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

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• Question 671:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  Jimoh has cupboard love for Sidikatu

  Options:
  A) love that never fails
  B) genuine love
  C) love for what he wants from her
  D) love that can fail in time of trouble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 672:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  _________almost fainted when he heard that some students were caught on the school's basketball court at night having sex.

  Options:
  A) Mr James
  B) Aliya
  C) Mr Bello
  D) Bolaji
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 673: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined: The judge always takes a hardline on such issues Options:
  A) complex stand
  B) simple stand
  C) uncompromising stand
  D) difficult stand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 674:

  For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.

  risen

  Options:
  A) prison
  B) motion
  C) portion
  D) rising
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 675:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  With the most profound respect to the members of the senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that………16…….[A. executive B. judicial C. administrative D. legislative] body to pass a motion to……..17…….[A. enforce B. nullify C. modify D. order] the executive action of the president. The senate is……..18…….[A. a wing B. a portion C. an anchor D. an arm] of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion which would be created if the……..19……..[A. House of Representative B. Judiciary C. National Assembly D. Executive council] were to take a view dramatically opposed to that reflected in the senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the senate is passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the………20…… [A. litigant B. defendant C. plaintiff D. attorney] as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the president. The function of the senate is to…….21….. [A. enact B. create C. compose D. annul] laws. But the senate has no authority or…….22…..[A. might B. power C. dynamism D. strength] to control the President in the exercise of his…….23……[A. official B. authoritative C. judicial D. executive] powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any direction to the president regarding the exercise of his powers or can it undo what the president has done in the executive of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the president can be……..24…….[A. modified B. standardized C. regulated D. ordered] is by……..25……[A. an act B. a decree C. a motion D. a bill] of the National Assembly.

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 22 in the above passage Options:
  A) might
  B) power
  C) dynamism
  D) strenght
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 676:

  Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that

  Options:
  A) Bolu may be the M.C
  B) no one else will be the M.C
  C) later in life, Bolu will become an M.C
  D) Bolu may not be the M.C
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 677:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The man who gave the closing remarks at the party spoke tongue in cheek?

  Options:
  A) ironically
  B) wisely
  C) profusely
  D) eloquently
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 678:

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

  By the time the plane reaches Harare, it _____ in te air for twelve hours

  Options:
  A) has been
  B) would be
  C) would have been
  D) should be
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 679:

  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 680:

  For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the question.

  By refusing the offer, he has just cut down his own throat.

  Options:
  A) He has made a big mistake
  B) He has made the right decision
  C) He has given up on his idea
  D) He has used the Knife on his throat
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  The correct answer is A .