Borno State University, Maiduguri (BSU) 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. has lived
   2. will live
   3. will be living
   4. will have lived (Answer)

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   2. Choose the word with the correct stress pattern:

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

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   3. Choose the most appropriate completion:

   If I had seen her earlier, I ___ spoken to her.

   1. shall
   2. will have
   3. should
   4. would have (Answer)

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   4. Fill in the blank:

   The students, as well as the teacher, ___ present at the meeting.

   1. were
   2. was (Answer)
   3. are
   4. is

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   5. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:

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

Mathematics

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   6. Simplify: √50

   1. 25√2
   2. 2√5
   3. 10√2
   4. 5√2 (Answer)

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   7. Simplify: ²/_x + ³/_{x + 1}

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

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   8. Simplify: 2x−3(2x−4)=5

   1. x = 2
   2. x = −2
   3. x = −1 (Answer)
   4. x = 1

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   9. Find the mean of 4, 8, 10, 6, 2

   1. 8
   2. 5
   3. 6 (Answer)
   4. 7

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

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

Borno State University Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Economics

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

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

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

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

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    13. Which of the following is a feature of a capitalist economy?

    1. Central planning
    2. Private ownership of resources (Answer)
    3. Price control
    4. Government ownership

Literature in English

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    14. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?

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

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    15. A poem that expresses sorrow for the dead is known as:

    1. Ballad
    2. Elegy (Answer)
    3. Sonnet
    4. Ode

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    16. A character that opposes the protagonist in a play or novel is the:

    1. Hero
    2. Foil
    3. Narrator
    4. Antagonist (Answer)

Borno State University Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Agricultural Science

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

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

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    18. Which of the following is a leguminous crop?

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

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    19. Pasture is mainly used for:

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

Biology

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    20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things?

    1. Movement
    2. Growth
    3. Respiration
    4. Photosynthesis (Answer)

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    21. The male reproductive organ in a flower is the:

    1. Carpel
    2. Ovary
    3. Stigma
    4. Stamen (Answer)

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    22. Which of the following diseases is transmitted by a vector?

    1. Influenza
    2. Malaria (Answer)
    3. Cholera
    4. Measles

Physics

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

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

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    24. What type of lens is used to correct long-sightedness (hypermetropia)?

    1. Convex (Answer)
    2. Cylindrical
    3. Plane
    4. Concave

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

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

Chemistry

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    26. The oxidation number of sulfur in H₂SO₄ is:

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

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    27. The gas evolved when zinc reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid is:

    1. Carbon dioxide
    2. Hydrogen (Answer)
    3. Chlorine
    4. Oxygen

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    28. A compound with molecular formula C₂H₆ is known as:

    1. Methane
    2. Ethyne
    3. Ethane (Answer)
    4. Ethene

Borno State University Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Geography

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    29. 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)

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    30. Lines of latitude are also called:

    1. Great circles
    2. Longitudes
    3. Meridians
    4. Parallels (Answer)

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    31. The earth’s shape is best described as:

    1. A flat disc
    2. A rectangle
    3. A perfect sphere
    4. An oblate spheroid (Answer)

Government

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

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

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    33. The term “bicameral legislature” refers to:

    1. Two houses of legislature (Answer)
    2. Two-party system
    3. Dual citizenship
    4. Two arms of government

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    34. A government in which one person holds absolute power is called:

    1. Autocracy (Answer)
    2. Theocracy
    3. Monarchy
    4. Aristocracy