Entrance Examination for JSS2

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PAPER 1 MATHEMATICS FOR JSS2

1. Write MDXCVI in numeral

2. Simplify 5⅔ - 4⅘

3. Round off 0.009975 to 2 significant figures

4. Find the value of 100two - 1Itwo

5. The reciprocal of -1/2 is

6. Find the perimeter of a circle whose diameter is 7cm

7. Evaluate ( -3 ) + ( -7)

8. Find the value of a ' in the diagram below

9. Simplify 4d + 7e - 3d + 6e .

10. Find the L.C.M. of 2² x 3 x 5 and 2 x 3² x 5

11. Find the cube root of 8/27

12. In a school that has 800 pupils 435pupils are girls. How many boys are there in the school?

13. 30 is complementary to _____________

14. Simplify 5⅔- 1½ + 3¾

15. Calculate the area of a parallelogram with a base of 10cm and a height of 7cm

16. If a crate of soft drink contains 24 bottles, how many bottles will 6 crates contain?

17. Simplify (2x - x) ÷ (3 +6)

18. In a class of 25 students, 15 are boys . What percentage are girls?

19. Calculate the third angle of an isoceles triangle whose base angle is 48⁰

20. A boy can ride a bicycle for 10m in 6sec. Find his speed in kilometres per hour

21. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?

22. Divide (-36) by (-9)

23. Simplify (6+3)² + (5 + 4)²

24. A man started playing with x marbles, first he wins 2y marbles and then he loses 3z marbles. If x = 10, y = 3 and z = 5, how many marbles has he?

25. A trader made loss of 10% on a bicycle he sold for N5400. If he had sold it for N5760. What would have been his percentage loss

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PAPER 2 SCIENCE FOR JSS2

1. The process where by the scientific Knowledge is applied to produce materials is Science is called

2. The Shape of the earth is

3. Which of the following diseases can be caused by air pollutants?

4. The following are science - related occupation except

5. The period of time or day when one is free from his normal activities is called

6. ........ is an unforseen event that occur unintentionally and can cause injury or death.

7. The act of taking drugs frequently such that one cannot do without is called

8. Which of the following is odd in the group?

9. The systematic study of matter is termed

10. The process by which plants manufacture their own food by using carbon dioxide and water through trapping of sunlight in the presence of chlorophyll is called

11. All are examples of habitat except

12. The ability to do work is called

13. One of these can lead to bad growth and development

14. Lack of self esteem can lead to a feeling of

15. Animals that live on land are called __ animals.

16.___is the stage of development between childhood and adulthood.

17. Metals can conduct heat and ___

18. Thermometer is used for measuring ___

19. Which of these animals is not an aquatic organism?

20. Man is known as

21.___ method of science comprises of asking intelligent questions.

22. The following are steps in experimentation except?

23. A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis or demonstrate a known fact is

24.. ___ is a real picture of a concept in terms of what we know.

25. A set of instruction given to a computer to perform a task is known as

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PAPER 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR JSS2

Instruction: Read carefully and answer the questions that follow. Pay attention to the underscored words or group of words

The Sticky Fingers ( part I ) Kanu was a dishonest wicked hunter who had a smart hound dog . Kanu was selfish and over ambitious . He was a con man and the dirtiest rotten scoundrel in the village . He had all the dirty tricks of this world up his sleeves . One day, the king makers wanted to crown somebody the king of the hunters. The only condition to be fulfilled was to get the lap of the royal antelope with the royal birthmark . The mark was under the skin in the left limb, so the antelope would have to be killed and skinned before the birthmark could be seen . In fact, this made every antelope a target . All the hunters went into the bush. Obianika was a very good hunter. He was gentle , honest and straight with people. He shot an antelope and after skinning it, he saw the royal mark but kept quiet. This was because he didn't want to be proud . Kanu stole the antelope lap and replaced it with his own. Kanu hanged the royal antelope lap over the fire place and ordered his faithful dog to look after it . Kanu ran into the village and quickly announced that he had the left limb of the antelope with the royal birthmark . The dog squatted on its hindquarters and looked at the hanging limb . A whiff of the smell made the dogs nose damp and cooler .

1.One of the following was not used to discribe Kanu?

2. Who is a con man?

3. Who wanted to crown somebody king of the hunters?

4.".......... dirty tricks of this world up his sleeves ," suggests that

5. What were the hunters to get ?

6. Where could the royal birth mark be found on the antelope ?

7. Why was every antelope a target ?

8. One of the following is untrue.

9. What did kanu hang over the fire place ?

10. What made the dog's nose damp and cooler ?

In question 11 to 13, Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence*

11.The passengers ......... from the bus .

12. Can the boys ......…... their hands ?

13. Please, come a ..............closer .

In question 14 to 16, Choose the option that is opposite in meaning to the word in quotation mark ""

14. The landlord has "ejected" the old man.