JAMB - English Language (2012)

  • 1
    From the passage, one can say that all the ethnic groups have
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    (A)
    different traditional religion with some elements of similarities
  • 2
    According to the first paragraph, Nigerians believe that the
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    (C)
    supernatural world control natural world
  • 3
    Traditional religion has waned in Nigerian to the
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    (C)
    influence of non- traditional religion
  • 4
    Which factor is common to religions as mentioned in the passage
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    (B)
    divination
  • 5
    It can be inferred from the passage that
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    (D)
    Nigerians read mostly foreign books
  • 6
    The reason for lack of indigenous books in most renowned bookshop, according to the passage, is
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    (B)
    foreign books attract more buyers
  • 7
    The expression.....''that earned her the award is profoundly gripping'', as used in the passage, means that the book is
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    (C)
    attracts many indigenous and foreign readers
  • 8
    The university science lecturer gives his reason for issuing handout as
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    (B)
    low purchasing power
  • 9
    A suitable title for this passage is
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    (C)
    Poor Reading Culture in Nigeria
  • 10
    The attitude of the writer of the passage can best be described as
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    (B)
    critical
  • 11
    It can be deduced from the passage that
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    (D)
    wise thoughts are more desirable than experience
  • 12
    Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
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    (B)
    the totality of our actions should be decided by our judgement.
  • 13
    According to the passage, we must be disciplined to
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    (D)
    decide against making experience our teacher
  • 14
    The phrase a complete and wholehearted devotion, as used in the passage, means
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    (A)
    acting without doubts
  • 15
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    Hardworking students must not have a finger in every pie at school.
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    (A)
    Hardworking students must not have a role to play in most activities in the school
  • 16
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The vice chancellor is riding the crest of the last quarter of his administration.
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    (A)
    The vice chancellor enjoys the acknowledgment of the success of his administration
  • 17

    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    She was absolved by the court from the charge.

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    (D)
    she was declared free from the charge
  • 18
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The landlord is fond of throwing his weight about
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    (C)
    the landlord gives orders to people
  • 19
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The company ought to have issued warrants for one billion shares
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    (D)
    the company did not issue one billion shares
  • 20
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    He needed not to have played in the position of quarterback in volley ball.
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    (A)
    He participated in the game in his unusual position
  • 21
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    I wouldn't have responded to his rude talk, if l were you
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    (C)
    the respondent replied to the speaker's talk, althought he ought not have done so
  • 22
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    He could not speak out because he had a feet of clay.
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    (B)
    He was weak and cowardly
  • 23
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The player wasted a golden opportunity during the penalty shoot-out
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    (B)
    The player did not score the shot
  • 24
    Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    As far as Abu is concerned , Mero should be given fifty naira at the most.
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    (C)
    In Abu's estimation, Mero merits not more than fifty naria
  • 25
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    As an idiot, the boy is weak in class
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    (D)
    a genius
  • 26
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    We were shocked by the news that he had lost the money.
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    (B)
    unconcerned
  • 27
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    The principal was advised to be flexible on critical issues.
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    (D)
    rigid
  • 28
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Bola always looks sober
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    (A)
    excited
  • 29
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Dupe was promoted for her efficiency
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    (C)
    incompetence
  • 30
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    The management wants to consider her reticent behaviour in due course.
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    (D)
    loquacious
  • 31
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Election processes often become volatile
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    (A)
    calm
  • 32
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Oche entered the principal's office in a rather abrasive manner.
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    (A)
    gentle
  • 33
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Otokpa is a member of the ad hoc committee on stock acquisition.
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    (B)
    formal
  • 34
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    His gift to the poor was always infinitesimal
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    (A)
    large
  • 35
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    The economist concluded that several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.
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    (D)
    refuted
  • 36

    In the question below, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

    The presidential system is an antidote to some political ailments.

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    (D)
    an obstacle
  • 37
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Ola thought that her father was very callous
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    (C)
    compassionate
  • 38
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    He was very much respected, though he had no temporal power
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    (A)
    spiritual
  • 39
    Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    The way the workshop was organized was rather hit-and-miss
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    (A)
    systematic
  • 40
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Some men will continue to cause offenses until they are given a taste of their own medicine
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    (B)
    revenged on
  • 41
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Okibe was rusticated for his derogatory remark about the principal
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    (B)
    unsavoury
  • 42
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss sovereignty
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    (A)
    autonomy
  • 43
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    There are still virtuous women in our society today
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    (B)
    upright
  • 44
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    That type of response is typical of a lazy teacher
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    (B)
    characteristic
  • 45
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Akin is an inveterate gambler
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    (D)
    a long time incorrigible
  • 46
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    He was too petrified to give the closing remarks at the conference.
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    (A)
    frightened
  • 47
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    During a particular time of the day, the road shimmers in the heat
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    (C)
    shines
  • 48
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Every human being is vulnerable to communicable diseases.
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    (A)
    liable
  • 49
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Mariam looks rather furtive to Shehu
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    (D)
    sly
  • 50
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    The student's union leader delivered his speech extempore
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    (B)
    off the cuff
  • 51
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    His story gave us an inkling of what he passed through during the strike
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    (A)
    a possible idea
  • 52
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    These policies have been espoused by the ruling party.
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    (C)
    supported
  • 53
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    We must not foreclose reconciliation as the purpose of his trip
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    (A)
    exclude
  • 54
    Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

    Her findings exploded widely held beliefs about learning.
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    (B)
    debunked
  • 55
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better...... a singer
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    (C)
    as
  • 56
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    Vacancies in the company will be notified by...........
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    (D)
    advertisement
  • 57
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    He started his career as an..........teacher
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    (D)
    auxiliary
  • 58
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)\

    The driver was short of petrol, so he..........down the hills with the engine switched off
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    (B)
    coasted
  • 59
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    One should be careful how......behaves in public, shouldn't.......
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    (A)
    one/one
  • 60
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    ...........a good leader must have two characteristics
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    (D)
    first and foremost
  • 61
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    We visited his house...........three times
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    (A)
    about
  • 62
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    She was............the verge of tears
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    (B)
    on
  • 63
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    Everyone makes mistakes occasionally, nobody is.........
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    (C)
    infallible
  • 64
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    The woman would not part with her..........pot
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    (B)
    discarded black earthen
  • 65
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    We stood up when the principal came in..........?
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    (B)
    didn't we
  • 66
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    This professor of...........medicine has......... the mystery of bird flu.
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    (D)
    veterinary/unravelled
  • 67
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    Her mother brought her some.......
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    (A)
    clothes
  • 68
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    Many workers were............ as a result of the textile closure
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    (B)
    laid off
  • 69
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    The driver died in the .......... road accident
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    (A)
    fatal
  • 70
    _______your parents frown _______our friendship, we shouldn't see each other anymore
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    (B)
    since/at
  • 71
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    ...........she didn't trust him, she married him.
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    (D)
    though
  • 72
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

    I wanted to know his political beliefs, so l asked him what........
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    (D)
    they were
  • 73
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    book
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    (B)
    cook
  • 74
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    village
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    (A)
    page
  • 75
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    patch
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    (C)
    mad
  • 76
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    tangerine
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    (B)
    danger
  • 77
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    hair
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    (D)
    house
  • 78
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

    edition
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    (A)
    bash
  • 79
    Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.

    demarcation
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    (A)
    demarCAtion
  • 80
    Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.

    impossible
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    (A)
    imPOSsible
  • 81
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable
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    (A)
    madam
  • 82
    Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable
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    (B)
    mother
  • 83
    Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable.
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    (D)
    export (noun)
  • 84
    Answer the following question below , 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?
  • 85
    Answer the following question below , 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?
  • 86
    Answer the following question below , 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 eat the rat?
  • 87
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 16
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    (B)
    in the first
  • 88
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 17
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    (D)
    symptom
  • 89
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 18
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    (A)
    clearly
  • 90
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 19
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    (B)
    frequently
  • 91
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 20
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    (C)
    discovered
  • 92
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 21
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    (D)
    fertilization
  • 93
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 22
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    (A)
    occurred
  • 94
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 23
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    (D)
    system
  • 95
    Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 24
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    (A)
    increase