RSUT English Language 2019/2020 Past Questions

```From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.```
Paul bled profusely as a result of the accident.

```From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.```
What you are suggesting is not feasible

```From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.```
Pa Jumbo augmented his incorne by selling cements.

```From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.```
He plays the violin with dexterity

```From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentence```
Please, run ........ fifty.

```From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentence```
My mother's fiftieth birthday ...... a celebration.

```From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentence```
Clara succeeded in passing her examination ........ the odds she faced.

```From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentence```
If the police had not intervened quickly, the suspected thief ....... by the mob.

```Complete each of the following statements with the most appropriate of the options lettered A - E (Nos. 9-10)```
For the years ........ a grudge against her parents for not sending her to school

```Complete each of the following statements with the most appropriate of the options lettered A - E (Nos. 9-10)```
He is said to be serving a two-years prison .......... for rape

```Which word is closest in meaning to the word underlined?```
Ugochi's plans amount to building castles in the air. This means that Femi's plans are

```Which word is closest in meaning to the word underlined?```
The appearance of the famous actor in the play last month was his swan song. This means that

```Which word is closest in meaning to the word underlined?```
Okpara does not let the grass grow under his feet. This means that Akpan:

```Which word is closest in meaning to the word underlined?```
The meeting was to reconvened at a later date.

Emeka has a ....... appetite

His appointment was ........ because of the irregularities discovered in his credentials

The government has placed an ....... on further recruitment of staff

I have ........ confidence in Ada's ability to win the race.

The points he made are ......... to the argument

He preferred traveling by road ...... traveling by air

The police are ....... the trail of the suspect.

......... candidates passed in English Language than in Igbo

Alhaji Musa owns fifty ........

```In each of the questions 24 - 25, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics```
The town was in such a turmoil that the dance was called off

```In each of the questions 24 - 25, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics```
The press described the efforts of the government in pejorative terms