TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION TESCOM POSSIBLE SCREENING QUESTIONS Oyo State Current Affairs As At 27th July, 2020 S/N PORTFOLIO NAME 1 Governor Engr. Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde 2 Deputy Governor Engr. Raufu Olaniyan 3 Speaker State House Of Assembly Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin 4 Secretary to the State Government Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun 5 Chief of Staff to the State Government Chief Bisi Ilaka 6 Head of Service to the State Government Mrs. Ololade Amidat Agboola 7 Chairman Teaching Service Commission Pastor Akin Alamu (TESCOM) 8 Permanent Secretary State Ministry of Mrs. Atere Aminat Bamidele Education State Commissioners S/N OFFICE NAME 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Mr. Muyiwa Ojekunle 2 Budget and Planning Barr. Niyi Farinto 3 Commerce Mr. Niyi Adebisi 4 Education, Science and Technology Barr. Olasunkanmi Aremu Olaleye 5 Energy and Mineral Resources Barr. Temilolu Seun Ashamu 6 Environment and Natural Resources Hon. Olaniyi Kehinde Agboola 7 Establishment and Training Mr. Daud Kehinde Sangodoyin 8 Finance Mr. Akinola Ojo 9 Health Dr. Bashir Bello 10 Information and Mass Mobilization Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun 11 Justice Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo 12 Lands, Housing and Urban Development Barr. Rahman Abdulraheem 13 Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters Mrs. Funmi Orisadeyi 14 Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport Prof. Rapheal Afonja 15 Special Duties Chief Bayo Lawal 16 Women Affairs and Social Inclusion Alhaja Fausat Sanni 17 Youth and Sport Mr. Seun Fakorede 1 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Question 1: Nigeria’s current president Answer: Muhammadu Buhari Question 2: Current vice president Answer: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Question 6: Who formed the first political party in Nigeria? Answer: Herbert Macaulay Question 7: What was the first political party in Nigeria? Answer: Nigerian National Democratic party (NNDP) Question 8: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent? Answer: Strength Question 9: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent? Answer: Dignity Question 10: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for? Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil Question 11: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for? Answer: Peace Question 12: What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent? Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria Question 13: Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones? Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones Question 14: What was the first capital city in Nigeria Answer: Calabar Question 15: Capital of Nigeria Answer: Abuja Question: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president? Answer: Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege Question 16: What is the name of Nigerian senior national team in football (men team)? Answer: Super Eagles Question 17: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup 2 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 Question 18: Who was the first female vice chancellor in Nigerian university? Answer: Grace Alele Williams Question 19: Who gave Nigeria her name? Answer: Flora Shaw (Lady Lugard) Question 20: Who designed the Nigerian flag? Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi Question 21: Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria? Answer: Bob Jensen Question 22: Who was the first woman to buy a car in Nigeria? Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti Question 23: Which was the first TV station in Nigeria? Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) in 1959 Question 24: When was Nigeria formed? Answer: 1914 Question 25: Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria? Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State Question 26: Who was the first Nigerian to become a Noble Laureate? Answer: Wole Soyinka Question 27: Who is the Nigerian current speaker of House of the Representatives? Answer: Femi Gbajabiamila Question 28: What is the premier university in Nigeria? Answer: University of Ibadan Question 29: Who is the minister for education in Nigeria? Answer: Adamu Adamu Question 31: When did Nigeria have her independent? Answer: 1st October 1960 Question 32: When Nigeria did become a republic? Answer: 1st October 1963 Question 33: When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria? Answer: 1966 Question 34: How many local Government do we have in Nigeria? Answer: 774 Question 35: Who is the first Nigerian president? Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe 3 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Question 36: Who was Nigerian first executive president? Answer: Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari Question 37: Who was the Nigerian first prime minister? Answer: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Question 38: What is the largest continent in the world? Answer: ASIA with population of 3,641,000,000 while Australia & Oceania is the smallest continent Question 39: What are the five Oceans in the world? Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean Question 41: Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria? Answer: Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan Question 42: Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack? Answer: Great Britain Question 43: What is centenary? Answer: 100 years Question 44: What is Nigeria? Answer: Nigeria officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Question 45: Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff Answer: General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin Question 46: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff? Answer: Lt-General T.Y. Buratai Question 47: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff? Answer: Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Question 48: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff? Answer: Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar Question 49: Who is the current NAFDAC Director General? Answer: Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye Question 51: Current chairman of the African Union Answer: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Question 52: Who is the secretary General of the United Nations Answer: António Guterres Question: Who is the IMF President? Answer: Christine Lagarde 4 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Question 53: Who is the current minister of education? Answer: Adamu Adamu Question 54: Mention five rivers in Nigeria that share their names with a state. Answer: Rivers – Benue, Niger, Osun, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, Cross River, Imo Question 55: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent? Answer: Strength Question 56: Mention 9 past senate presidents of Nigeria. Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Evan Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Anyim Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara, Ken Nnamani, David Mark, Bukola Saraki, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan Question 57: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent? Answer: Dignity Question 58: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for? Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil Question 59: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for? Answer: Peace Question 60: What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent? Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria Question 61: Who is the current minister of finance? Answer: Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed Question 62: Who is the current minister of defense? Answer: Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) Question 63: Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones? Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones Question 64: What was the first capital city in Nigeria? Answer: Calabar Question 65: Who is the current minister of FCT? Answer: Mohammed Musa Bello Question 66: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president? Answer: Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege Question 67: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015 Question 68: Which country won the 2018 world cup? Answer: France 5 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Question 69: Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria? Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State. Question 70: Who is the minister for petroleum resources in Nigeria? Answer: President Muhammudu Buhari Question 71: When was the Nigerian Naira introduced? Answer: 1st January 1973 Question 72: What are the five largest Oceans in the world? Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean Question 73: What is the full meaning of UNICEF? Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Question 74: When were the currency notes introduced? Answer: 100 Naira:1999, 200 Naira in 2000, 500 Naira in 2001 and 1000 Naira on October 12, 2005 Question 75: How many ministers do we have in Nigeria? Answer: 43 Question 76: With which countries does Nigeria share boundaries? Answer: Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north Question 77: Representative democracy is best characteristic by Answer: free elections and proper registers of voters Question 78: While political partial parties aim at forming a government pressure groups aim at Answer: influencing governmental decisions Question 79: When the electorate vote for representatives who is turn vote on their behalf we say it is Answer: an indirect election Question 80: An election which is conducted to fill a vacant seat in a legislature is called a Answer: by election 6 | Page TESCOM SCREENING PRACTICE QUESTION Question 82: The major advantage of the secret ballot is that Answer: it ensures the anonymity of each voter Question 83: In a