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UTME PAST QUESTIONS FOR SCIENCES

2015/2016 POST UTME Another implication of global measures

against corruption is making government
QUESTIONS work better by preventing the economy.
Finally, redesigning political and regulatory
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR structures will reduce corruption and other
anti-system players that encourage corrupt
USE OF ENGLISH: practices.

There are many indicators with which to Adopted from thisDay Newspaper

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access or measure corruption. One of them 28/10/2007
is the affluent living habit of the public
official compared to his/her declared

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1. According to the writer, corruption is
income. Corruption occurs when a public triggered off by
official expects to be induced to perform A. Selfish interest
an act which that public official is ordinarily B. public officers

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required to do by law. C. private officials
D. unnecessary affluence
Corruption can show down development.
One of the most widely discussed
consequences of corruption is the
distortion of governmental expenditure.
This often results in public money being
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2. From the passage, one of the
consequences of corruption is that
A. it is beneficial to wealthy people who
stole public wealth
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wasted on white elephant projects, rather B. people get what they want with so
than people-oriented services such as much money to spend
health and education. As a result, more C. it impedes the progress of a nation
opportunities are presented for corrupt use
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D. large projects are executed

or diversion of funds. Raising the ethical
standards of governance can lead to many 3. Who, according to the writer, should
benefits especially for the economic, prevent corruption?
political and social development of A. corruption public officers
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country. B. the people

C. the government
Fight corruption and promoting good D. lawyers and police
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governance is therefore crucial to

developing an environment that facilitates 4. Which of the following is an indication of
the social, political and economic ethical standard of governance?
development of the people. however, while A. socio - economic instability
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there are often general statements made B. bloated expenditure

about the effect of corruption on poverty C. democratic governance
and development, there is not an explicit D. fundamental human right
recognition that corruption is more than
just wealth misappropriation or abuse of 5. The essence of fighting corruption,
power. Corruption impoverishes countries according to the passage is to
and deprives their citizens of good A. promote good
governance. It destabilizes economic governance
system when organized crime and other B. make people richer
illegal activities, basic public functions are C. punish corrupt politicians
eroded and the quality of life of the people D. send the corrupt to goal
is reduced. Bribery, for example, is
universally regarded In each of questions 6 to 10, choose
the option that best completes the
as a crime measures, and the involvement gap.
of the society at large.
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6. A wide range of options_____ made D. latent

available to students in their final year last
year A. were 14. Ola thought that her father was very
B. was callous.
C. are A. parlous
D. is B. compassionate
C. wicked
7. Paper is made _____ wood pulp D. cheerful
A. of
B. with In each of questions 15 to 17, choose
C. from the option nearest in meaning to the
D. on word or phrase underlined

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8. The federal government has _____child 15. Peter is an ardent supporter of
trafficking education for the girl child.

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B. proscribed B. an optimistic
C. prescribed C. a cogent
D. postulated D. a passionate

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9. Based on the fact before me, I have no 16. The scholar's epitaph was demolished
alternative _____ to hold you responsible. A. book
A. as
B. but
C. than
D. only
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C. embodiment
D. farmland
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17. The exhibition was an eye opener to
10. Many people would always find reasons all.
to ____ the law. A. dispatch
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B. circumspect C. style
C. circumvent D. examination
D. arrogate
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In each of question 11 to 14, choose the option that best completes the gap
the option opposite in meaning to the
word or phrase underlined. 18. Those ____ are very beautiful.
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A. flowers of her
11. The principal was advised to be flexible B. flowers of her's
on critical issues. C. our flowers
A. livid D. flowers of ours
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B. cautious
C. evasive 19. She traced her family history______
D. rigid matrilineal descent.
A. in
12. Chinwe was promoted for her B. by
efficiency. C. with
A. ability D. at
B. incompetence
C. inconsistency 20. The house and the Senate will ____at
D. rudeness noon next Wednesday to hear a special
address by the President.
13. Election processes often become A. convene
volatile. B. adjourn
A. calm C. rise
B. strange D. collude
C. sudden
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C. they undergo complete metamorphosis

BIOLOGY: D. their adults have two pairs of wings

21. The process in which complex 29. The inheritable characters that are
substances are broken down into simpler determined by a gene located only on the
ones in referred to as X- chromosome is
A. catabolism A. recessive
B. metabolism B. sex-linked
C. tropism C. homozygous
D. anabolism D. dominant

22. The plants that grow in deserts or very 30. Which of the following is a
dry areas are referred to as polysaccharide

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B. epiphytes B. sucrose

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C. xerophytes C. maltose
D. mesophytes D. cellulose

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energy bonds of ATP in plants is
A. photosynthesis 31. Elements in the same period in the
B. photolysis
C. respiration
D. autotrophism
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periodic table have the same ____
A. chemical properties
B. physical properties
C. number of shells
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24. Which of the following group of D. atomic number
organisms feeds directly on green plants?
A. primary consumers 32. Calculate the percentage by mass of
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B. secondary consumers nitrogen in calcium trioxonitratre (v)

C. producer A. 17.1%
D. decomposers B. 27.6%
C. 8.5%
25. A pollutant that is mostly associated D. 13.1%
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with acid rain is (Ca = 40, N = 14, O = 16)

A. nitrogen
B. oxide B ozone 33. Which of the following salts is slightly
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C. fluorine soluble in water?

D. carbon (iv) oxide A. Na2CO3
B. PbCl2
26. An individual with blood group AB can C. AgCl
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receive blood from those in blood group(s) D. CaSO4

A. A, B, AB and O
B. A, AB, and O only 34. Permanent hardness of water can be
C. AB only removed by
D. A and B only A. adding caustic soda
B. boiling
27. The causative agent of bird is a ____ C. filtration
A. protozoan D. adding slaked lime
B. virus
C. bacterium 35. An isotope has an atomic number of
D. fungus 15, and a mass number of 31. The number
proton it contains is
28. Which of the following is common to A. 16
the mosquitoes, housefly and black fly? B. 15
A. they are parasites of man C. 46
B. their immature stages are aquatic D. 31
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36. The minimum amount of energy 43. If the volume of a gas increases
required for a reaction to take place is steadily as the temperature decreases at
A. activation constant pressure, the gas obeys
energy A. Pressure law
B. kinetic energy B. Charles’ law
C. tactic energy C. Graham’s law
D. ionization energy D. Boyles law

37. The alkanol obtained from the 44. Which of the following electromagnetic
production of soap is waves has the highest frequency?
A. propanol A. infrared -ray
B. ethanol B. x-ray

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D. methanol D. radio waves

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ethanol is how long is the sound heard at a town y,
A. cracking 4.95km away (velocity of sound in

m
B. distillation air=330ms-1)
C. fermentation A. 12s
D. oxidation B. 15s

39. The enzyme invertase converts

sucrose into
A. glucose and glucose
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D. 10s

46. A train with an initial velocity of 20ms-1

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B. glucose and galactose is subjected to a uniform deceleration of
C. glucose and fructose 2m-2. The time required to bring the train
D. fructose and galactose to a complete halt is
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A. 5s
40. Calculate the molecular formula of a B. 10s
compound with empirical formula CH2O C. 20s
and relative molecular mass 120 D. 40s
(C=12, O=16, H=1)
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A. C2H4O2 47. Calculate the work done when a force

B. C4H8O4 of 20N stretches a spring by 50mm
C. C8H16O8 A. 0.5 J
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D. C3H6O3 B. 1.5 J
C. 2.0 J
D. 2.5 J
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41. The accurate measurement of the laws?
relative density of a substance in its A. electrolytes
powdered form in done with a beam B. metals
balance and ____ C. diode
A. an eureka can D. glass
B. a burette
C. a pipette 49. What is the equivalent of 20k in
D. a density bottle Celsius scale?
A. 293˚C
42. Which of the following is used for the B. 68˚C
correction of short-sightedness? C. 20˚C
A. concave lens D. 120˚C
B. concave mirror
C. convex mirror 50. A current of 20A flows through a cable
D. convex lens whose resistance is 5Ω. Calculate the
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electric power dissipated SOLUTION TO ABSU

A. 2 × 103W
B. 2 × 104W
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D. 1 × 102W
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2014/2015 ABSU POST UTME QUESTIONS

B. done damages
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR C. destruction
D. a loss of damages

Fill in the blanks using the best of the 8. It was done with a view to____ the
options reason for arresting them.
A. see
1. The student's nocturnal meetings B. sees
resulted __the suspension of all of them. C. seeing
A. In D. seing
B. to
C. from 9. The railway____ at Calabar and Dutse

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A. terminuses

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fever. C. terminus
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C. in 10. It is time they ___with their father on
D. for the issue.
A. discuss
3. The vice president had to stand_____ of
the meeting.
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C. will discuss
D. discussed
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C. by/at 11. _____something on the table.
D. in/in A. there's
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4. To procure the much-needed chemical, C. there

the school___ to spend fifty-thousand- D. their's
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A. should 12. That Caleb Bobo B defeated Dick
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C. has to A. fit
D. had to B. feat
C. feet
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5. It____ government a lot of money to D. foot

train these artisans.
A. coasted 13. Mr. Obi is _____. He often behaves as
B. cost if he is not
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D. has coasted B. irresponsible/matured
C. non-responsible/matured
6. The man has_____ for you, Chioma D. irresponsible/mature
said.
A. some news 14. Nkechi said "____"
B. few news A. we had to do it
C. a few news B. that we had to do it
D. many news C. if we had to do it
D. we have to do it

15. _____ if I could see him.

7. The teacher is prepared to pay for A. he said
the____ to General Manager. B. he asked
A. Damage C. he shouted
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D. he commended D. American fat nice good-looking light

complexioned
16. He is in Owerri ____
A. is he? 24. The government set up a____
B. isn't he? A. ten-men committee
C. does he? B. ten-men's committee
D. doesn't he? C. ten-man committees
D. ten-man committee
17. Williams must be given a lot of ____if
we want him to carry out the assignment. 25. All the____ met in Aburi to discuss
A. equipment issues of common interest.
B. equipments A. secretaries-generals
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D. secretary-generals

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excellent____ that were up to twenty. 26. Having done that____ Adanma ran
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B. come work A. ,

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D. a little work C. ?
D. ;
19. Ikenna said it was given as the answer
to the question ____?
A. does Ikenna say it
B. do Ikenna say it
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leadership qualities shall be allowed to lead
is being amended.
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process taken to accomplish the task
asked____ 28. Hope you are fine___
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A. Does he? Akin lived is here
B. Was he? A. whom
C. Didn't he? B. when
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D. since
22. Can she do it?
A. no, she won't 30. The____ of the chief shall be buried
B. yes, she can within the of his house
C. yes, she can't A. remains/ surroundings
D. no, she can B. remain/ surrounding
C. remains/ surrounding
23. Lawrence is a____ D. remain's/ surroundings'
A. nice fat light complexioned American
Officer good-looking 31. The chairman of National Electoral
B. nice fat light complexioned good-looking Commission is
American A. National Tambuwal
C. fat nice good-looking light complexioned B. Senator David Mark
American C. Professor Jega
D. Professor Okojie
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D. Iran
32. The executive secretary, Nigerian
Universities Commission is 41. The governor of Central Bank of
A. Professor Julius Okojie Nigeria is
B. Professor Attahiru Jega A. EI-Rufia
C. Professor A. B. C. Nwosu B. Sanusi
D. Professor Ohiorvbere C. Emefiele
D. Balogun
33. The governor of Akwa Ibom state is
A. Chief Osoba 42. The chief judge of Abia State is
B. Chief Obong A. Umeh Kalu
C. Chief Akpabio B. Obisike Orji
D. Chief Attah C. Nnenna Oti

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A. Akwa impeached in this state
B. Agulu A. Enugu
C. Ogidi B. Kwara

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D. Ekwulobia C. Niger
D. Kaduna
35 The chief justice of Nigeria is
A. Ibrahim Khadi
B. Aloma Mukhtar
C. Yusfu Isah
D. Isa Muazu
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A. Ovia
B. Dutse
C. Chibok
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D. Wadan
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by 45. The Aviation Minister is
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A. Sawyer A. Stella Oduah

B. Hernandez B. Osita Chidoka
C. Sheriff C. Emeka Nwogu
D. Taylor D. Labaran Maku
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37. The governor of Kwara state is 46. The Chancellor of Abia State University
A. Dr. Abubakar is
B. Dr. Umar A. Sir Francis Orji
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C. Dr. Ahmed B. Professor S.O Igwe

D. Dr. Makura C. General Ike Nwachukwu
D. Senator Chukwumerije
38. The person who imported Ebola virus
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into Nigeria came from 47. The Vice-Chancellor of Abia State

A. Liberia University is
B. Senegal A. Prof. Mkpa
C. Guinea B. Prof. Irukwu
D. Congo C. Prof. Ogbuagu
D. Prof Anyim.
39. Ebola virus disease is characterized by
A. Lassa fever 48. The Secretary to Government of the
B. Haemorrhagic fever Federal hails from the state
C. Obstructive fever A. Benue
D. Non-invasive fever B. Ebonyi
C. Bayelsa
40. Golan heights is found in D. Ogun
A. Syria
B. Israel 49. The National Chairman of PDP is
C. Argentina A. Muazu
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B. Lamido SOLUTION TO ABSU

C. Obasanjo
D. Anenih 2014/2015 POST UTME
SCREENING EXERCISE
50. The visitor to Abia State University is
A. Dr. T. A Orji 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. D
B. Dr. M. T Mbu
C. Dr. Tinubu 10. D 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. B
D. Dr. Uduaghan
17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D 21. D 22. B 23. C

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2013/2014 ABSU POST UTME QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR SECTION 2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Fill in the blank in the following

sentences making use of the best of
SECTION 1 the four options.

The below has gaps numbered 1 to 10. 11. This pen ______ in 1992 and it is still
immediately following each gap, four alright up till day.
options are provided. choose the most A. had been made
appropriate option for each gap. B. was made
C. would be made

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The first day I entered the University was D. was being made
very interesting. I, as a new __1__ waiting

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to be initiated into the university life with a 12. By the time I get there tomorrow, he
___2___ceremony, kept strictly to the ___ your mate
rules of the school. I was assigned a A. will see

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___3___ in ___4___. the ___5___ gave B. will be seeing
me the room key to my room. I met Ngozi C. will have seen
in the room; and she was my room D. has been
___6___for that year. ___7___ often
started at 7.00a.m. the ___8___ was so
compact that I had no time to waste. our
lecturers reserved the
right to give us ___9___ assessment at
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A. always visits
B. had always visited
C. use to visit
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any time. it always formed part of the final D. used to visit
examinations. I left the school in 1989
after a remarkable ___10___ ceremony. 14. Obi ____ there before I got to Okigwe.
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1. A. pupil B. student C. D. lecturer B. has got
attendant C. went
2. A. B. matrix C. D. D. had got
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admission matriculatio convocation

n 15. The teacher asked the students‟ __
3. A. B. sleep C. bedding D. bed
A. are you hearing me?
sleeping space
B. do you hear me?
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4. A. B. hall C. D. house
hostel dormitory C. will you hear me?
5. A. B. C. guard D. D. did you hear me?
porter gateman supervisor
16. Chinonso ____ my father very well.
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colleague A. knowing
7. A. B. tutorial C. D. lectures B. know
teachings education C. knows
8. A. B. C. agenda D. time D. have known
times programm table
table e 17. He said that _____
9. A. B. C. D. A. he can do it
continuou continue continued continuing
B. he has to do it
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10. A. B. C. D. graduard
C. he could do it
graduatio freedom convocation D. he may do it
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18. The man __ Ada ___ the hall.
A. is watching/is leaving
B. watched/left

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C. watched/leave C. found
D. watched/leaving D. finds

19. We asked the student to ___ the 27. John _____ a pen from Peter.
noise. A. lent
A. less B. borrowed
B. lessen C. lend
C. lesser D. was borrowed
D. least
28. Nike was so happy that she _____ to
20. The programme _____ because it was entertain the gathering.
not well planned. A. was dancing
A. fell out B. would have danced

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C. fell across D. danced

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29. Chinyere found it difficult to get a seat
21. _____ by my friend, the driver knew _____ the plane.
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B. saw C. up
C. seeing D. on
D. sees

22. Anthony was asked to go to ____ till

the following week
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teachers in the department.
A. they were
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A. work B. it will be
B. works C. there were
C. working D. there was
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31. You _____ me before twelve O’clock
23. The man ____ quietly on the bed today.
yesterday. A. have seen
A. lie B. have better see
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C. lain D. had better see
D. laid
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32. Chioma ______ do that thing. it is for

24. The paper will take three hours. We bidden.
just have one hour left. that is, we ___ for A. shall not
the past two hours. B. cannot
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A. have written C. should not

B. will be written D. may not
C. have been written
D. are writing 33. I can’t repair the lantern. I do not
know ____ about it
25. Do not ____ a lie; always ____ the A. anything
truth. B. something
A. say/tell C. anybody
B. inform/tell D. somebody
C. tell/inform
D. tell/say 34. We ______ have decided to see the
king.
26. The school was _ ten years ago. A. ourself
A. find B. ourselves
B. founded C. our-self
D. our selves
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C. 7.0 x 10-4
35. Williams ____ I visited last week is D. 2.2 x 104
now here. [young modulus=1.1 x 1011Nm-2 ]
A. whose
B. whom 43. An object weighs 22kg in water and 30
C. who kg in air. What is the up thrust exerted by
D. which the liquid on the object?
A. 50N
36. It is _____ who did it. B. 520 N
A. him C. 220 N
B. his D. 80 N
C. her [g = 10ms-2 ]
D. he

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B. against the eat capacity of the aluminium is
C. on A. 900jk-1
D. over B. 90jk-1

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C. 100jk-1
38. Chibuzor is the ____ boy in his class. D. 200jk-1
A. clever
B. cleverest
C. more clever
D. most clever
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radiant energy is a
A. conductor
B. black body
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39. By the end of June, Ben ___ the C. white body
examinations. D. red body
A. would have finished
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C. should have finished pressure lowers the melting point can be
D. will have finished observed in
A. sublimation
40. Though Amaka prepared for the B. condensation
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B. since
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pressure,
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C. pressure law
41. Which of the following could be D. Charles law
effectively used to reduce friction?
A. kerosene 48. Steam burn is more severe than that
B. grease of boiling water because
C. water A. a steam burn is independent of a
D. petrol relative humidity
B. steam possesses greater eat energy per
42. A copper wire was subjected to a unit mass
tensile stress of 7.7 x 106Nm-2 calculate C. water boils at a high temperature
the tensile strain of the wire. D. steam burn is dependent on relative
A. 2.0 x 10-5 humidity
B. 7.0 x 10-3

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49. Which of the following types of wave C. X-rays

needs a medium for propagation? D. infrared rays.
A. sound wave
B. light wave 56. When a red rose flower is observed in
C. radio wave blue light, what colour does the observer
D. X-ray see?
A. red
50. The ground is always cold at high night B. blue
because the C. magneta
A. atmosphere absorbs the sun’s energy at D. yellow.
night
B. earth radiates heat to the atmosphere 57. The eclipse of the sun occurs when the
at night A. moon is between the sun and the earth

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D. atmosphere reflects the sun’s energy at C. moon is completely hidden in earth’s

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night shadow
D. moon’s umbra falls on some part of the
51. a metal of volume 40cm3 is heated earth.
from 30˚C to 90˚C, the increase in volume

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is 58. A Cannon is fired from town X. After
A. 0.12cm3 how long is the sound heard at town Y
B. 4.00cm3 4.95km away?
C. 1.20cm3
D. 0.40cm3
[linear expansivity of metal = 2.0 x 105k-
2
]
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B. 10s
C. 12s
D. 15s
s.
[velocity of sound in air = 330ms-1]
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of accommodation, the defect is known as 59. An image in a convex lens is upright
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C. astigmatism distance?
D. long-sightedness A. 10cm
B. 25cm
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255Hz when stretched by a force 225. if D. 14cm
the force increases by 324N, what is the
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A. 306Hz capacitor is 20μf in air and 60μf in the
B. 512Hz presences of dielectric. What is the
C. 488Hz dielectric constant?
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B. 6.0
54. A certain far sighted person cannot see C. 3.0
near objects that are closer to the eye D. 2.0
than 50cm clearly. Determine the power of
the converging lens which will enable him BIOLOGY
to see at 25cm.
A. 0.06D 61. The primary structure responsible for
B. 0.02D pumping blood for circulation through the
C. 0.03D mammalian circulatory systems is the
D. 0.04D A. right auricle
B. arteries
55. Which of the following electromagnetic C. left ventricle
waves as the highest frequency? D. veins
A. Ultra-violet rays
B. radio wave
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62. Circulation of blood to all parts of the C. phosphorylation

body except the lungs is through D. oxidation
A. systematic circulation
B. the lymphatic system 70. the part of the human gut that has an
C. pulmonary artery acidic content is the
D. the pulmonary artery A. duodenum
B. ileum
63. Yeast respires anaerobically to convert C. colon
simple sugar to carbon (iv) oxide and D. stomach
A. acid
B. oxygen 71. I. Stomach − spirogyra
C. water II. Alveoli − earth worm
D. alcohol III. Malpighian tubule − mammal

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A. intercostals muscle matched with the organisms in which it is
B. pleural membrane found?
C. pericardium A. II

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C. IV
65. The oily substance that lubricates the D. III
mammalian hair to keep it flexible and
water repellent is secreted by the
A. sebaceous glands
B. fatty cells
co 72. A food chain always begins with a
A. decomposer
B. producer
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D. sweat glands D. consumer
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the Bowman’s capsules are found is the A. protecting it from inflection
A. pelvis B. helping it to utilize atmospheric nitrogen
B. medulla C. serving as a growth regulator
C. pyramid D. absorbing inorganic ions from the soil
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D. cortex
74. The barrier between material and
67. Which of the following stimuli is likely foetal blood is
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A. light intensity B. umbilical cord
B. chemical substances C. uterine wall
C. gravity D. placenta
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D. touch
75. The blood component that has the
68. In the male reproductive system of a greatest affinity for oxygen is the
mammal, sperm is stored in the A. leucocytes
A. urethra on epidermis B. erythrocytes
B. sperm ducts C. thrombocytes
C. seminiferous tubules D. lymphocytes
D. van deferens
76. Which of the following organisms is
69. Chemosynthetic organisms are capable mainly found in the marine habitat?
of manufacturing their food from simple A. tilapia
inorganic substances through the process B. dogfish
of C. tortoise
A. denitrification D. achatina
B. reduction

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77. The two halves of a pelvic girdle are wall of the container
joined together at the ____ B. some of the molecules are moving
A. ilium faster than others
B. pubis C. of the collisions of the molecules with
C. obturator foramen each other
D. public symphysis D. of the mass of the molecules of the gas

78. The loss of soil through erosion can be 85. The basic assumption in the kinetic
reduced by____ theory of gases that the collisions of the
A. crop rotation gaseous molecules are perfectly elastic
B. manuring implies that the
C. irrigation A. forces of attraction and repulsion are in
D. watering equilibrium

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B. tsetse fly motion indefinitely
C. black fly D. gas can be compress
D. Aedes mosquito

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86. If an atom is represented as 2311x,
80. The protozoan plasmodium falciparum which of the following deduction is correct?
is transmitted by___ A. it contain 12 protons
A. female Aedes mosquitoes
B. female Culex mosquitoes
C. female black fly
D. female anopheles mosquito
co B. it forms a covalent chloride
C. its atomic number is 23
D. it is an alkali metal
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deduced that the element is
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separated by___ B. abundant in nature
A. dissolution in water, evaporation and C. a transition metal
filtration D. an isotopic mixture
B. filtration, evaporation and dissolution in
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water 88. Cathode fays cause an object placed

C. dissolution in water, filtration and behind a perforated anode to cast a
evaporation shadow on the screen. that the rays
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filtration B. are negatively charged
C. have mass
82. Which of the following is a physical D. travel in straight lines
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change
A. freezing ice cream 89. Which quantum number divides shells
B. dissolving calcium in water into orbital?
C. burning kerosene A. principal
D. exposing white phosphorus to air B. azimuthal
C. magnetic
83. The percentage of water of D. spin
crystallization in ZnSO4.7H2O is
A. 33% 90. The type of bonding in {Cu(NH3)4}2+ is
B. 44% A. coordinate
C. 55% B. electrovalent
D. 87% C. metallic
D. covalent
84. A gas exert pressure on its container
because ____ 91. The mixture of gases used in a
A. the molecules of gas collide with the photographer’s flash tube is
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A. argon and krypton C. 6.75cm3

B. krypton xenon D. 3.00cm3
C. helium and argon
D. argon and xenon 99. The salt formed from a reaction
between citric acid and sodium hydroxide
92. When sodium trioxocarbonate (iv) in solution will be
decahydrate loses its water of A. acidic
crystallization to the atmosphere, the B. basic
process is C. complex
A. deliquescence D. neutral
B. efflorescence
C. hygroscopic 100. Which of the following metals is
D. effervescence purified commercially by electrolysis is?

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1. If Y=(2x)3 find the value of DY/dx at x =
94. If 10.5g of lead (ii) trioxonitrate (v) is -2
dissolved in 20cm3 of distilled water at
18˚C, the solubility of the solute in mol
dm-3 is
A. 1.60
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B. 16
C. 48
D. 64
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B. (3/2, 1/2)
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are
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B. different at the same temperature the pair of curves given by y = 3 and y =
C. the same at different temperature 3 + x2
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B. 6/7 units (sq)
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is from the burning of D. 19/6 units (sq)
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B. wood 4. The radius of a circular disc is increasing
C. fuel at the rate of 0.25cm/sec. at what rate is
D. chlorofluorocarbons the
area of the disk changing when its radius
97. The acid used in electrolysis of water is is 8cm?
dilute A. 2𝜋cm2/sec
A. HNO3 B. 96𝜋cm2/sec
B. CH3COOH C. 4𝜋cm2/sec
C. H2SO4 D. 36𝜋cm2/sec
D. HCl
5. Evaluate 2x sin?
98. What volume of 1.5M solution of KOH A. 0
would contain 0.045 moles? B. 1
A. 67.50cm3 C. 1
B. 30.00cm3 D. -1/2
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6. Find the derivation of y=sin (3x2 – 3x +

4)
A. (6x - 3) cos (3x2 - 3x + 4)
B. (3x2 - 3x + 4) cos(6x-3)
C. cos (6x - 3)
D. sin (3x -23x + 4)
find the determinant of matrix M
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A. (2, 3) C. -5
B. (5, 1) D. 1
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C. x3 − 2x2 + 2
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A. 600 15. The weight Wkg of a metal bar varies
B. 400 jointly as its length L meter and the square
C. 550 of its diameters. if W=90 when d=3/2 and
D. 100 L=36.
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A. 2y + x = 15
7𝑊
B. y2x = 15 B. √
10𝐿
C. 2y + x = y
D. y + 2x = 4
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villages. In this connection, it is necessary
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR to emphasize that the primary need is
workplaces. The task should be to bring
USE OF ENGLISH into existence thousands or millions of new
workplaces in rural areas and towns in
Read Passage 1, carefully and answer order to maximize work opportunities for
the questions that follow. rural dwellers. For this proposition to make
sense, first, the work opportunities should
Passage 1 be created in the rural areas where the
majority of the people live, not where they
The root of the problems which bedevil tend to migrate for lack of opportunities.
rural dwellers in Nigeria can be traced to Second, the production methods employed

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the sad fact that work opportunities are so must be-relatively simple, so that the
restricted that they cannot work their way demands for high skills are minimized, not

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out of poverty and misery. Though a great only in the production process itself but
number of Nigerians still live in the villages also in matters of organization, raw
and small towns, work opportunities exists materials supply, financing, marketing and

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mainly in the big cities where development so forth; third, production should be
effort are concentrated. The reason usually mainly from local materials and for local
given for this obvious lapse is that it is use. Lastly, rural workplaces should be
easier to establish industries and to find cheap enough so that they can be created
finance and markets to keep them going in
the big cities and towns than in the rural
areas where productivity is low because of
mass illiteracy and poverty.
co in large numbers. These; four
requirements together meet the
description of what is usually called
“cottage industry”. Millions of them are
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needed for rural transformation in Nigeria
As capital is the product of human work, and to check the dangerous process of
rural dwellers who are desperate enough mutual poisoning between urban areas in
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to overcome poverty often leave the the country.

villages in search of some kind of existence
in the big cities and towns. Therefore, rural 1. The expression "As capital is the
unemployment in Nigeria produces mass product of human work" seems to support
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migration into the cities, leading to a rate the argument that

of urban growth which seriously taxes the A. rural people are poor because they lack
resources of even the biggest cities like work opportunities to fight back
Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja and Kano. From the poverty
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sad experiences of these cities, it is easy B. urban productivity is affected by mass

to see hoe rural unemployment can migration from the rural areas
become urban unemployment with the C. urban areas will continue to experience
attendant social problems like robbery, overcrowding as long as workplaces are
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overcrowding and the growth of shanties concentrated their

or slums. D. rural dwellers who move to capital cities
Such problems cannot be wished away but often over poverty
will remain with us until deliberate efforts
are made to bring health to economic life 2. The expression mutual poisoning, as
outside the big cities in order to check the used in the passage, suggests that
migration of destitute rural dwellers into A. migration negates effective urban and
towns and cities that cannot absorb them. rural life
B. migration can make urban areas
It is necessary; therefore, that at least an complement each other
important part of the development effort C. rural and urban areas complement each
other
should bypass the big cities and be D. rural people violent urban hygiene
concerned with the provision of viable
infrastructure in the small towns and
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3. The writer describes the features of a C. quietly surrendered

"college industry" as D. violently swung
A. remedying urban migration, available
employment, simplicity of operations and 9. They attacked all regulations designed
affordable products to emasculated student militancy
B. rural location, simplicity, local sourcing A. condone
of raw materials and affordable products B. conserving
C. affordable energy sources, availability of C. marshalling
manpower, cheap products and easy D. storing
marketing of products
D. availability of capital, high productivity, 10. There is no point dissipating energy on
low capital demand and simplicity of a useless argument
operation A. destroying

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4. Which of the following statements is C. honours

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A. urban workplaces are responsible for
rural poverty and misery 11. The secretary runs down anybody that
B. providing work opportunities in the rural does not sing his praises

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and poverty B. pleases
C. rural work opportunities , could reduce C. honours
urban unemployment
D. urban workplaces absorb rural/urban
migrants.
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12. Everyone including the principal,

believed that he was a very assiduous
s.
5. In the first sentence of the passage, the student
word work, used differently, can be A. assertive
explained as B. industrious
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B. job and struggle D. casual
C. employment and insure
D. career ad prepare 13. The dancing troupe put up a flawless
performance
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choose the option opposite in meaning B. an imperfect
to the word(s) phrase in italics. C. a satisfactory
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D. a careless
6. After the surgical operation, the doctor
gave the indication that Mr. Idogo will pull 14. My brother married a loquacious
through woman
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A. be maimed A. quiet
B. offer B. Noisy
C. projects C. talkative
D. be revived D. beautiful

7. His cruelty to mother defies logical 15. My elder brother is now faced with the
explanation vicissitudes married life
A. demand A. amazement
B. offer B. sweetness
C. project C. amiability
D. precludes D. stability

8. The tennis player surreptitiously 16. My father’s advice to me was quite

swapped rackets after first set invaluable
A. openly retained A. useless
B. overtly B. useful
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C. helpful 24. Musa hates Hadiza for her constant

D. unsolicited bellicose behaviour
A. violent
17. The minister has finally been dropped B. gentle
from the present cabinet because of his C. meek
ignoble act D. troublesome
A. criminal
B. ignorant 25. Abdul is fond of his teacher through he
C. honourable sometimes makes derogatory remarks
D. selfish about him
A. unpleasant
18. Orinya balances the pail on her head B. complementary
with accustomed, ease C. expressive

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B. surprising

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D. unusual allegation made by the man
A. investigate
In question 19 to 26 fill in the right B. examine

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word/phrase C. probe
D. enquire
19. There is no _____ sense in what that E. observe
politician has just said
A. many
B. plenty
C. lot of
co In question 27 to 31 which of the
options expresses the same idea as
the one in quotes?
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D. much
E. big 27. "To be in the red" is to be
A. in debt
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nonchalance inconsistency C. a socialist
A. concern D. red
B. nonchalance E. dressed in red
C. willingness
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A. flog the rice
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A. hunger D. attack the seller
B. thirst E. control the price
C. danger
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D. famine 29. "To ask after a friend" is to

A. ask questions about the friend
22. The officer asked for a more B. inquire about the friend’s welfare
temperate assessment of the matter C. go after the friend
A. extreme D. like the friend
B. moderate E. take after the friend
C. radical
D. human 30. "An open secret" means
A. a fact that is very secret
23. The lectures were advised to carry out B. an open matter
a cursory survey of Nigeria languages C. a secret known to everybody
A. detailed study D. a confidential matter
B. careful teaching E. a secret told in the open air
C. careful description
D. partial consideration 31. "To put something aside" is to
A. put it by one’s side
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B. put in a side pocket for future use Each of question 40 to 43 consists of a

C. keep something for some special sentence with a phrase or word
purpose underlined. Select the option that best
D. keep in safety expresses the meaning of the phrase
E. protect it or word underlined

In question 32 to 39 choose the 40. The thought of his admission to the

phrase or word which best completes university keyed Olu up to a state of great
the meaning of each sentence excitement
A. stimulated Olu
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E. since examination result, the principal concluded
that his performance left much to be
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B. very busy B. was very satisfactory
C. very busy that C. was very extremely desirable
D. too busy that

36. The mechanic said that he mend my

car before Saturday.
co D. was very brilliant
E. was extremely commendable

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B. couldn’t C. can’t be able to not be persuaded to arrive at a
D. couldn’t be able to compromise on the issue being debated
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B. shifted his position
37. There was a fire in the market last C. maintained his position
week which resulted a terrible destruction D. defended his position
of property. E. resisted his position
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A. in
B. to 43. The lake home pay of many workers is
C. from such that they can hardly make both ends
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E. with A. lived an honest life
B. finish their schedule of work
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A. would know E. live on both ends
B. should have known
C. should be knowing BIOLOGY
D. would have been knowing
E. use to known 44. On what structure are the units of
inheritance situated?
39. The body is sensitive to changes in A. Goigi bodies
velocity which, if too sudden, ____ B. ribosomes
A. consciousness may be lost C. chromosomes
B. it may lose consciousness D. endoplasmic reticulum
C. one may become unconscious
D. may cause loss of consciousness 45. Production of naked seeds is a
E. may lose consciousness distinctive feature of the group of plant
called?
A. grasses
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B. conifers 54. Members of the phylum protozoa use

C. legumes the contractile vacuole
D. palms A. to remove excess food
B. for movement
46. In which of these features do C. for digestion
bryophytes differ from pteridophytes? D. to remove excess water
A. absence of flower
B. alternation of generation 55. The response shown by the tips of the
C. dependence on water for reproduction root and shoot of a plant to the stimulus of
D. presence of, a vascular system gravity is
A. haptropism
47. _____ is common to both the B. phototropism
sporophyte and the gametophyte of a fern C. hydrotropism

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D. leaves order of the vertebrae along the spinal
column?
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does a single cell perform all the function B. atlas cervical axis thoracic lumber sacral
of movement, nutrition, growth, excretion C. atlas axis cervical thoracic lumber sacral
and photosynthesis? D. axis cervical thoracic sacral lumber
A. paramecium
B. euglena
C. Amoeba
D. spirogyra
co 57. Which of the following is TRUE of the
process‟ of conjugation in paramecium?
A. micronucleus disintegrates
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B. each exconjugant divides only once
49. In which of the following organisms C. macronucleus undergoes division
would glycogen be stored? D. each micronucleus divides twice
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B. Chlamydomonas 58. The bright colours of the comb feather
C. Rattus in the peacock are for ____
D. magnifera A. sex differentiation
B. beauty
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C. mammalian CHEMISTRY
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A. excretory system of worm A. 14.29%
B. excretory and respiratory system of B. 25.39%
flatworms C. 50.79%
C. excretory system of flatworms D. 59.25%
D. excretory and respiratory flatworms (A = 27, S = 32, H = 1, O = 16).

53. The main function of blood in 60. The filler in a cigarette reduces the
mammals is to transport nicotine, content by____
A. excretory materials from tissue A. burning
B. carbon oxide from lungs to tissues B. adsorption
C. digested food from all the body tissues C. evaporating
D. oxygen to the lungs D. absorption

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In the equation above, the values of p and 70. A consequence of global warming is
x respectively are ____
A. 1 and 3 A. air pollution
B. 2 and 3 B. water pollution
C. 6 and 2 C. increased humidity
D. 8 and 2 D. flooding

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number 10 have, the same number of A. 1C
electrons as B. NO3
A. O2+ C. S2
B. Ca2+ D. HgO+
C. K+

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detergent dissolve more water than soap is

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A. octet configuration B. -COON
B. cyclic shape C. -SO4-Na+
C. hexagonal shape D. -COOK+

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D. obtuse configuration
73. The structural component that makes
64. According to the kinetic theory, an detergent dissolve more water than soap is
increase in temperature causes the kinetic
energy of particles to
A. decrease
B. increase
co A. –SO3Na+
B. -COON
C. -SO4-Na+
D. -COOK+
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C. remain constant
D. be zero 74. A liquid that will dissolve fat is
A. hydrochloric acid
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II. N=1S2 2s2 - p3 C. kerosene
III HIO=s2s2p4 D. water
IV Zn=s2sV2S2S2d10
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A. I and II solution?
B. I and III A. 0.97g
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D. I and IV C. 19.42g
D. 97.10g
67. A gas exerts pressure on its container (K2CrO4 = 194.2g moldm-3)
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A. some of its molecules are moving faster
that others
B. of the mass of each other PHYSICS
C. of the mass of the molecules of gas
D. the molecules of a gas collide with walls 76.
of the containers

69. The weakest attractive forces that can

be observed between two molecules is
A. ionic
B. covalent
C. coordinate
D. Vander Waals A brick at rest on horizontal table is pulled
by a horizontal cord, as shown in fig. 2.

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The force of friction on the brick. the force of static friction

A. increase if the pull increases hut the B. the force of kinetic friction between two
brick does not move surface is independent of the areas in
B. is directly horizontal to the right contact provided the normal reaction is
C. decreases if an identical brick is placed unchanged
on the first C. the force of sliding friction between two
D. is zero if the brick is pulled hard enough surface is less than the force of sliding
to make it slide friction
E. change if the brick is turned on its side D. the angle of friction is the angle
between the normal reaction and the force
77. The force with which an object is friction
attracted 10 the earth is called its E. friction may be reduced by lubrication
A. acceleration

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C. gravity received the echo of its whistle after 3.5

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D. impure seconds. A short while later received the
E. weight echo after 2.5 seconds. If the speed of
sound in air under the prevailing conditions
78. The refractive index of a liquid is 1.5. if is 250ms, how much closer is the ship to

m
the velocity of light in the liquid is ____ the cliff.
A. 1.5 x 103ms-1 A. 10m
B. 2.0 x 108 ms-1 B. 125m
C. 3.0 x 108ms-1
D. 4.5 x 108 ms-1
E. 9.5 x 108 ms-1
co C. 175m
D. 350m
E. 1,000m
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what will be the mass of 20cm of the metal I. The pitch of a sound note depends on
when immersed in water? the frequency of vibrations
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B. 400g proportional to the amplitude of vibrations
C. 360g III. Beats are produces by two sources of
D. 39g sound because one wave is traveling faster
E. 180g than the other
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80. Which of the following statements frequencies 500Hz and 50Hz are sounded
about liquid pressure is NOT correct? The together, a neat frequency of 2Hz id
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pressure observed
A. at a point in a liquid is proportional to V. The first harmonic of a note has double
the depth the frequency of the fundamental note
B. at any point in a liquid is the same at
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the same level A. I and II

C. is exerted equally in all directions at any B. II and III
point C. I and II
D. of a liquid at any point on me wall of its D. III and IV
E. IV and V
81. Which of the following is NOT a vector
quantity 86. Which of the following statements
A. force about defects of vision is/are CORRECT
B. altitude I. For a long-sighted person, close objects
C. weight appear blurred
D. displacement II. For a short-sighted person, distant
E. acceleration objects appeared blurred
III. Short sighted is corrected by using a
83. Which of the following statements pair of converging lenses
about friction it NOT correct?
A. the force of kinetic friction is less than A. I only
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B. II only C. 32%
C. I and III only D. 60%
D. II and III only
E. I, II and III 93. Evaluate 21.05347 – 1.6324 x 0.43, to
3 decimal places
87. The range of wavelengths of the visible A. 20.351
spectrum is 400nm, 700nm. The wave B. 20.352
length of gamma rays is C. 20.980
A. longer than 700nm D. 20.981
B. shorter than 700nm but longer than
400nm 0.275
94. Evaluate (0.14)2 x correct to 3
C. 550nm 7(0.02)
D. shorter than 400nm decimal places

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B. 0.039

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88. If the pressure in 100cm3 of an ideal C. 0.308
gas is doubled while its Kelvin temperature D. 0.358
is halved, then the new volume of the gas
will become 95. Given that p = 1 + √2 and q = 1 - √2,

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A. 25cm3 evaluate (p2 – q3)2PA
B. 50cm3 A. -2(2 - √2)
C. 100cm3 B. 2(2 + √2)
D. 200cm3
E. 16m/s

89. A train has an initial velocity of 44m/s

co C. -2 √2
D. 2√2

96. A cylindrical tank has a capacity of

s.
and an acceleration of 4m/s2 its velocity 3080m3 what is the depth of the tank if the
after 10 seconds is diameter of its back is 14m?
A. 2m/s A. 20m
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C. 8m/s C. 23m
D. 2m/s D. 25m
90. A man of mass 50kg ascends a flight of
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stairs 5m high in 5 seconds. If acceleration which subtends an angle 3000 at the
due to gravity is 1Oms 1Oms2 the power centre is used to form a cone. What is the
expanded is radius of the base of the cone?
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B. 300W B. 7cm
C. 250W C. 8cm
D. 400W D. 9cm
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MATHEMATICS radius, r of the circle. Find the length of
arc ST
91. Find the principal which amounts to A. 𝜋/2
A. ₦5,000 B. 𝜋𝑟/3
B. ₦4,900 C. 𝜋𝑟/3
C. ₦4,800 D. 𝜋𝑟/12
D. ₦4,700
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92. A car dealer bough a second hand car equidistant from the points Q and R. find
for ₦250,000.00 and spend ₦70,000.00 QR when PR=8cm and <PRQ=300.
refurbishing it: He then sold the for A. 4cm
₦400,000.00. what is the percentage gain?
B. 4√3
A. 20%
B. 25%
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B. is interested in art and artist
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR C. studies social conditioning and other
things
ENGLISH LANGUAGE D. is interested in the community
E. studies the original of man
Comprehension: Read each passage
carefully and answer the questions 3. It would be useful to study the social
that follows it. conditioning of artist because
A. we know that African art is entirely
PASSAGE I: influenced by tradition
B. traditional art artist from the customs of
Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit the people

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creating solely for his own satisfaction and C. An artist’s predecessors solely
with no need of sales, is to some extent determine the nature of this work

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socially conditioned: He depends upon the D. we do not know the extent to which an
approval of his patrons. social conditioning artist is influenced by his society
is, of course, part of the field of study of E. we do not know very much about how

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the social anthropologist, yet I am not an artist’s creative imagination works
aware that the social conditioning artists
has ever been seriously studied. That such 4. The work of art is the outcome of a
study is needed for the proper appraisal of dialectic between the informing tradition
traditional African art is evident enough
when we note that subject, that the
carver’s hand is so closely controlled by
the custom of centuries that the credit for
co and the individual genius of the artist
means that
A. the artist is influenced both by the
society and his own creative imagination
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any creative imagination which is apparent B. there is an irreconcilable conflict
in his work is due, not to him, but to the between an artist’s creative and the
long/succession of his predecessors. demands that society makes on him
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C. the artist subordinates his individual

Of course, there is an element of trust in talent to the demands of the society
this view of the tribal artist’ as copyist, but D. few works of art are entirely original
is hardly more valid the African than for E. the individual artist needs to be
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the European artist. in both cases the work informed about the traditions of the
of artist is the outcome of a dielectric society
between the informing tradition and the
individual genius pf the artist, and in both 5. Which of the following represents the
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the relative strength of these two forces writer’s view about African art in relation
may vary almost infinitely. To assess the to European art?
personal ingredient in an African carving is A. The African artist is influenced by his
no easy matter, especially if one is society, but the European artist is not
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confronted with a rare or unique piece in B. in both African and European art there
an unfamiliar style: but the considerations is a blend of tradition and individual
involved are much the same as those creativity
employed in European art criticism. C. few works of art are entirely original
D. the individual artist needs to be
1. Most artists are strongly influenced by informed about the traditions of the
the ___ society
A. desire for self-expression E. African artists are more imitative than
B. need to sell their works European artist
C. tastes wishes of the society
D. creative imagination PASSAGE II:
E. opinion of critics
One day, Alan, a friend of mine, who
2. A social anthropologist is someone who country life was fishing in a river, when he
A. studies only social conditioning caught a trout. he tried to pull the fish in
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but it slipped off the hook, flew over his A. the picnickers were enjoying themselves
head and landed in a field behind him. B. finally he found his
Alan put down his rod, went through the C. Alan played a good trick in the
gate started searching of his trout. some picnickers
people, obviously from the city, were D. fishing is a pastime
having a picnic in the field. one of the men E. Alan likes country life
shouted. “What on earth are you doing”
thinking that it was a stupid question PASSAGE III:
because they could see how was dressed,
Alan replied ”fishing‟. In 1973 a Japanese sericulturist arrived
Malawi with a batch of 40,000 silkworms
Don’t be silly, the fish are down in the eggs. They were taken on the Bvumbwe
river, answered the manfish don’t live in Agriculture Research Station in Thyolo

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field! He turned to his friends laughing, District. In this station, work is being done
thinking that had made a good joke. to determine favourable silkworm rearing

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of the river to look for fillies and I catch trees, whose leaves the worms feed on,
them with my hands. At that moment he could grow well. According to researchers,
found his trout in the grass and picked it the silk worms which eventually develop

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up and showed it to the picnickers. He put into cocoons from which raw silk is
it in has basket and bent down, as if he produced do well in areas with climatic
was hunting for another one. conditions. Silk is one of the strongest of

6. Why did the fish land in the field?

A. it had wings
B. it was a flying fish
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fabrics have been regarded as the most
beautiful and durable materials woven by
man. Many people call silk the cloth of
s.
C. it was looking for food kings and queens. The weaving of silk
D. Alan pulled too hard originated in China, an old Chinese book,
E. it fell off the hook believed to be written by Confucius, tell us
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that the wife of Emperor Huang-it was the

7. The picnickers were first person to make fabrics of silk. Around
A. farmers 2640 B.C., Emperor took some of the
B. from the nearby village cocoons into the palace to see what they
C. tourist were made of. She dropped one and saw a
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D. people from the city cobweb like tangle separate itself from the
E. anglers likes him people from the city cocoon. She picked up the gauzy mass and
found that one of the threads could be
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was looking for the fish ___ cocoon. His ling-shih had discovered silk.
A. in the grass She was delighted with me discovery and
B. down in the river even wove a ceremonial robe for the
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C. in front of the gate Emperor out of the cocoon threads. After

D. in his basket that, the officials in the Emperor’s court
E. among the picnicker wore brightly dyed silk robes on important
occasion occasions. People in other
9. Alan made the picnickers believe that countries regarded the new fibres as
fish jump out of the river to look for flies something rare and beautiful. A few
by traders went to China to learn about
A. telling a story making cloth from silk, but the Chinese
B. finding his trough and showing it to kept their silk worms a closely guarded
them secret .
C. taking them down to the river
D. watching how trout catch fillies 11. Sericulture is ____
E. picking up a fish and looking for more A. carried out only in China
B. the breeding of silk worms for the
10. He laughs best who laughs hasn’t production for silk
(proverb). it is true of his story because C. the research done on silk worms
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D. the making of cloth from the cocoons of C. broken off

silk worms D. dropped out
E. the breeding of silk worms in Malawi E. phased out

12. It is implied in this passage that silk 17. Our town is so small that we are
was discovered always meeting our school mates
A. after years of hard work and Accidentally
research by the empress A. coming across
B. by accident B. falling into
C. in the search for more durable fibre for C. knocking up
making cloth D. running into
D. after some experiments carried out by E. running into
the Japanese Sericulturists

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A. cannot survive in a warm climate A. account for
B. may be reared on any tree B. call for
C. do well in areas with a warm climate C. clear up
D. produce the longest threads when they D. make up

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are fed leaves from the top of the E. give up
mulberry tree
E. are destroyed by heat 19. Be careful! We are approaching cross

14. The work carried out at the agricultural

researcher station in Malawi on the
silkworm eggs to
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A. account for
B. watch out
C. lookup
s.
A. try to bread cocoons which would D. holdup
produce more silk E. looking
B. determine the survival
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rate of silkworms 20. Thousands of students are candidates

C. find out the most suitable areas and for the examination but only very few
conditions for rearing silkworms pass.
D. search for better method of rearing A. come into
silkworms B. call for
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silkworms D. enter for
E. turn up for
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the underline phrase from the passage 21. He went through fire before he
closely guarded secret qualified as a doctor
A. careful hidden from the knowledge of A. had a fire accident
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others B. made a lot of fire

B. secretly processed business with armed C. suffer a lot
guards D. underwent some purification
C. carefully hidden from the view of E. required a lot of fire
strangers
D. scarcely known 22. Osaku started playing football because
E. unknown he thought it would develop him
physically.
LEXIS AND STRUCTURE A. took up football
In questions 16 to 28 choose the B. picked up football
option nearest in meaning C. returned to football
D. took up with football
16. The meeting was cancelled because of E. put in for football
the convocation
A. brought up 23. Once I have finished all my homework,
B. called off I am permitted to watch television
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A. I can watch television at any time book

B. I can only watch television after doing B. should be brought before him to show
my homework whether they could read or not
C. television comes first, then homework C. should be booked
second D. should be jailed
D. I can only finish my homework, after E. should be made to answer for the
permission to watch television conduct
E. after watching television, I finished my
home work In question 29 to 30 select the word
opposite in meaning to that
24. For all he cared, the game was as good underlined 29.
as lot
A. he did not care if the game was lost 29. The long straight trunk of the tree is

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lost sleepers, rafters and fence posts.

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would be lost B. perfect
D. he was afraid the game would be lost C. most unsuitable
E. the game was very good, and he cared D. satisfactory poor

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very much about losing it
30. A book on style without abundant
25. A basic objective in this respect is the example seems to me as insufficient as a
attainment of self-sufficiency in food in
about decade
A. food will soon be sufficient of everybody
B. mass production of food
co book on biology without abundant
illustration.
A. useless
B. difficult
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C. we should C. interesting
aim at producing food for sale and D. satisfactory
consumption in ten years E. attractive
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feed ourselves in five In questions 31 to 32 choose the
E. our aim is to provide enough food for expression which best completes
our needs in ten years sentence 31.
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26. In their desire to impress their friends 31. My uncle told me, I have a large house
and relatives, many young working bites and you are welcome to the protection it
off more offers. My uncle told me that ____
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than can chew in terms of financial A. he had a large house, and you are
obligations. welcome to the protection it offers
A. have more money than sense B. he have a large house, and I was
B. eat more than they can digest property welcome to the protection it offered
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C. spend too much money on food C. he had a large house and he was
D. care too much for their relatives welcomed to the protection it offers
E. take on more responsibility than they D. he had a large house, and I was
can afford welcomed to the protection it offered
E. he has a large house. And I am
27. All the effort made to settle the quarrel welcome to the protection it offers
were futile
A. successful 32. The manager side that unless the
B. wicked employees worked harder the factory
C. reasonable would have to be closed. The manager said
D. remarkable that
E. fruitless A. the employees were not working hard,
and so the factory would be closed
28. The new inspector decided that the B. the employees should not close early so
culprits should be brought to book that they could produce more
A. should have their names recorded in a C. the factor was not productive because
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the employees were lazy A. into

D. the factory would be shut if the B. over
employees did not increase their output C. down
E. the factory was closed because the D. to enter
employees did not work hard enough E. to

In questions 33 to 40 choose the 40. The young lovers first met ____ the
expression or word which best university of Ibadan Havana Night dance
completes each sentence. A. in
B. at
33. The student who went home without C. in course of
an exit has apologized __ his misconduct D. on
A. on E. inside

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E. about 41. In spirogyra, the pyrenoid____
A. excrete waste products
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A. upon C. is mainly used for respiration
B. on D. usually contains starch
C. for E. makes the plant slimly to touch
D. at
E. against

35. The headmaster was interviewed in

co 42. In which of the following groups of
animals are flagella and cilia found?
A. flatworms
s.
connection __ the expansion project B. annelids
A. to C. coelenterates
B. with D. protozoa
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C. for E. nematodes
D. about
E. at 43. Which of the following is seed bearing?
A. Moses
36. What do you want me to do now? I’m B. whistling
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__ withdrawing and keeping quiet C. Algal filaments

A. for D. liverwort
B. with E. fern fronds
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D. off 44. Each of the following is an arthropod
E. on EXCEPT the
A. crab
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37. I am looking __ seeing your family B. operculum

A. a head at C. nostrils
B. forward to D. millipede
C. for to E. cockroach
D. a head to
45. In fish the sense organs which detect
38. These folk tales have been handed movement I the water are located within
____ from generation to generation the
A. into A. gills
B. over B. operculum
C. down C. nostril
D. up D. median fins
E. across E. cockroach

39. John arrived at the airport on time but 46. Euglena is an autotrophic organism
he could not get ___ the plans because it
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A. has flagella 53. Which of the following is common to a

B. has plant and animal feature dicotyledonous stem and a
C. is found in water monocotyledonous root?
D. can manufacture its food A. medullary rays
E. moves fast B. central pith
C. wide cortex
47. Which of the following is not true of D. narrow cortex
mucor? It ____ E. pericyclic fibres
A. contains chlorophyll
B. grows saprophytically 54. Which of the following represents the
C. bears spores in sporangium sequence of protein hydrolysis?
D. consists of hyphae 1. Polypeptide
E. reproduces by conjugation 2. Ammo

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48. Bryophytes are different from flower 4. Peptones

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A. live in moist habitats A. 3ala2a4
B. are small plants B. 3a2a4al
C. reproduce sexually and a sexually C. 3a4a2al

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D. have small leaves D. 3a4ala2
E. have no vascular tissues E. 3ala4a2

49. At what stage in the life history of a

toad is its mode of breathing similar to
that of a fish
A. tadpole stage
co 55. A food substance which produces red
colouration with Sudan III contains
A. Anaemia
B. sugar
s.
B. external gill stage C. starch
C. adult stage D. cellulose
D. internal gill stage E. fat
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E. larval stage
PHYSICS
50. In lower plants like mosses, the
structure which performs the functions of 56. The distance travelled by a particle
roots of higher starting from rest is plotted against the
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plants is called square of the time elapsed from the

A. root hair commencement of motion. The resulting
B. rootlets graph is linear. The slope of this graph is a
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C. hyphae measure of
D. rhizoids A. initial displacement
E. Thalli B. initial velocity
C. acceleration
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A. beside the phloem E. half initial velocity
B. surrounded by the phloem
C. above the phloem 57. An engine of a car of power 80kw
D. around the phloem moves on a rough road with a velocity on
E. in separate bubbles from the phloem 2ms4 the force require to bring it to rest
A. 2.50 x 106
52. A group a similar cell performing the B. 2.56 x 106
same function is C. 2.50 x 103
A. an organ D. 2.80 x 103
B. a system
C. tissue 59. What volume of alcohol with density of
D. an organelle 804 x 102kgm will have the same masses
E. an enzyme as 402m3 of petrol whose density is 7.2 x
102kgm
A. Wm3
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B. 3.6m3 D. 1.0ohms
C. 4.9m3 E. 0.60ohms
D. 5.0m3
E. 5.8m3 66. The capacitance of a parallel plate
capacitor when in air is 3 of and in the
60. For correcting long sigh defects in presence of a dielectric material 6 of. The
human eye we require a dielectric constant is
A. converging lens A. 9
B. diverging lens B. 18
C. microscope C. 3
D. periscope D. 2
E. plain glass sheet
67. Which of the following may be used to

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61. For a concave mirror to form a real determine relative humidity in a physics
diminished image the object must be laboratory?

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placed I. Manometer
A. behind the mirror II. Wet-and-dry bulb hygrometer
B. between the mirror III. Hair hygrometer
C. between the focus and the centre of IV. A hydrometer

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curvature
D. at the centre of curvature A. I only
E. at a distance greater than the radius of B. II and only
curvature

62. The unit quantity of electricity is called

A. the ampere
co C. II only
D. III only
E. II, III and IV only
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B. the volt 68. An electric heater with a p.d of 240V
C. the coulomb connected across its terminals has a total
D. the ammeter resistance of 960g find the power rating of
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A. 0.25W
63. The resistance of a wire depends on B. 60.00W
A. the length of the wire C. 38AOW
B. the diameter of the wire E. A.OOW
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D. the resistively of the wire 69. The speed of light in vacuum is 3.0 x
E. all of the above 10ms if the refractive index of a
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transparent liquid is 4/3 then the speed of

64. An ammeter of resistance S has a full- light in the liquid is
scale deflection when a current of 50mA A. OAA x 108ms4
flows in it. The value of the resistor B. 2.25 x 10ms4
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required to adapt it to measure a current C. 3.0 x 106ms4

of 5A is D. AO x 104
A. 5.00
B. 0.05 70. If the force on a charge of 0.2 coulomb
C. 19.8ft in an electric field is 4N, then the electric
D. 0.25 field intensity of the field is
A. 0.8
65. Two cell each of e.m.f 1.5V and an B. 0.8N/C
internal resistance 2 ohms are connected C. 20.0N/C
in parallel. Calculate the current flowing D. A.2N/C
when the cells are connected to a 1 ohms E. 20.0C/N
resistor.
A. 0. 75ohms CHEMISTRY
B. 1.5ohms
C. 0 ohms 71. X is crystalline salt of sodium. Solution
of X in water turns litmus red produces a
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gas which turns time water milky when Question 78 – 80 are based on the
added to sodium carbonate. With barium following:
chloride solution, X gives a which
precipitate which is insoluble in dilute An unknown organic compound X has a
hydrochloric acid. X is relative molecular mass of 180 it is a
A. Na2CO3 colourless crystalline solid, readily soluble
B. NaHCO3 in water X contains the element C, H, and
C. NaHSO4 O in the atomic ratio 1:2:1. The compound
D. Na2O3 has a sweet taste and melt on heating. In
E. Na2SO4 the presence of yeast and in the absence
of air X is converted to compound Y in the
72. The alkanol obtained from the absence of air, X is converted to compound
production of soap is Y and colourless gas. Compound Y react

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A. ethanol with sodium metal to produce a gas Z
B. glycerol which gives a “pop‟ sound with a glowing

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C. methanol splint. Y also reacts with ethanoic acid to
D. propanol give a sweet-smelling compound.
E. glycol
78. Compound W is

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73. The flame used by welders in cotton A. A soap
metals is B. an oil
A. butane gas flame C. An alkane
B. glycerol
C. kerosene flame
D. oxy-acetylene flame
E. oxygen flame
co D. an ester
E. sucrose

79. The molecular formula of X is

s.
A. C12H22O11
74. Consecutive members of an alkane B. C16H12O6
homologues series differ by C. C3H6AO3
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A. CH D. C2Hl4O2
B. CH2 E. C4H3A4
C. CH3
D. C0H0 80. Reaction of X formula the basic of the
E. CnH2n-2 A. plastic industry
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B. textile industry
75. If an element has the electronic C. brewing industry
configuration 1S2,2S2,2S22p63S6, it is D. dyeing industry
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A. metal E. soap industry

B. an alkaline
C. an s-block element 81. A mixture of common salt, ammonium
D. A-block element chloride and barium. Sulphate can best be
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E. A transition element separated by

A. addition of water followed by filtration
76. Some copper (II) sulphate then sublimation
pentahydrate (USO45H2O), was heated at B. addition of water followed by filtration
120˚C with the following results: wt of the sublimation
crucible =10.00g; wt of crucible + C. sublimation followed by sublimation
CUSO45H2O = 14.98g wt of crucible + then titration
residue = 13.54g. how many molecules of D. fractional distillation
water of crystallization were lost? E. fractional crystallization
(H=1, Cu=63.5, O=16.332)
A. 1 82. Which of the following relationship
B. 2 between the pressure p. the volume V and
C. 3 the temperature T. represents and ideal
D. A behaviours?
E. 5 A. P&VT
B. P&TN
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C. PT&V 3nx3n−4
89. Simply
D. PV&VT 33 × 3𝑛 27 × 3𝑛−1
E. P&V/T A. 1
B. 0
83. What is the molar mass of a C. 1.27
substance, if 004 mole of the D. 2N-3N-1
A. 62.5g
B. 40.0g 90. P varies directly as the square of q and
C. 6.3g inversely as r. if p=36, when q=3 and r=p,
D. 2.5g find p when q=5 and r=2
A. 72
84. The colour imparted of a flame by B. 100
calcium ion C. 90

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A. green D. 200
B. blue E. 125. 2

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C. bricks
D. yellow 91. Factorize 6x2 - 14x - 12
E. lilac A. 2(x+3)(3x-2)
B. 6(x-2)(x+1)

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85. In the reaction M+N=P:H=+QKJ, C. 6(x+2)(x-1)
which of the following would increase the D. (3x+4)(2x+3)
concentration product?
A. decreasing the concentration N
B. increasing the concentration P
C. adding suitable catalyst
D. decreasing the temperature
co 92. A straight line y=mx meets the curves
y=x2 - 12x + 40 in two distinct points. If
one of them is (5.5), find the other
A. (5.6)
s.
B. (8.8)
86. Find without using logarithm table, the C. (5.5)
value of log3, 27log3/464 D. (7.7)
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Log1/81 E. (7.5)
A. 7/4
B. 7/4 X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
C. 3/2 Y=x23x-1 1 -1 3 1 -1 3 1
D. 7/3
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y=x-3x+1 from x=2 to x=1, the graph
87. A viable point P(x,y) traces a graph in crosses the x-axis in the range(s)
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a two-dimensional plane (0,-3) is one A. 1< x <0 and 0<x<1

position of p. if x increase by 1 unit, Y B. 2<x<1 and 0<x<1
increases by 4 units. The equation of the C. 12<x<-1 and 0<x<1
graphs is D. 0<x<1
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A. 3 = y + 4/x + 1 E. 1<x<2
B. 4y = 3 + x
C. y/x = -3/4 94. In a racing competition. Musa covered
D. Y + 3 = 4x a distance of 5xkm in the first hour and
E. 4y = x + 3 (x+10)km in the next hour. He was second
to Ngozi who covered a total distance of
88. A trade in country where their currency 118km in the two hours. Which of the
MONT (M) is in base five bought 103(s) following inequalities in correct?
oranges at M14(s) each. If the sold the A. 0<-x<15
oranges at M12, each, what will be his B. 3<x<3
gain? C. 15<x<18
A. M103(s) D. 0<x<35
B. M1030(s) E. 0<x<18
C. M102(s)
D. M2002(s) 95. 2x+3y=1 and yx-2y=11, find (x+y)
E. M3032(s) A. 5
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B. 3 SOLUTION TO ABSU
C. 8
D. 2
2011/2012 POST UTME
E. 2 SCREENING EXERCISE

96. Tuned and Shola can do a piece of 1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. E 7. D 8. A 9. E

work in 15days. Tuned can do it alone in x
days, whilst Shola takes 15 days longer 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B
A. x2 - 5x – 18 = 0
B. x2 - 20x + 360 = 0 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. D 21. C 22. A 23. B
C. x2 - 21x – 270 = 0
D. xx-00 24. C 25. E 26. E 27. E 28. E 29. C 30. D
E. 3x2 - 31x + 150 = 0

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97. If f(x)=2(x-3)+3(x-3)-4 and

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A. 3 and 4
B. -3 and4 45. D 46. D 47. A 48. E 49. D 50. D 51. A
C. 3 and -4

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E. 0 and 5
59. C 60. B 61. C 62. C 63. E 64. C 65. B
98. Find a factor which is common to all
three-binomial expression 4a2-9ba +
27/(4a+67)2
A. 4a + 6b
co 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. D 70. A 71. C 72. B

73. D 74. B 75. C 76. C 77. D 78. D 79. B

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B. 4a - 6b
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2010/2011 ABSU POST UTME QUESTIONS

ALLOWED: 1 HOUR 2. Just as nagging parents have long
suspected implies that
ENGLISH LANGUAGE A. their children did not listen to them
Passage I B. children could not hear properly after
listening to amplified music
The young are not listening to their elders, C. Otologists were always right
and perhaps the, ever have. But now it D. children were disobedient because they
happens that, with many of them, the did not listen to their parents
reason may be medical. The young aren’t
listening because they can’t hear. Just as 3. What is the result of being subjected to
nagging parents have long suspected, the din of the proverbial boiler factory for a

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topologists (hearing specialists) now report prolonged length of time?
that youngsters are pilling dear is a result A. loss of hearing which will never improve

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of blasting their ear drum with B. total deafness
electronically amplified rock in roll. The C. temporary deafness
hearing specialists used to worry about D. hearing loss which can be corrected by

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loud noise as a cause of deafness only in medical treatment
industrial and military situations. They
knew that eight hours of daily exposure; 4. ‟The same thing happened to aviators‟.
year in and year out, to the proverbial
boiler factory, would eventually result in
permanent hearing loss. Rivers were
particularly susceptible. Then they learned
that the same thing happened to aviators.
co This according to the passage means
A. that riveters were particularly
susceptible
B. industrial and military deafness
C. that continued loud noise resulted in
s.
After the advent of jets, the hazard applied deafness
to ground crews at airport and flight-deck D. that working in a boiler factory affected
personnel aboard aircraft carriers-hence one’s hearing
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the introduction of insulted noise-

absorbing plastic earmuff. In discotheques 5. What is the difference between an old-
and rock in roll joints, the trouble is not fashioned military band on in one hand
much in the instruction themselves or the and discotheques and rock n roll joints on
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close quarters. The blame goes to the the other?

electronic amplifiers. An old-fashioned A. one is old-fashioned while the other is
military band; playing a march in Ramat modern
Park generated as much sound. But the B. one produces sounds for marching, the
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sound was not amplified and was other for disco

dissipated in the open air. A trombonist C. one has drums, the other has guitars
sitting in front of a tuba player might be a D. one produces amplified sounds, the
bit deaf for an hour or so after a concert; other does not .
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then his hearing returned to normal. A

microphone hooked up to a public address Passage II
system did not appreciably increase the
hearing hazard what he did was multiple The preparation which a study of the
microphone and speakers, and the humanities can provide, stems from three
installation of in international microphone observations about education in our world
in such instruments as guitars and of accelerating social and technological
bouzoukis. change. First, with the rate of change, we
cannot hope to train our students for
1. The young are not listening to their specific technologies. That kind of
elders because vocational educational is obsolescent. By
A. they never have the time the specific training will have
B. their parent nag constantly been completed the world will have moved
C. they are permanently deaf on-in our education of narrow training, we
D. they appear to be going deaf will not be prepared to change. Second,
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and paradoxically, what our students B. prepares students for specific careers
desires from their education is preparation provides a missing link in the technological
for specific careers, business, engineering, education of our students
medicine, computer programming and the C. is the best solution to the problem of
like, but we will not be able to train them unemployment
for a life-long career. Their confronting the
depressed job market gives our students a 10. What type of education does the writer
certain training is not sufficient. Third, we advocate for our students?
sense in our students a narrowing A. vocational as well as technological
materialism, with the good life defined in education
terms of material comforts education, then B. business engineering, medicine and
means learning to do a job which will make computer programming
money. I see in this definition a limiting C. technological education only

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sense of what education and thus life offer,
a definition which excludes joy and LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

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meaning. Our approach to the study of the In each of questions 11 to 15, choose
humanities responds to these three related the option opposite in meaning to the
problems. In our changing, yet narrowing word in the italics.
World, the teaching of the humanities finds

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one powerful justification-it teaches 11. I am happy to inform you that your
students how to think. boys are conscientious
A. industrious
6. Our world of accelerating social and
technological change means that
A. our world is moving too fast socially and
technologically
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C. careful
D. corrupt
s.
B. our world is going through more rapid, 12. My father is very prosperous
social and technological change businessman
C. the social and technological change is A. ungrateful
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more accelerating our world B. inscrupulous

C. unskilled
7. What is the major weakness of training D. unsuccessful
students for specific technologies?
A. it trains the student for only one type of 13. The hostess greeted her guests in a
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career very relaxed manner

B. it helps students to acquire money later A. energetic
when they employed B. athletic
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C. it makes them anxious for a job in the C. stiff

market D. perplexed
D. it cannot help students to cope with the
rapid changes in the world 14. Ayo takes his studies rather lightly
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A. humorously
8. We sense in our students a narrowing B. tediously
materialism means that our students’ C. carefully
concept of education is one that D. seriously
A. prepares them for money, joy and
meaning 15. The doctor was very gentle with his
B. makes them ready to confront the patients in the examining room
depressed job market A. harsh
C. only prepare them to acquire material B. rude
comforts C. tough
D. trains them for a life-long career D. unkind

9. According to the writer, a study of the In each of questions 16 to 26, choose

humanities the option nearest in meaning to the
A. is accepted by present day students as word or phrase in italics
essential
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16. There is no love lost between Hassan A. hazy

and Hassana B. unclear
A. dislike each other C. prejudiced
B. are head over heels in love D. bleak
C. will love each other
D. are still good friends 24. The president has his regrets. He is
unable to attend the meeting
17. Whether the village head should A. explanation
identify himself with the activities of B. anxieties
religious denomination has remained a C. unhappiness
burning question D. apologies
A. a subject of discord
B. a perennial issue 25. The woman acted courageously when

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C. a matter of serious controversy she was attacked by thieves
D. a sensitive matter A. shyly

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B. fearlessly
18. I would rather not attend the party C. timidly
A. detest attending D. carelessly
B. do not have the enthusiasm

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C. must not attend 26. We all have both good and had
D. have a choice to attend or not to characteristics. Easter is, however, easily
manifested in time of crisis.
19. If Garba has listened to advice, he
would not have had to be rushed to the
hospital.
A. deliberately desired to be rushed
co A. demanded
B. highlighted
C. submerged
D. determined
s.
B. was in position to have prevented the
need to be rushed In each question 27 to 40, chose the
C. was rushed against his wish word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills
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D. was given a cheque, but preferred to go the gaps

20. Aduke: Ngozi, let’s visit the market 27. The sea waves continue to ___ the cliff
Ngozi: if you insist, Ngozi on the west coast constantly.
A. is very willing to accompany Aduke A. impair
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B. must accompany Aduke B. rub

C. is not taken on going with Aduke C. knock
D. is pretending not be interested D. crude
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indulging with Aduke

28. The college bus was travelling at a
21. The new leader hands out an olive high __ when the accident occurred
branch A. velocity
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A. sues for peace B. acceleration

B. gives out branches of the olive tree C. rapidity
C. challenges his opponents to a light D. speed
D. blesses his supporters
29. Note that only senior members of staff
22. When you go to a foreign country to have the __ of using the toilet upstairs
study, you will discover that life there is A. permission
not a bed of notes B. occasion
A. as pleasant as one thought C. privilege
B. a bed with roses D. habit
C. an unmitigated disappointment
D. as expected 30. The chief priest will __ the men into
the cull today
23. Because our representative is A. indoctrinate
immature and biased, he takes jaundiced B. usher
view of our problems
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C. convert 39. Each of the candidates that came late

D. initiate __ to complete __
A. have/this form
31. Jimoh is noted for his____ altitude to B. are having/these forms
his seniors at school C. have/these forms
A. receptive D. has/this form
B. respective
C. respectful
D. respectable

32. The girl that my brother introduced to

us last week is pretty __ ill mannered
A. and

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B. but
C. is well as

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D. respectable

33. The police report was __ to that of the

eye witness

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A. contrary
B. inconsistent
C. different
D. congruent

34. The African extended family system

gives security to___ members
co The graph fig. 1 above describes the
motion of a particle. The acceleration of
s.
A. his the particle during the motion is,
B. her A. 0.00ms2
C. its B. 0.25ms-2
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D. inch C. 4.00ms-2
D. 8.00ms-2
35. I know I __ read more, but I am tired E. 10.00ms-2
A. may
B. ought to
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45. If a car starts from rest and moves

C. would with a uniform acceleration of 10ms for ten
D. could seconds, the distance it covers in the last
one second of the motion is
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36. Insects can become __ to insecticides A. 95m

A. immunized B. 100m
B. resistant C. 500m
C. reticent D. 905m
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D. immobilized E. 100ms

37. The council chairman __ the tension 46. A block of mass 2.0kg resting on 1
between the village and the tax collectors smooth horizontal plane is acted upon
A. dispersed simultaneously by two-forces, 10N one
B. defused North and 10N due East. The magnitude if
C. diffused the acceleration produced by the forces on
D. disputed the block is
A. 10.00ms2
38. If I had been told of the mailer earlier, B. 7,05ms-2
I __ there so late C. 10.00ms-2
A. would not go D. 14.10ms-2
B. should not go E. 20.00ms-2
C. will not have gone
D. would not have gone

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47. A metal block of mass 5kg lies on a kept in equilibrium by a string p, fixed at p
rough horizontal platform. If a horizontal and attached to the rule at R, the 20cm
force of 8N applied to the block through its mark, then the tension T in the string is
centre of mass just slide block on the A. 25N
platform, the coefficient of limiting friction B. 50N
between the block and the platform is C. 250N
A. 0.16 D. 5000N
B. 0.63 E. 25000N
C. 0.80
D. 1.60 52. A force of ICON stretches an elastic
E. 2.00 string to a total length of 20cm. if an
additional force of ICON stretches the
48. Which of the following is NOT a force? string 5cm further, find the natural length

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A. friction of the string.
B. tension A. 15cm

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C. upthrust B. 12cm
D. weight C. 10cm
E. impulse D. 8cm
E. 5cm

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49. Two masses 40g and 60g respectively,
are attached firmly to the ends of a light 53. Two drivers G and H are at depths
metre rule. The centre of gravity of the 20m and 40m respectively below the water
system is
A. at the mid-point of the metre rule
B. 40cm from the lighter mass
C. 40cm from the heavier mass
co surface in a lake. The pressure on G is P.
while the pressure on H is P2. If the
atmospheric pressure is equivalent to 10m
of water, the value of P/P1 is
s.
D. 60cm from the heavier mass A. 0.50
indeterminate because the metre-rule is B. 0.60
light C. 1.67
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E. 3.00

54. The areas of the effort and load pistons

of a hydraulic press are 0.5m and 5m
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respectively. If a force F1 of 100N is

applied on the effort piston, the force F20
in the load is
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A. 10N
B. 100N
C. 500N
50. In fig. 2; above, MN is a light uniform D. 1000N
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metre rule pivoted at 0, the 80cm mark. A E. 5000N

load of mass 3.0kg is suspended on the,
rule at L, the 1.0cm mark. If the rule is 55. A metal cube of volume 10mm3 is
kept in equilibrium by a string p, fixed at p lowered into a measuring cylinder
and attached to the rule at R, the 20cm containing water. If the internal cross-
mark, then the tension T in the string is sectional area of the cylinder is 1- 5 x
A. 25N 102mm2 by how much does the water level
B. 50N rise in the cylinder?
C. 250N A. 6.67 x 103mm
D. 5000N B. 8.50 x 102mm
E. 25000N C. 1.15 x 103mm
D. 2.50 x 103mm
51. A 0.05kg bullet travelling at 200ms E. 1.50 x 105mm
horizontal strike; a thick vertical wall a
load of mass 10kg is suspended on the 56. A uniform cylindrical block of wood
rule at L, the 10cm mark. If the rule is floats in water with one-third of its height
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above the water. In a liquid of relative A. helium

density 0.8. what fraction of its height will B. magnesium
be above the liquid level? C. copper pyrites
A. 1/6 D. glass
B. 1/5
C. 1/3 64. What is the temperature of a given
D. 4/5 mass of a gas initially 0˚C and 9 atm, if
E. 5/6 the pressure is reduced to 3 atmosphere at
constant volume?
59. A quantity of gas occupied a certain A. 91k
volume when the temperature is 73˚C and B. 182k
the pressure is increased to 4.5 C. 273
atmospheres the volume is halved at the D. 819k

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same time, what will be the new
temperature of the gas? 65.

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A. 573˚C
B. 327˚C
C. 56˚C
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CHEMISTRY

60. 200ml each of 0.1M solution of lead

(II) trioxonitrate (V) and hydrochloric acid
co In the diagram above, the mixture of the
solids P and Q can be separated
A. distillation
s.
were mixed. Assuming that lead B. fractional distillation
(II)chloride is completely insoluble,
C. crystallization
calculate the mass of lead (II) chloride
D. fractional crystallization
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that will be precipitated

A. 2.78g
66. Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) ⟶ MgCl2(l) + N2(g).
B. 5.56g
From the equation above, the mass of
C. 8.34
magnesium required to react with 250cm2
D. 11.0g
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of MHCl is
A. 0.3g
(Pb=207, Cl=35.5, N=14, O=16)
B. 1.5g
C. 2.4
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61. 56.00cm of a gas at s.t.p weighted

D. 3.0
0.1g. What is the vapour density of the
(M=27, Cl=35.5)
gas?
A. 11.00
67. A gaseous molecule chloride MClx
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9b) 22.00
consist of 20.22% of M by mass. The
C. 33.00
formula of the chloride is
D. 44.00
A. MCl
(molar volume of a gas at s.t.p =22.4dm3)
B. MCl2
C. MCl3
62. Which of the following gasses will
D. M2Cl16
diffuse fastest when passed through a
(M=27, Cl=35.5)
porous plug?
A. propane
68. In which of the following are water
B. oxygen
molecule in the most disorderly a
C. methane
management
D. ammonia
A. ice at -10˚C
(H=1, C=12, N=14, O=16)
B. ice at -0˚C
C. water at -100˚C
63. Which of the following will have its
D. steam at -100˚C
mass increased when healed in air?
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75. Given that electron negativity

69. In order of remove one electron from 3 increases across a period and decreases
s-orbital of gaseous sodium atom, about down a group in the periodic table, in
496KJ mol-1 of energy is require. This which of the following compounds will the
energy referred to as molecules be held together by the
A. electron affinity strongest hydrogen bond?
B. ionization energy
C. activation energy 76. 0.25 mole of hydrogen chloride was
D. electronegativity dissolved in dissolved in distilled water and
the volume made up to 0.50dm3. if
70. Nitrogen obtained from the liquefaction 15,00cm2 of the solution sodium
of air a higher density than that obtained trioxocarbonate(iv) for neutralization
from nitrogen containing compounds calculate the concentration of the alkaline

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because the former contains solution.
A. water vapour A. 0.30moldm-3

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B. oxygen B. 0.33moldm-3
C. carbon(iv)oxide C. 0.50moldm-3
D. rare gases D. 0.60moldm-3

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71. The method that can be used to 77. The correct order of increasing
convert hard water to soft water is oxidation number of the transition metal
A. chlorination ions for the compound K2Cr2O7, V2 and
B. passage over activated charcoal
C. the use of an ion exchange
D. aeration
co KmnO4 is
A. V2O5S < K2Cr2O7 < KmnO4
B. K2Cr2O7 < KmnO4 < V2O5S
C. < V2O5S KmnO4 <K2Cr2O7
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B. CO, HCl and SO2
C. SO2, CO2 and HCl
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72. The element that is likely to participate
in covalent rather than ionic bonding is 79. What is observed when aqueous
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B. Y formed (vi)acid, potassium trioxide(v) and
C. X potassium iodine are mixed together?
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73. The least reactive elements is C. the mixture turns reddish-brown
A. W
B. X 80. Haemoglobin pairs of chromosomes
C. Y separate during
D. Z A. meiosis
B. cytolysis
74. 1S22S2P3S63d74S2. C. mitosis
An element with the electron configuration D. cleavage
above is a
A. non -metal 81. An example of a caryopsis is
B. metal A. coconut
C. transition element B. tomato
D. group two element C. guava
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82. A limiting factor in a plant population B. limestone

near a chemical factory is likely to be C. firewood
A. humidity D. coal
B. pH
C. wind 90. If the pair of alleles for baldness, is
D. light given as Bb, female carrier will be denoted
by
83. The pioneer organisms in ecological A. XBXb
succession are usually the B. XBXB
A. lichens C. XbY
B. algae D. XBY
C. ferns
D. mosses 91. All organism that has been extensively

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84. Mycorrhiza is an association between heredity except

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A. roots and higher plants B. drosophila
B. filamentous algae C. zea mays
C. bacteria D. muse domestina

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85. A density dependent factor that chromosome in human is
regulates the population size of organisms
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B. disease
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B. prominent fingernails
C. long eyelashes
D. enlarged breast
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D. drought 93. A man and his wife are both
heterozygous or the sickle-cell trait. The
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with non-biodegradable pollution is by be either carriers of sicklers is
A. burying A. 50%
B. dumping B. 25%
C. incineration C. 75%
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87. Soil fertility can best be conserved and 94. The type of reproduction that leads to
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A. microbes A. budding
B. earthworms B. vegetable
C. man C. asexual
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D. rodents D. sexual

88. The correct sequence of biomes from 95. If a DNA strand has a base sequence
northern to southern Nigeria is TCA, its complementary strand must be
A. estuarine - tropical rain forest - guinea A. ATG
savanna - Sahel savanna B. GAT
B. Sahel - Sudan savanna - guinea - C. AGT
tropical rain forest - estuarine D. TAG
C. Sahel savanna - tropical rain forest -
estuarine - guinea savanna 96. Which of the following requires the use
D. guinea savanna - Sudan savanna - of carbon dating to prove that evolution
tropical rainforest - Sahel savanna - has occurred?
estuarine A. biochemical similarities
B. molecular records
89. One example of fossil fuels is C. fossil records
A. coral D. comparative anatomy
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SOLUTION TO ABSU
97. The presence of sunken stomata and
the folding of leaves are adaptations for
2010/2011 POST UTME
A. prevent entry of pathogens SCREENING EXERCISE
B. prevent guttation
C. remove excess water 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. C
D. reduce water loss
10. C 11. – 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. B
98. Spines and shells on animals are
adaptations for 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. D
A. physical defence
B. camouflage 24. C 25. B 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. D
C. chemical defence

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animal during hot dry seasons is termed
A. aestivation 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. A 50. D 51. –
B. dormancy

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C. resting 52. – 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. A 57. C 58. B
D. hibernation
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