Nigeria Police Force (NPF): 1,000 Past Questions and Answers

Nigeria Police Force (NPF): 1,000 Past Questions and Answers

Nigeria Police Force (NPF): 1,000 Past Questions and Answers: Nigeria Police Force: 1,000 Past Questions and Answers: The Nigeria Police Force is currently recruiting, and thousands will be screened out, to be on the safer side, applicants need to opt their game by being grounded in all areas of the Computer Based Test (CBT)

As we all know, NPF applicants will have to face the computer to test their knowledge of Numerical, Verbal, Inductive, and Logical reasoning, to ascertain their level of wisdom

It is worth mentioning that, applicants will also be tested on current affairs and recent happening in the country, particularly the security sector of the country and the role of the police force

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There are Nine types of Questions the Nigeria Police is known for. they are:

Before you study these questions, make sure you have gone through the latest 2023 Nigerian Current Affairs, it is very important you do that, as questions will be drawn from that segment

Numerical Reasoning

Q1.     How did you do in the test? Not so well. I ______ much better but I misread the directions for writing.

A.        will have done

B.        can have done

C.        must have done

D.        may have done

E.        could have done

Q2.     The Capital of Lagos State is _______.

A.        Bariga

B.        Isale-Eko

C.        Eko

D.        Ikeja

E.        Ikorodu

Q3.     If the day tomorrow is Sunday, what was it yesterday?

A.        Monday

B.        Tuesday

C.        Friday

D.        Saturday

E.        Wednesday

Q4.     Amaka was the cynosure of all eyes at the party. This means that _______.

A.        she attracted everybody’s attention

B.        everybody was surprised that she attended the part

C.        she was notorious for her behaviour

D.        everybody looked down at her

E.        none of the options

Q5.     Who is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria?

A.        Alhaji Mai Borno

B.        Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

C.        Godwin Emefiele

D.        Adamu Chiroma

E.        Charles Soludo

Q6.     In words, number 14 can be written as _______.

A.        Forteen

B.        Fourteen

C.        Fortin

D.        Fourtin

Instruction: Choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the uppercase word.

Q7.     Few people prefer the RURAL to the _______ areas.

A.        urban

B.        modern

C.        pastoral

D.        central

E.        rustic

Q8.     A piece of land completely surrounded by water is known as _______.

A.        A platform

B.        A lagoon

C.        A lake

D.        An island

E.        None of the options

Q9.     Bose shouldn’t have interrupted the teacher, _______?

A.        could she

B.        didn’t she

C.        should she

D.        did she

E.        can she

Q10.  Are you willing to be deployed to a rural area?

A.        YES

B.        NO

Q11.  At this time, do you have any computer programming or software development skills?

A.        YES

B.        NO

Q12.  At this time, which one or a combination of these devices do you own:

A.        Smartphone (mobile phones with Internet capabilities)

B.        Laptop

C.        Tablet

Q13.  Do you have any physical disability?

A.        Yes

B.        No

Q14.  Gender?

A.        Female

B.        Male

Q15.  Which of these classifications and/or post-graduate degrees apply to you?

A.        3rd Class / Pass

B.        1st Class / Distinction and Masters

C.        2nd Class Lower / Lower Credit + PGD

D.        1st Class / Distinction

E.        3rd Class /Pass + PGD

F.         2nd Class Upper / Upper Credit

G.        2nd Class Upper / Upper Credit + PGD

H.        3rd Class / Pass + Masters

I.          2nd Class Lower / Lower Credit

J.          2nd Class Lower / Lower Credit + Masters

K.        2nd Class Upper / Upper Credit + Masters

L.         1st Class / Distinction and PGD

Q26.  An obtuse angle is _______.

A.        greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

B.        greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees

C.        180 degrees

D.        less than 45 degrees

E.        less than 90 degrees

Q27.  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 +2ykmh-1 / 3

D.        2x + ykmh-1 / 3

Q28.  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

Q29.  An acute angle is _______.

A.        greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

B.        greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees

C.        180 degrees

D.        less than 45 degrees

E.        less than 90 degrees

Q30.  Which is the smallest fraction among the following?

A.        3/4;

B.        6/7

C.        ½

D.        6/5

Q31.  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 oranges

B.        72 oranges

C.        54 oranges

D.        45 oranges

Q32.  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

Q33.  If 2x : (x+1) = 3:2, what is the value of x?

A.        ½

B.        1

C.        1½

D.        3

Q34.  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

Q35.  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

Instruction: Use the following information to answer question 36.

The surnames of 40 children in a class were 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.

Q36.  What is the probability that the surname of a child picked at random from the class begins with either O or A?

A.        5/8

B.        7/8

C.        9/16

D.        14/25

Q37.  Have you moved into your new house yet? Not yet, the rooms _______.

A.        is being painted

B.        None of the options

C.        is painted

D.        are painted

E.        are being painted

Q38.  The closest government to the people is _______.

A.        Federal government

B.        United Nation

C.        Local government

D.        Ward government

E.        State government

Q39.  Brazil is a country in _______.

A.        South America

B.        Australia

C.        Africa

D.        Europe

E.        Asia

Q40.  A reflex angle is_______.

A.        greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

B.        greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees

C.        180 degrees

D.        less than 45 degrees

E.        less than 90 degrees

English/Verbal Reasoning

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

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 of further education.

Answer: B

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

Options:

(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

Options:

(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

(a) A detailed account

(b) a balanced account

(c) a 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 down

Answer: D

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

(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 have the courage 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: Adayi is a die-hard criminal

Options:

(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

Qtn 15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are ______ to turn to God.

Options:

(a) Concerned

(b) inclined

(c) disposed

(d) propensed

Answer: C

Qtn 16: We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of __________

Options:

(a) Diverent demand and supply

(b) uneven wear and tear

(c) different purchasing power

(d) unpredictable national income

Answer: C

Qtn 17: The centre – 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 a 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 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

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 unfavourable

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 have

(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 ______ their _________

Options:

(a) Of/predicament

(b) about/ indulgence

(c) on/rearmament

(d) as for/advancement

Answer: C

Qtn 29: Ali was honest and quite as a school boy 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 _________ travelling 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 tow neighbous 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) hunged

(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 any 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:

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