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

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• Question 301:

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

  Adeola doesn't have to go to the farm today.

  Options:
  A) Adeola may go to the farm today if he so wishes.
  B) Adeola ought not to have gone to the farm today.
  C) Adeola must not go to the farm today.
  D) Adeola should not go to the farm today.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 302:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  The officer was compelled to _____ the suspect’s car.

  Options:
  A) seize
  B) cease
  C) sieze
  D) sease
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 303:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one provided
  /θ/

  Options:
  A) without
  B) health
  C) mouth
  D) neither
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 304:

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

  Who introduced the snail delicacy?

  Options:
  A) Salma
  B) Ngozi
  C) Ada
  D) Tomiwa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 305:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...11...] above. Options:
  A) agitators
  B) witnesses
  C) congregations
  D) spectators
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 306: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). _____ his illness, Muhammad could not come to school? Options:
  A) wtih reference to
  B) referring to
  C) owing to
  D) due to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 307: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The slide in the price of gold in the world market has left the industry reeling? Options:
  A) The gradual fall in gold price is making the industry unstable
  B) The stablity in gold price is making the industry stagnant
  C) The decline in gold price is making the industry redundant
  D) The increase in gold price is making the industry to boom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 308:

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

  He has been advised to keep his head,the confusion not withstanding

  Options:
  A) avoid been beaten or insulted
  B) keep calm
  C) save his head
  D) prevent himself
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 309:

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

  The driver of that lorry _____ lost his life during the collision

  Options:
  A) barely
  B) hardly
  C) nearly
  D) closely
  E) narrowly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 310:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

  Bankole was a man given to much wine

  Options:
  A) pushed to
  B) taken over by
  C) addicted to
  D) forced to
  E) afflicted by
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  The correct answer is C .