Below we present the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Federal Teachers Scheme (FTS) standard exams questions and answers:
UBEC FTS Recruitment Past Questions & Answers
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
(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
(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
(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
(B) A way out of political trouble
(C) A cause for political joy
(D) An invitation to political problems.
Answer: D
8. In my view, the play didn’t come off
(A) Succeed
(B) fail
(C) attract applause
(D) take place
Answer: D
9. When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to stand
(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
10. She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion
(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
11. The gateman does his work perfunctorily
(A) without commitment
(B) with speed
(C) mother’s pet
(D) father’s pet
Answer: B
12. Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes
(A) harmony
(B) in disunity
(C) for selfish purposes
(D) stretch
Answer: A
13. The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated
(A) disowned
(B) arrested
(C) warned
(D) killed
Answer: B
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
15. In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are __ to turn to God.
(a) Concerned
(b) inclined
(c) disposed
(d) propensed
Answer: C
16. We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of ______
(a) Diverent demand and supply
(b) uneven wear and tear
(c) different purchasing power
(d) unpredictable national income
Answer: C
17. The centre – forward was _________ consequently the goal was not allowed
(a) In an offside position
(b) very well positioned
(c) brilliant player
(d) the captain of the team
Answer: A
18. AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely
(a) Too much a deadly
(b) Very deadly a
(c) so deadly
(d) such deadly a
Answer: D
19. We had a dull evening because ______
(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
20. Soyinka’s masterful _______ of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an outright success
(a) Evocation
(b) invocation
(c) convocation
(d) revocation
Answer: A
21. Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavourable
(a) Won’t they
(b) wouldn’t they
(c) isn’t it
(d) cant they
Answer: A
22. Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ____ his words
(a) Chew
(b) spit
(c) eat
(d) bite
Answer: C
23. Kindly ____me your book because my friend has ____ mine
(a) Borrow / borrowed
(b) borrow /rent
(c) lend / lent
(d) lend/borrowed
Answer: D
24. Three quarters of the church ____ painted by members the previous day
(a) Were
(b) was
(c) is
(d) are
Answer: B
25. The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but ___admitted stealing it
(a) Neither of them has
(b) neither of them have
(c) none of them has
(d) none of them have.
Answer: B
26. Watching carefully, I could see the fish____ along the bottom
(a) Dotting
(b) crawling
(c) diving
(d) darting
Answer: C
27. Emeka is now a ____ student but it took him years to ______
(a) Matured/mature
(b) mature/mature
(c)mature/matured
(d) matured/matured
Answer: B
28. The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ____ their _____
(a) Of/predicament
(b) about/ indulgence
(c) on/rearmament
(d) as for/advancement
Answer: C
29. Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has now changed his
____ and ___ his tongue
(a) Temperature/injured
(b)character/tightened
(c) temperament/loosened
(d) innocence/worsened
Answer: C
30. The hospital was closed ____ because there were no beds to put patients ____
(a) Again/upon
(b) off/on
(c) down/at
(d) up/in
Answer: D
31. The judge with his son _____ travelling to Lagos now
(a) Were
(b) shall
(c) is
(d) are
Answer: C
32. A university teacher is an ____
(a) Academic
(b) academics
(c) academician
(d) academia
Answer: A
33. The adventurers ran into many ____ in the forest
(a) Dear
(b) dears
(c) deers
(d) deer
Answer: D
34. The argument between the tow neighbous degenerated into
(a) A free-for all
(b) a free for all fight
(c) a flee for all
(d) a free fight
Answer: A
35: The class ___ more girls than boys this session
(a) Comprise of
(b) comprises of
(c) comprise
(d) comprises
Answer: D
36. The tourist bought ______
(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
37. I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall
(a) Hanged
(b) hunged
(c) hang
(d) hung
Answer: D
38. Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan later this year
(a) Holding
(b) held
(c) being held
(d) to hold
Answer: A
39. I shall work hard so that I can ____ a distinction in English
(a) Secure
(b) make
(c) receive
(d) grab
Answer: B
40. The baby was rather ___ than I could bear
(a) Much more troublesome
(b) much too troublesome
(c) so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome
Answer: A
41. Students were forbidden __ secret society
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
(c) to join
(d) on joining
Answer: A
42. Of course, we all saw the culprit ___ and hit the man on the head
(a) Approached
(b) Approaching
(c) Approach
(d) Approaches
Answer: C
43. A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as
(a) Preconceived
(b) premature
(c) ingenuous
(d) precocious
Answer: D
44. The company Director showed the contractor a ____ of the proposed office complex
(a) Prototype
(b) photograph
(c) microfilm
(d) photocopy
Answer: A
45._____ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat
(a) While
(b) by chance
(c) should
(d) should in case
Answer: C
46. This imposing edifice ____ a fortune to build
(a) Had costed
(b) have cost
(c) costed
(d) cost
Answer: D
47. They let him go in ____ to his age
(a) Respect
(b) regard
(c) disregard
(d) consideration
Answer: D
48. Some scientists are trying to ____ human beings in their laboratories
(a) Imitate
(b) replicate
(c) implicate
(d) fabricate
Answer: B
49. He does not seem to know how to solve the problem ____
(a) Does not he?
(b) does he not?
(c) does he?
(d) doesn’t he?
Answer: C
50. These villagers ____ to grow rice
(a) Used
(b) are used
(c) were used
(d) use
UBEC FTS Recruitment Past Questions & Answers (More Practice Questions)
1. 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
2. The Capital of Lagos State is ___.
A. Bariga
B. Isale-Eko
C. Eko
D. Ikeja
E. Ikorodu
3. If the day tomorrow is Sunday, what was it yesterday?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
E. Wednesday
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. Few people prefer the RURAL to the ___ areas.
A. urban
B. modern
C. pastoral
D. central
E. rustic
8. 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
9. Bose shouldn’t have interrupted the teacher, ___?
A. could she
B. didn’t she
C. should she
D. did she
E. can she
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Which is the smallest fraction among the following?
A. 3/4;
B. 6/7
C. ½
D. 6/5
15. 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
16. 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
17. If 2x : (x+1) = 3:2, what is the value of x?
A. ½
B. 1
C. 1½
D. 3
18. 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
19. 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. ⅔
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.
20. 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
21. 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
22. The closest government to the people is ___.
A. Federal government
B. United Nation
C. Local government
D. Ward government
E. State government
23. Brazil is a country in ___.
A. South America
B. Australia
C. Africa
D. Europe
E. Asia
24. 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 degreed
D. less than 45 degrees
E. less than 90 degrees.
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