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

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• Question 1981:

  Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of Science and Technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or sculptor. He can build his bridge, attest to its from and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an Art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the Mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study of related concepts and objects from patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry: the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music, the artist arranges colours to produce pattern called painting and the Mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns- the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of some order, harmony and beauty. So if Mathematics is not an art what is art?

  The view expressed in this passage belong to Options:
  A) JAMB
  B) artists
  C) mathematicians
  D) the poet
  E) the author of the passage
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1982:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:

  The patient disregarded the advice of the doctor

  Options:
  A) ignored
  B) disobeyed
  C) questioned
  D) respected
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1983:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:

  In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he _____ to work by bicycles

  Options:
  A) was going
  B) is going
  C) seldomly goes
  D) goes
  E) has gone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1984:

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

  Where _____ buses _____ ?

  Options:
  A) does these / go
  B) do this / goes
  C) do these / go
  D) does these / goes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1985: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The principal told the teacher to stop browbeating the children? Options:
  A) pampering
  B) bullying
  C) deceiving
  D) caning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1986:

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

  Chinedu took his umbrella with him in case it _____

  Options:
  A) rain
  B) rained
  C) would rain
  D) is raining
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1987:

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

  Instead of _____, she lied?

  Options:
  A) pleading
  B) her to plead
  C) her pleading
  D) plead
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1988:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  There are may areas of convergence between male and female behaviour?

  Options:
  A) concomitance
  B) concordance
  C) incompatibility
  D) incomparability
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1989: Choose the option that has a different stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) intact
  B) integral
  C) negotiate
  D) about
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1990:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass

  Options:
  A) come into
  B) call for
  C) go into
  D) enter for
  E) turn up for
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  The correct answer is D .