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

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• Question 2371:

  Answer the following question below , the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The cat DEVOURED the rat

  Options:
  A) did the rat devour the cat?
  B) what devoured the rat?
  C) did the cat eat the rat?
  D) Is this the rat that the cat devoured?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2372: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)The presidential aspirant warned of the political catastrophe that would follow if the elections were rigged ? Options:
  A) problem
  B) turmoil
  C) success
  D) conflagration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2373: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.The permanent Secretary left his job under a cloud? Options:
  A) on a cloudy day
  B) with a clear record
  C) in disgrace
  D) on a sunny day
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2374:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  Because our representative in the house of assembly is an immature and biased politician,he takes a jaundiced view of our social and economic problems.

  Options:
  A) Hazy
  B) Unclear
  C) Prejudiced
  D) Bleak
  E) Bright
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2375:

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

  Language teachers believe that grammar exercise stretch the mind

  Options:
  A) expand
  B) ruin
  C) enrich
  D) restrict
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2376:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  Power

  Options:
  A) flour
  B) higher
  C) liar
  D) flier
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2377:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  One should be careful how _______behaves in public, shouldn't_______?

  Options:
  A) one/one
  B) he/lie
  C) she/one
  D) one/he
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2378:

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

  I looked for you all over the campus but i could not _____ you

  Options:
  A) find
  B) see
  C) meet
  D) catch
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2379: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.The project is designed to alleviate poverty in the country? Options:
  A) tackle
  B) exacerbate
  C) eradicate
  D) assuage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2380:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  Yours is to command_______is to obey.

  Options:
  A) theirs'
  B) their's
  C) their
  D) theirs
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  The correct answer is D .