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

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• Question 2531:

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

  Statesmen are revered for their objectivity

  Options:
  A) referred
  B) respected
  C) remembered
  D) rejected
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2532: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided. _____ a motor cycle can be harmful _____ your health. Options:
  A) riding / for
  B) riding / to
  C) to ride / for
  D) to ride / with
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2533:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I've lived _____ this street _____ ten years.

  Options:
  A) at, since
  B) for, during
  C) on, for
  D) on ,from
  E) in, for
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2534:

  There are one or two things this country can teach others, one of them is the art of writing obituaries. One suspects that the reason why some of our newspapers still manage to break even is because of the great amount of revenue they derive from obituaries. It is not unusual for about one quarter of the volume of an average daily to be constituted of obituaries and in in memorial alone. One possible explanation for this, it has been argued, is that Nigerians value their dead greatly. And there is a saying amongst us that you do not say evil things against the dead. This is obviously the philosophy behind the large dose of encomiums with which our dead are bestowed. From evidences of these obituaries and in memorial, every dead Nigerian must have been something of a saint while alive. This would explain why the death of most Nigerians is attributed to the evil Machinations of the wicked. Only very few people in our country die natural death, and even when they do, the obituaries, etc always give the impression that such deaths constitute the saddest loss to befall the deceased family. And that is why writers of these obituaries and their allied advertisements are experts on ‘mortuary stylistics’. This ‘mortuary stylistics’ the study in the art of eulogizing the dead and making their loss sound so heart breaking, is one of the commodities we can export to other countries.

  Obituaries are very popular in Nigeria because Options:
  A) evil things are not said against the dead
  B) every dead Nigerian must have lived a sanity life
  C) only very few Nigerians die natural deaths
  D) Nigerians value dead greatly
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2535:

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

  The Lions lost the match because their goalkeeper was in a haze most of the time

  Options:
  A) indisposed
  B) confused
  C) alert
  D) sleeping
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2536:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  Tinu likes apples _______she does not like oranges.

  Options:
  A) so
  B) but
  C) or
  D) do
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2537: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letters.Of course? Options:
  A) plough
  B) dough
  C) over
  D) orphan
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2538:

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

  _____ a good boy, he was given a prize.

  Options:
  A) To being
  B) Been
  C) Being
  D) To been
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2539:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

  Head

  Options:
  A) said
  B) heard
  C) sad
  D) bead
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2540:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  The matter was considered a private concern of the chairman to handle

  Options:
  A) personal
  B) known
  C) public
  D) open
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  The correct answer is A .