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CDCFIB Past Questions and Answers

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (50 Questions)

Choose the word nearest to the word in bold

1) After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold

A. Became quite rich

B. Won a big contract
C. he became a gold miner
D. became a goldsmith

Answer: A

2) One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut corners

A. Not to face all problems

B. to want to become rich quickly
C. to want to avoid unnecessary hardships
D. forfeit the opportunity of further education.

Answer: B

3) The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait

A. Stature
B. Figure
C. Elegance
D. carriage

Answer: B

4) It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in the university

A. A smart performer
B. an outright genius
C. an outstanding scholar
D. an unmitigated swat

Answer: D

5) What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the subject
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A. A detailed account
B. a balanced account
C. biased treatment
D. a general survey

Answer: D

6) Hers was a chequered career

A. An interesting and successful

career
B. a career full of sorrow and tears
C. a bright and memorable career
D. a career full of ups and downs
Answer: D

7) If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political mine field

A. A source of political benefits

B. a way out of political trouble
C. a cause for political joy
D. an invitation to political problems.

Answer: D

8) In my view, the play didn’t come off

A. Succeed
B. Fail
C. attract applause
D. take place

Answer: D

9) When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to stand

A. when we get to a crisis point

B. in the final analysis
C. when the blocks are lowered
D. when we get to the end of the road

Answer: D

10) She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion

A. something she likes very much

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B. something she dislikes very much

C. a hobby she loves to pursue (d) one thing she can’t miss

Answer: A

11) The gateman does his work perfunctorily

A. without commitment
B. with speed
C. mother’s pet
D. father’s pet

Answer: B

12) Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes

A. harmony
B. in disunity
C. for selfish purposes
D. stretch

Answer: A

13) The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated

A. disowned
B. arrested
C. warned
D. killed

Answer: B

14) Adayi is a die-hard criminal

A. hard to kill
B. hard to arrest
C. remorseless
D. resentless

Answer: A

Fill each gap with most appropriate option from the list following the gap

15) In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are to turn to God.
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A. Concerned
B. Inclined
C. Disposed
D. propensed

Answer: C

16) We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of

A. Diverent demand and supply

B. uneven wear and tear
C. different purchasing power
D. unpredictable national income

Answer: C

17) The centre – forward was consequently the goal was not allowed

A. In an offside position
B. very well positioned
C. brilliant player
D. the captain of the team

Answer: A

18) AIDS is disease that kills slowly but surely

A. Too much a deadly

B. deadly a
C. so deadly
D. such deadly a

Answer: D

19) We had a dull evening because

A. Hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
B. hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
C. the talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out
D. the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began

Answer: A

20) Soyinka’s masterful of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make

his book, Ake, an outright success
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A. Evocation
B. Invocation
C. Convocation
D. revocation

Answer: A

21) Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavourable

A. Won’t they
B. wouldn’t they
C. isn’t it
D. cant they

Answer: A

22) Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never his words

A. Chew
B. Spit
C. Eat
D. bite

Answer: C

23) Kindly me your book because my friend has mine

A. Borrow / borrowed
B. borrow /rent
C. lend / lent
D. lend/borrowed

Answer: D

24) Three quarters of the church painted by members the previous day

A. Were
B. Was
C. Is
D. are

Answer: B
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25) The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but
admitted stealing it

A. Neither of them has

B. neither of them have
C. none of them has
D. none of them have.

Answer: B

26) Watching carefully, I could see the fish along the bottom

A. Dotting
B. Crawling
C. Diving
D. darting

Answer: C

27) Emeka is now a student but it took him years to

A. Matured/mature
B. mature/mature
C. mature/matured
D. matured/matured

Answer: B

28) The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed their

A. Of/predicament
B. about/ indulgence
C. on/rearmament
D. as for/advancement

Answer: C

29) Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has now changed his

and his tongue

A. Temperature/injured
B. character/tightened
C. temperament/loosened
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D. innocence/worsened

Answer: C

30) The hospital was closed because there were no beds to put patients

A. Again/upon
B. off/on
C. down/at
D. up/in

Answer: D

31) The judge with his son travelling to Lagos now

A. Were
B. Shall
C. Is
D. are

Answer: C

32) A university teacher is an

A. Academic
B. Academics
C. Academician
D. academia

Answer: A

33) The adventurers ran into many in the forest

A. Dear
B. Dears
C. Deers
D. deer

Answer: D

34) The argument between the tow neighbous degenerated into

A. A free-for all
B. a free for all fight
C. a flee for all
D. a free fight
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Answer: A

35) The class more girls than boys this session

A. Comprise of
B. comprises of
C. comprise
D. comprises

Answer: D

36) The tourist bought

A. A brown, small, Nigerian earthen pot

B. a small, brown Nigerian earthen pot
C. an earthen, brown, small Nigerian
pot
D. a Nigerian small brown earthen
Answer: B

37) I have already the picture on the sitting-room wall

A. Hanged
B. Hunged
C. Hang
D. hung

Answer: D

38) Most of us will attend the conference at Ibadan later this year

A. Holding
B. Held
C. being held
D. to hold

Answer: A

39) I shall work hard so that I can a distinction in English

A. Secure
B. Make
C. Receive
D. grab

Answer: B
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40) The baby was rather than I could bear

A. Much more troublesome

B. much too troublesome
C. so much troublesome
D. very much troublesome

Answer: A

41) Students were forbidden secret

society

A. From joining
B. in joining
C. to join
D. joining
Answer: A

42) Of course, we all saw the culprit and hit the man on the head

A. Approached
B. Approaching
C. Approach
D. Approaches

Answer: C

43) A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as

A. Preconceived
B. Premature
C. Ingenuous
D. precocious

Answer: D

44) The company Director showed the contractor a of the proposed office complex

A. Prototype
B. Photograph
C. Microfilm
D. photocopy

Answer: A

45) you come early to the new house, clean up my flat

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A. While
B. Chance
C. Should
D. should in case

Answer: C

46) This imposing edifice a fortune to build

A. Had costed
B. have cost
C. costed
D. cost

Answer: D

47) They let him go in to his

age

A. Respect
B. Regard
C. Disregard
D. consideration
Answer: D

48) Some scientists are trying to human beings in their laboratories

A. Imitate
B. Replicate
C. Implicate
D. fabricate

Answer: B

49) He does not seem to know how to solve the problem

A. Does not he?

B. does he not?
C. does he?
D. doesn’t he?

Answer: C

50) These villagers to grow rice

A. Used
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B. are used
C. were used
D. use

Answer: A

Current Affairs for (40 Questions)

1) The NIS was brought out of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in

A. 1946
B. 1956
C. 1958
D. 1964

Answer: C.

2) How many comptrollers general has the NIS gotten since the inception to date?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 8
D. 16

Answer: D.

3) The present comptroller general of NIS is

A. Muhammed Babandede
B. Rose Chinyere Uzoma
C. Martin Kure Abeshi
D. David Parradang

Answer: A.

4) Which of the following is the core duty of Nigeria Immigration?

A. Persecuting offenders
B. Enforcing of Laws
C. Issuance of all Nigerian travel document
D. Deporting of foreigners

Answer: C.
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5) The NIS was formally established by the act of parliament in

A. 1963
B. 1957
C. 1964
D. 1976

Answer: A.

6) The first African country to introduce E-passport was

A. South-Africa
B. Ghana
C. Liberia
D. Nigeria

Answer: D.

7) The first Secretary-General of Commonwealth was

A. George Washington
B. Goldie
C. Arnold Smith
D. Joseph Garba

Answer: C.

8) Lagos became a crown colony in

A. 1862
B. 1861
C. 1841
D. 1886

Answer: A.

9) The first world war took place

between

A. 1911-1914
B. 1914-1916
C. 1916-1918
D. 1914-1918
Answer: D.

10) The western and eastern Nigeria became self-governed in

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A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1957
D. 1956

Answer: C.

11) The first head of the government of Nigeria

was

A. Yakubu Gowon
B. Aguiyi Ironsi
C. Tafawa Balewa
D. Nnamdi Azikiwe
Answer: C.

12) The first military president of Nigeria was

A. Sanni Abacha
B. Ibrahim Babangida
C. Ironsi
D. Yakubu Gowon
Answer: B.

13) Nigeria became a republic in

A. 1963
B. 1960
C. 1976
D. 1961
Answer: A.

14) The Northern and Southern protectorate was amalgamated in

A. 1914
B. 1919
C. 1921
D. 1900

Answer: A.

15) The first Executive president was

A. Nnamdi Azikiwe
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B. Olusegun Obasanjo
C. Sheu Shagari
D. Goodluck Jonathan

Answer: C.

16) The first colonial governor-general of Nigeria was

A. Tulma Goldie
B. James Robertson
C. Huge Clifford
D. Lord Lugard

Answer: D.

17) The highest court in Nigeria is

A. Court of Appeal
B. Supreme court
C. Federal High Court
D. Magistrate court

Answer: B.

18) The first general election in Nigeria was held in

A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1963
D. 1999

Answer: A.

19) Nigeria practice one of the following systems of government

A. Con-federalism
B. Unitarism
C. Paliamentaism
D. Federalism

Answer: D.

20) The Secretary general of OPEC is

A. Abdulsaleam Kanuri
B. El-badri
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C. Utuhu Kamirideen
D. Philip Effiong

Answer: B.

21) The current secretary-general of the United nation is

A. Ban ki Moon
B. António Guterres
C. Koffi Anaan
D. Boustro-Brouste Ghali

Answer: B.

22) Which of the following pair of countries consist of the permanent security council of the UN

A. Brazil, Germany, France, USA, China

B. France, China, USSR, USA, Britain
C. France, Britain, Brazil, Newzealand
D. France, Germany, Japan, China

Answer: B.

23) In order to qualify for the post of President in Nigeria the person must be and above

A. 35 years
B. 20 years
C. 40 years
D. 55 years

Answer: A.

24) The name Nigeria coined out of

A. Niger Forest
B. Niger Area
C. River
D. Niger Textures

Answer: B.

25) The first Inspector General of the Police Force was

A. Teslim Balogun
B. Louis Edet
C. Ademola Adetokunbo
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D. Elias Balogun

Answer: B.

26) The current secretary-general or commission chairman of Africa union is

A. Dlamini Zuma
B. Allasane Quattara
C. Emeka Anaoku
D. H. Desategn

Answer: A.

27) The current president of the commission or secretary is of ECOWAS

A. [Link]
B. Kadre Desire Quedraogo
C. Allasane Quattara
D. Ike Ekweremalu

Answer: B.

28) The headquarter of the UN is in

A. New York
B. Washington
C. Geneva
D. Vienna

Answer: A.

29) UNO was founded in San Francisco in

A. 1939
B. 1914
C. 1945
D. 1950

Answer: C.

30) The first military coup-de’tat in Africa was in

A. Libya
B. Liberia
C. Egypt
D. Nigeria
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Answer: C.

31) Nigeria became 36 states under the regime

of

A. Olusegun Obasanjo
B. Sanni Abacha
C. Ibrahim Babangida
D. Yakubu Gowon
Answer: B.

33) The first military head of state was

A. Yakubu Gowon
B. Aguiyi Ironsi
C. Olusegun Obasanjo
D. Ernest Shonekan
Answer: B.

33) Oil can be found in one of the following state in Nigeria

A. Lagos
B. Anambra
C. Ondo
D. Ekiti

Answer: C.

34) Tin is majorly found in

A. Jos
B. Enugu
C. Kano
D. Imo

Answer: A.

35) Oil was first discovered by Shell-BP in Nigeria

A. Oloibiri
B. Idanre
C. Warri
D. Kabba
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Answer: A.

36) Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization

A. ECOWAS
B. OAU
C. UN
D. OPEC

Answer: B.

38) The last military head state of Nigeria was

A. Abdulsaleem Abubakar
B. Sanni Abacha
C. Olusegun Obasanjo
D. Yakubu Gowon

Answer: A.

38) The name Nigeria was coined by

A. Flora Shaw
B. Mary Slessor
C. Lord Lugard
D. Juman Goldie

Answer: A.

39) The legislature in Nigeria is called

A. House of assembly
B. House of lords
C. National Assembly
D. House of Representative

Answer: C.

40) Nigeria changed from pounds to Naira in

A. 1960
B. 1973
C. 1959
D. 1963

ANSWER A:
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41) The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was officially established in
A. 1967
B. 1984
C. 2003
D. 2007
ANS: C. 2003

42) The primary mandate of the NSCDC includes

A. Prosecuting criminals
B. Protecting critical infrastructure and national assets
C. Conducting foreign intelligence operations
D. Managing immigration services
ANS: B. Protecting critical infrastructure and national assets

43) The NSCDC was granted full paramilitary status in

A. 2003
B. 2007
C. 2010
D. 2015
ANS: B. 2007

44) The current Commandant General of the NSCDC is

A. Ade Abolurin
B. Ahmed Audi
C. Hillary Madu
D. Gana Muhammadu
ANS: B. Ahmed Audi

45) The NSCDC is under the supervision of which government ministry?

A. Ministry of Defence
B. Ministry of Interior
C. Ministry of Justice
D. Ministry of Police Affairs
ANS: B. Ministry of Interior

46) The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) was formerly known as

A. Nigeria Prison Service
B. Nigeria Detention Service
C. Nigeria Custodial Service
D. Nigeria Penal Service
ANS: A. Nigeria Prison Service

47) The NCoS is responsible for

A. Arresting suspects
B. Managing inmates and facilitating their reformation
C. Conducting criminal investigations
D. Enforcing traffic laws
ANS: B. Managing inmates and facilitating their reformation
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48) The NCoS was rebranded from the Nigeria Prison Service in
A. 2015
B. 2019
C. 2020
D. 2021
ANS: B. 2019

49) The current Controller General of the NCoS is

A. Ja’afaru Ahmed
B. Haliru Nababa
C. Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu
D. John Mrabure
ANS: B. Haliru Nababa

50) The NCoS operates under which ministry?

A. Ministry of Justice
B. Ministry of Interior
C. Ministry of Defence
D. Ministry of Police Affairs
ANS: B. Ministry of Interior

51) The Federal Fire Service (FFS) was established in

A. 1955
B. 1963
C. 1975
D. 1980
ANS: B. 1963

52) The primary responsibility of the FFS is

A. Fighting fires and rescuing victims
B. Enforcing building codes
C. Conducting fire safety inspections
D. All of the above
ANS: D. All of the above

53) The FFS was revitalized and modernized in

A. 2000
B. 2010
C. 2015
D. 2018
ANS: C. 2015

54) The current Controller General of the FFS is

A. Joseph Garba Anebi
B. Liman Ibrahim
C. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu
D. Alex Okoh
ANS: B. Liman Ibrahim
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55) The FFS is under the supervision of

A. Ministry of Environment
B. Ministry of Interior
C. Ministry of Works
D. Ministry of Health
ANS: B. Ministry of Interior
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Mathematics (20+ Questions)

1) The probabilities that Kodjo and Adoga pass an examination are ¾ and 3/5 respectively. Find
the probability of both boys failing the examination.

A. 1/10
B. 3/10
C. 1/2
D. 2/3

Answer: A.

2) The mean of 20 observations in an experiment is 4. If the observed largest value is 23,

Find the mean of the remaining observations.

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2.85
D. 2.60

Answer: A.

3) A group of eleven people can speak either English or French or both. Seven can speak English
and six can speak French. What is the probability that a person chosen at random can speak
both English and French?

A. 2/11
B. 4/11
C. 5/11
D. 11/13

Answer: B.

4) P (X n Y) is

A. 0
B. 2/15
C. 4/15
D. 11/15

Answer: A

5) P (X u Y) is
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A. 0
B. 2/15
C. 4/15
D. 11/15

Answer: A

6) A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If two marbles are picked at
Random, one after the other, without replacement, What is the probability of picking two
marbles of different colours?

A. 2/3
B. 3/5
C. 2/5
D. 7/20

Answer: D

7) Mrs. Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it will be a boy is ½ and the Probability
that the baby will have blue eyes is ¼. What is the probability that she will have a Blue-eyed
boy?

A. 1/8
B. 1/4
C. 3/8
D. 1/2

Answer: B

8) Convert the speed of 90 km per hour of a car to metres per second

A. 1.5 ms-1
B. 2.5 ms-1
C. 25 ms-1
D. 1.5 x 103ms-1

Answer: C

9) Uche and Chidi shared a sum of money on the ratio m:n. If Chidi’s share was N4,200.00, what
was Uche’s share?

A. N4,200n/m
B. N4,200/mn
C. N4,200m/n
D. N4,200/n
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Answer: C

10) A husband contributes 7% of his income into a fund and his wife contributes 4% of her
income. If the husband earns N5,500 per annum (p.a) and his wife earns N4,000 p.a, find
the sum of their contribution

to the fund.

A. N1,045
B. N605
C. N545
D. N490

Answer: C

11) A car is traveling at an average speed of 80kmh-1. Its speed in metres per second (m/s) Is

A. 13.3m/s
B. 22.2m/s
C. 133.3m/s
D. 222.2m/s

Answer: B

12) If the children share N10.50K among themselves in the ratio [Link], How much is the largest
share?

A. N3.00
B. N3.50
C. N4.00
D. N4.50

Answer: C

13) A trader makes a loss of 15% when selling an article. Find the ratio, selling price: cost price.

A. 3:20
B. 3:17
C. 17:20
D. 20:23

Answer: C

14) A car travels at Xkm per hour for 1 hour at Ykm per hour for 2 hours. Find its average speed.

A. 2x+2ykmh-1/3
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B. x+ ykmh-1/3
C. x+2 ykmh-1
D. 2x+ ykmh-1/3

Answer: C

15) The ages of three men are in the ratio [Link]. If the difference between the ages of the
oldest and youngest is 18 years, find the sum of the ages of the three men.

A. 45 years
B. 72 years
C. 108 years
D. 216 years

Answer: C

16) A bicycle wheel of radius 42cm is rolled over a distance of 66m. How many revolutions does
it make?

[Take π=22/7]

A. 2.5
B. 5
C. 25
D. 50

Answer: C

17) In a bag of oranges, the ratio of the good ones to the bad ones is 5:4. If the number of
bad ones in the bag is 36, how many oranges are there altogether?

A. 81
B. 72
C. 54
D. 45

Answer: A

18) A man is four times as old as his son. The difference between their ages is 36. Find the
sum of their ages.

A. 45 years`
B. 48 years
C. 60 years
D. 74 years
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Answer: C

19) If 4m+3n = 5, find the ratio m:n 4m-3n 3

A. 7:4
B. 4:3
C. 3:4
D. 4:7

Answer: A

20) If 2x : (x+1) =3:2, what is the value of x?

A. 1/2
B. 1
C. 1½
D. 3

Answer: D

21) The ratio of the number of men to the number of women in a 20 member committee is
3:1. How many women must be added to the 20 member committee so as to make the ratio of
men to women 3:2 ?

A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9

Answer: B.

22) What is the probability of having an odd number in a single toss of a fair die?

A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. ½
D. 2/3

Answer: C

Use the following information for question 2 and 3

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The surname of 40 children in a class was arranged in alphabetical order,16 of the surnames
begin with O, and 9 of the surnames begin with A. 14 letters of the alphabet do not appear as
the first letter of a surname.

23) What is the probability that the surname of a child picked at random from the class
begins with either O and A?

A. 5/8
B. 7/8
C. 9/16
D. 14/25

Answer: A

24) If more than one surname begins with a letter besides A and O, how many surnames
begin with the letter?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

Answer: B