Post Utme General Paper Past Questions and Answers

Question 366:

Read the extract below and answer question 1 to 4 that follows

From the air we breathe, to the food we eat; from the water we drink, to the dress we wear from the car we drive, to the hospital we attend, to the light we get from
PHCN; from our televisions to our offices; from our government to our schools: from the shinning sun to the falling rain; from the space above to the house in which we
live; from our wives and husbands to our children and housemaids; from our dependents to our superior and subordinates; from fuel scarcity and crises to religious riots; from political posts we
hold or fail to hold from all these and more, we get stress-the ubiquitous silent killer.

The author is drawing attention to a

A. Disease
B. Murderer
C. Killer drugs
D. Political election

Question 367:

Read the extract below and answer question 1 to 4 that follows

From the air we breathe, to the food we eat; from the water we drink, to the dress we wear from the car we drive, to the hospital we attend, to the light we get from
PHCN; from our televisions to our offices; from our government to our schools: from the shinning sun to the falling rain; from the space above to the house in which we
live; from our wives and husbands to our children and housemaids; from our dependents to our superior and subordinates; from fuel scarcity and crises to religious riots; from political posts we
hold or fail to hold from all these and more, we get stress-the ubiquitous silent killer.


The term "ubiquitous" is a close word to

A. Somewhere
B. Everywhere
C. Loquacious
D. Riotous

Question 368:

Read the following poem carefully and answer the question 5-9 that follows

I love you my gentle one:
My love is in the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle bird's egg
For those who say you are wealthy
You are the, papyrus reed of the lake
Which they pull out with both hands
And I sing for you with tears
I love you my gentle one


The poem is an example of

A. A lyric
B. A dirge
C. An ode
D. An epic

Question 369:

Read the following poem carefully and answer the question 5-9 that follows

I love you my gentle one:
My love is in the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle bird's egg
For those who say you are wealthy
You are the, papyrus reed of the lake
Which they pull out with both hands
And I sing for you with tears
I love you my gentle one


The dominant literary deice use in the extract is

A. Hyperbole
B. Epigram
C. Oxymoron
D. Apostrophe

Question 370:

Read the following poem carefully and answer the question 5-9 that follows

I love you my gentle one:
My love is in the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle bird's egg
For those who say you are wealthy
You are the, papyrus reed of the lake
Which they pull out with both hands
And I sing for you with tears
I love you my gentle one


The feeling of the poet is one of

A. Anxiety
B. Gaiety
C. Sadness
D. Frustration