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

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• Question 2721:

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

  People dislike Jobe because he is a _____ young man?

  Options:
  A) A tricky
  B) tricking
  C) trickful
  D) tricky
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2722:

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

  The Minister has finally been dropped from the present cabinet because of his ignoble act?

  Options:
  A) criminal
  B) ignorant
  C) honourable
  D) selfish
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2723: Students refused to sympathize with Efua when drinks spilled on her because Options:
  A) she would not accept their sympathy
  B) she was Jimi's only girlfriend
  C) they planned it to disgrace her
  D) they felt she was arrogant
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2724:

  From time to time I hear someone say, ‘But Yoga comes from India, therefore is something “foreign” and I don’t see how we can make use of it’. Of course this is foolishness. It is like saying, ‘I don’t want to listen to the music of Bach because he was a German’, or it is like someone in India declaring, ‘We don’t want to use electricity, because Thomas Edison was an American’ Yoga is universal, it is a priceless gift from the East and its benefits are available to all of us who would accept them.

  It is very tragic that many of us, not knowing the facts, have for many years confused Yogis (a person who practices ‘Yoga’ is a Yogi) with a certain class of people in India who are known a s Fakirs. Fakirs have gain extra ordinary control of their senses, but use this control to subject their bodies to abnormal conditions. For example, they sit on the famous ‘bed of nails’ stick pins and feats. They are generally persons of low mentality, and they perform these supernatural things for money, food, favours and so forth. These Fakirs should never be confused with Yogis nor do snake charmers or Indian rope trick practitioners have anything to do with Yoga. Yoga is a natural development for body and mind and a true Yogi will never permit anything harmful or unnatural to be done to his body or mind.

  Finally, there is the question of ‘religion’. I am often asked, ‘Is Yoga a religion?’ My answer is, ‘Definitely not! For us, Yoga is a dynamic system of physical exercise and a practical and valuable philosophy to apply to everyday life. In short, Yoga is way of life and everyone, regardless of his religion, can benefit greatly from any6 one or all aspect of Yoga.

  Which one of the following in the authors opinion best complete this statement. The Indians would Options:
  A) not use electricity because Thomas Edison was an American
  B) not use electricity because American electricity is inferior to some other kind of electricity
  C) not use electricity since they can substitute their own Yoga for it
  D) not use because Indians and Americans are friendly people
  E) use electricity irrespective of who discovered it
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2725:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Hardworking students must not have a finger in every pie at school.

  Options:
  A) Hardworking students must not have a role to play in most activities in the school
  B) Only hardworking students must participate in all activities in the school
  C) Hardworking students do not participate in all activities in the school
  D) Hardworking students must ask others to participate in school activities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2726:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What was the reason for the delay at the faculty registration office?

  Options:
  A) The lecturer's negligience
  B) The queue was endless
  C) John's delay in cleaning the office
  D) The screening exercise that was taking place
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2727:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  Kaka is _____ to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it

  Options:
  A) not only anxious
  B) anxious not only
  C) not only that she is anxious
  D) anxious
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2728:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  For anything to do with academic work, he has a great aversion?

  Options:
  A) conversion
  B) attention
  C) contempt
  D) predilection
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2729:

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

  I have been able to observe him at close quarters

  Options:
  A) in government house nearby
  B) within a short space of time
  C) in a small family house
  D) at close range
  E) at regular intervals
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2730:

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

  Everyone's condition was appalling

  Options:
  A) cloudy
  B) pleasant
  C) complex
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is B .