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

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• Question 2021:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  The children received gifts from doting parents.

  Options:
  A) nagging
  B) loving
  C) humble
  D) Docile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2022:

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

  Abdul is fond of his teacher though he sometimes makes derogatory remarks about him?

  Options:
  A) unpleasant
  B) complimentary
  C) expressive
  D) inconsiderate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2023:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Film?

  Options:
  A) salt
  B) walk
  C) Psalm
  D) chalk
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2024:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

  The girl is very intelligent, but her jokes are rather outrageous

  Options:
  A) offensive
  B) courageous
  C) pleasant
  D) unwholesome
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2025:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  It is business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it and to find if he is able, common……11…..[A. experiment B. instruments C. approaches D. factors] which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses when he can, the method of the controlled…….12…..[A. respondent B. experiment C. system D. data]. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stand in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables……..14……[A. constant B. good C. dark D. natural] and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This …….15…..[A. research B. method C. tool D. rationale] of using ‘controls’ can be applied to a variety of situation and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as ‘must moisture be present if…….16….[A. an alloy B. gold C. bar D. iron] is to rust?’ and which variety of beans give the greatest yield in one……17…..[A. climate B. period C. season D. weather]?

  In the course of his……18…..[A. finding B. queries C. experiment D. inquiries], the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts the explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called…….19……[A. an antithesis B. a principle C. a thesis D. a hypothesis]. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a……20…..[A. deduction B. law C. notion D. thesis].

  In question number 16 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) an alloy
  B) gold
  C) bar
  D) iron
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2026:

  Choose the word which has the same consonant sounds as the underlined letter(s)
  pleasure

  Options:
  A) rejoice
  B) surge
  C) seizure
  D) reassure
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2027:

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

  The secretary has no right to _____ my affairs?

  Options:
  A) spy from
  B) meddle in
  C) toy at
  D) complain into
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2028: The author uses the novel to portray some of the Options:
  A) NGO's activities only
  B) environment conditions
  C) feelings of teachers only
  D) societal problems
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2029: Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) circulation
  B) eleven
  C) impossible
  D) criticism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2030:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  Making a phone call instead of paying a visit represents a _______trend?

  Options:
  A) sudden new major social
  B) new social sudden major
  C) new sudden major social
  D) sudden social new major
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  The correct answer is C .