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Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng g.n m co s. ep pr w. ww UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS FOR FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE PrepsNG Learning Center www.preps.com.ng  Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng UNN POST-UTME PAST QUESTIONS FOR FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES 2005/2006 USE OF ENGLISH 4. According to the author, human memory is QUESTIONS (SESSION 1) unreliable because people _____. A. die and we forget what they said B. forget events or tell lies COMPREHENSION C. do not always know when events happen D. do not always know who did what and INSTRUCTION: Read the passage carefully when and answer the questions that follow. 5. From the passage, we gather that writing Developments in electronic science have is almost g transformed the art of record-keeping in the A. as unreliable as human memory modern age. Traditionally, records of events B. as reliable as electronic memory were kept only in people's minds. It.n C. more reliable than electronic recording depended very much on the retentive power D. not to be compared to any other recording of the human memory. systems m This was extremely dangerous as people LEXIS AND STRUCTURE either forgot events wholly or in part, or deliberately falsified details to suit their In questions 6 and 7, select the option various interests. Interminable arguments were thus the order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as co that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. 6. You are driving too fast for safety. s. untruths could be written as true records A. That speed is all right and safe either willingly or inadvertently. With the B. That speed is not fast enough for safety advent of the electronic memory, however, C. That speed is not entirely safe ep these dangers now show not only what D. You should drive faster to ensure safety happened, but also who did or said what, including how and when. 7. For all I care, the man may be dead. A. I am not sure that the man is dead 1. The author believes that electronic B. I am not interested in his death pr recording is _____. C. I very much care in case he is dead A. superior to mental recording. D. I am ignorant of the man’s death. B. inferior to both mental recording and w. writing. In each of questions 8-11, choose the most C. superior to both mental recording and appropriate option opposite in meaning to writing. the words in italics. D. inferior to only writing. ww 8. The priest was invited to consecrate the 2. The writer believes that the art of record new building. keeping has _____. A. destroy A. improved over the years B. abuse B. endangered the art of writing C. tarnish C. changed human memory. D. pollute D. overcome all the problems facing it 9. A majority of those who sat for the last 3. How many stages of development did the jamb examination are sanguine of success. writer mention while discussing the art of A. hopeful record keeping? B. unsure A. Two C. pessimistic B. Three D. disheartened C. Four D. Five 1  Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng 10. When we woke up this morning, the sky ENGLISH 2005/2006 was overcast. A. cloudy ANSWERS [SECTION ONE] B. clear C. shiny 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. C D. brilliant 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C 11. Enemies of progress covertly strife to undermine the efforts of this administration. A. secretly B. boldly DOWNLOAD MORE FREE PAST C. consistently QUESTIONS AT D. overtly www.preps.com.ng g In each of questions 12-15, fill the gap with the most appropriate option from.n the list following gap. 12. The boy is constantly under some that he is the best student in the class. m A. elusion B. delusion C. illusion D. allusion 13. Her parents did not approve of her marriage two years ago because she has not co s. reached her ______. A. maturity B. puberty ep C. majority D. minority 14. Our teacher ______ the importance of reading over our work before submission. pr A. emphasized on B. emphasized C. layed emphasis on w. D. put emphasis 15. Young men should not get mixed ______politics. ww A. in with B. up with C. up in D. on with DOWNLOAD MORE FREE PAST QUESTIONS AT www.preps.com.ng 2  Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng ENGLISH 2005/2006 QUESTIONS [SESSION 2] COMPREHENSION A. Market scene B. An African market scene INSTRUCTION: Read the passage carefully C. Trading in the market and answer the questions that follow. D. An African shopping centre The market was old, timeless Africa, loud, 4. Which of the following statements BEST crowded and free. Here, a man sat making illustrates the impression the writer has sandals from old discarde4 motor-car tyres; created about the market? there another worked at an old sewing A. An old, timeless and scantily populate machine, making a nightgown-like affair place. while the buyer. B. A place people come to for business or g pleasure. waited; a little further on, an old goldsmith C. An old, crowded and discarded place..n worked at his dying art, but using, now, D. A place for all types of wares and copper filings instead of gold) to fashion the laughter. lovely trinkets women wear the world over; m elsewhere a woman sold country cloth 5. Which of the following groups of items fashioned with such fine art that only Africans may be found for sale in the market? think of it as a garment of utility. Trade was A. Motorcar tyres, eggs and gold trinkets slow and loud everywhere. This was as much B. Eggs, sandals and gold trinkets a social as a shopping centre. For an excuse to spend the day at the market, a woman would walk all the way from her village to town with half a dozen eggs. She would co C. Country cloth, gold trinkets and sandals D. Country cloth, copper trinkets and eggs LEXIS AND STRUCTURE s. spread them on a little bit of ground for which she paid rent. Through the day she In each of questions 6-9, choose the would squat on the ground and talk to others option nearest in meaning to the word ep who came for the same reason. She would or phrase in italics. refuse to sell her wares till it was time to leave. They were the excuse for her being 6. Much of his chagrin, he did not win the there. There were many like that. But there race. pr were many others for whom trade was an A. stupefaction earnest business. Whether in earnest or as B. disappointment an excuse, the traders were boisterously C. shock free, loud-mouthed and happy. The laughter D. surprise w. of the market was a laughter found nowhere else in all the world. 7. Traditional rulers are not supposed to be involved in partisan politics. 1. According to the passage, the woman with A. dirty ww half a dozen eggs in the market _____. B. party A. is doing earnest business. C. modern B. comes purposely to enjoy herself. D. surprise C. is like other traders in the market. D. does not like her husband at home. 8. Mr. Adamu is a dominant partner in our business. 2. "An old goldsmith worked on his dying art" A. a prominent means that the B. an important A. goldsmith's trade was no longer popular C. an outstanding B. goldsmith was old and must soon die D. an influential C. goldsmith knew well the art of dying D. goldsmith now used copper filings 9. The patient disregarded the advice of the doctor. 3. Which of the following titles BEST reflects A. ignored the content of the passage? B. disobeyed 3  Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng C. questioned USE OF ENGLISH 2005/2006 D. respected SECTION TWO ANSWERS In each of questions 10-12, till the gap with 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. A the most appropriate option from the list following the gap. 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. B 10. The lawyer pleaded-with the judge to ____ justice with mercy. A. tempar DOWNLOAD MORE FREE PAST B. temper QUESTIONS AT C. tamper D. taper www.preps.com.ng g 11. So far, no... [A. effected B. efficient C. efficacious D. effectual] drug has been.n discovered as a cure for the AIDS diseases. 12. The student leaders were ____punished. A. unduly m B. undully C. unduely D. unduelly In each of questions 13-14, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented in the co s. letter underlined. 13. Vision ep A. Mansion B. Profession C. Cession D. Precision pr 14. Chair A. Chancellor B. Chiffon w. C. Chalet D. Champaign In the following question, the words in ww capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentences. 15. The secretary enjoys travelling AT NIGHT. A. Did the secretary enjoy travelling by day B. Does the secretary enjoy travelling by day C. Who enjoys travelling by night D. Does the secretary hate travelling at night 4  Download more past questions from www.preps.com.ng 2005/2006 MATHEMATICS QUESTIONS 1. Find n if 31410 — 2567 = 340n 8. A chord of a circle of radius 10cm is drawn A. 7 8cm from the centre of the circle. Find the B. 8 length of the chord. C. 9 D. 10 A. 6 cm B. 2√41𝑐𝑚 2. What is the difference between 1.867551 C. 12cm correct to four significant figures and D. √41 𝑐𝑚 1.867551 correct four decimal places? A. 5 x 10-1 9. Find the equation of the line which passes B. 4 x 10-4 through (-2, 1) and is perpendicular to the g C. 5 x 10-4 line 4x-2y+1=0 D. 10 x 10-3 A. 2y – x - 4= 0.n B. 2y+x =0 3. 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