Test trtems

Read the instructions and questions carefully and indicate your ans\yers on the ANSWBR SHEBT
provided. Attempt all questions (t - 50). DO NOT lvrite or made any mark on this question paper,
You rvill be disqualified if you go against this instruction.

Q I : Suppose Joe and Frank have the same amount of money. How much must Joe giv" Frank
so tlrat Frankhas l0 cedis more thanloe? fr{ l0 cedis (c) l5 cedis (d; ZO ceais
5 cedis (b)

Q2: A note book costs floui times than a pencil. The pencil costs'30p less than the notebook. What
is the price of the notebook? (a) aOp 0) 60p (c) 50p (d) 70p

Q3-4: There are 5 friends A, B, C, D, E. English is the favorite subject of A and D. The others
prefer Mathematics. C and E have cars. A and D have bicycles, B and D prefer playing
football. The others like tennis.

Q3: I see someone riding a bicycle. He is going to play tennis. Who. is he?

Q4: They prefer playing tennis. They have. cars. They do not like English. Who ate they?

Q5-6: Here are pairs of expressions we use in our daily discourse. Choose the correct exprdssion
from each pair. u

Q5 (a) The boys are expected to converge at the bus terminal to be conveyed to Cape Coast.
(b) The boys are expected to conve1gre+ the bus terminal to be conveygd to C-ape Coast.

Q6 (a) The baby was right beside me here, but within the twinkle of-an eye she \r/as nli the fire.
(b) The baby was righr beside me here, but q tne twintOe of an
ry she was by thc t-rre.
Q7. Imagine that you flip a coin six times and keep track of how often the result is heads (H) or
tails (T). Which of the following sequences is more likely? If they aro equally likely, mark C.
If it cannot be determined, mark D.
sequences: (a) TTTTTT (b) HTTHTH t4 )
'e+LL
^4/
Q8-9: Belbw are hryo sample diagrams in a box with numb'ers fixed at various places. Study the samples
carefully and find out the relationship among the numbers. With that solve and 9
e8
Sample

J
{

(b)

rl6
 f i'

Ql0: You have black and white socks in your drarver in the ratio of 4:5.-How many socks will you
have to pull to be certain of having a single pair of the same colour?

Ql l: Mary gets in her car in Accra and drives to*,ards Kumasi, averaging 50mph. Twenty minutes
later Abena gets in her car in Kumasi and starts driving toward Accra averaging 60mph. Both women
take same route which extends 200miles between the two cities. Which car will be nearer to Accra when
they meet? (a) Abena (b) Mary (c) Both are at the same distance from Acoa

Ql2-13: Study the samples below carefully. Find how the figures are related in eaeli case and use
the clue to solve questions.

Sample
a

Q12 e
Q13

27

Qi4: A carirn;.ls a bird. Al! birds have wings. Does carima fly? (a) Yes (b) No (c) May or not

Q15-16: Choose the interpretation you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
Ql5: If that is the man's version. we must take it with a pinch of salt. This means that we must.
(a) Eat our food with some salt (b) not believe it completely (c) trust the riran's judgment in future
(d) Ignore whatever the man says

you
Q16: When you agreed to host ttre crooks you siened your death warrant. This means that
(a) Placed yourself in imminent danger (b) saved your own life narrowly (c) punished yourself
unnecessarily

Q17: If in a secret writing or code CAT is written as DBU, and PUPPY is written as QVQQZ what
is the code word for TOWEL? (a) TJNXMF (b) SPUGM (c) UPXFM (d) VSUM (e) XUPGM

Ql8: Write down the letter of the word that would come in the middle if the following words were
arranged in order according to their meaning. (a) Paragraph (b) Letter (c) Bopk (d) Sentence
(e) Page (f) Chapter (g) Word

Q 19: If
Ghantr is to Britain, then
Q20: Which direction would you
(_

Q21: You are a member of a squad of soldiers on patrol duties in four towns, A, P, Q, D.
A is the
same distance from B that B is from C and C is half that distance from A. D is the sdme
distance from C that C is from A. Is A nearer to C, or to D, or the same from each?
(a) A is nearer to C
(b) A is the same distance from C and D (c) A is nearer to D

zl6
 i \,,
-
\

Q22. Twenty percent of the people in Tamale have unlisted tetephone numbers. You select 200 names at
random from the Tamale phone book. How man)/ of these people can be expected
to have unlisted phone
numbers?

Q23. What letter comes next in this series? d, f, I, ffi, r, X, e?

Q24, What letter comes next in this series? A, B, M, C, D, M

Q25-29. The figut,es below represent the three langusges that the chilclren in an urban school speak.
Study them carefully and snswer the questicins below.

AKAN

EWE

GA

Q25. How many ghildren speak all the three languages?

Q26' Horv many children speak Ga and Akan b;
n& Ewe?
Q27, How many speak Akan and Ewe but not Ga?
Q28. How many speak Ewe and Ga but not Akan?

Q29'31. Rearrange each group of words in the right arder then choose lhe correct number of
sequence
.

Q29. l. who cri.es whenever his parents

?.
of how his parents toil to earn money
3. ever has a single thought
4. I wonder if the little boy
: 5. do not give him what he wants
Ans: a (42135)b (42s31) c(4t235) d(41532)

Q30. I that stood near the farm house

2. Rover, the family dog slept at her feet
3. in the shadow of a big nim tree
4. Akosua sat all alone
5. The day was warrn
Ans: a (45213)b (54231) c(42s31) d(54312)

3/6
 r-

Q3 I . 1 . We were proud of him at the end of the game

2. Kofi, our best centre forward, sprained an ankle a week before the cup match
3. Beoause we had no reserve we begged hirn to play
Ans: a(312)b (231) c (231) d (321)

Q32-33, What number is next to the series?

Q32. 1,,3,6, 10, 15...........?

Q33. l, 2, 4,7, I I ........?
Q34. Which of the five choices would look right in the empty box?

NZ ZUMNM
Q35. Which set of letters has different set rule from that used in the remaining four?
a) ACEG b)JLNP c) FHJL d)PRTV e)KNOT

Q36. Choose one to complete the analogy. 2

is to is to

37. In the Mensa ;%mily, there are five brothers, and each brother has one sister, if you take into account
Mrs Mensa, how many females are there in the Mensa family?

38. A plant called water hyacinth causes great havoc in water bodies. This water hyaeinth doubles in area
every 24hrs. On the first day there is one water hyacinth on the lake. It takes 60 days for the lake
to become covered by water hyacinth. On what day is the lake half covered by water hyacinth if it
takes 60 days for the.lake to be entirely covered by them?

39. Two train stations are 50miles apart. At 2pm one Saturday afternoon, two trains start toward each
other, one from each station. Just as the trains pull out of the stations, a bird springs into the air
' from the front of the first train and flies ahead to the front of the second train; it turns back and
flies torvard the first train. The bird continues to do this until the trains meet. If both trains travel at
the rate of 25mph and the bird flies at l00mph, how many miles will the bird have flown before
the trains meet?

4A-42.Identify two words in the lists that are not spelt correctly.
a0. (a) Bridesmaid (b) Hankerchief (c) Army Sargeant (d) Continuous (e) Bi0nnial (f) Manoevre

41. (a) Anti-natal (b) Febuary (c) Horrendous (d) Mnemonic (e) Marvelous (f) Transcend

42. (a) Wilderness (b) Recalcitrant (c) Prostituition (d) Armoury (e) Achipelago (f) Protean

4/6
t
1.,,8 ('$ cedis) ,7 t
26.20

2. A (40 pesewas) 27"12

3.A 28. 15

1' C, E 29.D(4 1235)

5. B 30, D (42531)

6,8 31.BORC
'7
. C (equal) 32.2L

8. 9 33. 16

9, L2 34.1

10. 3 35. E (KNOT)

1 1. C (both at same distance) 36.4

L2. 15 37.2

13. 15 38. 59th day

74. C (may or may not) 39. 100 miles

15. B 40. B (Handkerchief) and C

(Sergeant)

16. A 4l . A (anti-natal) and B

(February)

1,7.C (UPXFM) 42, C (Prostitution) and E

(Archipelago)

18. A (paragraph) 43. 5

19. Portugal 44.8

20.,West 45. B

21. B (same distance from C and D) 46. Mothers-in-law

22.2erc 47. Ova

23, M 48, Personnel

24.8 r,,
49. Gained CI 200 *5,' {{;\

25. 7