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

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• Question 901:

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

  What did the author of the book study?

  Options:
  A) B.Sc (Ed) Mathematics
  B) B.A English Language
  C) B.A Literary Studies
  D) BSc Political Science
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 902:

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

  _____ guests enjoyed joy's birthday party

  Options:
  A) The whole
  B) All the
  C) Every
  D) Those very
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 903:

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

  His power supply was _____ from the mains because he did not pay his electricity bill

  Options:
  A) blown out
  B) cut off
  C) put off
  D) put out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 904: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.I'm not interested in buying that shirt. I think it is overpriced? Options:
  A) too expensive
  B) overrated
  C) priceless
  D) cheap
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 905:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  X: How do you want to be paid _____ in cash or by cheque? Y: They asked him _____ in cash or by cheque

  Options:
  A) how he wanted to be paid
  B) whether he wanted to be paid
  C) how he wants the money
  D) how to pay
  E) how did he want to be paid
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 906:

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

  It is bad to take _______ property without permission?

  Options:
  A) someone else
  B) someone else's
  C) someone's else
  D) someone's else's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 907:
  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 21 in the above passage Options:
  A) enact
  B) create
  C) compose
  D) annul
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 908:

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

  _____ to your request, we have decided to provide the necessary information

  Options:
  A) As regards
  B) With regards
  C) With regard
  D) Regarding
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 909:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  The hospital can now boast of more _____?

  Options:
  A) women doctor
  B) woman doctors
  C) women doctors
  D) woman's doctors
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 910: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The quality of your questions which _____ always attracted attention _____ never in doubt? Options:
  A) have / has
  B) have / have
  C) has / has
  D) has / have
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  The correct answer is A .