Post Utme Federal University of Technology, Owerri English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

Insert the word(s) that best fit(s) in with the meaning of the sentence

Legislators must be trained to ____________ the truth

A. Disguise
B. Discern
C. Digest
D. Disturb
E. Distort

Question 2:

Insert the word(s) that best fit(s) in with the meaning of the sentence

As it holds true that, unless you trained your body you cannot be an athlete, so also unless you train your ____________ you cannot be a

A. Kicking footballer
B. Voice-choirmaster
C. Mind-scholar
D. Courage-hero
E. Armsswimmer

Question 3:

Insert the word(s) that best fit(s) in with the meaning of the sentence

Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.

A. Many people owed much money of the end of the war
B. A handful of people saved the lives of a nation
C. A few people did a lot of things gratis
D. This conflict caused the largest ransom ever demanded
E. Very little was owed by anyone to anybody

Question 4:

Choose the word phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence

After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions the poor husband accused her point-blank of adultery

A. Bluntly
B. Pointedly
C. Emphatically
D. Unreservedly
E. Unmistakingly

Question 5:

Choose the word phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence

When a man is immune to an illness, he is

A. Opposed to it
B. Attached it
C. Hasted by it
D. Protected against it
E. Addicted to it