2 TEST GUIDE THE TEST FORMAT: NNPC’S Test would usually come in 4 sections. You will required to answer 120 questions In 120minutes. That is one question per minute. The sections are: PART A: DIGRAMMATIC REASONING Questions 1-30 PART B: VERBAL REASONING Questions 31-60 PART C: QUANTITATIVE REASONING Questions 61-90 PART D: SPATIAL REASONING. Questions 91-120 The test may also sometimes include field specific questions relating to the field you are applying to. This happened in 2015. The field specific questions are usually classified as General Knowledge. ABOUT THIS STUDY PACK: This study pack will help you prepare for the main sections of the test. Other supporting materials that came with your study pack will also help you prepare for any other likely questions that may appear. SECTION-1 QUANTITATIVE REASONING 30 Questions will be drawn from this section, It is advisable to practice without using calculator, as calculators may not be allowed in the test. Most often, it is not allowed. This questions pack has 300 of these past quantitative reasoning questions. You should pick 30 questions and manually set your time to 30 minutes, to see how fast you can solve these questions in the real test. NNPC RECRUITMENT - Quantitative Reasoning Questions A. 40% 1 B. 16% If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times C. 20% as many as I would then have, however, if you give me D. 100% seven apples, we will then both have the same number E. 67% of apples. How many apples do we currently have? The correct answer is option [B] A. I have 24 apples and you have 18 apples. B. I have 10 apples and you have 32 apples. 6 C. I have 18 apples and you have 24 apples. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 36 years. When D. I have 14 apples and you have 28 apples. the weight of the teacher is also included, the average weight E. I have 12 apples and you have 20 apples. increases by 1kg. What is the weight of the teacher? The correct answer is option [D] A. 37kgs B. 45kgs 2 C. 61kgs If it takes Seyi twenty minutes to boil an egg in 1.5 litres D. 72kgs of water, how long will it take Ala who is 3 years older E. 75kgs than Seyi to boil 4 eggs in 1.5 litres of water? The correct answer is option [C] A. 10 minutes 7 B. 20 minutes Mr. Kalada is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years, C. 25 minutes Mr. Kalada will be twice as old as his son's age at that time. Hence, D. 5 minutes Mr. Kalada's present age is . E. 80 minutes The correct answer is option [B] A. 48 B. 45 3 C. 42 Amakiri spent N125 for a camera and some film. The D. 36 camera cost N100 more than the film. What percent of E. 28 the cost of the two items did Amakiri spend for the The correct answer is option [B] camera? 8 A. 40% What number comes next in this sequence? 917452, 97452, B. 90% 9745, 975, ? C. 60% D. 100% A. 975 E. 20% B. 974 The correct answer is option [B] C. 97 D. 95 4 E. 94 How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? The correct answer is option [C] 97. The least digit in each number gets dropped. A. 2 B. 10 9 C. 12 There is a pole in a lake. One-half of the pole is in the ground, D. 24 another one-third of it is covered by water, and 12 ft is out of the E. 30 water. What is the total length of the pole in ft? The correct answer is option [C] A. 12 ft A dozen of anything is twelve (12) B. 34 ft C. 56 ft D. 64 ft 5 E. 72 ft The price of garri rose by 40% last week and fell by The correct answer is option [E] 40% this week. What is the total rise or fall in percentage? 23 A. 60 Solution:NNPC RECRUITMENT - QuantitativeB. 55 Reasoning Questions Fraction of pole in the ground = 1/2 Fraction of pole C. 50 covered by water = 1/3 D. 45 Fraction of pole in the ground and covered by water = E. 40 1/2 The correct answer is option [D] Solution: + 1/3 = (3 + 2)/6 = 5/6 Fraction of pole out of water = 1 - 5/6 = 1/6 Thus, one- It it important to note that sixth of the pole (out of water) is 12 ft. So, total length Average speed = Total distance / Total time. Total distance = 2 of pole = 72 ft. x 55 miles. Time for uphill journey (from Oakland to Pinewood) = 55 / 35 It may be noted that: hours. Length of pole in the ground = 72/2 = 36 ft. Length of pole covered by water = 72/3 = 24 ft. Length of pole Time for downhill journey (from Pinewood to Oakland) = 55 out of water = 12 ft. / 63 hours. Total = 36ft + 24ft + 12ft = 72ft Total time = (55 / 35) + (55 / 63) = 22 / 9 hours. Average speed = Total distance / Total time = 45 miles per 10 hour Boneri was 24 when his son Ibifuro was born. If Boneri is now 3 times as old as Ibifuro, how many years ago 13 was Boneri 4 times as old as Ibifuro? The average cost of 5 oranges and 4 guava is 36 naira. The average cost of 7 oranges and 8 guava is 48 naira. A. 4 What is the total cost of 24 oranges and 24 guava? B. 6 C. 8 A. 1044 naira D. 12 B. 2088 naira E. 18 C. 720 naira The correct answer is option [A] D. 324 naira E. 198 naira 11 The correct answer is option [B] Amakiri bought a bike for N20 and gave the bike dealer a cheque for N30 to pay for it. The bike dealer 14 persuaded a shopkeeper to change the cheque for him. Below are the 90th through 99th prime numbers. What is the Amakiri having received his N10 change, rode off on the 100th prime number? bike and was not seen again. Later, the cheque was 463, 467, 479, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, ? found to be valueless and the bike dealer had to refund the shopkeeper the amount he had received. The bike A. 527 dealer had bought the bike for N10. How much did the B. 529 bike dealer lose altogether? C. 537 D. 541 A. N40 E. 543 B. N30 The correct answer is option [A] C. N20 D. N10 15 E. The bike dealer did not lose any money The correct If P = {a, e, i, o, u} and Q = {a, e, i, u}, what is PUQ? answer is option [C] A. {a, e. i, u} He lost N20. N10 as change for the cheque and N10 for B. {a} the bike originally. C. {a, e, i, o, u} D. {i, o, u} E. {a e} 12 The correct answer is option [C] 16 The drive from Oakland to Pinewood was a tricky one. I covered the uphill distance of 55 miles at 35 miles per hour. The return journey from Pinewood to Oakland was downhill, and I managed to drive at 63 miles per hour. What was my average speed for the entire journey? 24 Teacher: You appeared for 4 quizzes, and your NNPCaverage mark RECRUITMENT in them were 82. - Quantitative Reasoning Questions 19 Student: How did I fare in English? If 13 = 13w/(1-w), then (2w)2 = Teacher: Well, your average in English Language and English Literature is 75. A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 1 Student: So, how was my performance in the D. 2 remaining subjects? E. 3 Teacher: I am sure you can figure that out for yourself. The correct answer is option [C] Can you help the student find his average marks in the remaining subjects? 20 A cricketer's average in his first 20 innings was 15 runs per A. 75 innings. After a further 10 innings, his average had increased to B. 78 17 runs per innings. What was his average for the last 10 C. 82 innings? D. 88 E. 89 A. 19 runs The correct answer is option [E] B. 18 runs C. 17 runs Solution: D. 20 runs Total marks in 4 subjects = 4 x 82 = 328. E. 21 runs Total marks in 2 English subjects = 2 x 75 = 150. The correct answer is option [E] Total marks in remaining 2 subjects = 328 - 150 = 178. Average marks in remaining 2 subjects = 178/2 = 89. His average was 21 runs per innings 17 21 There are ten teams in a basketball league. During the A work is done by two people in 24 min. If one of them can do season, each team plays the others five times. How this work alone in 40 min, how much time is required to do the many games are played in the basketball league in same work for the second person? total? A. 24 min A. 45 B. 125 C. 225 D. 450 B. 35 min The correct answer is option [C] C. 40 min Each team plays 45 games (9 other teams multiplied by D. 60 min 5 games against each). Multiply 45 by the number of E. None of the above teams, and then divide by 2 since each game includes The correct answer is option [D] two teams.