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

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• Question 551:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The solution to the problem has so far _____ the scientist

  Options:
  A) defied
  B) allured
  C) eluded
  D) denied
  E) avoided
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 552:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The plane overshot the _____ in a minor accident.

  Options:
  A) railway
  B) hanger
  C) tarmac
  D) run way
  E) road
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 553:

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

  Toyin is married to an impatient, self-centred man

  Options:
  A) a tolerant
  B) a tolerable
  C) a fretful
  D) an edgy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 554:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  She got into trouble because she refused to listen to the …. given by her friends and relatives.

  Options:
  A) Many of the advice
  B) Series of advices
  C) Pieces of advices
  D) Advice
  E) Lots of advices
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 555: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. If I went to the village I would visit the King. Options:
  A) If i go to the village, i will visit the king
  B) I did not go to the village and I did not visit the king
  C) All the times I went to the village I also visited the king
  D) I will visit the king when I go to the village
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 556: Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters,expostulate Options:
  A) exposTUlate
  B) expostuLATE
  C) EXpostulate
  D) exPOStulate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 557: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Any chief executive of an organization would find radical changes blocked at every turn? Options:
  A) developments
  B) ideals
  C) suggestions
  D) innovations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 558: Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; The traditional folktales form an _____ to the book Options:
  A) index
  B) insertion
  C) information
  D) overview
  E) appendix
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 559:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  You would be well _______ to listen to what the teacher says?

  Options:
  A) informed
  B) advised
  C) reminded
  D) warned
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 560:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The Life Changer is authored by?

  Options:
  A) Khadija Abubakar Jilla
  B) Khadija Abubakar Jalli
  C) Khadija Abubakar Jali
  D) Khadija Abubakar Jila
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  The correct answer is B .