JAMB - English Language (2002)

1
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The witness averred that had seen Dosun at the scene of the crime?
Answer
(C)
denied
2
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The high cost of living these days calls for a lot of frugality?
Answer
(A)
extravagance
3
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Tunde's reaction underscores the point I was making?
Answer
(D)
contradicts
4
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Everyone admired the manager's adroit handling of the crises in the company?
Answer
(B)
tactless
5
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The principal took exception to the ignoble role the teacher played in the matter?
Answer
(B)
honourable
6
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He is notorious for his drunkenness
Answer
(D)
renowned
7
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The chairman's conduct redounds to the image of the company?
Answer
(D)
detracts from
8
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Her phlegmatic temperament endears her to her friends?
Answer
(C)
lively
9
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The workers suddenly became restive?
Answer
(D)
calm
10
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The governor's visit is an unprecedented event in the history of the social club
Answer
(C)
an insignificant
11
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The athlete has unexpectedly become indomitable?
Answer
(A)
weak
12
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The evidence the leader gave was incontrovertible?
Answer
(B)
contestable
13
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He gave an unsatisfactory excuse, but the boss swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Answer
(A)
with a pinch of salt
14
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The hardline posture of the labour leader has not helped matters?
Answer
(A)
compromising
15
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
Answer
(B)
madam
16
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
Answer
(A)
success
17
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The President gave another extemporaneous speech last Friday?
Answer
(C)
planned
18
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Practicing medicine is not as lucrative as many people think?
Answer
(D)
assume
19
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He is a stringer for a newspaper?
Answer
(C)
a freelancer for
20
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I wish the commander were less adamant about his proposed reprisal attack on the enemy?
Answer
(B)
unyielding about / retailatory
21
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Tortoises need cool climates and must have places where they can hibernate?
Answer
(C)
sleep deeply
22
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The manager made disparaging remarks about the retiring officer?
Answer
(B)
derogatory
23
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The man outran his wife when they heard the eerie sound?
Answer
(A)
scary
24
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Teachers of music believes in its therap.eutic effect?
Answer
(A)
healing
25
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Adigun's jokes are always puerile?
Answer
(B)
childish
26
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I wonder what will be left of his essay when the extraneous material is deleted?
Answer
(A)
superfluous
27
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His success may be described as a Pyrrhic victory?
Answer
(A)
costly
28
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The teacher's apparent nonchalant attitude was misconstrued by his students?
Answer
(D)
misinterpreted
29
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They are considered to be legal luminaries
Answer
(C)
experts
30
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The Executive Secretary has just assumed office?
Answer
(B)
started work
31
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The warring tribes have been told to parley with each other.
Answer
(B)
hold talks
32
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Let us not indulge in recrimination?
Answer
(C)
counter-accusation
33
Identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable.
Answer
(A)
export (noun)
34
Identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable.
Answer
(B)
comment
35
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).
business
Answer
(C)
eyes
36
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).



cough?
Answer
(C)
trophy
37
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

Preached?
Answer
(C)
past
38
Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?
Answer
(A)
rough
39
Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?
Answer
(C)
weird
40
Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?
Answer
(C)
world
41
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

He travelled ONLY 20 kilometres before his car stopped.
Answer
(D)
Did he travel more than 20 kilometres before his car stopped?
42
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.



The king RAN to the palace?
Answer
(B)
Did the king walk to the palace?
43
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

The man BOUGHT the newspaper.
Answer
(B)
Did the man read the newspaper?
44
The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

The university has been TEMPORARILY closed.
Answer
(C)
Has the university been permanantly closed?
45
The word in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.



My uncle retired from the POLICE?
Answer
(C)
Did your uncle retire from the army?
46
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The army officer said that more ...... would be needed to prosecute the war?
Answer
(B)
guerrillas
47
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If one perseveres ....... will surely succeed?
Answer
(B)
one
48
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Musa has lived here for five years but he does not seem able to get over the enormously........ and elaborate rules that govern the society?
Answer
(D)
intricate
49
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As election day draws near, the party looks ...... because many of its members have....... other parties?
Answer
(B)
vulnerable / defected to
50
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....... a motor cycle can be harmful ..... your health.
Answer
(B)
riding / to
51
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The future of the company is ...... though many seem .....about it?
Answer
(C)
rosy / pessimistic
52
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By this time next year, I ...... twenty years old?
Answer
(D)
will have been
53
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Ali has been cured of his amnesia, he no longer suffers from ...... ?
Answer
(B)
loss of memory
54
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The operations of the bank ........ not ...... cottage and small-scale industries?
Answer
(D)
do /cover
55
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The members of the team agree ........ all the members of the contract?
Answer
(D)
with
56
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Whenever we have ....... we feel better?
Answer
(B)
a good long talk together
57
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The match gave the team a chance to show their ........?
Answer
(C)
prowess
58
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These ........ must have ........ the World Bank officials.
Answer
(B)
analyses / attracted
59
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The members elected Baba ....... of the committee?
Answer
(A)
chairman
60
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One advantage of the English language in Nigeria is that it puts everyone ........ a common ........ ?
Answer
(B)
on / footing
61
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The officer described the comments as ........ because it was very amusing?
Answer
(A)
ludicrous
62
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You are free to solicit ....... support from the board?
Answer
(C)
financial
63
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The highly appreciative audience clapped ........ hands and showered ......... on the lecturer?
Answer
(A)
their /encomiums
64
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Despite all preparations, the wedding did not ....... ?
Answer
(B)
come off
65
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The quality of your questions which ....... always attracted attention ....... never been in doubt.
Answer
(A)
have / has
66
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He is ....... Kaduna ......... an official assignment?
Answer
(A)
in / on
67
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We did not understand what the magistrate said about ........ and battery?
Answer
(C)
assault
68
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Didn't ......... draw your attention to the entry requirements?
Answer
(A)
anyone
69
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....... any problems, I shall travel to London tomorrow on a business trip?
Answer
(D)
barring
70
Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.

The organization is constantly in a state of flux?
Answer
(A)
There are perodic changes in the organization
71
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His meteoric rise to fame surprise everyone?
Answer
(B)
People were amazed at his rapid success
72

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

The politician was pilloried by the press for his inflammatory remarks?

 

Answer
(D)
The politician was ridiculed by the press for his remarks
73
Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.

After the successful operation, he recovered by leaps and bounds?
Answer
(A)
He got well very rapidly
74
Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.

Audu was taken bad in the middle of the night?
Answer
(C)
He was ill
75
Which of these correctly summaries the arguments adduced by the advocate of deregulation?
Answer
(C)
competition in the oil industry will be beneficial to severval nigerians
76
Which of the following conclusions can be reached from the passage?
Answer
(D)
the deregulation of the oil industry does not preclude the government from exerting its influence
77
An appropriate title for this passage is
Answer
(B)
making a case for deregulation
78
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
Answer
(C)
the opposition to the deregulation of the oil industry is not unanimous
79
The writer seems to suggest that
Answer
(B)
the anxiety caused by the deregulation queation is groundless
80
Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
Answer
(B)
the impersonal style helps to achieve a measure of objective in report writing
81
One argument given in support of personal writing is that it
Answer
(A)
makes writers more focused and less boring
82
From the passage, what determines the appropriateness of a style is the
Answer
(A)
situation
83
According to the passage, most of the writing in newspaper, news magazines and journals is
Answer
(A)
impersonal and interesting
84
Which of the following best describes the writer of the passage?
Answer
(C)
he recongnizes the need to be critical of report writing
85
In question number 11 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(C)
approaches
86
In question number 12 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(B)
experiment
87
In question number 13 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(D)
conditions
88
In question number 14 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(A)
constant
89
In question number 15 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(B)
method
90
In question number 16 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(D)
iron
91
In question number 17 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(C)
season
92
In question number 18 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(C)
experiment
93
In question number 19 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(D)
a hypothesis
94
In question number 20 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap.
Answer
(B)
law
95
the writer uses the expression 'fixing the meaning of the words we use' to mean
Answer
(A)
using definition to help people communicate their thoughts and argue