University of Africa, Bayelsa State (UAT) Direct Entry Past Questions and Answers

English Language

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   1. Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom:

   “He kicked the bucket last night.”

   1. He lost his temper
   2. He travelled unexpectedly
   3. He died (Answer)
   4. He broke a water container

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   2. Choose the word with the correct stress pattern:

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

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   3. 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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   4. Pick the correct phrase:

   No sooner had he left ___ it started to rain.

   1. that
   2. but
   3. when
   4. than (Answer)

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   5. Which of these is a complex sentence?

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

Mathematics

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   6. Evaluate: Log⁡₁₀1000

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

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   7. Simplify: (3x² - 2x - 5) ÷ (x - 2)

   1. 3x - 4, remainder 3
   2. 3x - 4, remainder -3 (Answer)
   3. 3x + 4, remainder 3
   4. 3x + 4, remainder -3

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

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

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   9. A circle has an area of 154 cm². What is the radius? (π = 22/7)

   1. 5 cm
   2. 8 cm
   3. 14 cm
   4. 7 cm (Answer - Explanation: Area = πr² → 154 = (22/7) × r² → r² = 49)

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

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

UAT Direct Entry Arts Past Questions

Literature in English

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    11. The term 'soliloquy' in drama refers to:

    1. A group dialogue
    2. A background narrator’s comment
    3. A conversation between two characters
    4. A speech made by a character alone on stage (Answer)

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    12. “He is a lion on the battlefield” is an example of:

    1. Simile
    2. Hyperbole
    3. Personification
    4. Metaphor (Answer)

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    13. Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?

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

Economics

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    14. What is the central problem of economics?

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

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    15. What is the primary function of the Central Bank?

    1. Giving loans to individuals
    2. Providing foreign aid
    3. Controlling inflation (Answer)
    4. Printing newspapers

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

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

UAT Direct Entry Social Science Past Questions

Government

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    17. The theory of separation of powers was popularized by:

    1. Baron de Montesquieu (Answer)
    2. Thomas Hobbes
    3. Jean Bodin
    4. John Locke

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    18. A constitution is said to be rigid when:

    1. It is enforced by the police
    2. It contains many laws
    3. It is hard to amend (Answer)
    4. It is written in English

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    19. The term “bicameral legislature” refers to:

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

Geography

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    20. The type of rainfall associated with mountainous regions is:

    1. Cyclonic rainfall
    2. Equatorial rainfall
    3. Relief rainfall (Answer)
    4. Convectional rainfall

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

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

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    22. Lines of latitude are also called:

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

UAT Direct Entry Science Past Questions

Physics

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    23. Which of these quantities is conserved in an inelastic collision?

    1. Both kinetic energy and momentum
    2. Kinetic energy only
    3. Neither
    4. Momentum only (Answer)

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

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

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    25. What is the dimension of pressure?

    1. ML^-1T^-2 (Answer)
    2. MLT^-1
    3. MLT^-2
    4. ML^-2T^-2

Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

Agricultural Science

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

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

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    30. 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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    31. Soil texture refers to:

    1. Size of soil particles (Answer)
    2. Soil colour
    3. Organic content
    4. Soil pH

Biology

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

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

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    33. The mode of nutrition in fungi is:

    1. Parasitic
    2. Autotrophic
    3. Saprophytic (Answer)
    4. Photosynthetic

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

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