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

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• Question 3211:

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

  If the armed robbers _____ caught, they would have been lynched.

  Options:
  A) would be
  B) have been
  C) are
  D) were
  E) had been
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3212:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  Don't _____ said the leader 'I want a decision now?

  Options:
  A) prevaricate
  B) prediccate
  C) precipitate
  D) be pejorative
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3213:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

  The new Vice-Chancellor's immediate concern was to tide over the major difficulties of the moment?

  Options:
  A) temporarily accomodation
  B) permanently handle
  C) decisively solve
  D) pretend to solve
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3214: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Which of the following course doesSalma find very difficult?

  Options:
  A) Moral Philosophy
  B) Use of English
  C) Special education
  D) Philosophy and Logic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3215: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Let us not indulge in recrimination? Options:
  A) indictment
  B) accusation
  C) counter-accusation
  D) unfounded allegation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3216:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

  Believe it or not, change is to human existence what the blood is to the human body. We live in era of amazing …. 16…. [A. well-defined B. fast-paced C. favourable D. social] change spawned by advancing technology and industrialization. However, man’s …17…. [A. knowledge of B. attitude to C. commitment to D. opinion of] promoting and defending change in a deliberate effort to establish…18… [A. customs B. companies C. trade-zones D. variations] that stimulate advancement for man’s concern is proving unfavourable to the climate with threatening ...19… [A. repercussions B. clouds C. pressure D. implication].

  Human-induced climate change has awakened widespread concern across the globe. As a matter of fact, climate change is now 20 [A. an acceptable B. a foremost C. the only D. the last] global issue. It is a major test of Africa’s ….21…. [A. popularity B. energy C. ingenuity D. incapability] ! the fourth Assessment Report {AR4} of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that human actions are changing the earth’s climate and creating maker disturbances in human ….22…[A. geography B. societies C. systems D life] and ecosystems. The IPCC reports that the world has warned by an average of 0.76^oC since pre-industrial times. The rising global …23…. [A. command B. demand C. warming D. supply] for energy and the adverse changes in the climate put the earth and its inhabitants in a catch -22 situation.

  Again, if the effects of climate change on each were commensurate with the level of greenhouse …24 …. [A. structure B. paints C. emulsion D. emissions] in spews out, perhaps Africa would have been spared and would probably be just an amused spectator. But it is, this is not the case. Here again, we see well-meaning global citizens appealing for the rest of the world to take responsibility for the problems of Africa, a strategy that cannot, thus far, termed ….25…. [A. notable B. liable C. credible D. flexible]

  In question number 18 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) customs
  B) companies
  C) trade-zones
  D) variations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3217:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  Lambusa TOOK OFF the wig

  Options:
  A) Did Lambusa take off a wig?
  B) Did Lambusa take off the ring?
  C) who took off the wig?
  D) What did Lambusa do?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3218:

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

  He is credulous

  Options:
  A) credible
  B) creditable
  C) gullible
  D) fallible
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3219: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.llesa witness the largest _____ of writers at any convention in recent times? Options:
  A) turnaround
  B) turnover
  C) turn-out
  D) turn-on
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3220:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  His grandfather was one of the few patriotic Nigerians who ever lived.

  Options:
  A) obedient
  B) lover of Nigeria
  C) calculative
  D) careless
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  The correct answer is B .