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

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• Question 191:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The most stupid boy in the class passed the examination contrary _____ the expectation of others

  Options:
  A) upon
  B) from
  C) on
  D) to
  E) with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 192:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  You must forbid _____ coming

  Options:
  A) he's
  B) that he is
  C) him for
  D) his
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 193:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:

  Had she asked me earlier, i might have been able to employ him

  Options:
  A) I employed her
  B) I did not employ him
  C) I did not employ her
  D) I employed him
  E) I employ neither of the two
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 194:

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

  We discovered at the end of last term that we had to read _____ books before we could confidently go for our final examination

  Options:
  A) more of many
  B) very many more
  C) very much more
  D) more very many
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 195:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  How is the new editor _____ on with his work?

  Options:
  A) moving
  B) getting
  C) pushing
  D) going
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 196:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  The armed robbers stabbed the driver …. the back

  Options:
  A) In
  B) On
  C) At
  D) Inside
  E) By
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 197:

  When man evolved a conscience, his basic relationship with the other animals began to change. Until then, they were broadly divided into those which ate him when they got the chance, and a third group which completed with him for food, or was otherwise a nuisance to him in the business of keeping alive.

  In the primitive situation, man was, therefore, basically against Nature but, as the battle was progressively won, conscience crept in: the awareness of responsibility, and a failure to meet it, produced feelings of guilt. Those who live in cities and need no longer do battle against Nature are nowadays most actively for Nature. At this time, something like a thousand kinds of animals (vertebrate animals) can be in danger of would hardly justify the extermination of a giant reptile whose family has existed for 200 million years. Leopards are in jeopardy because of the fashion for their skins. As they get rare, the prices rise and as leopard skin coats become more expensive, the demand increases. No species can long survive the price of #60,000 which a half-grown baby leopard now carries on its skin. And crocodiles, the longest surviving reptiles, are now dwindling alarmingly as a result of the fashion in crocodile skin for ladies ‘handbags and men’s shoes.

  The human population explosion spreads mankind across the land surfaces of the earth at an alarming rate. There will be twice as many of us are dead. Does this mean no room for wild animals? Of course not. With ingenuity and forethought, a place can be kept for them. To destroy their habitat is as unnecessary as it would be to pull down a great cathedral in order to grow potatoes on the site. A campaign to save what remains is the concern of a new kind of Noah’s Ark- the World Wildlife Fund. It does not believe that all is lost.

  The expression when evolved a conscience means when Options:
  A) man acquired new habits
  B) man developed an awareness of right and wrong
  C) man became a critical creature
  D) man's intellect improved tremendously
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 198:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  _____ , sign post words are used to readers

  Options:
  A) Conclusively
  B) To conclude
  C) In conclusion
  D) The conclusion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 199: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:We cannot but talk about his invaluable contributions to the affairs of the society Options:
  A) worthless
  B) costly
  C) unrecognized
  D) incalculable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 200:

  Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s)
  In Nigeria, it is a crime to plagiarize someone else's work.

  Options:
  A) initiate
  B) pirate
  C) compose
  D) desecrate
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  The correct answer is B .