SAMPLE QUESTIONS OF ABSU POST-UTME PAST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR ARTS

ECONOMICS

1. A major liability of a commercial bank arise from 

(A) Customer’s deposits 

(B) loans and advances 

(C) overdrafts 

(D) staff allowances

2. Retailers in an economy perform the function of 

(A) Production 

(B) exchange 

(C) distribution 

(D) investment

GOVERNMENT

3. The Yoruba traditional government system was 

(a) Egalitarian 

(b) Republican 

(C) Democratic 

(d) Monarchical

4. The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was the 

(a) Supreme Court 

(b) High Court 

(c) Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 

(d) Court of Appeal

CRK

5. The place where Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac was 

A. Moniah 

B. Sinai 

C. Bethel 

D. Tabor

6. As a condition of his covenant with God, Abraham had to 

A. circumcise every male 

B. keep Sabbath holy 

C. pray to God daily 

D. recite shema

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

7. Pick the odd item out of the options listed 

A. euphemism 

B. oxymoron 

C. hyperbole 

D. rhythm

8. “Poetry gets bored of being alone. It wants to go outdoors to chew on the winds” The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is 

A. paradox 

B. run 

C. parallelism 

D. personification

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

9. The upholstery work doesn’t go….. the colour of the car 

(A) after 

(B) by 

(C) with 

(D) or

10. I became depressed…… hearing the news 

(A) at 

(B) with 

(C) as 

(D) on