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

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• Question 2011:

  In this question, choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  The proprietor of our school with his administrator ------------ expected yesterday.

  Options:
  A) are
  B) is
  C) was
  D) were
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2012:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  Insecurity has escalated since the present government came into power.

  Options:
  A) abated
  B) increased
  C) proliferated
  D) metamorphosed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2013:

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

  The paper carries many humorous cartoon on Saturdays

  Options:
  A) amorous
  B) grievous
  C) hilarious
  D) grave
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2014:

  So far I have been speaking of science in its universality, viewed from the perspective of the world at large. For the context of our own country and our sister developing countries, many of the factors mentioned earlier are not very important. For example, pollution, deterioration of the environment and population explosion are not yet serious problems for us in this country.

  Let me now turn to a more specific area, namely the question of scientific choice for developing countries. There is no doubt that role which science s and technology have played in the upliftment of the material and economic well-being of the developed nation will, and does, influence the criteria that the Third World nations must choose in order to establish their science policies and priorities.

  But the criteria to be used by this nation do not have the same as those which have brought the developed countries to their present stage of evolution. For while human beings have the same problems, their solutions, to be meaningful will have to be sought within some relevant frame of reference, such as the available resources and expertise, social values, place and time in the historical scale.

  According to the passage, the basic consideration for developing science and technology should be three of the following.

  1. Technical know-how

  2. availability of raw material

  3. atmospheric pollution

  4. the people's tradition and beliefs

  5. population

  6. capital

  Options:
  A) 2,1 and 6 only
  B) 3,2 and 4 only
  C) 5,3 and 6 only
  D) 6,5 and 4 only
  E) 5,2 and 6 only
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2015:

  Choose the option that has same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  laud

  Options:
  A) lathe
  B) core
  C) lavatory
  D) loud
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2016:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The popularity of the military dictator waned after the war?

  Options:
  A) increased
  B) changed
  C) declined
  D) skyrocketed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2017:

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

  The exercise presented us with a lot of problems but later it was all _____ sailing?

  Options:
  A) plain
  B) smooth
  C) rough
  D) tough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2018:

  The main source of -1- (A. Production B. Revenue C .development D. capital) to the government is -2-(A. planning B. budgeting C. Taxation .investment),which can be direct or indirect. while the former is based on one’s -3-(A. income B. profits C. services D. wealth),the latter is imposed on goods and -4-(A. re-numeration B. surpluses C. resources D. services) and it is paid only we these are -5- (A. supplied B. produced C. distributed D. bought) other sources includes -6- (A. compensation B. Benefits C. gratitude’s D. loyalties) such as those paid by mining companies, and sales of -7- (A. charges B. duties C. bills D. licenses ) for dogs,guns,hotels, etc .another major source is -8- (A. investment B. banking C .interest D. borrowing ) which is different from the other because it as to be repaid. From these and other sources, government is able to raise -9-(A. loans B. capitals C. money D. grant) with which it carries out its -10- (A. jobs B. necessities c. investments D. functions), which include administration and the -11- (A. settlement B. provision C. embarking D. commitment) of social services. Besides, it is able to control the country’s -12- (A. accounts B. budgets C. prices D. economy) by imposing taxes sometimes to prevent -13-(A. deflation B. monopoly C. inflation D. depression) or by altering pattern of -14- (A. consumption B. production C. development D. growth) through the raising of -15- (a. subsidy B. discount C. commission D. duty) against certain foreign goods.

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question labeled 14. Options:
  A) consumption
  B) production
  C) development
  D) growth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2019:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  The chairman of the company was very sympathetic _____ his staff

  Options:
  A) to
  B) at
  C) for
  D) from
  E) on
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2020:

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

  I am optimistic about the interview though it was a mind-bending exercise.

  Options:
  A) an enervating
  B) a debilitating
  C) a difficult
  D) an easy
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  The correct answer is D .