Adeleke University, Ede (AUE) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Select the word that best completes the sentence:

   He speaks French as if he ___ in France.

   1. lives
   2. lived (Answer)
   3. has lived
   4. is living

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   2. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

   He is known for his loquacity.

   1. Silence
   2. Reticence (Answer)
   3. Talkativeness
   4. Shyness

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   3. Choose the correct sentence:

   1. She is best than her sister.
   2. She is most better than her sister.
   3. She is better than her sister. (Answer)
   4. She is more better than her sister.

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   4. Choose the word with the correct stress pattern:

   1. advise´
   2. ad´vice
   3. ´advise
   4. ´advice (Answer)

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   5. Choose the correct spelling:

   1. Recomend
   2. Recommend (Answer)
   3. Recomand
   4. Recommed

Mathematics

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   6. If sin⁡θ = ³/₅, and θ is acute, find cos⁡ θ.

   1. ⁵/₄
   2. ²/₅
   3. ^√2/₅
   4. ⁴/₅ (Answer)

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   7. Simplify: ²/_x + ³/_{x + 1}

   1. ^{2x + 3x + 3}/_x+1
   2. ^{5x + 3}/_x(x+1)
   3. ^{2x + 3(x+1)}/_x(x+1) (Answer)
   4. ^{2(x+1) + 3x}/_x(x+1)

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   8. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number less than 4?

   1. ⁴/₆
   2. ¹/₆
   3. ³/₆ (Answer)
   4. ¹/₂

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   9. Factor completely: x² − 9

   1. (x − 9) (x + 1)
   2. (x − 3) (x + 3) (Answer)
   3. (x − 3)²
   4. x(x − 9)

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    10. A car travels 180 km in 3 hours. What is its average speed?

    1. 90 km/hr
    2. 30 km/hr
    3. 60 km/hr (Answer)
    4. 50 km/hr

AUE Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Agricultural Science

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    11. Which of these is an example of a monocot plant?

    1. Maize (Answer)
    2. Groundnut
    3. Tomato
    4. Cowpea

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    12. The process of improving the genetic quality of farm animals is known as:

    1. Weaning
    2. Incubation
    3. Cross-breeding (Answer)
    4. Castration

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    13. Soil fertility can best be maintained through:

    1. Continuous tilling
    2. Excessive irrigation
    3. Crop rotation (Answer)
    4. Use of herbicides

Biology

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    14. The mode of nutrition in fungi is:

    1. Autotrophic
    2. Saprophytic (Answer)
    3. Photosynthetic
    4. Parasitic

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    15. The hormone that regulates blood sugar is called:

    1. Adrenaline
    2. Insulin (Answer)
    3. Thyroxine
    4. Glucagon

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    16. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

    1. Tuberculosis
    2. Malaria
    3. Cholera
    4. HIV/AIDS (Answer)

Physics

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    17. Which color of light has the shortest wavelength?

    1. Green
    2. Blue
    3. Violet (Answer)
    4. Red

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    18. A concave mirror forms an image that is real, inverted, and larger than the object. The object must be placed:

    1. At the focus
    2. Between the focus and center (Answer)
    3. Between the pole and focus
    4. Beyond the center of curvature

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    19. A transformer has 200 turns in the primary coil and 1000 turns in the secondary coil. What is the type of transformer?

    1. Step-down
    2. Power transformer
    3. Step-up (Answer)
    4. Equal ratio

Chemistry

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    20. What is the pH of a neutral solution?

    1. 7 (Answer)
    2. 14
    3. 1
    4. 10

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    21. Which of the following is a strong acid?

    1. CH₃COOH
    2. H₂CO₃
    3. HCl (Answer)
    4. NH₄OH

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    22. The bond formed between two atoms that share electrons equally is:

    1. Non-polar covalent (Answer)
    2. Ionic
    3. Polar covalent
    4. Metallic

AUE Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Government

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    23. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is the:

    1. Prime Minister (Answer)
    2. President
    3. Governor
    4. King

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    24. Franchise refers to the:

    1. Right to vote (Answer)
    2. Right to contest elections
    3. Act of campaigning
    4. Power to make laws

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    25. The main function of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to:

    1. Interpret the constitution
    2. Organize and conduct elections (Answer)
    3. Swear in elected officials
    4. Control political parties

Geography

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    26. What is the main cause of desertification?

    1. Deforestation (Answer)
    2. Earthquake
    3. Tsunami
    4. Afforestation

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    27. Which of the following countries is landlocked?

    1. Nigeria
    2. Egypt
    3. Ghana
    4. Chad (Answer)

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    28. Which of these is not a type of rock?

    1. Igneous
    2. Sedimentary
    3. Metamorphic
    4. Volcanic (Answer - Explanation: Volcanic is a process, not a rock type)

AUE Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Economics

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    29. Which of these is a characteristic of a public good?

    1. Non-excludability (Answer)
    2. Rival consumption
    3. Excludability
    4. Private provision

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    30. National income is best measured by:

    1. Gross Domestic Product at market prices (Answer)
    2. Value of imports and exports
    3. Price of goods and services
    4. Total revenue of government

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    31. A perfectly inelastic demand curve is:

    1. Vertical (Answer)
    2. Downward sloping
    3. Upward sloping
    4. Horizontal

Literature in English

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    32. “He is a lion on the battlefield” is an example of:

    1. Personification
    2. Hyperbole
    3. Simile
    4. Metaphor (Answer)

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    33. The overall message or central idea in a literary work is the:

    1. Tone
    2. Setting
    3. Plot
    4. Theme (Answer)

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    34. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?

    1. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
    2. Wole Soyinka
    3. Chimamanda Adichie
    4. Chinua Achebe (Answer)