JAMB - English Language (2019)

  • 1
    Aliya keeps having a "C" grade in what subject?
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    (D)
    Chemistry
  • 2
    In the novel, Aliya sufferes "body shaming" from which of these charaters?
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    (B)
    Her Biology teacher
  • 3
    Abdullahi, having written extensively over the years on politics, policy  and development. "Sweeet Sixteen was his" ________________
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    (B)
    First book
  • 4
    Which of the following was the concluding story hold by Aliya's father to solidify Aliya's Self-realization?
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    (D)
    The Hunter's story
  • 5
    The Novel "Sweet Sixteen" is naratted in ______________
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    (B)
    First person narratives
  • 6
    Which of these character is opinionated that relationships comes with a lot of emotional issues one can bear?
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    (A)
    Aliya's Father
  • 7
    What was Aliya's reason of not considering choosing a career as a doctor in the novel?
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    (A)
    Because she hates the sight of blood
  • 8
    In which of the chapter, does Aliya's father thinks: "Music is a universal language that speaks to the soul"?
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    (C)
    Dating
  • 9
    According to the novel, Aliya's Father favourites singer was ___________
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    (B)
    Ali Farka Toure'
  • 10
    "For their soul dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams" This excerpt by Kahild Gibran in the Novel means?
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    (C)
    Parents should not determine their children's career
  • 11
    Mr Bello meets his wife at/in
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    (B)
    a hospital
  • 12
    Mr. Bello oinion about girls who bleach their skin is that they
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    (B)
    lack self-confidence
  • 13
    "Do you know any cardiologist, because my heart skips a beat every time i think of you" The excerpt above is the content of the notes Aliya receives from ___________
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    (A)
    Zak
  • 14
    In the novel, in which of these chapter reveals that "a jealous mind is a distracted mind
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    (C)
    Dating
  • 15
    Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" is written in
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    (C)
    first person narrative
  • 16
    According to the Novel K.P.C is a social media language that means__________
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    (C)
    keep parent clueless
  • 17
    In the novel, Aliya's class mate that refers to himself as "Kings of boy" is __________
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    (A)
    Akin
  • 18
    Which of these character in the novel often bully's her in school
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    (C)
    Bunmi
  • 19
    According to the novel, which of these society has "Fat-farms", where girls were force-fed to fatten them in the novel
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    (B)
    Mauritania
  • 20
    What Mr. Bello detest most are not saying your prayers on time and
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    (B)
    telling lies
  • 21
    Who is Mr. Bello's favourite musician
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    (D)
    Ali Farka Toure
  • 22
    In the novel, Akin, fondly calls himself _________
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    (C)
    King of boys
  • 23
    According to Mr. Bello, people bully others because
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    (C)
    they feel inferior to those they bully
  • 24
    One person who reiterates the fact that brothers could be annoying is
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    (D)
    Akin
  • 25
    According to the novel, which of these character is described as a clear gold medalist
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    (B)
    Akin
  • 26
    The novel "Sweet Sixteen" is published by ___________
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    (A)
    Masobe Books
  • 27
    Whenever Aiya's mum stops being angry, she
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    (B)
    sings around the house
  • 28
    "Beauty is nothing, but character is needed". This sentence means
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    (C)
    having a good character is the most beautiful thing
  • 29
    In the novel, the casual but deliberately planned drive around the city between Aliya and her father was because ____________
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    (A)
    Aliya's mother had inform him that Aliya has seen her first menstrual period
  • 30
    Birthdays are not celebrated in Aliya's family because
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    (C)
    it is not considered a major achievement
  • 31
    According to the novel, how did Aliya got to know that at age 16 one is no longer a child?
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    (B)
    from a book titled
  • 32
    The letter titled 'Letter to my Daughter' has the same title as a book written by
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    (D)
    Maya Angelou
  • 33
    Apart from the malian singer, who was Mr. Bello's favourite, whose music does he likes too?
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    (A)
    Fela's music
  • 34
    According to the novel, Aliya is informed that the casual drive. She had with her father was deliberately arranged by him through ____________
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    (C)
    the sixteen page letter written to her
  • 35
    What is the main message of the story about the hunter?
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    (B)
    parents should pass across their wealth of knowledge to their children and the children should do same when they grow up
  • 36
    As at the time Aliya was born, her father was working as a _______________
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    (B)
    Journalist
  • 37
    Being generous, according to Mr. Bello means
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    (A)
    going out of your way to make others happy
  • 38
    In the novel, Mr Bello define's a "dumb girl" as ____________
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    (C)
    A girl who has sex with a boy to prove she loves him
  • 39
    The letter Aliya's father writes to her on her birthday has how many pages?
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    (B)
    16 pages
  • 40
    Aliya doesn't do well in her chemistry exams because
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    (C)
    time is never enough to answer the questions
  • 41
    What is Bobo's real name?
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    (C)
    Tokunbo
  • 42
    What is Aliya's father's reaction to the gift she recieves from Bobo?
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    (B)
    he advises her that the gift doesn't necessarily mean he truly loves her
  • 43
    A dumb girl, according to Bolaji Abdullahi's 'Sweet Sixteen' is all of following except one
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    (A)
    who doesn't do well in exams
  • 44
    Aliya suffers from what kind of illness?
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    (A)
    Asthma
  • 45
    Aliya's father tries to teach Aliya chess because
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    (D)
    it will make her think strategically
  • 46
    Aliya gets all these letters for her 16th birthday except
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    (D)
    a teddy bear
  • 47
    The birth of Aliya to Mr. Bello makes him
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    (C)
    take life more seriously
  • 48
    "Watching those things is like dragging filth into your beautiful room". One of these filth which is referred to is
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    (A)
    vulgarity
  • 49
    At some point in her life, Aliya contemplates all of these future ambitions except
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    (D)
    Accounting
  • 50
    What/who inspired Aliya to become a Lawyer?
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    (D)
    John Grisham's books
  • 51
    What is the Gandhi test?
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    (C)
    you can tell that what you are doing is good or bad if you want other people to know about it or not
  • 52
    Aliya's mother comes from
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    (D)
    a middle class family
  • 53
    In book, is Gandhi a president?
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    (B)
    no
  • 54
    What does HAK mean in the book?
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    (C)
    hugs and kisses
  • 55
    A set of idea that people have above what someone or something is especially an idea that is wrong is known as
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    (A)
    stereotypes
  • 56
    The slave who was tortured eventually
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    (C)
    nursed his torturer back to health
  • 57
    According to Mr. Bello, we can actually influence and change people in a significant way by
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    (B)
    reacting to them differently
  • 58
    Aliya called Latifat by her teacher because
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    (A)
    he wants to body shame her
  • 59
    Making negative comments about somebody's weight or size is known as
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    (A)
    body shaming
  • 60

    Gandhi's quote "nobody can hurt me without my permission" means

    See page 47

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    (C)
    we should be able to control how others make us feel
  • 61
    In which of these Nigerian tribes is it a norm for women to put on weight in order to attract suitors for marriage?
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    (B)
    Efik
  • 62
    Mr. Bello opinion about girls who bleach their skin is that they;
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    (D)
    lack self-confidence
  • 63
    The setting of the book 'Sweet Sixteen' by Bolaji Abdullahi is
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    (A)
    Nigeria
  • 64
    What does Aliya want to donate to the school clinic?
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    (B)
    the Nebuliser
  • 65
    One of the dominant narrative techniques employed in the book is
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    (C)
    flashback
  • 66
    Aliya is going to be what prefect in her school?
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    (A)
    Head Girl
  • 67
    Bunmi usually taunt Aliya because
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    (A)
    she is fat
  • 68
    How does Aliya show stereotype?
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    (B)
    she says Christians think their religion is better than Islamic religion
  • 69
    In Bolaji Abdullahi's 'Sweet Sixteen', Kahlil Gibran is a
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    (A)
    poet
  • 70
    At some point in the book, why doesn't Aliya want to be the grown-up girl she always want to be anymore?
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    (A)
    she thinks her father is dead
  • 71
    One of Mr. Bello's friend referred to in the book is
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    (B)
    The Principal
  • 72
    Who is the protagonist in the book sweet sixteen?
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    (A)
    Aliya
  • 73

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

    Okibe was rusticated for his [derogatory] remark about the principal

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    (D)
    unsavoury
  • 74

    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]

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    (B)
    revenged on
  • 75

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

    Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss of [sovereignty]

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    (C)
    autonomy
  • 76
    His many years of success in legal practice, .............. , didn't come out without challenges
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    (D)
    However
  • 77

    Choose the word that has the same rhyme 

    Thyme

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    (C)
    time
  • 78

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

    There are still [virtuous] women in our society today

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    (D)
    upright
  • 79

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

    This type of response is [typical] of a lazy teacher

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    (B)
    characteristics
  • 80

    Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket

    Orthop[ae]dic

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    (A)
    elite
  • 81
    Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
    Band[a]ge
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    (C)
    cacophony
  • 82
    A suitable title for the above passage can be:
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    (B)
    The mass media and the people
  • 83
    The means of mass media can be summarized into:
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    (C)
    Print and Electronic
  • 84
    One of the following is NOT true in the passage
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    (A)
    Mass communication don't talk
  • 85
    One major source of worry about the mass media is from?
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    (C)
    Political rallies
  • 86

    All the following are roles of the media but?
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    (D)
    Moralization
  • 87
    Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.
     
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    (A)
    Outskirts
  • 88
    When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.
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    (D)
    Bouts
  • 89
    She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home.
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    (D)
    Alerted
  • 90
    They convinced her to start taking proper ..4.......
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    (B)
    Medication
  • 91
    After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live.
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    (A)
    Intensive
  • 92
    The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.
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    (A)
    Strikes
  • 93
    The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.
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    (D)
    Estimates
  • 94
    The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.
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    (C)
    Monitors
  • 95
    However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.
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    (A)
    Facilities
  • 96
    No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
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    (A)
    Denies
  • 97

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

    The significance of Mr Bello's advice to Aliya on Bobo's gift is that

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    (B)
    the gift shouldn't necessarily impose an obligation on Aliya to act in tune with Bobo's interest
  • 98

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

    Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

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    (B)
    irony of life
  • 99

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

    It may be argued that Chapter Two is titled, "The Drive" particularly because...?

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    (C)
    it indicates the realities and experiences shared during Mr Bello's drive with Aliya
  • 100

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

    The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the

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    (C)
    indecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age
  • 101

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

    "The Gandhi Test" indicates how

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    (D)
    a person can make morally right decisions
  • 102

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

    Bobo proved Mr Bello's advice on infatuation as right when he

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    (C)
    eventually left for Ireland without saying a word to Aliya
  • 103

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

    The writer tried to point out religious intolerance in his book, by

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    (B)
    using one of Aliya's classmates to condemn her religion
  • 104

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

    ... is quick to anger and doesn't hide it when she is

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    (B)
    Mrs Bello
  • 105

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

    Aliya's choice of wanting to study medicine ...

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    (B)
    indicates her affection for humanity
  • 106

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

    Mr Bello's best advice to Aliya on dating is that

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    (C)
    she should wait for the right time
  • 107
    He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better ........ a singer
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    (C)
    As
  • 108
    Vacancies in the company will be notified by .....
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    (D)
    advertisement
  • 109
    The driver was short of petrol, so he ........ down the road with the engine switched off
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    (B)
    coasted
  • 110
    He started his career as an ........ teacher
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    (C)
    auxiliary
  • 111
    Jide couldn't have said that. This means that Jide
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    (C)
    it's not likely jide said it
  • 112
    Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that
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    (B)
    no one else will be the M.C
  • 113
    Bridget denied that she wasn't there. This means that
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    (C)
    She maintained she was there
  • 114
    Had it not rained, it wouldn't have been so bad
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    (D)
    it rained and that made it so bad
  • 115
    If he had spoken up, he wouldn't have been given. This means that
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    (D)
    he was given because he didn't speak up
  • 116

    Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word underlined.

    The police officer looks pudgy

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    (A)
    tall and lean
  • 117

    Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word underlined.

    After the wedding, the wife became anorexic

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    (A)
    obese
  • 118

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

    Procrastination is the enemy of progress

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    (A)
    acceleration
  • 119

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

    Chief Money-Miss-Road is a sitting duck

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    (B)
    invincible
  • 120

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

    I abhor a traitor

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    (D)
    keeper of secrets
  • 121

    Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket

    Cacoph[o]ny

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    (C)
    scissors
  • 122

    Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket

    Non[ch]alant

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    (C)
    champagne
  • 123

    Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket;

    Smoo[th]

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    (C)
    brother
  • 124

    Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket

    Ask[ed]

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    (C)
    set
  • 125

    Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket;

    Lo[s]e

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    (D)
    phones
  • 126
    Choose the word that has a different stress pattern
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    (A)
    calender
  • 127
    Choose the word that has a different stress pattern
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    (C)
    agitate
  • 128
    Choose the word that has a different stress pattern
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    (A)
    incinerator
  • 129
    Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme.

    Dice
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    (B)
    rice
  • 130

    In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

    The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children

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    (D)
    did the chief hide the story from the children
  • 131

    In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

    The ACCOUNTANT paid the workers july salary in september

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    (B)
    did the cashier pay the workers salary in september
  • 132

    In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

    The cat DEVOURED the rat

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    (C)
    did the cat pet the rat
  • 133
    Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
     
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    (A)
    The characteristics of sea anemones
  • 134
    The word 'shapes' in line 1 is closest meaning to
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    (C)
    Form
  • 135
    The author compares sea anemone's tentacles to a flower's
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    (B)
    Petals
  • 136
    It can be inferred from the passage that sea anemones are
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    (A)
    attached to stationary surfaces
  • 137
    The word 'capture' as used in the passage means
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    (B)
    catch
  • 138
    Just after ...1..... the aircraft gave a shudder and coughed.
     
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    (B)
    take off
  • 139
    The pilot, from the .....2... activated the emergency sheet
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    (C)
    cockpit
  • 140
    ...to cover the improperly secured left rear ....3....
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    (A)
    hatch
  • 141
    At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the aeroplane ....4.... north-east
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    (D)
    veered
  • 142
    He called the control ....5.... to report the mishap
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    (D)
    Tower
  • 143
    and requested clearance for emergency ...6.....
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    (B)
    landing
  • 144
    The plane circled the airport and prepared to return to the airport it had just left. Moments later, the aircraft ...7.....
     
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    (C)
    taxied
  • 145
    to stop on a ...8.....
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    (C)
    tarmac
  • 146
    ....9.... in oilskin ran in the light drizzle
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    (B)
    engineers
  • 147
    and were soon perched on the ...10..... of the plane, from where they began their inspection.
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    (C)
    tip
  • 148

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

    The stereotypical act in the book centres

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    (B)
    religious intolerance
  • 149

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

    The novel places emphasis on the

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    (C)
    relevance of bridging the communication gap between children and their parents
  • 150

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

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

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    (A)
    when it comes to her self esteem
  • 151

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

    In the novel, we learnt that

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    (B)
    beauty without character is nothing
  • 152

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

    Aliya's sixteenth birthday is special because

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    (D)
    of her father's sixteen-page letter detailing her life journey thus far
  • 153

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

    As it relates to sex education, Aliya's father advised that

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    (C)
    she should be mindful of her company of friends and the media's influence on sexual affairs
  • 154

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

    Which one of the following critically relates to the novel's subject of concern

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    (B)
    socialization
  • 155

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

    A child's choice of career is a matter of

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    (B)
    passion
  • 156

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

    The novelist noted that stereoscopic people should be

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    (C)
    corrected of their bad thinking
  • 157

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

    All in all, Aliya has ...

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    (C)
    the responsibility to pass on the lessons of her father to her own children
  • 158
    The employer, not the sales boy and his partner ........ responsible for the loss
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    (D)
    is
  • 159
    Both questions are alternatives; you answer ........ one ........ the other
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    (A)
    either/or
  • 160
    It is high time we ........ seeing her
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    (C)
    stopped
  • 161
    You can have ........ of these two books
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    (A)
    either
  • 162
    Either Buntu or you ........ to go
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    (B)
    are
  • 163
    The prisoner finally ........ that he drank to ........ on the night he committed the murder
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    (B)
    conceded/excess
  • 164

    Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

    I know my onions

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    (A)
    I know my job very well
  • 165

    Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

    America is the Mecca of the world

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    (C)
    America is a place where people like to visit
  • 166

    Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

    All the Nigerian footballers have itchy feet

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    (C)
    the footballers like to travel
  • 167

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

    Mr Santos Laliga is a [dipsomaniac]

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    (A)
    teetotaler
  • 168

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

    The jollof rice served at the wedding reception was [malodorous]

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    (C)
    pleasant
  • 169

    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]

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    (B)
    virtuoso
  • 170

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

    The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

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    (D)
    mini-sized
  • 171

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

    The sick man is now [ambulatory]

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    (D)
    immobile
  • 172

    CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

    Every human being is [vulnerable] to communicable disease

    отговор
    (A)
    liable
  • 173

    CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

    The student's union leader delivered his speech [extempore]

    отговор
    (C)
    off the cuff
  • 174

    CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

    These policies have been [espoused] by the ruling party

    отговор
    (C)
    supported
  • 175

    CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

    Her findings [exploded] widely held beliefs about learning

    отговор
    (B)
    debunked
  • 176

    CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

    We must not [foreclose] reconciliation as the purpose of his trip

    отговор
    (A)
    exclude
  • 177

    Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

    G[ua]rantee

    отговор
    (A)
    plait
  • 178

    Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

    B[oo]k

    отговор
    (D)
    full
  • 179

    Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

    Neighb[our]

    отговор
    (B)
    standard
  • 180

    Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

    H[ei]r

    отговор
    (A)
    Care