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

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• Question 1381:

  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.

  A suitable tittle for this passage is Options:
  A) preparation for nuckear war on the third world countries
  B) possible effects of nuclear war on thirs world countries
  C) strategies for a nuclear confrontation
  D) the merits and demarits of nuclear exchange
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1382:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The manager paid us in hard currency?

  Options:
  A) We were paid in a strong and stable currency
  B) We were paid in dollars and pound sterling
  C) We were paid in new notes
  D) We paid in foreign currency
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1383:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:

  The member of the panel were _____

  Options:
  A) discussing about it
  B) discussing on it
  C) discussing upon it
  D) discussing it
  E) discussing around it
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1384:

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

  Repugnant rules in the society should be repealed.

  Options:
  A) Enacted
  B) Exemplary
  C) Abhorrent
  D) Justified
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1385:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the the underlined letter(s).

  pear?

  Options:
  A) dear
  B) year
  C) there
  D) near
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1386: Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters(s) underlined.bear Options:
  A) beer
  B) steer
  C) rare
  D) fear
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1387:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Zoo

  Options:
  A) assault
  B) assist
  C) release
  D) please
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1388:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  He won the election because he was able to carry his people along with him

  Options:
  A) alienate his people
  B) go out with the people
  C) have the support of the people
  D) fail to provide the people with transport
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1389:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  He will smoke continuously when he is depressed

  Options:
  A) He smokes continuously whenever he is depressed
  B) He intends to smoke continuously whenever he is depressed
  C) He wishes to smoke continuously when he is depressed
  D) He may smoke continuously when he is depressed
  E) He can smoke continuously when he is depressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1390:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  It is business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it and to find if he is able, common……11…..[A. experiment B. instruments C. approaches D. factors] which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses when he can, the method of the controlled…….12…..[A. respondent B. experiment C. system D. data]. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stand in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables……..14……[A. constant B. good C. dark D. natural] and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This …….15…..[A. research B. method C. tool D. rationale] of using ‘controls’ can be applied to a variety of situation and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as ‘must moisture be present if…….16….[A. an alloy B. gold C. bar D. iron] is to rust?’ and which variety of beans give the greatest yield in one……17…..[A. climate B. period C. season D. weather]?

  In the course of his……18…..[A. finding B. queries C. experiment D. inquiries], the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts the explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called…….19……[A. an antithesis B. a principle C. a thesis D. a hypothesis]. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a……20…..[A. deduction B. law C. notion D. thesis].

  In question number 13 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) studies
  B) procedures
  C) objects
  D) conditions
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  The correct answer is D .