Baze University Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Choose the correct tense:

   By next year, she ___ here for a decade.

   1. will be living
   2. has lived
   3. will have lived (Answer)
   4. will live

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   2. Choose the option that best completes the sentence:

   The teacher asked the students if they ___ any questions.

   1. have
   2. had (Answer)
   3. has
   4. having

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   3. Choose the word with the correct stress pattern:

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

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   4. Choose the correct question tag:

   She came early, ___?

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

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   5. Which of these is a complex sentence?

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

Mathematics

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   6. Find the 10th term of the AP: 3, 7, 11, …

   1. 41
   2. 39 (Answer)
   3. 43
   4. 45

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

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

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   8. Factor completely: x² − 9

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

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

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

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    10. Find the area of a triangle with base 6cm and height 4cm.

    1. 10cm²
    2. 12cm² (Answer)
    3. 24cm²
    4. 20cm²

Baze University Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Chemistry

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    11. Which of the following is not an alkali?

    1. H₂SO₄ (Answer)
    2. KOH
    3. NaOH
    4. NH₄OH

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    12. Which allotrope of carbon is the hardest naturally occurring substance?

    1. Coal
    2. Diamond (Answer)
    3. Graphite
    4. Fullerene

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    13. The salt formed from the reaction of an acid with a base is called a:

    1. Oxide
    2. Nitrate
    3. Neutral salt (Answer)
    4. Hydride

Agricultural Science

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    14. The branch of agriculture that deals with animal rearing is called:

    1. Horticulture
    2. Agronomy
    3. Forestry
    4. Animal husbandry (Answer)

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    15. Poultry droppings are rich in:

    1. Nitrogen (Answer)
    2. Magnesium
    3. Iron
    4. Potassium

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

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

Biology

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    17. Which of the following organisms has the simplest body structure?

    1. Housefly
    2. Earthworm
    3. Hydra
    4. Amoeba (Answer)

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    18. The exchange of gases in the lungs occurs in the:

    1. Trachea
    2. Alveoli (Answer)
    3. Diaphragm
    4. Bronchi

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

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

Physics

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    20. Which of these is used to measure very small currents?

    1. Galvanometer (Answer)
    2. Ammeter
    3. Voltmeter
    4. Ohmmeter

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    21. Which law explains why a rocket moves in space?

    1. Newton’s Second Law
    2. Newton’s First Law
    3. Newton’s Third Law (Answer)
    4. Hooke’s Law

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

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

Baze University Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Geography

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

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

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    24. Which of the following countries is landlocked?

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

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    25. What is the main function of contour lines on a map?

    1. Display climatic zones
    2. Indicate population density
    3. Represent elevation (Answer)
    4. Show vegetation types

Government

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    26. Which organ of government is responsible for implementing laws?

    1. Tribunal
    2. Judiciary
    3. Executive (Answer)
    4. Legislature

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    27. The 1979 Constitution of Nigeria adopted the:

    1. Confederal system
    2. Presidential system (Answer)
    3. Westminster model
    4. Parliamentary system

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    28. Franchise refers to the:

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

Baze University Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Economics

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

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

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    30. Terms of trade is defined as the ratio of:

    1. GDP to exports
    2. Imports to exports
    3. Exports to imports (Answer)
    4. Imports to GNP

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    31. A perfectly inelastic demand curve is:

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

Literature in English

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    32. A play written to be performed on stage is called a:

    1. Poem
    2. Epic
    3. Ode
    4. Drama (Answer)

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

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

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

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