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

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• Question 601:

  Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

  When it comes to playing the piano, I am a complete [ignoramus]

  Options:
  A) Idiot
  B) virtuoso
  C) novice
  D) nonentity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 602:

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

  He urged other progressives in the country to join forces with his association?

  Options:
  A) radicals
  B) conservatives
  C) pessimists
  D) activists
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 603:

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

  No sooner had the examination ended _____ the students started vacating the halls of residence

  Options:
  A) when
  B) that
  C) than
  D) before
  E) and
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 604:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  All the cattle on Lamidi's farm _____ ?

  Options:
  A) is tick-free
  B) are tick-free
  C) is ticks-free
  D) are ticks-free
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 605:

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

  Only observers from the Ministry of Works _____ allowed into the conference room

  Options:
  A) is
  B) are
  C) have
  D) has been
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 606:

  Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

  The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 14. Options:
  A) reporter
  B) anouncer
  C) news editor
  D) proof reader
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 607:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

  My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need

  Options:
  A) Abandoned him
  B) punished him
  C) disrespect him
  D) disinherited him
  E) despised him
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 608:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...19...] above. Options:
  A) barrage
  B) clutter
  C) rattle
  D) racket
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 609:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'An open secret' means

  Options:
  A) a fact that is very secret
  B) an open matter
  C) a secret known to everybody
  D) a confidential matter
  E) a secret told in the open air
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 610:

  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 .