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

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• Question 4041:

  My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the #50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

  Constituent in the passage means Options:
  A) a section of his constituency
  B) his entire constituency
  C) his campaigner
  D) a person having voting rights where he is living
  E) a supporter
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4042: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?When I visited James I only gave him a congratulatory card on account of his promotion? Options:
  A) The only person I visited was James and nobody else
  B) It was only James that I gave a congratulatory card to
  C) All I gave James when I visited him was a congratulatory card
  D) All I did when I visited James was given him a congratulatory card
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4043:

  In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children

  Options:
  A) the children heard the story from the traditional chief
  B) who narrated the story to the children
  C) the children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
  D) did the chief hide the story from the children
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4044:

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

  Taiwo SAILED to London.

  Options:
  A) Did Taiwo fly to London?
  B) Did Taiwo sail to Brazil?
  C) Did Taiwo sail to London
  D) Where did Taiwo sail to?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4045:

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

  I have not seen my housemaster _____ the beginning of this session

  Options:
  A) from
  B) in
  C) for
  D) at
  E) since
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 4046:

  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 .
• Question 4047:

  Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme.

  sweet

  Options:
  A) twice
  B) sweat
  C) suite
  D) suit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4048:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

  The king RAN to the palace?

  Options:
  A) Where did the king run to?
  B) Did the king walk to the palace?
  C) Did the queen run to the palace?
  D) Who ran to the palace?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4049: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).Th principal was filled with scorn when we gave our reason for coming late? Options:
  A) contempt
  B) sympathy
  C) anger
  D) pity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4050:

  Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Just after ...1..... the aircraft gave a shudder and coughed. The pilot, from the ..2...... activated the emergency sheet to cover the improperly secured left rear ....3.... At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the airplane ....4.... north-east He called the control ....5.... to report the misshaped requested clearance for emergency ....6....The plane circled the airport and prepared to return to the airport it had just left. Moments later, the aircraft ....7....to stop on a ....8.... ....9.... in oilskin ran in the light drizzle and were soon perched on the ....10.... of the plane, from where they began their inspection.

  At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the aeroplane ....4.... north-east

  Options:
  A) faced
  B) moved
  C) switched
  D) veered
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  The correct answer is D .