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POST-UTME PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
USE OF ENGLISH
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Only a few days before, reports were rife about the AC reaching out to
some PDP legislators to cross-carpet
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Zakawanu Garuba, the then
Speaker, retorted with a fiat, threatening to declare vacant the seat of any defector
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The party has two
factional chairmen in the state, even though one is more vociferous
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He
was not being recalled from the legislature; and so, he still has his seat as a floor
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The Speakership is not his
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They are to be probed
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they are few in number
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PDP members are faithful
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According to the passage, the constitution supports
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Defecting
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Factional chairmen
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After the defection of a PDP member
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After suspending the Speaker
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The legislators impeached
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PDP lawmakers
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To cross-carpet, as used in the passage, means to
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The lawmakers
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The protem Speaker
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He was vindicated
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He was honoured
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Nigeria has a troubled power sector which is however undergoing reforms that,
hopefully, should usher in era of private sector dominance in terms of ownership
and management of generation and distribution
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That is the only way to prevent a replication of the trend in the oil and gas
sub-sector, where capital flight is as much as $ 16 billion per annum, as revealed by
the Petroleum Technology Development Fund
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In 1998, the defunct National Electric
Power Authority defied a directive by the then Minister of Power and steel, Alhaji
Bashir Dalhatu, to source its costable components from Nigerian foundries, some of
which are of high standards
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The acute shortage or inefficiency in the metering programme originated from the
fact that the only local manufacturer then, the Federal Government-owned
electricity Meter Company in Zaria, Kaduna State, established in 1976, but sold to
Dantata Investments Limited in December 2002, is not performing
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Why is there shortage of meter?
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Non-performance of NEPA
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Meter Company
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There is money in the country
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NEPA is better than PHCN
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According to the passage, the solution to the problem in the power sector lies in
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Getting costable components
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Getting $ 16 billion per annum
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NEPA
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Nigeria
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There is only one local manufacturer of electricity meter
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The problem of the power sector cannot be solved
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Nigeria and her problems
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Electricity meter
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University students ……………
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(A) can (B) should (C) may (D)
must
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have finished the project two days ago
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You are Goodluck,
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He ……………
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Janet
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(A) suppose (B) supposes (C) is
supposed (D) should suppose
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that there was no king in Ayegun
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We shall see you soon,
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suitable
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Ten miles ____ a great distance
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ask for the money (A) will (B) should (C) would
(D) can
I will see you after I
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(A) might have (B) have
(C) will have (D) would have
“You
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? (A) is she? (B) isn’t she? (C) aren’t she? (D) doesn’t she?
We have a bus,
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let us down
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me last week
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(A) are (B) is (c ) are just
The pests ____ our farm every year
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ask for the project (A) will (B) should (C) would
(D) can
When ……
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today? (A) does/arrives (B) does/arrived (C)
does/arrive (D) do arrive
We shall see you soon,
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? (A) don’t you? (B) didn’t you? (C) hadn’t you? (D)
doesn’t you?
Walk the dog right now,
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? (A) I’m I? (B) aren’t I? (C) isn’t I? (D) wouldn’t I?
Pick out the odd/wrong expression in each of the following :
(A) I heard his supposed apology (B) I heard his unconvincing apology (C) I
heard his suppose apology (D) I heard he was supposed apology
(A) I suppose you know the way (B) I am supposed you know the way (C) I
suppose he knows the way (D) They suppose he knows the way
(A)
I travel next week (B) I will travel next week (C) I suppose to travel
next week (D) I should travel next week
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My friend’s parent’s are magnanimous (A) rich and popular (B) sociable and
lovable (C) kind and generous (D) wicked and stingy
My friend has an overbearing attitude toward me (A) patient (B) impatient
(C) opinionated and domineering (D) considerate and respectful
There are a number of makeshift buildings in town (A) modern buildings (B)
old fashion buildings (C) temporary buildings (D) permanent buildings
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(A)
inquisitiveness (B) weakness (C) profligacy (D) innovation
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(A) carefree (B) lazy (C) supercilious (D)
disloyal
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(A) generous (B)
arrogant (C) wasteful (D) mindless
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Many people look into the future with trepidation
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Can you marry such a lanky man? (A) tall and thin (B) sturdy (C) fat and short
(D) tall and short
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(A) undoing factor (B)
invention (C) power (D) fabrication
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined
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(A) realistically (B)
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pessimistically (C) carelessly (D) unrealistically
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John and Ahmed’s ideas were speculative (A) stipulative (B) superlative (C)
factual (D) attractive
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(A) much (B) little
(C) internal (D) continuous
Many people regard him as prolific
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Our success is paramount in his mind
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In all, I consider the behaviour unpalatable
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Her action will certainly exacerbate the situation
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Is he really behaving oddly ? (A) abnormally (B) normally (C) evenly (D)
properly
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(A) realistically (B) pessimistically
(C) carelessly (D) unrealistically
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(A) worsened (B) improved (C) stagnated (D)
declined
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(B) One should mind one’s business (C) One
should mind her business
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(B) This case is between you and me
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(A) With them around, we have a great problem on our hands
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(C) With them around, we
have a great problem on hand
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(B) The dog wagged its tail
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(A) A ten year old boy is missing
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(C) A ten
year-old boy is missing
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Key (A) kiss
(B) quay (C) keyed (D) kissed
Choose the word that is correctly spelled
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The underlined
expression is an -----------
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The underlined expression is
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I passed very well because I studied hard
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Bello and I love each other
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I prefer writing to acting
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(A) verb
(B) participle (C) gerund (D) object
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The underlined
expression is a(n) --------
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If you leave early, you’ll meet Sola at home
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(A) nominal clause (B) verbal clause (C) conditional clause (D)
adjectival clause
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The underlined expression is a
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I’m proud of you
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A noun phrase lacks one of the following: (A) noun (B) verb (C) adjective (D)
adverb
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An apple in the sentence functions as------------
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I wonder if you know where he lives
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(A) thoughtful
statement (B) polite command (C) indirect question (D) subtle exclamation
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An example of gradable adjectives is … (A) each (B) beautiful (C) dead (D)
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(A) a larger
number of words (B) a fewer number of words (C) a finite verb (D) a nonfinite verb
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