GMAP .ASSESSMENT.. (60 Questions, 60 Minutes)
30.09.2025
5. Reading Comprehension
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located between the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, has received much attention because of its frequent and destructive eruptions. The most famous of these eruptions occurred in A. D. 79.
The volcano had been inactive for centuries. There was little warning of the coming eruption, although one account unearthed by archaeologists says that a hard rain and a strong wind had disturbed the celestial calm during the preceding night.
Early the next morning, the volcano poured a huge river of molten rock down upon Herculaneum, completely burying the city and filling in the harbor with coagulated lava. Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain, cinders, stone and ash rained down on Pompeii. Sparks from the burning ash ignited the combustible rooftops quickly.
Large portions of the city were destroyed in the conflagration. Fire, however, was not the only cause of destruction. Poisonous sulphuric gases saturated the air. These heavy gases were not buoyant in the atmosphere and therefore sank toward the earth and suffocated people.
Over the years, excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum have revealed a great deal about the behavior of the volcano. By analyzing data, much as a zoologist dissects a specimen animal, scientists have concluded that the eruption changed large portions of the area’s geography.
Herculaneum and its harbor were buried under ___lava. (1 Point)
Can not be determined
Flowing
Gas
Liquid
Solid
6. Reading Comprehension
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were realists. They knew that the greatest battles would follow the convention itself. The delegates had overstepped their bounds. Instead of amending the Articles of Confederation by which the American states had previously been governed, they had proposed an entirely new government. Under these circumstances, the convention was understandably reluctant to submit its work to congress for approval. Instead, the delegates decided to pursue what amounted to a revolutionary course. They declared other words, the constitution was being submitted directly to the people. Not even the congress, which had called the convention would be asked to approve its work.
The leaders of the convention shrewdly wished to bypass the state legislatures, which were attached to states’ rights and which required, in most cases, the agreement of two houses, For speedy ratification of the constitution, the single-chambered, especially elected state ratifying conventions offered the greatest promise of agreement. Battle lines were quickly drawn.
The Federalists, as the supporters of the constitution were called, had one solid advantage: they came with a concrete proposal. Their opponents, the Antifederalists, came with none.
Since the Antifederalists were opposing something with nothing, their objections, though sincere were basically negative. They stood for a policy of drift while the Federalists were providing clear leadership. Furthermore, although the Antifederalists claimed to be the democraic group, their opposition to the constitution did not necessarily spring from a more democratic view of government.
Many of the Antifederalists were as distrustful of the common people as their opponents. In New York, for example, Governor George Clinton criticized the people for their fickleness and their tendency to “vibrate from one extreme to another”. Elbridge Gerry, who refused to sign the constitution, asserted that “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy”, and John F. Mercer of Maryland professed little faith in his neighbors as voters when he said that “the people cannot know and judge the character of candidates”.
In stating that the Antifederalists “were opposing something with nothing” (line 20), the author suggests that the Antifederalists (1 Point)
Based most of their argument on their ant demographic sentiments
They knew that most members of congress gave little weight to the concept of state right
Were unable to rally-significant support for their position among the populace
Offered no alternative plan of government of their own
- To encourage productivity, we must reward industry and ………. laziness (1 Point)
Withold
Withdraw
Punish
Oppose
- Thermometer and temperature, odometer and …….. (1 Point)
Speed
Distance
Duration
Voltage
9. Find the Antonyms; Emend (1 Point)
Worsen
Correct
Ignore
Improve
10. Find theA ntonyms; Nascent (1 Point)
Commencing
Erecting
Halting
Terminating
- Hand, land; send, mend; patch,……… (1 Point)
Fend
Band
Catch
March
- Major, field marshal, admiral…….. (1 Point)
Military
Army
Navy
Captain
- We blamed Obi for breaking the door but when Ade confessed that he did it, Obi was……….. (1 Point)
Rewarded
Appologised
Released
Exonerated
- How many different three-number code word can be made using only the number 1, 2 and 3? (1 Point)
2
3
4
5
6
- If a word ends with the number 5, which of the following must be true? (1 Point)
1 is the fourth number
2 is not the second number
3 is not the third number
4 appears twice in the word
The word must contain at least four numbers
- Fundamentally, coordination of fiscal policy is the function of ……….. (1 Point)
Ministry of Finance
Central Bank of Nigeria
National Deposit Insurance Commision NDIC
Security and Exchange Commission
- The cross elasticity of demand for a product tells you: (1 Point)
How sensitive price is to change demand
How sensitive the demand for a product is to change in the product price
How sensitive the demand for a product is to change the price of another product
How sensitive the demand for a product is to change in income
- An invitation to invest to purchase newly issued securities of a company or a government is called? (1 Point)
Offer of Sale
Offer for Subscription
Offer for Shares
Invitation to share
- Which of the following represents a shortfall of trade-by-barter (1 Point)
Cheap commodities on sale
Limited government interference
Double coincident of wants
Efficient good market
- When household income goes down and the quantity of a product demanded goes up, the product is most likely: (1 Point)
Necessity
Normal good
An inferior good
A free good
- Formula palette is used to? (1 Point)
Format cells containing numbers
Create and edit formulas containing functions
Entered assumption data
Copy all cells
- What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called? (1 Point)
Amphibians
Cats
Grasshoppers
Frogs
- What function displays row data in a column or column data in a row? (1 Point)
Hyper Links
Rows
Index
Transpose
- 334 x 10<sup>4</sup>= (1 Point)
0.0006334
0.06334
6334
63340
633400
- Eugenics is the study of (1 Point)
Altering human beings by changing their
Genetic components
People of European origin
Different races of mankind
Genetic of plants
- Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because (1 Point)
The infrared light kills bacteria in the body
Resistance power increases
The pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan
the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
27. Fathometer is used to measure (1 Point)
Earthquakes
Rainfall
Ocean depth
Sound intensity
- What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called? (1 Point)
Amphibians
Cats
Grasshoppers
Frogs
- What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called? (1 Point)
Amphibians
Cats
Grasshoppers
Frogs
- What value would you get when you divide 50 by half and add 23 to it? (1 Point)
48
123
36.5
146
- A square is folded into four equal parts; what should we call three of these parts? (1 Point)
1/4
1/2
40551
3/4
- If 7,650 trucks were sold in 1999, how many total vehicles were sold in 1999 by XYZA uto Company? (1 Point)
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
- In the graph below, no axes or origin is shown. If point B’s coordinates are (10,3),
which of the following coordinates would most likely be A’s? (1 Point)
(-10, 3)
(10, 6)
(17, -2)
(17, -2)
(6, 8)
- Our school is already ……… the competition. (1 Point)
Inside
Prepared
Disqualified
Out of
35. . ………….. your mind whether to go there or not (1 Point)
Decide in
Make up
Concluding
Ponder in
- …………….Robin……….Lionel was successful (1 Point)
Neither nor
Either or
Neither or
Either now
- Find the area of the walls of a room 5m long, 4m broad and 3 m high (1 Point)
64sq.m
54sq.m
40sq.m
90sq.m
- School monitors have been asked to ………..the hall for the examination (1 Point)
Invigilate
Widen
Extend
Arrange
- Each goddess tried _______ to bribe Paris. (1 Point)
Boldly
Can not be determined
Carefully
Effectively
Secretly
- People thought that the Wright brothers had ____________. (1 Point)
Acted without thinking
Been negatively influened
Been too courteous
Had not given enough thought
Acted in a negative way
41. She threw ………..on him (1 Point)
At
Out
In
Up
- Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never (1 Point)
Troubled
Worried
Sorrowful
Disappointed
Disturbed
43. Herculaneum and its harbor were buried under ___lava. (1 Point)
Liquid
Solid
Flowing
Gas
Can not be determined
- Reading Comprehension
The Trojan War is one of the most famous wars in history. It is well known for the ten-year duration, for the heroism of a number of legendary characters, and for the Trojan horse. What may not be familiar, however, is the story of how the war began.
According to Greek myth, the strife between the Trojans and the Greeks started at the wedding of Peleus, King of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea nymph. All of the gods and goddesses had been invited to the wedding celebration in Troy except Eris, goddesses of discord. She had been omitted from the guest list because her presence always embroiled mortals and immortals alike in conflict.
To take revenge on those who had slighted her, Eris decided to cause a skirmish. Into the middle of the banquet hall, she threw a golden apple marked “for the most beautiful.” All of the goddesses began to haggle over who should possess it. The gods and goddesses reached a stalemate when the choice was narrowed to Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Someone was needed to settle the controversy by picking a winner. The job eventually fell to Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, who was said to be a good judge of beauty.
Paris did not have an easy job. Each goddess, eager to win the golden apple, tried aggressively to bribe him. “I’ll grant you vast kingdoms to rule, “ promised Hera. “Vast kingdoms are nothing in comparison with my gift,” contradicted Athena. “Choose me and I’ll see that you win victory and fame in war.” Aphrodite outdid her adversaries, however. She won the golden apple by offering Helen, Zeus’ daughter and the most beautiful mortal, to Paris.
Paris, anxious to claim Helen, set off for Sparta in Greece. Although Paris learned that Helen was married, he accepted the hospitality of her husband, King Menelasu of Sparta, anyway. Therefore, Menelaus was outraged for a number of reasons when Paris departed, taking Helen and much of the king’s wealth back to Troy. Menelaus collected his loyal forces and set sail for Troy to begin the war to reclaim Helen.Each goddess tried _______ to bribe Paris. (1 Point)
Boldly
Cannot be determined
Carefully
Effectively
Secretly
- Reading Comprehension
Many great inventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief. The invention of the airplane was no exception. Although many people who heard about the first powered flight on December 17,1903, were excited and impressed, others reacted with peals of laughter. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people. Such people called Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the first flying machine, impulsive fools. Negative reactions, however, did not stop the Wrights. Impelled by their desire to succeed, they continued their experiments in aviation.
Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in aeronautics and mechanics. As young boys they earned money by making and selling kites and mechanical toys. Later, they designed a newspaper-folding machine, built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop. In 1896, when they read about the death of Otto Lilienthal, the brother’s interest in flight grew into a compulsion. Lilienthal, a pioneer in hang-gliding, had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction. This idea was repellent to the Wright brothers, however, and they searched for more efficient methods to control the balance of airborne vehicles.
In 1900 and 1901, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques. The brothers’ inability to obtain enough lift power for the gliders almost led them to abandon their efforts. After further study, the Wright brothers concluded that the published tables of air pressure on curved surfaces must be wrong. They set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings. Because of their efforts, the old tables were repealed in time and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces. This work, in turn, made it possible for them to design a machine that would fly. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane, which cost less than one thousand dollars. They even designed and built their own source of propulsion- a lightweight gasoline engine. When they started the engine on December 17, the airplane pulsated wildly before taking off. The plane managed to stay aloft for twelve seconds, however, and it flew one hundred twenty feet.
By 1905 the Wrights had perfected the first airplane that could turn, circle, and remain airborne for half an hour at a time. Others had flown in balloons or in hang gliders, but the Wright brothers were the first to build a full-size machine that could fly under its own power. As the contributors of one of the most outstanding engineering achievements in history, the Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation.People thought that the Wright brothers had ____________ (1 Point)
Acted in a negative way
Acted without thinking
Been negatively influenced
Been too cautious
Had not given enough thought
46. Find the antonym; CLAMOR (1 Point)
Ugliness
Beauty
Silence
Dishonour
- Reading Comprehension
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women.
Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master’s degree and doctorate in physics.
Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory.
A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish.
Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress.
Curie’s feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne.
She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium.
Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work.
Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ________. (1 Point)
Worried
Sorrowful
Dissapointed
Disturbed
Troubled
- Find the Synonyms; Chagrin (1 Point)
Enjoyment
Disappointment
Bad luck
Despair
- Find the Synonyms; Ignominy (1 Point)
Fame
Disgrace
Sudden
- Find the antonym;DEBILITATE (1 Point)
Harrass
Annoy
Strengthen
Affix
- NAIVE (1 Point)
Rural
Dull
Sophisticate
Dishonour
- Find the antonym;NEPOTISM (1 Point)
Favouritism
Indifference
Impartiality
Apathy
53. Find the antonym; DOCILE (1 Point)
Active
Healthy
Probable
Teachable
- Find the antonym; SMOTHER (1 Point)
Cuddle
Expel
Aerate
Rescue
- Find the antonym;PINNACLE (1 Point)
Bridge
Base
Wall
Rummy
- Find the antonym; VINDICTIVE (1 Point)
Forgiving
Petty
Beautiful
Unattractiv
- Find the synonym; REPREHENSIBLE (1 Point)
Censurable
Above reproach
Dim-wetted
With precedent
- Daniel let the bag out of the cat (1 Point)
Released the cat
Revealed the secret
Drove the cat away
Forgot to seal the bag
- She has a rotund mother-in-law (Synonyms) (1 Point)
Wicked
Difficult
Weighty
Healthy
60. Find the synonym; FLACCID (1 Point)
Limp
Liquid
Erect
Solid
- Find the synonym;LANKY (1 Point)
Small
Petite
Slim
Big
62. Find the synonym;CHAGRIN (1 Point)
Enjoyment
Disappointment
Smirk
Disgust
63. The referee is incorruptible (Synonyms) (1 Point)
Venal
Corrupt
In court
Upright
- Find the synonym;ENTRENCHED (1 Point)
Firmly established
At war
Eternal
Earthy
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