Post Utme English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

Choose the option nearest to the word or phrase in italics

The unbearably conceited behavior of the servant made him lose his job whenever he got one

A. Indecent
B. Impatient
C. Insufferable
D. Insulting

Question 7:

Choose the option nearest to the word or phrase in italics

The civic authorities were at their wits end when, despite their best efforts, cholera was unchecked and beyond control spread among citizens.

A. Endemic
B. Spreading
C. Epidemic
D. Rampant

Question 8:

The flood of personal experience and first hand record of events written by the retired military general, who had seen much action during war, became the best-seller in the late forties

A. Memoirs
B. Reminiscences
C. Autobiography
D. Reports

Question 9:

The total freedom of care enjoyed by the rich man’s son made him unfit for any serious work

A. Careworn state
B. Insouciance
C. Carelessness
D. Complacence

Question 10:

I could immediately identify you because your face reminds me of your mother.

A. Is reminiscent of
B. Is a replica of
C. Is duplicate of
D. Is a prototype of