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

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• Question 1571:

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

  If he _____ for admission, I am sure he would succeed?

  Options:
  A) will apply
  B) applied
  C) had applied
  D) has applied
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1572:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  Ojo used to play tennis everyday?

  Options:
  A) is familiar with playing
  B) has to play
  C) was in the habbit of playing
  D) was made to play
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1573:

  This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

  In three words, describe the principal (Mr. Mallum) as described in the novel.

  Options:
  A) small, wiry and spoke through his nose
  B) fat, smooth-cheeked and loved his job
  C) tall, good- looking and funny
  D) wicked, ugly and tall.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1574:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 14 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) editing
  B) posting
  C) listing
  D) auditing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1575:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  We all have both good and bad characteristics. Either is, however, easily manifested in time of crises.

  Options:
  A) Demanded
  B) Highlighted
  C) Submerged
  D) Demonstrated
  E) Ridiculed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1576:

  Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

  Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

  Options:
  A) harmful
  B) harmless
  C) innocent
  D) immunized
  E) conspicuous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1577:

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

  It has been confirmed that the election _____ held in July

  Options:
  A) will be
  B) is being
  C) has been
  D) have being
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1578:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

  The delegates found it better to resort to consultation rather than _____.

  Options:
  A) conflict
  B) confrontation
  C) reconciliation
  D) consent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1579: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The dramatist provided a satisfactory denouement to the play? Options:
  A) audition
  B) climax
  C) lavish
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1580:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  The governor's action is out of tune with the declarations of his party

  Options:
  A) in disagreement
  B) in line
  C) out of touch
  D) in touch
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  The correct answer is B .