Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. 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. Shyness
   4. Talkativeness

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   2. Choose the correct sentence:

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

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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 correct tense:

   By next year, she ___ here for a decade.

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

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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. I came, I saw, I conquered.
   4. He is tall and strong.

Mathematics

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   6. Simplify: √50

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

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   7. Simplify: (3x²)² × x

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

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   8. Factor completely: x² − 9

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

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   9. Simplify: 2x−3(2x−4)=5

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

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

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

FUOYE Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Literature in English

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

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

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

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

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    13. In literature, a stock character is:

    1. A well-developed character
    2. The narrator of the story
    3. A stereotypical character (Answer)
    4. A character with unpredictable traits

Economics

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    14. Money serves as a measure of value because:

    1. It facilitates comparison (Answer)
    2. It is durable
    3. It has intrinsic value
    4. It is visible

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    15. Which of the following best describes opportunity cost?

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

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    16. A demand curve normally slopes:

    1. Upwards from left to right
    2. Horizontally
    3. Vertically
    4. Downwards from left to right (Answer)

FUOYE Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Agricultural Science

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

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

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    18. Green manuring improves soil fertility by:

    1. Raising the water table
    2. Making the soil alkaline
    3. Adding organic matter (Answer)
    4. Increasing soil erosion

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    19. Which of these irrigation methods is most suitable for arid regions?

    1. Flood irrigation
    2. Drip irrigation (Answer)
    3. Sprinkler irrigation
    4. Surface irrigation

Chemistry

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    20. Which gas is used in the Haber process for ammonia production along with nitrogen?

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

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    21. The process by which a liquid changes to gas at the surface at any temperature is called:

    1. Boiling
    2. Vaporization
    3. Evaporation (Answer)
    4. Sublimation

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    22. Which of the following is a reducing agent?

    1. NaCl
    2. CO₂
    3. H₂ (Answer)
    4. HCl

Biology

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

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

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    24. Which of the following organelles is responsible for energy production?

    1. Mitochondrion (Answer)
    2. Nucleus
    3. Chloroplast
    4. Ribosome

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

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

Physics

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

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

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    27. Which of the following is not a unit of energy?

    1. Joule
    2. Newton (Answer)
    3. Electronvolt
    4. Calorie

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

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

FUOYE Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Government

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

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

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

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

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    31. The major function of the judiciary is to:

    1. Make laws
    2. Enforce laws
    3. Control elections
    4. Interpret laws (Answer)

Geography

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    32. Lines of latitude are also called:

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

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    33. All meridians converge at the:

    1. Poles (Answer)
    2. Equator
    3. Tropic of Cancer
    4. Prime Meridian

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

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