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

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• Question 1821: Choose the option that best has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?Cooled Options:
  A) cold
  B) could
  C) court
  D) you
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1822:

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

  Their high _____ was an advantage

  Options:
  A) moral
  B) morality
  C) morale
  D) morals
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1823:

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

  Hundreds of used items will go under the hammer during the weekend?

  Options:
  A) Unserviceable goods will be publicly destroyed at the weekend
  B) Impounded household items will be sold to the public before the weekend
  C) Damage items will be sold next weekend
  D) Many old items will be auctioned this weekend
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1824:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The increase in transport fares deterred our club from planning an excursion this year

  Options:
  A) deferred
  B) irritated
  C) impelled
  D) restricted
  E) encouraged
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1825:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The solution to the problem has so far _____ the scientist

  Options:
  A) defied
  B) allured
  C) eluded
  D) denied
  E) avoided
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1826:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 13 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) sells
  B) buys
  C) fancies
  D) manfactures
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1827:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  The engineers have been urged to make a prototype of the long-awaited Nigerian car.

  Options:
  A) specimen
  B) original
  C) copy
  D) drawing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1828:

  Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  Emeka's painting was so realistic that it could almost have been a photograph.

  Options:
  A) picturesquare
  B) concrete
  C) lively
  D) authentic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1829:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  You can go on; I …. what you are saying.

  Options:
  A) Am understanding
  B) May be understanding
  C) Was understanding
  D) Will be understanding
  E) Understand
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1830: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The class _____ more girls than boys this session? Options:
  A) comprised of
  B) comprises of
  C) comprise
  D) comprises
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  The correct answer is D .