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

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• Question 111:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word

  rite

  Options:
  A) wright
  B) rim
  C) list
  D) rice
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 112:

  From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Town authorities have put up a railing in front of the exit _____ people _____ out of the stadium and straight across the road

  Options:
  A) prevent rush/ dashing
  B) preventing/ rushing to dash
  C) to prevent/ rushing dashing
  D) to prevent/ rush dash
  E) to prevent/ to rush dash
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 113:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.
  The abeyance of school activities last semester was a reason for concern.

  Options:
  A) continuance
  B) collapse
  C) reduction
  D) intensity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 114:

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

  Mary goes to school _____ bus

  Options:
  A) in
  B) on
  C) with
  D) through
  E) by
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 115:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  This professor of_______medicine has_______ the mystery of bird flu.

  Options:
  A) vetinary/unraveled
  B) vertrinary/unravelled
  C) veterinaty/unravelved
  D) veterinary/unraveled
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 116: The author uses the novel to portray some of the Options:
  A) NGO's activities only
  B) environment conditions
  C) feelings of teachers only
  D) societal problems
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 117:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Had Aminu been a dull student, his failure wouldn't have surprised anybody

  Options:
  A) Aminu failed and it surprised everybody since he was dull
  B) Aminu was not a dull student and so everybody was surprised that he failed
  C) Because Aminu was a dull, student, everybody was surprised that he failed
  D) Aminu had been a dull student, and so nobody was surprised that he failed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 118:

  Politics in pre-colonial times did not involve the partisan type of electioneering campaign that we now have. The society was ruled by a king or an emir and his traditional chiefs or by the council of elders or clan heads. Where there existed the hierarchical system as in the Yoruba and Hausa kingdoms, succession to throne was mainly patriarchal. A recorded exception was the case of queen Amina of the Zazzau Empire who ruled in the 15th century AD.

  A host of unsung and unrecorded women regents and at the times women village rulers abound, especially the present Ondo state where some influential female chiefs and regents still exist. In Ibadan, the famous Efunsetan Aniwura held political as well as economic sway and it took a lot of drive, brain work and political engineering for the then King and his council chiefs to subdue her. The history of the various towns and villages of the period could boast of such women who were actively engaged in the running of government.

  In the Igbo society, a rise to leadership position was through demonstrated ability in fostering societal survival rather than heritage. Women’s voice in the politics of each clan is given focus either through the guild of wives, the guild of daughters, or the market women’s guild. Women, through these organs, could make their feelings known on any issue affecting their community as a whole or females in particular, Thus, unpopular edict or ‘decrees’ could be revoked or revised as a result of mounted pressure from any of these female associations. No decision was usually taken by the man without prior consultation with the leaders of the women’s groups.

  It must however be emphasized that the degree of women participation in politics was yet much limited when compared to that of men.

  From the passage, it is obvious that women participate in politics Options:
  A) On equal basis with men
  B) As leaders of men
  C) To a limited extent
  D) As chiefs and regents
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 119:

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

  The evidence of all the accused persons _____ by the judge sitting at No 2 Assizes last week.

  Options:
  A) were disbelieved
  B) was disbelieved
  C) is disbelieved
  D) are disbelieved
  E) has been disbelieved
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 120:

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

  You have been asked to change your laissez-faire attitude to work

  Options:
  A) stupid
  B) care-free
  C) careful
  D) serious
  E) responsible
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  The correct answer is B .