NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE
Recruitment exam/aptitude test
PASTQUESTIONSANDANSWERS
Nigeria Immigration Past Questions &
Answers which consist of
Current Affairs
Mathematics
English Language
By Sylvester Macglade
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THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION CURRENT AFFAIRS
QUESTIONS
Nigeria Immigration Aptitude Test / Exam Past
Questions Papers and Answers – Current Affairs
CURRENT AFFAIRS (50 QUESTIONS)
The Question consist of 50 questions and answers
Qtn 1: Which of following is the core duty of the Nigeria
Immigration?
Options:
(a) Persecuting offenders
(b) enforcing of Laws
(c) issuance of all Nigerian travel document
(d) Deporting of foreigners
Answer: C
Qtn 2: The NIS was brought out of the Nigerian Police Force
(NPF) in
Options:
(a) 1946
(b) 1956
(c) 1958
(c) 1964
Answer: C
Qtn 3: The NIS was formally established by the act of
parliament in
Options:
(a) 1963
(b) 1957
(c) 1964
(d) 1976
Answer: A
Qtn 4: The first African country to introduce E-passport was
Options:
(a) South-Africa
(b) Ghana
(c) Liberia
(d) Nigeria
Answer: D
Qtn 5: How many comptrollers general has the NIS gotten
since the inception till date?
Options:
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 15
Answer: B
Qtn 6: The present comptroller general of NIS is
Options:
(a) Umar Dahiru
(b) Uhuru Kayidee
(c) Boniface Cosmos
(d) David Parradang
Answer: D
Qtn 7: The first Secretary General of Common wealth was
Options:
(a) George Washington
(b) Tulma Goldie
(c) Arnold Smith
(d) Joseph Garba
Answer: C
Qtn 8: Lagos became a crown colony in
Options:
(a) 1862
(b) 1861
(c) 1841
(d) 1886
Answer: A
Qtn 9: The first war 1 was between
Options:
(a) 1911-1914
(b) 1914-1916
(c) 1916-1918
(d) 1914-1918
Answer: D
Qtn 10: The western and eastern Nigeria became self
governed in
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1957
(d) 1956
Answer: C
Qtn 11: The first head of government of Nigeria was
Options:
(a) Yakubu Gowon
(b) Aguiyi Ironsi
(c) Tafawa Balewa
(d) Nnamdi Azikiwe
Answer: C
Qtn 12: The first militant president of Nigeria was
Options:
(a) Sanni Abacha
(b) Ibrahim Babangida
(c) Aguiyi Ironsi
(d) Yakubu Gowon
Answer: B
Qtn 13: Nigeria became a republic in
Options:
(a) 1963
(b) 1960
(c) 1976
(d) 1961
Answer: A
Qtn 14: The Northern and Southern protectorate was
amalgamated in
Options:
(a) 1914
(b) 1919
(c) 1921
(d) 1900
Answer: A
Qtn 15: The first Executive president was
Options:
(a) Nnamdi Azikiwe
(b) Olusegun Obansanjo
(c) Sheu Shagari
(d) Goodluck Jonathan
Answer: C
Qtn 16: The first colonial governor general of Nigeria was
Options:
(a) Tulma Goldie
(b) James Robertson
(c) Huge Clifford
(d) Lord Lugard
Answer: D
Qtn 17: The highest court in Nigeria is
Options:
(a) Court of Appeal
(b) Supreme court
(c) Federal High Court
(d) Magistrate court
Answer: B
Qtn 18: ECOWAS was established in ____________ and has it
administrative headquarter in
Options:
(a) 1967 Lome
(b) 1975 Lome
(c) 1975 Lagos
(d) 1967 Lagos
Answer:
Qtn 19: The first general election in Nigeria was held in
Options:
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1963
(d) 1999
Answer: A
Qtn 20: Nigeria practice one of the following system of
government
Options:
(a) Con-federalism
(b) Unitarism
(c) Paliamentaism
(d) Federalism
Answer: D
Qtn 21: The last colonial governor general of Nigeria was
Options:
(a) James Robertson
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Lord Lugard
(d) Huge Clifford
Answer: A
Qtn 22: The first Military coup de’tat in Nigeria was in
Options:
(a) 1964
(b) 1966
(c) 1960
(d) 1999
Answer: B
Qtn 23: The establishment of states started in Nigeria on
Options:
(a) May 27 1967
(b) Feb. 13 1966
(c) April 8 1960
(d) Oct. 1 1960
Answer: A
Qtn 24: The Biafra Civil war was between
Options:
(a) 1967-1968
(b) 1968-1971
(c) 1967-1970
(d) 1970-1975
Answer: C
Qtn 25: The national youth service corps was established in
Options:
(a) 1960
(b) 1973
(c) 1980
(d) 1997
Answer: B
Qtn 26: The Nigeria Police Force belongs to which organ of
government
Options:
(a) Judiciary
(b) Executive
(c) Legislative
(d) Non f the above
Answer: B
Qtn 27: African consist of how many countries
Options:
(a) 54
(b) 55
(c) 60
(d) 70
Answer: A
Qtn 28: The Secretary general of OPEC is
Options:
(a) Abdulsaleam Kanuri
(b) Abudullahhi El-badri
(c) Utuhu Kamirideen
(d) Philip Effiong
Answer: B
Qtn 29: The current secretary general of United nation is
Options:
(a) Ban ki Moon
(b) Trugve Lie
(c) Koffi Anaan
(d) Boustro-Brouste Ghali
Answer: A
Qtn 30: Which of the following pair of countries consist of the
permanent security council of UN
Options:
(a) Brazil, Germany, France, USA, China
(b) France, China, USSR, USA, Britain
(c) France, Britain, Brazil, New Zealand
(d) France, Germany, Japan, China
Answer: B
Qtn 31: In order to qualify for the post of President in Nigeria
the person must be ………….. and above
Options:
(a) 35yr
(b) 20 yrs
(c) 40 yrs
(d) 55yrs
Answer: A
Qtn 32: The name Nigeria coined out of …………………
Options:
(a) Niger Forest
(b) Niger Area
(c) Niger River
(d) Niger Textures
Answer: B
Qtn 33: The first Inspector General of the Police Force was
Options:
(a) Teslim Balogun
(b) Louis Edet
(c) Ademola Adetokunbo
(d) Elias Balogon
Answer: B
Qtn 34: The current secretary general or commission
chairman of Africa union is
Options:
(a) Dlamini Zuma
(b) Allasane Quattara
(c) Emeka Anaoku
(d) H. Desategn
Answer: A
Qtn 35: The current president of commission or secretary is of
ECOWAS
Options:
(a) H.Desategn
(b) Kadre Desire Quedraogo
(c) Allasane Quattara
(d) Ike Ekweremalu
Answer: B
Qtn 36: The headquarter of UN is in
Options:
(a) New York
(b) Washington
(c) Geneva
(d) Vienna
Answer: A
Qtn 37: UNO was founded in San Francisco in
Options:
(a) 1939
(b) 1914
(c) 1945
(d) 1950
Answer: C
Qtn 38: The first military coup-de’tat in Africa was in
Options:
(a) Libya
(b) Liberia
(c) Egypt
(d) Nigeria
Answer: C
Qtn 39: Nigeria became 36 states under the regime of
Options:
(a) Olusegun Obasanjo
(b) Sanni Abacha
(c) Ibrahim Babagida
(d) Yakubu Gowon
Answer: B
Qtn 40: The first military head of state was
Options:
(a) Yakubu Gowon
(b) Aguiyi Ironsi
(c) Olusegun Obasanjo
(d) Ernest Shonekan
Answer: B
Qtn 41: Oil can be found in one of the following state in
Nigeria
Options:
(a) Lagos
(b) Anambra
(c) Ondo
(d) Ekiti
Answer: C
Qtn 42: Tin is majorly found in
Options:
(a) Jos
(b) Enugu
(c) Kano
(d) Imo
Answer: A
Qtn 43: Oil was first discovered by Shell-BP in Nigeria
………………
Options:
(a) Oloibiri
(b) Idanre
(c) Warri
(d) Kabba
Answer: A
Qtn 44: Which of the following may be regarded as a regional
organization
Options:
(a) ECOWAS
(b) OAU
(c) UN
(d) OPEC
Answer: B
Qtn 45: The last military head state of Nigeria was
Options:
(a) Abdulsaleem Abubakar
(b) Sanni Abacha
(c) Olusegun Obasanjo
(d) Yakubu Gowon
Answer: A
Qtn 46: The name Nigeria was coined by ………………
Options:
(a) Flora Shaw
(b) Mary Slessor
(c) Lord Lugard
(d) Juman Goldie
Answer: A
Qtn 47: The legislature in Nigeria is called
Options:
(a) House of assembly
(b) House of lords
(c) National Assembly
(d) House of Representative
Answer: C
Qtn 48: The legislature in Britain is referred to as
………………….
Options:
(a) House of common
(b) White house
(c) Congress
(d) Parliament
Answer: D
Qtn 49: Nigeria changed from pounds to Naira in
Options:
(a) 1960
(b) 1973
(c) 1959
(d) 1963
Answer: B
Qtn 50: The first Nigeria president to die in office was
………….. and he died on ……………
Options:
(a) Murtala Mohammed Feb 13 1976
(b) Sanni Abacha June 8 1998
(c) Ya’ardua May 52010
(d) Aguiyi Ironsi July 29
Answer: C
ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUESTION AND ANSWER
The Question consist of 50 questions in English Language.
Choose the word nearest to the word in bold
Qtn 1: After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold
Options:
(a) Became quite rich
(b) Won a big contract
© he became a gold miner
(d) became a goldsmith
Answer: A
Qtn 2: One significant character of the jet age is that it
encourages people to cut corners
Options:
(a) Not to face all problems
(b) to want to become rich quickly
© to want to avoid unnecessary hardships
(d) forfeit the opportunity of further education.
Answer: B
Qtn3: The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
Options:
(a) Stature
(b) figure
© elegance
(d) carriage
Answer: B
Qtn 4: It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in
the university
Options:
(a) A smart performer
(b) an outright genius
© an outstanding scholar
(d) an unmitigated swat
Answer: D
Qtn 5: What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the
subject
Options:
(a) A detailed account
(b) a balanced account
© a biased treatment
(d) a general survey
Answer: D
Qtn 6: Hers was a chequered career
Options:
(a) An interesting and successful career
(b) a career full of sorrow and tears
© a bright and memorable career
(d) a career full of ups and downs
Answer: D
Qtn 7: If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove
a political mine field
Options:
(a) A source of political benefits
(a) a way out of political trouble
© a cause for political joy
(d) an invitation to political problems.
Answer: D
Qtn 8: In my view, the play didn’t come off
Options:
(a) Succeed
(b) fail
© attract applause
(d) take place
Answer: D
Qtn 9: When the chips are down, we will know those who have
the courage to stand
Options:
(a) when we get to a crisis point
(b) in the final analysis
© when the blocks are lowered
(d) when we get to the end of the road
Answer: D
Qtn 10: She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion
Options:
(a) something she likes very much
(b) something she dislikes very much
© a hobby she loves to pursue (d) one thing she can’t miss
Answer: A
Qtn 11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily
Options:
(a) without commitment
(b) with speed
© mother’s pet
(d) father’s pet
Answer: B
Qtn 12: Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes
Options:
(a) harmony
(b) in disunity
© for selfish purposes
(d) stretch
Answer: A
Qtn 13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on
campus was promptly repudiated
Options:
(a) disowned
(b) arrested
© warned
(d) killed
Answer: B
Qtn 14: Adayi is a die-hard criminal
Options:
(a) hard to kill
(b) hard to arrest
© remorseless
(d) resentless
Answer: A
Fill each gap with most appropriate option from the list
following the gap
Qtn 15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many
people are ______ to turn to God.
Options:
(a) Concerned
(b) inclined
© disposed
(d) propensed
Answer: C
Qtn 16: We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of
__________
Options:
(a) Diverent demand and supply
(b) uneven wear and tear
© different purchasing power
(d) unpredictable national income
Answer: C
Qtn 17: The centre – forward was _____________ consequently
the goal was not allowed
Options:
(a) In an offside position
(b) very well positioned
© brilliant player
(d) the captain of the team
Answer: A
Qtn 18: AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely
Options:
(a) Too much a deadly
(b) Very deadly a
© so deadly
(d) such deadly a
Answer: D
Qtn19: We had a dull evening because __________
Options:
(a) Hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
(b) hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
© the talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out
(d) the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began
Answer: A
Qtn 20: Soyinka’s masterful ___________ of the atmosphere of
his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an outright
success
Options:
(a) Evocation
(b) invocation
© convocation
(d) revocation
Answer: A
Qtn 21: Students will always blame their teachers when
examination results are unfavourable
Options:
(a) Won’t they
(b) wouldn’t they
© isn’t it
(d) cant they
Answer: A
Qtn 22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ________ his
words
Options:
(a) Chew
(b) spit
© eat
(d) bite
Answer: C
Qtn 23: Kindly _____ me your book because my friend has ____
mine
Options:
(a) Borrow / borrowed
(b) borrow /rent
© lend / lent
(d) lend/borrowed
Answer: D
Qtn 24: Three quarters of the church ________ painted by
members the previous day
Options:
(a) Were
(b) was
© is
(d) are
Answer: B
Qtn 25: The young boys have been caught with parts of the
stolen machine but _______admitted stealing it
Options:
(a) Neither of them has
(b) neither of them have
© none of them has
(d) none of them have.
Answer: B
Qtn 26: Watching carefully, I could see the fish______ along the
bottom
Options:
(a) Dotting
(b) crawling
© diving
(d) darting
Answer: C
Qtn 27: Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to
______
Options:
(a) Matured/mature
(b) mature/mature
©mature/matured
(d) matured/matured
Answer: B
Qtn 28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been
informed ______ their _________
Options:
(a) Of/predicament
(b) about/ indulgence
© on/rearmament
(d) as for/advancement
Answer: C
Qtn 29: Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much
drinking has now changed his
______ and _____ his tongue
Options:
(a) Temperature/injured
(b)character/tightened
© temperament/loosened
(d) innocence/worsened
Answer: C
Qtn 30: The hospital was closed _________ because there were
no beds to put patients ________
Options:
(a) Again/upon
(b) off/on
© down/at
(d) up/in
Answer: D
Qtn 31: The judge with his son _________ travelling to Lagos
now
Options:
(a) Were
(b) shall
© is
(d) are
Answer: C
Qtn 32: A university teacher is an _____
Options:
(a) Academic
(b) academics
© academician
(d) academia
Answer: A
Qtn 33: The adventurers ran into many ________ in the forest
Options:
(a) Dear
(b) dears
(C) deers
(d) deer
Answer: D
Qtn 34: The argument between the tow neighbous
degenerated into __
Options:
(a) A free-for all
(b) a free for all fight
© a flee for all
(d) a free fight
Answer: A
Qtn 35: The class _____ more girls than boys this session
(a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d)
comprises
Answer: D
Qtn 36: The tourist bought __________
Options:
(a) A brown, small, Nigerian earthen pot
(b) a small, brown Nigerian earthen pot
(C) an earthen, brown, small Nigerian pot
(d) a Nigerian small brown earthen
Answer: B
Qtn 37: I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall
Options:
(a) Hanged
(b) hanged
© hang
(d) hung
Answer: D
Qtn 38: Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan
later this year
Options:
(a) Holding
(b) held
© being held
(d) to hold
Answer: A
Qtn 39: I shall work hard so that I can ________ a distinction in
English
Options:
(a) Secure
(b) make
© receive
(d) grab
Answer: B
Qtn 40: The baby was rather _______ than I could bear
Options:
(a) Much more troublesome
(b) much too troublesome
© so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome
Answer: A
Qtn 41: Students were forbidden ______ secret society
Options:
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
© to join
(d) on joining
Answer: A
Qtn 42: Of course, we all saw the culprit _______ and hit the
man on the head
Options:
(a) Approached
(b) Approaching
© Approach
(d) Approaches
Answer: C
Qtn 43: A child that shows mature characteristics at any early
age may be described as
Options:
(a) Preconceived
(b) premature
© ingenuous
(d) precocious
Answer: D
Qtn 44: The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of
the proposed office complex
Options:
(a) Prototype
(b) photograph
© microfilm
(d) photocopy
Answer: A
Qtn 45: _______ you come early to the new house, clean up my
flat
Options:
(a) While
(b) by chance
© should
(d) should in case
Answer: C
Qtn 46: This imposing edifice _______ a fortune to build
Options:
(a) Had coasted
(b) have cost
© coasted
(d) cost
Answer: D
Qtn 47: They let him go in ________ to his age
Options:
(a) Respect
(b) regard
© disregard
(d) consideration
Answer: D
Qtn 48: Some scientists are trying to _____ human beings in
their laboratories
Options:
(a) Imitate
(b) replicate
© implicate
(d) fabricate
Answer: B
Qtn 49: He does not seem to know how to solve the problem
_______
Options:
(a) Does not he
(b) does he not
© does he
(d) doesn’t he?
Answer: C
Qtn 50: These villagers _______ to grow rice
Options:
(a) Used
(b) are used
© were used
(d) use
Answer: A
MATHEMATICS QUESTION AND ANSWER
It consist of 40 Questions
Qtn 1: What is the probability of having an odd number in a
single toss of a fair die?
Options:
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/3
©½
(d) 2/3
Answer: A
Use the following information for question 2 and 3
The surname of 40 children in a class were arranged in
alphabetical order,16 of the surnames begin with O and 9 of
the surnames begins with A. 14 letters of the alphabet do not
appear as the first letter of a surname.
Qtn 2: What is the probability that the surname of a child
picked at random from the class begins with either O and A?
Options:
(a) 5/8
(b)7/8
©9/16
(d)14/25
Answer: A
Qtn 3: If more than one surname begins with a letter besides A
and O, how many surnames begin with the
Letter?
Options:
(a) 2
(b) 3
©4
(d) 6
Answer: B
The table gives the score of a group of students in an English
language test.
Scores 2 3 4 5 6 7
No. of Students 2 4 7 2 3 2
Qtn 4: If a student is chosen at random from the group, what is
the probability that he scored at least 6
Marks?
Options:
(a) 3/20
(b) 1/5
©¼
(d) 3/10
Answer: C
Qtn 5: What is the probability that three customers waiting in a
bank will be served in the Sequence of their
Arrival at the bank?
Options:
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/3
©½
(d) 2/3
Answer: C
Qtn 6: The probability that Kodjo and Adoga pass an
examination are ¾ and 3/5 respectively. Find the probability of
both boys failing the examination.
Options:
(a) 1/10
(b) 3/10
©½
(d) 2/3
Answer: A
Qtn 7: The mean of 20 observations in an experiment is 4. If
the observed largest value is 23, Find the mean of the
remaining observations.
Options:
(a) 4
(b) 3
© 2.85
(d) 2.60
Answer: A
Qtn 8: A group of eleven people can speak either English or
French or both. Seven can speak English and six can speak
French. What is the probability that a person chosen at
random can speak both English and French?
Options:
(a) 2/11
(b) 4/11
© 5/11
(d) 11/13
Answer: B
If events X and Y are mutually exclusive, P(X) = 1/3 and P(Y) =
2/5, Use the information to answer
Questions 9 & 10.
Qtn 9: P (X n Y) is
Options:
(a) 0
(b) 2/15
© 4/15
(d) 11/15
Answer: A
Qtn 10: P (X u Y) is
Options:
(a) 0
(b) 2/15
© 4/15
(d) 11/15
Answer: A
Qtn 11: A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If
two marbles are picked at Random, one after the other,
without replacement, What is the probability of picking two
marbles of different colours?
Options:
(a) 2/3
(b) 3/5
© 2/5
(d) 7/20
Answer: D
Qtn 12: Mrs. Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it
will be a boy is ½ and the Probability that the baby will have
blue eyes is ¼. What is the probability that she will have a
Blue-eyed boy?
Options:
(a) 1/8
(b) ¼
© 3/8
(d) ½
Answer: B
Qtn 13: Convert the speed 90 km per hour of a car to metres
per second
Options:
(a) 1.5 ms-1
(b) 2.5 ms-1
© 25 ms-1
(d) 1.5 x 103ms-1
Answer: C
Qtn 14: Uche and Chidi shared a sum of money on the ratio
m:n. If Chidi’s share was N4,200.00, what was Uche’s share?
Options:
(a) N4,200n/m
(b) N4,200/mn
© N4,200m/n
(d) N4,200/n
Answer: C
Qtn 15: A husband contributes 7% of his income into a fund
and his wife contributes 4% of her income. If the husband
earns N5,500 per annum (p.a) and his wife earns N4,000 p.a,
find the sum of their contribution
To the fund.
Options:
(a) N1,045
(b) N605
© N545
(d) N490
Answer: C
Qtn 16: A car is traveling at an average speed of 80kmh-1. Its
speed in metres per second (m/s) Is
Options:
(a) 13.3m/s
(b) 22.2m/s
© 133.3m/s
(d) 222.2m/s
Answer: B
Qtn 17: If the children share N10.50K among themselves in the
ratio 6:7:8, How much is the largest share?
Options:
(a) N3.00
(b) N3.50
© N4.00
(d) N4.50
Answer: C
Qtn 18: A trader makes a loss of 15% when selling an article.
Find the ratio, selling price: cost price.
Options:
(a) 3:20
(b) 3:17
© 17:20
(d) 20:23
Answer: C
Qtn 19: A car travels at xkm per hour for 1 hour at ykm per
hour for 2 hours. Find its average speed.
Options:
(a) 2x+2ykmh-1/3
(b) x+ ykmh-1/3
© x+2 ykmh-1
(d) 2x+ ykmh-1/3
Answer: C
Qtn 20: The ages of three men are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the
difference between the ages of the oldest and youngest is 18
years, find the sum of the ages of the three men.
Options:
(a) 45 years
(b) 72 years
© 108 years
(d) 216 years
Answer: C
Qtn 21: A bicycle wheel of radius 42cm is rolled over a
distance of 66m. How many revolutions does it make?
[Take π=22/7]
Options:
(a) 2.5
(b) 5
© 25
(d) 50
Answer: C
Qtn 22: In a bag of oranges, the ratio of the good ones to the
bad ones is 5:4. If the number of bad ones in the bag is 36,
how many oranges are there altogether?
Options:
(a) 81
(b) 72
© 54
(d) 45
Answer: A
Qtn 23: A man is four times as old as his son. The difference
between their ages is 36. Find the sum of their ages.
Options:
(a) 45 years`
(b) 48 years
© 60 years
(d) 74 years
Answer: C
Qtn 24: If 4m+3n = 5, find the ratio m:n 4m-3n 3
Options:
(a) 7:4
(b) 4:3
© 3:4
(d) 4:7
Answer: A
Qtn 25: If 2x : (x+1) =3:2, what is the value of x?
Options:
(a) ½
(b) 1
© 1½
(d) 3
Answer: D
Qtn 26: The ratio of the number of men to the number of
women in a 20 member committee is 3:1. How many women
must be added to the 20 member committee so as to make
the ratio of men to women
3:2 ?
Options:
(a) 2
(b) 5
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(d) 9
Answer: B
Qtn 7: Three men, Bedu, Bakare and Kofi shared N500 in the
ratio 3:2:x respectively. If Bedu’s share is N150, find the value
of x.
Options:
(a) 1
(b) 3
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(d) 6
Answer: C
Qtn 28: The sides of two cubes are in the ratio 2:5, what is the
ratio of their volumes?
Options:
(a) 4:5
(b) 8:15
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(d) 8:125
Answer: D
Qtn 29: Lena bought 400 Alpha Company shares at N1.50 each
and sold them at N2.05 each. What was her gain?
Options:
(a) N0.55
(b) N20.00
© N220.00
(d) N330.00
Answer: C
Qtn 30: Amma buys 100 oranges at 20 for C 30.00 and another
200 oranges at 4 for C 10.00. If she sells all her oranges at
C3.00 each, what was her profit?
Options:
(a) C150.00
(b) C250.00
© C500.00
(d) C650.00
Answer: B
Qtn 31: The price of a litre of petrol is increased from C30.00
to C 39.00 . What is the percentage increase in the cost of a
litre of petrol ?
Options:
(a) 90%
(b) 30%
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(d) 39%
Answer: B
Qtn 32: A trader sold a pair of shoes for C 2,800.00 making a
loss of 20% on his cost price. Find his loss as a percentage of
his selling price.
Options:
(a) 162/3%
(b) 2%
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(d) 75%
Answer: C
Qtn 33: An article bought for D5,000.00 depreciate by 15% of
its value during the first year. Find its value after a year.
Options:
(a) D425.00
(b) D750.00
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(d) D4,985.00
Answer: C
Qtn 34: A house bought for N100,000 was later auctioned for
N80,000, Find the loss percent.
Options:
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
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(d) 50%
Answer: A
Qtn 35: The side of a square is increased from 20cm to 21cm.
Calculate the percentage increase in its area.
Options:
(a) 2.5%
(b) 9.3%
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(d) 10.25%
Answer: D
Qtn 36: A man bought 2220 mangoes at N5x. He sold each for
3x kobo and made gain of N8. Find the value
Of x.
Options:
(a) 2
(b) 5
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(d) 10
Answer: C
Qtn 37: A car moves at an average speed of 30kmh-1, how
long does it take to cover 200 metres?
Options:
(a) 2.4sec
(b) 24sec
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(d) 240sec
Answer: C
Qtn 38: A man bought a television set on hire purchase for
N25, 000 out of which he paid N10,000. If he is allowed to pay
the balance in eight equal installments, find the value of each
Installment.
Options:
(a) N1250
(b) N1578
© N1875
(d) N3125
Answer: C
Qtn 39: If the simple interest on N2, 000 after 9 months is N6,
at what rate per annum is the interest
Charged?
Options:
(a) 21/4%
(b) 4%
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(d) 6%
Answer: B
Qtn 40: A student bought 3 notebooks and 1 pen for N35. After
misplacing these items, she again bought 2 note books and 2
pens, all of the same type for N30. What is the cost of a pen?
Options:
(a) N5.00
(b) N7.50
© N10.00
(d) N15.00
Answer: C
