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

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• Question 1371:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  The pen which you have just picked up is _____?

  Options:
  A) Charle's
  B) Charles'
  C) Charless'
  D) Charles's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1372: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. Options:
  A) Guiding.
  B) Inciting.
  C) Discouraging.
  D) Preventing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1373: Bassey is as hard as nails? Options:
  A) Bassey is very strong
  B) Bassey is very brave
  C) Bassey is determined
  D) Bassey is unsympathetic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1374:

  Choose the word that has the same CONSONANT SOUND as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
  marks

  Options:
  A) exhaust
  B) axe
  C) mosque
  D) exist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1375:

  In many places in the world today, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer and the programmes of development planning and foreign aid appear to be unable to reverse this trade. Nearly all the developing countries have a modern sector, where the pattern of living and working are similar to those in developed countries. But they also have a non-modern sector where the patterns of living and working are not only unsatisfactory but in many cases are even getting worse.

  What is the typical condition of the poor in developing countries? Their work opportunities are so limited that they cannot work their way out of their situation. They are underemployed or totally unemployed. When they do find occasional works, their productivity is extremely low. Some of them have land but often too little land. Many have no land and no prospect of ever getting any. There is no hope for them in the rural areas and so, they drift into the big cities. But there is no work for them in the big cities either-and of course no housing. All the same, they flock into cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater there than in the village, where they are nil. Rural unemployment then produces mass migration into cities, rural unemployment becomes urban unemployment.

  The problem can be stated quite simply: what can be done to promote economic growth outside the big cities, in the small towns and villages which still contain 80 to 90% of the total population? The primary need is workplace, literally millions of workplaces.

  Where are the rich getting richer and the poor poorer? Options:
  A) in nearly all developing countries
  B) in a majority of countries in the world
  C) in developing countries with modern sectors
  D) in countries with non-modern sectors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1376: The first time Paul met Ngozi, her beauty caught his eye. This means that _____. Options:
  A) Ngozi admired Paul
  B) Paul recognized Ngozi
  C) Ngozi attracted Paul
  D) Paul surprised Ngozi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1377:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  They _____ our donation with thanks.

  Options:
  A) recieved
  B) receipt
  C) received
  D) recceived
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1378:

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

  I am _____ to another week's holiday this year after such a tedious job.

  Options:
  A) due
  B) qualified
  C) looking
  D) entitled
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1379:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Whose reticent nature while growing up earned him the title: "The quiet one".?

  Options:
  A) Talle
  B) Bint
  C) Omar
  D) Ummi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1380:

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

  I shuddered in revulsion as i watched the snake slowly swallow the struggling rat?

  Options:
  A) was fascinated
  B) was repelled
  C) was interested
  D) was distressed
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  The correct answer is B .