E.

Seven

2. The stranger that was watching Bankole in

the street was a
Read the following passages carefully and
answer the questions that follow by choosing A. Magician
the most appropriate of the options lettered A-
E B. Spinner

PASSAGE A C. Tailor

In the large city in Nigeria there once lived a D. Trader

tailor called Ahmed. He was very poor and E. Widow
found it hard to provide enough food for
himself, his wife and his son, Bankole. 3. The passage implies that Ahmed's
death ...............
When Bankole was old enough to learn a trade,
Ahmed began to teach him how to use a A. Did not cahngw Bankole's attitude
needle. But Bankole was lazy and preferred to
B. Did not surprise his wife and son
play in the streets with his friends. There was
nothing Ahmed could do to make Bankole work. C. Made Bankole's mother lose hope in him
The poor tailor became I'll with "worry", and
soon he died. D. Made his wife start selling clothes

Bankole's mother thought that surely now E. Was caused by Poverty

Bankole would earn some money. But time
4. A word that can replace"worry" as it is used
went by, and Bankole was just as lazy as ever.
in the passage is...........
They had to manage with only the money the
widow earned herself by selling clothes. A. Anxiety

One day, a stranger stood watching Bankole as B. Discomfort

he played in the street. The stranger was a
magician and though that Bankole appeared to C. Hunger
be the kind of boy he was seeking to carry out
D. Poverty
his plan.
E. Problem
1. How many people are mentioned in the
passage?. 5. In what city did the family live in?.

A. Two A. Kano

B. Three B. In a large city in Nigeria

C. Four C. Nigeria

D. Five D.Lagos
E. Kaduna 8. The Program that allowed a very large
number of computers to communicate together
PASSAGE 2 is called.
Read the following passages carefully and A. Super Sonic
answer the questions that follow by choosing
the most appropriate of the options lettered A- B. Super computing
E
C. Super Computer.
One of the best inventions in the internet, also
called the World Wide Web. It is a huge store of D. Super Calculator
written information, pictures and sounds that 9. Emeagwali nickname in school was...........
can be sent to computers anywhere in the
world in seconds. It is difficult to decide who A. Calculator
invented the internet but Philips Emeagwali
B. Calculus
who was a Mathematics genius created the
program that allowed a very large number of C. Confucius
computers to communicate together. This is
called super computing. D. Internet

Emeagwali was born to a poor family in Akure in 10. Who is credited with creating the internet
1954. He grew up in Onitsha and was called
A. Emeagwali Philip
Calculus by his schoolmates because he was so
good at mathematics B. Albert Einstein

6. Emeagwali was born to a poor family in. C. Anthony Excel

A. Akure D. We are not told

B. Ikare SECTION B - GRAMMAR

C. Akoko Choose from the words lettered A-D, the word

that is nearest in meaning to the underlined
D. Igando
word in each of the sentences below
7. What does W.W.W mean
11. The function of a chairman is to lead and
A. World Wide Web t control the meeting

B. World Wide Work A. Right

C. World Web Wide B. Duty

D. Wide Web World C. Purpose

D. Part
12. More and more people are becoming A. Stronger
literate these days
B. Strongest
A. Educated
C. Most strongest
B. Wise
D. Strong
C. Illiterate
17. Wale is the ...........of the twins.
D. Knowledge
A. Most tall
13. The buildings were demolished within thirty
minutes B. Tall

A. Erected C. Taller.

B. Destroyed D. Tallest

C. Finished 18. The boy...........a lot of stories.

D. Completed A. Has writing

14. It was difficult to mark Amanda's essay B. Has written

because his writing is illegible. C. Have written
A. Ambiguous D. Have write
B. Unreadable 19. My mother ........rice every Saturday night
C. Illegitimate A. Prepared
D. Painstaking B. Cooked
15. The lies Pemisire told could no longer be C. Cooks
concealed
D. Prepare
A. Hidden
20. My sister prefers fried rice........yam.
B. Contained
A. Than
C. Revealed
B. For.
D. Doubted
C. To
Choose from the words lettered A-D, the word
that best completes the following sentences D. By

16. Samson was the ..........man in the bible

Choose from the options lettered A-D one B. Inspector
which correctly answers the following
questions. C. Lawyer

21. One who mends shoes is a...... D. Policeman

A. Shoe mender

B. Shoe maker VERBAL REASONING

C. Cobbler INSTRUCTIONS: One word in each group of the

following set is a group name for the rest.
D. Designer Choose the one which best answers the
following questions from the options lettered A-
22. One who sells fish is called ............. D
A. Fisherman 26. A. Moon
B. Fishmonger B. Light
C. Fish seller C. Sun
D. Fish maker D. Torch
23. Someone who draws and designs building's 27. A. Iron
is called a/an
B. Lead
A. House maker
C. Metal
B. Designer
D. Zinc
C. Artist
28. A. Water
D. Architect
B. Liquid
24. A .........makes dresses for women.
C. Petrol
A. Seamstress
D. Lemonade
B. Mason
29. A. Buck
C. Milliner
B. Cock
D. Oculist
C. Boar
25. One who speaks in favor of a suspect in the
court is called........... D. Male

A. Detective 30. A. Instrument

B. Piano B. Mob

C. Flute C. Spectators

D. Organ D. Host

In each of the following items, a word is 34. Odour and smell, heat and........
missing. Choose from the given alternatives the
word that is most suitable for the gap A. See

Example B. Look

Mother and Daughter, father and .......... C. Feel

A. Son D. Hear

B. Brother 35. Hunger and Food, sickness and.........

C. Sister A. Doctor

D. Uncle B. Medicine

The missing word is Son . We therefore shade C. Nurse

space A. D. Hospital
31. Dog and kennel, horse and....... In each of the following words, choose the one
A. Nest that cannot be formed with all or some of the
letters of the word in capital.
B. Stable
36. HELICOPTER
C. Sty
A. Pooches
D. Den
B. Choice
32. Bread and Bakery, beer and........
C. Tropics
A. Hotel
D. Stripe
B. Brewery
37. UNPREPARED
C. Diary
A. Under
D. Factory
B. Umpire
33. Concert and audience, football match
and .......... C. Red

A. Crowd D. Paper
38. WANDERING 43. INSTINCT

A. Danger A. Tin

B. Anger B. Sit

C. Dance C. Tint

D. Ring D. Stick

39. REVEREND 44. CONSTITUTE

A. Ever A. Store

B. Never B. Site

C. Render C. Sue

D. River D. Tent

40. SYSTEMATIC 45. TERMINATES

A. Stem A. Termite

B. System B. Step

C. Mats C. Stem

D. Martyr D. Stern

41. CONSULTANT In each of the following, choose one word

which is related to the word written in capital
A. Consult letters.
B. Contact 46. COCOA and...........
C. Salt A. Wheat
D. Soul B. Milk
42. FRACTION C. Beverage
A. Action D. Hot
B. Fact 47. FLOWER and.........
C. Frame A. Egg
D. Ration B. Rice
C. Soil 2. Write 48 in Roman Numerals

D. Plant A. LXVIII

48. LADDER and........ B. XLIIX

A. Climb C. LVIII

B. Climbing D. XLVIII

C. Climbs 3. What is the value of 4³ × 3?

D. Climmed A. 192

49. BIRDS and......... B. 128

A. Whistling C. 64

B. Whistle D. 36

C. Whissttle 4. If 4x - 3 = 21. What is x?

D. Whistled A. 21

50. ARMY and......... B. 7

A. Foot C. 6

B. Booted D. 5½

C. Footed 5. Find the sum of 1576, 125 and 64.

D. Boot A. 1665

SECTION A: MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE B. 1701

APTITUDE
C. 1765
TIME: 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES
D. 2341
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
6. There are 34 mangoes on a tree. If only 9 of
1. Find the least common multiple of 3,4, and 5. them are ripe, how many unripe mangoes are
there?.
A. 120
A. 43
B. 60
B. 41
C. 30
C. 26
D. 24
D. 25 C. 3⅗

7. Exprees 17/20 as a decimal D. 25

A. 0.085 12. What is the simple interest on €360.00 for

2years at 5% per annum
B. 0.175
A. €3.60
C. 0.85
B. €9.00
D. 1.75
C. €18.00
8. The length of a rectangle is 40cm and it's
breadth is 25cm. Find it's perimeter. D. €36.00

A. 1000cm 13. My mother bought kerosene at $26 per

liter. If my mother fills the stove with $1300.
B. 130cm How many litres did she buy?.
C. 105cm A. 126 litres
D. 90cm B. 130 litres
9. Express 72 as a product of it's prime factors C. 100 litres
A. 2 x 2 x 2 x3 x 3 D. 50 litres
B. 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 14. A rectangular tank 6m by 4m by 5m is half
C. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 full. What is the volume of water in the tank?.

D. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 A. 12m³

10. Write in Figure: Sixty Four thousand, six B. 120m³

hundred and four: C. 30m³
A. 6,464 D. 60m³
B. 64,064 15. If 25p= 625, what is 55p?
C. 60,604 A. 1375
D. 64,604 B. 1360
11. Find the mean of 6, 2, 5, 3, 2 C. 1350
A. 43 D. 1345
B. 2⅖
16. There are four boys whose ages are 10years, B. 20 eggs
13years, 12years and 15 years. What is the
product of the even numbers in the ages? C. 10 eggs

A. 120 years D. 5 eggs

B. 130 years 21. A mother shared 156 apples among her 3

children in the ratio 1:2:3. How many apples did
C. 180 years the youngest have.

D. 195 years A. 52 apples

17. A boy built a kite and flew it high into B. 26 apples

space . What shape is the kite?.
C. 62 apples
A. Quadrilateral
D. 78 apples
B. Circle
22. Mr Wunmi Sax recorded a music for 230
C. Polygon minutes. How many hours and minutes did he
spend for recording
D. Sphere
A. 4 hours 50 minutes
18. A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 21cm.
Find it's circumference ( take π to be 22/7 ) B. 3 hours 30 minutes

A. 66cm C. 3 hours 40 minutes

B. 132cm D. 3 hours 50 minutes

C. 264 cm 23. If X = 4, Y= 5. Find 3X + 4Y

D. 88cm A. 30

19. In a class of 64 pupils, 8 pupils were absent. B. 31

What percentage of the pupils were absent?
C. 32
A. 25%
D. 33
B. 12½%
24. A carton of biscuits has ............... Vertices.
C. 50%
A. 8
D. 10%
B. 10
20. In a crate of 30 eggs, ⅓ of the eggs got
broken. How many eggs did not break?. C. 12

A. 30 eggs D. 6
25. In a rectangular school hall with capacity of B. Black
600. The length is 32cm and the width is 28cm.
Find it's area C. Yellow

A. 607cm² D. Blue

B. 896cm² E. Orange

C. 067cm² 4. What is Centenary?.

D. 076cm² A. 10 years

B. 100 years

C. 50 years

D. 70 years

GENERAL PAPER 5. What are the colors of the Nigerian flag?.

1. All of the following animals breastfeed their A. Blue and white

babies except?. B. Green and white
A. Eagle C. Green and green
B. Cow D. White and blue
C. Goat 6. One of these is not among the five oceans of
D. Monkey the world

E. Pig A. Mesopotamia ocean

2. Which of the planet is farthest to the sun?. B. Pacific ocean

A. Mercury C. Atlantic ocean

B. Venus D. Indian ocean

C. Neptune 7. Which year did Nigeria become

independent?.
D. Saturn
A. 2024
E. Earth
B. 1960
3. One of the following is not among the colours
of the rainbow?. C. 1963

A. Red D. 1966
8. A place where two rivers meet is called?. 12. Which of the following is not a farm
machine?
A. Meeting point
A. Plough
B. Estuary
B. Harrow
C. Confluence
C. Tractor
D. Delta area
D. Harvester
E. Cosmopolitan
E. Manure
9. The unlawful killing of another person
without jurisdiction is called 13. Insects that cause harm to farm animals by
their bites are called
A. Rape
A. Pest
B. Murder
B. Parasite
C. Smuggling
C. Associate
D. Dishonesty
D. Family
E. Theft
E. Friends
10. What device moves a pointer arrow around
the computer screen 14. To control plants disease, we should spray
the plants with chemicals such as the following
A. Television except
B. Mouse A. Pesticide
C. Monitor B. Herbicide
D. Light pen C. Insecticide
E. Scanner D. Disinfectant
11. Who is regarded as the father of E. Genocide
computers?.
15. ....... Is the oldest religion in Nigeria?.
A. Charles James
A. Christainity
B. John Cowbird
B. Islam
C. Charles Babbage
C. Buddhism
D. John Holt
D. Traditional
E. George bush.
E. Hinduism E. Council government

16. A person who is a legal member of a country 20. A man who is not married is called a .
is called
A. Teacher
A. An alien
B. Friend
B. Patriot
C. Bachelor
C. Citizen
D. Spinster
D. Resident
E. Uncle
E. Nationalist
21. The stealing of what you don't need is called
17. Which of these is not a natural resource?.
A. Kleptomania
A. Petroleum
B. Pilfering
B. Land
C. Manipulation
C. Rubber
D. Malpractice
D. Television
22. Manicure is care of.........
E. Coal
A. Mouth
18. The two horses on the Nigerian coat of arms
signify B. Teeth

A. Peace C. Hair

B. Wealth D. Face

C. Progress E. Fingernails and hands

D. Faith 23. A cardiologist takes Care of the ..........

E. Strength A. Teeth

19. The government of the people at the B. Eyes

grassroot level is referred to as C. Brains
A. Federal government D. Ears
B. State government E. Heart.
C. Local government 24. How long does it take for the earth to
D. Town government revolve around the sun?
A. 28 days B. 576

B. 24 hrs C. 240

C. 365 days D. 296

D. 52 days 28.

E. 75 days

25. An insect that attacks and destroys crop is

called

A. Soldier

B. Insecticide

C. Parasite

D. Pest

E. Anther

QUANTITATIVE REASONING

SAMPLE

4---------------8.

80

26. 8---------9

A. 81

B. 289

C. 145

D. 64

27. 10------------14

A. 100