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

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• Question 3721:

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

  'Be that as _____ we are determined to get to the root of the matter!' shouted the officer

  Options:
  A) you like
  B) it may
  C) it would
  D) it might
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3722:

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

  Employees have been urged to desist from witch-hunting and character assassination

  Options:
  A) commanded to stop hunting witches
  B) ordered to stop assassinating witches
  C) entreated not to accuse individuals unjustly and malicious
  D) informed to resist witch-hunters and character assassins
  E) urged to desist from barbaric acts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3723:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  As a public officer, he should act with scrupulous honesty at all times.

  Options:
  A) impeccable
  B) careless
  C) transparent
  D) uncompromising
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3724:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  He went abroad with a view _____ a business partner

  Options:
  A) to find
  B) to be finding
  C) to have found
  D) to finding
  E) he will find
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3725:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  There was _____ any traffic as he drove home?

  Options:
  A) hardly
  B) normally
  C) usually
  D) no
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3726: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.As election day draws near, the party looks _____ because many of its members have _____ other parties? Options:
  A) successful / decleared for
  B) vulnerable / defected to
  C) cheerful / moved to
  D) cheerless / cross-carpeted from
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3727:

  Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it

  All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature, that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But, when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death-rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again

  'humane' as used in the passage means Options:
  A) sensible
  B) wise
  C) human
  D) benevolent
  E) thorough
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3728:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  Everyone's condition was appalling

  Options:
  A) cloudy
  B) pleasant
  C) complex
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3729:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  In Malawi, the 'Save the Children Fund' was formed Options:
  A) by an English woman named Miss Jebb in 1919
  B) in 1919 under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda
  C) under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda in 1953
  D) in 1953 by a group od social workers headed by Dr. Mbagunda E.
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3730:

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

  Bassey's evidence led _____ Okon being imprisoned for life

  Options:
  A) at
  B) into
  C) in
  D) to
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  The correct answer is D .