Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Choose the word that has the same sound as the underlined letters:

   “Tough”

   1. Dough
   2. Though
   3. Rough (Answer)
   4. Cough

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   2. Select the word that best completes the sentence:

   He speaks French as if he ___ in France.

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

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   3. Find the antonym of the word:

   The manager praised her diligence.

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

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

   He is known for his loquacity.

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

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   5. Choose the option that best completes the sentence:

   “Had she arrived earlier, she _____ the manager.”

   1. would have seen (Answer - Explanation: This is a third conditional sentence (past unreal condition).)
   2. will have seen
   3. can see
   4. shall have seen

Mathematics

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   6. Simplify: ²/_x + ³/_{x + 1}

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

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   7. Simplify: (3x²)² × x

   1. 3x⁵
   2. 9x⁴
   3. 9x⁵ (Answer)
   4. 6x⁵

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   8. What is the angle subtended at the center of a circle by a semicircle?

   1. 180° (Answer)
   2. 90°
   3. 120°
   4. 60°

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   9. Simplify: 2³ x 2⁴

   1. 2⁷ (Answer)
   2. 8 x 16
   3. 2¹
   4. 2¹²

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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. 50 km/hr
    4. 60 km/hr (Answer)

ACU 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. The conflict in a drama is best described as the:

    1. Moral lesson of the play
    2. Climax of the story
    3. Struggle between opposing forces (Answer)
    4. Role of the narrator

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    13. “The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of:

    1. Irony
    2. Personification (Answer)
    3. Hyperbole
    4. Paradox

Economics

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    14. Which of the following best describes opportunity cost?

    1. Total cost of all goods
    2. Cost of raw materials
    3. Cost of producing one more unit
    4. Cost of the forgone alternative (Answer)

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    15. A firm achieves economies of scale when:

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

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    16. Which of the following best describes the law of diminishing returns?

    1. Output increases proportionally with input
    2. Profit always increases with production
    3. Additional output decreases with more input (Answer)
    4. Cost increases with size

ACU Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Geography

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    17. The type of rainfall associated with mountainous regions is:

    1. Convectional rainfall
    2. Relief rainfall (Answer)
    3. Equatorial rainfall
    4. Cyclonic rainfall

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

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

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    19. Which of the following countries is landlocked?

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

Government

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    20. The theory of separation of powers was popularized by:

    1. Thomas Hobbes
    2. Jean Bodin
    3. Baron de Montesquieu (Answer)
    4. John Locke

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    21. Franchise refers to the:

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

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    22. Which of the following is not a function of political parties?

    1. Conducting elections (Answer)
    2. Presenting candidates
    3. Forming government
    4. Educating voters

ACU Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Biology

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    23. The basic structural and functional unit of life is the:

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

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    24. Which of the following is a function of the xylem in plants?

    1. Transport of food
    2. Photosynthesis
    3. Transport of enzymes
    4. Transport of water (Answer)

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    25. The part of the plant that develops into a fruit is the:

    1. Petal
    2. Anther
    3. Style
    4. Ovary (Answer)

Agricultural Science

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    26. Which of the following is a leguminous crop?

    1. Maize
    2. Cassava
    3. Yam
    4. Groundnut (Answer)

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    27. The agricultural practice of growing crops and rearing animals on the same piece of land is:

    1. Pastoral farming
    2. Mixed farming (Answer)
    3. Monocropping
    4. Crop rotation

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

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

Chemistry

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    29. The oxidation number of sulfur in H₂SO₄ is:

    1. +6 (Answer)
    2. 0
    3. +2
    4. +4

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    30. The number of protons and electrons in a neutral oxygen atom are:

    1. 8 protons, 8 electrons (Answer)
    2. 6 protons, 6 electrons
    3. 10 protons, 8 electrons
    4. 8 protons, 10 electrons

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    31. Which of these is an exothermic process?

    1. Boiling of water
    2. Melting of ice
    3. Combustion of fuel (Answer)
    4. Evaporation of alcohol

Physics

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    32. A sound wave travels through air with a speed of 340 m/s and frequency of 170 Hz. What is its wavelength?

    1. 0.5 m
    2. 2 m (Answer)
    3. 5 m
    4. 3 m

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    33. Which of these quantities is conserved in an inelastic collision?

    1. Neither
    2. Momentum only (Answer)
    3. Both kinetic energy and momentum
    4. Kinetic energy only

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    34. Which radiation has the highest penetrating power?

    1. Gamma (Answer)
    2. Beta
    3. Alpha
    4. X-ray