Post Utme Federal Scholarship Board English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

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 7:

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 8:

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 9:

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

Question 10:

For this question and the next, choose the option that best interprets the given sentence. The teacher is the one who has the last word

A. He is the one that will give the closing remarks.
B. He is the one that will make the final decision.
C. He is the one that will argue for the others.
D. He will be the first to leave at the end