GST105 DRILL by Adewale Onagbesan ‘ARISTOKRAT’
1. Listening entails;
a. Specifying what a speaker would say
b. The ability to identify and understand what a
speaker is saying
c. Making assertions and statement that guide
the speakers speech
d. Keeping quite so that the speaker is not
distracted
2. Effective listening requires that;
a. The listener dictates the pace and speed of the
speakers delivery
b. The listener must pay total attention to what
the speaker is saying
c. The listener thinks critically about what the
speaker is saying
d. Examining the speakers attitude and
comportment
3. The skills involved in listening are;
a. Reading through the topic carefully
b. Preparing ahead of the lecture
c. Understanding the speaker’s accent, vocabulary
and presentation of the topic.
d. Writing down verbatim everything the speaker
says
4. Which of these does not negatively affect
listening
a. Interfering background noise
b. Unfamiliar accent and speech affectation
c. Difficult vocabulary
d. Organized and cohesive speech
5. All but one of the following are necessary in
pre-lecture preparations;
a. Conducting surveys of course outlines and topic
before hand
b. Making intelligent speculations about the
lecturers sources
c. Arrival at lectures ahead of the lecturer
d. A reading of some introductory surveys if the
topic is unfamiliar
6. The main goal of a lecture is to;
a. Give course outline to students
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b. Impart knowledge to students
c. Trade information between lecturer and
students
d. Introduce lecturers to students
7. Lecturer delivery usually has three parts. These
are;
a. Introduction, main lecture and conclusion
b. Outline, main discussion and question time
c. Summary, main lecture and expansion of
outlined points
d. Introduction, revision and conclusion
8. One of the following is not a recommended
practice in note taking;
a. Verbatim recording
b. Use of personal abbreviations
c. Logical thinking of ideas
d. Summary of main points
9. All but one of the following are necessary in
getting the best from lectures;
a. Understanding the lecturers specific approach
b. Determining the three-part structure of the
lecture
c. Coming to terms with the lecturers accent
pronunciation and delivery of sentences
10. All but one of the following are bad habits in
note taking;
a. Verbatim recording of everything in note taking
b. Recording main points with all the illustration
c. Recording main points and a selection of
illustrations and examples
d. Recording all that the lecturer says
11. Note taking involves the following except;
a. Summarizing the main point
b. Using inconsistent personal abbreviations
c. Making a selection from illustrations
d. Disregarding digressions
12. A pre-lecture survey is basically
a. Asking relevant questions at the beginning of a
lecture
b. Listening and taking down notes during a
lecture
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c. Reading up on a topic before the lecture b. Story line
d. Discussing a topic with classmates after the c. Plot
lecture d. Strong argument
13. A course outline is a listing of the 20. A thesis statement is to an essay what a topic
a. Specific points raised during a lecture sentence is to;
b. Relevant topics to be treated in a particular a. An introductory paragraph
course b. A concluding paragraph
c. Form and content of a topic c. The paragraph
d. Main points articulated during a lecture d. The main paragraph
14. A good note taken from listening to lecturers is 21. A police statement is an example of;
not a. An academic writing
a. Brief and concise b. Technical report writing
b. Legible c. A narrative writing
c. All that is said in class d. A research report
d. Systemic and orderly 22. The main features of an introductory paragraph
15. Weeding as a library term means are;
a. Dusting the shelves a. Statement of thesis, setting of tone, plan
b. Clearing the tables b. Quotation, topic sentence, summary of essay
c. Screening library users c. Summary, statement of thesis, definition
d. Removing outdated books d. None of the above
16. A full essay must have 3 main features 23. Mechanics of writing consists of;
a. Appropriate choice of words & acceptable a. Punctuation
sentences b. Capitalization
b. Good paragraphing & grammatical sentences c. Spelling & letter shapes
c. Coherence & use of standard writing d. All of the above
conventions 24. Features of a concluding paragraph include;
d. All of the above a. The idea of concluding
17. Major features of any good writing include; b. A flashback
a. Introduction, summary, conclusion c. A resolution of the thesis
b. Introduction, middle, conclusion d. All of the above
c. Preamble, definition, main body 25. Expository writing includes all but one of the
d. None of the above following;
18. In report writing, the situation must be based a. A police report
on b. Annual general meeting report
a. Hearsay c. Sport report
b. Arguments d. Newspaper article
c. Proof 26. Books are placed on reserve to
d. Facts a. Minimize wear and tear
19. The narrative essay has all but one of the b. To prevent them from getting to unregistered
following feature users
a. Suspense

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c. To preserve them for serious-minded library- a. Contain all the topics to be treated in a subject
going students b. Constitute the lecturers sole sources
d. To facilitate a rapid and wider circulation of c. Direct the reader to supplementary texts
scarce materials among users d. Contain most of the topics to be treated or the
27. The circulation section of the library deals with basis for discussion in the lectures
a. Borrowing and returning of books 34. Which one of these is not recommended for
b. The distribution of books among affiliated efficient studying
libraries a. Reading with pre-conceived ideas
c. The acquisition of new materials b. Generation of guide questions as you read
d. The cataloguing and classification of acquired c. Adoption of flexible reading speed
materials d. Employing memory enhancing devices
28. Reference books are those 35. Supplementary texts are usually given so that
a. Used to write research papers a. Students may have a wide reading list
b. That cannot be borrowed b. Students can have the opportunity to acquire
c. That are quite bulky additional information for their courses
d. They contain a wealth of materials which cut c. Students can fully understand the topics treated
across various disciplines in their course
29. The system of classification in the University of d. Students educational experience may be
Lagos main library is balanced
a. The call mark 36. Selective reading is important to students
b. The dewey decimal system because
c. The library of congress system a. It will be in line with qualitative education
d. The card catalogue b. It reduces the stress campus rigors
30. One of the following is not part of the card c. It may be either impossible or a waste of time
catalogue in library to read everything in the text
a. Index card d. It reinforces the importance of reading
b. Author card 37. Direct quotation can be distinguished from
c. Subject paraphrase in note taking by
d. Title card a. Underlining the quotation
31. The encyclopedia is b. Using quotation marks
a. A book or a set of books on Britain c. Writing the quotation in capital letter
b. A book or a set of books on America d. Writing in capital letters as well as underlining
c. A book or a set of books on one or all branches it
of knowledge 38. If a scholar does not acknowledge all quoted
d. A book or a set of books compiled by chambers and borrowed ideas as he reads and writes, he
32. Books put in the reserve section of the library is guilty of
a. Are intended for use by library staff only a. Perjury
b. Cannot be borrowed b. Plagiarism
c. Can only be borrowed by permission c. Permutation
d. Out of the reach of students d. Permissiveness
33. Prescribed text usually 39. The dictionary contain all but information on

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a. The meaning of words c. University
b. The pronunciation of words d. Colon
c. Etymology 51. Interior punctuation marks can neither be
d. The year the words become obsolete _____ or ______
a. Terminal: extensive
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT b. Separative: terminal
c. Separative: parental: parenthetical
40. Who ______ the telephone?
d. Parenthetical: terminal
a. Discovered
52. The ____ is used to mark off initials
b. Invented
a. Semi-colon
41. The judge was _____ that the man was guilty
b. Full stop
a. Persuaded
c. Bracket
b. Convinced
d. Dash
42. He _____ a prize for his diligence
53. One of the following punctuation marks is used
a. Took
in pairs
b. Received
a. Question mark
43. It is not wise to _____ family quarrels
b. Hyphen
a. Interfere in
c. Aprostrophe
b. Interfere with
d. Quotation
44. She did not _____ to go
54. Brackets are used to enclose
a. Accept
a. A reference
b. Agree
b. Main ideas
45. A butcher _____ meat
c. Book titles
a. Deals with
d. A & B
b. Deals in
55. A full entry in a bibliography must show:
46. How does that man _____ his living?
a. Authors name & year of publication
a. Earn
b. Title of work & place of publication
b. Win
c. Publisher
47. Please ____ me to give the money back
d. All of the above
a. Remember
56. Exclamation marks are used for
b. Remind
a. Listings
48. The judge _____ the wrong done to the child
b. Interjections
a. Avenged
c. Confessions
b. Revenged
d. Music
49. Some people _______ freedom so much that
57. The arrangement of bibliography is
they are ready to die for it
a. Chronological
a. Love
b. Idiosyncratic
b. Like
c. Alphabetical
50. One of these is a punctuation mark used in
d. Whimsical
dialogue after a speakers name
58. One of the following is used to introduce
a. Full stop
additional information
b. Semi-colon

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a. Full stop 65. A 'vow:
b. Apostrophe a. Order
c. Dash b. Carpet
d. Hyphen c. Depend
59. Capitalization is necessary in all but one of the d. Marvel
following 66. 'generous:
a. Sentence initial position a. Carnival
b. Names of common nouns b. Celebrate
c. Isolated 'I' c. Impossible
d. Names of deities and sacred contexts 67. con'cern
60. The word here that can take the suffix, -NESS, a. pretext
by way of spelling is; b. combine
a. Apt c. compact
b. Sadly 68. pro'fessor
c. Comfort a. creator
d. Just b. activist
61. Which of the following is used to indicate c. company
possession in English? 69. indi'cation
a. Inverted commas a. ambition
b. Hyphen b. reaction
c. Apostrophe c. education
d. Quotation marks 70. 'capitalism
a. Occurrence
In this section, choose the option, in each b. Insurance
question, that has the SAME STRESS PATTERNS c. Regionalism
as the one set out at beginning.
In the following section, choose the option, in
62. 'humble: each question, that has the CONSONANT and
a. Report VOWEL SOUND set out at the beginning:
b. Regret
c. Standard 71. /θ/
d. Return a. Trap
63. Com'plaint: b. Cribs
a. success c. Things
b. saddle d. Ties
c. punish 72. /Z/
d. marvel a. Visit
64. 'happy: b. Listen
a. Acclaim c. Street
b. Special d. Miss
c. Demand 73. /^/
d. Defend a. Shot

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b. Cord d. 000 – 999
c. Shut 81. In the library of congress classification system,
d. Boss law and languages take the following letters
74. /ȝ:/ a. A and K
a. World b. P and K
b. Course c. K and P
c. Felt d. A and P
d. Born 82. During the reading process the saccadic and
75. /i:/ regressive eye movements are
a. Lip a. Defective reading technique
b. Leap b. Complementary reading technique
c. Stripe c. Retrogressive reading technique
d. Milk d. Natural reading technique
76. The course outline is usually provided by ____ 83. A very important part of a paragraph is
a. The department a. The topic outline
b. Course representatives b. The topic sentence
c. Lecturers c. Sentence structure
d. All of the above d. Paragraph outline
77. Section one of the book, "Communicative Skills 84. _____ forms the building block of a sentence
in English and Study Skills" focuses on ____ a. Sounds
a. Study skills b. Letters
b. Rapid review of grammar c. Thoughts
c. Basic tools d. Words
d. Writing 85. The punctuation mark used for interrogative
78. A basic tool required by a student for effective sentence is ____
study in the university is ___ a. Exclamation
a. A good dictionary b. Period
b. A well equipped library c. Question mark
c. A good encyclopedia d. Colon
d. None of the above 86. Another name for the period is ___
79. All except the following are included in the a. Semi-colon
course outline of GST105: Use of English b. Hyphen
a. Use of the library c. Full-stop
b. Grammar d. Exclamation
c. Phonology 87. Brainstorming is one of the fundamentals of
d. Epistemology ____
80. The Dewey Decimal classification system a. Writing a good essay
assigns numbers in the following manner b. Passing an examination
a. 000 - 909 c. Writing a good sentence
b. 001 – 099 d. Paragraph improvement
c. 010 – 990

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88. To ensure that the different paragraphs of an a. Words which refer to the past
essay are properly related, you must use b. Listing words in alphabetical order
a. Lexical equivalence c. Words used scientifically
b. Introductory remarks d. Words which make direct reference
c. Linking expressions 96. The bibliography is usually located at ___ part
d. Descriptive expressions of a research work
89. To mark off two or more independent clauses a. The beginning
in a sentence, you should use a ___ b. The middle
a. Paired commas c. The end
b. Semi-colon d. The preliminary
c. Emphasis 97. Which of the following is not one of the main
d. Parenthesis divisions of the writing process
90. Which of the following is not a common essay a. Writing stage
type b. Proof-reading stage
a. Descriptive c. Publishing stage
b. Narrative d. Pre-writing stage
c. Expository and argumentative 98. In technical writing, the acronym SME means
d. Proposal a. Some subject example
91. A faithful account of an activity in which the b. Some managerial expertise
writer participated can be labeled c. Subject matter expert
a. Report d. Simple marketing expert
b. Memo 99. Which of the following would you write under
c. Prolegomena subscription in a letter
d. Episode a. Addressee designation
92. A high degree of objectivity is normally b. Yours faithfully
expected in c. Salutation
a. Scientific writing d. Body of the letter
b. Informal writing 100. One of the following will provide
c. Formal writing information to influence our decisions and
d. Doctor-patient writing actions
93. Technical writing may not include a. Reports
a. Car manual b. Memorandum
b. Love poems c. Agenda
c. Police reports d. Anecdotes
d. Law reports
94. Poetic meaning of an expression is usually
a. Expressive
b. Denotative
c. Figurative
d. Discursive
95. Denotative words are

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