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

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• Question 1631:

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

  The employer, not the salesman and his representative _____ responsible for the loss

  Options:
  A) are
  B) are being
  C) are never
  D) have been
  E) is
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1632:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I told you, you would miss the bus. You _____ left home earlier

  Options:
  A) can't have
  B) must have
  C) will have
  D) should have
  E) had to have
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1633:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence

  Our chief is very intelligent but he could be parochial in his judgements

  Options:
  A) deep
  B) broad
  C) narrow-minded
  D) kind-hearted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1634: There was a loud bang _____ we thought it was the television, but it wasn't Options:
  A) at last
  B) at first
  C) at least
  D) at the moment
  E) at present
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1635:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  Whilst the thief was _____ the passengers kept apologizing for the inconveniences he was causing them.

  Options:
  A) rabbing
  B) rubbing
  C) robbing
  D) rubbying
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1636: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. All the researchers were asked to gather information on the new viral infection. Options:
  A) Give.
  B) Collect.
  C) Disseminate.
  D) Distort.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1637:

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

  The mills of God grind slowly, but the grind exceedingly small?

  Options:
  A) God has a mill where every material in life is thoroughly ground
  B) God may seem slow in action, but he adequately rewards every bit of injustice
  C) The world is like a food factory where God take his time in grinding all raw materials properly
  D) Even though God is never in a hurry, He achieves al things
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1638:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  A policeman stopped me and I ….to the police station.

  Options:
  A) Was taken
  B) Took
  C) Am taken
  D) Will be taken
  E) Walk
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1639:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  Deprived of means Options:
  A) spared
  B) prevented from getting
  C) robbed of
  D) unable to take
  E) snatched from
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1640:

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

  The horizon may not be clear now, but the troubled spots have certainly been noted?

  Options:
  A) The horizon is dependent on the troubled spots
  B) Clarity of the horizon is dependent on the perception of the troubled spots
  C) The troubled spots are more perceptible than the horizon
  D) Horizon, clarity of the troubled spots and clarity are remarkably noted
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  The correct answer is C .