English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 1201:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  National

  Options:
  A) sugar
  B) raise
  C) glass
  D) tree
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1202:

  choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the letter(s) underlined from the options lettered A-E

  Teach

  Options:
  A) deviate
  B) through
  C) wrath
  D) both
  E) listen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1203:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:

  We have to identify the protagonists of the new movement

  Options:
  A) enemies
  B) leading figures
  C) oponents
  D) believers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1204:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) enlighten
  B) unwanted
  C) agitate
  D) Informal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1205:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  What were Ummi's children waiting for when Bint narrates her encounter with Mr. Salihu?

  Options:
  A) Their father
  B) Lesson Teacher
  C) Dinner
  D) Arabic Teacher
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1206:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  I thought that the comments made by the Manager were quite innocuous but the chairman considered them __________

  Options:
  A) polite
  B) inappropriate
  C) antagonistic
  D) harmful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1207:

  In this question, identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable.

  Options:
  A) confirm
  B) intact
  C) resist
  D) salon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1208:

  For these questions, choose the option that have the same consonant sound as the ones represented by the letter (s) underlined:

  choice

  Options:
  A) schedule
  B) teach
  C) leisure
  D) machine
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1209:

  Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no need of sales, is to some extent “socially conditioned” he depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the igneous assumption, current in many writings on the subject, that the curve’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credits for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors.

  Of course, there is an element of must in this view of the tribal artist as copyist, but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  Most artist are strongly influenced by the

  Options:
  A) Desire for self-expression.
  B) Need to sell their works.
  C) Taste and wishes of the society.
  D) Creative imagination.
  E) Opinions of critics.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1210: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.The politician was pilloried by the press for his inflammatory remarks? Options:
  A) The politician was snubbed by the press for his remarks
  B) The politician was criticized by the press for his remarks
  C) The politician was closely questioned by the press for his remarks
  D) The politician was ridiculed by the press for his remarks
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  The correct answer is D .