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

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• Question 2801: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.In many countries, democracy is ostensibly being practiced? Options:
  A) democracy is indeed being inmany countries
  B) many countries have effective democracy
  C) many countries have democracy in practice
  D) democracy is apparently practiced in many countries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2802:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  In the novel, Nwomiko was famous for her

  Options:
  A) spiritual powers
  B) political struggles
  C) lack of spiritual powers
  D) lack of fighting spirit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2803: In the Novel "Independence" Tayo wrote a biography of _____. Options:
  A) Arthur Richardson
  B) Lord Lugard
  C) Obafemi Awolowo
  D) Nnamidi Azikiw
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2804:

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

  It is sheer fantasy to believe that there could never be a miscalculation by any nation that has atomic weapons. Fantasy means

  Options:
  A) dream
  B) hope
  C) nonsense
  D) joke
  E) stupidity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2805:

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

  Ebun _____ the edge of the cliff after his shoes had failed to grip.

  Options:
  A) fell down
  B) fell off
  C) fell away
  D) fell down
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2806:

  These two factors the altitude and the weather, tend separately and together to defeat the climber. The height weakens, slows him down; it forces him to spend days and nights in the courses of his assault on the summit; the weather, besides adding to the demand of his energy and moral fortitude, conspires to deny him the time he needs to complete his mission. Whereas in lower mountains and on easy ground the weather may be no more than a handicap, in the high Himalayas it is decisive, regardless of terrain.

  The deduction to be drawn from these two factors is was clear enough. We must either so fortify ourselves that we could continue, without detriment, to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization, or, better still, we must solve the problem of speed. It was desirable; in fact, that we must meet both these requirements and thus give to those chosen to attempt the summit and to their supporting teams some measures of insurance against the vagaries of the weather, for safety in mountain climbing is as much a matter of swiftness as of sureness of foot. Either or both could be achieved only by the administration of oxygen in sufficient quantities to make up for the deficiency in the air, and for the duration of the upward journey above the limit of successful acclimatization

  'regardless of terrain' (line 5) Options:
  A) ever on easy ground
  B) despite the nature of the ground
  C) because of steeper gradients
  D) ignoring the inhospitality of the mountainside
  E) without considering the handicap
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2807: Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).leach? Options:
  A) gear
  B) cedar
  C) cheer
  D) death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2808:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  On the first day of her examination, amina felt very confident?

  Options:
  A) excited
  B) dull
  C) beefed up
  D) strung up
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2809:

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

  When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to stand?

  Options:
  A) When we get to a crisis point
  B) In the final analysis
  C) When the blocks are lowered
  D) When we get to end of the road
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2810:

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

  If you are confused_______anything, phone my office.

  Options:
  A) of
  B) with
  C) about
  D) for
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  The correct answer is C .