GST121: PAST QUESTION AND ANSWER

Instruction: all question carry equal mark

question:The Governor found it difficult to put up with the

commissioners rudeness.
option: Accept
answer: Tolerate
option: Miss
option: Take

question:For the beginner reader, reading involves all but one of the
following
option: Recognition of printed symbols
option: Response to the sound of words
option: Response emotionally or otherwise to meaning of words
answer: Interpretation of verbal symbols

question:In SQ3R technique, the point at which your curiosity is

satisfied, your predictions confirmed or contradicted is the
answer: reading stage
option: survey stage
option: recall stage
option: question stage
If choice a is selected set score to 1.

question:Comprehension and interpretation mean

option: Understanding and informing
option: Reciting and understanding
answer: Understanding and explaining
option: Dictating and understanding

question:What is the antonym of the word scanty?

answer: Copious
option: Adept
option: Little
option: Latent

question:In reading which of the following go together?

option: Retention, storage, memory
answer: Comprehension, recognition, retention.
option: Retention, recall, regurgitation
option: Retention, efficiency, effectiveness

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question:The pairing of words for example breakdown, break off, sit
up, sit down is called
option: Combination
answer: Collocation
option: Complex words
option: Simple words

question:She warned us to---- playing in the class.

option: Seal
option: sieze
option: seize
answer: cease

question:Scanning is used to do which of the following?

option: Preview a material
option: Glance through a newspaper
option: Revise a material
answer: Check a word in the Dictionary

question:Retention is positively affected by one of these groups

answer: Frequency of recall, the nature and impact of experience
option: Durability, fastness of recall, Accuracy of recall
option: Durability, Fastness, Accuracy
option: Experience, imagination, memory

question:In order to outline, summarize or paraphrase you need to read

at
option: Normal speed
answer: Study speed
option: Rapid speed
option: Fast speed

question:Skimming reading material demands that you read at ..

option: Medium fast rate
option: Medium slow rate
option: Average rate
answer: Extremely fast rate

question:Low rate of comprehension is caused by all the factors below

except one, which is it?
option: limited vocabulary
option: poor sense paragraph organization
option: familiarity with the ideas in the passage
answer: failure to appreciate the authors hopes

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question:When you pick a material to read for examination purpose,
which one of these techniques isMost appropriate?
option: Reading
answer: SQ3R
option: Skimming
option: Scanning

question:Recognition in reading implies

option: Understanding characters in a text
answer: Understanding thoughts and ideas
option: Familiarizing yourself with the words
option: Storing familiar information

question:The antonym of loquacious is

option: ignore
option: pressimism
option: reject
answer: taciturn

question:Which of the options listed below is not an occasion for

public speaking?
option: Policy forming
option: Ceremonial
option: Professional
answer: Seasonal

question:To read with the intention of being able to retell the story
later, you need to read at
answer: normal speed
option: skimming speed
option: rapid speed
option: slow speed
option: (e) study speed

question:When you are being flexible in reading, one is required to

answer: Vary the speed of reading to suit purpose
option: Anticipate what the author is saying
option: Adjust your attitude
option: Improve your memory

question:Successful skimming and scanning requires all except

option: Good concentration
option: Awareness of time
option: Good mental attitude
answer: Clearly written material

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question:One of these is not related to the SQ3R reading technique.
option: Survey
answer: Reform
option: Question
option: Read

question:Effective reading involves all but ONE of these: Pick out the
one
option: recall
option: imagining
option: evaluation
answer: emotion

question:The act of listening involves construction, retention, and

reaction to meaning. This is
option: False
answer: True
option: Sometimes false
option: Sometimes true

question:The other day I was a shop when I found an old encyclopedia

option: Looking through
option: Looking up
answer: Looking round
option: Looking into

question:Attitudinal change in reading implies that the reader should

option: change his attitude to reading
option: change his attitude as a result of reading the topic
answer: have an open mind when approaching a reading task
option: be in a serious form of mine

question:As students of science and technology, which of these is

least important for your academic reading?
option: Selecting significant details
option: locating facts
option: following instructions
answer: evaluating style of writing

question:Guidelines for effective listening include all but

option: Attention
answer: Repetition
option: Energy
option: Interest

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question:Equipment used in scientific research are the
answer: Apparatus
option: Apparratus
option: Aparrratus
option: Apperatus

question:All except one of the following non verbal actions can hinder
reading concentration
option: finger pointing
option: head movements
option: lip movements
answer: context clues

question:When you are suddenly called upon to make a speech, the

method you adopt is..
option: Manuscript delivery
option: Extemporaneous delivery
answer: Impromptu delivery
option: Memorization

question:Which of these is not true about reading?

answer: Reading is seeing words clearly, pronouncing them correctly
in isolation of other words.
option: Reading requires one to think, feel and imagine.
option: Reading involves the comprehension and interpretation of the
ideas.
option: Reading is a purposeful act which involves both the
acquisition of the meanings intended by the writer and your own
contributions

question:In SQ3R technique, Q stands for questions. This refers to:

option: Questions at the end of the passage
answer: Questions you have after skimming the material
option: Questions you come across in a passage as you read
option: Questions you set for yourself

question:In order to serve as a unit of expression, a sentence must

have all below except
answer: Beauty
option: Unity
option: Coherence
option: Emphasis

question:The Sentence that captures the central idea in a paragraph is

known as:
option: Complex sentence
option: Title sentence
answer: Topic sentence
option: Opening sentence

question:To read with an open mind means

option: To allow your mind to be open
option: Not to allow information to escape
answer: Not to judge material without reading it
option: Allow information to come into your mine

question:One of the following is not a writers motive

option: to explain
answer: to misinform
option: to persuade
option: to argue

question:The following words have negative connotations except

option: Bossy
option: Blunt
answer: Determined
option: Extravagant

question:A word element which when added to a base or root of a word

at the end is capable of altering the word-class and word function is
called.
option: a blurb
option: a prefix
answer: a suffix
option: an assonance

question:Skimming entails reading at

option: Medium fast rate
option: Medium slow rate
answer: Extremely fast rate
option: Average fast rate

question:After he had finished his medical course, he .research into

the causes of heart disease.
answer: Did
option: Made
option: Took
option: Followed

question:In the SQ3R technique, the point at which your curiosity is

satisfied, your predictionsConfirmed or contradicted is at the
answer: reading stage
option: survey stage
option: reciting stage
option: question stage

question:To get the main idea or central thought in a text, you are
required to read at
answer: Skimming speed
option: Normal speed
option: Rapid speed
option: Study speed

question:To skim a passage demands that you read at

option: medium fast rate
option: medium slow rate
option: careful study rate
answer: extremely fast rate

question:An element added to the end of a base or root to create

another is called
option: An adjunct
option: A gerund
answer: Suffix
option: Prefix

question:The words heal and heel are said to be

option: Antonyms.
option: Homonyms
option: Simile
answer: Homophones

question:If a speech is entitled Eat Soya Beans: A Good Source of

Protein, you expect it to be mainly
option: Entertaining
answer: Persuasive
option: Informative
option: Analytical

question:Learning to read is a progressive development of skills

ranging from
answer: Recognition, comprehension and interpretation
option: Recognition, interpretation and feedback
option: Recognition, interpretation and evaluation
option: Recognition, interpretation, Recall
question:When a writer states something indirectly to a text, the
reader has to
option: Predict
option: Summarize
answer: Infer
option: Adjust

question:Skimming and Scanning techniques are best used for.

option: accurate recall of reading
option: in-depth comprehension of reading
answer: preliminary reading
option: proper retention of reading

question:In SQ3R, the term recall is the ability to

option: think and answer
option: study and pass
option: anticipate and recognize
answer: remember and recite

question:Scanning is a helpful reading strategy when you need to

option: Build a store of details
answer: Build a store of facts
option: Read extremely fast
option: Read extremely slow

question:In delivery a speaker speaks to the audience from notes

answer: extemporaneous
option: impromptu
option: manuscript
option: memorization

question:Insufficient word power means

option: Lack of power to remember words
option: Lack of power to pronounce words
option: Lack of knowledge to pronounce words
answer: Lack of knowledge of enough words

question:I dont get the chance to read books when I am on holiday.

option: Only
answer: Except
option: Just
option: Until

question: In concluding a speech, you should..

option: Pause
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option: Preview
answer: Summarize
option: Ask questions.

Wishing you the best of luck #brainiac

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