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

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• Question 2121:

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

  Knot?

  Options:
  A) cot
  B) keep
  C) nom
  D) king
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2122:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The relationship between the couple has been frosty

  Options:
  A) Cordial
  B) Amenable
  C) Frugal
  D) Fraudulent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2123:

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

  An acceptance of the offer would be a departure from the several rejections that _____ .

  Options:
  A) had taken place
  B) have taken place
  C) will take place
  D) took place
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2124:

  The endeavor to maintain proper standard of fairness in journalism must be pursued. It is fatally easy for the journalist to deviate from the straight path. There is his natural desire to ‘make a story’ and insidious temptation to twist facts to square with his paper’s policy. Both are as indefensible as the framing of misleading headlines for the sake of effect. The conscientious journalist must check any tendency to bias, and guard against the dangers inherent in personal antipathies or friendships, and in traditional oppositions between rival schools of thought. When a political opponent, whose stupidity habitually provokes attack, makes an effective speech, honesty requires that he be given credit for it. Where personal relationships might make it easier and more congenial to keep silent than to criticize, the journalist must never forget his duty to the public and the supreme importance of recording the truth

  'insidious' (line 2)means Options:
  A) subtle
  B) wicked
  C) natural
  D) unusual
  E) wild
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2125:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

  In each of this question select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  He is clinging child.

  Options:
  A) he is possessive
  B) he likes to cling with his sister.
  C) he is a bully
  D) he is a handsome young man
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2126:

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

  I have decided to _____ drinking alcohol for health reasons?

  Options:
  A) abandon
  B) give up
  C) discard
  D) jettison
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2127:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The plane overshot the _____ in a minor accident.

  Options:
  A) railway
  B) hanger
  C) tarmac
  D) run way
  E) road
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2128:

  Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

  The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

  Options:
  A) ramshackle
  B) modern
  C) colossal
  D) mini-sized
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2129:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  The traffic situation in Lagos can lead to disastrous consequences; a man lost a very lucrative job because he was held up by it

  Options:
  A) confused
  B) delayed
  C) annoyed
  D) intrigued
  E) obstructed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2130:

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

  The unification of the country has brought about great technological advancement.

  Options:
  A) restoration
  B) agreement
  C) cohension
  D) stabilty
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  The correct answer is C .