300 Level General Studies Department exam questions and detailed answers. Download the answers in document format. Correct, detailed, and straightforward answers.
Questions:
(a) Describe the following punctuation marks and demonstrate how each of them is used in a sentence: comma, dash, parenthesis, and semicolon.
(b) Add or delete punctuation marks in the necessary places. If the sentence is correct, write correct after it:
(i) If you study hard you will pass with flying colours.
(ii) While the girls were sleeping a rattlesnake approached their camp site.
(iii) The department organized a seminar on the subject of avoiding industrial accidents and it also distributed lab coats to all participants.
(iv) Ojima finished writing the draft of his report before Wednesday, but why didn’t she submit it before travelling to Kano?
(v) Roland had always wanted to study Microbiology, but he could not pass Mathematics, Physics, and Biology in the School Certificate exams.
(vi) So far, Funmbi has made three friends: Bimbo, Medina, Joke, and Aramide.
