PTI Post UTME Test Study Questions and Answers
Sample Question 1
In the questions, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined
1. Emeka is naturally taciturn.
A. friendly
B. cheerful
C. dumb
D. lively
E. garrulous
2. He is loved for his altruism.
A. benevolence
B. sincerity
C. selfishness
D. selflessness
E. kindness
3. The student who went home without an exit has apologized ……his misconduct
A. on
B. at
C. to
D. for
E. about
Sample Question 2
4. Sam and Jessica are invited to a dance. If there are 7 men and 7 women in total at the dance, and one woman and one man are chosen to lead the dance, what is the probability that Sam and Jessica will NOT be chosen to lead the dance?
A. 1/49
B 1/7
C. 6/7
D. 48/49
5. A bag contains a number of balls of which 58 are red, 78 are green, and the rest are blue. If the probability of choosing a blue ball from this bag at random is 0.20, how many blue balls are in the bag?
A. 34
B 56
C. 78
D. 102
6. The volume of a cone of height 9 cm is 1848 cm3. Find its radius (Take π = 22/7).
A 7 cm
B 14 cm
C. 28 cm
D. 98 cm
Sample Question 3
7. A converging lens of focal length 5cm forms a virtual image which is 10cm from the lens. How far from the lens is the object?
A. 2.0cm
B. 3.3cm
C. 5.0cm
D. 10.0cm
E. 15.0cm
8. The count rate of an alpha-particle source is 400 per minute. If the half-life of the source is 5 days, what would be the count rate per minute after l5days?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 50
D. 200
E. 400
9. The nucleon number and the proton numbers of a neutral atom of an element are 238 and 92 respectively. What is the number of neutron in the atom?
A. 330
B. 238
C. 146
D. 19
E. 73
Sample Question 4
10. The outer shells of two atoms that are covalently bonded:
A. cancel each other
B. have increasing capacities for electrons
C. overlap
D. repel
11. The boiling temperature of water is much higher than methane because water molecules are:
A. composed of fewer atoms
B. more massive
C. smaller
D. polar
12. Are there hydrogen bonds between water molecules in the liquid phase? A. No, and if there were, the water would just be ice (a solid)
B. Yes, and they are continually breaking and reforming
C. Yes, but they rarely occur
D. No, otherwise the water molecules would not be able to tumble over one another
