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WELCOME TO
THE PTDF INTERNET-BASED APTITUDE
TEST FOR THE AWARD OF OVERSEAS
M.Sc. SCHOLARSHIP 2010/2011.
DEMONSTRATION CLIP.
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This demonstration clip runs for fifteen (15) minutes. It is designed to intimate you with the
format of the Test you wish to take. It will help you to become more familiar with the questions
and contents of the PTDF internet-based test.
Being an internet-based test, it is time-bound. Once you commence, the timer is activated and at
the expiration of the time allowed for the part of the test you chose, you will be logged out and
not given access to questions in that part again.
You can view all the questions in any part of the test by using the TAKE TEST button. This
allows you to answer the questions in any order that is convenient for you.
If you are able to answer all the questions in any part before the expiration of the time allowed
for it, you can review your previous answers by clicking the REVIEW button, or at any other
time during the period allowed for that part of the test. If you are satisfied with your work before
the expiration of the time allocated for any part of the test, you may submit your answers by
clicking on SUBMIT button. If you are not able to finish the test before you are logged out, the
system will automatically submit on your behalf the answers you have provided during the
course of the examination.
This is the general paper. There are ten (10) questions and you are provided with five (5)
multiple choice answers for each one. Click on what you consider to be the correct answer to
each question.
You are required to attempt all questions. However, you are advised not to make guesses at the
answers to the questions since you will lose as many marks for an incorrect answer as you will
score for a correct answer.
Table 1 is a list of courses for which scholarships are available and they have been grouped into
sixteen (16) sections; Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P.
TABLE 1: COURSES FOR SCHOLARSHIP & CORRESPONDING QUESTION
SECTIONS.
Computing
B Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing.
Environmental Engineering
D Engineering Geology
E Mechanical and Production Engineering
Welding Engineering
H Petroleum Engineering.
J Petroleum Geosciences
Exploration Geophysics
Petroleum Geophysics
Structural Geology with Geophysics
Petroleum Accounting
Energy Finance
Oil and Gas Management
Energy Economics
STUDY THIS TABLE CAREFULLY and from it, CHOOSE ONE SECTION ONLY, that is
related to your area of expertise and for which you are seeking an overseas scholarship. Please
note that once you have chosen a section and logged onto it, the system will not allow you to
choose any other section, i.e., you will not be in a position to change your mind and seek your
fortune in another section. So you are advised to CAREFULLY and THOUGHTFULLY make
your choice.
You are required to attempt all the questions in the section you have chosen. There are five (5)
questions and you are provided with five (5) multiple choice answers for each one. Click on
what you consider to be the correct answer to each question. There is no penalty for wrong
answers.
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 12
A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas
did he eat on the first day?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
E. 14
It was vacation time, and so I decided to visit my cousin's home. In the mornings, we both would go for a
jog. The evenings were spent on the tennis court. Tiring as these activities were, we could manage only
one per day, i.e., either we went for a jog or played tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy
and stayed home all day long. Now, there were 15 mornings when we did nothing, 11 evenings when we
stayed at home, and a total of 14 days when we jogged or played tennis. For how many days did I stay at
my cousin's place?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 29
D. 24
E. 28
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8
B. 11123113211
C. 1132113211
D. 1113213211
E. 1111132231
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B. False
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What number comes next in this sequence: 917452, 97452, 9745, 975, ==?==
A. 975
B. 974
C. 97
D. 95
E. 94
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B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. None of the above
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The Brainfriend calculator is low on batteries again. The following multiplication is wrong. Each line has
the correct numbers, but mixed up. The solution is correct though. What is the correct multiplication?
2147
3725 *
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22084429
A. 1427 * 5237
B. 7421 * 3235
C. 2147 * 2735
D. 2147 * 7325
E. 4217 * 5237
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B. Dr Iyorcha Ayu
C. Mrs Rita Akpan
D. Mallam Adamu Bello
E. None of the above
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B. Dublin
C. Moscow
D. Athens
E. None of the above
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A snake slides through a long cylindrical hole in the ground at 6 centimetres per second. The hole is 7.5
metres in length. The snake takes 14 seconds to enter the hole. How many seconds does the snake take
to exit the hole after entering it?
A. 125 seconds
B. 120 seconds
C. 110 seconds
D. 105 seconds
E. 90 seconds
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----------, -----------, and ---------- States uses the title 'Emir' for their traditional rulers
A. Bauchi, Zaria and Ilorin
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One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other one also shouts that he too had
two behind him. How many are they?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
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Find the number of ways of selecting 3 prefects in a class of 15 boys and 10 girls, if one of the prefects
must be a girl.
A. 1050.
B. 1005.
C. 1976.
D. 2300.
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B. aluminium
C. calcium
D. phosphorus
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Chike must have passed the house five times yet, he was still not sure. Was this the house he had visited
so often in the past? The house he used to visit was a bungalow. This house too, was a bungalow. The
old house was situated between two-storied buildings; this one too, was so situated. But in spite of this
feeling of certainty, Chike had a vague suspicion that the house he had passed so often that day might be
the wrong house after all. Could an absence of two years have blurred his memory so badly? After a few
moments' hesitation, Chike began to move towards the house and then stopped, as if held back by an
invisible hand. His attention had been attracted by a girl of about twenty-four, who was tripping along the
pavement to his right. He turned and advanced towards her, and was about to call her by what he felt was
her name when he discovered that he had made a mistake in respect of her identity. Just as Chike turned
from the girl to continue his quest, he heard voices shouting, 'thief! thief!' and saw a crowd materialise in
seconds. At the head of this justice-impelled rabble, was a ludicrously fat woman who, inspite of her size,
bounced along with the agility of a prize athlete. This barrel bellowed loudest and clapped her hands
vigorously to punctuate her outburst. And as she did so, the surplus flesh on her podgy arms quivered.
'They are all the same,' this woman screamed, addressing nobody in particular. 'They dress gorgeously,
but underneath they are rogues'. Again, she clapped her hands and again, there was a quivering of loose
flesh. Chike was so busily occupied with watching the antics of this woman that he did not notice at first
that the object of her venom is the girl that he had seen earlier. It was this girl that was now surrounded
by the crowd, with many people groaning, sighing and hissing in unison. Chike relaxed and prepared to
watch the drama unfolding before him.
(Jamb 1997).
Many people in the crowd groaned, sighed and hissed because they were _____.
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If a solid X floats in liquid P of relative density 1.5 and in liquid Q of relative density 2.0, it can be inferred
that
Which of the following statements are correct of ΔH, the enthalpy of reaction? It is
A. the heat change accompanying a chemical reaction
From the options lettered A - E, fill the blank space with the word that is OPPOSITE IN MEANING
to the word(s) written in capital letters.
One of the armed robbers was as DARING in his words as the other was _____.
A. morose
B. secretive
C. reckless
D. timid
E. rational
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From a group of five boys and four girls a party of five is to be chosen for a special trip. In how many ways
can this be done if anyone can be chosen.
A. 126.
B. 15120.
C. 3024.
D. 84.
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An infinitely virtual image is formed in an astronomical telescope with normal adjustment because
A. The focal length of the objective equals that of the eye piece.
B. The focal lengths is the sum of the distances between the objective and eye piece.
C. The objective lens has a shorter focal length.
D. None of the above.
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A bullet is fired to attain a maximum range with an initial velocity 30m/s [g = 10m/s 2]. If the mass of the
bullet is 0.005kg. Calculate the kinetic energy of the bullet in the horizontal direction.
A. 2250m/s.
B. 1125m/s.
C. 225.0m/s.
D. 1250m/s/
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Which of the following cannot be deduced from the electronic configuration of a transition metal?
A. Possession of magnetic properties
It is quite CUSTOMARY to introduce the guest speaker but ______ to insult him.
A. illegal
B. impolite
C. unusual
D. useless
E. pointless
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One amongst the options below controls the percentage of light entering the eye
A. Pupil.
B. Iris.
C. Cornea.
D. Ciliary muscles.