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

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• Question 2731:

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

  The investigation Commission has treated all the _____ submitted to it by the warning factions?

  Options:
  A) protests
  B) pettions
  C) applications
  D) enquires
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2732:

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

  He regarded the betrayal of his friend as a stab _____ the back

  Options:
  A) on
  B) at
  C) in
  D) from
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2733:

  In the passage below, the numbered gaps (11-20) indicate missing words. From the options lettered A- Ethe most appropriate option.

  The head of the -11- is called the queen bee. She is -12-than the rest of the bees. Her main task in the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the other bees are the -13- bees. These bees collect nectar and -14- from flowers. The nectar that iscarried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then -15- into honey. The worker bees also help to look after the young bees. As soon as they are -16-, the worker bees feed the young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the -17- or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to -18- with a new queen. The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would have -19- more than half a million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen will eventually take over the duties of the old queen when the -20- dies.

  In question number 20above choose the best option from letters A- Ethat best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) former
  B) latter
  C) earlier
  D) bee
  E) princess
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2734:

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

  An acceptance of the offer would be a departure from the several rejections that _____ .

  Options:
  A) had taken place
  B) have taken place
  C) will take place
  D) took place
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2735:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  Nigeria has been playing a vital role in the political and economic development of Africa.

  Options:
  A) creditable
  B) crucial
  C) respectable
  D) laudable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2736:

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

  Only those who are gullible fall victim to his trickery?

  Options:
  A) astute
  B) courteous
  C) saucy
  D) devastated
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2737: Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; The traditional folktales form an _____ to the book Options:
  A) index
  B) insertion
  C) information
  D) overview
  E) appendix
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2738:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  His father is a shrewd businessman?

  Options:
  A) gullible
  B) oderly
  C) reliable
  D) resourceful
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2739:

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

  Jim was one of the spectators as the concert

  Options:
  A) ushers
  B) judges
  C) guest
  D) performers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2740: fill in the blank space in the following sentence making use of the best of the five options: I am not attending ...is my wife. Options:
  A) whereas
  B) neither
  C) either
  D) but
  E) since
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  The correct answer is B .