Post Utme Federal Scholarship Board English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

"I cannot for the life of me see why he married her."

A. I cannot tell when he married her.
B. I cannot interfere with their married life.
C. I cannot understand why he married her.
D. I cannot for any reason allow her to marry him.

Question 12:

choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

You should be about the new machine and also not to spoil it.

A. Cautious/careful
B. Careful/cautious
C. Careful/careful
D. Caring/careful

Question 13:

choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Our health teacher always says that it is important to thoroughly in order for proper to occur.

A. Rankle/temerity
B. Mitigate/digestion
C. Digest/transmutation
D. Masticate/digestion

Question 14:

choose the option that represents the given phrase or clause.

A small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power.

A. Coup
B. Cabal
C. Stalwort
D. Dissident

Question 15:

The job of writing a dictionary.

A. Lexicography
B. Cartography
C. Bibliographer
D. Philology