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

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• Question 1811:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  Little children are usually afraid _____ thunder,

  Options:
  A) about
  B) for
  C) of
  D) with
  E) at
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1812:

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

  'Darling, do send the children to bed. I can't _____ their noise any longer' he said to is wife

  Options:
  A) make do with
  B) make up
  C) deal with
  D) put up with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1813: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:It is generally believed that misers are not loved by many Options:
  A) spendthrifts
  B) spenders
  C) hoarders
  D) savers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1814:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  Ikorodu is not far from here, it is only an _____

  Options:
  A) hour of driving
  B) hour's drive
  C) hour by driving
  D) hour in driving
  E) hours drive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1815:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  He was underratedat the preliminary stage of the competition

  Options:
  A) advance
  B) initial
  C) selection
  D) crucial
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1816:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...16...] above. Options:
  A) underrates
  B) overrates
  C) outclassess
  D) outfits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1817:

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

  _____ is always superior to any other in town

  Options:
  A) There's
  B) Theirs
  C) Their's
  D) There
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1818:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the

  Options:
  A) need for parents to choose a befitting career for their children
  B) reason that only passion can define one's career
  C) indecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age
  D) need for schools to make their syllabus career based
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1819:

  You all know how friendly we are with Okperi. Do you think that any Umuaro man who goes to prison there will come back alive? But that apart, do you forget that this is the moon of planting? Do you want to grow this year’s crops in the prison house in a land where your fathers owe a cow? I speak as your elder brother. I have travelled in Olu and I have travelled in Igbo and I can tell you that there is no escape from the white man. He has come when suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. The white man is like that. Before any of you here was old enough to tie a cloth between the legs I saw with my own eyes what the white man did to Abame. Then I knew there was no escape. As day light chases away darkness so will the white man drive away all our customs. I know that as I say it now it passes by your ears, but it will happen. The white man has power which comes from the true God and it burns like fire. This is the God about whom we preach every eighth day………..

  Unachukwu’s opponents were now shouting that this was a meeting of an age group that they had not assembled to join with him in chewing the seed of foolishness which they called their new religion.

  ‘We are talking about the white man’s road’ said a voice above the others.

  ‘Yes, we are talking about the white man’s road. But when the roof and walls of a house fall in, the ceiling is not left standing. The white man, the new religion, the soldiers, the new road-they are all part of the same thing. The white man has a gun, a machete, a bow and carries fire in his mouth. He does not fight with one weapon alone’.

  Unachukwu's speech in this passage shows that he Options:
  A) is a coward
  B) wants his people to suffer
  C) loves the white man
  D) is wise with experience
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1820:

  Farming is the most important aspect of agriculture that has attracted attention within the last few years. Agriculture has several other aspects like fishery, livestock and poultry. All these are also important in that they have to do with the production of food items which human beings consume for survival.

  In many parts of world today, farming has been regarded as the mainstay of the economy. Crops such as cocoa, rubber and cotton have been produced in such commercial quantity that they are sold to other countries. Some countries have a better comparative advantage in producing certain farm crops than other countries. In these other countries, there is the need to spend a lot of money on agriculture, particularly farming. Most farmers use outmoded tools. A lot of them have no place to store their crops, most of which are always destroyed by insects and pests before harvest time. All these have adverse effects on their productivity.

  The government can do a lot to help farmers. Farmers’ co-operative societies can be encouraged and loans can be made available to farmers through government institutions, like banks and finance corporations. Farmers can be taught how to build good storage structures for their produce. All these and a lot more can help to improve the condition of farming in these countries.

  In order to help improve the state of farming, the government should Options:
  A) give all farmers enough money to work with
  B) sell enoughfertilizer to all farmers
  C) find ways of financing and modernizing the farming syster
  D) help farmers with the storage of their crops
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  The correct answer is C .