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

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• Question 1311: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.Modern dancing has become rather scientific and so requires _____? Options:
  A) bizzarre costuming
  B) some choreographic skill
  C) immmense instrumentation
  D) a rapping voice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1312:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his _____ of french

  Options:
  A) mastery
  B) mastering
  C) speaking
  D) ideas
  E) thinking
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1313: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What was OmarJAMB score?

  Options:
  A) 300
  B) 250
  C) 200
  D) 230
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1314:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles _____.

  Options:
  A) off
  B) over
  C) up
  D) out
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1315:

  Manager: Mr.Mbu, I would not describe you as an inefficient worker; I therefore find it difficult to understand why the conference room is so untidy, in spite of the fact that I had reminded you of the meeting scheduled to take place there this afternoon.

  Secretary: Sir, I did instruct the cleaner to tidy up the place before meeting

  Manager: Are you trying to hold the cleaner responsible for the untidy condition of the room?

  Secretary: Partly, sir, I gave him an instruction which he failed to carry out. It is certainly my intention to make a formal complaint against him for dereliction of duty.

  Manager: And would you wash your hands off any blame after that? Do you think that just making a formal complaint against the cleaner absolves you of all blame? When do you consider an assignment as properly executed; when the execution is properly supervised or not? Was it sufficient for you to give instruction to the cleaner with out ensuring that he actually carried them out?

  Secretary: Sir, I do not see what else I could have done, short of doing the job myself. The cleaner Is a six-footer and I could not have intimidated him physically.

  Manager: I see, I await your complaints against the cleaner, but I shall not forget that you allowed a board meeting to take place in an untidy conference room.

  The secretary's attitude seems to be Options:
  A) manager sir, you empolyed this huge and recalcitrant cleaner and i am not to do his job for him
  B) it is not the duty of a secretary to enforce the instruction he gives to his junior workers
  C) i am a secretary by profession not a cleaner
  D) it is not terribly important how tidy the conference room is for the meeting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1316:

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

  The sudden death of the king put paid to the ambition of the Minister

  Options:
  A) encourage
  B) rewarded
  C) benefitted
  D) terminated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1317:

  In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:

  The thought of his admission to the university keyed Olu up to state of great excitement

  Options:
  A) stimulated Olu
  B) ushered Olu
  C) opened Olu
  D) frightened Olu
  E) allowed Olu
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1318:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  This professor of_______medicine has_______ the mystery of bird flu.

  Options:
  A) vetinary/unraveled
  B) vertrinary/unravelled
  C) veterinaty/unravelved
  D) veterinary/unraveled
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1319:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  The team has benefited from the coach's _____ of experience?

  Options:
  A) minefield
  B) reservoir
  C) wealth
  D) world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1320: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Why did Salma sought for Habib's help?

  Options:
  A) Habib was her only saviour
  B) Habib was her boyfriend
  C) He was influential
  D) He was a philanthropist
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  The correct answer is C .