Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Choose the correct passive form:

   They are building a new hospital.

   1. A new hospital has been built.
   2. A new hospital was being built.
   3. A new hospital was built.
   4. A new hospital is being built. (Answer)

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   2. Choose the most appropriate completion:

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

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

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   3. Select the appropriate preposition:

   He insisted ___ seeing the manager.

   1. for
   2. at
   3. on (Answer)
   4. to

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   4. Find the antonym of the word:

   The manager praised her diligence.

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

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   5. Choose the correct tense:

   By next year, she ___ here for a decade.

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

Mathematics

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   6. Simplify: √50

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

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   7. Factor completely: x² − 9

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

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

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

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   9. Simplify: (3x²)² × x

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

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    10. Simplify: ²/_x + ³/_{x + 1}

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

NSUK Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Economics

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    11. The reward for land as a factor of production is:

    1. Rent (Answer)
    2. Interest
    3. Profit
    4. Wage

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

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

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    13. What is the central problem of economics?

    1. Choice (Answer)
    2. Poverty
    3. Unemployment
    4. Inflation

Literature in English

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

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

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    15. An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally is called:

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

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    16. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?

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

NSUK Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Geography

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    17. Which of the following is a non-renewable natural resource?

    1. Wind
    2. Coal (Answer)
    3. Forest
    4. Solar energy

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    18. A natural depression on the earth’s surface where rivers flow is called a:

    1. Plateau
    2. Basin (Answer)
    3. Hill
    4. Valley

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    19. Which of the following instruments is used in measuring rainfall?

    1. Barometer
    2. Wind vane
    3. Thermometer
    4. Rain gauge (Answer)

Government

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

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

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    21. The tenure of a Nigerian President is:

    1. 6 years
    2. 5 years
    3. 4 years (Answer)
    4. 3 years

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    22. Franchise refers to the:

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

NSUK Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

Agricultural Science

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    26. 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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    27. Which of these is not a ruminant animal?

    1. Cow
    2. Sheep
    3. Pig (Answer)
    4. Goat

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

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

Biology

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

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

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    30. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

    1. HIV/AIDS (Answer)
    2. Tuberculosis
    3. Malaria
    4. Cholera

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

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

Physics

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    32. Which of the following phenomena is not associated with wave behavior?

    1. Evaporation (Answer)
    2. Refraction
    3. Diffraction
    4. Reflection

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    33. Which instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

    1. Barometer
    2. Thermometer
    3. Hygrometer (Answer)
    4. Hydrometer

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    34. 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. At the focus
    4. Beyond the center of curvature