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55 real Post-UTME Screening questions from 2008 to 2019, every one with a worked solution. Practise them timed, on the web, on Android, or offline on desktop.

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55
Years covered
6
Questions per paper
40
Time allowed
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Sample General Knowledge (Arts) questions, answered.

Taken straight from the papers below — one from each of the most recent years, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out.

PUTME General Knowledge (Arts) 2019 · Question 26
The judicial order requiring a detained person to be brought before a judge is the writ of
  1. Habeas corpus — correct answer
  2. Mandamus
  3. Prohibition
  4. Certiorari
Worked solution
Habeas corpus ('you have the body') orders that a detained person be produced in court so the legality of the detention can be examined.
PUTME General Knowledge (Arts) 2012 · Question 41
Nigeria's motto is
  1. Happiness and Unity
  2. Faith and Love
  3. River Niger and Osun
  4. Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress — correct answer
Worked solution
Nigeria's national motto, on the coat of arms, is 'Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress'.
PUTME General Knowledge (Arts) 2011 · Question 46
The full meaning of EFCC is ____.
  1. Economic Community of Western Africa State
  2. Economic and Finance Crime Commission
  3. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission — correct answer
  4. Economics and Friend Crime Commission
Worked solution
EFCC is Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, established in 2003.
PUTME General Knowledge (Arts) 2010 · Question 46
The three tiers of government in Nigeria are
  1. Federal Government, State Government and Local Government — correct answer
  2. the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive
  3. the Army, Navy and Police
  4. the Civilian, Military and Religion
  5. the North, South and East
Worked solution
Nigeria's federal system has three tiers: federal, state and local government. The legislature, executive and judiciary are arms of government, not tiers.
PUTME General Knowledge (Arts) 2009 · Question 41
Who was the first Principal of the University of Ilorin when it was founded in 1975?
  1. Late Prof. S.A. Toye
  2. Late Prof. A.O. Adesola
  3. Prof. A. Adenyi
  4. Prof. T.N. Tamuno — correct answer
Worked solution
Prof. Tekena N. Tamuno was appointed the first Principal of the University College, Ilorin in September 1975, before leaving that December to become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. (The first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin was his successor, Prof. Akin Akinkugbe.)
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PUTME General Knowledge (Arts), year by year.

2019
15 questions
2012
10 questions
2011
5 questions
2010
5 questions
2009
10 questions
2008
10 questions
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We hold 55 published General Knowledge (Arts) questions spanning 2008 to 2019. You can practise any single year’s paper, or sit a full timed mock that mirrors the real interface — the navigator, the flags and the auto-submit included.

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