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

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• Question 2461: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.You can travel on your own _____ ? Options:
  A) isn't it
  B) wouldn't you
  C) can't you
  D) shouldn't you
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2462: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).All wondered why the principal was ambivalent about the students' future? Options:
  A) anxious
  B) inconsiderate
  C) ambitious
  D) decisive
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2463:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  The freed robber expressed his gratitude in a _____ prayer of thanksgiving?

  Options:
  A) spruious
  B) spasmodic
  C) spontaneous
  D) sparadic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2464: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Adamu's father a key figure in that ministry? Options:
  A) The ministry trusts Adamu's fatheras a central figure
  B) Adamu's father as a figurehead in the ministry
  C) Adamu's father's position is essential in the ministry
  D) Adamu's father keeps the key to the minstry
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2465:

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

  Jimoh has cupboard love for Sidikatu

  Options:
  A) love that never fails
  B) genuine love
  C) love for what he wants from her
  D) love that can fail in time of trouble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2466: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The high cost of living these days calls for a lot of frugality? Options:
  A) extravagance
  B) economy
  C) recklessness
  D) prudence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2467:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  We left _____ U.S.A, and crossed _____ Atlantic ocean to _____ Europe

  Options:
  A) the/the/…
  B) …/…/…
  C) …/…/the
  D) the/…/a
  E) …/an/…
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2468:

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

  Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.

  Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston

  The fact that the bees landed on the blue paper showed that they? Options:
  A) responded to sugary water
  B) responded to the intensity of light
  C) could not see a difference
  D) responded to colours
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2469:

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

  Chike, who plays in the first eleven, is an expert …. dribbling

  Options:
  A) For
  B) By
  C) At
  D) With
  E) On
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2470:

  Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions, the poor husband accused her point blank of adultery

  Options:
  A) bluntly
  B) pointedly
  C) emphatically
  D) unreservedly
  E) unmistakingly
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  The correct answer is A .