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

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• Question 3231:

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

  Suara needn't come with us, _____?

  Options:
  A) does she
  B) will she
  C) can she
  D) need she
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3232:

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

  The young lovers first met _____ the university of Ibadan havana Night dance

  Options:
  A) in
  B) at
  C) in course of
  D) on
  E) inside
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3233:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  Some drugs have a deleterious effect on a child's development.

  Options:
  A) debilitating
  B) helpful
  C) harmful
  D) healing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3234:

  From the options, choose the word(s) that best fill(s) the gap.

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

  Options:
  A) would be
  B) have been
  C) are
  D) had been
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3235:

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

  The _____ car is the center of attraction.

  Options:
  A) small racing light green
  B) racing small light-green
  C) small light-green racing
  D) light-green small racing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3236:

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

  I am sure that my mother will not find out. She is so _____ that she will accept anything i tell her

  Options:
  A) credible
  B) credulous
  C) creditable
  D) incredible
  E) incredulous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3237:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Tear?

  Options:
  A) dare
  B) care
  C) here
  D) wear
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3238: Everybody hates _____ kept waiting Options:
  A) be
  B) being
  C) to be
  D) for being
  E) in being
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3239:

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

  Knowledge of figures of speech as well as idioms and lexical items _____ in this section

  Options:
  A) is tested
  B) have been tested
  C) are tested
  D) were tested
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3240:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 14 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) editing
  B) posting
  C) listing
  D) auditing
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  The correct answer is A .