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

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• Question 811:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Emeka hardly ever holds with my view on good governance?

  Options:
  A) Emeka sometimes opposes my idea of good governance
  B) My view on what good governance is conforms with that of Emeka
  C) Emeka never really supports my opinon of good governance
  D) Emeka may never hold a view which conflicts with mine on good governance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 812:

  In many places in the world today, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer and the programmes of development planning and foreign aid appear to be unable to reverse this trade. Nearly all the developing countries have a modern sector, where the pattern of living and working are similar to those in developed countries. But they also have a non-modern sector where the patterns of living and working are not only unsatisfactory but in many cases are even getting worse.

  What is the typical condition of the poor in developing countries? Their work opportunities are so limited that they cannot work their way out of their situation. They are underemployed or totally unemployed. When they do find occasional works, their productivity is extremely low. Some of them have land but often too little land. Many have no land and no prospect of ever getting any. There is no hope for them in the rural areas and so, they drift into the big cities. But there is no work for them in the big cities either-and of course no housing. All the same, they flock into cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater there than in the village, where they are nil. Rural unemployment then produces mass migration into cities, rural unemployment becomes urban unemployment.

  The problem can be stated quite simply: what can be done to promote economic growth outside the big cities, in the small towns and villages which still contain 80 to 90% of the total population? The primary need is workplace, literally millions of workplaces.

  Migration to the city among villagers is caused by Options:
  A) attraction of the city
  B) low productivity in the village
  C) inadequate job opportunities in the village
  D) shortage of land for cultivation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 813:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Baba and _____ participated in the tournament

  Options:
  A) him
  B) his
  C) he
  D) he's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 814: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). He not only looked after the children when their parents died, _____ sponsored their education to university? Options:
  A) but also
  B) also he
  C) but he
  D) also
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 815:

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

  That little boy has become quite chubby?

  Options:
  A) thin
  B) intelligent
  C) huge
  D) tall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 816:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

  beads of sweat ran down Ngozi's armpit?

  Options:
  A) Pools
  B) Spring
  C) Ponds
  D) Rivulets
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 817:

  Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Advising Olu to break his bad habit is like knocking your head against a brick wall.

  Options:
  A) It is making a fool of you
  B) It is trying the impossible
  C) It is making him your enemy
  D) It is asking him to beat you
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 818: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The members of the team agree _____. all the members of the contract? Options:
  A) by
  B) to
  C) on
  D) with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 819:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.

  High mortality rate is becoming increasingly predominant.

  Options:
  A) Controlled
  B) Rampant
  C) Unchecked
  D) Dangerous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 820:

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

  He did not stop to ask himself why _____ such thing.

  Options:
  A) should he do
  B) he should do
  C) could he have done
  D) did he do
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  The correct answer is B .