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

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• Question 1871:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The disagreement between the two men became obvious during the meeting?

  Options:
  A) insult
  B) confrontation
  C) passion
  D) insinuation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1872: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).In his naivety he believed all the stories his friend told him? Options:
  A) artlessness
  B) stupidity
  C) friendliness
  D) incredulity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1873: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  How much money did Habib handed over to Tomiwa?

  Options:
  A) fifty thousand naira
  B) one hundred thousand naira
  C) Twenty-five thousand naira
  D) Twenty thousand naira
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1874:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Caused

  Options:
  A) chanced
  B) frost
  C) released
  D) realized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1875:

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

  I would rather not attend the party

  Options:
  A) detest attending
  B) do not have the enthusiasm to attend
  C) must not attend
  D) have a choice to attend or not to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1876:

  Choose from the options the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined?

  Thought?

  Options:
  A) theatre
  B) taught
  C) weather
  D) fate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1877:

  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.

  Farming in many countries today is Options:
  A) an alternative to poultry
  B) of great assistance to the economy
  C) for those who are out of jobs
  D) for the illiterates
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1878:

  In 1962, a team of scientists produced a special radio station that had a range of fifteen moles. Even though communication was being accomplished in space at a range of more than a million times this distance, the new radio station caused must excitement among scientists. The reason: its power supply was ‘battery ‘made of bacteria. For the first time, practical amounts of electricity were being produced by a form of life and put to use.

  ‘biocell’, the new power supply had a liquid fuel containing tiny forms of life that changed the fuel directly into electric energy. This was far more than an interesting experiment. The biocell is being developed as producer of electricity for radios, for signals to guide ships, for lighting and for other uses. Thought the working biocell is only a few years old, some scientists feel that it will one day produce power cheaply as is now being done by other methods, and that the biocell will use materials that would otherwise be considered a waste. Early biocells were powered with sugar, but a wide range of fuels can be used. Work is being done using sea water to feed the bacteria.

  Electricity from living cells is no new idea. Man experienced the strange ‘shock ‘produced by some fish even before electricity was really discovered. Then in time, there were other discoveries. Benjamin Franklin found that lightning in the sky was electricity. Lulgi Galvani found some electricity in the muscles and nerves of animals. Bust the African catfish produces far more electricity than most other living creatures. And another fish, the electric eel, well named, for it has an even greater electric charge. Research works also discovered that even humns produce small amounts of electricity in their bodies. Our hearts produce a very small amount that can be measured, so do our brains. The biocell is completely new in the field of power production and, as yet, no mass-produced models have begun to replace the older types of batteries. It might be wondered, and then what the excitement is all about.

  The inventors of biocell justified the need for it by saying that it would Options:
  A) develop ways for changing biocells into fuel for use
  B) yield a source of energy without much spending
  C) produce electricity for all types of machines
  D) produce signals to guid all ships and other vessels
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1879:

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

  One of the surest ways to ensure good health is to have a wholesome and adequate diet.

  Options:
  A) Palatable
  B) Mixed
  C) Hygienic
  D) Delicious
  E) Health - giving
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1880: 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 .