JAMB - English Language (2003)

  • 1
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    He put .......... in a basket?
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    (B)
    a dozen white eggs
  • 2
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Course ......... writers are to reflect local colour
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    (D)
    material
  • 3
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The reason why he was not offered admission was ...... his results could not be found?
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    (A)
    that
  • 4
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    If you saw the photograph of the man ....... you be able to identify him?
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    (B)
    would
  • 5
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    As Obande does not know anyone in this city, he hopes that some kind ........ will put him up for the night?
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    (A)
    man
  • 6
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The doctor asked the patient what .......?
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    (C)
    the problem was
  • 7
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The woman is one of the ........ of the society?
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    (B)
    elite
  • 8
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Three quarters of the people in the village ....... killed but only half of their huts ......... affected?
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    (A)
    were / were
  • 9
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The armed robbers went into the house and robbed the three .......?
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    (D)
    women occupants
  • 10
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    It was a free-for-all and the students were blamed for taking the law ....... ?
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    (B)
    into their own hands
  • 11
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The candidate's charisma should be a ....... factor in winning the election?
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    (C)
    determining
  • 12
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    I can't stand people prying into my private life; Ladi said '......' agreed Agbenu?
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    (C)
    Me neither
  • 13
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Four weeks ....... enough for the police to conclude their investigation?
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    (B)
    is
  • 14
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    It is bad to take ........ property without permission?
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    (B)
    someone else's
  • 15
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    My classmate ....... I haven't seen for years, wrote to me last week?
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    (D)
    whom
  • 16
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    If you would do me this favour, I ......... be very grateful?
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    (C)
    shall
  • 17
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Ali plays ...... violin with remarkable skill?
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    (B)
    the
  • 18
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    I have the ....... of meeting the President?
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    (D)
    privilege
  • 19
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    The sergeant spoke to me in a...... manner?
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    (A)
    coarse
  • 20
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Idankwo ran ...... miss the train?
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    (B)
    lest he should
  • 21
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    How is the new editor ...... on with his work?
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    (B)
    getting
  • 22
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Be careful not to ..... this money?
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    (B)
    lose
  • 23
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Nowadays, many graduate are not well disposed to teaching ........?
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    (A)
    are they?
  • 24
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    Adika ....... a message from the club regularly?
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    (A)
    receives
  • 25
    Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

    It is often ....... that inflation ....... from too much money chasing very few goods?
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    (A)
    said / results
  • 26
    Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others.
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    (A)
    spot
  • 27
    Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others.
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    (A)
    cost
  • 28
    Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others.
    Відповідь
    (B)
    dear
  • 29
    Choose the option that has a different consonant sound from the others.
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    (B)
    of
  • 30
    Choose the option that has a different vowel consonant sound from the others.
    Відповідь
    (B)
    chief
  • 31
    Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    If he went to London, he would see the Queen?
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    (A)
    He did not go to London and did not see the Queen
  • 32
    Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    Ngozi has always considered her father to be an impassioned man?
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    (C)
    Her father is an emotional man
  • 33
    Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The manager paid us in hard currency?
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    (A)
    We were paid in a strong and stable currency
  • 34
    Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    The elders rebuked Olu for taking issue with his principal?
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    (B)
    Olu was reprimanded for arguing with his principal
  • 35
    Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

    In spite of his humble beginning, Audu now throws his weight around?
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    (D)
    Audu is arrogant despite his simple upbringing
  • 36
    Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    chalet?
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    (C)
    champagne
  • 37
    Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    teeth?
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    (D)
    thought
  • 38
    Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    concrete?
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    (A)
    anxious
  • 39
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    He is well known for his inordinate ambition?
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    (D)
    moderate
  • 40
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    A conservative estimate put the number of missing persons at forty?
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    (A)
    An accurate
  • 41
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Agbenu was ecstatic about her result?
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    (A)
    sad
  • 42
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Students could be timid?
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    (C)
    bold
  • 43
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The labour leader's recalcitrant stance was applauded.
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    (A)
    flexible
  • 44
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The company has continued to monopolize the distribution of the products?
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    (B)
    liberalize
  • 45
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The company has continued to monopolize the distribution of the products?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    liberalize
  • 46
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The doctor examined the patient painstakingly?
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    (B)
    perfunctorily
  • 47
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Toyin is married to an impatient, self-centred man
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    (A)
    a tolerant
  • 48
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The agency has sworn to deal with all the apostles of confederation?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    opponents
  • 49
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The members of the congregation were inspired by the sermon?
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    (B)
    disenchanted
  • 50
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Gregarious animals can be found in the zoo.
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    (A)
    lonely
  • 51
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    I am loath to do the assignment.
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    (D)
    willing
  • 52
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Only those who are gullible fall victim to his trickery?
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    (A)
    astute
  • 53
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    A cool bath in a hot weather can be truly invigorating?
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    (A)
    debillitating
  • 54
    Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The witness decided to conceal the evidence?
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    (B)
    divulge
  • 55
    The words in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the sentence relates.

    The President SPOKE to the press.
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    (A)
    Did the president write to the press?
  • 56
    The words in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the sentence relates.

    My MOTHER served rice and fresh fish stew for dinner.
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    (B)
    Who served rice and fresh stew for dinner?
  • 57
    Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    market
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    (A)
    mortgage
  • 58
    Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    Colonel?
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    (B)
    girl
  • 59
    Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

    Tend?
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    (B)
    jeopardy
  • 60
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    They boys knew that storm was imminent?
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    (A)
    impending
  • 61
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The leader has the unstinting support of his party?
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    (C)
    unsparing
  • 62
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The essence of governance is to seek the good and well-being of the majority of the people?
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    (B)
    importance
  • 63
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The carpenter built a commodious wardrobe?
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    (D)
    spacious
  • 64
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The company is to shed three thousand staff this year?
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    (C)
    lay off
  • 65
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    A few years ago, nobody would have believed that the economy would turn around?
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    (C)
    improve
  • 66
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The man's story sounded plausible to his audience?
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    (A)
    credible
  • 67
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    Before announcing his retirement, Ochima resolved to settle an account with the bank?
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    (B)
    pay back all he owes
  • 68
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    He shared his room with a person whose behaviour was quite nauseating?
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    (A)
    disgusting
  • 69
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    From what she said, one may infer that she does not like the course?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    deduce
  • 70
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    They party supporters vilified the Chairman for the role he played in the crises that rocked the party?
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    (B)
    condemned
  • 71

    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

    Publishing as a business venture has become a hot potato in Nigeria?

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    (B)
    unpleasant
  • 72
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The cynics feared that the nation's nascent democracy would fail?
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    (B)
    pessimists
  • 73
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    The nurse was in favour of voluntary euthanasia?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    a painless death
  • 74
    Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

    There was a glut of oil on the market?
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    (A)
    an abundance of
  • 75
    Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.

    Typist
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    (A)
    refuse (noun)
  • 76
    Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.

    CEment?
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    (A)
    perfect (adjective)
  • 77
    According to the passage, the moralist ideais that
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    (C)
    the smoking of cigarettes is bad and unacceptable
  • 78
    It can be concluded from the passage that morality, religion and economy are
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    (D)
    certainly different
  • 79
    Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
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    (D)
    smoking and drinking may have positive effects on the economy
  • 80
    The view expressed by the writer in the last paragraph is that
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    (C)
    sales of alcohol and tobacco products have improved tremendously
  • 81
    The positions maintained by the moralist and the economist can be described as being
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    (C)
    at variance
  • 82
    When of the following statement is true according to the passage?
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    (A)
    Man poses the greatest threat a Nature
  • 83
    The sentence There will be twice as many of us before most of us are dead means
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    (A)
    the population growth rate will double before our death
  • 84
    The expression when evolved a conscience means when
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    (B)
    man developed an awareness of right and wrong
  • 85
    From the passage, the attitude of the writer can be described as
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    (A)
    optimistic
  • 86
    The basic causes of the elimination of certain animals from the earth include
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    (D)
    extensive killing of animals and the fast disappearance of their favourable habitats
  • 87
    In question number 11 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (D)
    Manuscript
  • 88
    In question number 12 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (A)
    an audience
  • 89
    In question number 13 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (D)
    formal
  • 90
    In question number 14 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (A)
    reportive
  • 91
    In question number 15 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (A)
    Assembly
  • 92
    In question number 16 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (D)
    polished
  • 93
    In question number 17 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (A)
    vocal
  • 94
    In question number 18 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (B)
    positive
  • 95
    In question number 19 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
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    (D)
    language