Updated 1,000 NSCDC- CDFIPB Aptitude Past Questions & Answers
Updated 1,000 NSCDC- CDFIPB Aptitude Past Questions & Answers: The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) under the CDFIPB Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Service Board is poised to recruit men and women capable driving home its aims and objectives
To this end, only suitable and qualified applicants will be shortlisted and incupurated into this noble profession. Applicants will be required to seat for a mandatary Computer Based Aptitude Test to be eligible
If you have applied for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps recruitment, observe your email and sms for the next round of recruitment, this recruitment will be concluded on or before June 2023,
We have put together some updated 1,000 NSCDC-CDFIPB Aptitude Past Questions and Answers held over 5 years back, these questions, if practiced, applicants will have a for knowlagde of what to expect at the exam hall
There over 1,000 of these questions, and this platforms will not be enough to accommodate all the questions and asnwers herein, you can send us email if you want the full and complete past questions and answers
It is free of charge, we are poised to helping you pass this exam and see you shortlisted in the final list of this recruitment
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Spatial Reasoning
Abstract Reasoning
Situational Judgment
Logical Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning
Personality Test
Verbal Reasoning
Numerical Reasoning
Cognitive Ability
Data Interpretation
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Which word means- hard work; intense pain; toil?
Acrimony
Rancor
Troth
Travail
Answer: Travail
Which word means- to merge; to combine; to unite?
Amalgamate
Solidify
Exonerate
Evaporate
Answer: Amalgamate
Which word means- disaster?
Calumny
Calamity
Autocracy
Blow
Answer: Calamity
Which word means- a person who spends money extravagantly?
Archetype
Wastrel
Miser
Epitome
Answer: Wastrel
Which word means- effect; final act or result; consequence?
Upshot
Paradox
Closure
Hindsight
Answer: Upshot
Choose the word most similar in meaning to – nullify
Aggravate
Establish
Transform
Invalidate
Answer: Invalidate
Choose the word most similar in meaning to – rebuke
Censure
Implore
Disparage
Denigrate
Answer: Censure
Choose the word most similar in meaning to – unpretentious
Realistic
Problematic
Pragmatic
Modest
Answer: Modest
Choose the word most similar in meaning to – applause
Evocation
Citation
Commendation
Acclaim
Answer: Acclaim
Choose the word most similar in meaning to -striated
Forgiving
Friendly
Lined
Urgent
Answer: Lined
ENGLISH II
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
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
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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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