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

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• Question 661:

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

  They promised to cause …. fuss …. possible.

  Options:
  A) As little/as
  B) A little/if
  C) A few/as
  D) The least/that
  E) All the/that
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 662:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The boycott of classes last year by under-graduates resulted _____ the temporary closure of Nigerian Universities

  Options:
  A) to
  B) in
  C) from
  D) at
  E) into
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 663: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The teacher's apparent nonchalant attitude was misconstrued by his students? Options:
  A) condoned
  B) misrepresented
  C) misquoted
  D) misinterpreted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 664:

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

  The effort made by the principal to get the students to be serious in their studies _____

  Options:
  A) are appreciated
  B) will appreciate
  C) is to appreciate
  D) is appreciated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 665:

  So far I have been speaking of science in its universality, viewed from the perspective of the world at large. For the context of our own country and our sister developing countries, many of the factors mentioned earlier are not very important. For example, pollution, deterioration of the environment and population explosion are not yet serious problems for us in this country.

  Let me now turn to a more specific area, namely the question of scientific choice for developing countries. There is no doubt that role which science s and technology have played in the upliftment of the material and economic well-being of the developed nation will, and does, influence the criteria that the Third World nations must choose in order to establish their science policies and priorities.

  But the criteria to be used by this nation do not have the same as those which have brought the developed countries to their present stage of evolution. For while human beings have the same problems, their solutions, to be meaningful will have to be sought within some relevant frame of reference, such as the available resources and expertise, social values, place and time in the historical scale.

  The term 'our sister developing countries' implies Options:
  A) Britain, Gambia and Canada
  B) Ghana, Germany and Togo
  C) Russia, Switzerland and America
  D) Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gabon
  E) China, India and Holland
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 666:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Thunder?

  Options:
  A) prefer
  B) differ
  C) confer
  D) defer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 667:

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

  In their desire to impress their friends and relatives, many young workers bite off more than they can chew in terms of financial obligations.

  Options:
  A) have more money than sense
  B) eat more than they can digest properly
  C) spend too much money on food
  D) care too much for their relatives
  E) take on more responsibility than they can afford
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 668:

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

  The single _____ was enough to spoil a whole lifetime of good living

  Options:
  A) occurence
  B) ocurence
  C) occurrence
  D) occurrense
  E) ocurrence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 669:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened _____ traffic regulation

  Options:
  A) to have broken
  B) to be breaking
  C) to break
  D) to break in
  E) to have evaded
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 670:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  If he had left home earlier, he _____ late

  Options:
  A) would not be
  B) would have not be
  C) would not been
  D) would have been not
  E) would not have been
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  The correct answer is E .