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

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• Question 581: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Adigun's jokes are always puerile? Options:
  A) amusing
  B) childish
  C) empty
  D) entertaining
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 582:

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

  By January 1999, I _____ ten years in the service of this institution?

  Options:
  A) should have been
  B) would be
  C) can be
  D) must be
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 583: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.They let him go in _____ to his age? Options:
  A) respect
  B) regard
  C) disregard
  D) consideration
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 584:

  This passage sums up the problems peculiar to the book trade make it different from any other trade-the problem of selection and the problem of sticking. How is the bookseller to tell what, in an enormous output, will prove sale-able before the full weight of unsold items affects the balance of his business and how is he at the same time to hold a stock large enough to enable the public to choose freely? He may seek to escape from this dilemma by becoming the passive sales representative of large publishing houses or distribution networks but he is then no longer a book seller. He may take refuge in the sale of items to a restricted circle of customers but he thereby cuts himself of from all that is vital in his trade and dooms himself to mediocrity and stagnation. On the other hand, he may protect his business from the danger of idle stock by speculating on the latest publication but this is a dangerous game in that it implies a constantly changing clientele: readers remain faithful to their own discoveries and failure to follow up a book an author or a type of literature means dismissing the public responsible for their success.

  This brings us back to the fact that books are indefinable. The story is told of a certain country with a great many generals where it was decided to present a rare and valuable edition of an old book to a general about to retire. The old soldier looked at the volume and remarked, ‘A book? What’s the point? I’ve already got one!’

  How many solutions to the bookseller's problems are offered in this passage? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) five
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 585:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00. Geoffrey: You _____ a very good dinner if you paid N1.00

  Options:
  A) must had had
  B) needn't have had
  C) couldn't have had
  D) had to have
  E) have had
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 586: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).His success may be described as a Pyrrhic victory? Options:
  A) costly
  B) a deserving victory
  C) an easy victory
  D) indecisive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 587:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Dr. Samuel Johnson is also known as_____

  Options:
  A) SamJson
  B) Samjohn
  C) all of the above
  D) Johnsam
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 588: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).Beauty queens sometimes wears outlandish dresses Options:
  A) beautiful
  B) flashy
  C) familar
  D) attractive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 589:

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

  The witness decided to conceal the evidence?

  Options:
  A) walve
  B) divulge
  C) hide
  D) destory
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 590:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  If you saw the photograph of the man _____ you be able to identify him?

  Options:
  A) could
  B) would
  C) can
  D) will
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  The correct answer is B .