Post Utme English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 831:

Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentences should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and No Correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.

The smoke if inhaled proves to be more fatal than the burn itself.

A. Be most fatal
B. Kill more fatal
C. Be additional fatal
D. Be greater fatal
E. No Correction Required

Question 832:

Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

Nigerian peoples (1)/ invest (2)/ as much (3)/ in gold as in bank savings accounts. (4)/ No error. (5)

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Question 833:

Growth does not overwhelm order and order does not deny growth. It can be informed from this statement that ____________

A. The relationship between growth and order is foreign.
B. Growth and order coexist in so far as one leads to the other.
C. It is probable for order to exist without growth and not vice versa
D. Growth and order are mutually exclusive.

Question 834:

For this question and the next, four sentences are given, Select the option that has been written according to the requirement of standard English.

A. We'll need to do a series of tests before we do anything else.
B. We'll need to do series of test before we do anything else.
C. We'll need to do the series of test before we do anything else
D. We'll need to do series of tests before we do anything else

Question 835:

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct in English language.

A. The book is their's but it's very old
B. The book is theirs but its very old
C. The book is theirs' but its' very old
D. The book is theirs but it's very old