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

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• Question 3071: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.We had a dull evening because _____ ? Options:
  A) hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
  B) hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
  C) the talk had hardly begun when the lights had gone out
  D) the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3072:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Only two ministers survived the recent cabinet reshuffle.

  Options:
  A) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers retained their posts
  B) In the recent changes in government, all but two ministers remained alive
  C) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers were sacked
  D) In the recent changes in government, only two ministers were sacked
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3073: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Practicing medicine is not as lucrative as many people think? Options:
  A) know
  B) understand
  C) consider
  D) assume
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3074:

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

  He was reported _____ the policeman

  Options:
  A) to be assualting
  B) to assault
  C) assualting
  D) to have assualted
  E) to have been assaulted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3075:

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

  The child's recent training has not been very effective, he is likely to _____ to his old habits

  Options:
  A) revert
  B) convert
  C) reverse
  D) revise
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3076:

  Dear John,

  Many thanks for your letter. I was glad to hear that you had done so well in your examinations. Let me send you my hearty congratulations. You certainly deserved this result as I know you worked very hard. You ask how I have been spending the time since I took my examinations. I have been waiting so eagerly for the result that, I must admit, I have not done half of the things I planned to do during this extended holiday. However, I have been doing a lot of reading. There were so many different things I was interested in when I was at school and did not have the time to read about because they were not on the syllabus. I have read two books about geology, which is a fascinating subject. I hope to make a hobby of geology when I get to the University. It will make a change from the study of law. i have also read several novels mostly modern ones by authors like Graham Greene, C.S Foster and Somerset Maugham. How enjoyable it is to read a book for pleasure and not for examination! I have not given a thought to law, and not read one book about the subject. I shall have e four long years at the University to devote to it.

  I have also been going once or twice a week to the National Boy’s Club. I took part in the table-tennis tournament, but I did not do very well, I’m afraid. I have been playing football for the Club every Sunday afternoon. I will certainly let you know my examination results as soon as I have them. I must say that I become less confident about the result each day. It was encouraging to hear that this was the case with you, and since you did so well perhaps there is still hope for me!

  Yours sincerely

  Osman.

  John deserves to pass his examinations because Options:
  A) the examinations were easy
  B) he was a brilliant student
  C) he prepared very well for it
  D) he was a lucky student
  E) the examiner was very liberal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3077:

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

  Dapo has made good use of some useful _____ on the chemical composition of chalk

  Options:
  A) information
  B) piece of information
  C) informations
  D) pieces of informations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3078:

  Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of Science and Technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or sculptor. He can build his bridge, attest to its from and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an Art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the Mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study of related concepts and objects from patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry: the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music, the artist arranges colours to produce pattern called painting and the Mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns- the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of some order, harmony and beauty. So if Mathematics is not an art what is art?

  The expression 'Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences' contains Options:
  A) a contradiction
  B) an analogy
  C) an irony
  D) a lie
  E) nonsense
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3079:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  Ina sentence, there must always be a concord between a subject and its verb

  Options:
  A) breach
  B) departure
  C) disagreement
  D) dispute
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3080:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  He was very much respected, though he had no temporal power.

  Options:
  A) spiritual
  B) mundane
  C) permanent
  D) ephemeral
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  The correct answer is A .