Nigeria immigration past questions and answers pdf
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1: The NIS was brought out of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in
(a) 1946
(b) 1956
(c) 1958
(c) 1964
Answer: C.
2: How many comptrollers general has the NIS gotten since its 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.
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 the Commonwealth was
Options:
(a) George Washington
(b) Tulma 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: Western and eastern Nigeria became self-governed in
(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) Aguiyi 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
(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 practices one of the following systems of government
(a) Con-federalism
(b) Unitarian
(c) Paliamentaism
(d) Federalism
Answer: D.
20: The Secretary general of OPEC is
(a) Abdulsaleam Kanuri
(b) Abudullahhi El-badri
(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 Annan
(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: 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 was coined out of _________
(a) Niger Forest
(b) Niger Area
(c) Niger 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
(d) Elias Balogun
Answer: B.
26: The current secretary-general or commission chairman of the 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) H.Desategn
(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
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.
32: 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 states 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
Answer: A.
36: Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization
(a) ECOWAS
(b) OAU
(c) UN
(d) OPEC
Answer: B.
37: 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: B.
Sample 20+ Questions on Mathematics for Nigeria Immigration Recruitment.
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) ½
(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
(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 colors?
(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) ¼
(c) 3/8
(d) 1/2
Answer: B
8: Convert the speed of 90 km per hour of a car to meters 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
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 meters 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 6:7:8, 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
(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 3:4:5. 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
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) ½
(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 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 questions 2 and 3
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
The table below gives the score of a group of students in an English language test.
Scores 2 3 4 5 6 7
No. of Students 2 4 7 2 3 2
25: If a student is chosen at random from the group, what is the probability that he scored at least 6 marks?
(a) 3/20
(b) 1/5
(c) ¼
(d) 3/10
Answer: C
26: What is the probability that three customers waiting in a bank will be served in the Sequence of their arrival at the bank?
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/3
(c) ½
(d) 2/3
Answer: C.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (50 Questions)
Choose the word nearest to the word in bold
Qtn 1: After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold
Options:
(a) Became quite rich
(b) Won a big contract
(c) he became a gold miner
(d) became a goldsmith
Answer: A
Qtn 2: One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut corners
Options:
(a) Not to face all problems
(b) to want to become rich quickly
(c) to want to avoid unnecessary hardships
(d) forfeit the opportunity for further education.
Answer: B
Qtn3: The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
Options:
(a) Stature
(b) figure
(c) elegance
(d) carriage
Answer: B
Qtn 4: It would need a high flyer to make a first-class degree in the university
Options:
(a) A smart performer
(b) an outright genius
(c) an outstanding scholar
(d) an unmitigated swat
Answer: D
Qtn 5: What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the subject
Options:
(a) A detailed account
(b) a balanced account
(c) a biased treatment
(d) a general survey
Answer: D
Qtn 6: Hers was a chequered career
Options:
(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
Qtn 7: If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political minefield
Options:
(a) A source of political benefits
(a) a way out of political trouble
(c) a cause for political joy
(d) an invitation to political problems.
Answer: D
Qtn 8: In my view, the play didn’t come off
Options:
(a) Succeed
(b) fail
(c) attract applause
(d) take place
Answer: D
Qtn 9: When the chips are down, we will know those who dare to stand
Options:
(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
Qtn 10: She said boxing is, in fact, her pet aversion
Options:
(a) something she likes very much
(b) something she dislikes very much
(c) a hobby she loves to pursue (d) one thing she can’t miss
Answer: A
Qtn 11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily
Options:
(a) without commitment
(b) with speed
(c) mother’s pet
(d) father’s pet
Answer: B
Qtn 12: Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes
Options:
(a) harmony
(b) in disunity
(c) for selfish purposes
(d) stretch
Answer: A
Qtn 13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated
Options:
(a) disowned
(b) arrested
(c) warned
(d) killed
Answer: B
Qtn 14: Ajayi is a die-hard criminal
Options:
(a) hard to kill
(b) hard to arrest
(c) remorseless
(d) relentless
Answer: A
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
Qtn 15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are ______ to turn to God.
Options:
(a) Concerned
(b) inclined
(c) disposed
(d) proposed
Answer: C
Qtn 16: We cannot all wear the expensive shoe in the situation of __________
Options:
(a) Different demand and supply
(b) uneven wear and tear
(c) different purchasing power
(d) unpredictable national income
Answer: C
Qtn 17: The center-forward was _____________ consequently the goal was not allowed
Options:
(a) In an offside position
(b) very well positioned
(c) brilliant player
(d) the captain of the team
Answer: A
Qtn 18: AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely
Options:
(a) Too much deadly
(b) Very deadly a
(c) so deadly
(d) such deadly a
Answer: D
Qtn19: We had a dull evening because __________
Options:
(a) Hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
(b) hardly talked began 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
Qtn 20: Soyinka’s masterful ___________ of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an outright success
Options:
(a) Evocation
(b) invocation
(c) convocation
(d) revocation
Answer: A
Qtn 21: Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavorable
Options:
(a) Won’t they
(b) wouldn’t they
(c) isn’t it
(d) cant they
Answer: A
Qtn 22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ________ his words
Options:
(a) Chew
(b) spit
(c) eat
(d) bite
Answer: C
Qtn 23: Kindly _____ me your book because my friend has ____ mine
Options:
(a) Borrow/borrowed
(b) borrow /rent
(c) lend/lent
(d) lend/borrowed
Answer: D
Qtn 24: Three-quarters of the church ________ painted by members the previous day
Options:
(a) Were
(b) was
(c) is
(d) are
Answer: B
Qtn 25: The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but _______admitted stealing it
Options:
(a) Neither of them has
(b) neither of them has
(c) none of them has
(d) none of them have.
Answer: B
Qtn 26: Watching carefully, I could see the fish______ along the bottom
Options:
(a) Dotting
(b) crawling
(c) diving
(d) darting
Answer: C
Qtn 27: Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to ______
Options:
(a) Matured/mature
(b) mature/mature
(c)mature/matured
(d) matured/matured
Answer: B
Qtn 28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ______ they’re _________
Options:
(a) Of/predicament
(b) about/ indulgence
(c) on/rearmament
(d) as for/advancement
Answer: C
Qtn 29: Ali was honest and quiet as a schoolboy but too much drinking has now changed his
______ and _____ his tongue
Options:
(a) Temperature/injured
(b)character/tightened
(c) temperament/loosened
(d) innocence/worsened
Answer: C
Qtn 30: The hospital was closed _________ because there were no beds to put patients ________
Options:
(a) Again/upon
(b) off/on
(c) down/at
(d) up/in
Answer: D
Qtn 31: The judge with his son _________ traveling to Lagos now
Options:
(a) Were
(b) shall
(c) is
(d) are
Answer: C
Qtn 32: A university teacher is an _____
Options:
(a) Academic
(b) academics
(c) academician
(d) academia
Answer: A
Qtn 33: The adventurers ran into many ________ in the forest
Options:
(a) Dear
(b) dears
(c) deers
(d) deer
Answer: D
Qtn 34: The argument between the two neighbors degenerated into __
Options:
(a) A free-for-all
(b) a free for all fight
(c) a flee for all
(d) a free fight
Answer: A
Qtn 35: The class _____ more girls than boys this session
(a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d) comprises
Answer: D
Qtn 36: The tourist bought __________
Options:
(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
Qtn 37: I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall
Options:
(a) Hanged
(b) hunger
(c) hang
(d) hung
Answer: D
Qtn 38: Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan later this year
Options:
(a) Holding
(b) held
(c) being held
(d) to hold
Answer: A
Qtn 39: I shall work hard so that I can ________ a distinction in English
Options:
(a) Secure
(b) make
(c) receive
(d) grab
Answer: B
Qtn 40: The baby was rather _______ than I could bear
Options:
(a) Much more troublesome
(b) much too troublesome
(c) so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome
Answer: A
Qtn 41: Students were forbidden ______ secret society
Options:
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
(c) to join
(d) on joining
Answer: A
Qtn 42: Of course, we all saw the culprit _______ and hit the man on the head
Options:
(a) Approached
(b) Approaching
(c) Approach
(d) Approaches
Answer: C
Qtn 43: A child that shows mature characteristics at an early age may be described as
Options:
(a) Preconceived
(b) premature
(c) ingenuous
(d) precocious
Answer: D
Qtn 44: The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of the proposed office complex
Options:
(a) Prototype
(b) photograph
(c) microfilm
(d) photocopy
Answer: A
Qtn 45: _______ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat
Options:
(a) While
(b) by chance
(c) should
(d) should in case
Answer: C
Qtn 46: This imposing edifice _______ a fortune to build
Options:
(a) Had costed
(b) have cost
(c) costed
(d) cost
Answer: D
Qtn 47: They let him go in ________ to his age
Options:
(a) Respect
(b) regard
(c) disregard
(d) consideration
Answer: D
Qtn 48: Some scientists are trying to _____ human beings in their laboratories
Options:
(a) Imitate
(b) replicate
(c) implicate
(d) fabricate
Answer: B
Qtn 49: He does not seem to know how to solve the problem _______
Options:
(a) Does not he?
(b) does he not?
(c) does he?
(d) doesn’t he?
Answer: C
Qtn 50: These villagers _______ to grow rice
Options:
(a) Used
(b) are used
(c) were used
(d) use
Answer: A
1. One of these is not a type of passport in Nigeria
A. Nigeria Diplomatic or Official Passport
B. Nigeria Standard Passport
C. Nigeria Pilgrims Passport
D. Nigeria Citizens Passport
2. ECOWAS was established in ____ and has its administrative headquarter in
(a) 1967 Lome
(b) 1975 Lome
(c) 1975 Lagos
(d) 1967 Lagos
3: The first general election in Nigeria was held in
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1963
(d) 1999
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
5: The NIS was brought out of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in
(a) 1946
(b) 1956
(c) 1958
(c) 1964
6: The NIS was formally established by the act of parliament in
(a) 1963
(b) 1957
(c) 1964
(d) 1976
7: The first African country to introduce E-passport was
(a) South-Africa
(b) Ghana
(c) Liberia
(d) Nigeria
8: Which ministry determines the tariffs on passport issuance or re-issuance and residence permit?
A. Federal Ministry of Interior
B. Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
C. Federal Ministry of Transport
D. Federal Ministry of Works and Housing
9: CERPAC stands for
A. Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card.
B. Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Abroad Card.
C. Combined Extended Residence Permit and Aliens Card.
D. Combined Extended Residence Permit and Abroad Card.
10. Arrange in descending order: (i) Comptroller General (ii) Comptroller (iii) Superintendent (iv) Chief Superintendent
A. I, ii, iv, iii
B. I, ii, iii, iv
C. iv, I, ii, iii
D. ii, iii, iv, i
Mathematics Section:
1. 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
Use the following information for question 2 and 3 The surname of 40 children in a class were arranged in alphabetical order, 16 of the surnames begins with O, and 9 of the surnames begins with A. 14 letters of the alphabet do not appear as the first letter of a surname.
2. 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
3. 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECTION:
Choose the word nearest to the word in bold
4. 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
5. 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 for further education.
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap
6. AIDS ____ is a disease that kills slowly but surely
(a) Too much deadly
(b) Very deadly a
(c) so deadly
(d) such deadly a
7. Students were forbidden _____ secret society
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
(c) to join
(d) on joining
