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

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• Question 3571:

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

  The sudden death of the king put paid to the ambition of the Minister

  Options:
  A) encourage
  B) rewarded
  C) benefitted
  D) terminated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3572:

  Four persons accused with currency _____ are being held by the securing agents.

  Options:
  A) traficking
  B) trafiking
  C) trafficking
  D) traffic
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3573:

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

  business?

  Options:
  A) grace
  B) rice
  C) eyes
  D) sink
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3574: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. Options:
  A) Guiding.
  B) Inciting.
  C) Discouraging.
  D) Preventing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3575:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  Kola was fined; _____ thieves were given a jail sentence?

  Options:
  A) the rest of the
  B) rest
  C) the rest
  D) rest of the
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3576:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  The managing director did not pay his staff last month _____ ?

  Options:
  A) didn't he
  B) had he not
  C) is not it
  D) did he
  E) has he
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3577:

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

  The secretary said that the postponement of the meeting was due to unforeseen circumstances.

  Options:
  A) The date of the meeting was shifted as a result of unexpected reasons
  B) The meeting's date was off for strange reasons
  C) The meeting was called as a result of obstacles hitherto unknown
  D) The meeting broke off as a bird's eye closely
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3578:

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

  He gave a painstaking account of his encounter with the ghost of his father?

  Options:
  A) sordid
  B) fearful
  C) half-hearted
  D) tender-hearted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3579:

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

  pear?

  Options:
  A) dear
  B) year
  C) there
  D) near
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3580:

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

  The president has sent his regrets. He is unable to attend the meeting

  Options:
  A) explanations
  B) anxieties
  C) unhappiness
  D) apologies
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  The correct answer is D .