Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil (NPA) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Choose the option that best completes the sentence:

   The teacher asked the students if they ___ any questions.

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

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   2. Choose the correct tense:

   By next year, she ___ here for a decade.

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

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   3. Select the word that best completes the sentence:

   He speaks French as if he ___ in France.

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

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   4. Choose the most appropriate completion:

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

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

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

   “Tough”

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

Mathematics

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   6. Solve the following matrix equation:

   2	3
   1	4

   1. 11
   2. 5 (Answer)
   3. 8
   4. -2

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

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

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   8. Simplify: √50

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

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   9. Evaluate: Log⁡₁₀1000

   1. 3 (Answer)
   2. 10
   3. 2
   4. 4

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    10. If the 5th term of an arithmetic progression is 18 and the 12th term is 46, what is the first term?

    1. 4
    2. 10
    3. 6 (Answer - Explanation: Use Tn = a + (n – 1)d, set up two equations and solve simultaneously.)
    4. 8

Nigeria Police Academy Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Economics

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    11. A perfectly inelastic demand curve is:

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

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    12. The market structure where there are many buyers and sellers is:

    1. Monopoly
    2. Duopoly
    3. Perfect competition (Answer)
    4. Oligopoly

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    13. A budget deficit occurs when:

    1. Expenditure exceeds revenue (Answer)
    2. Government borrows from abroad
    3. Revenue equals expenditure
    4. Tax rate is increased

Literature in English

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    14. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?

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

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

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

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    16. In poetry, a fourteen-line poem is known as a:

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

Nigeria Police Academy Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Geography

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

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

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    18. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

    1. Mesosphere
    2. Stratosphere (Answer)
    3. Troposphere
    4. Thermosphere

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    19. What is the main cause of desertification?

    1. Tsunami
    2. Deforestation (Answer)
    3. Afforestation
    4. Earthquake

Government

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    20. Which of the following is a feature of a federal system of government?

    1. Dictatorship
    2. Absence of constitution
    3. Unitary authority
    4. Division of powers (Answer)

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    21. A state is said to be sovereign when it:

    1. Has a president
    2. Is recognized by other states
    3. Has a constitution
    4. Controls its internal and external affairs (Answer)

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    22. The tenure of a Nigerian President is:

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

Nigeria Police Academy Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Chemistry

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    23. Which of the following is a strong acid?

    1. NH₄OH
    2. HCl (Answer)
    3. H₂CO₃
    4. CH₃COOH

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    24. What is the pH of a neutral solution?

    1. 10
    2. 1
    3. 7 (Answer)
    4. 14

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

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

Biology

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    26. Which of these organisms is a protozoan?

    1. Algae
    2. Moss
    3. Virus
    4. Amoeba (Answer)

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

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

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    28. In which part of the plant does photosynthesis take place?

    1. Leaf (Answer)
    2. Flower
    3. Stem
    4. Root

Physics

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    29. Which radiation has the highest penetrating power?

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

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

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

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

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

Agricultural Science

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

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

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    33. Which of the following tools is used for transplanting seedlings?

    1. Pickaxe
    2. Hoe
    3. Cutlass
    4. Dibber (Answer)

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    34. Which of the following diseases affects poultry?

    1. Anthrax
    2. Rinderpest
    3. Newcastle disease (Answer)
    4. Foot and mouth disease