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

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• Question 51:

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

  The commission was set up to enquire _____ the general conditions of child abuse in such institution

  Options:
  A) at
  B) from
  C) after
  D) before
  E) into
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 52:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Boys

  Options:
  A) stays
  B) moist
  C) noise
  D) elbows
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 53: Efua was not in the good books of teachers at Forcados High School because Options:
  A) the students of Forcados did not like her
  B) she was expelled from her previous school
  C) she bribed the principal before she was admitted
  D) her admission into senior class was unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 54:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

  cough?

  Options:
  A) though
  B) thoroughly
  C) trophy
  D) of
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 55:

  In order to approach the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the activity of building and destroying a tower. Many a mother thinks that her son is in a ‘destructive stage’ or even has a ‘destructive personality’ because after building a big, big tower, the boy cannot follow her advice to leave the tower for Daddy to see, but instead must kick it and make it collapse. The almost manic pleasure with which children watch the collapse in a second of the product of long play-labor has puzzles many, especially since the child does not appreciate it at all if his tower falls by accident or by a helpful uncle’s hand. He, the builder must destroy it himself. This game, I should think arises from the not so distant experience of sudden falls at the very time when standing upright on wobbly legs afforded a new and fascinating perspective on existence. The child who consequently learns to make a tower ‘stand up’ enjoys causing the same tower to waver and collapse; in addition to the active mastery over a previous passive event, it makes one feel stronger to know that there is somebody weaker-and towers, unlike little sister, can’t cry and call ‘mummy’

  The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means Options:
  A) is forced to kick it and demolish
  B) is obliged to kick it and demolish it
  C) cannot resist the urgue to demolish it
  D) ought to kick it and make it collapse
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

  The judge blamed the plaintiff for misleading the court

  Options:
  A) defendant
  B) complainant
  C) accused
  D) prosecution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 57:

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

  Who was Omar's immediate younger sister?

  Options:
  A) Ummi
  B) Omar
  C) Salma
  D) Teemah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:

  The president took exception to the ignoble role the young man played in the matter

  Options:
  A) honourable
  B) embarrassing
  C) dishonourable
  D) extraordinary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 59:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  As _____ of you as can come are welcome

  Options:
  A) each
  B) any
  C) many
  D) more
  E) most
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 60:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  Our teacher defined_______as the killing of one's mother.

  Options:
  A) materiarch
  B) patricide
  C) patriarch
  D) matricide
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  The correct answer is D .