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GNS 102
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS
1. It is uncalled-for to say Lagos is a 9. Politicians canvass for votes for their
______ _____
a) no-man’s-land a) self-interest
b) no – man – land b) selfish interest
c) no man’s land c) selfish-interest
d) land of no man d) selling interest
Answer: no man’s land Answer: self-interest

2. ____________ she was accepted 10. Tell us about the _______ capacity
a) funnily enough of the stadium
b) funny enough a) seating
c) funnily b) sitting
d) firm enough c) seat
answer: funnily enough d) population
Answer: seating
3. Mary took it _______
a) personally 11. I missed the match tell me the
b) personal ______
c) in person a) goal score
d) out of her person b) scores
Answer: Personally c) scoring
d) score
4. My uncle has friends ______ Answer: scores
a) in high places
b) in the high places 12. It was a _______ shape
c) in big places a) three-sided
d) in the top place b) three-sides
Answer: in high places c) three-side
d) sided three
5. Only few persons ________ through Answer: three-sided
a) scaped
b) scaled 13. A tailor should have _________
c) sailed a) measure tape
d) flapped b) tape rule
Answer: sailed c) tape measure
d) rule tape
6. Williams is a _______ man Answer: tape measure
a) mature
b) matured 14. Everyone has their _________
c) maturing a) weak point
d) marked b) weaking point
Answer: mature c) weakness point
d) point of weakness
Answer: weak point

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15. David waited for _________ 21. The pickpocket was caught with a
a) a two solid hour’s _______
b) two hours solid a) walkie-talkie
c) two hours solidly b) walking – talking
d) two solid hours c) walking – talken
Answer: two solid hours d) talking walking
Answer: walkie-talkie
16. Do follow your ________
a) mind 22. The applicant is _______
b) instincts a) over-age
c) soul b) over-aged
d) heart c) over aged
Answer: instincts d) overtly aged
Answer: over-age
17. I purchased it, having being told it
was a ______ material 23. I work with a _________ boss
a) non-shrink a) hot-tempered
b) non-shrinking b) hot-temper
c) non-shrunk c) hot temper
d) non-shrinked d) tempered hot
Answer: non-shrink Answer: hot-tempered

18. She is ________ 24. The police are afraid of the

a) content ___________assasin
b) contented a) one-eye
c) contentful b) one-eyed
d) cortet c) eye-one
Answer: content d) one-eyeing
Answer: one-eyed
19. Know_______ well that he hails
from Remo North 25. _______ is good on you
a) full a) face cap
b) fully b) faze cap
c) fuly c) face-cap
d) so d) phase cap
Answer: fully Answer: face cap

20. Miss Biola has a _____ job 26. With _______ influence, he was
a) secured promoted
b) secure a) back-stairs
c) sincere b) backstair
d) breakable c) backstaired
Answer: secure d) backstairs
Answer: backstairs

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27. Please, pack your _____ and leave 33. We traveled in a _______ bus
a) bags a) laxative
b) bag b) luxurious
c) baggages c) leisure
c) luggages d) luxury
Answer: bags Answer: luxury

28. We want you to use your good 34. We pay________ installments

_______ in this matter a) in
a) office b) by
b) offices c) within
c) oval d) on
d) crème Answer: in
Answer: offices
35. Do you cream your ________
29. Peace ______ / _______ today in a) private parts
Sweden b) private par-t
a) talk/holds c) private’s part
b) talks/hold d) privates parts
c) talks/holds Answer: private parts
d) talk/hold
Answer: talks/holds 36. Accept my _________
a) condolence
30. Get in to ________ b) condolences
a) groups of fours c) condolescence
b) groups of four d) condolence
c) group of four Answer: condolences
d) group of fours
Answer: groups of four 37. My pastor speaks ______
a) in tongue
31. Everyone knows that you ________ b) in tongues
daughter against her husband c) with a tongue
a) side your d) in the tongue
b) side with your Answer: in tongues
c) take sides with your
Answer: side with your 38. Osibajo is my _______
a) tribe-man
32. Sandra lacks ________ b) tribalman
a) table manners c) tribesman
b) manner of table d) tribeman
c) table manner Answer: tribesman
d) tables manners
Answer: table manners 39. These _____ are generous
a) towns-people
b) townspeople
c) townpeople
d) towned –people
Answer: townspeople

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40. Sarah is ________ girl 46. Nigerians jump _________

a) a fine a) to conclusions
b) pretty b) into conclusions
c) a pretty c) to conclusion
d) prettified d) into conclusion
Answer: a pretty Answer: to conclusions

41. Today we pay our last _________ to 47. Dr. Samuel moved from ______ to
Gen. Thomas _______
a) respects a) rag/riches
b) respect b) rag/wealth
c) rest c) rags/riches
d) rests d) rag/wealths
Answer: respects Answers: rags/riches

42. __________ you should be the next 48. Dele and Mary took their marriage
king _____ at 12:35
a) by rights a) vow
b) by right b) vows
c) from rights c) concord
d) in the rights d) wows
Answer: by rights Answer: vows

43. Their marriage is on the ________ 49. To make ________ / ________

a) rocks a) matters / worst
b) rock b) matters/worse
c) lawn c) matter/worst
d) woods d) matter/worse
Answer: rocks Answer: matters/worse

44. She was involved in a _________ 50. Politicians want power at ________
accident a) every cost
a) car b) all cost
b) car’s c) each cost
c) road d) all costs
d) motoed Answer: all costs
Answer: road
51. Meet Mr Frank, the vice principal
45. The congress is agitating for ________
_______ a) academic
a) equal rights b) academics
b) equal right c) academy
c) right equals d) academia
d) equaled Answer: academic
Answer: equal rights

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52. Mummy loves _______ 58. The pastor thanked God for the
a) jewelry ______ of the church
b) jewerry a) uplift
c) jewelries b) upliftment
d) jewels c) uplifting
Answer: jewelry d) up-lift
Answer: uplift
53. Tunde is a __________ friend
a) rascal 59. MC means _________
b) rascally a) master of ceremony
c) rascallous b) masters of ceremony
d) rascallic c) master of ceremonies
Answer: rascally d) masters of ceremonies
Answer: master of ceremonies
54. She _______ a disease
a) contacted 60. These days, students play ________
b) contracted a) truant
c) contrasted b) truancy
d) contrited c) trance
Answer: contracted d) trance
Answer: truant
55. This __________ of yours is fine
a) bandanarb 61. The _____ are the few privileged
b) vandana technocrats
c) bandana a) ellite
d) vandanar b) elites
Answer: bandana c) elite
d) ellites
56. Dr. Samuel is a ________ writer Answer: elite
a) seasoned
b) season 62. The _______of elders _____
c) seasoning concurred
d) seasons a) council/has
Answer: seasoned b) counsel/has
c) council/have
57. Local government is a _________ d) counsel/have
government Answer: council /has
a) grass roots
b) grass root 63. A discourse on _____
c) grassroot a) arms and ammunitions
d) grass rut b) arm/ammunition
Answer: grass roots c) arms/ammunition
d) ammunitions
Answer: Arms/ammunition

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64. _______ / ________ good d) cornered

a) underwear/is Answer: conceded
b) under wear / are
c) under wear / is 71. I am a friend of ______
d) underwears/are a) Mary
Answer: underwear/is b) Mary’s
c) Mary’s
65. We ordered two _______ d) Maryes
a) dozen egg Answer: Mary’s
b) dozen eggs
c) dozens of eggs 72. Don’t drag my name ______ the
d) eggs dozen _______
Answer: dozen eggs a) through/ mire
b) through/mud
66. Pro Adelabu_____ the former VC of c) to/mire
the university of Abuja d) to mud
a) is Answer: through/mud
b) was
c) remained 73. My leg is _________
d) used to be a) paining
Answer: is b) pained
c) painful
67. I had no choice _____ to sing d) paining me
a) than Answer: pained
b) but
c) wherefore 74. Fetch me a ________ to help with
d) rather the luggage
Answer: but a) potter
b) porter
68. ______ award c) carrier
a) an honourary d) caryer
b) an honourary Answer: porter
c) an honorary
d) a honorary 75. A ________ of tourists
Answer: an honorary a) party
b) fusillade
69. It is _________ to berger c) sea
a) a day trip d) team
b) a day’s trip Answer: team
c) a day – trip
d) a days’ trip 76. Yomi’s write-up lacks _____
Answer: a day trip a) polishing
b) polish
70. The goal keeper ______ five goals c) polishness
a) conceded d) politeness
b) conceived Answer: polish
c) consieved

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77. My brother told me Mickel is _____ c) riff-raff

Chealsea d) riffraff
a) in Answer: riffraff
b) at
c) on 84. Mr. president was in __________last
d) for week
Answer: at a) Gambia
b) the Gambia
78. I sat down to rest after my ______ c) gambia
a) Labour d) the gambia
b) Labours Answer: the Gambia
c) Labour
d) Labors 85. With this snippet, you have
Answer: labours ________ hand
a) an upper
79. Bishop David urged us to repent b) the upper
_______ our sin c) upper
a) from d) uppermost
b) of Answer: the upper
c) on
d) over 86. I only put _________an appearance
answer: of a) up
b) in
80. We need to start from _____ c) on
a) scratch d) off
b) the scratch Answer: in
c) scathes
d) the scratches 87. Nowadays, youth do not have
Answer: scratch _________
a) bearing
81. I am fed up everything is in a ______ b) bearings
a) rivulets c) bedding
b) shamble d) whereabouts
c) sharm Answer: bearing
d) shambles
Answer: shambles 88. _______ of the food ________
delicious
82. We suspect ___________ a) most /were
a) foulplay b) much/was
b) foul play c) most/was
c) foul-play d) much/were
d) foul play Answer: most/was
Answer: foul play
89. We are____________ against this
83. Edet is _______________ cruelty and inhumanity
a) riff raff a) solid
b) riff raffs b) solidly

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c) highly solidly
d) solids 96. You had better thank your
Answer: solidly __________
a) stardom
90. We gave him $1000________ part b) star
payment c) sterlings
a) as d) stars
b) at Answer: stardom
c) in
d) over` 97. I was given a __________ as a gift
Answer: as a) tights
b) tight
91. Praise is a _________ person c) thighs
a) peaceable d) tithe
b) peaceminded Answer: tights
c) peaceful
d) peacefully 98. We are organizing _________ in our
Answer: peaceful church
a) a vigil
92. ___________ economy is improving b) a night vigil
a) Nigeria’s c) a prayer night vigil
b) The Nigeria’s Answer: a vigil
c) The Nigerian
d) Nigeria 99. My carburetor is ___________
Answer: The Nigerian a) over-floating
b) flooding
93. We are about ________ c) over-heating
a) to come Answer: over-floating
b) coming
c) to coming 100. The __________ of my vehicle is
d) to came faulty
Answer: coming a) boris
b) bearings
94. Femi asked me to ___________ c) borings
a) show myself Answer: bearings
b) show my true colours
c) show myself in my true colours 101. I really need the service of a
d) show him my true colours _________
Answer: show myself in my true a) vulcanizer
colours b) foganiser
c) voganiser
95. We need to learn the ________ Anwer: vulcanizer
a) basics
b) basic 102. We are organizing _________
c) bases a) a wake keeping
d) bazik b) a wake keep
Answer: basics c) a wake
Answer: a wake

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103. The ___________has intervened 109. Either my father or my

a) Student union brothers_________ going to sell the
b) students’ union house.
c) student’s union a) is
d) students union b) are
Answer: students’ union c) am
Answer: are
104. We bought __________
a) four trousers 110. Neither my brothers nor my father
b) four different trousers ____________ traveling to the
c) four pairs of trousers village
Answer: four pairs of trousers a) is
b) are
105. Whose__________ this pair of c) am
trousers? Answer: is
a) are
b) is 111. Not only my son but also my four
c) was maids ________here with me
Answer: is a) is
b) was
106. It is a sad situation, you know, when c) are
more than one girl ______ you Answer: are
a) loves
b) loved 112. Not only my maids but also my son
c) loving ________here with me
Answer: loves a) is
b) was
107. It is even worse when you know you c) are
must choose, and all but one of them Answer: is
______ sure to lose
a) is 113. _______ either my brothers or my
b) are father is responsible
c) was a) is
Answer: are b) are
c) was
108. The Governor, along with his aides, d) were
__________ going to jail Answer: Are
a) are
b) is 114. _________ either my father or my
c) was brothers at the party?
d) were a) were
Answer: is b) was
c) is
d) are
Answer: Is

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115. One hundred thousand light years 116. Three million dollars __________
__________ an extremely long time. the cost of typical telescope
a) are a) are
b) is b) is
c) were c) were
Answer: is Answer: is

117. If I _______ now I would tell you

a) know
d) had known
c) knew
Answer: knew

118. If you ________for six hours tomorrow, you could have Saturday free.
a) work
b) worked
c) works
Answer: work

119. It’s time your wife __________ back home.

a) come
b) comes
c) came
Answer: came

120. This ship __________ Nigeria for Ghana next week

a) leave
b) leaving
c) leaves
Answer: leaves

121. We _______ friends every Sunday

a) visit
b) visits
c) visiting
Answer: visit

122. I _______ apples regularly until it became very expensive

a) eat
b) eats
c) ate
Answer: eat

123. At the end of the film, the hero ________ hidden treasure
a) finds
b) find
c) has found
Answer: finds

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FROM THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS, CHOOSE THE ONE THAT IS NEAREST IN

MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD(S)
124. He is upstanding
a) right standing
b) honest and dependable
c) standing up
Answer: honest and dependable

125. That village guy? Wao, he is natty!

a) very untidy
b) rough
c) very clean spotless
Answer: very clean spotless

126. Most Nigerian ladies prefer men that are lanky

a) hefty and muscular
b) huge and tall
c) thin and tall
Answer: thin and tall

127. One thing I hate about your friend is that he is bogus

a) too big
b) showy
c) fake
Answer: fake

128. This girl is too local for someone like me

a) unsophisticated
b) lousy
c) connected with a place
Answer: lousy

129. Chief Kalo-Kalo has recently decamped from our noble party
a) leave hurriedly and secretly
b) announce to the whole world through the mass media
c) announce it in a political gathering
Answer: leaves hurriedly and secretly

130. Why do you like to sidetrack everybody?

a) bypass
b) deceive
c) to cause distraction
Answer: to cause distraction

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131. …to see red.

a) to have a rough time
b) to be exposed to red light
c) to become angry
Answer: to become angry

132. …to paddle ones own canoe

a) not to interfere in other people’s business
b) to be independent
c) to be dependent
Answer: to be independent

133. My uncle travels abroad every summer

a) advanced countries
b) Europe or America
c) any foreign country
Answer: any foreign country

134. Give a dog a bad name

a) an instance of witch –hunt
b) it is very difficult to lose a bad reputation
c) looking for an excuse to revenge
Answer: it is very difficult to lose a bad reputation

Fill the space with the right options

135. The student was _______ beaten when I visited their house
a) been
b) being
c) to be
Answer: being

136. Nobody, not even her roommates _________ at her birthday party
a) was
b) were
c) are
Answer: was

137. TEACHER: __________, Nigeria was amalgamated in 1915

a) I stand corrected
b) Correct me if I’m wrong
c) I remain corrected
LAWRENCE: I don’t think that’s the date sir. I think it was 1914
TEACHER: Really?
BLESSING: Yes sir. It was 1914
Answer: correct me if I’m wrong

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138. TEACHER: _________

a) I remain corrected
b) I stand corrected
c) Correct me if I’m wrong
Answer: I stand corrected
139. We sure need to________ the cutlass before sharpening it
a) wet
b) whet
c) weth
Answer: whet

140. I love to eat _____ first thing in the morning

a) coleslaw
b) cole’s law
c) coles’ law
Answer: coleslaw

141. Infinity Records and films _______ Political Prostitutes

a) present
b) presents
c) presenting
Answer: presents

142. Power Holding Plc. In conjunction with the government of Lagos State_______
organizing Power Conference in Lagos
a) are
b) is
c) were
Answer: is

143. The ship is on _______

a) course
b) cause
c) couse
Answer: course

144. The ship _________ at 10a.m.

a) leave
b) leaves
c) is to have been leaving
Answer: leaves

145. The vice Chancellor together with the Management team ______ the orphanage yearly
a) visits
b) visit
c) visiting
Answer: visits

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146. Bayowa Films and Records and Coventry Films ______ ‘Kalo-Kalo’
a) presents
b) present
c) presenting
Answer: present

147. The former chairman did not do a proper _______ of relevant documents
a) handover
b) handing over
c) handling over
Answer: handover

148. LASU roads are now very good. There were _______ early this morning by the Vice
Chancellor’s beautiful wife
a) commissioned
b) contracted
c) opened
Answer: commissioned

149. These packages are ________

a) unexistent b) nonexistent
c) inexistent c) non-existing
Answer: nonexistent

150. Five minutes _______ enough time for my speech

a) is b) are
c) have c) has
Answer: is

151. The bandage was wound around the wound. The underlined word is a/an
a) verb b) adverb
b) an adjective c) a noun
Answer: verb

152. ‘The guests must have eaten by now’ the underlined word is /an
a) a noun phrase
b) a verb phrase
c) an adjectival phrase
d) an adverbial phrase
Answer: a verb phrase

153. Since there are _____ people present, we can stat the meeting
a) a few
b) a little
c) few
d) little
Answer: a few

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154. Everybody ______ rice ______ yam

a) preffers, to b) preffers, than c) prefer, to d) prefers, to
Answer: prefers, to

155. Each of the houses ______ a new look

a) has b) have c) have got d) were
Answer: has

156. Merry Christmas! _________

a) same to you b) same c) the same to you
Answer: the same to you

157. I know you are _____

a) whining me b) winding me c) winding me up
Answer: winding me up

158. I am current ______ the bus to Oshodi

a) in b) on c) inside d) at
Answer: on

159. We are one, for better ________

a) or worse b) for worse c) for worst d) or worst
Answer: or worse

160. More _______ to your elbow a) power b) grace c) Greece d) oil

Answer: power

161. You or I ________ going to the party a) am b) are c) were d) is

Answer: am

162. This result is poor you need to ________

a) buckle down b) buckle up c) buckle d) buckles
Answer: buckle down

163. I have _______ little, I can’t give out please

a) little b) a little c) few d) a few
Answer: little

164. Where is your pen ________

a) I forgot it at home b) I left it at home c) I have forgotten it
Answer: I left it at home

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165. Femi: Where is Genius bag?

Tunji: _________________
a) Excellence has it
b) Is with Socrates
c) Distinction is with it
d) Sophist have it
Answer: Excellence has it

166. ________ adjust

a) please kindly
b) kindly
c) please kind
d) kindly please
Answer: kindly (or please)

167. I will try my ___________

a) best
b) possible best
d) possibly
Answer: best

168. _______ me when you get home

a) beep
b) flash
c) buzz
Answer: beep

168. We are ___________ you

a) discussing about
b) discussion on
c) discussing off
d) discussing
Answer: discussing

169. We are __________ going to the market in the evening

a) contemplating
b) contemplating about
c) contemplating on
d) contemplating over
Answer: contemplating

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170. It is recommended that he ________ to the office

a) go
b) goes
c) gone
d) went
Answer: go

171. _________ has not collected

a) the last but one person
b) the second to the last person
c) the one but the last
d) the only one but last
Answer: the last but one person

172. Sixty percent of the unskilled workers ________ yearly by the company
a) are retain
b) is retained
c) were retained
d) are retained
Answer: are retain

173. One of the _______ selective marking of errors

a) school of thought suggests
b) schools of thought suggest
c) schools of thought suggested
d) schools of thought suggests
Answer: – schools of thought suggests

174. I who ______ old must speak first at the meeting

a) are
b) is
c) am
d) have
Answer: am

175. The car engine as well as the tyres__________ faulty

a) be b) is c) are d) have
Answer: is

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