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

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• Question 1481:

  From the options, choose the word(s) that best fill(s) the gap.

  Toyosi arrived late, _____ the right route.

  Options:
  A) Cannot have taken
  B) Could not have take
  C) could not had taken
  D) could not have taken
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1482:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  They are the _____ dresses.

  Options:
  A) baby's
  B) baby
  C) babies
  D) babies'
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1483:

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

  Culture patterns are modified as they are _____ from one generation to the next

  Options:
  A) transported
  B) transposed
  C) translated
  D) transmitted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1484:

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

  Accountability is certainly a desirable quality in a politician?

  Options:
  A) Respectability
  B) Responsibility
  C) Courage
  D) Diligence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1485: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The potency of the drug has been acknowledge? Options:
  A) action
  B) loss
  C) inefficacy
  D) power
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1486:

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

  To be above board is to be

  Options:
  A) afloat
  B) on top of a plank
  C) above suspicion
  D) raised above a board
  E) the chairman of a board
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1487:

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

  No one has said anything yet, but i think i _____ be getting a salary increase next month

  Options:
  A) must
  B) can
  C) would
  D) may
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1488: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).His plans boomeranged on him Options:
  A) bounced
  B) fell
  C) catapulted
  D) backfired
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1489: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: The case was dismissed for want of evidence Options:
  A) for want of facts
  B) for lack of opinions
  C) for insufficient discussions
  D) for lack of proof
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1490:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  In the novel the 'pad' was a symbol of

  Options:
  A) Success
  B) Unity
  C) Failure
  D) Love
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  The correct answer is C .