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

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• Question 901:

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

  One significant characteristic of the jet is that it encourage people to cut corners?

  Options:
  A) not to face all problems
  B) to want to bec ome rich quickly
  C) to want to avoid necessary hardships
  D) not to do the proper thing at the right time
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 902:

  Choose the options to which the given sentence relate.

  Spain won their last friendly FOOTBALL match

  Options:
  A) Who won their last friendly football match?
  B) Did Spain win their last competitive football match
  C) Did Spain lose their last competitive football match
  D) Did Spain win their last friendly basketball match?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 903:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The police demanded a factual account of the accident?

  Options:
  A) a supportive
  B) an uncorroborated
  C) an admissible
  D) an undisguised
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 904:

  Pick out the option with a different rhyme

  Options:
  A) Roar
  B) Four
  C) Growl
  D) Bore
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 905:

  Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no need of sales, is to some extent “socially conditioned” he depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the igneous assumption, current in many writings on the subject, that the curve’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credits for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors.

  Of course, there is an element of must in this view of the tribal artist as copyist, but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  It would be useful to study the social conditioning of artist because

  Options:
  A) We know that African art is entirely influenced by tradition
  B) Traditional art arises from the custom of the people.
  C) An artist’s predecessors solely determine the nature of his work.
  D) We do not know the extent to which an artist is influenced by his society.
  E) We do not know very much about how an artist’s creative imagination works.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 906:

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

  Concrete?

  Options:
  A) anxious
  B) concern
  C) consider
  D) attend
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 907:

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

  _____ i know, nobody has seen any loepards in this area

  Options:
  A) so far as
  B) in as much as
  C) provided
  D) even as
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 908:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.

   

  Options:
  A) Outskirts
  B) Suburbs
  C) Interior
  D) Outside
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 909:

  From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  It is wise not to depend on mundane things.

  Options:
  A) imported
  B) material
  C) attractive
  D) expensive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 910:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  book

  Options:
  A) cool
  B) cook
  C) fool
  D) tool
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  The correct answer is B .