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

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• Question 3011:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  Whilst the thief was _____ the passengers kept apologizing for the inconveniences he was causing them.

  Options:
  A) rabbing
  B) rubbing
  C) robbing
  D) rubbying
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3012:

  Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:

  I can walk that distance and have done so many times

  Options:
  A) I am used to walk that distance
  B) I used to walk that distance
  C) I used to walking that distance
  D) I am used to walking that distance
  E) I will walk that distance
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3013:

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

  In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he _____ to work by bicycles

  Options:
  A) was going
  B) is going
  C) seldomly goes
  D) goes
  E) has gone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3014:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make _____ what it meant.

  Options:
  A) up
  B) out
  C) off
  D) through
  E) do
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3015:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The principal will be going away on leave. In his absence, the vice president will _____ the school

  Options:
  A) take over
  B) carry on
  C) care for
  D) look after
  E) overlook
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3016: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) ability
  B) quadruplicate
  C) registration
  D) revivalist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3017:

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

  Last Tuesday, Ochonu asked me ______?

  Options:
  A) had I come yesterday
  B) did you come yesterday
  C) whether I had come before
  D) If i had come yesterday
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3018:

  In the past, famine, various types of diseases and natural disasters checked population growth in many countries. At that time, man had not learnt to till the soil sufficiently to improve and increase her yield. Man was unable to do much to conquer these diseases and natural disasters were regarded as a curse of the gods for which man had no answer. Thus famine, diseases and natural disasters remained a nightmare to mankind.

  With the present development in technology and modern agriculture, one would have thought that the problem of starvation should have been solved. But starvation still stares man in the face. The increase in population now accounts for the consequent scarcity of food experienced in many parts of the world. However, in some countries, man’s advancement in technology and medicine has rapidly increased the population while improved methods of agriculture and food preservation have caused steady rise in food production. Also, man can now effectively prevent and cure most diseases in the world.

  Unfortunately, the working population engaged in agriculture is so small that it cannot produce enough to satisfy the gaping mouths to be fed. In various parts of the world, man has engaged himself in various jobs in order to adjust the food production to match the growing population so his zone, but population growth continues to outstrip food production measures. Incidentally, the source of food and food preservation measures can be limited unlike population growth which may not be effectively checked. Perhaps the only effective checks to population explosion may be the drastic birth control measures. But many religious sects the world over are opposed to many to these birth control measures.

  The working population engaged in agriculture cannot feed the teeming population sufficiently because Options:
  A) there are gaping mouths to be fed
  B) they do not produce what they like to eat
  C) there are not enough people engaged in tilling the soil
  D) improved methods of agriculture have not brought about a significant increase in food production
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3019:

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

  The head of Department is away to Murtala Mohammed Airport and has asked Dr. Haruna to stand _____ for him

  Options:
  A) out
  B) in
  C) on
  D) across
  E) about
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3020:

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

  The result of his experiment represents a break through in medical science

  Options:
  A) an outstanding success
  B) catastrophe
  C) an end to such experiments
  D) breaking point
  E) a colossal failure
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  The correct answer is A .