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

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• Question 551:

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

  Uke was conscripted into the military because

  Options:
  A) He was a social nuisance
  B) He loved the British soldiers
  C) His grandfather was a military man
  D) He wanted to travel to Burma
  E) He wanted to travel to
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 552:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  hair

  Options:
  A) heir
  B) hour
  C) honest
  D) house
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 553: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of the proposed office complex? Options:
  A) prototype
  B) photograph
  C) microfilm
  D) photocopy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 554:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  He brought a _____ against his neighbour?

  Options:
  A) complaint
  B) complains
  C) complain
  D) complaining
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 555:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 23 in the above passage Options:
  A) items
  B) bulletin
  C) copies
  D) specimen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 556: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Which of the following course doesSalma find very difficult?

  Options:
  A) Moral Philosophy
  B) Use of English
  C) Special education
  D) Philosophy and Logic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 557:

  From the options, choose the word(s) that best fill(s) the gap.

  Toyosi arrived late, _____ the right route.

  Options:
  A) Cannot have taken
  B) Could not have take
  C) could not had taken
  D) could not have taken
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 558:

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

  Jankoli was dressed in an old assortment of clothes.

  Options:
  A) avalanche
  B) homogeneity
  C) sameness
  D) melange
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 559:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a _______ of him.

  Options:
  A) Glimpse
  B) Look
  C) View
  D) Picture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 560: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to _____? Options:
  A) matured / mature
  B) mature / mature
  C) mature / matured
  D) matured / matured
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  The correct answer is A .