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 JAMB USE OF ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS (PT.1)

PAPER TYPE: D experiment. The bio cell is being

develop as producers of electricity
COMPREHENSION: Read each for radio, for signal to guide ship,
passage carefully and answer for lighting and other uses.
the questions that follow it
Though the working bio cell is only
PASSAGE I a few years old, some scientist
feels that it will one day produce
In 1962, a team of scientists power cheaply as is now being
produce a special radio station that done by other method, and
had a range of fifteen miles. Even that the bio cell will use materials
though communication was being that would otherwise be consider a
accomplished in space at a range waste.
of more than a million times this
distance, the new radio station Early bio cells were powered with
caused much excitement among sugar, but a wide range of fuel can
scientist. be used. Work is being done using
sea water to feed the bacteria.
The reason: its power supply was
a ‘battery’ made of bacteria. For Electricity from living cells is no
the first time, practical amounts of new idea. Man experience the
electricity were being produced by strange shock produce by some
a form of life and put to use. Bio fish even before electricity was
cell, the new power supply had a really discovered.
liquid fuel containing tiny forms of
life that changed the fuel directly Then in time, there were other
into electric energy; this was far discoveries. Benjamin Franklin
more than an interesting found that lightening in the sky

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was electricity. Luigi Galvani found (c) Type C
some electricity in the muscles and (d) Type D
nerves of animals, but the African
catfish produce far more electricity 2. The writer’s posture, as
than most other living creatures. conveyed in the statement
Electricity from living cells is no
And other fish, the electric eel, well new idea, can be describe as
named, for it has an even greater _____
electric charge. Research works
also discovered that even humans (a) Ineffectual
produce small amount of electricity (b) Contentious
in their bodies. (c) Logical
(d) unguarded
Our heart produces a very small
amount that can be measured, so 3. Which of the following is true
do our brain. The bio cell is according to the passage?
completely new in the field of
power production and as yet, no (a) Scientist felt that bio-cell would
mass-production models have produce very costly energy
begun to replace the older type of (b) Bio cell, at the beginning,
batteries. derived their energy from sugar
Its might be wondered, then, what (C) Sugar and fuel were initially
the excitement is all about. used as source of energy for bio
cells
1. Which question paper type of (d) Bio cells were forms of power
use of English is giving to you? used by the scientists

(a) Type A
(b) Type B

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4. The inventor of biocell justified enemies, they will be too many for
the need for it by saying that us and will drag us down to ruin.
would _____
But some people may say that
(a) develop ways for changing bio they cannot help having bad
cell into fuel for use thought even though they sting
(b) yield a source of energy like vipers. That may be so, but the
without much spending question is, do they hate them or
(c) produce electricity for all type not?
of machines
(d) produce signal to guide all ship We cannot keep thieves from
and other vessels looking in at our window, but if we
open our doors to them and
5. According to the passage, receive them joyfully, we are as
electricity was first discover in bad as they.
_____
We cannot help the birds flying
(a) heart and brains over our head; but we may keep
(b) muscles of animals them from building their nets in
(c) lightning our hair. Vain thought will knock at
(d) fish the door but we must not open to
them. Though bad and evil thought
PASSAGE II rise in our hearts, they must not be
allowed to reign.
Like a clock with the pendulum in
full swing, the mind moves as fast He who turns a morsel over and
as time. But we ought to mind our over in his mouth dose so because
thoughts for if they turn to be our he likes the flavour, and he who
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ripe to commit it. Think of the Good thoughts are blessed guest
devil, and he will appear, turn your and should be welcome, and much
thought toward evil and your sought after, but bad thought must
hands will soon follow. fly out as swiftly as they moved in.

Snails leaves their slime behind 6. Which of the following

them, and so do vain thought. An represents the writer’s view in the
arrow may fly through the air, and passage?
leaves no trace, but an evil
thought always leaves a trail like a (a) evil thought may come but
serpent. there is virtue in keeping them out
(b) evil thought will continue to
Where there is much traffic of bad sting us likes vipers as long as
thinking, there will be much mire there are enemies who cause
and dirt. Every wave of wicked offence
thought adds something to the (c) like the pendulum, evil thought
corruption which rots upon the will always come to our mind no
shore of life. It is dreadful to think matter what we do
that a vile imagination, once (d) like most birds, evil thoughts
indulge, gets the key of our minds, fly swiftly in our minds without
and can get in again very easily, perching
whether or not we let it in, and
what may follow, no one knows. 7. Which of the following
statement represent the view
Nurse evil on the laps of thought, expressed by the writer in the first
and it will grow into a giant. paragraph?
Therefore; there is wisdom in
watching every day, the thought (a) evil thought will eventually ruin
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(b) if we do not stop the pendulum (b) evil thoughts are fantasies
of thought from swinging, our which exist only in people’s mind
thoughts will soon become our (c) uncontrolled evil thoughts may
enemies lead to evil deeds
(c) to many evil thoughts leave (d) the devil gives evil thoughts
fatal consequences only to those who invite him in
(d) it is possible to decide what
control our thoughts 10. Which of the following
statement summarizes the
8. From the argument in the argument of the fourth paragraph?
second paragraph, it can be
concluded that evil thought control (a) heavy traffic on a miry and
the lives of people who _____ dirty road may lead to evil
thoughts
(a) Are helpless because they fly (b) the more evil we think, the
out of their minds more vile we are likely to become
(b) cherries idle and slothful ways (c) evil people should not be
(c) are thieves with evil instincts welcome as guest in our homes the
(d) treasures and ruminate on same way we welcome good
them people
(d) evil thoughts control the key to
9. The expression ‘Think of the human heart and no one can keep
devil and he will appear…, as used them out
in the passage suggests that
_____ PASSAGE III

(a) likes the devil evil thoughts Though assumption is the lowest
must not reign in our hearts level of knowledge; it is still a form
of knowledge, and knowledge is

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key. Assumptions are the decides well, we all behave
foundation upon which differently where we have different
interpretation and conclusion are levels of understanding, and
built. behave the way where our
understanding is the same.
Everything in life operate under
certain assumptions. We make We eat because we all understand
management decisions based on the consequences of not eating.
the assumptions we hold about We all wear clothes because each
how management ought to of us comprehends lunacy. The list
function and how people ought to goes on and on. It is inevitable that
be governed. some of us will make choices that
get and keep us on the lower rung
For some of us, we consciously of the ladder by reason of
imbibe assumptions and principles exposure, training or some others
about life and consciously decide variables.
based on them; for others, it is
unconsciously but potent all the Life is about role playing. We
same. Our assumptions will either choose our roles wisely or
drown us or help us soar through foolishly, consciously or
life. unconsciously. Some of us get
wiser to new levels of self-
We have always seen life as an awareness enough to redefine our
immense mansion with many roles, others make no effort to
rooms. Some rooms lead to build further capacity and
wealth, others to the opposite. therefore remain where they are.
Ultimately, we decide where we It is based on those realities that
end up; and life, thus far, has we draw the conclusion that not
proved that not everyone of us everyone will be wealthy in life. We

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lead, inspire and motivate people lucrative. So we have people who
to strive and succeed. could have been more fulfilled and
effective working as school teacher
It is also important that we paint serving in banks.
the full and true picture of life so
that we can discourage vain 11. According to the writer, people
pursuits. Balance must be lead and motivate others because
enthroned as a critical component they want to _____
of truth, and people know, for
instance, that ‘the top’ is not a (a) project individual contribution
place that all must ascend. (b)encourage selfless service
(c) make the world a home
Our greatest consolation lies in our (d) prevent empty search
deep conviction that true
prosperity is in fulfilment through 12. According to the passage,
hard work than in intangible balance must be enthroned
acquisition. There are set roles because it is _____
that some of us have been wired
up to play in life but which we are (a) a critical interdependent
not content enough to play function
because society esteems such (b) an amazing help for conscience
roles to be inferior. (c) a critical part of fidelity
(d) a serious way of ensuring
Take the almost scared office of a success.
teacher for instance; there are
people who have the natural gifts 13. The word inclinations, as in the
and inclinations to be school passage means _____
teacher. But teaching profession,
as it is, does not appear to be (a) creeds

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(b) tendencies (d) all things in life exist on some
(c) inhibitions belies.
(d) power.
PASSAGE IV
14. Which of the following
statements is true according to the The passage below has gaps
passage? numbered 16 to 25.
Immediately following each
(a) greatness in life emerges when gap, four options are provided.
square pegs are put in round holes Choose the most appropriate
(b) people do certain things in life option for each gap.
because they know the
repercussion Believe it or not, change is to
(c) people agree on all issues and human existence what the blood is
behave the same way for the same to the human body. We live in an
reason era of amazing ___16___. [A.
(d) understanding life at different well-define, B. fast-paced, C.
levels gives no account of visible favourable, D. social] change
acquisition. spawned by advancing technology
and industrialization.
15. From the passage, it can be However, man’s ___17___ [A.
inferred that _____ Knowledge of, B. attitude to, C.
commitment to, D. opinion of]
(a) People insincerely discuss facts promoting and defending change
that govern their behaviour in a deliberate effort to establish
(b) all managerial decisions are ___18___ [A. customs B.
based on assumptions. companies C. trade-zone D.
(c) people make conscious effort to variations] that stimulate
acquire hidden knowledge advancement for man’s concern is

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proving unfavourable to the The rising global ___23___ [A.
climate with threatening command B. demand C.
___19___. [A. repercussions B. warning D. supply] for energy
clouds C. pressure D. and the adverse changes on each
implication] were commensurate with the level
of greenhouse ___24___ [A.
Human-induced climate change structure B. paints C. emulsion
has awakened widespread concern D. emissions] it spews out,
across the globe. As a matter of perhaps Africa would have been
fact, climate change is now spared and would probably be just
___20___ [A. an acceptable B. a an amused spectator. But as it,
foremost C. the only D. the this is not the case.
last] globe issue. It is a major test
of Africa’s ___21___ [A. Here again, we see well-meaning
popularity B. energy C. global citizen appealing for the rest
ingenuity D. incapability]! of the world to take responsibility
for the problem of Africa, a
The forth Assessment Report strategy that cannot, thus far, be
(AR4) of the intergovernmental termed ___25___ [A. notable B.
panel of climate change (IPCC) liable C. credible D. flexible].
confirm that human action are
changing the earth’s climate and LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL
creating major disturbance in FORMS
human ___22___ [A. geography
B. society C. systems D. life] In each of questions 26 to 35,
and ecosystems. The IPCC reports select the option that best explains
that world has warmed by an the information conveyed in the
average of 0.760C since pre- sentence.
Industrial times.

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26. If he were here, it could be 28. The hunter has a bird’s-eye
more fun. view of the animals.

(a) He was expected but did not (a) He views the animal from a
show up to make the occasion high position.
lively. (b) He views the bird’s eye.
(b) There was no fun because he (c) He views the birds on the tree
was not present. with one eye.
(c) He did not show up and so the (d) He watches animals and birds
occasion lacked much fun. closely.
(d) He was being expected to
supply more fun. 29. Even though Susan was the
last in the examination, her result
27. The secretary said that the wasn’t too different from what had
postponement of the meeting was been expected.
due to unforeseen circumstances.
(a) Her result was poor.
(a) The date of the meeting was (b) Her result was a
shifted as a result of unexpected disappointment.
reasons. (c) Her result was as expected.
(b) The meeting’s date was put off (d) She had not been serious with
for strange reasons. her studies.
(c) The meeting was called off as a
result of obstacles hitherto 30. Mrs. Adasu does all her work
unknown. with more haste, less speed.
(d) The meeting broke off as a
result of unusual difficulties. (a) She accepts whatever she does
with more haste and speed.

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(b) She approaches whatever she 33. Okon’s company took a hit last
does hurriedly. year.
(c) She addresses everything she
does very quickly to avoid (a) His company improved last
mistakes. year.
(d) She does everything carefully (b) His company made a huge
to avoid mistakes. success last year.
(c) His company was badly
31. She stopped her education as damaged last year.
her uncle left her in the lurch. (d) His company was established
last year.
(a) Her uncle deceived her.
(b) Her uncle disinherited her. 34. My eldest son, who is in Lagos
(c) Her uncle refused to help her is studying English.
(d) Her uncle disrespected her
(a) Only my son is in Lagos
32. The plan to upgrade the studying English.
dispensary to a general hospital (b) My only son is in Lagos
did not materialize. studying English.
(c) One of my son is in Lagos
(a) The plan did not meet the studying English
required specifications. (d) My sons are in Lagos but only
(b) The arrangement did not work one is studying English.
out as wished.
(c) It was difficult to obtain the 35. If I went to the village, I would
materials. visit the king.
(d) The materials purchased ware
not the right ones. (a) If I go to the village I will visit
the king.

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(b) I did not go to the village and I 38. Lantana dwelt in a ruined
did not visit the king cottage on the hillside.
(c) All the times I went to village I
also visited the King (a) sat
(d) I will visit the king when I go to (b) worked
the village (c) slept
(d) lived
In each of questions 36 to 50,
choose the option nearest in 39. The mistake brought the show
meaning to the word or to an ignominious end
phrases in italics.
(a) a good
36. Since its inception in 1983, the (b) a palatable
newspaper has attracted (c) a disgraceful
thousands of readers. (d) a satisfactory
(a) renaissance
(b) coming 40. He compliments me on my way
(c) commencement of doing things.
(d) publication
(a) complements
37. Mrs. Asio wanted her sister to (b) imitates
stop being so detached (c) disgusts
(d) praises
(a) friendly
(b) careless 41. The girl is angry with her friend
(c) indifferent who had ensnared her into this
(d) passionate relationship.

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(b) encouraged 45. The old woman is suffering
(c) encouraged from dementia.
(d) forced
(a) lucidity
42. Their new house was roofed (b) senility
with corrugated sheets. (c) insanity
(d) sagacity
(a) folded
(b) iron 46. Some drugs have deleterious
(c) aluminium effect on a child’s development.
(d) corrupted
(a) debilitating
43. The stockbroker said it was an (b) helpful
astute move to sell the shares (c) harmful
then. (d) healing
47. Fila has always described as
(a) a bad belligerent.
(b) a shrewd
(c) an unprofitable (a) beautiful
(d) an insincere (b) attractive
(c) combative
44. The principal described Oche (d) innocent
as the most tactful person he had
ever worked with. 48. Laraba saw a forlorn little
figure sitting outside the class.
(a) passionate
(b) discrete (a) wise and intelligent
(c) hard-working (b) lonely and unhappy
(d) innovate (c) smart and healthy

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(d) short and ugly (b) compelled
(c) persuaded
49. The circular supersedes all (d) pressured
previous correspondence on the
matter. 52. His father served as a
mercenary in the army.
(a) supports
(b) displaces (a) preacher
(c) eliminates (b) regular
(d) circumvent (c) recruit
(d) officer
50. Her problem was exacerbated
by the loss of her father. 53. Jummai is cruel to her
husband.
(a) exaggerated
(b) solved (a) harsh
(c) aggravated (b) brutal
(d) infuriated (c) passionate
(d) ferocious
In each of question 51 to 65,
choose the word that is 54. The teacher who beat the
opposite in meaning to the student was treated with mercy.
word or phrase in italics
(a) disrespect
51. The warring communities were (b) contempt
coerced into negotiation a (c) vengeance
settlement (d) kindness

(a) driven

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55. His wife hated his garrulous (c) supervisor
attitude. (d) professional

(a) outspoken 59. ‘I do not trust him’ he said, in

(b) unfriendly a rare moment of candour.
(c) reticent
(d) thoughtful (a) reproach
(b) dishonesty
56. Agoshito is a callow youth; said (c) frankness
the teacher. (d) fairness

(a) An ignorant 60. Mrs Akunilo looks anaemic

(b) An experience today.
(c) An idle
(d) An organized (a) strange
(b) sick
57. What you are asking me to do (c) weak
is a herculean task. (d) strong

(a) a strenuous 61. It is inconceivable that the sun

(b) a demanding shone in the night.
(c) a lovely
(d) an easy (a) credible
(b) unthinkable
58. Nkechi was a novice when she (c) impossible
was first employed. (d) contestable

(a) manager
(b) clerk

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62. She only gives a superficial (a) Weak
impression of warmth and (b) wicked
friendliness. (c) fat
(d) harmless
(a) a strong
(b) a fake In each of question 66 to 85,
(c) a deep choose the option that best
(d) an unrealistic complete the gap

63. As a prudent businessman, 66. When his car tyre _____ on the
Adayi does not leave anything to way, he did not know what to do.
chance.
(a) has burst
(a) A frugal (b) had burst
(b) Shrewd (c) bursted
(c) careless (d) burst
(d) unsuccessful 67. Lami’s father _____ as a
gardener when he was young, but
64. His antipathy affected the now he is a driver.
growth of his business.
(a) had been working
(a) hatred (b) use to work
(b) receptiveness (c) has worked
(c) loyalty (d) used to work
(d) hostility
68. _____ he switches on the light,
65. Okonkwo’s lethal right foot did the shadow disappears.
the magic in the football match.
(a) whenever

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(b) except 72. Unoka _____ the whole house
(c) since to find his missing wristwatch.
(d) until
(a) scourged
69. It is important that you clear (b) scoured
the refuse in front of your house (c) scored
every _____. (d) scouted

(a) fourtnight 73. Ife asked me _____.

(b) fortnight
(c) fourthnight (a) what time it was
(d) forthnight (b) what is it by my time
(c) what time is it
70. The policemen became (d) what time it is
suspicious as the hoodlums _____
in their office. 74. There are many ways to kill a
(a) ferreted rat, so we should be _____ in our
(b) ferreted approach to the task ahead of us.
(c) ferreted about
(d) ferreted about (a) ecletic
(b) eclectic
71. Suara needn’t come with us, (c) eclektic
_____? (d) eclectik

(a) does she 75. Audu took these action purely

(b) will she _____ his own career.
(c) can she
(d) need she (a) on furtherance of
(b) in furtherance of

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(c) to furtherance in 79. I wonder how he will _____
(d) in furtherance with being absent from school for a long
time.
76. Here is Mr. Odumusu who
teaches English _____ in our (a) make in
school. (b) make up
(c) make off
(a) pronuntiation (d) make out
(b) pronounciation
(c) pronunciation 80. Please sit on the _____.
(d) pronountiation
(a) carier
77. Instead of _____ she lied (b) career
(c) carrier
(a) pleading (d) carrear
(b) her to plead
(c) her pleading 81. I want to _____ his chance to
(d) plead acquaint you with the latest
development.
78. Of the three girls, Uka is the
_____. (a) size
(b) seize
(a) so much notorious (c) sieze
(b) notorious (d) cease
(c) naught
(d) naughtiest 82. Getting a well-paid job
nowadays is on _____ task.

(a) utmost

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(b) upbeat In each of question 86 to 88,
(c) uphill choose the option that has the
(d) upfield same vowel sound as the one
represented by the letter(s)
83. The secretary has no right to underlined
_____ my affairs.
86. bubble
(a) spy from
(b) meddle in (a) guy
(c) toy at (b) bull
(d) complain into (c) bumper
(d) gurgle
84. Bola studiously avoided _____
the question. 87. weight

(a) parrying (a) whale

(b) answering (b) while
(c) projecting (c) wheat
(d) destroying (d) writhe

85. The school authority dismissed 88. Leach

him for _____ but I won’t tell you
about it yet. (a) gear
(b) cedar
(a) certain reason (c) cheer
(b) a reason (d) death
(c) more reason
(d) a certain reason In each of question 89 to 91,
choose the option that has the

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consonant sound as the one 92. fuel
represented by the letter(s)
underlined (a) cruel
(b) fool
89. mention (c) rule
(d) field
(a) that
(b) machine 93 match
(c) church
(d) test (a) harsh
(b) batch
90. prestige (c) such
(d) watch
(a) bag
(b) badge 94. Sheer
(c) reggae
(d) leisure (a) Sheila
(b) care
91. knot (c) ear
(d) sherry
(a) cot
(b) keep In each of the question 95 to
(c) norm 97, choose the appropriate
(d) king stress pattern from the option.
The syllables are written in
In each question 92 to 94, capital letters.
choose the option that rhymes
with the given word 95. Termination

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(a) terminaTION (b) What brand of car does Uche
(b) TERmination love?
(c) termiNAtion (c) Does Uche hate Toyota cars?
(d) terMInation (d) Does Uche love bicycles?

96. meditative 99. The POLICE arrested the

suspect
(a) meDItative
(b) mediTAtive (a) Did the police placate the
(c) Meditative suspect?
(d) meditaTIVE (b) Who arrested the suspect?
(c) Who did the police arrest?
97. Sugestible (d) Did the police arrest the
suspect?
(a) suggeSTIble
(b) Suggestible 100. Maiduguri is the CAPITAL of
(c) suGGEstible Borno state
(d) suggestible
(a) Is Maiduguri the capital of
In each of the question 98 to plateau state?
100, the word in capital letters (b) Which state is Maiduguri the
has the emphatic stress. capital of?
Choose the option to which the (c) Is Maiduguri a town in Borno
given sentence relates state?
(d) What is the capital of Borno
98. Uche LOVES Toyota cars state?

(a) Who loves Toyota cars?

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 JAMB USE OF ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS (PT.2)

PAPER TYPE: YELLOW endowed with special powers to

make contact with the other world.
COMPREHENSION: Read each These individuals lay down
passage carefully and answer the ceremonies or rituals which must
questions that follow it be observed if due honour is to be
paid to the unseen beings.
PASSAGE I
The religious beliefs and practices
Religion in its various forms is very of Nigerians can be classified
strong in Nigeria. In order words, under three main headings:
Nigerian people are very religious. Traditional religion, Islam and
Most of them believe that there is Christianity. In this passage, our
an unseen supernatural world, focus in on Traditional Religion.
apart from the natural world we
see around us. Traditional or indigenous religion
continues to exert a strong
This other world is inhabited by influence on many people’s mind
beings who are the source of our partly because of its association
knowledge of good and evil. They with their birth places and families.
watch and judge us and if we Each ethnic group has its own
offend them they may have to be religious traditions, and these are
appeased with prayers and often linked to some sacred spots
sacrifices. in the ethnic homeland. Yet the
various traditional religions have
Certain individuals in the natural much in common: a remote but
world-priest, prophets and benevolent high god; under him, a
diviners – are believed to be number of lesser gods who interact
with mankind; and below them

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various spirits who inhabit natural In Hausa land, traditional religion
objects (trees, streams, rocks, has largely gone underground
etc.); below them again, and owing to the influence of Islam,
closest to living men and women, but belief in the existence of ‘Bori‘
the spirits of the ancestors. spirits and their power to possess
people, especially women, is
In Yoruba tradition, for example, strong in some areas. Each spirit is
there are more than 400 lesser associated with certain type of
deities presided over by the high behaviour, which is manifested by
god, Olorun. Because he is remote the possessed individual.
from mankind, shrines are not
built to him and worship is not Divination – the discovery of what
offered to him directly. The lesser is unknown or is yet to happen by
gods, on the other hand, are the supernatural or magical means – is
subject of special cults, each with an important element of traditional
its own priest and devotees. religion. It is often one of the
function of ‘medicine men’ or
Eshu, the messenger of the Gods; ‘herbalists’.
Ifa, the god of divination; Shango,
the god of thunder, and so on. In Igboland, there also used to be
Traditional religion was also strong several oracles which people
in other parts of Nigeria. consulted in order to seek
solutions to their problems. With
In igbo Traditional religion, there the coming of Christianity, their
were fewer gods. Although there influence has however waned, but
was a remote high god, the most in areas like Arochukwu and Okija,
important figure was Ala or Ani, the influence of such oracles is still
the goddess of the earth. strongly felt.

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(Adapted from Grant, Nnamonu (a) supernatural and natural world
and Jowitt (1997), Senior English co-exist
Project: For Senior Secondary (b) natural and supernatural
School Students) worlds are antagonistic
(c) supernatural world controls the
1. Which Question Paper Type of natural world
Uses of English as indicated above (d) supernatural world exploits the
is given to you? natural world

(a) Type Green 4. Traditional religion has waned in

(b) Type Purple Nigeria owing to the _____
(c) Type Red
(d) Type Yellow (a) influence of Islam over Bori
spirits
2. From the passage, one can say (b) influence of Christianity over
that all ethnic groups have _____ local oracles
(c) decline of the interest in
(a) different traditional religions traditional religions
with some elements of similarities (d) influence of non-traditional
(b) completely different religious religions
practices
(c) the same traditional religion 5. Which factor is common to all
(d) the same religious traditional religions as mentioned
manifestations with common in the passage?
deities
(a) Prayer only.
3. According to the first paragraph, (b) Divination.
Nigerians believe that the _____ (c) Sacrifice only.
(d) Rituals.

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PASSAGE II foreign books because of higher
demands for them, the question
Recently, literally research reveals that bothers most Nigerian authors
that Nigerians hardly have time to is, while their overseas
read. In essence, the reading counterparts are being rewarded
culture in Nigeria is now at a low with great international honours,
ebb. It is disturbing, however, that why are Nigerians not according
the few Nigerians that read them such recognition in their own
concentrates on foreign books country?
than indigenous productions. Most
Nigerian authors of novels, Recently, Nigerian novelist,
storybooks, fiction and non-fiction Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won
series have decried, on different the 2007 Orange Prize Award, the
occasions, their woes. literary world’s top award for
fiction in English written by
They were bitter in the way most women. The award carries a prize
owners of bookshops and tag of $30,000. It was reported in
publishers treat them. It was Publishers Weekly, Half of a Yellow
gathered that most renowned Sun, the book that earned her the
bookshops in Nigeria hardly sell award, was profoundly gripping.
books written by indigenous According to the reviewer, the
authors. They preferred to stock book is a ‘transcendent novel of
foreign books. many descriptive triumph, most
notably its diction of the impact of
When contacted by DAILY war brutalities on peasant and
INDEPENDENT, the general intellectuals alike. It is a searing
manager of popular bookstore in history in fictional form, intensely
Lagos Island declared that most of evocative and immensely
the bookshops preferred to stock absorbing’.

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Chinua Achebe, ‘Father of Modern Often Nigerian publishers have
African Literature’, also won the been blamed for this. It is
second ever Man Booker instructive that none of the books
international ‘Prize of “£60,000 mentioned had been published in
with his first novel Things Fall Nigerian. It was discovered that
Apart, published in 1958.’ most students in tertiary
institutions depends on dictations
When Professor Wole Soyinka won from their lecturers and/or
the Nobel Prize for Literature in handouts.
1986, the fame confirmed the
relevance of Nigerians in the world A science lecturer in one of the
of classical excellence. Nigerian universities, who had
been a victim of handout sales
Ben Okri won the 1991 Booker scandal, told DAILY INDEPENDENT
Prize with his work, The Famished the reality of campus challenges in
Road, and the world celebrated relation to books. ‘I was to dictate
Nigeria as the giant of Africa. It notes slowly to students who hung
was also gathered that most of the on every word in the absence of
publishers hurriedly produce books textbooks in a library that had, to
and in the process marred their all intent and purpose, stopped
good contents. buying new books when the local
currency devalued. But what other
Most of the books are not properly alternative does one have?
edited and actually become
substandard when compared with Adapted from DAILY
the foreign products. The extent to INDEPENDENT, Monday, 20
which book publishing standard August, 2007
has fallen in Nigerian is alarming.

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6. It can be inferred from the gripping, as used in the passage,
passage that _____ means that the book _____

(a) Nigerians have access to (a) is highly interesting and

foreign books only captures attention
(b) Nigerian undergraduates do (b) is of high quality to the writer
not read textbooks (c) attracts many indigenous and
(c) Nigerians read foreign and foreign readers
indigenous books alike (d) is widely acknowledged by
(d) Nigerians read mostly foreign many authors
books
9. The university science lecturer
7. The reason for lack of gives his reason for issuing
indigenous books in most handouts as _____
renowned bookshops, according to
the passage, _____ (a) lack of teaching aids among
students
(a) Nigerians prefer reading (b) low purchasing power
foreign books (c) low quality of books
(b) foreign books attracts more (d) lack of sufficient time
buyers
(c) indigenous books are 10. A suitable title for this passage
sometimes not available is _____
(d) the low quality of indigenous
books (a) Nigerian Literary Writers
(b) Nigerian Publishers and
8. The expression ________ that International Awards
earned her the award is profoundly (c) Poor reading Culture in Nigeria

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(d) Why Nigerian Lecturers Sell This will involve one making up
Handouts ones’ mind to be decisive in
learning. We must decide to learn
PASSAGE III consciously and not necessarily
from negative experiences. The
It is said that experience is the first step is to realize that life is
best teacher, but to learn simply the outcomes and outplay
consciously through wisdom may of decisions.
even be a better and more
convenient way. To learn by Our life now is the sum total of our
experience is to learn from decisions and our future will be
mistakes. determined by our decision of
today. If we decide to learn today,
It means you have burnt your we are not likely to make mistakes
fingers and now ‘your eyes are and when we do not make
open’. This is a tough, costly and mistakes. Experience need not to
inconvenient way to learn. Rather be our best teacher.
than leaving our learning to
experience, why do we not learn To avoid making experience our
consciously through wisdom? We best teacher will take more than a
can learn by consciously going out decision. We must couple our
of our way to acquire knowledge decision with a complete and
and wisdom rather than leave our wholehearted devotion. We must
learning to chance. Surely, we can be resolved, resolute and resilient
learn from mistakes but why wait in our bid to learn by wisdom and
till when we make mistakes before not necessarily by experience.
we learn? We should give more
premium to learning by wisdom This is crucial because situations
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make a detour and leave our Consider the child who grasps a
learning and life to chance. We burning coal, he has learned the
must therefore be disciplined to hard way through the painful
remain with our resolve to make a experience, but his fingers will
clean break with experience as our remain burnt. Thus, the saying,
best teacher. that experience is the best
teacher, may not be justifiable
Discipline in this regard means after all.
learning something new every day
by wisdom rather than experience. Adapted from Sunday Tribune,
It means consciously getting July 2007
better by the day in you chosen
field. Discipline will demand taking 11. The attitude of the writer of the
advantage of every learning passage can best be described as
opportunity that comes our way. It _____
will mean we must pay the price
for learning by wisdom – invest in (a) objective
books, magazines, seminars and (b) critical
other means by which we may (c) non-committal
become wiser. (d) emotional
It is much easier and cheaper to 12. It can be deduced from the
learn consciously by wisdom than passage that _____
to learn by experience. When we
learn by experience, the deed is (a) all experiences are best
done and we are just picking up teachers
the pieces – learning in regret how (b) learning through pains in
to avoid such predicament next better
time. (c) experience is superior to
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(d) wise thoughts are more 15. The phrase a complete and
desirable than experience wholehearted devotion, as used in
the passage, means _____
13. Which of the following states is
true according to the passage? (a) acting without doubt
(b) learning with tension
(a) man must make mistake in (c) learning without pains
order to survive (d) teaching with ease
(b) The totality of our actions
should be decided by our PASSAGE IV
judgement
(c) If we do not make mistakes, The passage below has gaps
experience must be our teacher numbered 16 to 25. Immediately
(d) Our future would be judged by following each gap, four options
our past mistakes are provided. Choose the most
appropriate options for each gap.
14. According to the passage, we
be disciplined to _____ Each question carries 3 marks

(a) make experience our best The medical definition of

teacher in reality miscarriage is the spontaneous
(b) learn from experience in future loss of a pregnancy before twenty-
(c) chose the learning opportunity four weeks. Miscarriage is very
that comes our way common, occurring in ten to
(d) decide against making twenty per cent, of conformed
experience our teacher pregnancies. Most of these feature
___16___ [A. In the
penultimate B. In the first C.

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around D. For] twelve week of and the miscarriage is only
pregnancy. ___20___ [A. prevented B.
managed C. discovered D.
The most common ___17___ [A. Stopped] in a routine scan.
type B. Cause C. Period D.
Symptom] is vaginal bleeding, About half of all early miscarriages
which can range from light happen because of a problem in
spotting to heavier than a period. the way the genetic material from
You may see blood clots, brown the egg and sperm have combined
discharge or other tissues that are during ___21___ [A. pregnancy
not ___18___ [A. clearly B. B. incubation C. mating D.
naturally C. directly D. fertilization]. It can be difficult to
Medically] identifiable. find out why this has ___22___
[A. occurred B. enlarged C.
Sometimes a sac-like structure is continued D. emerged], but it is
seen. Often, there is cramping with more likely to be due to random
pelvic or back pain. You may find chance than to any underlying
that the usual symptoms of problem with either parent.
pregnancy, such as breast Imbalances in pregnancy
tenderness, feeling sick and hormones, problems in the
having to pass urine more immune ___23___ [A. syndrome
___19___ [A. painfully B. B. process C. response D.
frequently C. gradually D. system], and some serious
Commonly] than usual stop infections are also thought to
unexpectedly. make miscarriages more likely.
The risk of miscarriage ___24___
Sometimes there are no signs or [A. increases B. starts C.
symptoms of miscarriage and reduces D. appears] with age
pregnancy symptoms continue,

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because the quality of eggs (a) Hardworking students must
deteriorates. not have a role to play in most
activities in the school
If a woman drinks too much (b) Only hardworking students
alcohol or smokes heavily, the risk must participate in all activities in
of miscarriage is higher. It is also the school
increased with ___25___ [A. (c) Hardworking students do not
complicated B. advance C. participate in all activities in the
multiple D. confirmed] school
pregnancies such as twins. (d) Hardworking students must
ask others to participate in school
Adapted from Saturday Punch, 13 activities.
October, 2007
27. The vice chancellor is riding
LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL the crest of the last quarter of his
FORMS administration.

In each of question 26 to 35, select (a) The vice chancellor enjoys the
the option that best explains the acknowledgement of the success
information conveyed in the of his administration
sentence. (b) The vice chancellor does not
enjoy the people’s criticism of his
Each question carries 2 marks administration
(c) The vice chancellor hopes to
26. Hardworking students must overcome soon, the poor
not have a finger in very pie at comments on his administration
school. (d) The vice chancellor does not
talk of his successes on office

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28. She was absolved by the (b)The management expected the
course from the charge. company to issue more than one
billion shares
(a) She was convicted for the (c) Members of the company
charge bought less than one billion shares
(b) She was blamed and charged (d) The company did not issue one
to court billion shares
(c) Her case was resolved by the
court 31. He needed not to have played
(d) She was declared free from the in the position of quarterback in
charge the volley ball.

29. The landlord is fond of (a) He participated in the game in

throwing his weight about. his unusual position
(b) Nobody expected him to have
(a) The landlord likes healthy participated in the game
exercise (c) He wanted to play in a position
(b) The landlord is overweight other than the one he was offered.
(c) The landlord gives orders to (d) Someone did not want him to
people play in the position that he played
(d) The landlord is respected by his
tenants 32. I wouldn’t have responded to
30. The company ought to have his rude talk, if I were you.
issued warrants for one billion
shares. (a) The advice was taken by the
respondent, so he did not respond
(a) The company has issued one to the talk
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(b) The adviser put himself in the 35. As far as Abu is concerned,
respondent’s position, so he did Mero should be given fifty naira at
not respond to the talk the most.
(c) The respondent replied to the
speaker’s talk, although he ought (a) All Abu is saying is that Mero
not have done so probably deserves more than fifty
(d) What was advisable was that naira and not less
the respondent gave it back to the (a) All Abu is concerned with is
speaker that Mero should be given nothing
more than fifty naira
33. He could not speak out (c) In Abu’s estimation, Mero
because he had a feet of clay. merits not more than fifty naira
(d) In Abu’s opinion, Mero
(a) His feet was muddy deserves fifty naira or probably
(b) He was weak and cowardly more
(c) He was clumsy and lazy
(d) He was shy and timid (Question 36 to 100 carry 1 mark
each.)
34. The player wasted a golden
opportunity during the penalty In each of question 36 to 50,
shoot-out. choose the option opposite in
meaning to the word or phrase
(a) The player first the bar in italics.
(b) The player did not score the
shot 36. As an idiot, the boy is weak in
(c) The player scored the shot that class.
made them win the gold cup
(d) Instead of a silver cup, they (a) a deviant
received the golden one (b) a dunce

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(c) an expert (a) ability
(d) a genius (b) incompetence
(c) inconsistency
37. We were shocked by the news (d) rudeness
that he had lost the money.
41. The management wants to
(a) astonished consider her reticent behaviour in
(b) disconcerted due course.
(c) unconcerned
(d) surprised (a) disapproving
(b) disciplinarian
38. The principal was advised to be (c) contemplative
flexible on critical issues. (d) loquacious

(a) livid 42. Election process often become

(b) cautious volatile.
(c) evasive
(d) rigid (a) calm
(b) strange
39. Bola always looks sober. (c) sudden
(d) latent
(a) excited
(b) serious 43. Oche entered the principal’s
(c) worried office in a rather abrasive manner.
(d) helpless
(a) gentle
40. Dupe was promoted for her (b) rude
efficiency. (c) lackadaisical
(d) indifferent

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44. Otokpa is a member of the ad (a) an answer
hoc committee on stock (b) a reply
acquisition. (c) an injury
(d) an obstacle
(a) improvised
(b) formal 48. Ola thought that her father
(c) temporary was very callous.
(d) fact-finding
(a) parlous
45. His gift to the poor was always (b) compassionate
infinitesimal. (c) wicked
(d) cheerful
(a) large
(b) small 49. He was very much respected,
(c) supportive though he had no temporal power.
(d) shameful
(a) spiritual
46. The economist concluded that (b) mundane
several factors have been adduced (c) permanent
to explain the fall in the birth rate. (d) ephemeral

(a) affirmed 50. The way the worship was

(b) diffused organized was rather hit-and-
(c) mentioned miss.
(d) refuted
(a) systematic
47. The presidential system is an (b) hasty
antidote to some political ailments. (c) slow
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In each of question 51 to 65, (c) leadership
choose the option nearest in (d) kingdom
meaning to the word or phrase
in italics 54. There are still virtuous women
in our society today.
51. Some men will continue to
cause offences until they are given (a) clever
a taste of their own medicine. (b) upright
(c) devilish
(a) placated (d) intelligent
(b) revenged on
(c) recompensed for 55. The type of response is typical
(d) cured of a lazy teacher.

52. Okibe was rusticated for his (a) symptomatic

derogated remark about the (b) characteristic
principal (c) universal
(d) incontestable
(a) complimentary
(b) unsavoury 56. Akin is an inveterate gambler.
(c) unwarranted
(d) lacklustre (a) a selfish and self-centred
(b) an extremely unlucky but
53. Justice is difficult to enforce popular
because people are unwilling to (c) an incurable but fearful
accept any loss of sovereignty. (d) a long time and incorrigible

(a) autonomy 57. He was too petrified to give the

(b) position closing remarks at the conference.

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(a) frightened (d) sly
(b) delighted
(c) agitated 61. The student’s union leader
(d) happy delivered his speech extempore.

58. During a particular time of the (a) out-of-hand

day, the road shimmers in the (b) off the cuff
heat. (c) accurately
(d) courageously
(a) darkens
(b) lightens 62. His story gave us an inkling of
(c) shines what he passed through during the
(d) beams strike.

59. Every human being is (a) a possible idea

vulnerable to communicable (b) a taste
diseases. (c) a summary
(d) the right view
(a) liable
(b) lifted 63. These policies have been
(c) immuned expoused by the ruling party.
(d) closed
(a) condemned
60. Mariam looks rather furtive to (b) rejected
Shehu. (c) supported
(d) outlined
(a) intoxicated
(b) unfriendly
(c) sad

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64. We must not foreclose 67. Vacancies in the company will
reconciliation as the purpose of his be notified by _____.
trip.
A. bulletin
(a) exclude B. publication
(b) consider C. publicity
(c) underestimate D. advertisement
(d) forgo
68. The driver was short of petrol,
65. Her finding exploded widely so he _____ down the hills with
held beliefs about learning. the engine switched off.

(a) challenged A. glided

(b) debunked B. coasted
(c) projected C. wheeled
(d) confirmed D. taxied

In each of question 66 to 85, 69. He started his career as an

choose the option that best _____ teacher.
complete the gap(s)
A. auxillary
66. He was both a writer and a B. auxilliary
politician, but he was better _____ C. auxilary
a singer. D. auxiliary

A. as if 70. His many years of success in

B. like legal practice, _____ didn’t come
C. as without challenges.
D. to be

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A. indeed 74. She was _____ the verge of
B. but tears.
C. in spite of it all
D. however A. at
B. on
71. One should be careful how C. by
_____ behaves in the public, D. with
shouldn’t _____?
75. Everyone makes mistakes
A. one/one occasionally; nobody is _____
B. he/he
C. she/one A. incorrigible
D. one/he B. imperfect
C. infallible
72. _____, a good leader must D. indestructible
have two characteristics.
76. The woman would not part
A. First and formost with her _____ pot.
B. First and formust
C. First and farmost A. discarded earthen black
D. First and foremost B. discarded black earthen
C. earthen discarded black
73. We visited his house _____ D. black earthen discarded
three times.
77. We stood up when the principal
A. like came in, _____?
B. for like
C. about A. isn’t it
D. for about B. didn’t we

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C. not so 81. The driver died in the _____
D. did us road accident.

78. The professor of _____ A. fatal

medicine has _____ the mystery B. brutal
of flu. C. serious
D. pathetic
A. vetinary/unraveled
B. vertrinary/unravelled 82. _____ your parents frown
C. veterinary/unraveled _____ our friendship, we shouldn’t
D. veterinary/unravelled see each other anymore.

79. Her mother brought her some A. Because / over

_____. B. Since / at
C. Although / at
A. clothes D. As / upon
B. yards
C. cloth 83. For more productivity, the
D. clothing company is focusing attention on
the possible _____ of available
80. Many workers were _____ as a recourses.
result of the textile closure.
A. synergy
A. laid down B. tapping
B. laid off C. alignment
C. laid out D. arrangement
D. laid up
84. _____ she didn’t trust him, she
married him.

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A. After B. pig
B. Much as C. made
C. Since D. came
D. Though
88. patch
85. I wanted to know his political
beliefs, so I asked him what _____ A. starch
B. fare
A. this was C. mad
B. these are D. brave
C. this is
D. these were In each of question 89 to 91,
choose the option that has the
In each of question 86 to 88, same consonant sound as the
choose the option that has the one represented by the
same vowel sound as the one letter(s) underlined.
represented by the letter(s)
underlined. 89. tangerine

86. book (a) gear

(b) danger
A. cool (c) girl
B. cook (d) ignore
C. fool
D. tool 90. hair

87. village (a) heir

(b) hour
A. page (c) honest

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(d) house 94. imperialism

91. edition (a) IMperialism

(b) imPErialism
(a) bash (c) impeRIAlism
(b) catch (d) imperialiSM
(c) bastion
(d) rating In each of questions 95 to 97,
choose the option that has the
In each of questions, 92 to 94, stress on the first syllable.
choose the appropriate stress
pattern from the options. The 95.
syllables are written in capital (a) madam
letters. (b) eighteen
(c) invent
92. demarcation (d) command

(a) demarCAtion 96.

(b) DEmarcation (a) nineteen
(c) deMARcation (b) mother
(d) demarcaTION (c) estate
(d) announce
93. impossible
97.
(a) imPOSible (a) commute
(b) IMposible (b) import (verb)
(c) imposSIble (c) intend
(d) impossiBLE (d) export (noun)

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In each of questions 98 to 100, 100. The cat DEVOURED the rat.
the word in capital letters has
the emphatic stress. Choose (a) Did the rat devoured the cat?
the option to which the given (b) What devoured the rat?
sentence relates. (c) Did the cat pet the rat?
(d) Is this the rat the cat
98. The traditional chief devoured?
NARRATED the story to the
children. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

(a) The children heard the story Would you like to get or confirm
from the traditional chief the correct answer(s) with
(b) Who narrated the story to the explanations to any or all of
children? these questions?
(c) The children could not listen to
the story by the traditional chief
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(d) Did the chief hide the story
from the children?

99. The ACCOUNTANT paid the

workers’ July salary in September.

(a) When were the workers paid

(b) Did the cashier pay the
workers’ salary in September
(c) Workers received their July
salary in September?
(d) The September salary was paid
in July?

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 JAMB USE OF ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS (PT.3)

Fourthly, water, which is an-other

COMPREHENSION: Read each
important raw material, is
passage carefully and answer the
plentiful.
questions that follow it

Finally, Abuja is in a central

PASSAGE I
position for the whole region and is
a town where learners from many
In 1951, the Government decided
different parts can find a congenial
to start a Pottery Training Centre
temporary home, and where the
where new and more advanced
Emir and his Council are actively
technical methods, especially
interested in the project.
glazing, could be taught. The
centre was intended to serve the
Nearly all the making is done by a
whole of the defunct Northern
process called ‘throwing’, so called
Region, and there were several
because the lumps of clay are
reasons for choosing Abuja. The
thrown by the potter onto a wheel-
first was the excellence of the
head. They are weighed out so
traditional pottery made in the
that each pot will be roughly the
Emirate.
same size; for example, for
making pint-sized jugs, the lumps
Secondly, fire-wood is plentiful;
of clay will be one and a half
this is a most important
kilogrammes. The potter sits on
consideration, because in the
the saddle of the wheel and spins
making of glazed pottery, more
it by pushing a pedal with his left
firewood than clay is required.
foot. He has a bowl of water, a
loofah, a bamboo knife, a pointed
Thirdly, there are good clays, and
stick or porcupine quill, a wooden
good local sources for the raw
smoothing tool which potters call a
materials needed for the glazes.

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rib, and a piece of wire-like object 2. Which of the following is true
that is used for wedging. He makes according to the passage?
the wheel-head slightly damp, and
throws the lumps into the middle. A. Anyone, with almost no
training, can run pots on a wheel.
The first work is to force the lump B. Pots can be made quickly and
to the centre, then he presses his correctly.
thumb into the middle of the lump, C. A pot thrown on a wheel is less
using water to keep it slippery. likely to break.
When the bottom is of the right D. The potter does not have to
thickness, he begins to draw up work hard if he uses the wheel.
the walls until they are of the right
height. Then he shapes 3. From the passage, how does a
the belly and shoulder of the pot. potter make several pots of almost
He trims off any waste clay. identical size?

In this way, a small and medium- A. By having the knowledge of

sized pot can be made more different pots.
quickly and accurately. B. By weighing the lumps of clay.
C. By having the right tools
1. Which question Paper Type of D. By knowing what to do from
Uses of English is given to you? experience.

A. Type D 4. The phrase trims off any waste

B. Type I clay, as used in the passage,
C. Type B means to _____
D. Type U
A. cut away unnecessary parts
B. force the clay to the centre

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C. divide the clay into two be heard in diverse places. Such
D. wash away different colours places include living rooms and
cars, jogging paths can also
5. The word congenial, as used in function as new kinds of concert
the passage, means _____ halls where we can hear what we
want as often as we want.
A. congested
B. precise Live performances provide a
C. similar special excitement. In a live
D. nice performance artistes put
themselves on the line. To avoid
PASSAGE II embarrassment, the artiste must
train before hand and ensure that
Music plays a vital role in human technical difficulties are avoided
society. Good music provides and that the listeners are actively
entertainment and emotional involved. What is performed, how
release, and it accompanies it sounds to the excitement of such
activities ranging from dances to a moment and feelings are
religious ceremonies. exchanged between stage and
hall.
Music is heard everywhere; in
auditoriums, homes, elevators, Our response to a musical
schools, sports arenas and on the performance or an artiste is
streets. Recorded performance is a subjective and rooted in deep
sensational innovation elevation of feelings. Even professional critics
the twentieth century. Thanks to can differ strongly in their
modern technology like compact evaluations of a performance.
disc (CD) digital video disc (DVD)
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There is no one ''Truth'' about what C. All artistes are objective in their
we hear and feel. Does the feelings.
performed project a concept, an D. Music influences feelings at
overall idea, or an emotion? Do different levels
some sections of a piece, but not
others, communicate something to 7. The expression “…stage and
you? Can you figure out why? It is hall”, as used in the passage,
up to us as listeners to evaluate means the _____
performances of music so that we
can fully enjoy it. A. artiste and his music
B. artiste and the audience
People listen to music in many C. producer and the director
different ways. For instance, music D. director and the audience
can be a barely perceived
background as in a film or a totally 8. From the passage, it can be
absorbing experience as in a deduced that music is _____
concert.
A. appreciated as the environment
Adapted from Roger, K. (1990) An dictates
Appreciation Music: Fourth Brief B. better appreciated in a crowd
Edition, McGrow-Hill Higher C. better appreciated when we are
Education. happy
D. better appreciated by
6. Which of the following is true professional critics
according to the passage?
9. According to the writer, live
A. Music can enhance evaluation performances provide a special
performance excitement because they are
B. All listeners are music makers _____

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B. interactive eruption D. expulsion]. But
C. error-free and original there are certain features of a
D. educative man-made disturbance that
requires special examination.
10. According to the passage,
music plays a vital role in human As with all events on this
society because _____ ___13___ [A. scanner B. skate
C. snow D. scale], it is impossible
A. music provides enjoyment and to describe what happens in
relief details. However we can be
B. it is easy to appreciate music reasonably sure of the main
C. stage performance is the most effects, and the most impressive of
popular music opportunity. these arises from ___14___ [A.
D. everybody can listen to music pressure waves B. pressure
through the CD, MP3 and DVD. volume C. pressure air D.
pressure gauge].
PASSAGE III
The immediate result of the
Whatever may be its wider ___15___ [A. reduction B.
imputations, the explosion of commotion C. detonation D.
hydrogen bomb is, for the distortion] is that the air
meteorologist, simply another surrounding the bomb is raised
atmospheric disturbance. It should very rapidly to an enormously high
therefore be classified with certain ___16___ [A. way B.
rare natural ___11___ [A. temperature C. class D.
programmes B. occurrences C. profile].
resources D. laws], such as
volcanic ___12___ [A.

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The hot gases expand violently as 21. In their preparation for the
great ___17___ [A. firearms B. masquerade, David and others
fireballs C. fireworks D. agreed to exercise extra caution in
firesmokes], compressing the air their dealings with Samuel
around them into what is called because he would _____.
___18___ [A. shock jocks B.
shock therapy C. shock waves A. force them to dance with the
D. shock troops], or blast wave masquerade.
that is responsible for much of B. try his tricks on them to know
terrible destructive power of-the their secrets
weapon. C. prepare well ahead of them
D. put them to shame.
Another kind of wave arises
because of the weight of the air. 22. In the novel; Nwomiko was
The force of the explosion lifts the famous for her _____.
___19___ [A. form B.
atmosphere C. space D. height] A. lack of fighting spirit
around the bomb. The gravity B. spiritual powers
waves can also resemble ordinary C. political struggles
___20___ [A. stream B. lake C. D. lack of spiritual values
ocean D. river] waves. Waves of
this type are normally felt by 23. “With remarkable agility, he
human beings and they have their mounted The Fallen Goliath and
effect on the weather. went on to stuff his mouth with
earth.” Who was the Fallen Goliath
Questions 21 to 30 are based in the excerpt above?
on Chukwuemeka Ike’s The
Potter’s Wheel. A. Cromwell
B. David

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D. Samuel C. he came top of Standard I
D. his teacher sent him on an
24. ”If you have not beheld your errand.
Chi in his stark nakedness, be
prepared to do so as soon as you 27. In the novel, Bright lived with
set foot in that man’s house.” From Teacher because _____
the excerpt above, whose house
was being referred to? A. his father had gone on a long
journey
A. Mazi Nwokike B. he was Teacher’s nephew
B. Teacher Zaccheus C. his father was indebted to
C. Mazi Okeke Teacher
D. Mazl Laze D. he wanted to become a teacher.

25. In the novel, the people of 28. According to the novel, Obu
Umuchukwu likened Samuel to was good at _____
_____
A. Jokes
A. a swimmer B. proverbs
B. an ancestral spirit C. cricket
C. a chief priest D. games
D. a fisherman
29. Uke was conscripted into the
26. Obu dashed out of the school military because _____
building because _____
A. he wanted to travel to Burma
A. he was given a prize by the B. he was a social nuisance
headmaster C. he loved the British soldiers

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D. his grandfather was a military A. make a ‘name’ for posterity
man B. rig the election for someone
C. take part in the election process
30. In the novel, the ‘pad’ was a D. extort money from the people.
symbol of _____
33. The civil war created business
A. love opportunities for people like
B. success Owiocho because _____
C. unity
D. failure A. he became the supplier of all
essential commodities
Questions 31 to 35 are based B. the Ibos were conscripted into
on Jerry Agada’s The the army
Successors. C. the exit of the Ibos created a
vacuum
31. It can be inferred from the D. the Ibos had ventured into
novel that Mr Eze was Terkura other businesses
Atsen’s _____
34. “My boy, your future is bright,
A. business partner you can be anything you want to
B. uncle be…” The statement above was
C. role model made because Ifenne had _____
D. boss
A. purchased his first bus
32. From the novel, David thought B. been working for others to make
Ifenne should be involved in profit
politics because he wanted him to C. been planning to excel
_____ D. proven himself faithful and
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35. The departure of Ibo 37. Tolu and Chinedu live in each
competitors to the East had other’s pockets.
favoured _____
A. They are long-term business
A. Okoh’s marriage partners
B. Mama Okoh’s business B. They steal from each other.
C. Torkwase at Otukpo C. They blackmail each other.
D. Sgt. Onyilo in the war front. D. They are very close to each
other.
LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL
FORMS 38. As the drama unfolded,
Olatinuke was advised to keep her
In each of questions 36 to 45, shirt on.
select the option that best
explains the information A. She was advised to wear her
conveyed in the sentence. shirt
B. She was advised to commit
36. The team’s poor performance herself
at the tournament plumb the C. She was advised to stay calm.
depths of horror. D. She was advised to join the club

A. The team’s performance took 39. He is a clinging child.

them to the next round.
B. The team’s performance was A. He is a handsome young man
enjoyed by all B. He is possessive
C. The team’s performance was C. He likes to cling with his sister
full of disappointment. D. He is a bully
D. The team’s performance was
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40. Zinana’s examination result C. She walked past the beauty
was not unfavourable. queen.
D. She was acting as a beauty
A. She failed her examination queen.
B. Her examination did not meet
her expectation. 43. ‘I can’t wait to become a
C. She was successful in the mother,’ the new bride declared.
examination
D. Her result could not earn her A. She sees motherhood as a
admission. burden
B. She is excited about
41. You need to brush up on your motherhood
Spanish. C. She is not keen on becoming a
mother
A. You need to study the history of D. She will be patient as a mother.
Spain
B. You need to improve your skills 44. Usman needs to get his acts
C. You need a brush from Spain together if he wants to pass the
D. You need to learn to play with a examination.
Spainard
A. He needs to put all points down
42. Amaka Would pass for a in the examination
beauty queen. B. He needs to organize himself.
C. He needs to be fast when
A. She would pass the drink to the writing the examination.
queen who is sitting next to her. D. He needs to put on his stage
B. She would be accepted by all as costume.
a beauty queen.

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45. Ramatu ‘expressed her C. brief.
feelings in no uncertain terms. D. lasting.

A. She expressed it dearly and 48. The relationship between the

strongly. couple has been frosty.
B. She expressed it secretly and
courageously. A. fraudulent.
C. She expressed it quietly and B. cordial.
cautiously. C. amenable.
D. She expressed it feebly and D. frugal.
sickly.
49. The Nobel laureate’s activity in
In each of questions 46 to 55, the field of science is heinous.
choose the option opposite in
meaning to the word or phrase A. indelible.
in italics. B. laudable.
C. deplorable.
46. Chibuzor gave a curt nod and D. forgettable.
walked away.
50. The accused was eventually
A. gentle. convicted.
B. rude.
C. polite. A. initially.
D. shocking. B. consequently.
47. The girl took a cursory glance C. subsequently.
at the letter and hid it. D. finally.

A. sententious. 51. The plebs can be found in

B. concise. every society of the world.

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B. middle class dogged defence of the city.
C. elite
D. politicians A. indifferent
B. strong
52. Everyone’s condition was C. miserable
appalling. D. classical

A. simple In each of questions 56 to 65,

B. cloudy choose the option nearest in
C. pleasant meaning to the word or phrase
D. complex in italics.

53. The man’s mordant wit is 56. Ayodeji is an ardent supporter

apparent to the entire village. of education for the girl child.

A. Kind A. an optimistic
B. scathing B. a cogent
C. caustic C. a passionate
D. withering D. an ignorant

54. The war against malaria keeps 57. The scholars’ epitaph was
waxing. demolished.
A. happening
B. decreasing A. monument
C. increasing B. embodiment
D. wavering C. farmland
D. book

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so much ardour. B. constant
C. strong
A. enthusiasm D. useless
B. discouragement
C. knowledge 62 The lamb is a feeble little
D. indifference animal.

59. The athlete is proud to be in A. fat

the vanguard of sports B. quiet
development. C. loving
D. weak
A. unforgettable position
B. leading position 63. The actress screamed when
C. destructive position she noticed an object behind her.
D. emerging position
A. wailed
60. Nwankwo was on the verge of B. protested
signing a two-year contract with C. waded in
the club. D. stormed out

A. shore 64. The exhibition was an eye

B. brink opener to all.
C. summit
D. height A. dispatch
B. display
61. I am tired of your eternal C. style
argument D. examination

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65. As a journalist, Bala has 68. The philanthropist devoted
always had a nose for stories. himself _____ the poor

A. soft comment A. to helping

B. cynical statement B. in helping
C. an instinct C. by helping
D. a command D. to be helping

In each of question 66 to 85, 69. Tinu likes apples _____ she

choose the option that best does not like oranges.
completes the gap(s)
A. or
66. The girl says she is averse B. for
_____ what others admire. C. so
D. but
A. for
B. from 70. The students had a _____ on
C. to Independence Day.
D. with
A. march past
67. Our teacher defined _____ in B. match pass
his introductory. C. march pass
D. match pass
A. onomatopiea
B. onomatopoeia 71. Do you mind _____ another
C. onomatopoeia hour or two.
D. onomatopea
A. to wait
B. to have waited

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D. waiting _____ carry out fumigation on
their farms
72. The continuous rain has really
_____ the soil. A. to
B. from
A. melted up C. in
B. mopped up D. with
C. satiated
D. saturated 76. There are lots of _____ in the
park.
73. The police described the boy as
being _____ hand. A. luxury buses moving fast
B. luxury buses fast moving
A. on by C. moving fast luxury buses
B. up to D. fast-moving luxury buses
C. over at
D. out of 77. Yours is to command _____ is
to obey.
74. It was very easy for the two
political parties to form a _____ A. their
government. B. theirs
C. theirs'
A. co-operative D. their's
B. colonial
C. collusion 78. Local governments are
D. coalition authorized to pass _____.

A. bye's-law

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B. bye-law 82. Our teacher defined _____ as
C. bye-laws the killing of one's mother.
D. byes'-laws
A. patriach
79. Umar: I have never visited the B. matricide
dentist. C. matriarch
Aliyu: _____ D. patricide

A. neither have l 83. If you are confused _____

B. I also never anything, phone my office.
C. neither myself
D. I myself haven't A. about
B. for
80. Usman would have won the C. of
race _____. D. with

A. if he had run faster faster 84. We have a family mutiny

B. although he ran faster _____ our hands.
C. only if he could run fast
D. if he had run faster A. from
B. of
81. My father told me to take the C. on
money from _____ it. D. for

A. ever who offers 85. We should try to help _____.

B. whoever offers
C. whomever offers A. the less fortunate
D. whomsoever offer B. this less fortunate
C. the less fortunate

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D. less fortunate In each of questions 89 to 91,
choose the option that has the
In each of question 86 to 88, same consonant sound as the
choose the option that has the one represented by the
same vowel sound as the one letter(s) underlined.
ran letter(s) underlined
89. lose
86. glasier
A. mouse
A. gleam B. nurse
B. flat C. noise
C. feign D. horse
D. glass
90. guitar
87. laud
A. jam
A. lavatory B. strange
B. loud C. judge
C. lathe D. rogue
D. core
91. loose
88. coma
A. sell
A. colonel B. fuse
B. cogent C. close
C. come D. rouse
D. comma

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In each of question 92 to 94, options. The stressed syllables
choose the option that rhymes are written in capital letters
with the given word.
95. dedication
92. rite
A. dedicaTION
A. list B. deDlcation
B. wit C. dedication
C. wright D. Dedication
D. rim
96. international
93. Joys
A. interNAtional
A. elbow B. internaTIONal
B. pots C. International
C. boys D. inTERnational
D. stays
97. information
94. Call
A. inFORmation
A. wall B. informaTION
B. quail C. inforMAtion
C. dull D. INformation
D. slate
In each of question 98 to 100,
In each of questions 95 to 97, the word in capital letters has
choose the most appropriate the emphatic stress. Choose
stress pattern from the the option to which the given
sentence relates.

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98. Adamu is leaving a CAR CHECK YOUR ANSWERS
behind.
Would you like to get or confirm
A. What is Adamu leaving behind? the correct answer(s) with
B. Is Adamu driving the car in explanations to any or all of
front? these questions?
C. Who is leaving a car behind?
D. Where is Adamu leaving a car?
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99. Lambusa TOOK OFF the wig.

A. Who took off the wig?

B. What did Lambusa do?
C. Did Lambusa take off a wig?
D. Did Lambusa take off the ring?

100. The bed is IN the room

A. Is the bed in the parlour?

B. Was the bed in the room?
C. What is in the room?
D. Where is the bed?

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 JAMB USE OF ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS (PT.4)

PAPER TYPE: L posed by the ongoing process of

globalization.
Read passages I, and II
carefully and answer the While political and social changes
questions that follow. Each may appear to be distinct
question carries 3 marks phenomena, they are analytically
inseparable. Political and social
PASSAGE I changes refer to alteration or
transformations in human
Political change and social behaviour, norms and politico-
transformation in the form of social institutions. Such changes
revolutions have radically altered are often a collective response to
the course of human civilization the need to change, or as a tacit
and history. recognition of a shift in the
prevalent power relations in the
Today, the world is witnessing society. Therefore, the coming to
political and social changes arising power of new sets of rulers, or the
from the desire of people all over establishment of new structures
the globe for greater freedom and and processes of governance
a voice in the way they are broadly typifies socio-political
governed and a better standard of changes.
living. Part of these struggles and
processes have become more It is important to note that change
pronounced in the third world since can either be positive or negative.
the end of the east west cold war In most cases, political and social
in the late 1980s, and in the face changes are caused by certain
of the challenges being factors or reasons. These push
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themselves to struggle for a 2. Which of the following is true
change in the existing power according to the passage?
relations.
A. Change is inimitable
Another reason is to capture B. Change is inestimable
political power, in the hope of C. Change is invaluable
making life better for the D. Change is inevitable
generality of the people. If politics
is defined as who gets what, when 3. It can be deduced from the
and how; it then implies that passage that political and social
political change refers to an changes are _____.
alteration in the form of power,
and the identity of the group or A. Intertwined
class which controls and wields B. Antithetical
state power C. Independent
D. Repulsive
Adapted from Anifowose, R. and
Enemuo, F. (1999) Element of 4. A suitable title for this passage
politics. is _____.

1. Which question paper type of A. Reasons for political change

use of English is given to you? B. The struggle for political power
C. Elements of politics
A. Type F D. Social change and political
B. Type E empowerment
C. Type L
D. Type S 5. The word alteration, as used in
the passage, means _____.

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A. Multiplication the African rock python, have been
B. Recognition observed eating animals as large
C. Modification as an antelope or a small cow.
D. Complication
With over two thousand five
PASSAGE II hundred species belonging to more
than ten families, snakes are large
Like all reptiles, snakes are cold- and successful group. They owe
blooded, or more correctly, much of this success to their
ectodermic- they cannot produce versatility snakes occupy habitat
their own body heat; instead, they ranging from underground
rely on the sun to heat their burrows to the top of the tree, to
bodies. Because they do not rely ocean depths as great as one
on energy from food to generate hundred and fifty meters. They are
body heat; snakes can survive on found on every continent except
an extremely meagre diet. Some Antarctica, and although they are
wait for months between most abundant in tropical areas,
successive meals and a few many survive in regions marked by
survive by eating a large meal just extreme cold.
once or twice a year. When they do
eat, snakes swallow their prey The only places without snakes are
whole rather than biting off small parts of the Polar Regions and
pieces. isolated islands, such as the
republic of Ireland and New-
Many snakes have specialized jaws Zealand as opposed to places in
that enable them to swallow Nigeria like plateau and Gombe
animals that are far larger than states in the northern parts where
their own heads. Although there is a large population of
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6. It can be inferred from the
passage that snakes are _____. 9. It can be deduced from the
passage that snakes have _____.
A. Heterogeneous creatures
B. Voracious cow eaters A. No external auditory organ
C. Great insect eaters B. Visible internal locomotive
D. Homogeneous reptiles organs
C. No visual sense of measurement
7. The most notable thing about D. Large appetite for antelopes
snakes, according to the passage,
is that they _____. 10. A suitable title for this passage
is _____.
A. Abound in gombe and plateau
state A. Feeding habits of snakes
B. Are versatile in reproduction B. Some characteristics of snakes
C. Eat big but seldom C. Snakes as legless, cold-blooded
D. Exist in families reptiles
D. Species of snakes in Nigeria and
8. Which of the following is true other lands
according to the passage?
PASSAGE III
A. Snakes are not in the polar
region The passage below has gaps
B. Snakes are endemic on every numbered 11 to 20.
continent Immediately following each
C. There are countless number of gap, four options are provided.
snakes in the republic of Ireland Choose the most appropriate
D. Snakes are seldom seen at the option for each gap.

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Each question carries 2 marks. sent to make necessary
adjustments.
Setting up a newspaper involves a
lot of preparations. The ___11___ The Editor-in-chief could
[A. processor B. lithographer C. determine for instance, whether a
proprietor D. sub-editor] has to particular journalist should write
employ a lot of people. Other articles daily or weekly in a
people working with him are particular column. Such a
cartographers, editors, journalist is known as ___16___
typesetters, readers, who work in [A. a freelancer B. a composer
various ways to produce the text of C. a columnist D. an essayist].
the newspaper, ___12___ [A. The editorials of the newspaper
agents B. reporters C. analysts will be coordinated by ___17___
D. vendors] who go out and [A. a guild of researchers B. an
collect stories and items of news, editorial board C. all readers D.
and ___13___ [A. an agent].
correspondents B. distributors
C. listeners D. newscasters], The publisher could decide to
who specialize in one kind of topic. establish ___18___ [A. an article
B. column C. magazine D. a
Another important person who gazetteer] which would be on
works closely with the editor-in- sale weekly, fortnightly or monthly
chief is the ___14___ [A. ___19___ [A. a contrast from B.
announcer B. news editor C. a contrast in C. a contrast to D.
proofreader D. reporter], who a contrast for] the eye catching,
has to choose the most important screaming headlines and captions
stories ___15___ [A. subeditors of newspapers on sale everyday
B. writers C. agents D. from the ___20___ [A. readers
producers] go through stories

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salesmen]. B. Unconcerned
C. Sensitive
Adapted from idowu, et al. (1998) D. Subdued
Round-up English: A complete
Course. Lagos: Longman 23. In the novel, the suspicion that
Obu was an `ogbanje` had
Questions 21 to 30 are based revalued the _____
on Chukwuemeka Ike’s The
potter’s wheel. A. Time Obu spent at teachers
house
21. Chief Okeke Okafo decided to B. Disappearance of Obu in
buy an 'iron horse' because it standard
would _____ C. Price tag Mazi Laza and his wife
placed on Obu
A. Allow him to be the head of the D. Participation of Obu as a
clan member of the masquerade group
B. Raise his status in the clan
C. Minimize the strain of travel 24. According to the novel, a pupil
from one town to another who `carried his class` would be
D. Give him the opportunity to act instructed to _____.
like the district commissioner
A. Dance on the assembly ground
22. “…the vanquished dragon, B. Fetch firewood for the teachers
spewing sand instead of fire gave C. Carry a pad
a solemn and humiliating pledge D. Clean the latrines
that he would never cross Obu`s
path.” From the excerpt above, the 25. “If you get confused at any
word vanquished means _____. stage, let me know; I want this

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pottage to be well prepared.” The C. Mazi Lazarus
statement above was meant to D. Teacher zacheaus kanu
_____
28. In the novel, what did Mazi
A. Distract Ada Laza do after putting a pinch of
B. Encourage Ada`s cooking habit snuff into each nostril?
C. Confuse Obu
D. Test Obu’s cooking skills A. He commended his wife
B. He gave the remaining to
26. According to the novel, Mazi Nwobiara
laza would shout at any person C. He nodded with satisfaction
standing in his way because his D. He complained of the stuff
bicycle in Umuatala clan was ____
29. From the novel, what was
A. Had injury people on many Ada`s punishment for fighting with
occasions madam?
B. Was manufacture by local
engineers A. She copied psalm 119 from start
C. Had faulty brakes and outdated to finish
pedals B. She fetched water from the
D. Came from the same stock as stream with a basket
chief Okeke’s C. She ate only once a day for one
week
27. From the novel, the first D. she scrubbed the school latrine
person to own a bicycle in for one week
Umuatala clan was _____.
30. In the novel, Obu would not
A. Chief Okeke Okafo touch cocoyam soup because he
B. Polycarp's father claimed it _____.

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A. had lost its taste 33. From the novel, what did
B. would get struck in his throat Terkura do with the balance of the
C. would make him sick money chief Ofega paid him?
D. was not well prepared
A. He married another wife
Question 31 to 35 are based on B. He brought a beautiful house
Jerry Agada’s The Successors C. He invested it in his business
D. He bought two cars for his
31. The entertainment expenses father
for Okoh Ameh’s traditional
marriage rites were paid for by 34. Makurdi became more
_____ prominent because of the _____.

A. Okoh amah`s parents A. Road

B. the bride’s parents B. Bridge
C. Okoh Ameh C. International hotel
D. Terkura Atsen D. Railway station

32. Mfa’s friend asserted that Bob 35. In the novel, Maria's tolerance
Marley and other reggae stars of her husband spending half the
were "good" because they _____ night on duty at the hotel was
considered a _____.
A. smoked Indian hemp
B. were gainfully employed A. Way of taking great risk
C. listened to their parents B. way to remedy all natural
D. went to schools problems
C. necessary price to pay for the
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D. bad thing that couple should D. The pipeline project across the
discourage ocean will be abandoned unless
budgetary allocation improves
LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL
FORMS. 37. The police are looking for the
woman who framed her children
In each of questions 36 to 45, out to her neighbours.
select the option that best
explains the information A. The woman and her children are
conveyed in the sentence. in the habit of working in
neighbour’s farm and the police
Each question carries 2 marks. are not well disposed to this.
B. The police may arrest the
36. The minister considered the woman for allowing her neighbours
ministry’s budget to a drop in the to take care of her children
ocean in view of the number of C. The woman may be arrested for
projects in the pipeline. allowing her children to be a
nuisance to her neighbours
A. The amount available may be D. The police wanted remarked for
inadequate for projected allowing her children to destroy
expenditure her neighbour’s crops.
B. The minister maybe dropped for
failing to complete a number of 38 Jummai's father remarked that
projects pigs would fly before she passed.
C. The money approved cannot
compete the pipeline project A. It would be possible to pass only
across the ocean. if she worked harder
B it would never be possible for her
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C. He would have to bribe her A. Olu's brother rode on Olu's back
teachers to enable her to pass to success.
D. She would have to cheat in B. Olu took his brother on a bumpy
order to pass road
C. Olu gave his brother a difficult
39. The president said that he time
found himself between a rock and D. Olu gave his brother a ride in his
a hard place when the press said car
that he had resigned.
42. Adeola dosen't have to go the
A. He dreamt that he was farm today.
abandoned
B. He thought that hard places A. Adeola may go to the farm
were unsafe today if he so wishes
C. He had a hard decision to make B. Adeola ought not to have gone
D Hard places are dangerous for to the farm today
the president C. Adeola must not go to the farm
today
40. Kunana is like a bear with a D. Adeola should not go to the
sore head. farm today

A. He is a bully 43. My boss asked me to take my

B. He is grumpy eyes off the ball.
C. He is ugly A. I should stop paying attention to
D. He is quiet what is most important
B. I should be focused when I am
41. Olu gave his brother a bumpy about stay off football
ride. C. I should stay off football after
sustaining an injury

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playing football. in italics.

44. The robber was hedged in by 46. Prolonged strike action

the people. debilitated the industry.

A. The robber was surrounded by A. invigorated

the people B. isolated
B. The robber was killed by the C. weakened
people D. destroyed
C. The robber was exposed by the
people 47 One of the students bought a
D. The robber was caught by the plagiarized copy of the book
people
A. a used
45. Many workers are not happy B. an original
because they live a hand-to-mouth C. a revised
life. D. an annotated

A. They work hard with their hands 48. The young girl was taken
B. They are voracious and aback by her father's gift of a car.
avaricious
C. They are barely surviving A. shocked
D. They have rejected the use of B. unmoved
spoons. C. surprised
D. nonplussed
In each of questions 46 to 55,
choose the option opposite in 49. Musa is a gifted but erratic
player.

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B. regular seam of the shirt.
C. unpredictable
D. unstable A. threaded
B. sewed up
50. The lamp shades were C. picked up
translucent. D. tore for

A. opaque 54. The testimony of the witness

B. interested was vague.
C. luminous
D. transparent A. disturbing
B. true
51. My niece has an unquenchable C. ambiguous
thirst for adventure stories. D. clear

A. a spurious 55. As a student, Isa tried

B. an illegitimate communal living for a few years.
C. a reduced
D. an inextinguishable A. collective
B. general
52. Some of my neighbours have C. shared
an antipathy to dogs. D. private

A. enmity towards In each of questions 56 to 65,

B. affection for choose the option nearest in
C. acronym for meaning to the word or phrase
D. alarm for in italics.

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56. The chairman admires B. an inviting
incessant meetings. C. a frightful
D. a cheerful
A. unusual
B. planned 60. The first round of the
C. constant tournament was a doddle.
D. irregular
A. easy
57. Today's weather is favourable B. balanced
for a game of tennis. C. dodgy
D. exasperating
A. impartial
B. abnormal 61. The lazy man cast a lustful
C. encouraging glance at his neighbour's wife.
D. disapproving
A. hateful
58. The candidates looked aghast B. quick
at the first reading of the C. covetous
questions. D. envious

A. fulfilled 62. They accused him of fomenting

B. dismayed political unrest.
C. satisfied
D. relaxed A. inciting
B. discouraging
59. Joke gave Muhammed a jaunty C. preventing
smile. D. guiding.

A. a discouraging

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from watching other players. _____ at noon next Wednesday to
hear address by the president.
A. invent
B. accumulate A. convene
C. allow B. adjourn
D. discover C. rise
D. collude
64. All the researchers were asked
to garner information on the new 67. At the _____ of the century
viral infection. many ways of doing things were
introduced.
A. collect
B disseminate A. turn
C. distort B. event
D. give C. birth
D. sight
65 The dispute between the two
countries has resulted in the 68. You may have the pencil, but
severing of diplomatic relations. you can't have the ballpoint
_____.
A. breaking
B. securing A. either
C. swapping B. furthermore
D. strengthening C. also
D. as well
In each of questions 66 to 85,
choose the option that best
completes the gap

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country was not out of the _____ B. fro and to
yet. C. to and from
D. to and fro
A. forest
B. fog 73. The woman refused to testify
C. water _____ her husband.
D. wood
A. in
70. He went to the restaurant to B. at
enjoy the special _____. C. against
D. from
A. suite
B. cuisine 74. Abike must have found the
C. a la carte very interesting movies quite
D. chef _____.

71. The invigilator _____ to know A. absolving

how long the examination _____ B. absorbing
going on. C. nauseating
D. perverting
A. wanted/has been
B wants/had been 75. The words _____ divided
C. wants/have been between the end of one line.
D. wanted/had been
A. have been
72. The guard spent all the night B. have being
pacing _____. C. has been
D. has being

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beautiful. B. neither
C. hotly
A. flowers of her D. just
B. flowers of her's
C. our flower 80. The chairman is too much
D. flowers ours _____ an idealist for this
government.
77. Cooking has never been
Jumoke’s _____. A. from
B. about
A. recital C. of
B. purview D. with
C. style
D. forte 81. The clock _____ 12 O’clock
two hours ago.
78. When the strike is over, there
will probably be an increase in A. strikes
wages and a _____ increase in B. strike
prices. C. struck
D. striking
A. sporadic
B. concordant 82. What is the jury’s _____ the
C. concurrent matter.
D. chronic
A. verdict on
79. My mother was _____ B. verdict from
annoyed with me for coming late. C. verdict at
D. verdict with

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_____ after receiving first aid.
A. full
A. reawakened B. luke
B. reformed C. look
C. restored D. should
D. revived
87. odour
84. The laughter _____ his face for
a moment. A. flow
B. sugar
A. improved C. hold
B. controlled D. floor
C. animated
D. remade 88. palm

85. She traced her family history A. ranch

_____ matrilineal descent. B. florid
C. lunch
A. in D. plait
B. by
C. with In each of questions 89 to 91,
D. at choose the option that has the
same consonant sound as the
In each of questions 86 to 88, one represented by the
choose the option that has the letter(s) underlined.
same vowel sound as the one
represented by the letter(s) 89. vision
underlined.

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B. mansion B. seethe
C. nation C. threat
D. enclosure D. dead

90. gnash 94. tax

A. forge A. box
B. new B. lacks
C. king C. back
D. ring D. ask

91. epitaph In each of questions 95 to 97,

choose the most appropriate
A. pseudo stress pattern from the
B. fan options. The stressed syllables
C. paper are written in capital letter.
D. pneumonia
95. valedictory
Choose the option that rhymes
with the given word. A. valeDICtory
92. ever B. valedicTORY
C. VAledictory
A. favour D. vaLEdictory
B. fever
C. never 96. congratulation
D. heavier
A. congraTUlation
93. keep B. congratuLAtion

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D. conGRAtulation B. Who went to Abuja by air?
C. Did Amina go to Abuja by road?
97. conspiracy D. Did Amina go to Jos by air?
A. conspiRAcy
B. conspiraCY 100. Musa is STAYING in Enugu.
C. consPIracy
D. CONspiracy A. Is Musa passing through Enugu?
B. Is Musa staying on the outskirt
In each of questions 98 to 100, of Enugu?
the world in capital letters has C. Is Audu staying in Enugu?
the emphatic stress. Choose D. Was Musa staying in Enugu?
the option to which the given
sentence relates. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

98. My mother brought a BICYCLE Would you like to get or confirm

yesterday. the correct answer(s) with
explanations to any or all of
A. What did you mother buy these questions?
yesterday?
B. Whose mother bought a bicycle
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yesterday?
C. Did my mother steal a bicycle
yesterday?
D. When did my mother buy a
bicycle?

99. AMINA went to Abuja by air.

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denial of privileges, and subtle

COMPREHENSION: Read the
manipulation short of the use of
passage carefully and answer the
physical forces, while those of the
questions that follow
military approach relate to the use
of physical coercion. The use of
PASSAGE I
physical force could be by a party
to a conflict or third party, to
There are many different
promote one side's interest,
approaches to conflict
impose a settlement, or create a
management, each of which may
situation in which diplomatic
have utility in particular
negotiations can occur.
circumstances. A great deal of
scholarship has been devoted to
Secondly, conflict management
analysing how and in what
approaches can also be classified
situations different approaches can
according to the status of the
be applied most effectively.
participants in the bargaining
Conflict management approaches
process. For example, a conflict
can be classified into two broad
could be managed through
categories.
'negotiation', that is, direct
bargaining by the parties involved
Firstly, on the basis of the level of
in the conflict; or through
escalation which the particular
'mediation', that is with the help of
conflict is being managed. In this
a third part.
sense, one can distinguish
between the peaceful and the
1. The expression third party, as
'military' approaches. The
used in the passage, means
trademarks of the peaceful
_____.
approach are negotiation, verbal
persuasion, use of inducements,

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a. Politician d. There is a general disagreement
b. Intruder among scholars on conflict
c. Conformist management
d. Mediator
4. According to the passage, the
2. From the passage, it can be different approaches to conflict
deduced that _____. management are _____.

a. All nations adopt the peaceful a. Pernicious

approach b. Uniform
b. All nations prefer the military c. Misleading
option d. Fundamental
c. Prevailing circumstances push a
warring nation to sue for peace 5. The word utility, as used in the
d. Conflicts are noted for passage, means _____.
facilitating opportunities
a. Difficulty
3. Which of the following b. Attitude
statements can be inferred from c. Usefulness
the passage? d. Management

a. The approach to employ in 6. The word couched, as used in

conflict management depends on the passage, means _____.
the state of affairs
b. Only one conflict management a. Arranged
approach can be applied in all b. Expressed
situations c. Modified
c. All conflict management d. Itemized
approaches can be all situations

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one can conclude that _____. more
b. It promotes understanding
a. The only authority a society has within the group
is its language c. It distinguishes that society
b. Language and culture are from others
interwoven d. It alienates progress within the
c. People of the same culture in the society and beyond
same society
d. Developing people of the world 10. From the passage, one can
have not developed their language imply that _____.

8. Which of the following can be a. The language of instruction is

inferred from the passage? ideally one's own language
b. Native languages are difficult to
a. The world is interpreted to use use as languages of instruction
only in our native language c. No foreign language should be
b. Our native language is as taught in any society
important as the world around us d. No society conducts its
c. We know more about the world education in a foreign language
around us if our language is not
written PASSAGE II
d. The world around us is the world
of people who speak the same The passage below has gaps,
language immediately following such
gap, four options are provided
9. What is the symbolic function of chose the most appropriate
a native language, according to
the passage?

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Before now, students bumped unto Government involvement in career
career by chance or through the development is beset with many
insistence of parents. These problems. One such problem is the
parents had pre-conceived notions ___16___ Shortage of
of ___11___ professions and gave professional career development
little consideration to their officers. These few officers are
children's interest, aptitude, ___17___ given the opportunity to
knowledge and skills. Students' practice.
career decisions were also
___12___ by the type of If the government of Nigeria has
secondary schools they attended. ___18___ a guidance and
counselling policy. It must be
Before government take - over of pointed out that emphasis is still at
schools in 1971. Over 80% of the secondary level of education.
elementary and secondary schools This situation ___19___ the
were privately owned and current view that career
competition was ___13___ among development should start at the
these schools. Each strived to pre-primary level and continue till
carve an ___14___ for herself by adulthood.
excelling in sports or academics
and students often ended up in 11.
engineering, medicine, the science A. Insignificant
and law. Junior students tried to B. prestigious
___15___ the career choices of C. inferior
their seniors. D. debased

This spirit of rivalry among mission 12.

and private schools waned with A. influenced
government take-over of schools. B. hampered

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C. subdued B. usually
D. rejected C. often
D. frequently
13.
A. high 18.
B. minimal A. lauded
C. low B. muffled
D. moderate C. muffled
D. enunciated
14.
A. attitude 19.
B. image A. rejects
C. effort B. approves
D. avenue C. contradicts
D. verifies
15.
A. appreciate 20.
B. emulate A. Lauded
C. reject B. Muffled
D. denounce C. Mumbled
D. Enunciated
16.
A. mild These question 21 to 36 are
B. acute based on A.H Mohammed's
C. slow "The Last Day at Forcados High
D. average School"

17. 21. The information that Efua's

A. seldom diary had been leaked to all in the

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school was first made known to her 25. After the graduation, Nene
by _____. hoped to study _____.

a. Caro a. Accountancy
b. Ansa b. Law
c. Nene c. Architecture
d. Joke d. Education

22. "What do you want? Doesn't it 26. At one time, the closeness
offend your pure gentle soul to be between Jimi and Wole heightened
sitting beside me?” In the excerpt because they wanted to _____.
above, pure and gentle soul
referred to _____. a. Contend with Jimi adversaries at
Forcados High School
a. Nene b. Unite against the bullying of the
b. Jimi eldest brother
c. Efau c. Present a common front in their
d. Ansa quest to learn at school
d. Practice the act of dancing in the
24. What did Ansa do when Efau school choir
was introduced to him for the first
time? 27. Teacher Bade earned the
nickname "cane" because he was
a. He smiled sheepishly _____.
b. He murmured awkwardly
c. He snubbed her a. A Discipline master in the school
d. He embraced her b. Always ready to listen to
student's complaints

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offenders c. Hiding under the table
d. Always ready to appreciate d. Jumping into a moving bus
students
31. The impromptu meeting to
28. From the storyline, we could prepare for the mid-term dinner
conclude that Forcados high school was attended by the _____.
emphasized _____.
a. School prefects
a. Individuality b. Organizing committee
b. Conformity c. Ss3 students
c. Duplicity d. School teachers
d. Truancy
32. What did Jimi occupy himself
29. Despite the fact that Anza was with as he took his shower?
not as brilliant as Jimi, he still saw
Jimi as a _____. a. He was whistling
b. He was crying
a. Friendly and likeable person c. He was dancing
b. Timid and likeable person d. He was brooding
c. Likeable but hostile person
d. Humble ad likeable person 33. Who was considered as a
bright spark in an unspoken
30. Jimi was to run away from the contest with Jimi over their
policemen when they asked him to chemistry results?
stop by
a. Eze
a. Getting help from a good b. Caro
Samaritan c. Nene

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d. Efau b. They controlled the capital more
strictly
34. The teacher's attitude towards c. The held unto other workers in
Efau was that of _____. the capital
d. They stretched their hold on the
a. Recognition capital and beyond.
b. Misconception
c. Misapplication 37. Amedu's actions provoked
d. Repression severe criticism.

35. Which of these best describe a. His actions were seriously

Aunty Moni's character trait? rejected
b. His action were severe and
a. Garrulous accepted
b. Docile c. His action were itemized
c. Arrogant because he was young
d. Extravagant d. His action provoked the humour

From these questions, select 38. I haven't seen the movie and
the options that best explain my brother hasn't either.
the information conveyed in
the sentence. a. I have seen the movie but
neither of my brother have
36. The workers tightened their b. My brother and I haven't seen
hold on the capital. the movie
c. Only my brother has seen the
a. They tightened a rope round movie
their capital d. I was the only one that has seen
the move

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39. Sule would have been given B. The lecture is an experience
the car if his father had hot that changes the way she thinks
complained. C. The lecture talks exclusively
about Damascus.
A. He wasn't given the car because D. The lecture is an experience
his father complained that cannot be changed.
B. He was given the car because
his father complained 42. Ado is one of the
C. His father complained about the backwoodsmen.
car and he was given.
D. He was given the car even A. He is one of those that live in a
though his father didn't complain. distant and underdeveloped area
B. He is one of the active member
40. Adayi cannot halt the march of of the community
time. C. He is one of the honest men that
lives in the community
A. she is willing to march on D. He is one of those that live in
B. She cannot change the way the most developed part of the city
things happen
C. She halts the march on time. 43. Bello said he would pitch his
D. She cannot alter the peace tent with the club.
march
A. He would support the club.
41. The lecture is Uye s road to B. He would build a pitch in the
Damascus. club
C. He would build a tent on the
A. The lecture is an opportunity to pitch.
travel to Damascus. D. He would distance himself from
the club.

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man. C. Calm
D. Excitement
A. Try not to be bold and weak
B. Try not to become sad and 47. She said, the experience was
hopeless harrowing.
C. Try not to be happy and feeble
D. Try not to be timid and hopeful A. Educating
B. Frightening
45. Kasim would have attended C. Pleasant
the party if he had been invited. D. Strange

A. He would not have attended 48. The house was invaded by the
even if he eat young officers.
B. He attended the party before he
was invited. A. Set up
C. He was not invited and so, he B. Put down
did not attend C. Defended
D. He attended the party without D. built
invitation.
49. I like Adamu weird attitude.
For these questions, choose
the option opposite in meaning A. Buoyant
to the word or phrase in italics B. Peculiar
C. Zestful
46. Adewale's arrival always D. Normal
triggers a media frenzy.
50. We travelled to an obscure
A. Violence. little town.

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B. Distinguished way.
C. Secluded
D. inglorious A. Respectful
B. Derisive
51. She is known for her bizarre C. Sarcastic
dressing. D. Deluded

A. Natural 55. Alade is noted for his erratic

B. Weird behaviour.
C. Obsolete
D. Odious A. Fitful
B. Bizarre
52. Lami normally scurries around C. Consistent
town. D. Euphoric

A. Scampers 56. The priest knows Ochai as an

B. Dashes abstainer.
C. Dawdles
D. Scuttles A. Someone who never drinks
alcohol
53. Sule’s poem is always explicit B. Someone who holds onto his
and compelling. ideas
C. Someone who reads a lot
A. Exciting D. Someone who never cares
B. Clear about others
C. Ambiguous
D. Long

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the option nearest in meaning needless details
to the word or phrase in italics.
A. relevant
57. She gave a caustic remark on B. extraneous
the occasion C. essential
D. critical
A. tangible
B. Friendly 61. Usman likes toys made with
C. insignificant bright and animated colours.
D. Sarcastic.
A. dull
58. It was a good try but it didn't B. sparkling
quite work out. C. black
D. deep
A. Come to
B. come off 62. The man has strong distaste
C. come from for alcohol.
D. come for
A. love
59. Garuba’s performances in the B. aversion
competition was horrid. C. desire
D. excitement
A. terrible
B. encouraging 63. The schism in the' organization
C. Commendable is on the increase.
D. rigid.
A. disagreement
B. understanding

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D. rot defused.

64. Sule admires people who have A. A leaf

unbending character. B. An alive
C. A life
A. mobile D. A live
B. steady
C. wavering 68. The mechanic did not tell me
D. unstable the brakes _____ bad

65. He detests honesty. A. were

B. are
A. likes C. is
B. hates D. was
C. encourages
D. commands 69. Tayo could have supplied the
goods but it was _____ into two.
From questions 66 to 85,
choose the option that best A. splitting
completes the gap(s) B. split
C. splited
66. The number of stores will be D. splits
increased _____ twenty to thirty.
70. Had Aisha realized what
A. from marriage entails she _____.
B. on
C. at A. could have not rush into it
D. into B. would have rushes into it

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C. would not have rushes into it D. 75. The player sat on the bench
would not have rushed into it _____ the match lasted.

71. A. since
B. when
72. The company deals _____ C. that
computer software. D. while

A. with 76. He ran out when he saw the

B. for teacher, _____?
C. in
D. to A. didn't he
B. isn't he
73 There is no logic _____ any of C. does he
their claims. D. is he

A. with 77. Parents should be good

B. in examples _____ their children.
C. from
D. up A. to
B. at
74. _____ the house was an easy C. from
task for the demolition squad. D. by

A. Bringing forth 78. He travelled _____ last week.

B. Tearing down
C. Bringing up A. somewhat
D. Tearing with B. somewhere
C. some at

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B. does she
79. He was present at the party, C. will she
_____? D. did she

A. wasn't he 83. Oboro will always _____ his

B. did he friends.
C. could he
D. didn't he A. stand up for
B. stand down for
80. The prisoners had been _____ C. stand across for
from all contacts. D. stand besides for

A. kept upon 84. She arrived _____ air for the

B. kept apart occasion.
C. kept for
D. kept on A. for
B. in
81. We detest these _____ C. with
declared the woman. D. by

A. types of programme 85. Audu overbalanced and _____

B. type of programmes the water.
C. types of programmes
D. type of programme A. fell into
B. fell from
82. Lima doesn't like working in C. fell for
the dark, _____? D. fell at

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option that has the same sound C. thaw
as the one represented by the D. tank
letter(s) underlined.
90. Van
86. Bore
A. of
A. call B. often
B. curl C. off
C. slot D. physics
D. hum
91. Lodge
87. Head
A. soldier
A. said B. rogue
B. heard C. go
C. herd D. measure
D. shirt
For this question, choose the
88. Sky option that rhymes with the
given word.
A. cite
B. eats 92. Suite
C. breaks
D. coil A. tree
B. breath
89. Loath C. bleat
D. sweet
A. breathe

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B. CERtification
A. lash C. certifiCAtion
B. cat D. cerTIfication
C. part
D. pack 97. Motivation

94. Sight A. moTIvation

B. motivaTION
A. skate C. motiVAtion
B. short D. MOtivation
C. cite
D. plait In the question, the words in
capital letter has the emphatic
For this question, choose the stress. Choose the option to
appropriate stress pattern which the given sentence
from the options. The stressed relates.
syllables are written in capital
letter(s). 98. Bukola’s UNCLE is a strict
teacher
95. Programmatic
A. Is Bukola’s uncles a strict cook?
A. proGRAMmatic B. Is Tunde’s uncle a strict
B. PROgrammatic teacher?
C. programMATIC C. Is Bukola’s aunt a strict
D. programmatIC teacher?
D. Is Bukola’s uncle an easy going
96. Certification teacher?

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A. Did she put the fork on the

chair?
B. Did she put the spoon on the
table?
C. Who put the spoon on the chair?
D. Who took the spoon on the
chair?

100. ASA is a lawyer

A. Is Asa a robber?
B. Who is a lawyer?
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D. Was Asa the lawyer?

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