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

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• Question 1561: The word in capital letters has an emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.They FLEW to Abuja? Options:
  A) Did they go Abuja by road?
  B) Did they fly to jos?
  C) How will they get to Abuja?
  D) Where did they fly to?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1562:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...12...] above. Options:
  A) stage
  B) circle
  C) track
  D) ring
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1563:

  Politics in pre-colonial times did not involve the partisan type of electioneering campaign that we now have. The society was ruled by a king or an emir and his traditional chiefs or by the council of elders or clan heads. Where there existed the hierarchical system as in the Yoruba and Hausa kingdoms, succession to throne was mainly patriarchal. A recorded exception was the case of queen Amina of the Zazzau Empire who ruled in the 15th century AD.

  A host of unsung and unrecorded women regents and at the times women village rulers abound, especially the present Ondo state where some influential female chiefs and regents still exist. In Ibadan, the famous Efunsetan Aniwura held political as well as economic sway and it took a lot of drive, brain work and political engineering for the then King and his council chiefs to subdue her. The history of the various towns and villages of the period could boast of such women who were actively engaged in the running of government.

  In the Igbo society, a rise to leadership position was through demonstrated ability in fostering societal survival rather than heritage. Women’s voice in the politics of each clan is given focus either through the guild of wives, the guild of daughters, or the market women’s guild. Women, through these organs, could make their feelings known on any issue affecting their community as a whole or females in particular, Thus, unpopular edict or ‘decrees’ could be revoked or revised as a result of mounted pressure from any of these female associations. No decision was usually taken by the man without prior consultation with the leaders of the women’s groups.

  It must however be emphasized that the degree of women participation in politics was yet much limited when compared to that of men.

  According to the author, electioneering campaign is approach Options:
  A) Best used in politics
  B) Used in pre-colonial politics
  C) For choosing kings or emirs
  D) Currently in used
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1564:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Many people believe that nuclear power will solve our energy problems _____ , this has not been proved to be true

  Options:
  A) Indeed
  B) But
  C) However
  D) On the contrary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1565:

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

  Because of the _____ he did to my car, i am going to sue him for _____

  Options:
  A) damage/damages
  B) damages/damage
  C) damages/damages
  D) damage/damage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1566:

  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.

  The policies of this government favour the elite rather than the _______________

  Options:
  A) masses
  B) oppressed
  C) public
  D) unemployed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1567:

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

  the frightening explosion in the factory _____ whole wing

  Options:
  A) washed out
  B) wiped out
  C) rooted out
  D) flushed out
  E) cleared out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1568:

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

  His suggestion are completely _____ the point and cannot be accepted

  Options:
  A) to
  B) about
  C) beside
  D) on
  E) under
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1569:

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

  The usually hostile crowd was captivated by the player's winsome attitude?

  Options:
  A) obnoxious
  B) friendly
  C) colourful
  D) drunken
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1570:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  I don't think he can _____?

  Options:
  A) can't he
  B) isn't it
  C) can he
  D) don,t I
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  The correct answer is C .