GHANA POLICE SERVICE APTITUDE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The
Ghana Police Service recruitment and aptitude test processes are handled by the
Ministry of Interior, Ghana. At the Aptitude test stage, applicants will take
the short exams at their designated Police Processing Stations, and schools
across the country.
The guidelines below including the Aptitude Test Questions and
Answers will assist you to pass this stage of the recruitment process. The
aptitude test will be taken by any applicants who have successfully passed the
body selection stage of the recruitment process.
The Ghana Police Service is under the Ministry of Interior with
the President of the Republic of Ghana as Commander-in-chief.
The
Ghana Police Service recruitment requires a good score on the aptitude test to
qualify you for the next stage. Preparing for the aptitude test will increase
your chances of success to the next stage of the recruitment process.
Ghana Police Service Aptitude Test
Scope & Curriculum Areas
The format of the Ghana Police
Service aptitude test requires that you sit to write the Ghana Police Service
aptitude test on a computer and at your nearest Ghana Police Service Careers
Centre. Applicants who have successfully passed the body selection stage of the
recruitment will be tested in the following areas:
·
General
knowledge about the Ghana Police Service
·
Numeracy
knowledge & Arithmetic reasoning
·
Literacy
knowledge
·
General
Science
Below are likely questions and
answers you might encounter in your aptitude test. Study how these questions
are asked and how they are answered to help you at this stage.
Ghana Police Service General knowledge
Questions & Answers
Q1. What is the organization of the Ghana Police Service?
ANSWER: The
Ghana Police Service is composed of the police general recruits and police
officers.
Q2.When was the Police
Service established?
ANSWER: It
was established in 1894, the Institution of Police was formalized with the
passing of the Police Ordinance which gave legal authority for the formation of
a Civil Police Force which was known as the Gold Coast Police Force. In 1957
the Gold Coast Police Force was renamed to Ghana Police Service.
Q3.What is the Police
Service command structure?
ANSWER: The
Police command structure extends from the Minister of Interior in the
government to commanders in the field. Police units are deployed in all towns
and regions of Ghana
Q4.What is the structure of
the Police?
ANSWER: The
Ghana Police has 10 ranks for officers with the General of Police (IGP) being
the highest rank. Below is the list of Police commissioned officers ranks:
·
Inspector-General of Police (IGP)
·
Deputy Inspector General (D/IGP)
·
Commissioner of Police (COP)
·
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP)
·
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
·
Chief Superintendent of Police (C/Supt)
·
Superintendent (Supt)
·
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)
·
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
·
Chief Inspector
Q5.What equipment has
the Ghana Police Service?
ANSWER: Equipment
consists of older weapons of British, Brazilian, Swiss, Swedish, Israeli, and
Finnish origin. The Ghanaian Police inventory gave the following equipment: FV-601 Saladin and EE-9 Cascavel reconnaissance vehicles; MOWAG
Piranha armored personnel carriers; 81mm and 120mm mortars; 84mm recoilless
launchers; and 14.5mm ZPU-4 and 23mm ZU-23-2 air defense guns.
Ghana Police Service General knowledge Questions & Answers For
Ghana Police Service.
Q6.When was the Police
established?
ANSWER: In 1894, the
Institution of Police was formalized with the passing of the Police Ordinance
which gave legal authority for the formation of a Civil Police Force which was
known as the Gold Coast Police Force. In 1957 the Gold Coast Police Force was
renamed to Ghana Police Service.
Q7.Who is the current
Head of the Ghana Police Service?
ANSWER: George Akuffo
Dampare is the current Inspector-General of Police.
Q8.What are the
objectives of the Ghana Police Service?
ANSWER: The mission
of the Police Service is to ensure crime prevention and detection,
apprehension, and prosecution of offenders, consistent with the expectations of
Ghanaians for safe, secure, and peaceful communities.
Q9.What are the aims
and objectives of the Ghana Police Service?
ANSWER: The Police as it is now called has its motto “Service
with Integrity”.
The objectives of the
Police are:
1. Crime detection and prevention
2. Apprehension (arrest) and prosecution of offenders
3. Maintenance of law and order
4. Due enforcement of the law
Q10.When did Ghana
gain independence?
ANSWER: 6 March 1957
Question: Who designed the Ghana National flag and in which year?
ANSWER: The
Ghana flag was designed by Miss Theodosia Okoh. It was adopted in 1957 and was
flown until 1962, and then reinstated in 1966.
Numeracy knowledge & Arithmetic reasoning
Q1. Find the
missing number in the following series: 234567 23456 ___? __ 234 23
A: 6
B: 2356
C: 2347
D: 2345
E: None of these
Q2. One container
has 28 kilograms of flour and another has 4 kilograms. How many kilograms must
be taken from one container, so each has an equal amount of flour?
A: 4
B: 12
C: 16
D: 24
E: None of these
Q3. Six pairs of
shoe cost as much as 1 coat, 2 pairs of jeans cost as much as 3 pairs of shoes,
and 4 pairs of socks cost as much as one pair of jeans. How many coats could I
exchange for 64 pairs of socks?
A: 4
B: 1
C: 2
D: 3
E: None of these
Q4. The clock in
my lounge room is 10 minutes slower than the clock on my phone, which is 6
minutes slow. My tram always leaves 6 minutes early, although it is scheduled
for 8:55 am. It takes me 20 minutes to get to the tram stop. What time must I
leave, according to my lounge room clock, in order to catch my tram?
A: 8:49 am
B: 8:35 am
C: 8:23 am
D: 8:29 am
E: None of these
Q5. A container of
soft drinks was shared between four work teams of employees. The first team
took 1/3 of the soft drink, the second team took ½ of what was left, and the
remaining two teams shared the remaining soft drink equally between them. If
there were originally 240 litres of soft drinks, how many litres of soft drinks
did the third team get?
A: 20
B: 40
C: 80
D: 160
E: None of these
Q6. Working
mothers who earn $30,000 or less per year receive a rebate on before and after
school care of 75%, plus a school bonus of $6,000 that only applies to this
category of earnings. Each dollar earned above this amount and up to $40,000
reduces the rebate to 55%, and for any amount above this, the rebate drops to
30%. There are three mothers – Jade earns $40,001, Emily earns $38,000 and Lucy
earns $29,550. If the cost of before and after school care is $10,000 per year,
what amount of money does the person have who has the least amount of money
left after paying for before and after school care?
A: $33,000
B: $30,000
C: $40,001
D: $40,000
E: None of these
Q7. Find the
missing number in the following series: 4 8__32 64 128
A: 24
B: 19
C: 16
D: 8
E: None of these
Q8. Find the
missing number in the following series: __ 85 81 83 79 81 77
A: 89
B: 83
C: 87
D: 80
E: None of these
Q9. Percy rides
his scooter to the station, which is 10 kilometers away. If Percy rides at a
steady pace of 20 kilometers per hour, how many minutes will it take him to
ride from home to the station?
A: 2
B: 4
C: 40
D: 30
E: None of these
Q10. If Bert had 3
cents more he would have twice as much as Georgia. If he had 4 cents less, he
would have the same amount. How many cents does Bert have?
A: 4
B: 7
C: 11
D: 14
E: None of these
Q11. There are 72
apples on my tree at home; 38 are red, and the rest are green. I know 46 of the
apples have worms in them, so I can’t use them for cooking. What is the maximum
number of green apples I could have left to cook with?
A: 0
B: 8
C: 12
D: 26
E: None of these
Q12. Rebecca must
give 5 out of every 6 dollars she earns each week to the tax department. If
Rebecca gets to keep $10 this week, how much did she earn in total this week?
A: $30
B: $56
C: $50
D: $60
E: None of these
Q13. Find the
missing number in the following series: 64 16 32 8?
A: 2
B: 8
C: 16
D: 32
E: None of these
Q14. If a piece of
blueberry pie costs $4 and a piece of apple pie costs 50% more than a piece of
blueberry pie, how much does a piece of apple pie cost?
A: $3
B: $2
C: $5
D: $6
E. None of the above.
Q15. Oliver has a
box of toy cars, but he is not sure how many he has. If he arranges the cars in
groups of four, he has three leftovers. If he arranges them in groups of 3, he
has two leftovers and there are three leftovers when he puts them in groups of
five. Oliver definitely doesn’t have any more than 30 cars, so how many does he
have?
A. 27
B. 28
C: 21
D: 22
E: None of these.
Q 15. It takes an
Engineer three hours to drive to his brother’s house at an average speed of 50
miles per hour. If He takes the same route home, but his average speed is 60
miles per hour, what is the time, in hours, that it takes him to drive home?
A) 2 hours and 33 minutes
B) 2 hours and 30 minutes
C)2 hours and 3 minutes
D) 2 hours and 60 minutes
Q 17. A stamping
machine can stamp 40 envelopes in 8 minutes. How many of stamping machines,
working at the same time, are required to stamp 120 envelopes per minute?
A) 3 Machines
B)24 Machines
C)60 Machines
D)28 Machines
E)600
Q 18. Yesterday,
Kofi earned 50 Cedis mowing lawns. Today, Kofi earned 60% of what he earned
yesterday mowing lawns. How much money did Kojo earn mowing lawns today?
A. Ghc3
B. Ghc25
C. Ghc30
D. Ghc40
Q 19. Kofi sells pies
for Ghc10 each. Kwame sells beverages for Ghc1 each. If Kofi sells 23 apple
pies and Kwame sells 17 beverages, what is the total in sales for both products
combined?
A. Ghc17
B. Ghc213
C. Ghc230
D. Ghc247
Q 20. A mountain
path is 12.1 miles long. If a hiker walks along the path at a rate of 1.96
miles per hour, in approximate how many hours will the hiker walk the entire
trail?
A. 6
B. 12.
C. 14
D. 24
Q 21. Adjoa’s gross
salary for last month was Ghc4,687.24. If Ghc421.78 was deducted from Adjoa’s
salary pay, how much take-home pay did Adjoa earn this past month?
A.
Ghc421.78
B.
Ghc4,265.46
C.
Ghc4,687.24
D. Ghc5,109.02
Q
22. A woman’s
store sells the following categories of clothing for the following prices:
Blouse: Ghc14 each
Skirt: Ghc16 each
Dress: Ghc25 each
Pantyhose: 2 pairs for Ghc3
Socks: Ghc7
Q 23. A lady goes to
the store on a day when the store has a 20% off sale on all skirts. If Yaa buys
2 skirts, 1 dress, and 4 pairs of pantyhose, how much money does lady have to
pay?
A.
Ghc55.20
B.
Ghc56.60
C.
Ghc63.00
D. Ghc69.00
Q 24. Last month,
Yaws checking account had a balance of Ghc347.20. Since then, Yaws deposited
his paycheck of Ghc563.89 and withdrew Ghc478.53. What is Kofi’s checking
account balance now?
A.
Ghc432.56
B.
Ghc432.65
C. Ghc456.23
D. Ghc456.32
Q 25. In a box of
stones, the ratio of red marbles to total marbles is 2:5. The ratio of green
stones to total stones is 3:10. If the stones that are neither red nor green
are blue, how many blue stones are in the box if there are 40 marbles in the
box?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 24
D. 28
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