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

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• Question 1331:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  It is embarrassing to accept our mistakes and tender an apology.

  Options:
  A) acceptable
  B) honourable
  C) detestable
  D) pardonable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1332:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  Many people believed that such an action is unbecoming of a leader

  Options:
  A) forthcoming
  B) not befitting
  C) unwanted
  D) not necessary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1333:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  No matter to whom i _____ , nobody in the crowd had a clue to what was going on

  Options:
  A) discussed
  B) asked
  C) turned
  D) contacted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1334:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  In _____ we, as politicians, are identified with the masses

  Options:
  A) a more deeper sense
  B) a much deeper sense
  C) a most deeper sense
  D) much more deeper sense
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1335:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  Uke was conscripted into the military because

  Options:
  A) He was a social nuisance
  B) He loved the British soldiers
  C) His grandfather was a military man
  D) He wanted to travel to Burma
  E) He wanted to travel to
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1336: Students refused to sympathize with Efua when drinks spilled on her because Options:
  A) she would not accept their sympathy
  B) she was Jimi's only girlfriend
  C) they planned it to disgrace her
  D) they felt she was arrogant
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1337:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The woman was mournful as her husband was found dead drunk.

  Options:
  A) She was sad because her husband was absolutely drunk
  B) She was apprehensive that her husband would drink as soon as he recovered fromdrunken stupor
  C) She was sad because her husband was drunk and always as helpless as a dead man
  D) She was mourning because her husband drank and died
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1338: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Any chief executive of an organization would find radical changes blocked at every turn? Options:
  A) developments
  B) ideals
  C) suggestions
  D) innovations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1339:

  There are one or two things this country can teach others, one of them is the art of writing obituaries. One suspects that the reason why some of our newspapers still manage to break even is because of the great amount of revenue they derive from obituaries. It is not unusual for about one quarter of the volume of an average daily to be constituted of obituaries and in in memorial alone. One possible explanation for this, it has been argued, is that Nigerians value their dead greatly. And there is a saying amongst us that you do not say evil things against the dead. This is obviously the philosophy behind the large dose of encomiums with which our dead are bestowed. From evidences of these obituaries and in memorial, every dead Nigerian must have been something of a saint while alive. This would explain why the death of most Nigerians is attributed to the evil Machinations of the wicked. Only very few people in our country die natural death, and even when they do, the obituaries, etc always give the impression that such deaths constitute the saddest loss to befall the deceased family. And that is why writers of these obituaries and their allied advertisements are experts on ‘mortuary stylistics’. This ‘mortuary stylistics’ the study in the art of eulogizing the dead and making their loss sound so heart breaking, is one of the commodities we can export to other countries.

  One suspects that the reason why some of our newspaper still manage to break even _____suggests that some Nigerian newspapers Options:
  A) would be runnung at a loss but for obituaries
  B) are patronized only because they specialize in obituaries
  C) derive all their revenue from obituaries
  D) invest huge revenue in obituaries
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1340:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The circular supersedes all previous correspondence on the matter.

  Options:
  A) supports
  B) displaces
  C) eliminates
  D) circumvents
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  The correct answer is B .