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

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• Question 2551:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  Two ministers found it very difficult to get _____

  Options:
  A) through with each other in the cabinet
  B) by with one another
  C) through with one another
  D) off from each other
  E) on with each other
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2552:

  Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no need of sales, is to some extent “socially conditioned” he depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the igneous assumption, current in many writings on the subject, that the curve’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credits for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors.

  Of course, there is an element of must in this view of the tribal artist as copyist, but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  It would be useful to study the social conditioning of artist because

  Options:
  A) We know that African art is entirely influenced by tradition
  B) Traditional art arises from the custom of the people.
  C) An artist’s predecessors solely determine the nature of his work.
  D) We do not know the extent to which an artist is influenced by his society.
  E) We do not know very much about how an artist’s creative imagination works.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2553:

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

  Osyaku started playing football because he thought it would develop him physically

  Options:
  A) took up football
  B) picked up football
  C) returned football
  D) took up with football
  E) put in for football
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2554:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  This class __________students and teachers

  Options:
  A) comprise
  B) comprises
  C) comprise of
  D) comprises of
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2555:

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

  The wicked boy threw a stone at the bird smashing …. two legs.

  Options:
  A) Its
  B) It’s
  C) It
  D) Is
  E) Its’
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2556:

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

  We ought to have visited the Governor _____ ?

  Options:
  A) isn't it
  B) oughtn't we
  C) shouldn't we
  D) haven't we
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2557:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 15 Options:
  A) commotion
  B) detonation
  C) distortion
  D) reduction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2558:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The farmer has bought the insecticide because he was bent on _____ the insects in his farm.

  Options:
  A) exterminating
  B) estimating
  C) extenuating
  D) extinguishing
  E) exemplifying
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2559:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  In spite of many days of fasting, Musa is still fastidious about his food?

  Options:
  A) particular
  B) undecided
  C) indifferent
  D) unmindful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2560:

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

  You do not need to stutter in order to show your excitement

  Options:
  A) jump about
  B) shout
  C) sob
  D) stammer
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  The correct answer is D .