African University of Science and Technology (AUST) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Which of these is a complex sentence?

   1. He is tall and strong.
   2. I came, I saw, I conquered.
   3. She smiled and waved.
   4. Because it rained, we stayed indoors. (Answer)

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   2. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:

   1. The girl said, “I am tired.” (Answer)
   2. The girl said “I am tired.”
   3. The girl said “I am tired”.
   4. The girl, said, “I am tired.”

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   3. Select the word that best completes the sentence:

   He speaks French as if he ___ in France.

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

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   4. Choose the correct question tag:

   She came early, ___?

   1. did she
   2. wasn’t she
   3. had she
   4. didn’t she (Answer)

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   5. Find the antonym of the word:

   The manager praised her diligence.

   1. Confidence
   2. Ignorance
   3. Activity
   4. Laziness (Answer)

Mathematics

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   6. If the 5th term of an arithmetic progression is 18 and the 12th term is 46, what is the first term?

   1. 8
   2. 6 (Answer - Explanation: Use Tn = a + (n – 1)d, set up two equations and solve simultaneously.)
   3. 4
   4. 10

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   7. Solve:

   If x² − 5x + 6 = 0, find the roots.

   1. 1 and 5
   2. -2 and -3
   3. 3 and 2 (Answer)
   4. 6 and -1

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   8. Simplify: ²/_x + ³/_{x + 1}

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

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   9. Solve the following matrix equation:

   2	3
   1	4

   1. 11
   2. -2
   3. 5 (Answer)
   4. 8

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    10. What is the value of x If log⁡₂(x) = 5?

    1. 64
    2. 16
    3. 25
    4. 32 (Answer)

AUST Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Literature in English

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    11. Who wrote the play The Lion and the Jewel?

    1. John Pepper Clark
    2. Wole Soyinka (Answer)
    3. Chinua Achebe
    4. Ola Rotimi

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

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

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    13. When a character speaks to the audience while other characters pretend not to hear, it is called:

    1. Soliloquy
    2. Dialogue
    3. Aside (Answer)
    4. Monologue

Economics

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    14. 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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    15. A firm achieves economies of scale when:

    1. There is diseconomy
    2. It enjoys increasing returns (Answer)
    3. Its average cost rises
    4. It reduces production

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    16. The market structure where there are many buyers and sellers is:

    1. Duopoly
    2. Oligopoly
    3. Perfect competition (Answer)
    4. Monopoly

AUST Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Government

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    17. The process through which people acquire political attitudes and values is called:

    1. Political socialization (Answer)
    2. Political ideology
    3. Political participation
    4. Political development

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    18. Who was the first military Head of State in Nigeria?

    1. General Yakubu Gowon
    2. General Murtala Mohammed
    3. General Aguiyi Ironsi (Answer)
    4. General Olusegun Obasanjo

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    19. Which political party formed the first government in Nigeria in 1960?

    1. PRP
    2. NPC (Answer)
    3. NCNC
    4. AG

Geography

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

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

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    21. The scale of a map that shows very large details is called:

    1. Large scale (Answer)
    2. Verbal scale
    3. Small scale
    4. Medium scale

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    22. Which vegetation type is most common in the savannah region?

    1. Scattered trees and grasses (Answer)
    2. Alpine shrubs
    3. Dense undergrowth
    4. Tall evergreen trees

AUST Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Agricultural Science

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    23. Which of the following tools is used for transplanting seedlings?

    1. Dibber (Answer)
    2. Hoe
    3. Pickaxe
    4. Cutlass

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    24. The main cause of low agricultural productivity in Nigeria is:

    1. Use of fertilizers
    2. Mechanized farming
    3. Presence of extension workers
    4. Traditional farming methods (Answer)

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    25. Pasture is mainly used for:

    1. Controlling erosion
    2. Mulching
    3. Decorating the farm
    4. Animal grazing (Answer)

Biology

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    26. A group of similar cells performing the same function is called a:

    1. Tissue (Answer)
    2. Organ
    3. Organism
    4. System

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    27. The organ responsible for pumping blood in humans is the:

    1. Liver
    2. Heart (Answer)
    3. Brain
    4. Lungs

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    28. In which part of the plant does photosynthesis take place?

    1. Flower
    2. Root
    3. Leaf (Answer)
    4. Stem

Physics

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    29. The S.I unit of electric charge is:

    1. Coulomb (Answer)
    2. Ampere
    3. Volt
    4. Ohm

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

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

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    31. In which direction does heat travel?

    1. From hot to cold (Answer)
    2. In a straight line
    3. From cold to hot
    4. Randomly

Chemistry

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

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

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    33. Which process is used to separate crude oil into its components?

    1. Filtration
    2. Chromatography
    3. Crystallization
    4. Fractional distillation (Answer)

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    34. Which of the following elements has the electronic configuration 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁴?

    1. Oxygen
    2. Argon
    3. Sulphur (Answer)
    4. Phosphorus