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

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• Question 3301:

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

  The spokesman confirmed that government would not give _____ to the demands of trade union leaders

  Options:
  A) up
  B) into
  C) onto
  D) in
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3302:

  In this question, fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  To check desertification in the arid zones, ...... trees should be planted

  Options:
  A) drought-resisting
  B) drought-resistant
  C) drought-effective
  D) drought-proof
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3303: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.The politician was pilloried by the press for his inflammatory remarks? Options:
  A) The politician was snubbed by the press for his remarks
  B) The politician was criticized by the press for his remarks
  C) The politician was closely questioned by the press for his remarks
  D) The politician was ridiculed by the press for his remarks
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3304:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  According to the novel, Obu was good at

  Options:
  A) Proverbs
  B) Cricket
  C) Games
  D) Jokes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3305:

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

  The president made a passionate appeal for calm

  Options:
  A) inflamed
  B) disturbing
  C) intense
  D) lively
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3306:

  So far I have been speaking of science in its universality, viewed from the perspective of the world at large. For the context of our own country and our sister developing countries, many of the factors mentioned earlier are not very important. For example, pollution, deterioration of the environment and population explosion are not yet serious problems for us in this country.

  Let me now turn to a more specific area, namely the question of scientific choice for developing countries. There is no doubt that role which science s and technology have played in the upliftment of the material and economic well-being of the developed nation will, and does, influence the criteria that the Third World nations must choose in order to establish their science policies and priorities.

  But the criteria to be used by this nation do not have the same as those which have brought the developed countries to their present stage of evolution. For while human beings have the same problems, their solutions, to be meaningful will have to be sought within some relevant frame of reference, such as the available resources and expertise, social values, place and time in the historical scale.

  The term 'our sister developing countries' implies Options:
  A) Britain, Gambia and Canada
  B) Ghana, Germany and Togo
  C) Russia, Switzerland and America
  D) Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gabon
  E) China, India and Holland
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3307:

  Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  The boxer fizzled out just in the sixth round

  Options:
  A) knocked out his opponent
  B) showed off his talents
  C) became tired out fought on spiritedly
  D) surrendered rather disappointingly
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3308:

  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 3309:

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

  He broke his mallet ostensibly trying to maintain order although he was actually enjoying the commotion.

  Options:
  A) apparently
  B) carelessly
  C) angerily
  D) accidentally
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3310:

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

  When i was in the secondary school, my parents were active members of the _____

  Options:
  A) Parents - Teachers Association
  B) Parents - Teachers' Association
  C) Parents - Teacher Association
  D) Parents - Teacher's Association
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  The correct answer is B .