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_ STRUCTURED APTITUDE TEST QUESTIONS Typel Pick out the of one ick ou the of one (3) Leopard (b) cougar (c) elephant tion 2. The biggest maminal on thebhie sine) clphan tyieg’) ees Wee) 3, The kling forts ani 3 sieide (€) Suicide (J) homicide: PR lets ey oa: ot ws ‘Charles (b) Queen Flizsbeth l(c) Kine @) prince Charles 11 uo 5, Who invented “Avtomated tle roa (a) Prin anesthe ti chine” [ATM] () Al ‘exandra Bill (b) John Adrain Shepherd: Banon ¢)Ceore| Ball @) Campbell Moore 6 aca NE conmuctoy. ‘rs central ofS conmesced nana wat Meeps ta nek Ares Ce rs any orem Ketan 5 mee) Gandtasotdge 008-9 bal eed vba (19390) 1015 6 9 Tabet tercinNscinascnct vnc fa) Match 1s 2006 () March 3) 2006 () Ear so Meme Oretmeay zion Oy yp a1 Gold Stands vas) Eeyt Bee. sO FeO) Type? Tae cra pac of ovatan i) f Gai Bane sic eles Goals the seauemne 4,5, 27 16?) 25 () 5 or ais pe Coteke te were he comsct pling 6) Defy (Gtehnaicly © etal dente 4, Chbsee te ton that newsstn caing tte wd Taeasese Eetepoce tn old vor inert o cl aeieepse (operon (sme) uel Oe ATTA) YAR () HAL (SHAR (D IAL Fe Stet Cont: () aves (0) 3086 beach os FARE ES MEE ct or ine wows ap cs" Medison metic wert gee Beste corporas sit) Suensh a hy s, HEU tana esacinisc”) Pac uretaon Benin () Osis (LAB aaa Od aria Nips) France Atego 0) Phe ste Sn ura Bol ta oe yas oded Nobel ize avd 3) eos 1995 199 (192 Type} ah Goes ac en oily utes we Spo coe erge intelligent and special type of social animals 2. A he be lon Batis ig anrsisotvewtle PERE ends a ena oe EMAC gpa konn a Pode ea Sas wae soul oe er hase vies 1 BS ead of England ae ing ie ‘The current royal head of Br 8,202 ho Queen Elizabeth 11 (his mother] fon Shepherd - Baro i (@) Marcie (6) pot. | third att Wetec i existly 1-8 itconsece Lagos Slad tothe maiand. The 6 Gear deen Cao she ro Eictinatlndbedee tte Seen ‘Aiden afer the October Bren bbe The Spais as was apandemic hal spread lot feting an estmaed SU lion people nd exis plied va patty ine ine By peop avez 6s aad sarang ely al eu b. much moe The eae watt soir eps wit «dation of peach ho. Angi ee acy ited Wt n Tsitethe gold sundaré ea montage amy eoyis Ue ned Bld and conn Soce beanie percrinong ins iseamosnte eld in Ati SOLUTIONS Type? b,c: appiawse ‘An ovtion isa prolonged and ethusas plans felly given fos pefomer oe speaker asa signof ‘i, pprecntion or sation bh. cet 1,4,8,9,27,16 the given series mined oftwo series consis aT and ba aod 49 16 Be he b D: Definitely As siscentible Malneable riers to Someone or sor pose to ak or susceptible fo external ev Aol ls. &:JAK Note the steond leter is static, the fist eters are ip phabeieal ender FG; HI, The seeond nd fourth ‘ubtents are vevetrale of he fist and third segments, the this segment bits Wiha new lee, th nex siies SAK le. Be sea ‘Tae coast i the land boundary ofthe ike bank isthe land boundary of ar At Togelter we stand Harcourt 6 WK provider to sat ope sae lenin B, Calabar eo i Sn oma and hana Fe v 8, Thr he National Anthem? A. one B. chaste ruc which of the following must be tad tek from Sunny: Livy yea Set ody I sy Neomebndy ives vone| iM me SAAT yao ly bi Noy ve play ee ty yen nt 9. Pill che binge ony © Mtn Tas ay before yet ta ay warren (Wealnes In spite of the Jf will be Thursday. Aart th Pecks conan ot mee oven tern in the tacond oc Gallet. power ake Tntensity, shocked D, sent Ian atte wi ike iso er position Le second iia: |, Hs Helmet: Head 10, What ore de next numbers inthe folowing sevens. es worn onthe dings {0 POLE! an ben 1,2,2,4,3,6,4,8 522 Tle ad potest bea The Key Lic 4.6, 10°. 8 10, 10,6 B16 oro th anno us EHR ls, Ds BCONET (ZAIN) T 2 At Benin does not have & sa ‘port sc man ny ot ony nr i cial yuan xcs f= Te ‘of petroteum was ___ A. ngeiculture Bn ig C. eral |g, py and Ionly then nike eying some ing, D. trade and commeree Which of the following plane Pluto B. Neptune € Uranus D. The headmaster warmed the tae to the boys A. miany bad ad Some bad advices D, bn advices Fesrranging the leters MEANYRO would give you the tame of A-an ocean B. state Ca county Dally Ir every sal is working atthe same rate ina restau toa eight servers cn serve 50 customers in 60 mines four servers ean serve 100 of them in how many minutes 1 30mins B. 600nins C2 120mins D. 240%ins ‘A clothing store offers successive discounts of 30 perc 410 peroent ona cloth The equivalent single discount be, A. 0% B, 38% C. 34% D. 17% If theta are twenty guests gta ceremony, and cach gu 4s is closest co the sun? A. Mereury, her to reftan from given vices B, bud advice C. es If nobody lover nobody, owes somebody or everybody I Dy Strength and bored (Strength and bore ing) ‘They key pointe of" fomean “regardless of” nol love somebody, ls x) are contrast x here is the prepositional phrase “in spit withstanding or teven though”, They are used to show contrast 4 We had a great time in spite ofthe rain, ‘ In spite ofthe fuct that he studied very hard he tl not pass the Post-UTME examination 20, C3 10,6 Carefilly looking at the sequence, one fig two alterating sequerses 0, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6 and 0, 2,4, 6, 8, 10 ‘will observe TE cals! kina, mony handahaiee fel Ba SiseK= x 81, sf i & T,=8 30 2400 6, Di% [Let ihe onginalp 30 lsgount on 30. 100 be 038) | A further 10% ther ISTIONS ind Ad #10. Wi 100 D. #5100 tized by the Br. © at the required will mean thet ay and the day and finally the / (Wednesday) second place, ie. second » also helmet key logic is _ somebody © contrast- se “in spite ast e still did rve there | we 2, Di Mercury i the conan paoidaes ation, equipment, 4 AA 8 servers ~+ 50 eustomers 60 minute 4 servers — 100 customers + xinin? equation, then we solve See You will agree with me thatthe mor more the servers that woul be ne customer (6). Similarly, relating servers and time; when there are mor| servers, the time required wouldbe less. This, t Tine ity (GERMANY) le eustomers the So, server (§) a sorver(S) a Combining these, we have sa&is-xf «x F ra 7 ia Ssh Sh G sgh Sx, Sx 6d" x38 GxS, 3OxAy, 30240 mines z 6, D:37% Let the original price be tx 30% discount on Ax will give a discount price (e307) {+ ion) n(x 035) 0.7% ‘A further 10% discount will give a new price of (0:7 — 10% 0.7%) 17x = 0.07 = 0.63x Which is equivalent to an overall discount of 37% (100% = 63%) 7. C+ 190 handshakes ‘This is similar to a selection of two guests from 20.0. *Ca eon aoe Dx i 2019 380 _ m2 : nid thdsties a. C4100 eer +o +1000 + #30-+ #1000 + #20-+ 1000 ai oore the bet anser foreach of the gestion, 1. ig SG aa eas cess ees ‘hic isthe angst and te ighes platens of he wor? 2% {Damen PlatensB. Colorado PltenuG. Tibetan Pista D.GirsFaeas Wipe dep moana tics? A. Klima B Matesiora@ Etbrs DK Mount Everest is Icated fa which amo, the flowing anges of Hhialayan? A. Danlagic Himalaya B. Maha {infar Mmalsa C: Kangebenjonga Himalaya D. Assi pra Himalaya ‘on dd the former president Umara Yar'Adua dic? A. May 62010 B. May'10, 2010 © Jne 6, 2011 D. June 10,2018 42021, from which county A. Free B. Spain C. UK| D. Argeatina If he hook is a___ success, the publishing house wil setmost ofthe «200K. A. bigB. high. large D. good. 8, Bur emplovess take ther rxponstbilies very THaMea send fect tense verb that indicates that an action Look tc sem uch eater time —and that is not the appccp ich aoa for the sentence. Also, the other options, "had bee! v=: 3. Wer aT Pee aero sryspess> | Seek Bt sentenes. Another example: They have aut =" ssuunD Ni ‘convention, and should be back next week, Sal B Tenet -raia do cassino Beach in Brazil is the Io: Soe ite elon 5. Regen ; A, Pus B, selon 6, Which of ier pA C.IBW jections. The vi FRINB FERS era is Dae te tee crown ie proj A FR ei et Ssembles a eran when viewed under an ee eee scope, ‘Corona’ in Latin means ‘alo’ founded in 1804 by Jt sultan oF Sak" ‘The Sokoto Caliphate was Dan Fodio who became the 2 1965 ile River Instruction: Choose 1 cesar nsver from teint) ss ptions provided ist] C296 00D ————— fepoen “succes” 1, Nobel Lame YEE QUESTIONS a an Lagos tate Wole Soyinka halls fom wichstaer TYPE3 QUESTIONS : 2. Who was the fst Mince noo 5 mplayees Rilwanu Lukman B. Dia ago eua nN a oe nu Lukin B. Diez alleen ace ef, C.CalebarD. 1 collocate 4, Richa D.TimipreSyiva a Which seriously m: is bo years older than B Who is twice a A. Benue B. Kogt ot be committed 27. How old is B° x . a D. isre, SECM Dyers What isthe full meaning 6f COBC het mother. How is the man related tothe women °| Be Gommon Bi t SonB, Uncle C. Nepheg esas tbe woman? A) Cc mples:(i)Sheloois Ac 20dbzens B. 40 dozens Sddosne “tma| Reta ) People will ab dozens dozens C60 dozens D. 80} ‘David OchieonyB. Dyce Sombre nwel 6. The first female Nigeria co Ge aeripombayD. DedabhaiN mvcll new Te fist female Nigeria combat hater it kes, Wine Sa 7 enieace ists co A-Tolulope Adekunle —B,Tolulope poe) his car ke C Titilope Aroile—_-D. Oladope Adele Dre fe s¢ 7. Choose the word that is correctly spelt in the follow: y r ing question ation ‘Arsepartely B separeiyC,Saprsiely D.Scpraiy] _K'tagooNicens < NS 8 Which of the following is NOT a representation in Ni| €. Porto-No mbia eran otis ag? fr. IF 9 boxes weph 7 be Bere E aay |. Concnst DiLove tora? cokes Tig Costs §, Nigeria's National Examinadon Courel was eotb-[Ansiogicaly i Uist BOTTOM then Beet ASIDE B DEIN. c. RGM A179. B 1989. C1999 D.2009 Jb. ich obese is ots ft 430, Brom the mards presented, ently the oil one out] A. Dates B, Guava. AvoeadoD. Melon AMotier B-Uaeie c.Siver D-Atat on es 3M te A, Get TYPE-2 QUESTIONS naan, Sicha Yea 4. Who is the eurrent minister of intetior in Nigeria? A. Chris Neige — B. Mohammed Musa Bello C:Adama Adam D. Raut Aregbesola 2. The oldest secondary school in Nigeria is CMS Grammar School B. Boptst Gils High School © Lagetu Secondary School D.Igbobi College ji 3. Which nationality has the first of COVID-19 case in] avarded i Nigeria? A, Braziianelizen B, Taian citizen C.Aus-] born n 1954 TYPE: SOLUTIONS lh. : Ogun state ole Soyinka isa Nigerian from Abcokuta Ogua Stale. ala rigs sli peek bad Saat tobel prize in Literature. He t performed — : gone’ 8 the aPpeP oe lace alin D. Malian 5 ave wavelld 4, Nocturnal ist night as day is 0 s, 2010) vee Nee err © Matar. Ceepssular BB nh je the tongest 5. Piek the odd ones ‘Statrting from C ee ‘A. Plum B. Melon C. Potato D. Lemon Let C's age be x e. SiRt Mtan rmeeatgnapeny inNigr?| IC wie bodes Gen See BTPEEA Co JBWL-D.NCE te ied bo yas cations. Te VI 7, ‘Tie highest pea in Nigeria located where? fad ily, the tra gations on, Tontleeete ee eae Son erou™ 2 fostina State D, Osun State wedeay s. ilbtonets oie stdy eas jaw vere” | Amide ee ete Las ‘ cain 1804017" nh oy is he ges econo sot 4 San of Sok Rthnn Bega. Niger. Fasee a Ere iincn site ‘rst ease of COVID-19 in Nigeria soap bet SO EE A OD ee Sis jozens in S mins, then I mac agree with me that, i£3 machines ean do 10 ine i.e Less number) will to less cups in Sins i 10 eps 3 Inthe same yain, if | machine produces less cups (103) in S mins, it will imply that 2 machines (as required wll do tnore than I machine ie, (vice what | machine] can prod 10 5 52 machines + 422 cups 5 mins Since we have two different periods (time), 5 mins and| 0 mins, le’s compare the number of machines with = You will also agree with me that since 2 machines 102) can protuce (222) dozens in 5 mins, then in one 3 smite, these two machines will produce less. Isnt i? 1022 3x5 ‘ So, we divide further by $ ie. 2 machines in 1 minute and finaly in Ihr (60 minutes), 2 machines ‘will produce more, Yes, it will produce more! S rultply by 60. 10260 3 2 machines > 60 mins 2 machines will produce 80 dozens in 60 min. Method —2 Wecanegblish a elonpberean be panies Prem in the question a follows hore machine more cups ie Ma C S move or many machines wil require o ae essed iestine te. aT Conining these quantities, We obiin c elim ak mS a f ar or 2 constant MME, a G bere, we ae required to find the number of cups pro vee C3? Given hat My=3,1)=5,My=2,7%~ 1 (60 mins) MiG, 2x =G= kr = 80 dozens b Aral 13 Dec. 1995 - 14 July 2020) wa feo edn se combat in Nigeria killed in 4c on 14 July 2021 ho. equal horizontal st Blue: love, loyaty Yellow: discipline Green: energy a Cr April 199 B: Uncle -M TYPE SOLUTIONS D: Raut A Osun Sta 201 STRUCTU RES he frst nf yaa lian Citzen who LEagos Nigeta onthe 27 Feb 4“ Diumal: Animals that are dim: active ding the day while ally awake and ative during th C: Potato ast c: TBWL-— Indian Board of Wild FRIN — Forestry Res NCE — Nigerian co FEPA Federal Environ a Taraba pal wadi The first Who i The tthe highest pointy 19 1/7936 8) i Te ri st 2m eb, 2000 wash seria pein Seer yan a h. Be = ‘aren, ano Bar the Beene fepulaton Tokoje— As Lo Sart, Mountain fron and eed oP Erte of ‘neces the hight pt onl se catamh a iene capital of Nie + Aika momber uc ni Ac iinet it bat in pop 6, Abul ea home othe longest goin inde Ae ee ae c _ Rebidtcancan sap se to Se Le Se Ghee te ka ene Si : ee 7 copes N ya: Dr aki eek este TIONS 2sth No\ firmed case i ted positive bruary 2020 nocturn g the ni fila Life Tnstitute of Nice fon Foundation ental Prote sointipeak pin Tara rachnids wit? (es weigh 2, boxes wena ee Cleo Ron ae peso Alla pest fut 2019 OAU P RST SCHOTT TY ANSWER FROMTHE List OF OPM, STRUCTURED AP THOSE U IME The Global § CSM) as nodued seta market in A dent in lsegun Obasanor re res UDE TEST QUESTIONS 2, RUhiisttisiname of the tens D. Sudan Desert ‘world ae gee ae a. Meme B. Europe C: Altea D. Asn reo permanent esiden, Ihsan A.1961 B. 1962 C. 1963 D. 1964 SHS ang! changes in the ics, in turmaffect 4, ‘The headquarter of the league of nation is losated| eae ts hae 6. The first man to walk on the moon jp___A. Co we wee mander John pens B. Commander Wairen Christe C[3, A: ‘Neil Armstrong was the first person to step onto the I 1 Senator Ahmed Ibeahim Lawan cert is commonty known a6 the est no oa Soni ia the world, Itis located in Chile polar place i ‘ie Ingest bat in nese jpn an towest ails on 2 tad etd en lh fifteen pol sia be uation and inl en aio i we Mountain Everest and ‘apectively the highest la. a: : ‘Mount. Kitinanjaro i he highest mountain in ica Audit is ocd la noth est Fanaa . Sehara desert Borrelia the westby the Allntc Ocean, nthe nog by the Atlas mouniais and Medterrapet se, inthe tasty me ot seh and inthe sou by the Saal 0.0: ight pink and reiish brown ‘onan ac oe « Uicalsmumber vo eAiica iver ile WS tones gPRUCTURED A A.12) B. 2, Pickout the oddone A. O: 3, Which ofthe following i world? A, Mount Everest Mount Kilimanjaro D. Mount Ca 4, Pick out the od A SEON B.HIFS C.HUTOM D.NASHD, 5 Thm png mat ws ofa, OF leo Univesity C, The university of Ibadan D. ‘The university of Nigeria, Nsukka 6. Selet the best elterative; Antropology + Man : Any thology:? A. women B, chien C. animals D. poems 21, IF 300 households harvest 00 bags of re on farm tad, how many bags wil 20 households harvest on the farsland al other things being equal? 8.23% B33 C204 DAs 48, Which of the fling is he longest high way in the wor? A. Abuja-Kano highway B, Trans-Canadaly, Tighway C.Pan—Amercan Highway D. Trans-Sibe rian highway 9, Which ofthe followings the lrgest Dai inthe wor A Gusi dam 8, Nek cam Cinping= dam, Three Gorges dam 10, Choose the word with the eores spelling ‘A. occassionally B, Ocassonally C.oeeasinaly D, casionlly iB, Ondo C. Edo D. Del 3. Mount Mississippi STRUCTURED APTITUDE TEST SOLUTIONS |g Observing the numbers, the relationship ean be writen Piet pe ie t= and Is. Hee + FS Similarly, L, z fete eas atau doo ato en ‘eopolitieal zone wthers| rodicing state (ic. There power ¥: gunn Pee ae heheh ters above the sea level, a h = 8,850 above the Figure showing the altitude of “The mountain is located in Nepal — Sout js lated on the border between Tibet an Himalayas in Asia, Mountain Kilimanja est mountain in Afriea with 5895 metres hig 21 represents. Jevel.Itis loeated in Tanzania neas the Ke: eee East A ftica, OE B: HIES 2. Anexclus First, we rearrange the letters to for Beta siciet word thereafier we pick the odd one or A caste 3. Along po does not match the group. or abo: Bio-Resousce Engineering has gone b Aathropology deals with the std of thology deals with the study of poe i ei. elaine hei This sa proportion problem ad . ee below co Rae Households + 5004s A The Head ofs 300 househol te BThelisad ore Goats > : ence, for 20 househol, We Te baby cat 1 The baby wa Synge l0® oalines 2 Robby at 3 a a, ibe bty dn Ge ame Asmerean HY gin Shit ere vein oie magene Bane cou od te maging Ae he RON nes ac roa pne Has OF COMES hr TT!) oad gyro ne 8S eects” Sa {ie em a D. Oche reversed dams \ Posto VERB In each of questi the give Bee on Roe ; ples. nen eae? Bio users ; Shen anos 1 acho son BASH HAN swears gains andar Thus NOSE, MOUTH, HANDS = tke + A No Gnas gone rg Pie Un C. Ican be. 7 eee aaa! ate one me rb The prisoners were D. The prisoners were gat The baby cannot but cry sven sade to cr ying. ty iat 36 naga Ger ofthe mae when Chima Wada apo me Im euch of questions 9 Mane cag NY sie in meeting tothe mora Abuja Ka Drives Gott ME eta Oe ee eaarecne| 2° Pert pol is Mount Eve se Meevaion above th daPitde of about anjiDam (Niger Stat) bultiainly to gener] rai yee Hitelete dam lexed three Gorges p a Dam (Niger State) built mai aiehydroclecuicity Shiroro Dam (Nig erate hydroelectricity dams for water reservoirs include % Asejire Reservoir (Oyo State) ater control system ts fy contra, ate) built mainly to gen-[19. € Other eeasionaly /‘keisonali/ not regu see) 2017 OAU POST-UTME thealitde cf mountsin Everest VERBAL APTITUDE QUESTION: cated in Nepal — South East As meer beaween Tibet and Nepal am fons P Mountain Kilimanjaro is the a ene oj ERRAL APTITUDE TEST Aupresless B. shi worles cath 5895 metres high abo Teal of guetns 1 03 chase the anion ta. i conysion a an See Keys bo? eetistaste Avie Bea) 2, Sarees Bacay 2017 VERBALAPTITUDE SOLUTIONS cams - Anaxaisie rom atpemievnonnenesanerosf. G, ide jckethe odd one or 1 Avcasio. B,club C.assembly D. carl rule where arasorspaceratare Kp 3, Allmgporin aout ihe netions of eatmen and womea)2. A or about aation’s history fn sociology, a castes group of ponpe wh ‘ode B.sonnet Cballd D. eric ialy dnc sa rst of te y xelesve privileges it e In ach of usin 4 Schon he pana Ba on 9 eon HANDS are parts of ca, A Noone has gone thereand come back alive roie deeds and events significant to a culture or nat ie, it does belons 10" Bithevenotwatesed andwil never watch htsin fk. C Option C contains redundant expressions. Redundant Clean be able todo it). Many have tied stand pressions are unnecessary words, statements Oe ‘i failed dehine was invented the UP udentofAericel 5, A The chief was injured during a tussle for the crown | _tences. In option C, it could be Bieler * g iaamenierientie CCG) TEE Lakes i. vie! EMEEDRSEISTS pe ycicena | tale delete" ee : th the study of POSH adel of questions 6100, slecrheoprion tht bs! ‘overs ahd bk meas the sue, The worl bck aad cam’ Mahala iets Lecce | seashore! es tion problem and it is oN" RTS eae granted all pial prisons ee) te policeman aa , oben se The pmsoners were banish a et ome tens ee sags 3 ‘The prisoners were granted full pardon a Oat 7. Beta camogincenyn then eens a nae ayy iba he pouseholds, we bia" Retgelbay cn be prevented fom erin 37 WOU ery every nih ice chy ee gt i Pecreneata a tae en! EE ETRE yp Bertone] nema Chlom gnats A, chow crevid an uanccest fant gemngn is he contents of mn tins 9110 choose the pin cp Neiman tethe ont iatensant ee

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