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

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• Question 2261:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  Okoro is an amateur wrestler

  Options:
  A) skilful
  B) good
  C) professional
  D) strong
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2262:

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

  In our last play, Segun acted the hero?

  Options:
  A) villain
  B) devil
  C) criminal
  D) assassin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2263:

  So far I have been speaking of science in its universality, viewed from the perspective of the world at large. For the context of our own country and our sister developing countries, many of the factors mentioned earlier are not very important. For example, pollution, deterioration of the environment and population explosion are not yet serious problems for us in this country.

  Let me now turn to a more specific area, namely the question of scientific choice for developing countries. There is no doubt that role which science s and technology have played in the upliftment of the material and economic well-being of the developed nation will, and does, influence the criteria that the Third World nations must choose in order to establish their science policies and priorities.

  But the criteria to be used by this nation do not have the same as those which have brought the developed countries to their present stage of evolution. For while human beings have the same problems, their solutions, to be meaningful will have to be sought within some relevant frame of reference, such as the available resources and expertise, social values, place and time in the historical scale.

  The main idea of this passage is that Options:
  A) there is a yawning gap between the have and the have-nots
  B) there is need to rid his countrymen from the scourges of hunger , disease, ignorance, and want
  C) there could be atmospheric pollution and population explosion
  D) the concern of science and technology are the same in all countries
  E) each nation must plan its development according to its needs and resources
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2264: 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 2265:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The lotion recommended by the doctor soothed Okon's aching tooth

  Options:
  A) calmed
  B) extracted
  C) excited
  D) worsened
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2266: There was a loud bang _____ we thought it was the television, but it wasn't Options:
  A) at last
  B) at first
  C) at least
  D) at the moment
  E) at present
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2267:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  The meeting was cancelled because of the convocation.

  Options:
  A) brought up
  B) called off
  C) broke off
  D) phased out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2268:

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

  If your life is in turmoil, always take courage

  Options:
  A) devastation
  B) crisis
  C) trial
  D) tragedy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2269:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Ummi's husband wanted to study law but the providence chose that he study _____

  Options:
  A) commerce
  B) accounting
  C) law
  D) history
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2270: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.Hang Options:
  A) hinge
  B) tinge
  C) song
  D) balm
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  The correct answer is C .