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

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• Question 2041:

  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.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 15 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) neutralize
  B) harmonize
  C) settle
  D) decide
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2042:

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

  Though Mr. Iro is our new chairman, he views other members with jaundiced eye.

  Options:
  A) He takes a rather forceful position on dealing with his members
  B) He takes an unfavourable position concerning his members
  C) He takes a sicky view of his members
  D) He takes a rather hazy view of his members
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2043:

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

  The first graduation ceremony of the university was attended by men from all ______ of life.

  Options:
  A) Works
  B) Areas
  C) Walks
  D) Parts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2044: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The festivals create in the people of feeling of pride in their cultural heritage Options:
  A) history
  B) heirloom
  C) legacy
  D) possession
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2045:

  You can have ........ of these two books

  Options:
  A) either
  B) none
  C) any
  D) some
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2046:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options

  The students _____ so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class

  Options:
  A) made
  B) had been making
  C) were making
  D) had made
  E) would have been making
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2047:

  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 .
• Question 2048:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

  In spite of the loud music, John soon managed to fall asleep

  Options:
  A) the loud music soon helped John to fall asleep
  B) John soon fell asleep as a result of the loud music
  C) the loud music made John despise sleep
  D) the loud music made John unable to fall asleep
  E) John soon fell asleep even though the music was loud
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2049: Choose the option that best complete the gap. My mother was _____ annoyed with me for coming late. Options:
  A) Just.
  B) Very.
  C) Neither.
  D) Hotly.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2050:

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

  Jimoh is noted for his _____ attitude to his seniors at school

  Options:
  A) receptive
  B) respectful
  C) respective
  D) respectable
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  The correct answer is B .