Airspace Authority of Nigeria C. Petroleum Development Fund
B. Federal Airspace Agency of Nigeria D. Petroleum Technology Development Fund
C. Federal Airports Agency of Nigeria
D. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria 28. The acronym UNCTAD stands for .
A. United Nations Committee on Trade and Development
19. In Nigeria, NAPEP is known as . B. United Nations Council on Trade and Development.
A. Nigerian Poverty Eradication Programme C. United Nations Commission on Trade and Development.
B. National Petroleum Environmental Programme D. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
C. Nigerian Police Empowerment Programme
D. National Poverty Eradication Programme 29. SAP is an acronym for _.
A. Structural Added Programme
20. CAF is an acronym for . B. Structural Adjustment Programme
A. Confederation of African Football C. Structural Adjustment Problem
B. Community of African Football D. Structural Amendment Problem
C. Confederation of American Football E. Structural Abreviated Programme
D. Commision for African Football
30. In Nigeria, NERC is known as .
A. Nigerian Export Regulatory Commission
21. The acronym N.S.E. stands for .
B. Nigerian Electoral Regulatory Commission
A. Nigerian Society for Education
C. National Electricity Regulatory Commission
B. National Security Enforcement
D. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commissi
C. Nigerian Stock Exchange
D. National Societal Eradication

22. In Nigeria, NUPENG is known as .

A. Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers
B. Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers
C. National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
D. National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers

23. FIFA is an acronym for .

A. Fédération Internationale Football Association
B. Football Internationale de Fédération Association
C. Fédération Internationale de Football Association
D. Fédération Internale de Football Association

24. In Nigeria, NAMA is known as .

A. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
B. Nigeria Airports Management Authority
C. Nigerian Airspace Management Authority
D. Nigeria Airports Management Agency

3
Answers
1) C
2) A
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) C
7) A
8) D
9) A
10) C
11) D
12) C
13) D
14) D
15) A
16) B
17) B
18) D
19) D
20) A
21) C
22) B
23) C
24) A
25) B
26) A
27) D
28) D
29) B
30) D

4
 6
The full meaning of the acronym KLM Airline, is Koninklijke
Luchtvaart Maatschappij, also known as .
1
In , the first Aeroplane in Nigeria A. Lufthansa German Airlines
landed in Kano State.
B. Pan African Airlines
A. 1925
C. Kenya Airways
B. 1937
D. Royal Dutch Airlines
The correct answer is option [D]
C. 1961
D. 1955
The correct answer is option [A]
7
Which one of the following Nigerian States does not have an
airport?
2
In February 2013, awarded the
Minister, the 2012 Champion Man of the year. A. Kano State
B. Adamawa State
C. Niger State
A. Guardian Newspaper D. Abia State
B. Champion Newspaper The correct answer is option [D]
C. Champion Magazine
D. Silverbird Group
8
The correct answer is option [B]
In the Nigerian Industry, NAPA is known as .

A. Nigeria Professional Agency

3
Heathrow Airport is a based airport.
B. National Professional Association
C. Nigeria Airports Professional Association
A. London D. Nigerian Professional Association The correct answer is
option [D]
B. Paris
C. Germany 9
D. China The full meaning of the acronym EAS airline is .
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Eastern Airlines Services
4 B. Export Airlines Services
Which of the following airlines operating in Nigeria is
not a domestic airline?
C. Executive Airlines Services
D. External Airlines Services The correct answer is option [C]
A. ADC Airline
B. KLM Airline 10
C. Chanchangi Airline Which of the following airlines is a Nigerian airline?
D. Sosoliso Airline
The correct answer is option [B] A. Delta Airlines
B. Arik Air
C. Virgin Atlantic
5
D. Atlantic Express
Nigeria has a total of airports operated
by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The correct answer is option [B]

A. 22
11
B. 21 had its operating license temporarily suspended by the
C. 23 Nigerian government after its MD-83 aircraft crash in June
D. 24 2012.
The correct answer is option [A]

Aviation
A. Sosoliso Airline C. Bayelsa State
B. Dana Air D. Taraba State
C. Bellview Airline The correct answer is option [B]
D. ADC Airline
The correct answer is option [B] 17
The first female pilot in Nigeria is _.

12 A. Blessing Liman
The international airport in Abuja is called . B. Aderonke Kale
C. Itinu Hotonu
A. Murtala Muhammed International Airport D. Mrs Chinyere Oyenaucheye The correct answer is option
B. Aminu Kano International Airport
C. Abuja International Airport [D]
D. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport The
correct answer is option [D]
18
In 2012, the Airport Remodelling Project in Nigeria listed
13

was the first to be commissioned amongst the airport terminals to undergo remodelling in
the
listed airports undergoing structural remodelling first phase of the project.
under the 1st phase of the Airport Remodelling
Project. A. 11
B. 12
A. Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa C. 22
Terminal
D. 15
B. Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar The correct answer is option [A]
terminal
C. Murtala Muhammed Airport ,Lagos terminal
D. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja 19
terminal The correct answer is option [C]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria commissioned the
remodelled on Friday, March 8, 2013.
14
In March 2013, was the Managing
A. Benin Airport terminal
Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria B. Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal 1
(FAAN), C. General Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja
A. Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah D. Yola Airport terminal
B. Mr George Uriesi The correct answer is option [A]
C. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
D. Comrade Adams Oshomole The correct answer is
option [B] 20
In Februaury 2013, The Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency (NAMA) named Nollywood actress Miss Benita Nzeribe
15 as .
In March 2013, was the General
Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal A. Nigerian Sector Ambassador for Sierra Leone
Airports Authority of Nigeria. B. Federal Airport Authority Ambassador for Nigeria
C. Air Safety Ambassador for Nigeria
A. Dr H. Demuren D. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Ambassador for
B. Stella Adaeze-Oduah Europe
C. Mr Yakubu Dati The correct answer is option [C]
D. Mazi Nnamdi Udoh
The correct answer is option [C]

16
Which of the following Nigerian States have an airport?

A. Kebbi State
B. Kaduna State
21 In March 2013, Engr. Mazi Nnamdi Udoh was the Managing
The robbery attack at the Terminal Zero Car Park of Director of .
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,
on March 13th 2013, led to the ban of
fr A. Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)
om all airports across the country by FAAN. B. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)
C. International Air Transport Association (IATA)
A. plain clothes policemen D. GE Capital Services Limited (GECAS) The correct answer is
B. Bureaux de Change operators option [B]
C. supermarkets
D. illegal parking
The correct answer is option [B] 27
Which of the following is NOT an airline operating locally or
internationally in Nigeria?
22
In the Nigerian industry, NAAPE is known as . A. Turkish Airlines
B. Qatar Airways
A. Nigerian Airports Authority for Pilots and C. Donghai Airlines
Engineers D. IRS Airlines
B. Nigerian Airspace Authority for Pilots and The correct answer is option [C]
Engineers
C. Nigerian Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers
D. National Association of Aircraft Pilots and 28
Engineers The correct answer is option [D] Which of the following airports in Nigeria is not managed by
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)?

A. Yakubu Gowon Airport

23 B. Bauchi Airport
Although very operational in Nigeria, Delta Airlines C. Uyo Airport
is D. Benin Airport
airline. The correct answer is option [C]

A. a British
B. a French 29
In March 2013, the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil
C. a Portuguese
D. an American
The correct answer is option [D]

24 Authority was removed from office by the

President Goodluck Jonathan approved the removal of President.
the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Authority
from office

with effect from . A. Stella Oduah-Ogiewonyi

B. Dr. Harold Demuren
A. March 12, 2013 C. Oluminde Ohunayo
B. March 5, 2013 D. Hope Uzodinma
C. March 13, 2013 The correct answer is option [B]
D. March 11, 2013
The correct answer is option [A] 30
Lufthansa Airline is airline.
25
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has its A. a German
corporate headquarters in . B. an American
C. a British
A. Lagos D. a French
B. Ibadan The correct answer is option [A]
C. Abuja
D. Port Harcourt
The correct answer is option [A]
31
26

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 Aviation

The first Nigerian female military pilot is

.

A. Itinu Hotonu
B. Aderonke Kale
C. Blessing Liman
D. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe The correct answer is option [C]

32
The DANA AIR 992 commercial passsenger flight from Abuja to Lagos crashed into a furniture-works and printing building in the
Iju-Ishaga neighbourhood of Lagos on
.

A. Sunday, June 3, 2012

B. Sunday, March 18, 2012
C. Sunday, April 22, 2012
D. Sunday May 6, 2012
The correct answer is option [A]

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 Countries
1
Abuja is to Nigeria as Cairo is to . A. Mozambique
B. Bangladesh
A. Cuba C. South-Africa
B. Egypt D. Tuvalu
C. El Salvador The correct answer is option [A] Mozambique didn't become a
D. Argentina member of the British Commonwealth until 1995. It is unique
E. Austria in this respect because it was the only country in the
The correct answer is option [B] Commonwealth which wasn't under some form of British
control in the past. It was a former Portuguese colony that
became independent in 1975.
2
New members of the Commonwealth were required to abide by
is the most populous city of the world. certain criteria that arose from certain documents, the most
important of which are the Harare principles and the Edinburgh
criteria. The foremost of the Edinburgh criteria requires new
A. New York members to have either constitutional or administrative ties to
B. Tokyo at least one current member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
C. New Delhi The Edinburgh criteria arose from the 1995 accession of
D. Seoul Mozambique; at the time, it was the only member that was never
E. Cairo part of the British Empire (in whole or part).
The correct answer is option [D]
7
Nigeria shares boundaries with the following countries:
3
Bangui is the capital of .

A. Central African Republic A. Benin, Sudan and South Africa

B. Ghana, Libya and Cote d' Ivoire
B. Guinea Bissau
C. Kenya C. Benin, Niger and Cameroon
D. Lesotho D. South Africa, Mali and Zambia
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [C]

4 8
'Asmara' is the capital of which of the following The 'Victoria Falls', one of the seven natural wonders of the
African countries? world, is a popular tourist destination in ,
Africa.
A. Malawi
B. Eritrea A. Zambia
C. Burundi B. Zimbabwe
D. Ethiopia C. Zambia and Zimbabwe
The correct answer is option [B] D. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]
5
Which one of the following is not a tourist attraction
point in Nigeria? 9
Pyongyang is in .
A. Ibeno Beach
B. Pyramid of Khufu A. Japan
C. Ogbunike Cave
D. Agbokim Waterfalls B. China
The correct answer is option [B] C. North Korea
D. South Korea
6
All of the following Common Wealth Countries The correct answer is option [C]
except
, were part of the British Empire, out of
which the Commonwealth was formed.

96
 Countries
Which one of the following world cities has the most
10 population?
Ghana is to Accra as Mali is to .
A. Karachi, Pakistan
A. Maseru B. Mumbai, India
B. Maputo C. Dhaka, Bangladesh
C. Mangua D. Beijing, China
D. Bamako The correct answer is option [A] Karachi is the largest city, main
E. None of the above seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of
The correct answer is option [D] the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of
21 million people as of April 2012
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is the capital city of the Indian state
11 of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the
Abuja is to Nigeria as Mogadishu is to . fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan
area population of approximately 20.5 million
A. Somalia
B. Togo Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. It
C. Botswana is located on the banks of the Buriganga River. Dhaka, along
with its metropolitan area, has an estimated population of over
D. Mauritus
12 million in 2008, making it the largest city in Bangladesh
E. Sudan Beijing, sometimes romanized as Peking, is the capital of the
The correct answer is option [A] People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities
in the world. The population as of 2012 was 20,693,000
12
Morocco is to Casablanca as Cote d'Ivoire is to .
16
A. Yamoussoukro The currency used in Isreal is .
B. Dublin
C. Moscow A. Lira
D. Athens B. Shekel
E. None of the above C. Dinar
The correct answer is option [A] D. Rupee
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]
13
Mount Kilimanjaro is in .
17
Tripoli is to Libya, as Antananarivo is to .
A. Tanzania
B. Kenya A. Madagascar
C. Tunisia B. Malawi
D. Togo C. Botswana
E. Ghana D. Angola
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [A]

18
14 Which of the following options is not one of the three capital
How many countries surround Lake Chad? cities of South Africa?

A. 2 A. Pretoria
B. 1 B. Cape Town
C. 3 C. Durban
D. 4 D. Bloemfontein
E. 5 The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [D]
The countries are Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria

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The correct answer is option [B]
19
In which of the following countries can 'Zanzibar' be 25
found? The highest populated country in Black Africa is
.
A. Ethiopia
B. Guinea Bissau A. Ghana
C. Tanzania B. Brazil
D. Liberia C. South Africa
The correct answer is option [C] D. Angola
E. Nigeria
20
In which of the following countries can Mount The correct answer is option [E]
Kilimanjaro be found?

A. Gabon 26
B. Uganda is the second largest oil producer in Africa.
C. Gambia
D. Tanzania A. Libya
The correct answer is option [D] B. Nigeria
C. Liberia
21 D. Ghana
Cairo is to Egypt, as is to Zambia. E. Kenya
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Conakry
B. Lusaka
C. Harare 27
D. Kampala The three largest cities in the world are .
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Lagos, Paris and Los Angeles
22 B. Ibadan, New York and Tokyo
Yaounde is to Cameroun, as is to Eritrea. C. Cairo, Washington and Oslo
D. London, New York and Tokyo
A. Tunis E. Sydney, Calcutta and Mexico The correct answer is option
B. Mbabana [D]
C. Asmara
D. Bissau
The correct answer is option [C] 28
The modern state of Israel came into being in the year
23 .
The former name of Ghana is .
A. 1949
B. 1945
A. Accra
C. 1948
B. Lome
D. 1939
C. Ankra
The correct answer is option [C]
D. Kampala
E. Gold Coast
The correct answer is option [E]
29
is the oldest town in the world.
24
is the most populous muslim country in the
world. A. Jericho
B. Ile-lfe
A. Singapore C. Cairo
B. Indonesia D. Jerusalem.
C. Iran E. Timbuktu
D. Iraq The correct answer is option [A]
E. Saudi Arabia

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30
Which of the following countries, is not a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

A. Qatar
B. Iraq
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Syria
The correct answer is option [D]

31
Lome is to Togo, as is to Tanzania.

A. Nairobi
B. Banjul
C. Libreville
D. Dar es Salaam
The correct answer is option [D]

32
Ouagadougou is the capital of .

A. Algeria
B. Tanzania
C. Burkina Faso
D. Somalia
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]

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1
The novel 'Purple Hibiscus', shortlisted for and
awarded several prestigious prizes, is authored by .
8
A. Ngugi wa Thiong’o Covenant university of Nigeria was established in .
B. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
C. Wole Soyinka A. 2000
D. Chinua Achebe B. 2001
E. Ayi Kwei Armah C. 2002
D. 2003
3
The motto of N.Y.S.C is .
9
A. Humility and servility The University of Lagos was renamed as 'Moshood Abiola
University' by President Goodluck Jonathan on the
B. Service and Humility
; a decision he reversed afterwards.
C. Success is power
D. Knowledge and happiness
A. 7th July, 2012
E. Service and wealth
B. 18th June, 2012
4 C. 29th May, 2012
Which of the plays is NOT written by Wole Soyinka? D. 23th April, 2012

A. The lion and the jewel

B. The gods are not to blame 10
Bayero University is a State University.
C. A dance of the forests
D. Death and the kings horseman
A. True

B. False
5
Which one of the following Nigerian writers wrote the
novel, 'The Concubine'?
10
Bayero University is a State University.
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Elechi Amadi A. True
C. T. M. Aluko B. False
D. Nnorom Azuonye

12
6 The novel "The Burning Grass" was written by
, a notable Nigerian studied for a Ph.D.
.
degree from the University of Michigan from 1987
through 1991 but was denied his degree.
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Wole Soyinka
A. Prof. Wole Soyinka C. Elechi Amadi
B. Philip Emeagwali D. Cyprian Ekwensi
C. Chief Emeka Anyaoku
D. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
13
The Association that champions the cause of Nigerian
students is .
7
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Ogbomosho is a Federal University? A. N.B.A.S.
B. N.A.N.S.
A. True C. N.A.S.U.
D. L.A.S.U.
B. False E. F.I.F.A.

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A. Humility and servility
B. Service and Humility
14
C. Success is power
The first University in Nigeria is . D. Knowledge and happiness
E. Service and wealth
A. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) The correct answer is option [B]
B. University of Ibadan (UI)
C. University of Nigeria (UNN)
4
D. University of Lagos Which of the plays is NOT written by Wole Soyinka?
E. Amadu Bello University of Zaria (ABU)
A. The lion and the jewel
B. The gods are not to blame
14
The first University in Nigeria is .
C. A dance of the forests
D. Death and the kings horseman The correct answer is
option [B]
A. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
The gods are not to blame is written by Ola Rotimi.
B. University of Ibadan (UI)
C. University of Nigeria (UNN)
D. University of Lagos 5
E. Amadu Bello University of Zaria (ABU) Which one of the following Nigerian writers wrote the novel,
'The Concubine'?

A. Chinua Achebe
B. Elechi Amadi
C. T. M. Aluko
D. Nnorom Azuonye
The correct answer is option [B]
1
The novel 'Purple Hibiscus', shortlisted for and
6
awarded several prestigious prizes, is authored by .
, a notable Nigerian studied for a Ph.D. degree from
the University of Michigan from 1987 through 1991 but was
A. Ngugi wa Thiong’o denied his degree.
B. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Chinua Achebe A. Prof. Wole Soyinka
E. Ayi Kwei Armah B. Philip Emeagwali
The correct answer is option [B] C. Chief Emeka Anyaoku
D. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
The correct answer is option [B] Philip Emeagwali studied for a
2 Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan from 1987
gained worldwide attention for the African through 1991. His thesis was not accepted by a committee of
literatures 'No longer at ease', 'A man of the people', internal and external examiners and thus he was not awarded
'Anthillis of the Savannah' and 'Arrow of God'. the degree. Emeagwali filed a court challenge, stating that the
decision was a violation of his civil rights and that the university
A. Elechi Amadi had discriminated against him in several ways because of his
B. Chinua Achebe race. The court challenge was dismissed, as was an appeal to the
C. Wole Soyinka Michigan state Court of Appeals.
D. Ola Rotimi
E. Cyprian Ekwensi
7
The correct answer is option [B] EDUCATION
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomosho is a
Federal University?
3
The motto of N.Y.S.C is .

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A. True The correct answer is option [D]

B. False
The correct answer is option [B] 13
The Association that champions the cause of Nigerian
students is .
8
Covenant university of Nigeria was established in .
A. N.B.A.S.
A. 2000 B. N.A.N.S.
B. 2001 C. N.A.S.U.
C. 2002 D. L.A.S.U.
D. 2003 E. F.I.F.A.
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [B]
Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale -N.B.A.S. NATIONAL

9 ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS- N.A.N.S.

The University of Lagos was renamed as 'Moshood
Abiola University' by President Goodluck Jonathan Non-Academic Staff Union- N.A.S.U Lagos State University-
on the
; a decision he reversed afterwards. L.A.S.U

A. 7th July, 2012 Fédération Internationale de Football Association -F.I.F.A.

B. 18th June, 2012
C. 29th May, 2012 14
D. 23th April, 2012 The first University in Nigeria is .
The correct answer is option [C]

10 A. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)

Bayero University is a State University. B. University of Ibadan (UI)
C. University of Nigeria (UNN)
D. University of Lagos
A. True E. Amadu Bello University of Zaria (ABU) The correct answer
is option [B]
B. False
The correct answer is option [B]

11
The book 'arrow of God' is written by .

A. Ola Rotimi
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Chinua Achebe
D. Elechi Amadi
The correct answer is option [C]

12
The novel "The Burning Grass" was written
by
.

A. Chinua Achebe

B. Wole Soyinka
C. Elechi Amadi
D. Cyprian Ekwensi

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1
CAAN stands for in the entertainment 6
industry. During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held on
Saturday, March 9th 2013, was given the 'Best
Actor' Award Drama (Movies/TV).
A. Committee of African American Nationals
B. Carribean African American Nations A. Matthew Nabwiso
C. Carribean Asian American Nations B. Hafiz Oyetoro
D. Continents of African Asian Nationals C. O.C Ukeje
E. Conference of Arican American Nationals The D. Tim Greene
correct answer is option [B] The correct answer is option [C]

2 7
During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held
on

Saturday, March 9th 2013, was given the 'Best was the 2nd World Black Festival of Arts and
Culture. Actress' Award Drama (Movies/TV).

A. Jackie Appiah A. FESTAC '77

B. Funke Akindele-Oloyede B. FESTAC '87
C. Genevieve Nnaji C. FESTAC '79
D. Mercy Johnson D. FESTAC '88
The correct answer is option [A] E. FESTAC '78
The correct answer is option [A] ENTERTAINMENT

3
In March 2013, the white wedding between the 8
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tuface Idibia and Annie In January 2013, was made the Managing
Macaulay was scheduled to take place on . Director of Malete Film Village, in Kwara State.

A. March 23th 2013 A. Olu Jacobs

B. March 19th 2013 B. Joke Silva
C. March 8th 2013 C. Pete Edochie
D. March 22th 2013 D. Chiwetel Ejiofor
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [B]

4 9
, popularly known as the Village Headmaster, During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held on March
died on February 19th 2013, following a complication 9th 2013, received an Industry Merit
from diabetes. Award for his outstanding achievements in the acting career.

A. Olu Jacobs
A. Enebeli Elebuwa B. Pete Edochie
B. Chief Justus Esiri C. Chiwetel Ejiofor
C. Sam Loco Efe D. Chiwetalu Agu
D. J. T. Tom West The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [B]

10
5 In the Nigerian Entertainment Industry, AMAA is known as
The Nigerian who emerged the winner of Channel O .
Dance African competition in 2007 was .
A. Africa Magic Academy Awards
A. Joke Silver B. Africa Movies Academy Awards
B. Halle Ihmordu C. Africa Movies and Actors Awards
C. Lil Wayne D. Africa Magic and Actors Awards The correct answer is
D. Oluwafemi Adeyinka option [B]
The correct answer is option [B]

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 Entertainment
11 A. Dar Al Masyaf at Madinat Jumeirah
The of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice B. Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Awards, held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Eko C. Royal Island Beach
Hotel and Suites, Lagos
D. Jebel Ali Hotel
The correct answer is option [C]
A. second edition
B. fourth edition
C. third edition 16
D. first edition In March 2013, was the Public Relations Officer of the
The correct answer is option [D] Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria Peace Initiative.

A. Orits Wiliki
12 B. Predy Wise
Amy Winehouse the musician passed away C. Dr. Tee Mac Iseli
on D. King Faladey
. The correct answer is option [A]

A. July 23, 2011

17
B. October 17, 2011 CNN is owned by .
C. January 23, 2012
D. August 12, 2010 A. Fundamental Broadcasting System
The correct answer is option [A] Amy Jade Winehouse B. Oracle Broadcasting Network
(14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English C. Metro Goldwyn Meyer
singer and songwriter known for her deep contralto D. Turner Broadcasting System The correct answer is option
vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including [D]
R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse died of alcohol
poisoning on 23 July 2011. Her album Back to Black 18
posthumously became the UK's best- selling album of Malete Film Village in Kwara State is owned by the
the 21st century, at that point. .

13 A. Kwara State Airport

During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held B. Kwara State Polytechnic
on Saturday, March 9th 2013, was given the
C. Kwara State Government
'Best Actor' Award Comedy (Movies/TV).
D. Kwara State University
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Matthew Nabwiso
B. Hafiz Oyetoro 19
In March 2013, the white wedding between the Nigerian
C. Ngendo Mukii
singer-songwriter Tuface Idibia and Annie Macaulay would
D. O.C Ukeje hold at .
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Burj Al Arab
14
B. Royal Island Beach
Donna Summer best known as "The Queen of Disco"
with 1970's hits like, "No more tears" and "I Feel Love",
C. Kiza Nite Club
died of cancer on . D. Sefinah Ballroom of Jumeirah Beach Hotel The correct
answer is option [D]
A. 2 November, 2011 B. 17 May, 2012
20
C. 10 October, 2010
D. 22 February, 2011

The correct answer is Popular Nigerian songstress released her

option [B]

critically-acclaimed debut album known as 'Wonder Woman'

15 in 2009.
In March 2013, the wedding reception between the A. Halle Ihmordu
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tuface Idibia and Annie B. Kemi Adetiba
Macaulay was scheduled to hold at . C. Omawumi Megbele

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D. Oreofe Ogunkanmi The correct answer is option [C]

The correct answer is option [C]

26
21 is a Nollywood movie studio situated in Kwara
In March 2013, the white wedding between the State.
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tuface Idibia and Annie
Macaulay was scheduled to hold in . A. Silverbird Cinema
B. Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice
A. Dubai C. Malete Film Village
B. France D. Digital Satellite Television The correct answer is option [C]
C. Italy
D. England
The correct answer is option [A] 27
The first television station in Africa was built in .
22
In the entertainment industry of Nigeria, AMVCA is A. South Africa
known as .
B. Egypt
C. Nigeria
A. African Movies Viewers Choice Awards
D. Tunisia
B. Africa Magic Viewers Choice Agency
E. Morocco
C. Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards
The correct answer is option [C]
D. Africa Magic Viewers Calls Awards The correct
answer is option [C]
28
23 In the Nigerian entertainment, PMAN is known as
In 2002, the Miss World Pageant was moved from .
Abuja, Nigeria to due to protests in the
Northern part of the country. A. Performing Musical Artistes of Nigeria
B. Presiding Musical Artiste of Nigeria
A. Paris C. Performing Musical Agency of Nigeria
B. London D. Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria The correct
C. Johannesburg answer is option [D]
D. Los Angeles
The correct answer is option [B] 29
The first native Sub-Saharan African to be crowned Miss
24 world, Miss Agbani Darego won the the title in
In 2011, Funke Akindele played a funny role in a .
blockbuster movie known as which made
over N35m at the cinema. A. November 2001
B. October 2004
A. Girls Cot C. September 2002
B. The Wisdom of Thomas D. October 2003
C. The Return of Jenifa The correct answer is option [A]
D. Ija Ola
The correct answer is option [C]

25
During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held
on Saturday, March 9th 2013, was given the
'Best Actress' Award Comedy (Movies/TV).

A. Jackie Appiah
B. Funke Akindele-Oloyede
C. Mercy Johnson
D. Genevieve Nnaji

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 General Knowledge
Which of the following is NOT an example of an
1 intergovernmental organization (IGO)?
encompasses the ability to apply
specialised knowledge or expertise. A. The World Trade Organisation.
B. Amnesty International.
A. Mental skills C. The United Nations.
B. Conceptual skills D. NATO.
C. Technical skills The correct answer is option [A]
D. Psychological skills
E. Analytical skills
The correct answer is option [C]
6
In September 2012, was the Governor of
2 Akwa Ibom State.
Nigeria joined the O.P.E.C. community in .
A. Peter Obi
A. 1977 B. Godswill Akpabio
B. 1981 C. Sullivan Chime
C. 1967 D. Liyel Imoke
D. 1971 The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [D]

3 7
The universal declaration of human rights provides . Heathrow Airport is a based airport.

A. a global understanding of how to treat individuals

B. common grounds for compromise A. London
amongst neighbouring countries B. Paris
C. an all encompassing living condition for every C. Germany
individual D. China
D. a global trustworthy approach of a nation's The correct answer is option [A]
dealings with individuals
The correct answer is option [A]
8
3 The full meaning of the acronym KLM Airline, is Koninklijke
The universal declaration of human rights provides . Luchtvaart Maatschappij, also known as .

A. a global understanding of how to treat individuals A. Lufthansa German Airlines

B. common grounds for compromise B. Pan African Airlines
amongst neighbouring countries C. Kenya Airways
C. an all encompassing living condition for every D. Royal Dutch Airlines
individual The correct answer is option [D]
D. a global trustworthy approach of a nation's
dealings with individuals 9
The correct answer is option [A] One of the two Japanese cities in which the United States
conducted atomic bombings during the final stages of World
4 War II was .
The World Bank in the month of March 2013
barred A. Kyoto
from doing any business with it or the B. Niigata
projects funded by it for a period of six months. C. Nagasaki
D. Yokohama
A. Punj Lloyd Group
E. Kokura
B. Lanco Infratech Limited The correct answer is option [C]
C. Larsen & Toubro
D. IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd The correct
answer is option [C] 10

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 General Knowledge

In , the name 'Nigeria' was given by Lady A. Carl Lewis

Lord Lugard (Mrs. Flora Shaw). B. Usain Bolt
C. Larisa Latynina
A. 1898 D. Michael Fred Phelps
B. 1765 The correct answer is option [C] SPORTS
C. 1432
D. 1777
The correct answer is option [A] 15
Dutse is the capital of .

11 A. Yobe
was widely regarded as the presumed winner of B. Jigawa
the inconclusive presidential election in Nigeria in C. Nasarawa
1993. D. Zamfara
E. None of the above
A. Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan The correct answer is option [B]
B. Chief. Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
C. General Sani Abacha
D. Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekweme 16
E. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida The correct The hydro-electric power station in Niger River is located in
answer is option [B] .

A. Suleja
12 B. Onitsha
Which of the following is included in the list of C. Kainji
UNESCO World Heritage Centres in Nigeria?
D. Warri
E. Port Harcourt
A. Okemogun festival in Ondo. The correct answer is option [C]
B. Yam festival in Onitsha.
C. Osun festival of Osogbo.
D. Adamuorisa in Lagos.
E. Egungun festival in Osogbo. The correct answer is 17
option [C] The first Nigerian female to become an Army Major General
was .

A. Aderonke Kale
13
B. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe
In March 2013, the Presidency declared that
earned Diepreye Alamieyeseigha the state pardon. C. Blessing Liman
D. Itinu Hotonu
The correct answer is option [A]
A. the illegal impeachment of the former Governor of
Bayelsa Sate by Obasanjo and Ribadu 18
B. the current effort by anti-corruption agencies to
tackle

high calibre corrupt individuals in the country had its operating license temporarily
suspended by
C. the stabilising role the former Governor of Bayelsa the Nigerian government after its MD-83 aircraft crash in June
State, played to ensure that oil in the Niger Delta was 2012.
not cut off
D. the official kidnapping of Governor Chris Ngige, A. Sosoliso Airline
then a sitting governor of Anambra state B. Dana Air
The correct answer is option [C] C. Bellview Airline
D. ADC Airline
The correct answer is option [B]
14
The record of the second most decorated Olympian of
all time in September, 2012 was .
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 General Knowledge

In 2013, where was the British World War II fighter D. 30th of May, 2007
plan found? The correct answer is option [A]

A. bermuda triangle
B. North Korea
C. Egypt desert 5
D. Sahara desert is the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Justice Murtala Nyako
B. Justice Mary Odili
1 C. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of D. Justice Rose Mary Ukije
the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the E. Justice (Chief.) Folake Solanke The correct answer is option
greenhouse effect. [C]

A. Climate change
B. Atmospheric acidification
C. Global warming 6

D. Atmospheric pressure is a written statement of what a job holder

does,
E. Globalization how he does it, and why it is done.
The correct answer is option [C]

A. Job history
2 B. ob specification
is not a voluntary organisation in Nigeria. C. Job description
D. Job design
A. Red Cross Society E. Job prescription
B. Man O' War The correct answer is option [C]
C. Boys' Brigade
D. Girls' Guide
E. Royal Youths Academy
The correct answer is option [E] 7
The Nigerian motto is .

A. Unity and Faith

3 B. Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress
The main petroleum producing countries in Africa C. Justice and Progress
are .
D. Unity and Order
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Nigeria and Togo
B. Nigeria and Libya
C. Zaire and Algeria
D. Tunisia and South Africa 8

E. None of the above invented the first mechanical

anemometer. The correct answer is option [B]
A. Richard G. Drew
B. Leon Battista Alberti
C. Erik Rotheim
4
D. Dr. Virginia Apgar
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi, human
The correct answer is option [B]
and civil rights lawyer, politician and a Senior Advocate
of Nigeria (SAN) died on the , aged 71.

A. 5th of September, 2009

9
B. 13th of July, 2008 is the development of local skills,
technology
C. 8th of August, 2010 transfer, and use of local manpower and
manufacturing.

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E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Local content
B. Local industrialisation
C. Domestic empowerment
D. Nationalization 14
E. Indigenization The highest coffee producer in the world is
The correct answer is option [A] .

A. Ivory Coast
B. Nigeria
10 C. Ghana
Who among these educators created the first D. Gambia
recorded kindergarten? E. Mali
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Elizabeth Peabody
B. Fredrick Froebel
C. Maria Montessori
D. Willams Torney Harris 15
The correct answer is option [B] The layer of the atmosphere that protects the earth’s surface
from direct lethal effects of solar energy is called the .

11 A. sky layer
Nigeria's first remote sensing satellite, NigeriaSat-1, B. blanket layer
was launched from . C. ozone layer
D. ozione layer
A. Plesetsk, Russia E. ozonet layer
B. Woomera, Australia
The correct answer is option [C]
C. Uchinoura, Japan
D. Sohae, North Korea
E. Kourou, France
The correct answer is option [A] 16
The first Nigerian to win the reputed peace prize for
Literature is .

12
describes the roping off of certain types of A. Prof. Wole Soyinka
business activities for reservation for exclusive B. Prof. Michael Echeru
ownership and control by Nigerians.
C. Prof. Jubril Aminu
D. Prof. Frank Ndidi
A. Privatisation E. Prof. Babatunde Fafunwa The correct answer is option [A]
B. Indigenisation
C. Nationalisation
D. Naturalisation 17
E. Liberalism is an ideology or movement that boosts the
The correct answer is option [B] solidarity of all people of African descent.

A. Afrocentrism
B. Pan Africanism
13
C. Black nationalism
The largest Ocean in the world is .
D. African socialism
E. Liberalism
A. Indian Ocean
The correct answer is option [B]
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Artic Ocean

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A. Coal
B. Natural gas
18
The father of the Yorubas is . C. Petroleum
D. Tin
A. Ile Ife E. None of the above
B. Awolowo The correct answer is option [D]
C. Oduduwa
D. Alafin
E. Kosoko 23
The correct answer is option [C] The world's tallest building is .

A. Tapei 101, Taiwan

19
B. Empire State building, U.S.A.
The Greenwich Meridian passes through in C. International Commerce Center, Hong Kong
West Africa. D. The Burj Khalifa, Dubai
The correct answer is option [D] The world's tallest man- made
A. Lagos structure is the 829.8 m (2,722 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai,
B. Abidjan United Arab Emirates. The building gained the official title of
"Tallest Building in the World" at its opening on January 4, 2010.
C. Lome
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an
D. Freetown organization that certifies buildings as the "World’s Tallest",
E. Cotonou recognizes a building only if at least fifty percent of its height is
The correct answer is option [C] made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area.
Structures that do not meet this criterion, such as the CN Tower,
are defined as "towers".

20
The chargers (horses) in the Nigerian coat of arms 24
symbolise . Which of the following types of flower makes up the wreath as
represented on the Nigerian coat of arms?
A. strength and power
B. progress and peace A. Mammillaria Dioica
C. dignity and pride B. Fagraea berteriana
D. unity and faith C. Galium cliftonsmithii
The correct answer is option [C] D. Coctus Spectabilis
The correct answer is option [D]

21
The shape of the earth is best described as a/an . 25
Who was the inventor of the Nintendo Game Boy?

A. perfect sphere
A. William Higinbotham
B. ellipsoid B. Ralph H. Baer
C. oblate ellipsoid C. Nolan Bushnell
D. spherical ellipsoid D. Gunpei Yokoi
E. spheroid ellipsoid E. Fusajiro Yamauchi
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [D] Gunpei Yokoi was the creator
of the Game Boy and Virtual Boy and worked on Famicom (and
NES), the Metroid series, Game Boy Pocket and did extensive
work on the system we know today as the Nintendo
22 Entertainment System.
Malaysia, Bolivia and Nigeria are noted for the
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26 B. Great gross
is the first Pan African communication C. Dozen
satellite launched on the 21st of December, 2007. D. Binary
E. Gross
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Africasat 1
B. NigComSat 1
C. RASCOM-QAF1
D. SUNSAT 31
E. PanSat 1 Which of these is NOT one of the Rs for waste minimization?
The correct answer is option [C]

A. Reduce
27 B. Remove
Reasons given by the perpetrators for the kidnap of the C. Recycle
Nigerian Finance Minister’s mother on the 9th
D. Reuse
December 2012 was the Minister’s refusal to .
The correct answer is option [B]

A. allow the emancipation of the Niger Delta

B. resign from office 32
C. approve 2013 economic budget The first or main oil refinery in Nigeria is in .
D. pay oil subsidy money
The correct answer is option [D] A. Kaduna
B. Port Harcourt
C. Aba
28 D. Abuja
The dead sea is the most saline lake in the world E. Ibadan
because The correct answer is option [B]
.

33
A. it is surrounded by saline rocks
Which one of the following authors and poets of African
B. sea water seeps into it literature is not of Nigerian origin?
C. no river flows out of it
D. it is located in the desert A. Adelaide Fassinou
E. All of the above B. Helon Habila
The correct answer is option [C] C. John Pepper Clark
D. Ben Okri
The correct answer is option [A]
29
Laws and rules are passed by the in
Nigeria. 34
The richest gold mines in the world are in .
A. Armed Forces
B. Native Courts A. Gambia
C. Magistrate Court B. Nigeria
D. Nigerian Law makers C. South Africa
E. House of Parliament D. Zaire
The correct answer is option [E] E. Brazil
The correct answer is option [C]

30
Which of these is odd?

A. Score

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35 A. the christmas day car bombings in the northern parts of

The World Water Day is . the country in 2011
B. the poor state of the nation's education system
A. 22nd March C. fuel subsidy removal as announced by the Federal
B. 21st February Government
C. 20th May D. non-implementation of the ₦18,000 minimum wage as
D. 18th August agreed by the FG
E. 7th October The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [A]

40
36 The highest mountain in Africa is .
occurs when the moon passes between the sun
and the earth, fully or partially blocking the sun. A. Mount Everest
B. Mount Kilmanjaro
A. Lunar eclipse C. Mount Sinai
B. Solar eclipse D. Mount Olivet
C. Hybrid eclipse E. None of the above
D. Penumbral eclipse The correct answer is option [B]
E. Annular eclipse
The correct answer is option [B]

41
The allows access by the general public to data held by
37 national governments.
is an astronomical event that occurs when
one object in the sky moves into the shadow of A. National Data Assessment policy
another. B. Freedom of Information law
C. Data Communication law
D. Liberalisation policy
A. A solstice E. Data Transparency and Communication law The correct
B. An eclipse answer is option [B]
C. An equinox
D. An appulse
E. A conjunction
The correct answer is option [B] 42
Petroleum is to Nigeria as is to South Africa.

A. Coal
38 B. Tin
A dozen is equal to 12 as a is equal to 144. C. Silver
D. Gold
A. score E. Petrol
B. a baker's century The correct answer is option [D]
C. gross
D. a baker's dozen
E. a great gross
The correct answer is option [C] 43
marked a major turning point in history in which
there was a rapid transition from hand production to new
manufacturing processes.
39
The Occupy Nigeria protest movement that took place A. Scientific revolution
across the country, began in Nigeria on Monday 2nd B. Industrial revolution
January 2012 and was mainly triggered off by . C. Industrialism
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E. Mechanical reformism B. 6
The correct answer is option [B] C. 7
D. 8
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]
44
The continents are; Africa, Antartica, Asia, Austra/Asia,
The recent trend towards stronger economic, political
Europe, North America and South America
and cultural ties among nations of the world is called .

A. Liberalization
B. Regionalisation 49
C. Globalisation The tank truck that exploded in Okobie Rivers State, about 11
D. International Cooperation km from Ahoada-Mbiama, in Ahoada West LGA, took place on
E. Universalism the .
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 9th of May, 2012
B. 25th of May, 2012
C. 12th of July, 2012
45 D. 7th of March, 2012
Halley’s Comet is visible from the earth every . The correct answer is option [C]

A. 86 - 88 years
B. 75 - 76 years
C. 63 - 64 years 50
D. 47 - 48 years The higest mountain in the world is .
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Mount Everest
B. Mount Kilimanjaro
C. Mount Sinai
46 D. Mount Kukuruku
All of the following except is not a way in E. Mount Olivet
which a citizen of another country can become a The correct answer is option [A]
Nigerian.

A. Parentage
B. Registration 51
C. Immigration is a hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
D. Naturalization values in terms of their intensity.
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Value chain
B. Value index
C. Value system
47 D. Value tiers
The National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos State was E. Value potential
built during the military regime of .
The correct answer is option [C]
A. General Mohammad Buhari
B. General Olusegun Obasanjo
C. General Ibrahim Babangida 52
D. Alhaji Shehu Shagari Decrees and Edicts are issued by the in
The correct answer is option [B] Nigeria.

A. Armed Forces
B. Senate
48 C. House of Parliament
There are continents in the world.
D. Top civil servants
E. Magistrate Court
A. 5

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The correct answer is option [B]

56
In July 2012, Nigeria fined Shell $5bn over an oil spill which
53 took place the previous year at an offshore field, known as
Which of the following is included in the list of .
UNESCO World Heritage Centres in Nigeria?
A. Agbami oilfield
A. Okemogun festival in Ondo. B. Oloibiri oilfield
B. Yam festival in Onitsha. C. Bonga oilfield
C. Osun festival of Osogbo. D. Okoro oilfield
D. Adamuorisa in Lagos. The correct answer is option [C]
E. Egungun festival in Osogbo. The correct answer is
option [C]

57
is the belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic
54 group.
The organisation set up by the Federal Government to
solve the problem of unemployment is known
as A. Ethnocentrism
. B. Paternalism
C. Tribalism
D. Cultural Imperialism
A. DFRRI
E. Trado Supremacism
B. MAMSER The correct answer is option [A]
C. NEC
D. NDE
E. NNPC
The correct answer is option [D] 58
The expression "Africans in the Diaspora" refers to
.
DFRRI - Directorate for Food, Road and Rural
A. Black Americans
Infrastructure NEC - National Electoral Commission B. African-Americans
C. Black Africans
NDE - National Directorate for Employment- The
D. Africans in the different countries of the world The correct
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) was
answer is option [D]
established by the National Directorate of Employment
Act1989. Its main objective is to design and implement
programmes to combat mass unemployment.
59
World War II, the deadliest war in history began in the year
NNPC - Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation .

A. 1949
B. 1939
55
C. 1948
The King James Version of the Holy Bible was years
old on 2nd of May, 2011. D. 1945
The correct answer is option [B]
A. 502
B. 450
C. 400
60
D. 466
is a Nigerian agency established to rid Nigeria of
E. 380 corruption through lawful enforcement and preventive
The correct answer is option [C] measures.

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A. UNCAC A. Dr. Baruch Blumbe

B. ICPC B. Dr. Stanley Cohen
C. FECC C. Dr. Felix Hoffman, Germany
D. NPF D. Dr. Herbert Boyer
E. NDLEA E. Honkey Kong
The correct answer is option [B] The correct answer is option [C] Aspirin discovery was actually
the result of the work of several aspirin inventors. In 1897, a
German chemist Felix Hoffmann with Friedrich Bayer and
Company was searching for a treatment for his father's arthritis
61 pain and produced the first stable form of a product introduced
Joseph N. Niepe discovered photography. as Aspirin.

A. True
66
B. False
What does the black shield represent on the Nigerian coat of
The correct answer is option [A] arms?

A. Fertile soil
62
B. Tribute to african heritage
In March 2013, the former governor of Abia State
had his university degree withdrawn by the Abia C. Peace and Progress
State University, ABSU. D. Sovereignty of Nigeria
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Chief Orji Uzor Kalu
B. Chief Theodore Orji
C. Ogbonnaya Onu
67
D. Mascot Uzor Kalu The longest river in the world is .
The correct answer is option [A]
A. River Nile
63 B. River Mississipi
By the evolution of man, is recorded as the C. River Congo
earliest known species in the human lineage. D. River Zambezi
E. River Niger
A. homo erectus The correct answer is option [B]
B. homo sapien
C. homo habilis
D. homo ergaster
68
E. homo georgicus Nigeria produces locally the major raw materials for the
The correct answer is option [C] manufacture of all but one of these home-made goods.

A. cement
B. aluminium products
64
C. bar soap
Where is the tallest building in the world?
D. refined petroleum products
A. Doha E. refined sugar
The correct answer is option [B]
B. Dubai
C. New York
D. France
E. Singapore 69
The correct answer is option [B] How many legs does a butterfly have?

A. 12
B. 8
65 C. 6
Who invented Aspirin?

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D. 4
E. 2 74
The correct answer is option [C] is a confluence town in Nigeria.

A. Port Harcourt
B. Lagos
70 C. Calabar
The largest Dam in Nigeria is . D. Benin City
E. Lokoja
The correct answer is option [E]
A. Kainji Dam
B. Volta Dam
C. Udi Dam
D. Katsina Dam 75
E. None of the above The custom of having more than one husband at the same time
The correct answer is option [A] is known as .

A. Polyandry
71 B. Bigamy
The largest continent in the world is . C. Polygamy
D. Polybandry
E. Polynomial
A. Africa The correct answer is option [A]
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. North America 76
E. South America All of these are colours of the rainbow, except .
The correct answer is option [B]
A. blue
B. indigo
72 C. violet
How many miners trapped in a Chilean mine were D. ruby
rescued in 2010? E. orange
The correct answer is option [D]

A. 40
B. 30 77
C. 45 Who invented the Micro Wave?
D. 28
E. 33 A. Ralph Teetor
The correct answer is option [E] B. Walter Hunt
C. Lonnie Johnson
D. Percy Spencer
73 E. Robert Hall
Wheat has gained importance in Nigeria's agriculture The correct answer is option [D]
as a result of .

A. increased use of fertilizers

B. gradual change in climate
C. increased purchasing power of the citizens
D. introduction of large scale irrigation
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D]

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The correct answer is option [C]
Invention story:
Shortly after the end of World War II, Percy Spencer,
already known as an electronics genius and war hero,
was touring one of his laboratories at the Raytheon 81
Company. He stopped momentarily in front of a The hottest desert in the world is .
magnetron, the power tube that drives a radar set.
Feeling a sudden and strange sensation, Spencer A. Amazon Desert
noticed that the chocolate bar in his pocket had begun B. Kalahari Desert
to melt. C. Har Desert
Spencer, who obtained 120 patents in his lifetime,
knew how to apply his curiosity. So he did what any
D. Ahagger Desert
good inventor would; he went for some popcorn. E. Sahara Desert
Spencer didn't feel like a snack, he asked for unpopped The correct answer is option [E]
popcorn. Holding the bag of corn next to the magnetron,
Spencer watched as the kernels exploded into puffy
white morsels.
From this simple experiment, Spencer and Raytheon 82
developed the microwave oven. The first microwave In 2008, one of the following persons rejected one of Nigeria's
oven weighed a hefty 750 pounds and stood five feet, six highest national honours - Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
inches. At first, it was used exclusively in restaurants, - in protest of the many years of misrule since Nigeria's
railroad cars and ocean liners; places where large independence.
quantities of food had to be cooked quickly.
A. Dr. Tunji Braithwaite
B. Femi Falana
C. Chief Gani Fawehinmi
78 D. Bola Tinubu
Which of the following is NOT an example of The correct answer is option [C]
intergovernmental Organization (IGO)?

A. The World Trade Organisation

B. Amnesty International 83
C. The United Nations Which one of the following ethnic groups does not belong to
D. NATO the northern part of Nigeria?
E. OPEC
The correct answer is option [B] A. Nupe
B. Annang
C. Tiv
D. Kanuri
79 The correct answer is option [B] The Annang ethnic group
is the busiest sea port in Nigeria. inhabit the Nigerian province of Calabar situated to the south of
the Cross River, in the region of tropical forest.
A. Calabar
B. Warri
C. Lagos
D. Port Harcourt 83
Which one of the following ethnic groups does not belong to
E. Bonny
the northern part of Nigeria?
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Nupe
B. Annang
80 C. Tiv
All of these are designated terrorist groups, except D. Kanuri
. The correct answer is option [B] The Annang ethnic group
inhabit the Nigerian province of Calabar situated to the south of
A. Al Qaida the Cross River, in the region of tropical forest.
B. Boko Haram
C. MOSSOB
D. Ansar al-dine
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is an acronym for the International Federation of
Women Lawyers.
84
are important groups to which individuals A. WODIA
belong or hope to belong, that are used as a standard
for evaluating themselves, and with whose norms
B. FIDA
individuals are likely to conform. C. LEAD
D. AWLA
A. Reference groups E. IFWL
B. Pressure groups The correct answer is option [B]
C. Peer groups
D. Status groups
E. Tie groups 89
The correct answer is option [A] The first black (Nigerian) Mayor of the South London Borough
of Wandsworth was .

85
A. Lola Ayorinde
Which of the following towns in Nigeria is noted for B. Bolanle Awe
the production of glass beads as a traditional craft? C. Rebecca Ikpe
D. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti The correct answer is option [A]
A. Akwette
B. Keffi
C. Sokoto 90
D. Oshogbo in Osun State In March 2013, the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian
E. Bida in Niger State Security and Civil Defence Corps was .
The correct answer is option [E]

A. Charles Inojie
B. Nadia Buari
86
The world leading producer of Cocoa is .
C. Odosa Usiobaifo
D. Obafaiye Shem
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Ecuador
B. Ghana
C. Brazil
91
D. Nigeria
E. None of the above

The correct answer is option [B] was the first man to walk on the moon.

A. William B. Bridgeman
87 B. Neil Armstrong
Which of these is NOT a substantive human C. Albert S. Crossfield
right?
D. Joseph A. Walker
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Right to life.
B. Right to equality.
C. Freedom of conscience. 92
D. Freedom of interference. The measure of human weight for a given height is known as
E. Right to education. .
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Body Mass Index
B. Body Measurement Index
C. Bone Mass Index
88 D. Bone Mass Indices

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E. Body Mass Indices 97

The correct answer is option [A] Which of the following gases is the most abundant and
dominant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?

A. Carbon dioxide (CO2)

93 B. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Onitsha in Anambra State came into being because of C. Nitrous oxide (N2O)
the presence of . D. Water vapour (H2O)
The correct answer is option [D]
A. River Benue
B. River Ogun
C. Nile River 98
D. River Niger River Benue is a tributary of River .
E. Volta River
The correct answer is option [D] A. Imo
B. Ogun
C. Sokoto
D. Congo
94 E. Niger
When was the last Halley comet? The correct answer is option [E]

A. 1978
B. 1986
C. 1964 99
D. 1952 Which of these is wrong?
The correct answer is option [B]
A. A tube of glue.
B. A ball of string.
C. A pack of dogs.
95
D. A lump of cotton.
The management term used for describing stealing of
goods displayed in a shop is . E. A string of pearls.
The correct answer is option [D]
A. theft
B. pilfering 100
C. shoplifting The first people to visit the moon are .
D. shopstealing
E. shopdodging A. Americans
The correct answer is option [C] B. Russians
C. French
D. Indians
E. None of the above
96
The correct answer is option [A]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria in September 2012,
was
.
101
Which of the following is NOT an example of an
A. Justice Alfa Belgore intergovernmental organization (IGO)?
B. Justice Muhammed Uwais
C. Justice Mariam Aloma Murkhtar A. The World Trade Organisation.
D. Justice Bola' Abdulahi B. Amnesty International.
C. The United Nations.
The correct answer is option [C] D. NATO.
The correct answer is option [A]

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A. River Niger
102 B. River Benue
Petroleum is the most widely used source of power C. River Volta
because it .
D. River Nile
E. River Ogun
The correct answer is option [A]
A. is relatively cheap to mine
B. is easily transported
C. yields many types of fuel
D. burns easily 106
E. All of the above The hydro-electric power station in Niger River is located in
The correct answer is option [C] .

A. Suleja
B. Onitsha
102 C. Kainji
Petroleum is the most widely used source of power
D. Warri
because it .
E. Port Harcourt
A. is relatively cheap to mine The correct answer is option [C]
B. is easily transported
C. yields many types of fuel
D. burns easily 107
E. All of the above encompasses the ability to apply specialised
The correct answer is option [C] knowledge or expertise.

A. Mental skills
B. Conceptual skills
103
C. Technical skills
The baby boomers' generation were born between .
D. Psychological skills
A. 1950 – 1968 E. Analytical skills
The correct answer is option [C]
B. 1946 – 1964
C. 1942 – 1960
D. 1840 – 1860
E. 1930 – 1948 108
The correct answer is option [B] Groundnut, cotton, hides and skin are associated with
.

104
A. Southern Nigeria
Nigeria's first remote sensing satellite, Nigeria-SAT1, B. Eastern Nigeria
was launched on . C. Western Nigeria
D. Northern Nigeria
A. 13th May, 2007 E. None of the above
B. 17th August, 2011 The correct answer is option [D]
C. 27th September, 2003
D. 27th May, 2005
E. 6th November, 2006 109
The correct answer is option [C] Which of the following contributes the least to the Nigerian
economy?

A. Agriculture
105
B. Animal rearing
The longest river in West Africa is
C. Manufacturing
D. Mining
.

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E. Tourism
The correct answer is option [E]

110
The national motto of Nigeria is .

A. "Hope and Faith, Prosperity and Progress"

B. "Unity and Progress, Faith and Peace"
C. "Unity and Faith, Joy and Progress"
D. "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress" The correct answer is option [D]

111
The title of the traditional ruler of Ibadan is .

A. the Alafin of Ibadan

B. the Oba of Ibadan
C. the Olubadan of Ibadan
D. the Alara of Ibadan
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]

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D. Governor Egerton
1 The correct answer is option [A]
General Sani Abacha, a past military ruler of Nigeria
died on .
6
The Nigerian Civil War started on the 26th of June 1967.
A. May 2, 1996
B. August 15, 1997 A. True
C. Februaury 30, 2000
D. June 8, 1998 B. False
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [B]
The civil war started on the 6th of July 1967 and ended 12th of
Jan. 1970
2
The Presidential system of government ceased to
exist on the 31st of November 1983.
7
In September 2012, 'Ibrahim Shehu Shema' was to Katsina
A. True State as 'Martin Elechi' was to State.

B. False
The correct answer is option [B] A. Enugu
It ceased to exist on the 31st of December 1983 B. Imo
C. Anambra
D. Ebonyi
3 The correct answer is option [D]
In , Major Chuwkuemeka Nzeogu led a
military coup against the Nigerian First Republic.
8
A. January 15, 1966 Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria.
B. March 7, 1965
C. August 23, 1964
D. November 9, 1967 A. True
The correct answer is option [A]
B. False
The correct answer is option [B]
4 Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first President of Nigeria in the
year 1963 when Nigeria became a Republic.
Nigeria experienced military rule for
y
ears. 9
One of the following women was the second wife of MKO
A. 27 Abiola. She was assassinated on June 4, 1996 due to her
B. 14 courageous campaign for democracy and the release of her
C. 15 husband.
D. 28
E. 29
The correct answer is option [E] A. Salawa Abiola
Military rule started 15th Jan. 1966 to 1st Oct. 1976 B. Moremi Abiola
(13 years, 9 months) & C. Kudirat Abiola
1st Jan. 1984 to 29th May (15 years, 4 months). D. Simbiat Abiola
The correct answer is option [C]

5 10
One of the following was the last colonial governor of The Structural Adjustment Programme (S.A.P.) that was
Nigeria; launched by the then Military Government of General Ibrahim
Babangida was launched in .
A. James Robertson
B. Lord Frederick Lugard
C. Sir John McPherson

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A. 1987 A. 17th of January, 2012
B. 1985 B. 30th of August, 2011
C. 1984 C. 2th of March, 2011
D. 1986 D. 26th of November, 2011
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [D]

11
In September 2012, 'Rauf Aregbesola' was the 16
Governor of The first military president in Nigeria is .
.

A. Osun State A. General Olesegun Aremu Obasanjo

B. Oyo State B. General Muhammadu Buhari
C. Ondo State C. General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
D. Ogun State D. General Yakubu Gowon
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [C]

12 17
Olusegun Obasanjo was sworn in as a re-elected Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, in September 2012, was the
president of Nigeria on . Governor of .

A. Jigawa State
A. 27th May 2003 B. Nassarawa State
B. 29th May 2003 C. Gombe State
C. 20th May 2002 D. Zamfara State
D. 28th May 2002 The correct answer is option [C]
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]
18
The first Nigerian first lady to die in office, Mrs. Stella
13 Obasanjo died on .
The interim Government that was set up between 26
Aug, 1993 - 17 Nov, 1993 by General Ibrahim A. October 23, 2005 B. May 16, 2006
Babangida was headed by . C. August 30, 2007
D. September 9, 2004
A. Chief Emeka Anyaoku The correct answer is option [A]
B. Chief Ernest Shonekan
C. Chief Olu Falae 19
The Nigerian author and environmental activist, Kenule "Ken"
D. Chief Moshood Olawale Abiola The correct answer
Beeson Saro Wiwa was hanged by the Abacha military regime
is option [B]
on the .

14 A. 15th of October, 1997

In September 2012, was the Governor of B. 10th of November, 1995
Taraba State. C. 28th of July, 1993
D. 9th of September, 1999
A. Aliyu Wamakko The correct answer is option [B]
B. Ibrahim Shehu Shema
C. Danbaba Suntai 20
D. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde a popular labour activist and
The correct answer is option [C] NIGERIA'S principal secretary to the Governor of Edo State Adams
POLITICAL HISTORY Oshiomhole was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on
.

15
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, former Biafran
leader died at the age of 78 on the .

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A. 4th May, 2012 The correct answer is option [C]

B. 4th October, 2011
C. 4th June, 2012 26
D. 4th August, 2011 On the , M.K.O. Abiola died in detention.
E. 4th May, 2011
The correct answer is option [A]
A. 12th of August, 1999
B. 11th of September, 1998
C. 23rd of December, 1997
21 D. 7th of July, 1998
Sullivan Chime, in September 2012, was the Governor The correct answer is option [D]
of
.
27
A. Ebonyi State Which one of the following persons was a colonial master of
B. Enugu State Nigeria that ruled from 1900 - 1919?
C. Imo State
D. Anambra State A. Sir Hugh Clifford
The correct answer is option [B] B. Rt. Hon. Alan Lennox-Boyd
C. Sir Frederick Lord Lugard
D. Sir Arthur Richards
22 The correct answer is option [C]
The purpoted winner of the 1993 Presidential
elections,
M.K.O. Abiola was arrested and detained on . 28
Which one of the following persons was a colonial master of
A. June 23, 1993 Nigeria that ruled from 1948 - 1958?
B. June 12, 1994
C. June 23, 1994 A. Sir Donald Cameroon
D. June 12, 1993 B. Sir Bernard Bourdilion
The correct answer is option [C] C. Sir Hugh Clifford
D. Sir John McPherson
The correct answer is option [D]
23
The first female political activist in Nigeria is . 29
The first democratic party in Nigeria was .
A. Mrs Margraet Ekpo
B. Dr. Doyin Abiola A. National Republican Convention (NRC)
C. Mrs Bisi Ugowe B. United Nigerian Peoples Party (UNPP)
D. Mrs Stella Obasanjo. C. Action Group (AG)
The correct answer is option [A] D. Nigerian Democratic Party (NDP)
E. National Party of Nigeria (NPN) The correct answer is
24 option [D]
The first executive President of Nigeria is .

A. Alhaji Shehu Shagari 30

B. General Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo Dele Giwa was a Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of
Newswatch magazine, who was killed by a mail bomb in his
C. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
home on .
D. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
The correct answer is option [A]
A. 8 December, 1983
B. 19 October, 1986
25 C. 30 February, 1987
Herbert Macauley established the first political party D. 2 January, 1982
in Nigeria (NNPP) in the year . The correct answer is option [B]

A. 1876
B. 1893 31
C. 1922
D. 1709

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Which one of the following persons was a colonial D. Aliyu Wamakko

master of Nigeria that ruled from 1958 - 1960? The correct answer is option [D]

A. Sir Donald Cameroon 37

B. Sir Anthony Richard Who was the first elected president of Nigeria to exercise full
C. Sir James Robertson executive powers, after the handover of power by General
D. Sir Frederick Lord Lugard The correct answer is Olusegun Obasanjo's Government?
option [C]
A. Alhaji Shehu Shagari
32 B. Sir A. Tafawa Balewa
General Abdulsalami Abubakar was a Military Head of C. General Yakubu Gowon
State. D. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
The correct answer is option [A]
A. True

B. False 38
The correct answer is option [A] The Governor of Zamfara State, in September 2012, was
.
33
In September 2012, which of the following States had
'Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi' as the Governor? A. Idris Wada
B. Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar
A. Oyo State C. Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi
B. Lagos State D. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
C. Osun State The correct answer is option [B]
D. Ondo State
The correct answer is option [A] 39
Late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Belewa was the first Nigerian
34 President.
Sir John McPherson ruled Nigeria from to .

A. 1948 - 1958 A. True

B. 1943 - 1948
B. False
C. 1958 - 1960
The correct answer is option [B]
D. 1925 - 1931
The first Nigerian President was Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
E. 1946 - 1959
The correct answer is option [A]
40
The first female Deputy Governor in Nigeria is
.
35
In September 2012, 'Gabriel Suswam' was to Benue
A. Mrs L. Okunno
State as 'Kashim Shettima' was to State.
B. Sarah Jubril
C. Sarah Adebisi Sosan
A. Kogi D. Dora Akunyili
B. Kwara The correct answer is option [A]
C. Borno
D. Kebbi 41
The 1993 Presidential elections between S.D.P and N.R.C. was
The correct answer is option [C]
annuled by Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria's Miltary ruler on .
36 A. June 12
The Governor of Sokoto State, in September 2012, B. June 19
was C. June 11
.
D. June 23
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Sule Lamido
B. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
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2
42 Which of the following is not a political party in Nigeria?
In September 2012, was the
Governor of Akwa Ibom State. A. CPC
B. NDDP
A. Peter Obi C. ANPP
B. Godswill Akpabio D. ACN
C. Sullivan Chime The correct answer is option [B]
D. Liyel Imoke
The correct answer is option [B]
3
The country Nigeria has a total of federal
43 constituencies.
The first female Senator in Nigeria is .
A. 109
A. Mrs Rose Mary Ukeje B. 360
B. Mrs Chinyere Oyenaucheye C. 774
C. Mrs Wraoa Esan D. 255
D. Mrs Elfrda Adeyo The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [C]
4
44 In February 2013, the Minister for Culture and Tourism hailed
from .
The first election in Nigeria was in the year .

A. 1912
A. Kogi State
B. 1914
C. 1923
B. Adamawa State
D. 1920
C. Anambra
E. None of the above
D. Cross River State
The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [D]

5
In March 2013, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, was .

A. Mr Ewaoche Ameh
B. Mr Segun Opeke
C. Mrs Ibukun Odusote
D. Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke The correct answer is option
[C]

6
In March 2013, was the Minister for Education in
Nigeria’s Politics Nigeria.

1 A. Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu

The country Nigeria has a total of B. Prof.Mrs Viola Onwuliri
se C. Prof. Mrs Ruqayyatu Rufai
natorial districts. D. Prof. Bart Nnaji
The correct answer is option [C]
A. 109
B. 306
C. 774 7
D. 255 In 2005, the Nigerian Minister for Education was
The correct answer is option [A] .

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A. Prof. Fabian Osuji A. 774
B. Dr Iyorcha Ayu B. 109
C. Mrs Rita Akpan C. 990
D. Mallam Adamu Bello D. 360
E. None of the above The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [A]

13
8 The 7th National Assembly of Nigeria (2011-2015),
In March 2013, the National Chairman of Peoples inaugurated on 6th June 2011 has Senators.
Democratic Party (PDP) was .
A. 73 B. 100 C. 260 D. 109
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
B. Babangida Aliyu 14
The Nigerian senate president from 2003-2005 was ,
C. Chief Maxi Okwu
and belonged to the party.
D. Dr. Hakeem Ahmed
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Chuba Okadigbo, PDP
9 B. Evans Enwerem, SDP
In March 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan C. Pius Anyim , PDP
granted D. Adolphus Wagbara, PDP
to Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter The correct answer is option [D]
Alamieyeseigha and eight others.
15
A. state pardon The country Nigeria has a total of state
B. permisision for bail constituencies.
C. temporary house arrest
A. 109
D. the request for all charges of corruption against
the UK government to be dropped B. 774
The correct answer is option [A] C. 360
D. 990
10 The correct answer is option [D]
In March 2013, was the governor of Cross-
River State. 16
In January 2013, Mrs Stella Oduah Ogeimwonyi was the
Minister for .
A. Efiok Cobham
B. Senator Liyel Imoke A.
C. Chief Donald Duke B. Power
D. Donald Etiebet C. Transport
The correct answer is option [B] D. Science And Technology
The correct answer is option [A]

11 17
In February 2013, was the ELDER The country Nigeria has a total of wards.
Statesman and Ijaw National leader.
A. 3560
A. Chief James Onanefe Ibori B. 8810
B. Dr. Alex Ekwueme C. 990
C. Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark D. 7745
D. Chief Tom Ikimi The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [C]

12
The country Nigeria has a total of local
governments.

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was widely regarded as the presumed winner of the
18 inconclusive presidential election in Nigeria in 1993.
In March 2013, Senator Ita Enang called on President
Goodluck Jonathan to and re-allocate oil
blocks. A. Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan
B. Chief. Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
A. seize C. General Sani Abacha
B. close D. Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekweme
C. revoke E. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida The correct answer
D. build is option [B]
The correct answer is option [C]

23
19 In March 2013, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP was
A form of governance in which all citizens have .
fundamental equal rights, enjoy liberty and freedom;
where the ultimate legitimacy of actions, choices rests A. Olisa Metuh
with citizens’ legitimate representatives elected by fair B. Mr. Rotimi Fashakin
ballot is called . C. Chekwas Okorie
D. Mr. Rotimi Fashakin
A. Rightocracy The correct answer is option [A]
B. Aristocracy
C. Democracy
D. Democrats 24
E. Democratization The legislature, judiciary, and executive are collectively called
The correct answer is option [C] the .

20 A. tiers of government
In March 2013, the Presidency declared that B. arms of government
earned Diepreye Alamieyeseigha the state pardon. C. systems of government
D. ranks of government
E. aids of government
A. the illegal impeachment of the former Governor of The correct answer is option [B]
Bayelsa Sate by Obasanjo and Ribadu
B. the current effort by anti-corruption agencies to
tackle high calibre corrupt individuals in the country 25
C. the stabilising role the former Governor of Bayelsa In March 2013, the Federal Government granted state pardon
State, played to ensure that oil in the Niger Delta was to a former governor of Bayelsa State, known as
not cut off

D. the official kidnapping of Governor Chris Ngige, then a sitting governor of Anambra state
The correct answer is option [C] A. Timipre Sylva
B. Henry Dickson
C. Goodluck Jonathan
21 D. Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha The correct answer is
was believed to have pushed a government option [D]
policy to end fuel subsidies in Nigeria in January 2012.
26
In March 2013, was the Minister for Defence.
A. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala
B. Mrs Kamene Okonjo A. Dr. Nuruddeen Mohammed
C. Ikioye Dogianga B. Mr. Nyesom Wike
D. Paul Nwabuikwu C. Dr. Bello H Mohammed
The correct answer is option [A] D. Dr. Yerima Lawal Ngama The correct answer is option [C]

27
22

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In March 2013, during the debates on the new

Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Senator Ita Enang stated A. Benue
that northerners control of oil blocs in the B. Bayelsa
country. C. Kogi
D. Rivers
The correct answer is option [B]
A. 80%
B. 75%
C. 83% 33
D. 90% In March 2013, which of the following parties was a part of the
The correct answer is option [C] four political parties seeking a merger under the name APC?

A. Alliance for Democracy (AD)

28 B. National Democratic Party (NDP)
In January 2013, was the Minister for Health.
C. Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
D. A faction of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) The
A. Elder Godsday Orubebe
correct answer is option [D]
B. Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu
C. Alh Bukar Tijani
D. Prof. Mrs Ruqayyatu Rufai The correct answer is 34
option [B] The debate on the , started on the 6th of March
2013 and scaled through its second reading on the 8th of March
29 2013.
In March 2013, was the Special
Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public A. Petroleum Industry Bill
Affairs. B. Committee on Petroleum (Upstream)
C. Committee on Petroleum(Downstream)
A. Senator Clever Ikisikpo D. Minister of Petroleum and the National Oil Exploration
B. Senator Rowland Owie Frontier
C. Chris Ngige The correct answer is option [A]
D. Dr Doyin Okupe
The correct answer is option [D]
35
30 In March 2013, which of the following parties was not a part of
A state of emergency may be declared under the the four political parties seeking a merger under the name APC?
following circumstances, except .
A. All People's Party (APP)
A. a holy war B. All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
B. a period of civil unrest C. Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
C. a military regime D. Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) The correct answer
D. a man-made disaster is option [A]
E. natural disaster
The correct answer is option [C] 36
In March 2013, which of the following political parties was a
part of the four political parties seeking a merger under the
name All Progressive Congress (APC)?
31
In March 2013, the Chairman, Senate Committee on A. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Rules and Business was . B. United Progressive Party (UPP)
C. African Peoples Congress (APC)
A. Senator Helen Esuene D. Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) The correct answer is
B. Senator Ita Enang option [D]
C. Alhaji Aminu Dantata
D. Senator Adamu Gumba
The correct answer is option [B]

32
In February 2013, the Minister for petroleum hailed
from
state.

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37 B. Mrs Stella Oduah Ogeimwonyi
In March 2013, was the Governor of Ekiti C. Alh. Yusuf Suleiman
State. D. Dr Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina The correct answer is option
[C]
A. Kayode Fayemi
B. Steve Bamisaye
C. Bode George 42
D. Babalola Gbenga Gabriel The correct answer is In March 2013, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,
option [A] PDP in Edo State was .

A. Adams Oshiomhole
38 B. Chief Dan Osi Orbih
The two political parties created by the Federal C. Chief Tony Anenih
Government towards the 1992 transition to Civil rule D. Ikedi Ohakim
are The correct answer is option [B]
and .

A. NPP and NPN 43

B. PAP and UPN is the 4th Executive President of Nigeria.
C. SDP and UNDP
D. NRC and UPN A. Olusegun Obasanjo
E. SDP and NRC B. Shenu Shagari
The correct answer is option [E] C. Goodluck Jonathan
D. Ernest Shonekan
The correct answer is option [C]
39
In March 2013, the new political party that presented
itself for registration having a similar acronym with All 44
Progressive Congress (APC) was known as . In August 2005, Prof. Turner Isoun was the Minister for
.
A. All Peoples Congress
B. African Peoples Congress (APC) A. Power and Steel
C. Action People Congress B. Science and Technology
D. Alternative People Congress The correct answer is C. Internal Affairs
option [B] D. Education
E. None of the above
40 The correct answer is option [B]
In March 2013, the conflict that ensued among the four
political parties seeking registration with INEC under
the merger name All Progressive Congress, APC, was
because
.

A. of INEC's blunt refusal to register the merging

political parties for no apparent reason 1
B. another political party with the same acronym Arabic schools were first established in Sokoto, Kano and
presented itself to INEC for registration Kaduna in the year .
C. of the obvious co-operation between INEC and PDP
to frustrate the merger of the four political parties A. 1450
under the banner of All Progressives Congress (APC) B. 1545
D. the merging political parties had gone through the C. 1689
proper channel to notify INEC that they are using the D. 1721
acronym APC The correct answer is option [A]
The correct answer is option [B]

2
41
In February 2013, was the Minister for
sports.

A. Comrade Abba Moro

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The first Television Station in Nigeria, MWTV now NTA

was established in Ibadan in the year . 7
Nigeria changed from Pounds to Naira and Kobo in the year .
A. 1944
B. 1959 A. 1970
C. 1963 B. 1971
D. 1971 C. 1972
The correct answer is option [B] D. 1973
E. 1974
The correct answer is option [D]
3
Nigeria does NOT share land border with .
8
A. Benin The first polytechnic in Nigeria, was
founded in the year 1947.
B. Chad
C. Togo A. Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa
D. Niger B. Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger
E. Cameroon
C. Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra
The correct answer is option [C]
D. Yaba College of Technology, Lagos
4 E. Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi The correct answer is option
The National flag of Nigeria was designed by . [D]

A. Kehinde Akinkunmi
B. Taiwo Akinkunmi 9
The Nigerian National Anthem "Nigeria, we hail thee..." was
C. Udoh Akinkunmi
replaced by a new anthem "Arise, O compatriots...." on
D. Cletus Akinkunmi .
E. Ebun Taiwo
The correct answer is option [B]
A. October 1, 1978
5
B. October 1, 1965
The society for the abolition of slave trade was
established in the year .
C. October 1, 1966
D. October 1, 1988
A. 1442 The correct answer is option [A]
B. 1633
10
C. 1834 The Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja was formally
D. 1777 established in .
The correct answer is option [D]
A. 1991
B. 1989
6
The increase of States in Nigeria from 19 to 21 was C. 1990
done by . D. 1985
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Gen. Gowon
11
B. Gen. Sanni Abacha created the first 12 States in Nigeria.
C. Murtala Muhammed
D. Gen Abubakar A. General Yakubu Gowon
E. None of the above B. Ibrahim Babangida
The correct answer is option [E] C. Late Murtala Muhammed
It was done by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida D. Gen. Sanni abacha
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [A]

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12 A. 1973
The first female Judge in Nigeria is . B. 1966
C. 1981
A. Lady Virginia Etiaba D. 1969
B. Mrs Rose Mary Ukeje The correct answer is option [A]
C. Mrs L. Okunno
D. Awoniyi Abimbola
The correct answer is option [B] 18
Nigeria derived her name from River .

13 A. Benue
Nigeria was divided into 19 States on . B. Nile
C. Thames
A. 5th February 1976 D. Niger
B. 3rd February 1977 E. None of the above
C. 3rd February 1976 The correct answer is option [D]
D. 13th March 1976
E. None of the above 19
The correct answer is option [C] The States in Nigeria were increased from 30 to 36 on the
.

14 A. 27th May 1996

All of these are honours conferred by the Federal B. 1st October 1996
Republic of Nigeria, except . C. 1st May 1996
D. 29th May 1996
A. Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal E. None of the above
Republic (GCFR) The correct answer is option [B]
B. Commander of the Order of Nigeria (CON)
C. Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
D. Member of the Order of the Federal Republic 20
(MFR) The correct answer is option [B] The Ikeja bomb blast explosion occured .

15 A. September 11, 2001

The Nigerian Tribune Newspaper was established by B. August 08, 2004
Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the year . C. January 31, 1999
D. January 27, 2002
A. 1967 The correct answer is option [D]
B. 1938
C. 1965
D. 1949 21
The correct answer is option [D] 'Iwe Iroyin', the first Newspaper in Nigeria was published in
the year .
16
The first Government Primary School was established A. 1476
in Badagry, Lagos in the year . B. 1690
C. 1770
D. 1860
A. 1789 The correct answer is option [D]
B. 1899
C. 1609 22
D. 1454 The Fulani Jihad was launched under Usman Dan Fodio in the
The correct answer is option [B] year .

17 A. 1798
The National Youth Service Corps (N.Y.S.C.) was B. 1603
established in the year . C. 1802

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A. 1832
D. 1478 B. 1914
The correct answer is option [C] C. 1789
D. 1490
The correct answer is option [B]
23
The first Nigerian woman to buy a car was
29
The first motor road in Nigeria (Ibadan - Oyo Road) was
A. Mrs. Efuroye Tinubu completed in the year .
B. Mrs. Ngozi Iweala
C. Mrs. Funmilayo Kuti A. 1890
D. Mrs. Dezaini Allison madueke The correct answer B. 1788
is option [A] C. 1905
D. 1433
24 The correct answer is option [C]
General Sani Abacha died on .
30
A. 8th July 1997 In , the name 'Nigeria' was given by Lady Lord Lugard (Mrs.
B. 8th June 1998 Flora Shaw).
C. 7th August 1997
D. 7th July 1998
E. None of the above A. 1898
The correct answer is option [B] B. 1765
C. 1432
D. 1777
25 The correct answer is option [A]
M.K.O Abiola died on .
31
A. 8th August 1997 Nigeria's first Independent Radio Station, RayPower FM
B. 8th August 1998 commenced broadcasting on .
C. 7th July 1997
D. 7th July 1998 A. July 14, 1992
E. None of the above B. August 7, 1991
The correct answer is option [D] C. September 1, 1994 D. May 23, 1990
The correct answer is option [C]

26 increased the States in Nigeria from 12 to 19.

32
A. Gen. Gowon Usman Dan Fodio conquered Borno in the year
B. Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida .
C. Late Murtala Muhammed
D. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari A. 1805
E. None of the above B. 1798
The correct answer is option [C] C. 1532
D. 1609
27 The correct answer is option [A]
The first female Professor in Nigeria was .

A. Doyin Abiola 33
The first Nigerian Chief Judge is .
B. Elizabeth Awoniyi Abimbola
C. Elfrda Adeyo
A. Chief Bola Ige
D. Bertha Johnson
B. Justice Mariam Mukhtar Aloma
The correct answer is option [C]
C. Dahiru Musdapher
28 D. Ademola Adetokunbo
The Northern and Southern part of Nigeria were The correct answer is option [D]
amalgamated in the year .

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39
All the following Federal Universities in Nigeria were
34 established in 1962, except .
was a famous Nigerian female writer
who is mostly known for being the first African woman
to publish a book in English. A. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

A. Zulu Sofola B. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

B. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie C. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
C. Flora Nwapa D. University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos The correct answer is
D. Buchi Emecheta option [C]
The correct answer is option [C]
40
35
The was a protest against the taxation of women The Apapa Wharf in Lagos was officially opened in the year
and the restriction of the role of women in .
government.
A. 1953
A. Lokoja women's riot B. 1944
B. Kano women's riot C. 1920
C. Oloko trio riot D. 1961
D. Aba women's riot The correct answer is option [C]
E. Kano riot
The correct answer is option [D]
41
The increase of State in Nigeria from 21 to 30 was done by
36 .
Sacred Heart Hospital, which was the first Nigerian
Hospital was built in Abeokuta in the year . A. Gen. Sanni Abacha
B. Gen. Abubakar
A. 1598 C. Ernest Shonekon
B. 1895 D. General Ibrahim Babangida
C. 1662 E. None of the above
D. 1782 The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [B]
42
The national motto on the Nigerian coat of arms was
37 originally "Peace, Unity, Freedom" but was changed to "Unity
was one of the first Nigerian women to and Faith, Peace and Progress" in the year .
obtain a PhD. She was also the first female Vice-
Chancellor. A. 1969
B. 1972
A. Dr. (Mrs.) P. C. Onokala C. 1978
B. Mrs. Grace Alele Williams D. 1981
C. Dr. R. F. O. Onah The correct answer is option [C]
D. Prof. Elfrda Adeyo
The correct answer is option [B] 43
The first Nigerian female to become an Army Major General
38 was .
All the power plants in the following towns in Nigeria
are thermal, except the one located at . A. Aderonke Kale
B. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe
A. Papalanto C. Blessing Liman
B. Calabar D. Itinu Hotonu
C. Mambilla The correct answer is option [A]
D. Geregu
The correct answer is option [B]

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44 49
The first Nigerian woman to drive a car was . Nigeria changed from right hand drive to left hand drive in the
year .

A. Mrs. Efuroye Tinubu A. 1972

B. Mrs. Funmilayo Kuti B. 1966
C. Mrs. Ronke Kale C. 1978
D. Prof. Grace Alele Williams The correct answer is D. 1959
option [B] The correct answer is option [A]

45 50
The Nigerian Police went on strike for the first time In 2005, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress was
ever on . .

A. December 16, 2005 A. Michael Ogunkoya

B. February 02, 2002 B. Pascal Bafuaiye
C. March 30, 1998 C. Adams Oshimole
D. October 07, 2000 D. Lasisi Ogunde
The correct answer is option [B] E. none of the above
The correct answer is option [C]
46
The Nigerian Civil War lasted for .
51
A. 2 years 3 months Rivers State was created in the year .
B. 2 years and 4 month
C. 2 years and 5 months A. 1964
D. 2 years and 6 months B. 1965
E. None of the above C. 1966
The correct answer is option [D] D. 1967
The civil war started on the 6th of July 1967 and ended E. 1968
12th of Jan. 1970 The correct answer is option [D]

52
47 Nigeria joined the O.P.E.C. community in .
The first female Vice Chancellor in
A. 1977
Nigeria is
B. 1981
.
C. 1967
D. 1971
A. Dr. Mrs. Chukwu Igwe
The correct answer is option [D]
B. Prof. Funmi Martins
C. Dr. Mrs. Shola Ransome Kuti
D. Prof. Alele Williams 53
E. None of the above The first female naval Admiral (two star general) in West
The correct answer is option [D] Africa was Commodore .

A. Aderonke Kale
48 B. Blessing Liman
The first Nigerian to own a Radio and a Television C. Itinu Hotonu
Station is . D. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe The correct answer is
option [C]
A. Dr. Mike Adenuga
B. Chief Raymond Dokpesi
C. Aliko Dangote
D. Ben Murray Bruce
The correct answer is option [B]

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54 59
The Benin kingdom was established by the The first female to attain the rank of an Army Captain in
Portuguese in the year . Nigeria was .

A. 1545 A. Blessing Liman

B. 1776 B. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe
C. 1472 C. Aderonke Kale
D. 1832 D. Itinu Hotonu
The correct answer is option [C] The correct answer is option [B] NIGERIAN HISTORY

55 60
Who was the first woman to name this country General Sani Abacha became the Head of State of Nigeria on .
'Nigeria'?
A. 5th Nov. 1994
A. Lord Lugard B. 6th Oct. 1994
B. Flora Azikiwe C. 6th Nov. 1994
C. Flora Shaw D. 7th Nov. 1994
D. Mary Slessor E. None of the above
E. Florence Nightingale The correct answer is option [C]
The correct answer is option [C]

61
56
The first Nigerian woman to receive a university The N.Y.S.C scheme was launched by .
degree from Oxford University was .
A. Olusegun Obasanjo
A. Moremi Ajasoro B. Alhaji .L. Ande
B. Toyin Adewale C. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
C. Christina Anyanwu D. Gen. Yakubu Gowon
D. Lady Kofo Ademola E. Chief Sam Mbakwe
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [D]

57 62
The first Nigerian Inspector General of The first Nigerian National Anthem, adopted at independence
Police is in 1960, was written by a British expatriate known as, .
.
A. Sir Hugh Clifford
A. Loius Edet B. Miss Lilian Jean Williams
B. Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar C. Frederick Lugard
C. Hafiz Abubakar Ringim D. Richmond Palmer
D. Mike Okiro The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [A]

58
The Lagos-Ibadan railway line (123 miles) was 63
completed in the year . The Federal Capital of Nigeria was moved from Calabar to
Lagos in the year .

A. 1898 A. 1888
B. 1768 B. 1732
C. 1432 C. 1690
D. 1901
The correct answer is option [D]

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D. 1906 68
The correct answer is option [D] The first ordained Bishop in Nigeria was Rev. Samuel Ajayi
Crowther. He was ordained in the year .
64
'..great lofty heights attain, A. 1789
to build a nation where and shall reign'. B. 1656
C. 1861
D. 1777
A. peace and unity The correct answer is option [C]
B. love and harmony
C. peace and justice
69
D. peace and honesty
was instrumental in a deal with the Paris club to pay a
E. love and justice portion of Nigeria's external debt ($12billion) in return for an
The correct answer is option [C] $18billion debt write-off.

65
A. Prof. Chukwuma C. Soludo
The honours and awards conferred on Nigerians and
friends of Nigeria who had contributed socially, B. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
politically or economically to enhance the Nigerian C. Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili
state by the Federal Republic of Nigeria are known as D. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
the . E. Chief. Anthony Ani
The correct answer is option [B]

A. Nigerian National Awards

B. Nigerian National Merit Awards 70
C. National Awards The Nigerian Federal Capital City was moved from Lagos to
D. National Productivity Merit Awards Abuja in the year .
E. National Merit Awards
The correct answer is option [A] A. 1972
B. 1988
C. 1991
66 D. 1985
The Nigerian Police uniform was changed to black in The correct answer is option [C]
the year .

A. 1978 71
B. 1969 SURE-P stands for .
C. 1988
D. 1981 A. Subsidy Reinvestment and Evaluation Programme
The correct answer is option [C] B. Subsidy Renewal and Evaluation Programme
C. Subsidy Renewal and Empowerment Programme
D. Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme
67
The Freedom of Information Act enacted by the E. Subsidy Restructuring and Evaluation Programme The
correct answer is option [D]
National Assembly of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria was on
73
.

A. 28th May, 2013 was the year the Methodist Church

was
B. 28th May, 2011 established at Badagry.
C. 28th May, 2012
D. 28th May, 2010 A. 1773
E. 28th May, 2009 B. 1692
The correct answer is C. 1580
option [B] D. 1841
The correct answer is option [D]

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74 A. True
The first female Deputy Inspector General of Police
was B. False
. The correct answer is option [A]

A. Mrs Bisi Ugowe

B. Itinu Hotonu
C. Blessing Liman
D. Aderonke Kale
The correct answer is option [A]

75
The first Nigerian to speak a foriegn language
was
.
A. Oba Esigie of Benin
B. King Jaja of Opobo
C. Emir Maccido Of Sokoto
D. Rev. Samuel Ajayi Crowther The correct answer is
option [A]

76
Islamic religion started in Northern Nigeria in the
year
.

A. 1756
B. 1500
C. 1488
D. 1698
The correct answer is option [B]

77
Which of these is NOT a national symbol of Nigeria?

A. The national anthem

B. The national currency
C. The national creed
D. The national pledge
E. Coat of arms
The correct answer is option [C]

78
is referred to as a movement to succeed with the
aim of securing the rebirth of the defunct state of Biafra
from Nigeria.

A. MOSSOB
B. NASSAB
C. MOSSAB
D. MASSOB
E. MASSAB
The correct answer is option [D]

79
Nigeria was divided into 12 States on the 27th of May
1967.

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1
Which of these club sides won the 2009 UEFA 6
championships The women's 100 metre dash world record of 10.49 was set in
1988 by
A. Manchester United
B. Chelsea A. Marion Jones
C. Arsenal B. Florence Griffith Joyner
D. Manchester City C. Shelly-Ann Fraser
E. Barcelona D. Blessing Okagbare
The correct answer is option [A] The correct answer is option [B]

2
Which one of the following persons did not represent 7
Nigeria at any level of sporting activities? Rashidi Yekini was a prolific Nigerian striker that won the
African footballer of the year for 1993. He died on the
A. Sunday Bada , 2012.
B. Hogan 'Kid' Bassey
C. Teslim Balogun A. 12th of August
D. Bryan Okwara B. 27th of March
The correct answer is option [D] C. 4th of May
D. 18th of July
3 The correct answer is option [C]
The fastest female athlete in Africa in the 90s
8
was
Who has three straight CAF player of the year award?
.
A. Yaya Toure
A. Modele Sharafat - Yusuf
B. Diddie Drogba
B. Mary Onyeali
C. Kanu Nwankwo
C. Fatima Yusuf
D. Samuel Eto'o
D. Tina Ihegwam
The correct answer is option [A]
E. Charity Utondu
The correct answer is option [B]
9
4 The Nigerian football team (The Dream Team) won the gold
For what reason did Nigeria in 1978 boycott the medal for football at the Olympics
CommonWealth Games? competition.

A. In protest of the continued Apartheid in South Africa A. Barcelona, 1992

B. To draw atttention to the rate of poverty in Africa B. Atlanta, 1996
and the evident indifference of Developed nations to the C. Athena, 2004
plight of Africans
D. Beijing, 2008
C. To protest the non-inclusion of the country into The correct answer is option [B]
the security council of the CommonWealth
D. To force the hand of the CommonWealth
authorities to provide aid to ailing African countries 10
The correct answer is option [A] Which one of the following Tennis players won the 2012
U.S. Open Competition?
5
A. Rafael Nadal
The Olympic Gold Medalist who announced retirement
from all forms of Competitive Swimming in February B. Roger Federer
2013, was . C. Andrew Murray
D. Novak Djokovic
A. Cameron van der Burgh
B. Matt Biondi The correct answer is option [C]
C. Nathan Adrian
D. Rebecca Adlington
The correct answer is option [D]

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11 C. Enugu Rangers
The 1993 FIFA Under-17 world championship held D. Flying Eagles
between and . The correct answer is option [D]

A. 20th August, 3rd September

16
B. 23rd August, 6th September
Victor Moses as at September, 2012, is a Nigerian footballer
C. 22nd August, 5th September who plays in the English Premier league for
D. 21st August, 4th September The correct answer is Football Club.
option [D]
A. Chelsea
12
As at 2013, the reigning male World Tennis Player B. Arsenal
(Number One) was . C. Manchester United
D. Mancity United
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Rafael Nadal
B. Novak Djokovic 17
C. James Blake The 2013 African Cup of Nations, took place in .
D. Roger Federer
A. Burkina Faso
E. Andy Roddick
The correct answer is option [A]
B. Mali
C. Côte d'Ivoire
D. South Africa
13 The correct answer is option [D]
Who, among the following female footballers in
September, 2012, was the only player to have won the 18
FIFA World Female Player of the Year five times in a What position was Team Great Britian on the medals' table at
row? the 2012 London Olympics?

A. Birgit Prinz A. 1st

B. Kelly Smith B. 2nd
C. Marta Vieira da Silva C. 3rd
D. Abby Wambach D. 4th
The correct answer is option [C] Marta Vieira da Silva The correct answer is option [D]
(born 19 February 1986 in Dois Riachos, Alagoas),
commonly known as Marta has been named FIFA
World Player of the Year five consecutive times, in 19
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She was a member
of the Brazilian national teams

that won the silver medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer is not a Major Grand Slam Tennis
Competition. Olympics.
A. Australian Open
14 B. Davis Cup
The record of the second most decorated Olympian of C. Wimbledon
all time in September, 2012 was .
D. French Open
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Carl Lewis
B. Usain Bolt 20
C. Larisa Latynina The reigning World Footballer of the year 2013 is .
D. Michael Fred Phelps
The correct answer is option [C] A. Christiano Ronaldo
B. Lionel Messi
C. Franck Ribery
15 D. Wayne Rooney
Nigeria's U-20 men's national soccer team, is The correct answer is option [A]
popularly known as .

A. Golden Eaglets
B. Green Eagles

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26
21 The match between Nigeria and Tahiti in the
The first legitimate Nigerian World heavyweight Confederations cup 2013 ended in .
boxing champion, winner of the World Boxing Council
(WBC) belt, Samuel "The nightmare" Peters, defeated to A. 6 - 1
win the title on March 8, 2008. B. 6 - 0
C. 5 - 1
A. Oleg Maskaev D. 4 - 0
B. Wladimir Klitschko The correct answer is option [A]
C. Shannon Briggs
D. Ruslan Chagaev
The correct answer is option [A] 27
Usain Bolt's 100 meter world record was in .

A. 2012
22 B. 2010
The most decorated Olympian of all time in C. 2009
September, 2012 with 22 medals was . D. 2008
The correct answer is option [C]

A. Carl Lewis 28
B. Usain Bolt The 2013 FIFA Confederation cup took place in .
C. Larisa Latynina
D. Michael Fred Phelps A. America
The correct answer is option [D] B. Brazil
C. South Africa
23 D. London
The world soccer ruling body is . The correct answer is option [B]
A. NFA
B. CFAA
C. FAFA 29
D. FIFA The 2013 African Cup of Nations was also known as the
for sponsorship reasons.
E. none of the above
The correct answer is option [D]
A. Pepsi African Cup of Nations
B. Orange African Cup of Nations
C. MTN African Cup of Nations
24 D. Coca-Cola African Cup of Nations The correct answer is
Joe Frazier the world heavyweight boxing champion option [B]
between 1970 and 1973 died on .

A. 6 February, 2012 B. 22 July, 2012 30

C. 7 November, 2011 The first African American to build, own and operate a golf
course is .
D. 15 October, 2011
The correct answer is option [C]

25
A. Bill Powell
B. Philip Anderson
Who is the world's best club coach of the year 2013?
C. Barrack Obama
A. Jupp Heynckes D. Bill Clinton
B. Jurgen Klopp E. Evander Blton
C. Diego Simeone The correct answer is option [A]
D. Alex Ferguson
The correct answer is option [A]
31
The football players of Kenya are popularly known as
.

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B. Chioma Ajunwa
A. Black Stars C. Mary Onyali
B. Harambee Stars D. Florence Omagbemi
C. Super Eagles E. Patience Igbiti
D. The Stallions The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [B]
37
32 Which one of the following players won the UEFA player of
How many countries participated in the Orange Africa the year 2012?
Cup of Nations in 2013?
A. 24 A. Messi
B. 16 B. Andrés Iniesta
C. 15 C. Christiano Ronaldo
D. 20 D. Xavier Hernández
The correct answer is option [B] The correct answer is option [B]

38
33 The first country to win the World Cup was .
Which country won the highest number of Gold
medals in the 2012 London Olympics? A. Brazil
B. Italy
A. China C. West Germany
B. Great Britain D. Uruguay
C. Russia E. Peru
D. U.S.A. The correct answer is option [D]
The correct answer is option [D]

34
Usain St. Leo Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter widely
regarded as the fastest person ever, ran a
world record of
in the 100 meters event of the
Olympics finals in London, 2012.

A. 9.78 secs
B. 9.76 secs
C. 9.63 secs
D. 9.58 secs
The correct answer is option [C]

35
The first Nigerian to win a gold medal at the Olympics
was
.

A. Mary Onyali
B. Falilat Ogunkoya
C. Chioma Agunwa-Opara
D. Violet Odogwu
E. Sherifat Akanbi
The correct answer is option [C]

36
Nigeria's first ever and only individual Gold medalist
at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is .

A. Perpetua Nkwocha

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According to the World Metrological Organisation, the

most current typhoon as at November, 2013 in the 5
Philippines is . The Northern and Southern part of Nigeria were amalgamated
in the year .
A. Bopha
B. Utor A. 1832
C. Washi B. 1914
D. Haiyan C. 1789
E. Pablo D. 1490
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [B]

1 6
The Olympic Gold Medalist who announced retirement In March 2013, which of the following political parties was a
from all forms of Competitive Swimming in February part of the four political parties seeking a merger under the
2013, was . name All Progressive Congress (APC)?

A. Cameron van der Burgh

B. Matt Biondi A. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
C. Nathan Adrian B. United Progressive Party (UPP)
D. Rebecca Adlington C. African Peoples Congress (APC)
The correct answer is option [D] SPORTS D. Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) The correct answer is
option [D]

2 7
In 2008, Chief medical officer for England urged doctors not to
The first Nigerian Inspector General of Police
use antibiotics to treat colds and coughs as these are caused by
is and do not respond to antibiotics.
.
A. viruses
B. bacteria
A. Loius Edet C. protozoa
B. Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar D. fungi
C. Hafiz Abubakar Ringim
The correct answer is option [A]
D. Mike Okiro
The correct answer is option [A] 8
Which one of the following Tennis players won the 2012
U.S. Open Competition?
3
The 2013 African Cup of Nations was also known as the
for sponsorship reasons. A. Rafael Nadal
B. Roger Federer
A. Pepsi African Cup of Nations C. Andrew Murray
B. Orange African Cup of Nations D. Novak Djokovic
C. MTN African Cup of Nations
D. Coca-Cola African Cup of Nations The correct The correct answer is option [C] 9
answer is option [B] Who has three straight CAF player of the year award?

A. Yaya Toure
4 B. Diddie Drogba
Nigeria was divided into 19 States on .
C. Kanu Nwankwo
D. Samuel Eto'o
A. 5th February 1976 The correct answer is option [A]
B. 3rd February 1977
C. 3rd February 1976
D. 13th March 1976
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C]

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10
The University of Lagos was renamed as 'Moshood 15
Abiola University' by President Goodluck Jonathan The dictator ruler of Iraq, Saddam Hussien was executed on
on the .
; a decision he reversed afterwards.
A. 30th December 2003
B. 30th December 2005
A. 7th July, 2012 C. 30th December 2006
B. 18th June, 2012 D. 30th December 2004
C. 29th May, 2012 The correct answer is option [C]
D. 23th April, 2012
The correct answer is option [C]
16
11

During the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held on is the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Saturday, March 9th 2013, was given the 'Best
Actor' Award Drama (Movies/TV). A. Justice Murtala Nyako
B. Justice Mary Odili
A. Matthew Nabwiso C. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
B. Hafiz Oyetoro D. Justice Rose Mary Ukije
C. O.C Ukeje E. Justice (Chief.) Folake Solanke The correct answer is option
D. Tim Greene [C]
The correct answer is option [C]
17
In Nigeria, NAPEP is known as .
12
The novel 'Purple Hibiscus', shortlisted for and A. Nigerian Poverty Eradication Programme
awarded several prestigious prizes, is authored by . B. National Petroleum Environmental Programme
C. Nigerian Police Empowerment Programme
A. Ngugi wa Thiong’o D. National Poverty Eradication Programme The correct
B. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answer is option [D]
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Chinua Achebe 18
E. Ayi Kwei Armah The States in Nigeria were increased from 30 to 36 on the
The correct answer is option [B] .

A. 27th May 1996

13 B. 1st October 1996
'Ogbunike Caves' is a popular tourist C. 1st May 1996
destination in D. 29th May 1996
of Nigeria. E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B]

A. Enugu State 19
B. Anambra State The Nigerian Federal Capital City was moved from Lagos to
C. Ebonyi State Abuja in the year .
D. Imo State
The correct answer is option [B]
A. 1972
14 B. 1988
M.K.O Abiola died on . C. 1991
D. 1985
A. 8th August 1997 The correct answer is option [C]
B. 8th August 1998
C. 7th July 1997 20
The allows access by the general public to data held by
D. 7th July 1998
national governments.
E. None of the above
The correct answer is option [D]

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A. National Data Assessment policy In the Nigerian Health sector, PMTCT is known as .
B. Freedom of Information law
C. Data Communication law A. Post Mortem Care Transmission
D. Liberalisation policy B. Prevention of Mother to Children Transmission
E. Data Transparency and Communication law The C. Post Maternal Child Trust
correct answer is option [B] D. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission The correct
answer is option [D]

26
21 Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, President of Egypt
In March 2013, was the Managing stepped down as President on .
Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN), A. March 9, 2011 B. June 23, 2010
C. February 11, 2011
A. Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah D. December 8, 2011
B. Mr George Uriesi The correct answer is option [C]
C. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
D. Comrade Adams Oshomole The correct answer is
option [B] 27
The full meaning of the acronym of the Nigerian agency
N.E.M.A., is .

22 A. Nigerian Empowerment Management Agency

The first executive President of Nigeria is . B. National Environmental Management Agency
C. Nigerian Economy Mangement Agency
A. Alhaji Shehu Shagari D. National Emergency Management Agency The correct
B. General Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo answer is option [D]
C. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
D. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua 28
Sullivan Chime, in September 2012, was the Governor of
The correct answer is option [A]
.

23
A. Ebonyi State
In March 2013, was the Director – General
of the National Information Technology Development
B. Enugu State
Agency (NITDA). C. Imo State
D. Anambra State
The correct answer is option [B]
A. Shina Oyetosho
B. Emmanuel Onyeje
29
C. Donald Oyeleye
The sixth Secretary General of the United Nations, 'Boutros
D. Professor Cleopas Angaye The correct answer is Boutros-Ghali' was of African descent. He was from .
option [D]

A. Egypt
24
The first Nigerian woman to receive a university
B. South-Africa
degree from Oxford University was . C. Ghana
D. Ethiopia
The correct answer is option [A]
A. Moremi Ajasoro
B. Toyin Adewale
C. Christina Anyanwu
D. Lady Kofo Ademola
The correct answer is option [D]

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30
Jim Yong Kim was elected president of World Bank 35
Group on . In Nigeria, NEPZA is known as .

A. 16 January, 2012 A. Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority

B. 16 February, 2012 B. National Export Processing Zones Authority
C. 16 March, 2012 C. Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority
D. 16 April, 2012 E. 16 May, 2012 D. Nigeria Export Processing Zones Agency The
The correct answer is option [D] correct answer is option [A]

31 36
In 2013, the commonwealth day was celebrated on the In August 2005, Prof. Turner Isoun was the Minister
. for
.
A. 10th March
B. 11th February A. Power and Steel
C. 11th January B. Science and Technology
D. 11th March C. Internal Affairs
The correct answer is option [D] D. Education
E. None of the above
32 The correct answer is option [B]
Which of the following countries is NOT one of the
permanent members of the U.N. Security Council? 37
In the People's Republic of China, the President is
A. China selected once .
B. France
C. Germany A. every five years
D. Russia B. every two years
The correct answer is option [C] C. every four years
D. every three years
The correct answer is option [A]
33
The Nigerian Civil War lasted for . 38
Which of the following airlines is a Nigerian airline?
A. 2 years 3 months
B. 2 years and 4 month A. Delta Airlines
C. 2 years and 5 months B. Arik Air
D. 2 years and 6 months C. Virgin Atlantic
E. None of the above D. Atlantic Express
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [B]
The civil war started on the 6th of July 1967 and ended
12th of Jan. 1970

34 39
On , British Prime Minister Gordon
The Nigerian senate president from 2003-2005 was ,
Brown formally resigned as prime minister after
and belonged to the party.
acknowledging that his Labour Party will be unable to
form a majority in Parliament;
A. Chuba Okadigbo, PDP
A. August 30, 2009 B. Evans Enwerem, SDP
B. February 4, 2011 C. Pius Anyim , PDP
D. Adolphus Wagbara, PDP
The correct answer is option [D]

C. May 11, 2010 4

D. September 23, 2011 0T f Nig fe mi p i
The correct answer is option [C] h i eri . m lit i s
e r an al ar l
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45
A. Itinu Hotonu Who, among the following female footballers in September,
B. Aderonke Kale 2012, was the only player to have won the FIFA World Female
C. Blessing Liman Player of the Year five times in a row?
D. Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe The correct answer
is option [C] A. Birgit Prinz
B. Kelly Smith
C. Marta Vieira da Silva
D. Abby Wambach
41 The correct answer is option [C] Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19
In Nigeria, NERC is known as . February 1986 in Dois Riachos, Alagoas), commonly known as
Marta has been named FIFA World Player of the Year five
A. Nigerian Export Regulatory Commission consecutive times, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She was
B. Nigerian Electoral Regulatory Commission a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver
C. National Electricity Regulatory Commission medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
D. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission The
correct answer is option [D]
46
42 In 2002, the Miss World Pageant was moved from Abuja,
Nigeria to due to protests in the Northern part
The Federal Capital of Nigeria was moved from
of the country.
Calabar to Lagos in the year .

A. Paris
A. 1888 B. London
B. 1732 C. Johannesburg
C. 1690 D. Los Angeles
D. 1906 The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [D]

47
43 In 2008 & 2013 respectively, Chief medical officer for England,
On , a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Port- Liam Donaldson and her successor, urged doctors not to use
au-Prince, Haiti. The quake levelled many sections of antibiotics to .
the city, destroying government buildings, foreign aid
offices, and countless slums with fatalities of up to A. E.coli bacteria
100,000 persons. B. Klebsiella bacteria
C. Gram negative
D. treat colds and coughs
A. March 17, 2012 The correct answer is option [D]
B. October 23, 2011
C. January 12, 2012
D. December 9, 2011 48
The correct answer is option [C] The modern state of Israel came into being in the year
.

44 A. 1949
, popularly known as the Village Headmaster, B. 1945
died on February 19th 2013, following a complication C. 1948
from diabetes. D. 1939
The correct answer is option [C]
A. Enebeli Elebuwa
B. Chief Justus Esiri
C. Sam Loco Efe 49
D. J. T. Tom West In March 2013, Senator Ita Enang called on President
The correct answer is option [B] Goodluck Jonathan to and re-allocate oil blocks.

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54
A. seize was widely regarded as the presumed winner of the
B. close inconclusive presidential election in Nigeria in 1993.
C. revoke
D. build A. Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan
The correct answer is option [C] B. Chief. Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
C. General Sani Abacha
D. Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekweme
50 E. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida The correct answer
The national motto of Nigeria is . is option [B]

A. "Hope and Faith, Prosperity and 55

Progress"
B. "Unity and Progress, Faith and
Peace"

C. "Unity and Faith, Joy and Progress" is an international treaty that specifies
the
D. "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress" The correct privileges of a diplomatic mission that enable diplomats to
answer is option [D] perform their function without fear of coercion or harassment
by the host country.

51 A. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

In Februaury 2013, The Nigerian Airspace B. Diplomatic Immunity
Management Agency (NAMA) named Nollywood C. Diplomatic Law
actress Miss Benita Nzeribe as . D. International Law Commission The correct answer is
option [A]
A. Nigerian Sector Ambassador for Sierra Leone
B. Federal Airport Authority Ambassador for Nigeria
C. Air Safety Ambassador for Nigeria 56
D. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Which of these tourist attractions is found in Niger state of
Ambassador for Europe Nigeria?
The correct answer is option [C]
A. National War Museum
B. Obudu Cattle Ranch
52 C. Gurara Falls
In March 2013, Head of Corporate Communications, at D. Ogubunike Cave
Central Bank of Nigeria, stated that commercial banks
E. Kamuku National Park
in the country .
The correct answer is option [C]
A. were not authorised to give loans above N300bn
B. were obliged to report to report corrupt politicians 57
to EFCC In the Nigerian Health Sector, NIMR is known as .
C. could not give long-term loans for now
D. must correct every tribal conflicts among every A. Nigerian Institute of Medical Resources
member of staff B. National Institute of Medical Research
The correct answer is option [C] C. Nigerian Institute of Medicine Research
D. Nigerian Institute of Medical Research The correct answer
is option [D]
53
Until his death, how long did president Hugo Chavez
rule Venezuela?
58
The Governor of Sokoto State, in September 2012, was
A. 14 years
.
B. 20 years
C. 32 years A. Sule Lamido
D. 12 years B. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
The correct answer is option [A]
C. Jonah Jang
D. Aliyu Wamakko
The correct answer is option [D]

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C. Angel Medina
59 D. Carlos Andrés Pérez
In which city is the headquarters of the United The correct answer is option [A]
Nations located?
66
A. Venice The first female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria is
B. New York .
C. Geneva
D. Berlin A. Dr. Mrs. Chukwu Igwe
E. London B. Prof. Funmi Martins
The correct answer is option [B] 60 C. Dr. Mrs. Shola Ransome Kuti
The currency used in Isreal is . D. Prof. Alele Williams
A. Lira E. None of the above
B. Shekel The correct answer is option [D]
C. Dinar
D. Rupee
E. None of the above 67
The correct answer is option [B] Ajaokuta in Kwara State is famous for .

62 A. Salt
In which of the following countries can 'Zanzibar' be B. Petroleum
found? C. Cotton Steel
D. Coal and Tin
A. Ethiopia E. Iron and Steel
B. Guinea Bissau The correct answer is option [E]
C. Tanzania
D. Liberia
The correct answer is option [C] 68
Which one of the following persons did not represent Nigeria
63 at any level of sporting activities?
FIFA is an acronym for .
A. Sunday Bada
A. Fédération Internationale Football Association B. Hogan 'Kid' Bassey
B. Football Internationale de Fédération Association C. Teslim Balogun
C. Fédération Internationale de Football Association D. Bryan Okwara
D. Fédération Internale de Football Association The The correct answer is option [D]
correct answer is option [C]

69
64 The Nigerian Police went on strike for the first time ever on
In Nigeria, ICPC stands for . .

A. International Collegiate Programming Contest A. December 16, 2005

B. International Cable Protection Committee B. February 02, 2002
C. Independent Centre for the Prevention of Crime C. March 30, 1998
D. Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related D. October 07, 2000
Offences Commission The correct answer is option [B]
The correct answer is option [D]

65 70
Venezuelan Vice- President on 8 March 'Iwe Iroyin', the first Newspaper in Nigeria was published in
2013 was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president the year .
following the demise of the President.
A. 1476
A. Nicolas Maduro B. 1690
B. Hugo Chavez C. 1770
D. 1860

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The correct answer is option [D]

76
71 The management term used for describing stealing of goods
Which of the following cities once served as Nigeria's displayed in a shop is .
administrative capital?
A. theft
A. Lokoja B. pilfering
B. Badagry C. shoplifting
C. Kaduna D. shopstealing
D. Calabar E. shopdodging
The correct answer is option [D] The correct answer is option [C] 77
The acronym UNCTAD stands for
72 .
was the 2nd World Black Festival of Arts and
Culture. A. United Nations Committee on Trade and Development
B. United Nations Council on Trade and Development.
A. FESTAC '77 C. United Nations Commission on Trade and Development.
B. FESTAC '87 D. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The
C. FESTAC '79 correct answer is option [D]
D. FESTAC '88
E. FESTAC '78
The correct answer is option [A] 78
On March 11th 2013, the House of Reps queried the

73

World renowned leader, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, born over discrepancies in the remittance of
N7.935
on , is a South African politician who served as billion generated by the Nigerian Customs Service to the
President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Federation Account in 2007.

A. 18 July, 1918 A. Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC)

B. 22 April, 1923 B. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue
C. 4 September, 1934 D. 30 May, 1909 Service (FIRS) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
The correct answer is option [A] C. Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC),
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
D. Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigeria
74 Customs Service (NCS)
Donna Summer best known as "The Queen of Disco" The correct answer is option [B]
with 1970's hits like, "No more tears" and "I Feel Love",
died of cancer on . 79
Lufthansa Airline is airline.
A. 2 November, 2011 B. 17 May, 2012
C. 10 October, 2010 A. a German
D. 22 February, 2011 B. an American
The correct answer is option [B] C. a British
D. a French
The correct answer is option [A]
75
Which of the following types of flower makes up the
wreath as represented on the Nigerian coat of arms?

A. Mammillaria Dioica
B. Fagraea berteriana
C. Galium cliftonsmithii
D. Coctus Spectabilis
The correct answer is option [D]

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ABSTRACT REASONING PRACTICE
 EXAMPLE QUESTION: What comes next in the sequence?
Rule 1: The arrow rotates 3 places (135˚) clockwise each time.
Rule 2: The total number of notches around the circle increases by 3 each time, with the
start point at the 9 o’clock position.

Q1 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The arrow rotates one place counterclockwise to the next corner, then two
places, then three places and so on.

Rule 2: The arrow alternates between being behind and in front of the hexagon.
Q2 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The circle moves clockwise to the next corner each time. Rule 2:

The line in the circle rotates 45˚ counterclockwise each time.

Q3 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The symbols move one place to the right each time.

Rule 2:The fourth symbol on the right becomes the first symbol on the left in the next
square.
 Q4 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The number of circles in each cluster doubles each time. Rule 2:

The total number of clusters decreases by one each time.

Q5 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The total number of edges on the large outer shape increases by one each
time.
Rule 2: The total number of edges on the small inner shapes is equal to the total
number of edges on the large outer shape.
 Q6 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The symbol rotates 45˚ clockwise each time.

Rule 2: E ach time a new arrow is added.

Q7 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The umbrella alternates between pointing left and right. Rule 2:
Each time the total number of raindrops decreases by two.
Q8 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The notches move down one place each time, then thye begin again on
the next column.

Rule 2: The enlarged notch moves one place to the right each time, then once it
reaches the end, begins again from the left.

Q9 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The symbols move one place to the right each time.

Rule 2: The horizontal arrow alternates between pointing right ( > ) and left ( < ) each time.
Q10 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The total number of shaded segments increases by one each time. Rule 2: The

small circle moves clockwise one quarter of the way round the large
circle, then two quarters, then three quarters and so on.

Q11 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The circle alternate between moving from foreground to background and vice versa.

Rule 2: The shaded circle moves down one place each time.
 Q12 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1:The shape in the kite alternates between circle, then triangle, then square, in
that order. The pattern then repeats.

Rule 2:The shape in the kite alternates between shaded and unshaded.

Rule 3:The kite itself remains unshaded.

Q13 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The star moves one place anticlockwise each time.

Rule 2: The shaded circle moves down one place each time and then begins
again on the next column.
Q14 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1:The total number of circles is equal to the total number of circles in the

previous two boxes.

Rule 2:The total number of shaded circles increases by one each time.

Q15 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1:The circle alternates between being large and small.

Rule 2:The lines inside the circle run parallel to the line(s) outside of the circle.
Q16 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The pattern of circles rotates 45˚ counterclockwise each time.

Rule 2:The total number of shaded circles is always equal to the total number of
notches in that box.

Q17 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The triangle rotates one place counterclockwise, then two places, then three
places and so on.

Rule 2: The triangle alternates between shaded and unshaded.

Q18 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The circle rotates 45˚ clockwise each time.

Rule 2: The large line moves counterclockwise to the next corner each time.

Q19 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The circle moves two places clockwise around the hexagon each time.

Rule 2: The square moves one place counterclockwise around the hexagon each time.
Q20 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The jigsaw piece alternates between shaded and unshaded. Rule 2:

The jigsaw piece rotates 90˚ clockwise each time.

Q21 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The shape moves one place counterclockwise around the box. Rule 2:

The symbol rotates 90˚ clockwise each time.

Q22 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The total number of triangles increases by one each time.

Rule 2: The arrow indicates which side of the box the triangles are located.

Q23 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The shaded square moves one place to the right each time. Rule 2: The

two crossed squares move one place to the right each time.
Q24 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The angled row of hexagons rotates one place counterclockwise around

the vertical row of hexagons each time.

Rule 2: The shaded hexagon moves down one place each time.

Q25 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The central arrow rotates 90˚ clockwise each time.

Rule 2: The straight arrow moves one place, then two places, then three places
clockwise and so on around the box.
Q26 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1:The notches alternate between being at the top and the bottom of the box. Rule 2:

The total number of notches is equal to the total number of edges on the shape in that

box.

Q27 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The ‘‡’ symbol alternates between the right hand and left hand side of the box.

Rule 2: The other shapes moves one place clockwise to the next corner each time.
Q28 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The line in the box rotates 45˚ counterclockwise each time.
Rule 2: The total number of edges on the shapes in each half of the box is the
same.

Q29 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: The flask goes from empty to half full to full, and then the pattern repeats. Rule 2:

The total number of bubble alternates between two and three.

Q30 What replaces the question mark?

Rule 1: Each shape in the first and third rows moves one place to the left each time.

Rule 2: Each shape in the second and fourth rows moves one place to the right each

time.