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

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• Question 3041:

  This passage sums up the problems peculiar to the book trade make it different from any other trade-the problem of selection and the problem of sticking. How is the bookseller to tell what, in an enormous output, will prove sale-able before the full weight of unsold items affects the balance of his business and how is he at the same time to hold a stock large enough to enable the public to choose freely? He may seek to escape from this dilemma by becoming the passive sales representative of large publishing houses or distribution networks but he is then no longer a book seller. He may take refuge in the sale of items to a restricted circle of customers but he thereby cuts himself of from all that is vital in his trade and dooms himself to mediocrity and stagnation. On the other hand, he may protect his business from the danger of idle stock by speculating on the latest publication but this is a dangerous game in that it implies a constantly changing clientele: readers remain faithful to their own discoveries and failure to follow up a book an author or a type of literature means dismissing the public responsible for their success.

  This brings us back to the fact that books are indefinable. The story is told of a certain country with a great many generals where it was decided to present a rare and valuable edition of an old book to a general about to retire. The old soldier looked at the volume and remarked, ‘A book? What’s the point? I’ve already got one!’

  Of the solutions proposed for the bookseller's problems, how many are actually positive? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) none
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3042:

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

  The greenhouse effect is beginning to abate in Europe?

  Options:
  A) intensify
  B) extenuate
  C) surface
  D) ameliorate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3043:

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

  The politician played to the gallery to win the election

  Options:
  A) obeyed the people
  B) sang a good song for the people
  C) went to the gallery
  D) went out of his way to appeal to the taste of the people
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3044:

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

  They _____ our donation with thanks

  Options:
  A) recieved
  B) recived
  C) received
  D) receved
  E) receipt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3045:

  Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s)
  Victor played the role of a haughty prince.

  Options:
  A) a haunted
  B) a modest
  C) a disturbed
  D) an angry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3046: Choose the option that has a different stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) understand
  B) address
  C) afternoon
  D) taxi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3047:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __________.

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) lose
  C) loosed
  D) loosing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3048:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  The nation is in a period of economic flux

  Options:
  A) modification
  B) change
  C) fluidity
  D) stability
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3049:

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

  The man was happy that his son confessed his guilt and so the others were _____.

  Options:
  A) implicated
  B) accused
  C) punished
  D) exonerated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3050:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of option A - E:

  After the 1980 Ogunpa floods, our association received many letters from those adversely affected and we resolved to _____

  Options:
  A) Assist them
  B) Invite them
  C) Respond them
  D) Pity them
  E) Query them.
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  The correct answer is A .