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50 COMPILED OAU PUTME APTITUDE QUESTIONS
50 COMPILED OAU PUTME APTITUDE QUESTIONS
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1. In a certain language KINDLE is coded as ELDNIK, how is EXOTIC coded in that code?
A)EOXITC
B)EXOTLC
C)CITOXE
D)COXITE
A)Innocent
B)Vapid
C)Frivolous
D)Ignorance
3. ..... the animals in the park while we were ...... behind the tree?
A) We saw/sitting
B)We see/sit
C)Seeing/sat
D)We saw/sit
A) Usefull
B) Usefful
C)Useful
D) Ussefull
5. If X and Y satisfy the system of the following equation.7x+3y=12 and 3x+7y=6.What is the
value of X-Y?
A)1.5
B)0.666666667
C)1
D)4
A) Stop
B)Slow
C)Fast
D)Manage
7. On setting A,a motor rotates 3550 times per minutes, on setting B, the motor rotates
225minutes.How many rotations per minutes does the motor makes on setting B?
A)4260
B)3850
C)2840
D)710
8. When cooled,a length of metal contract by 2% to a new length of 3metres,what was the length
of the metal before it was cooled?[to the nearest whole number in cm)?
A)306cm
B)296cm
C)276cm
D)216cm
A) President
B)Vice president
C)Minister of finance
10. Ajayi Crowther was rescued as a slave boy on the Atlantic in ......?
A)1844
B)1821
C)1823
D)1860
E)1864
11. In a class of 100 students,50 students passed in mathematics and 70 students passed in
english and 5 students failed in both mathematics and english. How many students passed in
both subjects?
A)50
B)40
C)35
D)25
B)Television
C)Spirit
D)Majority
13. The politician's ......... made it difficult to determine a clear answer to the question.
A)Exaggeration
B)Exaggeration
C)Prevarication
D)Prevarcation
14. If your daily newspaper costs #56.30k during the week and #58.20k on saturday and
sunday.How much is your weekly paper bill?
A)#397.90k
B)#341.60k
C)#283.40k
D)#377.90k
15. The major factor that affects Nigeria's export crops are?
A)1933
B)1923
C)1955
D)1959
A) Courteous
B)Private
C) Brutsque
D) Personal
D)Civil
18. All German speak Italian. All Italian speaking people rides bikes. Based on this info, which of
the following statements must be true?
19. In which of the following, choose the word which best expressses the meaning of the given
word MAGNATE
A) Symbolic
B)Non-magnetic
C)Senior executive
D)Tycoon
B)-3
C)4
D)7
21. The philosopher's new thought was considered so ........ that few understand them?
A) Proficient
B) Profound
C)Abundant
D)Abundance
22. The apartment was expensive but not ....... the first one viewed?
A) Very
B)As
C)So
D)Has
B)Nigeria
C)Guinea
D) Equitorial guinea
24. The total number of recordings titles distributed by music distributors L and M is 9300.The
number of recordings titles distributed by L is 7100 and the number of recordings titles
distributed by M is 5200.Which of the following statement must be true?
B)512
C)1002
D)714
B)Government
C)Legislator
D)Judiciary
B)Adamawa
C)Enugu
D) Ekiti
B)1951
C)1952
D)1953
29. The epithet that replaces the proper name of a person or object is called?
A)Antonomasia
B)Replacement
C)Metaphor
D)Metonymy
30. Two major factors that affect Nigeria's export crops are?
A)Language and price
B)1963
C)1975
D)1945
B)Earthworm
C)Roundworm
D) Tapeworms
B)Mountain
C)Road
D) Street
B)Nerve
C)Worry
D)Concern
B)Wuhan
C) Woschou
D) Wuchzhou
B)Dr.Ibr Kachuku
C)Prof.Jubril Aminu
39. Blue party's vote is 8% higher than green party vote. Green party have 30000 votes in total.
What is blue party's vote?
A)27600 Votes
B)2400 Votes
C)32400 Votes
D)52000 Votes
B) Diffuse
C)Scares
D)Concise
41. There are 60 jellies in a jar,22 whites,18 green,11 yellow,5 red,4 purple. What is the probability
of picking neither red or purple.
A)1/60
B)59/60
C)37/20
D)20/37
42. All these are abiotic factor that affect the ecosystem except?
A) Rain
B)Temperature
C)Humidity
D)Decomposers
B) Heterodont
C) Acrodont
D) Isodoma
B) Yakubu Guwon
C) Shehu Shagari
D)Olusegun Obasanjo
45. A set of 8 numbers has an average of 15. Find the new age if 8 and 12 are added to the set of
numbers?
A)16
B)12
C)14
D)10
46. A man said to a lady, your mother's husband's sister is my aunty. What is the lady's
relationship with the man?
A) Nephew
B)Sister
C)Niece
D)Cousin
47. ...... is not a representation of Nigeria's police flag?
A) Peace
B)Love
C)Unity
D)Resourcefulness.
B)Jingle
C)Jangle
B)Waterbucks
C)Kangaroo
D)Chimpanzee
B)2009
C)2010
D)2006