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

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• Question 121:

  Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket.

  Band[a]ge

  Options:
  A) cacophony
  B) says
  C) cage
  D) kite
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 122: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The high cost of living these days calls for a lot of frugality? Options:
  A) extravagance
  B) economy
  C) recklessness
  D) prudence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 123:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  As far as Abu is concerned , Mero should be given fifty naira at the most.

  Options:
  A) All Abu is concerned with is that Mero should be given nothing more than fifty naria
  B) All Abu is saying is that Mero probably desrves more than fifty naria and not less
  C) In Abu's estimation, Mero merits not more than fifty naria
  D) In Abu's opinion, Mero deserves fifty naria or probably more
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 124:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  The Governor told the chief that he was only on a routine tour.

  Options:
  A) normal and regular visit
  B) unplanned encounter
  C) surprise and impromptu check
  D) working, visit and homage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 125:

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

  He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better _______a singer.

  Options:
  A) as if
  B) like
  C) as
  D) to be
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 126:

  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 127: Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
  He should be able to do it alone. Options:
  A) He would be able to do it alone
  B) He ought to be able to do it alone
  C) He may be able to do it alone
  D) He has to be able to do it alone
  E) He will do it alone
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 128:

  Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  Dume _____ in Abraka for three years when i met her

  Options:
  A) lived
  B) had lived
  C) would have lived
  D) was living
  E) was lived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 129:

  Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record keeping to the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people’s minds. It depends very much on the retentive power of the human memory. This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Interminable arguments were thus order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true either willingly or inadvertently. With the advent of the electronic memory, however these dangers have been largely overcome. Recording on audio and video cassettes now show not what happened, but also who did or said what including how and when

  How many stages of development did the writer mention while discussing the art of record keeping? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) five
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 130:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  joys

  Options:
  A) boys
  B) stays
  C) elbow
  D) pots
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  The correct answer is A .