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

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• Question 3471:

  Choose the option that has same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  laud

  Options:
  A) lathe
  B) core
  C) lavatory
  D) loud
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3472:

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

  My younger brother is going to the stream with _____ boys

  Options:
  A) two other little
  B) other little two
  C) two little other
  D) other two little
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3473: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the other. Options:
  A) rafity
  B) famous
  C) result
  D) taxi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3474:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  The students had a_______On Independence Day.

  Options:
  A) march pass
  B) match past
  C) march past
  D) match pass
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3475:

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

  The nurse kept apologizing to mothers as she stuck her needle _____ every baby at the clinic

  Options:
  A) in
  B) onto
  C) on to
  D) into
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3476: Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) circulation
  B) eleven
  C) impossible
  D) criticism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3477:

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

  Oche entered the principal's office in a rather abrasive manner.

  Options:
  A) gentle
  B) rude
  C) lackadaisical
  D) indifferent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3478: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others? Options:
  A) does
  B) flood
  C) world
  D) son
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3479:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 19 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) pricing
  B) operations
  C) managers
  D) buyers and sellers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3480:

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

  The painting in the museum was beautifully faked?

  Options:
  A) The painting was a good deceptive replica
  B) The painting was well-framed and displayed
  C) The painting was deceptively decorated in the museum
  D) The painting was carefully hung in the museum
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  The correct answer is A .