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

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• Question 2811:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 16 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) market
  B) controlling
  C) operational
  D) production
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2812:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  If he had left home earlier, he _____ late

  Options:
  A) would not be
  B) would have not be
  C) would not been
  D) would have been not
  E) would not have been
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2813:

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

  Garba acquiesced _____ their decision.

  Options:
  A) for
  B) on
  C) in
  D) by
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2814:

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

  If _____ one day we would talk about it for weeks

  Options:
  A) a lion was coming into this room
  B) a lion was coming into tis room
  C) a lion came into this room
  D) a lion is coming into this room
  E) a lion is going to come into this room
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2815:

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

  I think i'll like to reiterate the points earlier made.

  Options:
  A) withdraw
  B) change
  C) challenge
  D) repeat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2816:

  Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

  Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

  Options:
  A) harmful
  B) harmless
  C) innocent
  D) immunized
  E) conspicuous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2817:

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

  From one’s daily experience,one can see that many people have _____ money _____ they really need.

  Options:
  A) Fewer/that
  B) More/than
  C) As much/than
  D) Much/than
  E) As little/as
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2818:

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

  Olu, Akpan and Ovbiagele's _____ make people to believe that they belong to same school of thought

  Options:
  A) philosophy
  B) philosophys
  C) philosophies
  D) philosophy's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2819:

  In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:

  He _____ the book to the library last week

  Options:
  A) has returned
  B) had returned
  C) was returning
  D) returned
  E) was to be returning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2820:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  He keeps his _____ clean always

  Options:
  A) surroundings
  B) surrounding
  C) premise
  D) environments
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  The correct answer is A .