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

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• Question 461:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:

  Had she asked me earlier, i might have been able to employ him

  Options:
  A) I employed her
  B) I did not employ him
  C) I did not employ her
  D) I employed him
  E) I employ neither of the two
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 462:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The journalist's unpopular views made him the subject of much _____

  Options:
  A) admiration
  B) derision
  C) admonition
  D) suspicion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 463:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  Aliya was advised to be mindless of popular perception about her...

  Options:
  A) when it comes to her self esteem
  B) when it comes to applying
  C) whenever she is in love with anyone
  D) eventhough she craves for freedom like the hawking girls
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 464:

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

  Toyin is married to an impatient, self-centred man

  Options:
  A) a tolerant
  B) a tolerable
  C) a fretful
  D) an edgy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 465:

  In each of the following questions, the main or primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress

  Calculator

  Options:
  A) CAL-cu-la-tor
  B) cal-CU-la-tor
  C) cal-cu-LA-tor
  D) cal-cu-la-TOR
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 466:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  My bag is made of LEATHER?

  Options:
  A) Whose bag is made of leather?
  B) Is my bag made of polythene?
  C) Abu's bag made of leather?
  D) Is my bag made of leather?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 467:

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

  The cleaner resigned from his job which he said had become a trivial round?

  Options:
  A) unrewarding
  B) too routine
  C) rather degrading
  D) unattaractive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 468:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  Many people used to live in poverty.

  Options:
  A) instability
  B) want
  C) difficulty
  D) the slums
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 469:

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

  Instead of _____, she lied?

  Options:
  A) pleading
  B) her to plead
  C) her pleading
  D) plead
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 470:

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

  The driver was discharged while the car owner was ___________ for fraud.

  Options:
  A) remanded
  B) detained
  C) acquitted
  D) sued
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  The correct answer is B .