Nigerian Navy Past Questions and Answers – this article contains some past questions and answes to the Nigerian Navy apptitude test / screening exercise. If you applied for the Nigerian Navy recruitment, this post will help you get ready for the Nigerian Navy CBT exam

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Answer the past questions and answers below:

Q1: Which of the following is the core duty of the Nigeria Navy?

Persecuting of offenders
Enforcing the law
Insurance of Nigerian safety
Deporting of foreigners

Answer: C

Q2: The NN was brought out of the Nigerian police force (NPF) in (a) 1946

(b) 1956

(d) 1964

Answer: C

Q3: The NN was formally established by the act of parliament (a) 1963

(b) 1957

(d) 1976

Answer: A

Q4: The first African country to introduce e-passport was

South Africa
Ghana
Liberia
Nigeria

Answer:D

Q5: How many comptrollers general has the NN gotten since the inception till date?

Answer: B

Q6: The present chief of staff of NN is

Umar Dahiru
Uhuru Kayidee
Boniface Cosmas
Usman Jibrin

Answer: D

Q7: The first secretary General of common wealth was

George Washington
Tulma Goldie
Arnold smith
Joseph Garba

Answer: C

Q8: Lagos became a crown colony in (a) 1862

(b) 1861

(d) 1886

Answer: A

Q9: The first war 1 was between (a) 1911-1914

(b) 1914-1916

(d) 1914-1918

Answer: D

Q10: The western and eastern Nigeria became self governed in (a) 1959

(b) 1960

(d) 1956

Answer: C

Q11: The first head of government of Nigeria was

Yakubu Gowon
Aguiyi Ironsi
Tafawa Balewa
Nnamdi Azikiwe

Answer: C

Q12: The first militant president of Nigeria was

Sanni Abacha
Ibrahim Babangida
Aguiyi Ironsi
Yakubu Gowon

Answer: B

Q13: Nigeria became a republic in (a) 1963

(b) 1960

(d) 1961

Answer: A

Q14: The Northern and Southern protectorate was amalgamated in (a) 1914

(b) 1919

(d) 1900

Answer: A

Q15: The first Executive president was

Nnamdi Azikiwe
Olusegun Obansanjo
Sheu Shagari
Goodluck Jonathan

Answer: C

Q16: The first colonial Governor General of Nigeria was

Tulma Goldie
James Robertson
Huge Clifford
Lord Lugard

Answer: D

Q17: The highest court in Nigeria is

Court of Appeal
Supreme court
Federal High Court
Magistrate court

Answer: B

Q18: ECOWAS was established inheadquarter in and has it administrative headquarter in

1967 Lome
1975 Lome
1975 Lagos
1967 Lagos

Answer: C

Q19: The first general election in Nigeria was held in (a) 1959

(b) 1960

(d) 1999

Answer: A

Q20: Nigeria practice one of the following system of government

Con-federalism
Unitarism
Paliamentaism
Federalism

Answer: D

Q21: The last colonial governor general of Nigeria was in

James Robertson
Jimmy Carter
Lord Lugard
Huge Clifford

Answer: A

Q22: The first Military coup de’tat in Nigeria was in (a) 1964

(b) 1966

(d) 1999

Answer: B

Q23: The establishment of states started in Nigeria on

(a) May 27 1967 (b) Feb. 13 1966

(d) Oct. 1 1960

Answer: A

Q24: The Biafra Civil war between

(a) 1967-1968

(b) 1968-1971

(d) 1970-1975

Answer: C

Q25: The national youth service corp was established in

(a) 1960

(b) 1973

(d) 1997

Answer: B

Q26: The Nigeria Police force belongs to which organ of government

Judiciary
Executive
Legislative
Non of the above

Answer: B

Q27: African consist of how many countries

Answer:A

Q28: The Secretary General of OPEC is

Abdulsalcam Kanuri
Abudullahhi El-badri
Utuhu Kamirideen
Philip Effiong

Answer: B

Q29: The current secretary general of united nation is

Ban Ki Moon
Trugve Lie
Koffi Anaan
Boustro-Brouste Ghali

Answer: A

Q30: Which of the following pair of countries consist of the permanent security council of UN

Brazil, Germany, France, USA, China
France, China, USSR, USA, Britain
France, Britain, Brazil, Newzealand
France, Germany, Japan, China

Answer: B

Q31: In order to qualify for the post of president in Nigeria the person must be… and above

35yrs
20yrs
40yrs
55yrs

Answer:A

Q32: The name Nigeria coined out of……………

Niger forest
Niger area
Niger river
Niger textures

Answer: B

Q33: The first inspector general or commission chairman of African union is……….

Teslim adetokunbo
Louis edet
Ademola adetokunbo
Elias balogun

Answer B

Q34: The current secretary general or commission chairman of Africa union is…………

Dlamini zuma
Allasane quattara
Emeka anaoku
desateng

Answer: A

Q35. The first military head of state was

Yakubu Gowon
Aguyi Ironsi
Olusegun Obasanjo
Ernest Shonekan

Answer: B

Q36. Oil can be found in one of the following state in Nigeria

Lagos
Anambra
Ondo
Ekiti

Answer:C

Q37. Tin is majorly found in

Jos
Enugu
Kano
Imo

Answer:A

Q38: Oil was first discovered by shell-BP in Nigeria …………

Oloibiri
Idanre
Warri
Kabba

AnswerA

Q39: Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization

ECOWAS
OAU
UN
OPEC

AnswerB

Q40. The last Military head of State of Nigeria was

Abdulsaleem Abubakar
Sanni Abacha
Olosegun Obasanjor
Yakubu Gowon

Answer: A

Q41. The name Nigeria was coined by

Flora Shaw
Mary Slessor
Lord Lugard
Juman Goldie

Answer: A

Q42. The legislature in Nigeria is called

House of assembly
House of Lords
National Assembly
House of Representative

Answer: C

Q43. The legislative in Britain is referred to as

House of Common
White House
Congress
Parliament

Answer: D

Q44. Nigeria change from pound to Naira in (a) 1960

(b) 1973

(d) 1963

Answer: B

Q45. The first Nigeria president to die in office was and he died on

Murtala Mohammed, Feb 13, 1976
Sanni Abacha June 8, 1998
Ya’aradua May 5, 2010
Aguiyi Ironsi July 29

Answer C

MATHEMATICS

Q1. What is the probability of having an odd number in a single toss of a fair

(a) 1/6

(b) 1/3

(d) 2/3

Answer C

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 beginwithO and9ofthe surname begins withA. 14lettersof the alphabet do not appear as the first letter of a surname.

Q2. 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

(d) 14/25

Answer: A

Q3. If more than one surname begins with a letter besides A and O, how many surnames begin with the letter?

Answer: B

ThetablegivesthescoreofagroupofstudentsinanEnglishLanguagetest.

Scores	2	3	4	5	6	7
No of Student	2	4	7	2	3	2

Q4. 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

(d) 3/10

Answer: C

Q5. What is the probability that three customer waiting in bank will be served in the sequence of their arrival at the bank?

(a) 1/6

(b) 1/3

(d) 2/3

Answer C

Q6. The probability that Kodjo and Adoga pass an examination are ¼ and 1/5 respectively. Find the probability of both boys failing the examination. (a) 1/10

(b) 3/10

(d) 2/3

AnswerA

Q7. The mean of 20 observations in an experiment is 4. If the observed largest value is 23, find the mean of the remaining observations.

(d) 2.60

Answer A.

Q8. 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

(d) 11/13

Answer B.

If events X and Y are mutually exclusive, P(X) = 1/3 and P(Y) = 2/5, use the question 9 and 10

Q9.	P (X n	Y) is
	(a)	0
	(b)	2/15
	(c)	4/15
	(d)	11/15

Answer: A

Q10. P (X u Y) is

(b) 2/15

(d) 11/15

Answer: A

Q11: A box contains 2 white and 1 blue identical marbles. If 2 marbles are picked at random, one after the other without replacement, what is the probability of picking 2 marbles of different colours?

(a) 2/3

(b) 3/5

(d) 7/20

Answer: D

Q12: Mrs Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it will b a baby is ½ and the probability that she will have a blue eyes 1/4 . what is the probability that she will have a blue eyed boy ?

(a) 1/8

(d) ½

Answer: B

Q13. Convert the speed 90km per/hour of a car to metres per second

5ms-I
5ms-I
5ms-I

(d) 1.5 x 103ms-I

Answer: C

Q14. Uche and chidi shared a sum of money on the ratio m:n . if chidi’s share was N4,200. 00, was Uche’s share?

(a) N4,200n/m

(b) N4,200/mm

(d) N4,200/n

Q15. A husband contributes 7% of his income into a fund and his wife contributes 4% of her income. If the husband earn N5, 500 per annum (p.a) and his wife earn N4, 000 p.a, find the sum of their contribution to fund. (a) N1,045

N605
N545
N490

Q16. A car is travelling at an average speed of 80kmh-1. Its speed in metres per second (m/s) is

(a) 13.3m/s

(b) 22.2m/s

(d) 222.2m/s

Answer: B

Q17. If the children shared N10.50K among themselves in the ratio 6:7:8, how much is the largest share

(a) N3.00

(b) N3.50

(d) N4.50

Answer:C

Q18. A trader makes a loss of 15% when selling an article, find the ratio selling price cost price

(a) 3:20

(b) 3:17

(d) 20:23

Answer: C

Q19. Car travels at xkm per hour at 1 hours at ykm per hour for 2hrs find the average speed

(a) 2x12ykm-1/3

X + yhmh – 1/3
X +2 ykmh-1
2x + ykm-1/3

Answer: C

Q20: The ages of three man in the ratio 3:4:5. If the difference between the oldest and the youngest is 18, find the sum of the ages of the three men

45 yrs
72yrs
108yrs
216yrs

Answer: C

Q21: A bicycle wheel of radius 42cm is rolled over a distance of 66m. How many revolutions does it make? [Take pie 22/7]

(a) 2.5

Answer: C

Q22: In a bag of oranges, the ratio of the good ones to the bad one is 5:4. If the number of the bad ones is 36. How many oranges are their all together

Answer: A

Q23: A man is four times as old as his son. The difference between their ages 36.

Find the sum of their ages.

45yrs
48yrs
60yrs
74yrs

Answer: C

Q24: IF 4m+3n=5, find the ratio m:n 4m-3n3

(a) 7:4

(b) 4:3

(d) 4:7

Answer:A

Q25: if 2x :(x+1) =3:2, what is the value of x?

½
1 ½
1
3

Answer: B

Q26. 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 women 3:2?

Q27. Three men, Bedu, Bakare and Kofi shared N500 in the ratio 3:2:X respectively. If bedu’s share is N150. Find the value of x

Answer: C

Q28. The sides of two cubes are in the ratio 2:5, what is the ratio of their volumes?

(a) 4:5

(b) 8:15

(d) 8:125

Answer: D

Q29. Lena bought 400 Alpha company shares at N1.50 each and sold them at N2.05 each. What is her are gain

(a) N0.05

(b) N20.00

(d) N330.00

Q30. Anma buys 100 oranges at 20 for C30.00 and another 200 oranges at 4 C10.00. if she sells all are oranges at C3.00 each, what is her profit? (a) C150.00

(b) C250.00

(d) C650.00

Answer: B

Q31. The price of a liter of petrol is increased from C30.00 to C39.00 what is the percentage increase in the cost of a liter of petrol?

(a) 90%

(b) 30%

(d) 39%

Answer: B

Q32: A trader sold a pair of shoes for C2800.00 making a loss of 20% on his cost price. Find his loss as a percentage of his selling price.

(a) 162/3%

(b) 2%

(d) 75%

Answer: C

Q33: An article bought for D500.00 depreciation by 15% of its value during the first. Find its value after a year

(a) D425.00

(b) D750.00

(d) D4,250.00

Q34: A house bought for N100.000 was later auctioned for N80.000. Find the percentage loss

(a) 20%

(b) 30%

(d) 50%

Answer: A

Q35: The side of a square is increased from 20cm to 21cm. Calculate the percentage increase in its area

(a) 2.5%

(b) 9.3%

(d) 10.25%

Answer: D

Q36. A man bought 2220 mangoes at N5x. he sold each for 3x kobo and made gain of N8. Find the value of x

ENGLISG LANGUAGE

Choose the word nearest to the word in BOLD

Q1: After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold

Became rich
Won a big contract
He became a gold miner
Became a goldsmith

Answer: A

Q2. One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut

corners

Not to face all problems
Want to become rich quickly
Want to avoid unnecessary hardships
Forfeit the opportunity to further education

Answer: B

Q3. The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait

Signature
Figure
Elegance
Carriage

Answer. B

Q4. It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in the university

A smart performance
An outright genius
an outstanding scholar
an unmitigated swat

Answer. D

Q5: What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the subject

a detailed account
a balanced account
a biased treatment
A general survey

Answer. D

Q7: If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political mine field

A source of political benefits
Way out of political trouble
A cause for political joy
An invitation to political problem

Answer. D

Q8. In my view the play the didn’t come out

Succeed
Fail
Attract applause
Take place

Answer. D

Q9: Whenthechipsaredown, wewill know those who have the courage to stand

When we get to a crisis point
In the final analysis
When the blocks are lowered
When we get to the end of the road

Answer. D

Q10. She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion

Something she likes very much
Something she dislikes very much
A hobby she loves to pursue
One thing she can’t miss

Answer A

Q11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily

Without commitment
With speed
Mother’s pet
Fathers pet

Answer. B

Q13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated

Disowned
Arrested
Wanted
Killed

Answer.B

Q14. Adayi is a die-hard criminal

Hard to kill
Hard to arrest
Remorseless
Relentless

Answer. A

Fill each gap with most appropriate option from the list following the gap

Q15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are to turn to God

Concerned
Inclined
Disposed
Propensed

Answer C

Q16. We cannot all wear expensive shoes in situation of

Diverent demand and supply
Uneven wear and tear
Different purchasing power
Unpredictable national income

Answer C

Q17: The centre forward was consequently the goal was not allowed

In an offside position
Very well positioned
Brilliant player
The captain of the team

Answer. A

Q18: AIDS is disease that kills slowly but surely

Too much deadly
Very deadly
So deadly
Such deadly a

Answer. D

Q19: We had a bull evening because

Hardly the talk had begun when the light went off
Hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
The talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out
The light had hardly gone out when the talk began

Answer. A

Q20: Soyinka’s masterful of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book. Ake, an out right success

Evocation
Invocation
Convocation
Revocation

Answer. A

Q21: Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavorable

Wont they
Wouldn’t they
Isnt it
Cant they
Wont they

Answer. D

Q22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man, he will never his words

Chew
Spit
Eat
Bite

Answer C

Q23; Kindly me your book because my friend has mine

Borrowed/ borrow
Borrow/ lent
Lend/ lent
Len/ borrowed

Answer D

Q24: Three quarters of the church painted by members the previous day

Were
Was
Is
Are

Answer: B

Q25: The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but

admitted stealing it

Neither of them has
Neither of them have
None of them has
None of them have

Answer B

Q26: Watch carefully, I could see the fish along the bottom

Dotting
Crawling
Diving
Darting

Answer.C

Q27: Emeka is now a student but it took him years to

Matured/ mature
Mature/ mature
Mature/ matured
Matured/ ,matured

Answer. B

Q28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed their ___

of/ predicament
about/ indulgence
on/ rearmament
as for/ advancement

Answer. C

Q29: Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has now changed his and his tongue

temperature/ injured
character/ tightened
temperament/ loosened
innocence/ worsened

Answer C

Q30: The hospital was closed because there were no beds to put patients

were
shall
is
are

Answer C

Q31. The judge with his son travelling to lagos now

were
shall
is
are

Answer C

Q32; A university teacher is an

academic
academics
academician
academia

Answer A

Q33; The adventurers ran into many in the forest

dear
dears
deers
deer

AnswerD

Q34: The argument between the two neighbors degenerated into

a free for all
a free for fight
a flee for all
a free fight

Answer A

Q35: The class more girls than boys this session

comprise of
comprises
comprises at
comprises

Answer D

Q36: The tourist bought

a brown, small, Nigerian earthen pot
a small brown Nigerian earth pot
an earthen brown small Nigerian pot
a Nigerian small brown earthen

Answer D

Q38: Most of us will attend the conference at ibandan later this year

holding
held
being
held
to hold

Answer A

Q39. I shall work hard so that I can a distinction in English

Secure
Make
Receive
Grab

Answer. B

Q40. The baby was rather than I could bear

Much more troublesome
Much too troublesome
So much troublesome
Very much Troublesome

Answer. A

Q41. A student were forbidden

From Joining
In joining
To join
On joining

Answer A

Q42. Of course, we all saw the culprit

Approached
Approaching
Approach
Approaches

Answer C

secret society and hit the man on the head

Q43. A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be describe as

Preconceived
Premature
Ingenous
Precocious Answer D

Q44. The company Director showed the contractor a of the proposed office complex

Prototype
Photograph
Microfilm
Photocopy

Answer. A

Q45. you come early to the new house, clean up my flat

While
By chance
Should
Should incase

Answer. C

Q46. This imposing edifice a fortune to build

Had costed
Have cost
Costed
Cost

Answer D.

Q47. They let him go in to his age

Respect
Regard
Disregard
Consideration

Answer D

Q48. Some scientist are trying to human beings in their laboratories

Imitiate
Replicate
Implicate
Fabricate

Answer. B

Q49. He does not seem to know how to solve the problem

Does not he
does he not
doesn’t he?

Answer: C

Q50. These villagers to grow rice

Used
Are used
Were used
Use

Answer. A

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