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

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• Question 571: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).His success may be described as a Pyrrhic victory? Options:
  A) costly
  B) a deserving victory
  C) an easy victory
  D) indecisive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 572:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 9 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) conducted
  B) experimented
  C) classified
  D) precoded
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 573: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined: The judge always takes a hardline on such issues Options:
  A) complex stand
  B) simple stand
  C) uncompromising stand
  D) difficult stand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 574:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  As it holds true that, unless you train your body you cannot be an athlete, so also unless you train your _____ you cannot be a _____

  Options:
  A) kicking - footballer
  B) voice - choirmaster
  C) mind - scholar
  D) courage - hero
  E) arms - swimmer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 575:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  For all he cared, the game was as good as lost.

  Options:
  A) He did not care if the game was lost.
  B) He could not care less if the game was lost.
  C) He was almost certain that the game would be lost.
  D) He was afraid the game would be lost.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 576: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The robber was hedged in by the people. Options:
  A) The robber was surrounded by the people.
  B) The robber was killed by the people.
  C) The robber was exposed by the people.
  D) The robber was caught by the people.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 577:

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

  Her identification with the king is publicly known

  Options:
  A) hatred
  B) disassociation
  C) relationship
  D) intimacy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 578:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  
  How old was Aliya in the Novel?

  Options:
  A) 16
  B) 18
  C) 17
  D) 19
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 579:

  Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

  Some men will continue to cause offences until they are given [a taste of their own medicine]

  Options:
  A) placated
  B) revenged on
  C) cured
  D) recompensed for
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 580:

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

  The man's health has deteriorated in the hospital

  Options:
  A) collapsed
  B) improved
  C) worsened
  D) revived
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  The correct answer is B .