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

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• Question 1511:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  In spite of many days of fasting, Musa is still fastidious about his food?

  Options:
  A) particular
  B) undecided
  C) indifferent
  D) unmindful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1512:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  Don't study on the examination day? What did he tell you? He told me _____ on the examination day

  Options:
  A) no studying
  B) don't study
  C) not study
  D) not to study
  E) to not study
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1513: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).Once he has decided that something needs doing, my brother is very unswerving of purpose? Options:
  A) erratic
  B) tenacious
  C) stubborn
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1514:

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

  He needn't have bought that table?

  Options:
  A) It isn't possible that he bought the table
  B) He bought the table, but it wasn't necessary
  C) He didn't buy the table because it wasn,t necessary
  D) He doesn't need to buy the table
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1515: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).To almost everyone in the little village, Ada's behaviour was almost odious? Options:
  A) repulsive
  B) difficult
  C) attractive
  D) charming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1516:

  Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that

  Options:
  A) Bolu may be the M.C
  B) no one else will be the M.C
  C) later in life, Bolu will become an M.C
  D) Bolu may not be the M.C
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1517:

  In the past, famine, various types of diseases and natural disasters checked population growth in many countries. At that time, man had not learnt to till the soil sufficiently to improve and increase her yield. Man was unable to do much to conquer these diseases and natural disasters were regarded as a curse of the gods for which man had no answer. Thus famine, diseases and natural disasters remained a nightmare to mankind.

  With the present development in technology and modern agriculture, one would have thought that the problem of starvation should have been solved. But starvation still stares man in the face. The increase in population now accounts for the consequent scarcity of food experienced in many parts of the world. However, in some countries, man’s advancement in technology and medicine has rapidly increased the population while improved methods of agriculture and food preservation have caused steady rise in food production. Also, man can now effectively prevent and cure most diseases in the world.

  Unfortunately, the working population engaged in agriculture is so small that it cannot produce enough to satisfy the gaping mouths to be fed. In various parts of the world, man has engaged himself in various jobs in order to adjust the food production to match the growing population so his zone, but population growth continues to outstrip food production measures. Incidentally, the source of food and food preservation measures can be limited unlike population growth which may not be effectively checked. Perhaps the only effective checks to population explosion may be the drastic birth control measures. But many religious sects the world over are opposed to many to these birth control measures.

  In the passage 'nightmare' means Options:
  A) a terrifying or deeply distressing dream
  B) natural disasters
  C) all those hazards which made life hideous
  D) a curse
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1518:

  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 .
• Question 1519:

  The word in capital letters has an emphatic stress, Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence?

  The fire destroyed MANY lives?

  Options:
  A) Did the fire destroy the village?
  B) Did the fire destroy some houses?
  C) Did the fire destroy any lives?
  D) Did the fire spare any lives?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1520:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  I am travelling by the 6:30 train tomorrow morning. Will you _____ me _____ ?

  Options:
  A) see/off
  B) look/up
  C) take/down
  D) see/to
  E) put/up
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  The correct answer is A .