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

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• Question 981:

  Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  'I do not trust him', he said, in a rare moment of candour.

  Options:
  A) reproach
  B) dishonesty
  C) frankness
  D) fairness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 982:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  For anything to do with academic work, he has a great aversion?

  Options:
  A) conversion
  B) attention
  C) contempt
  D) predilection
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 983:

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

  I am disappointed …. the ways you conducted yourself at the party.

  Options:
  A) By
  B) For
  C) Due to
  D) At
  E) According to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 984:

  choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the letter(s) underlined from the options lettered A-E

  Teach

  Options:
  A) deviate
  B) through
  C) wrath
  D) both
  E) listen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 985:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  The soldiers were remorseful for their inhuman treatment of the civilians.

  Options:
  A) boastful
  B) sad
  C) successful
  D) reliable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 986: Seyi Lawal, the head boy of the school was described as someone who Options:
  A) loved his job
  B) hated Physics practical
  C) loved interacting with girls
  D) hated hard-work
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 987:

  The evidence given so far demonstrates that a nuclear exchange in the Northern Hemisphere would have an unavoidable global aftermath making the continued existence of mankind impossible anywhere. It is also very improbable that a nuclear exchange would be confined exclusively to the vicinity of the industrialized developments indicate that a nuclear disaster would be carried into the territories of the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These developments include the preparations being made by aggressive forces for the armed seizure of the Middle East oil fields, the nuclear missile deployment in the south of Western Europe, the establishment of military bases for the rapid deployment of forces in North Africa and the Indian Ocean and the tensions in the south Atlantic and the Caribbean.

  From this passage, we learn that nuclear exchange in the northern hemisphere would be Options:
  A) inconceivable
  B) inevitable
  C) fatal to mankind
  D) partially destructive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 988:

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

  The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitude.

  Options:
  A) quick
  B) slow
  C) exclusive
  D) generous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 989: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Practicing medicine is not as lucrative as many people think? Options:
  A) know
  B) understand
  C) consider
  D) assume
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 990: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''I want to know you intimately...''
  The speaker of the excerpt above is_____

  Options:
  A) Dr Kabir
  B) Dr Samjohn
  C) Dr Dabo
  D) Habib
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  The correct answer is C .