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

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• Question 2921:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  Our son was highly active and exuberant

  Options:
  A) subdued
  B) fulsome
  C) lively
  D) bright
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2922:

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

  They spent the last holiday with their _____

  Options:
  A) sister in-law
  B) sisters-in-law
  C) sisters-in-laws
  D) sisters-inlaw
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2923:

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

  The ceremony was rounded _____ very late.

  Options:
  A) up
  B) off
  C) of
  D) out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2924:

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

  Omar's achievement was by no means a small feat. This means that?

  Options:
  A) Omar's achievement was difficult
  B) His accomplishment was small
  C) Omar's achievement was not as difficult as it seems
  D) His accomplishment was not by a small feat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2925:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 – 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  When a mother is afraid that her child would die when it has only a pimple or a slight headache, we speak of anxiety. But if she is afraid when the child has a serious illness, we call her reaction ….16…. [A. hysteria B. xenophobia C. fear D. foolish]. If someone is afraid whenever he stands on a height or when he has to discuss ….17…. [A. workshop B. a seminar C. a topic D. an exercise] he knows well, we call his reaction ….18…. [A. incompetence B. anxiety C. anger D. immaturity]; if someone is afraid when he loses his way high up the mountain during a heavy thunderstorm, we would seek of ….19…. [A trepidation B. ignorance C. depression D. apprehension]. Thus far, we have a simple and near distinction between the two, namely, one is a reaction that is proportionate to the danger one has to face whereas the other is ….20…. [A. an unrelated B. a dissimilar C. an equal D. an unparalleled] reaction to danger or even a reaction to ….21…. [A. imaginary B. unrealistic C. ominous D. unusual] danger. This distinction has one ….22…. [A. direction B. flavor C. flaw D. meaning], however, which is that the decision ….23…. [A as to B. as from C. as in D. as of] whether the reaction is proportionate depends on the average knowledge existing in the particular ….24…. [A. medium B. culture C. feature D. institution]. But, even if that knowledge proclaims a certain attitude to be unfounded, a neurotic will find no difficulty in giving his action a ….25…. [A. rational B. reactional C. proactive D. radical] foundation.

  In question number 25 above choose the best option from letters A- D that best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) rational
  B) reactional
  C) proactive
  D) radical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2926: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words : As he was a gullible leader his followers took advantage of him Options:
  A) He was weak and unable to enforce his authority
  B) He was partial and unfair in dispensing justice
  C) He was simple minded to a fault
  D) He was slow to act
  E) He was lacking in education and experience in everyday affair
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2927:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'To be in the red', is to be

  Options:
  A) in debt
  B) rich
  C) a socialist
  D) red
  E) dressed in red
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2928:

  He started his career as an ........ teacher

  Options:
  A) auxilary
  B) auxilliary
  C) auxiliary
  D) auxillary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2929:

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

  _____ been there to look several times without success?

  Options:
  A) He' II
  B) He's
  C) Is he
  D) He is
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2930:

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

  The masses are controlled by the whims and caprices of their rulers?

  Options:
  A) wish
  B) parochialism
  C) will power
  D) level-headedness
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  The correct answer is D .