11/05/2016
2012-2014 post-utme droping soon.
systems undergoing repair.
meanwhile here is 2011-2012
KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY POST–UTME SCREENING
Past Questions & Solutions
From the list of words choose the one that best completes each sentence from 1 to 15
1. You are driving - fast for my liking (A) too
(B) very (C) pretty (D) fairly
2. You have given me one orange - many (A) very
(B) so (C) too (D) more
3. The upholstery work doesn't go - the colour of
the car (A) after (B) by (C) with
(D) for
4. I became depressed - hearing the news
(A) at (B) with (C) as (D) on
5. He was punished for failing - his duty as a prefect
of the school
(A) on (B) about (C) with (D) in
6. Good discipline was instructed - the success
achieved by the college
(A) for (B) to (C) in (D) with
7. It was quite dark in the room - we couldn't see
(A) so (B) because (C)through (D) yet
8. He needed work so late - he (A) does
(B) needs (C) did (D) need
9. If I had known he would come, I - have gone to
meet him (A) may (B) will (C) should
(D) must
10. He - thirty when I first met him
(A) must have been (B) will have
(C) ought to be (D) must have to be
11. Where is that brother of- now? (A) you
(B) yours (C) our (D) your
12. Someone told me where it was, but I can't
remember –
(A) whom (B) it (C) who (D) didn't
13. I guessed it was going to rain— ?
(A) did I (B) was it (C) wasn't it
(D) didn't I
14. Would you like the door — ? (A)
close (B) closes (C) closed (D) closing
15. You shouldn't put off- the assignment (A) to
do (B) to have done (C) having done (D) to
have been
Choose the word(s) that is/are nearly composite in
meaning to the underlined word and which correctly
fill the blank in the sentence. From 16 to 20
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16. The able-bodied should take care of the --- (A)
feeble (B) weak-minded (C) suffering (D)
soft-hearted
17. The chairman ordered him either to withdraw or
to – his allegations
(A) affirm (B) draw (C) express (D)
complete
18. He shows plenty of good-willto his neighbours,
but they bear nothing except - towards him
(A) bad luck (B) malice (C) anger
(D) unhappiness
19. I supported you said but I - the way you said it
(A) argued about (B) objected to
(C) interfered with (D) investigated
20. Though many of us were poor quite a few were
(A) arrogant (B) prodigal (C) affluent
(D)Luxurious
21. Homologous pairs of chromosomes separate
during (A) cytolysis (B) cleavage (C) mitosis
(D) meiosis
22. An example of caryopsis is (A) guava
(B) maize grain (C) coconut (D) tomato
23. The response of plants to external stimuli in a
non-directional manner is known as
(A) tactic movement (B) phototropism
(C) geotropism (D) nastic movement
24. The most important hormone that includes the
ripening of fruit is
(A) ethylene (B) indole acetic acid
(C) gibberallin (D) cytokinin
25. One example of fossil fuels is (A) limestone
(B) coral (C) coal (D) firewood
26. The most effective method of dealing with nondegradable
pollutants is by
(A) dumping (B) recycling (C)
incineration (D) burying
27. Mycorrhiza is an association between fungi and
(A) protozoan (B) roots of highest plants
(C) bacteria (D) filamentous algae
28. A limiting factor in a plant population near a
chemical factory is likely to be
(A) light (B) humidity (C)wind
(D)pH
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29. Soil fertility can best be conserved and renewed
by the activities of
(A) earthworms (B) man (C)
rodents (D) microbes
30. The pioneer organisms in ecological succession
are usually the
(A) mosses (B) ilohens (C) ferns
(D) algae
31. The type of reproduction that leads to variant in
animal and plant populations is
(A) budding (B) sexual
(C) vegetative (D) asexual
32. An insect with a mandibulate mouth part will
obtain its food by
(A) biting and chewing (B) chewing and
sucking (C) chewing (D) sucking
33. Spines and shells on animals are adaptations of
(A) camouflage (B) chemical defence
(C) physical defence (D) minicry
34. The rods in the retina of the eye are examples of
(A) cells (B) tissues (C) organs (D)
systems
35. A plant-like feature in Euglena is the (A)
pellicle (B) pigment spot (C) large spot
(D) gullet
36. The larval stage of mosquito is called (A)
wriggler (B) grub (C) maggot (D)
caterpillar
37. A peculiar characteristic of mammals is that they
(A) have teeth (B) are warm-blooded
(C) have lungs (D) have sebaceous
glands
38. The gall bladder of a mammal has a duct
connected to the
(A) liver (B) duodenum (C) small
intestine (D) pancrease
39. Rodent gnaw in food with their
(A) molar teeth (B) strong jaws (C) flatridged
teeth (D) chisel-like front teeth
40. An example of a radically symmetrical organism
(A) planarian (B) hydra (C) tapeworm
(D) roundworm
41. Find the slope of the curve y = 2x2 + 5x - 3 at
(1,4) (A) 4 (B) (C) 7 (D) 9
42. Determine the maximum value of y = 3x - x
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6
43. By how much will the mean of 30, 56, 31, 55, 43
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and 44 less than the median
(A) 0.75 (B) 0.50 (C) 0.33 (D) 0.17
44. The range of 4, 3, 11,9, 6, 15, 19, 23,27, 24, 21
and 61 is (A) 16 (B) 21 (C) 23 (D) 24
45. The mean of the numbers 3, 6, 4, x and 7 is 5,
Find the standard deviation (A) V2 (B) V3 (C)
46. Find the remainder when 3x3 + 5x2 - 1 Ix + 4 is
divided by x + 3. (A) 4 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) -4
47. What are the integral values of x which satisfy
the inequality -1
