Free National Common Entrance Examination NCEE Past Questions

NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (NECO), MINNA, NIG ERIA
2019 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE)

PAPER L ACHIEVEMENT TEST TIMEALLOWED: 2 h ours 10 m in s.

Part A: MATHEM ATICS AND BASIC SCIENCE
Part B: ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so, While you are waiting, read the following carefully.

I. There are fifty questions in M athem atics and Basic Science paper for which you are allowed 65 minutes. Also, there
are sixty questions in English and Social Studies paper for which you are allowed 65 minutes.

2 Use IIB pencil throughout.

3 Check that the details printed on your answer sheet are correct.

(a) In the space marked “Name”, check that your name is printed correctly.

(b) In the box marked “Examination N um ber, check that the digits o f your examination number are correctly printed in
die spaces on the left-hand side. There are numbered spaces in line with each o f these digits. For each digit, the
space with same number as the digit has been shaded.

(c) In the box marked “Sex”, check that the space marked “M” has been shaded if you are a male, or “F” if you are
a female.

An example is given below for a male candidate whose examination number is 413257AE.

4. When you have chosen the answer

to a question, shade the space E X A M IN A T IO N N U M B E R SEX |

which has the same letter as die 4 1 3 2 5 7 AE Indicate your sex by
letter o f the answer you have shading M (Male)
chosen. Shade it like this [0] [01 [0] 10] [0] (03 m m (A )
[A] [Bj [CJ [D] m mm
[1] mm [1] [1] ID m (B J (B J

(23 [2] [2] mm [2] [2] [C] (C ] F (Female) F

5. Leave extra spaces blank if the (3] [3] ■PP [3] [3] (33 (D ) (D ]

answer spaces provided are more m■ W " [4 ] [4] [4] [4] [4] W
than you need.

6. Do-not make any marking(s) mm15] 15] [5] (53 (5] [F] IF]

across the heavy black marks at lO)16] [6] [6] 16] (6) (63 [C ]
the right edge o f your answer
m[7] 17] 17] (7] mm (H ] (H )

sheet. m m m m(83 (81 (1] [1]

7. Think carefully before you shade m[9] [9] [9] (9] [9] (9] [J]

the answer spaces. Erase completely

any answ ers) you wish to change.

• 8. Do not shade more than one answer space for a question (if you do, you will score zero for that question).

9. When you are told to begin, answer the questions as quickly and carefully as you can. If you cannot answer a question, do not
spend too much time on it, but try the next one.

10. Do not ask any questions) once the examination has started. The Supervisor is not allowed to explain any questions) to you
during the examination.

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PART A 4. Find the square root o f 3 ~ .
MATHEMATICS
A.
1. How many seconds make up V/t 3
m inutes?
B. i i
A. 240 5
B. 210
C. 180 C. 2I
D. 120 5
E. 60
D. 2 i
2. W rite in figure: Twelve thousand, 5
seven hundred and two.
E. 3 |
A. 12000702 5
B, 1200702
C. 127002 5. Bola deposits N5}000.00 in a savings
D. 120702 bank account. If she is paid an
E. 12702 interest rate o f 5% per annum for
2 years, how much is the simple
3. W rite 30385 in words. interest?

A. Three thousand, three A. N20.0Q
hundred and eighty five B. $450.00

B. Three thousand, three C. H100.00
hundred and fifty eight
D. 14200.00
C Thirty thousand, three E. $4500.00
hundred and eighty five
6. Change AVt days into hours.
D. Thirty thousand, eight
hundred and five A. 42
B. 72
E. Thirty three thousand and C. 72Vi
eighty five D. 88
E. " 108

7. Igho bought five books at W40.00
each and sold them for 14150.00.
What is the loss?

A. $450.00
B. $445.00
C. $440.00
D. $430.00
E. $45.00

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Ado bought a pair o f shoes for 13. What is the cost o f 60 oranges if 4
*5,000.00 and sold it for *4,000.00. cost *20.00?
What is his percentage loss?
A. *480.00
At 10 B. *400.00
B. 20 C. *300.00
C. 30 D. *150.00
D. 40 E. *48.00
E. 50
14. Arrange the following fractions in
9. In a class, there are 30 girls and 45 ascending order: 3 5 7 , j2.
boys. Find the ratio o f girls to boys.
A. 2 3 5 2
A. 1 :3 3* 4* I* 12
B, 2 :3
C. 3 :1 B. 3 5 1_ 2
D. 3 :2 4* 8* 12* 3
E. 4 :9
C. 2 5 2 3
10. One-fourth o f a number is 5. Find 12’ 8 ’ 3 ’ 4
the number.
D. 5 2 H
A. 10 8 ’ 12* 4* 3 '
B. 15
C. 20 E. 2 3 J7 5 ✓
D. 25 3* 4 ’ 12* 8
E. 30
15. What is the place value o f 5 in
11. A worker earns *4,000.00 per 504.13?
month. How much does he earn in ‘/*
A. 5 hundreds
a year? B. 5 hundredths
C. 5 tens
A. *48,000.00 D. 5 thousands
B. *32,400.00 E. 5 units
C. *24,000.00
D. *8,000.00 16. In a school, there are 478 boys and
E. *2,000.00 329 girls. How many pupils are in
the school altogether?
12. What must be subtracted from 3.10
to have 1.001? A. 908
B. 847
A. 1.099 C. 817
B. 1.999 D. 807
C. 2.009 E. 708
D. 2.099
E. 2.999

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17. The difference of two numbers is 60. 22. One-third o f a number is 9, what is
If the smaller number is 90, what is the number?
their sum?
A. 16
A. 300 B. 20
B. 240 C. 23
C. 230 D. 25
D. 150 E. 27
E. 125
23. Okanyere is 20 years old and her
18. Find the sum o f these figures: sister is x years younger. How old is
4.02,13.9 and 7.1. Ohanyere’s sister?

A. 17.03 A. x2 years
B. 24,12 B. 20* years
C. 25.02 C. —20 years
D. 26.02
E, 27.04 X

19. A motorist travelled at 72 km/h for D. (x-20) years
214 hours. How many kilometers has E. (20-x) years
he covered?
24. Simplify (114 - V4) + +14)
A. 144
B. 176 A. 3
C. 180 2
D. 210
E. 220 B. 7

20. Given that x + 3 = 12, find V* - 2. 6

A. 4 C. 1
B. 3
C. 2 D. 1
D. 1 2
E. 0
l
21. Which o f the following is not E.
divisible by 5?
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A. 45
B. 130 25. An aeroplane travelled to town X
C. 265 from town Y at 245 km/h for
D. 554 2 hours. What is the distance
E. 690 covered?

A. 166 km
B. 360 km
C. 490 km
D. 500 km
E. 560 km

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26. Find the value o f the expression 30. Find the area of the shaded portion in
a2 - b , if a - - 2 and b = - 1 . the diagram below.

A. - 5
B. - 3
C. 1
D. 3
E. 5

27. Find die volume of a cylinder with

radius 4 cm and height 14 cm.

B. 44 m2

A. 704 can2 C. 32 m2

B. 532 cm2 0. 28 m2

C. 337 cm2 E. 12 m2

D. 226 cm2

E. 109 cm2 31. The sum of all angles in a triangle is

equal to

28. Solve 17 + 2a ~ a + 7 .

A. 90°.

A. -1 0 B. 120°.

B. - 8 C. 150°.

C. 8 D. 180°.

D. 10 E. 360°.

E. 21

32. What is the value ofx in the diagram

29. If ~ , what is the valueo f —? below?
x3 2

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
E. 15

B. 40
C. 90
D. 160
E. 180

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33, If the area o f a square is 36 cm2, find 37. Find the perimeter o f a triangle with
the perimeter o f the square. sides 5 cm, 7 cm and 9 cm.

A. 36 cm A. 12 cm
B. 24 cm B. 14 cm
C. 12 cm C. 16 cm
D. 6 cm D. 21 cm
E. 4 cm E. 23 cm

34. What is the value o f x in the diagram 38. In the diagram below, i
below?
z1i
\5 c m
jr cm

1\ ----------1t---------
3 cm A. 2 cm
B. 8cm
A. 2 cm C. 12 cm
B. 4 cm D. 16 cm
C. 7 cm E. 20 cm
D. 8 cm
E. 16 cm 39. What is the mode o f the scores:
1*3, 2, 3, 5?
35. The longest side o f a right-angled
triangle is known as A. 0
B. 1
A. adjacent. C. 2
B. diagonal. D. 3
C. hypotenuse. E. 5
D. opposite.
E. right angle. 40. Find the average o f the following set
o f numbers: 3, 2, 6, 1, 3.
36. Find the value o fx in the diagram
below. A.
B.
A. 59° C.
B. 69° D.
C. 1110 E.
D. 121°
E. 180"

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BASIC SCIENCE 45. An example o f an organic acid is

41. The following are functions o f the A. acetic.
tongue except to B. carbonic.
C. hydrochloric.
A . detect the taste o f food. D. nitric.
B. grind food in the mouth. Ep sulphuric.
C. soften food in the mouth.
D. support movement o f food in The alkali used for soap production
is hydroxide.
the mouth.
E. support swallowing o f food. A. ammonium
B. calcium -
42. The part o f a flower that receives C. lithium
pollen grains during pollination is D. magnesium
called E. sodium

A. anther. Limestone is used in the production
B. filam ent of
C. stigma.
D. sepal. A. bronze.
E. style. B. cement.
C. fertilizer.
43. The diagram below is an example o f D. paint
joint. ' E. rubber.

A. gliding The path which each planet moves
B. hinge round the sun is called its
C. pelvic
D. pivot A. axis.
E. suture B. distance.
C. line.
44. Which o f the following blood D. orbit.
components helps in clotting? E. rotation.

A. Erythrocytes
B. Plasma
C. Platelets
D. Red blood cells
E. White blood cells

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49. The weather symbol represented in 50. When Ada pulls an object, she is
the diagram below is applying

** A. energy.
* * *• B. force.
C. power.
A. fog. D. weight.
B. mist. E. work.
4 C. rain.
D. snow.
E. storm.

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National Common Entrance NCEE Past
Questions and Answers

National Examinations Council (NECO), Minna, Nigeria
National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE)

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PAPER I: ACHIEVEMENT TEST - Time Allowed: 2 hours, 10min
Part A: Mathematics and Basic Science (formerly General Science)
Part B: English and Social Studies

PAPER II: APTITUDE TEST - Time Allowed: 1 hour 20 mins
Part A: Quantitative and Vocational Aptitude
Part B: Verbal Aptitude

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PARTB

ENGLISH

SECTION A

COMPREHENSION

Read the passages below carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the
most appropriate o f the options lettered A-E (Nos. 1-10).

PASSAGE 1

Have you ever belched after a meal? How did you feel after belching? Although some people
consider belching a bad habit, there are many health benefits that result from it.

Belching helps the food we eat to digest better and faster. Children normally feel uncomfortable
and restless when they eat without belching. Belching relieves them o f the discomfort.

Belching, after taking aerated drinks like beverages, helps us to pass out the gas content in them.
Beverages contain acid, which is capable o f making us heavy and develop a bloated belly.
Belching also helps us to pass out carbon dioxide from our body. This helps in preventing
bloated stomach and chest pain.

If we fail to belch after a meal, then we should expect a fart from the other end. But if these two
things fail to happen, there is a problem somewhere; we should try and see a doctor.

1. The most suitable title for this 3. One o f these is an effect o f not
passage could be belching in children.

A. How to Belch. A. Bad habit
B. The Bloated Stomach. B. Comfortability
C. The Effect o f Bloated C. Farting
D. Quick digestion
Stomach. E. Restlessness
D. The Importance o f Belching.
E. The Process o f Belching. 4. Which o f the following words can
replace ‘benefits’ as used in the
Belching helps our body system to passage?
release
A. Advantages
A. acid. B. Changes
B. carbon dioxide. C. Damages
C. food. D. Risks
D. gas. E. Services
E. liquid.

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5. To prevent a bloated stomach, one
should always

A. avoid aerated drinks.
B. avoid having chest pain.
C. eat food that can digest better

and faster.
D. resist belching and farting

often,
E. see a doctor.

PASSAGE n

A rich man hired two men to clear a piece o f farmland for him. He charged the labourers to do a
thorough work for him and they assured him o f a good job. When the men finished the job, the
rich man went to inspect it. He discovered that one person did a very clean job while the other
did a bad job.

The rich man decided not to ask the men to know who did the work well and who did n o t
Instead, he called both men and gave them two separate plots o f land to clear for him. This time
one labourer to a plot o f land. He told them that he would pay them for everything on
completion o f the second job.

The bad labourer went to the site to clear it but he did not cut down the plants and shrubs to the
roots. His second attempt at clearing the plot o f land was worse than the first. Hie diligent
labourer, on the other hand, took his time and cut the plants to the very roots, overturning all the
dried leaves beneath the plants. At a spot, his cutlass hit something wrapped in a polythene bag.
When he examined it, he realized that it was a parcel hidden by somebody in the bush. He
picked it and after the day’s job, he reported his discovery to the land owner.

Without uttering a word, the rich man went to inspect the work done. W hen he came back, he
called the two labourers and asked the one who found the parcel to open i t The parcel contained
an amount that was double o f what the rich man had promised to pay him for his work. The rich
man congratulated him and asked him to take everything as his reward for the dedicated service
rendered.

The rich man recruited the labourers 7. The labourers were instructed to

IW A. assist each other.
B. complete the work.
A. clear a piece o f farmland. C. do a very good work.
B. cut plants. D. look for a parcel.
C. grow plants and shrubs. E. overturn all the dried leaves.
D. inspect a plot o f land.
E. render dedicated service,

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8. Which of these statements is true SECTION B: LEXIS
according to the passage?
Choose from the options lettered A-E the
A. The diligent labourer was one th at is nearest in meaning to the
rewarded double fold. underlined w ord (Nos. 1 1 -1 5 ).

B. The labourer who found the 11. Ade lives with his parents in the
parcel did not report to the rural area
rich man.
A. city
C. The two labourers did a good B. metropolis
job. C. region
D. town
D. A parcel was not found. E. village
E. The rich man hired three
12. The boy’s motive for killing the goat
labourers. is wrong.

9. We can conclude from the story that A. desire
the parcel was hidden by B. excuse
C. interest
A. a passer-by. D. reason
B. an unknown person. E. action
C. some labourers.
D. the diligent worker. 13. Iam anxious to see my result.
E. the land owner.
A. afraid
10. The rich man gave the labourers B. eager
separate plots o f land to work on in C. glad
order to D. hopeful
E. willing
A. discourage team work,
B. double the amount of money he 14. The government has decided to make
History a mandatory subject at all
promised to give them. levels of education.
C. find the hidden parcel.
D. identify the diligent labourer and A. compulsory
B. major
reward him. C. minor
E. make the inspection o f the work D. preferred
E. voluntary
easier.

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15. Balkis was legally married to Sule. 19. The patient’s condition worsens by
the day.
A. accidentally
B. forcefully A. declines
C. happily B. decreases
D. lawfully C. dwindles
E. reluctantly D. improves
E. increases
Choose from the options lettered A-E the
one that is m ost nearly opposite in 20. The street was d sK aiH !i after the
meaning to the underlined robbery incident.
word/expression (Nos. 16 - 20).
A. abandoned
16. Tolu pleaded with her friend to B. crowded
accompany her to the party. C. empty
D. occupied
A. commanded E. vacant
B. compelled
C. convinced SECTION C: STRUCTURE
D. induced
E. persuaded Complete each o f the following statements
with the m ost appropriate of the options
17. The headboy was rewarded for his lettered A-E (Nos. 21 - 40).
punctuality.
2 1 . That is the man killed the
A. dishonesty snake.
B. indolence
C. lateness A. which
D. pride B. who
E. rudeness C. who’s
D. whom
18. The investigating officer concealed E. whose
his identity.
22. The dog ran the road.
A. changed
B. disclosed A. across
C. falsified B. beside
D. hid C. between
E. recognized D. over
E. through

23. He __ volleyball every Saturday.

A. play
B. played
C. is playing
D. plays
E. has played

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24. It raining all day. 29. The boy fell and injured

A. had been A. himself.
B. had being B. hisself.
C. has been C. itself.
D. have been D. oneself.
E have being E. yourself.

25. I received a present Juliet. 30. Active Voice: Her father loves her.

Passive Voice: She loved by

A. about her father.
B. by
C. from A. will be
D. of B. is
E. over C. was
D. should be
26. By the time she got home, her baby E. has been
slept for about three hours.

31. Throw the in the waste bin.
t
A. had
B. has A. gabage
C. have B. gabbage
D. will have C. garbage
E. would have D. garbige
E. gerbage

27. Sharon to school twice a
week.
32. Y usufs brother is a

A. always walk A. hyphocrate.
B. is walking B. hyphorcrete.
C. walk C. hypocrate.
D. walked D. hypocrite.
E. walks E. hyporcrate.

28. Mv cousin some apples from 33. You can do i t vou?

the supermarket yesterday.

A. bought A. aren’t
B. buy B. can
C. buys C. can’t
b . will buy D. should
E. would have bought E. won’t

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34. Olu worked hard_____failed the 39, The suffix_____ can be added to
examination. ‘enjoy’ to form a new word.

A. and A. -able
B. but B. -al
C. hence C. -fill
D. then D. -iy
E. though E. -sm

My mother flogged because I 40, The prefix_____ can be added to the
went home late. word ‘complete* to form a new
word.
A. he
B. her A. en-
C. him B. il-
D. 1 C. , im-
E. me D. in-
E. un-
He screamed and the child woke up
SOCIAL STUDIES
A. angrily.
B. gracefully. 4 1, Which o f the following disasters
C. slowly. could be man-made?
D, suddenly.
E. timidly. A. Earthquake
B. Erosion
Frank is the man in his C. Hurricane
village. D. Thunderstorm
E. Volcanic eruption
A. more poorer
B. most poorest 42, Obedience to law and order will
C. poor make a nation
D. poorer
E. poorest A. dangerous.
B. disorganized.
He has gone to church, he? C. peaceful.
D. unstable.
A, didn’t E. weak.
B. has
C. hasn’t 43. National unity can be threatened by
0 . hadn’t
E. haven’t A. establishment o f unity schools.
B. inter-tribal marriages.
C. national festivals.
D. NYSC scheme.
E. religious intolerance.

44. Which of the following is not a 49. The first tier of government in
social value?
Nigeria is the government.
A. Contentment
B. Faithfulness A. federal
C. Fruitfulness B. local
D. Justice C. regional
E. Loyalty D. state

45. The head o f the local government E. zonal
council in Nigeria is referred to as
the The first agent of socialization is the

A. chairman. A. church.
B. clerk. B. family.
C. governor. C. market.
D. president. D. mosque.
E. speaker. E. school.

46. A document used to identify an 51. Community members perform the
electorate during election is following functions except

A. driver’s license. A. contributing towards economic
B. international passport. development.,
C. national identity card.
D. permanent voter’s card. B. encouraging political thuggery.
E. school identity card. C. maintaining peace and order.
D. protecting lives and properties.
47. Which o f the following sources of E. socializing members.
water is man-made?
52. Which of the following is regarded
A. Ocean as negative behaviour?
B. Rain
C. River A. Discipline
D. Spring B. Hardwork
E. Well C. Honesty
D. Punctuality
48. Poverty in the society can be reduced E. Truancy
through
53. A group of people living in the same
A. demonstration. place having common characteristics
B. importation o f goods. defines a
C. migration to cities.
D. political thuggery. A. community.
E. youth empowerment. B. market.
C. park.
D. port.
E. shrine.

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54. The official voting age in Nigeria is 58. Which o f the following should be
encouraged in our society?
A. 14.
B. 15. A. Corruption
C. 16. B. Honesty
D. 18. C. Kidnapping
E. 21. D. Poverty
E. Thuggery
55. The duties o f a good citizen include
the following except The use o f medicine and other
substances without doctor’s
A. obedience to law. prescription is termed drug
B. payment o f taxes.
C. promotion o f cultism. A. abuse.
D. reporting crimes to law B. addiction.
C. pushing.
officers. D. selling.
E. voting during election. E. trafficking.

56. A home that consists of a father, 60. Which of the following is a way o f
mother and their children is ___ preventing drug abuse in schools?
family.
A. Enlightenment campaign
A. compound B. Improper counseling
B. extended C. Involvement in cult activities
C. nuclear D. Keeping bad peer group
D. polyandry E. Poor upbringing
E. polygamous

57. The legal separation between a
husband and his wife is

A. abscondment,
B. betrayal.
C. desertion.
D. disengagement.
E. ' divorce.

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