2019 JAMB English Language Past Questions & Answers (Part 3)

Question 1

Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

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A. calender

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B. aloud

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C. mechanic

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D. convivial

Question 2

Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket Non[ch]alant

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C. champagne

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A. television

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B. arch

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D. chest

Question 3

Gandhi's quote "nobody can hurt me without my permission" means See page 47

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C. we should be able to control how others make us feel

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A. we should permit people to hurt us

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B. we can control how other people behave towards us

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D. people should always seek permission before they hurt us

Question 4

Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined. Procrastination is the enemy of progress

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A. acceleration

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B. laziness

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C. hardwork

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D. tiredness

Question 5

However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.

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A. Facilities

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B. Amenities

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C. Condition

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D. Provisions

Question 6

"Do you know any cardiologist, because my heart skips a beat every time i think of you" The excerpt above is the content of the notes Aliya receives from ___________

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D. Akin

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A. Zak

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B. Tokunbo Alabi

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C. Bolaji

Question 7

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

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B. standard

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A. blood

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C. board

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D. source

Question 8

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" Aliya's sixteenth birthday is special because

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D. of her father's sixteen-page letter detailing her life journey thus far

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A. she receives birthday cards from her father every year since age twelve

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B. she was already matured to fully understand the realities of life stories told by her father

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C. her father gave her a birthday card and a digital camera

Question 9

"Beauty is nothing, but character is needed". This sentence means

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C. having a good character is the most beautiful thing

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A. physical beauty is useless in the society

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B. a beautiful person ignores character

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D. character attracts while beauty sustains good relationships with people

Question 10

The employer, not the sales boy and his partner ........ responsible for the loss

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D. is

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A. are

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B. are being

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C. are never

Question 11

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" The writer tried to point out religious intolerance in his book, by

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B. using one of Aliya's classmates to condemn her religion

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A. discussing how the society believes certain religion is better than others

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C. demonstrating how the religious institutions forcefully impose their beliefs on the people

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D. painting Islam as a more righteous religion than others

Question 12

The word 'shapes' in line 1 is closest meaning to

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C. Form

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A. Nature

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B. Length

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D. Grace

Question 13

At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the aeroplane ....4.... north-east

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A. faced

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B. moved

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C. switched

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D. veered

Question 14

The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.

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D. Estimates

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A. Judges

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B. Supposes

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C. proposes

Question 15

CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below. These policies have been [espoused] by the ruling party

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C. supported

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A. condemned

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B. rejected

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D. outlined

Question 16

What does HAK mean in the book?

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C. hugs and kisses

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A. hands and knees

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B. hold and knock

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D. hate and knead

Question 17

Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined. Chief Money-Miss-Road is a sitting duck

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B. invincible

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A. vulnerable

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C. lazy

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D. quick-witted

Question 18

A set of idea that people have above what someone or something is especially an idea that is wrong is known as

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A. stereotypes

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B. lies

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C. disbelief

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D. hatred

Question 19

Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket Ask[ed]

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C. set

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A. whistle

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B. bed

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D. Third

Question 20

In the novel, the casual but deliberately planned drive around the city between Aliya and her father was because ____________

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A. Aliya's mother had inform him that Aliya has seen her first menstrual period

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B. none of the above

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C. Aliya's mother had informed him that Aliya now has a boyfriend

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D. Aliya's teacher had informed him that she was moody

Question 21

The slave who was tortured eventually

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A. gained his freedom by running away

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B. died of his wounds

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C. nursed his torturer back to health

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D. died during the shipwreck

Question 22

Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below. The jollof rice served at the wedding reception was [malodorous]

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C. pleasant

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A. small but palatable

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B. unpalatably big

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D. stale and smelly

Question 23

The letter Aliya's father writes to her on her birthday has how many pages?

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B. 16 pages

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A. 16 + 1 extra page

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C. 12 pages

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D. 16 + 2 extra pages her mum added

Question 24

Aliya's mother comes from

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A. a polygamous family

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B. a rich background

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C. a poor background

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D. a middle class family

Question 25

Making negative comments about somebody's weight or size is known as

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A. body shaming

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B. body shameing

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C. body shading

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D. body shadeing

Question 26

Aliya is going to be what prefect in her school?

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B. Health Prefect

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A. Head Girl

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C. Assembly Prefect

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D. School Prefect

Question 27

One person who reiterates the fact that brothers could be annoying is

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D. Akin

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A. Bobo

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B. Aliya's brother

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C. Aliya

Question 28

In the novel, in which of these chapter reveals that "a jealous mind is a distracted mind

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C. Dating

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A. Drive

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B. The letter

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D. work

Question 29

When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.

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D. Bouts

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A. sufferings

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B. Happenings

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C. Rounds

Question 30

and were soon perched on the ...10..... of the plane, from where they began their inspection.

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A. apex

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B. nose

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C. tip

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D. front

Question 31

The means of mass media can be summarized into:

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A. Radio, Television and Newspaper

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B. Newspaper,books and journals

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C. Print and Electronic

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D. Print, Electronic and Advertisement

Question 32

Which of the following was the concluding story hold by Aliya's father to solidify Aliya's Self-realization?

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D. The Hunter's story

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A. The Mahatma Gandhi story

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B. His own childhood story

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C. The Slave and the Captor story

Question 33

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" Bobo proved Mr Bello's advice on infatuation as right when he

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C. eventually left for Ireland without saying a word to Aliya

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A. presented a gift to Aliya

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B. flirts with other girls

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D. proclaimed his love for Aliya

Question 34

According to the novel, Aliya's Father favourites singer was ___________

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B. Ali Farka Toure'

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A. Wizkid

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C. Fela Anikulapo

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D. Tu-face

Question 35

Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below. The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

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D. mini-sized

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A. ramshackle

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B. modern

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C. colossal

Question 36

What Mr. Bello detest most are not saying your prayers on time and

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B. telling lies

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A. arguing blindly

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C. shouting while talking

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D. being disobedient

Question 37

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" Mr Bello's best advice to Aliya on dating is that

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C. she should wait for the right time

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A. gifting doesn't mean true affection

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B. dating can be so distracting

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D. she should never be committed to anyone

Question 38

A dumb girl, according to Bolaji Abdullahi's 'Sweet Sixteen' is all of following except one

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A. who doesn't do well in exams

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B. who doesn't know when she is being manipulated

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C. who misbehaves

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D. who has sex with a boy to prove she loves him

Question 39

One major source of worry about the mass media is from?

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A. Broadcasting

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B. Advertisement

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C. Political rallies

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D. News casting

Question 40

No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

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D. Imagines

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A. Denies

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B. Claims

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C. Rejects

Question 41

The setting of the book 'Sweet Sixteen' by Bolaji Abdullahi is

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A. Nigeria

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B. Mali

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C. Mauritania

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D. Ghana

Question 42

Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket Orthop[ae]dic

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A. elite

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B. impasse

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C. cacophony

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D. sharp

Question 43

In book, is Gandhi a president?

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C. maybe

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A. yes

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B. no

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D. I don't know

Question 44

What is the Gandhi test?

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C. you can tell that what you are doing is good or bad if you want other people to know about it or not

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A. you may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you

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B. to strive to seek, to find and not to yield

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D. can we rise above our persona feelings and sentiments in particular situations or not

Question 45

Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below America is the Mecca of the world

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C. America is a place where people like to visit

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A. America is the commercial garden of the world

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B. America is a beautiful place in the world

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D. America accepts assorted races throughout the world

Question 46

Jide couldn't have said that. This means that Jide

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C. it's not likely jide said it

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A. ought not say that

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B. will not say that

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D. Jide didn't say it

Question 47

Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket Band[a]ge

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C. cacophony

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A. kite

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B. says

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D. cage

Question 48

Choose the word that has the same rhyme  Thyme

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C. time

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A. climb

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B. bind

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D. lime

Question 49

Aliya called Latifat by her teacher because

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D. Latifat is also a Muslim name

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A. he wants to body shame her

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B. he doesn't know her name

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C. it is her nickname

Question 50

The prisoner finally ........ that he drank to ........ on the night he committed the murder

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B. conceded/excess

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A. acceded/access

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C. exceeded/extreme

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D. eluded/escape

Question 51

He started his career as an ........ teacher

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C. auxiliary

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A. auxilary

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B. auxilliary

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D. auxillary

Question 52

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

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C. did the cat pet the rat

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A. did the rat devour the cat

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B. what devoured the rat

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D. is this rat that the cat devoured

Question 53

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

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B. irony of life

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A. criticism of strict parenting

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C. essence of a child's exposure

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D. expectations of wealthy parents

Question 54

According to the novel, which of these character is described as a clear gold medalist

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C. Tokunbo Alabi

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A. Grace

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B. Akin

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D. Aliya

Question 55

According to the novel, Aliya is informed that the casual drive. She had with her father was deliberately arranged by him through ____________

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C. the sixteen page letter written to her

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A. none of the above

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B. their discussion at her school garden

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D. the discussion in her bedroom

Question 56

One of the dominant narrative techniques employed in the book is

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B. metaphor

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A. allusion

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C. flashback

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D. foreshadowing

Question 57

"For their soul dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams" This excerpt by Kahild Gibran in the Novel means?

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C. Parents should not determine their children's career

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A. Parent should determine the Children's career

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B. Parents will determine the success of their children in life

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D. Parent should constantly have heart-felt discussion with their children

Question 58

Apart from the malian singer, who was Mr. Bello's favourite, whose music does he likes too?

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C. Ali Farka toure music

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A. Fela's music

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B. King Sunny Ade's Music

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D. Tiwa savage's music

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