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

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• Question 561: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).To almost everyone in the little village, Ada's behaviour was almost odious? Options:
  A) repulsive
  B) difficult
  C) attractive
  D) charming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 562: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Musa has lived here for five years but he does not seem able to get over the enormously _____. and elaborate rules that govern the society? Options:
  A) adsurd
  B) bizarre
  C) fantastic
  D) inticate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 563:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:

  It was a long poem but he learnt it _____

  Options:
  A) off head
  B) in memory
  C) by heart
  D) at heart
  E) from memory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 564:

  Farming is the most important aspect of agriculture that has attracted attention within the last few years. Agriculture has several other aspects like fishery, livestock and poultry. All these are also important in that they have to do with the production of food items which human beings consume for survival.

  In many parts of world today, farming has been regarded as the mainstay of the economy. Crops such as cocoa, rubber and cotton have been produced in such commercial quantity that they are sold to other countries. Some countries have a better comparative advantage in producing certain farm crops than other countries. In these other countries, there is the need to spend a lot of money on agriculture, particularly farming. Most farmers use outmoded tools. A lot of them have no place to store their crops, most of which are always destroyed by insects and pests before harvest time. All these have adverse effects on their productivity.

  The government can do a lot to help farmers. Farmers’ co-operative societies can be encouraged and loans can be made available to farmers through government institutions, like banks and finance corporations. Farmers can be taught how to build good storage structures for their produce. All these and a lot more can help to improve the condition of farming in these countries.

  The most important aspect of agriculture mentioned in the passage is Options:
  A) poultry
  B) fishery
  C) livestock
  D) farming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 565: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.Pale Options:
  A) pail
  B) palm
  C) mall
  D) haul
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 566:

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

  The attitude of my students to _____ baffles me

  Options:
  A) pronunciation
  B) pronounciation
  C) pronouceation
  D) pronounceation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 567: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The members of the team agree _____. all the members of the contract? Options:
  A) by
  B) to
  C) on
  D) with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 568:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Adekunle is prepared for a _____ with his opponent following his defeat last season

  Options:
  A) show-off
  B) show-down
  C) show-out
  D) show up
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 569:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  Measles _____ no longer impossible to manage these days

  Options:
  A) is
  B) are
  C) were
  D) was
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 570:

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

  The woman acted courageously when she was attacked by thieves

  Options:
  A) shyly
  B) fearlessly
  C) timidity
  D) carelessly
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  The correct answer is B .