2024 JAMB English Language Past Questions & Answers (Part 2)

Question 1

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  Ebere's indolence contrasts with her sister's.

Accepted Answer

C. diligence

Answer

A. indulgence

Answer

B. laziness

Answer

D. prudence

Question 2

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. When they started the fighting, the man who tried to ____ was knocked down.

Accepted Answer

C. intervene

Answer

A. intrude

Answer

B. interpose

Answer

D. obstruct

Question 3

Select the option that best fills the gap labelled 13

Accepted Answer

A. plan

Answer

B. wedge

Answer

C. bridge

Answer

D. link

Question 4

In each of the following questions, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The instructions given to him are vague.

A.clear
B.obscure
C.hazy
D.sure

Show answer

Answer: A. clear

Get a step-by-step AI explanation in the app Get a step-by-step AI explanation in the app

Accepted Answer

D. credible

Answer

A. invalid

Answer

B. nugatory

Answer

C. void

Question 5

What option best fills the gap labelled 7

Accepted Answer

A. miners

Answer

B. toilers

Answer

C. workers

Answer

D. foreman

Question 6

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. The character referred to as the quiet one in the novel was named Talle because

Accepted Answer

B. his mother died shortly after he was born

Answer

A. no one really knew who fathered him

Answer

C. he was a reticent person while growing up

Answer

D. he was a product of traditional medicine

Question 7

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  All men in public life should be altruistic.

Accepted Answer

B. selfish

Answer

A. antagonistic

Answer

C. selfless

Answer

D. unkind

Question 8

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. The acronym "EMEC" as used in the novel means

Accepted Answer

C. Examination Malpractice and Ethics Committee

Answer

A. Education Matters and Ethics Committee

Answer

B. Educational Matters and Examination Committee

Answer

D. Examination Matters and Educational Committee

Question 9

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  The roads in major cities are broad.

Accepted Answer

D. narrow

Answer

A. curvy

Answer

B. slim

Answer

C. wide

Question 10

In each of the following questions, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The board Chairman cherishes punctuality at the meeting.

Accepted Answer

D. admires

Answer

A. condemns

Answer

B. abhors

Answer

C. despises

Question 11

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. Sally assisted me in buying my _____ yesterday.

Accepted Answer

A. very first party dress

Answer

B. first very party dress

Answer

C. party very first dress

Answer

D. party dress first very

Question 12

In each of the following questions, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  The instructions given to him are vague.

Accepted Answer

A. clear

Answer

B. obscure

Answer

C. hazy

Answer

D. sure

Question 13

Select the option that fills the gap labelled 6

Accepted Answer

A. deviations

Answer

B. aberrations

Answer

C. criticisms

Answer

D. deviants

Question 14

In the following question, choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. bathe

Accepted Answer

A. rake

Answer

B. tear

Answer

C. bath

Answer

D. care

Question 15

Honeybees have two characteristics similar to humans.

Accepted Answer

A. they have both male and female sexes

Answer

B. they have a caste system and work for a living

Answer

C. they fight and die

Answer

D. they are social and communicate with one another

Question 16

What option best fills the gap labelled 10

Accepted Answer

C. spurs

Answer

A. beams

Answer

B. supports

Answer

D. stays

Question 17

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. The quiet one in the text is

Accepted Answer

C. Talle

Answer

A. Salma Mohammed

Answer

B. Lawa Habib

Answer

D. Tomiwa

Question 18

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.  One of the prerequisites for success in examination is burning the midnight oil.

Accepted Answer

A. needs to study late into the night

Answer

B. should stay awake all day

Answer

C. one should burn all the candles

Answer

D. one needs to study at will

Question 19

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) _________ is expanding rapidly.

Accepted Answer

B. The city of Abuja

Answer

A. A city of Abuja

Answer

C. City of Abuja

Answer

D. Abuja of a city

Question 20

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. The narrator and her children sat  _______ because the room was stuffy.

Accepted Answer

C. under the mango tree

Answer

A. under the baobab tree

Answer

B. under a canopy

Answer

D. in the balcony

Question 21

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. A vulture was hovering over the dead goat.

Accepted Answer

B. flying around

Answer

A. feeding

Answer

C. jumping around

Answer

D. standing on

Question 22

Fill the gap labelled 13

Accepted Answer

D. aids

Answer

A. books

Answer

B. steps

Answer

C. maps

Question 23

Choose the option that best fills the gap labelled 8

Accepted Answer

C. cupboard

Answer

A. table

Answer

B. shelf

Answer

D. desk

Question 24

Fill the gap labelled 12

Accepted Answer

C. register

Answer

A. book

Answer

B. diary

Answer

D. attendance

Question 25

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.  Everyone knew the woman's _______ before his phone went off.

Accepted Answer

B. itinerary

Answer

A. itinery

Answer

C. itenery

Answer

D. itinarary

Question 26

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. My father loves bringing ___ old memories.

Accepted Answer

C. up

Answer

A. in

Answer

B. down

Answer

D. over

Question 27

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) The new national security committee ____ retired military personnel.

Accepted Answer

D. comprises

Answer

A. comprised

Answer

B. comprises of

Answer

C. is comprising

Question 28

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.  These properties were ____ sale before the fire gutted them.

Accepted Answer

A. up for

Answer

B. up on

Answer

C. out for

Answer

D. down on

Question 29

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.  moth

Accepted Answer

C. wrath

Answer

A. both

Answer

B. what

Answer

D. boat

Question 30

Choose the option that best complete(s) the gap. ________ the word in the Thesaurus!

Accepted Answer

D. Look up

Answer

A. Look for

Answer

B. Look in

Answer

C. Look at

Question 31

Choose the option that best fills the gap labelled 6

Accepted Answer

B. borrower's catalogue

Answer

A. reserve catalogue

Answer

C. dictionary catalogue

Answer

D. title catalogue

Question 32

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  Ayo does regular exercise to stretch his mind.

Accepted Answer

C. restrict

Answer

A. enrich

Answer

B. expand

Answer

D. conscript

Question 33

In the following question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.  He was building a castle in the air.

Accepted Answer

D. He was imagining a wonderful and rather impossible future

Answer

A. He was building flying fortresses

Answer

B. He was imagining a terrible future

Answer

C. He was imagining a possible future as a famous architect

Question 34

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  There is no likeness between him and his brother.

Accepted Answer

C. dissimilarity

Answer

A. unlikeness

Answer

B. likelihood

Answer

D. affinity

Question 35

Fill the gap labelled 8

Accepted Answer

C. beat

Answer

A. care

Answer

B. guide

Answer

D. guard

Question 36

Choose the option that best fills the gap labelled 7

Accepted Answer

A. author catalogue

Answer

B. book catalogue

Answer

C. title catalogue

Answer

D. yearly catalogue

Question 37

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. The use of the expression Notes of Salvation is

Accepted Answer

A. ironic

Answer

B. euphemistic

Answer

C. anachronistic

Answer

D. honorific

Question 38

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates. The PRODUCT was rejected as fake.

Accepted Answer

D. Was the produce rejected as fake?

Answer

A. Was the product accepted?

Answer

B. Was the product rejected though genuine?

Answer

C. Was the product faked?

Question 39

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  Accountants are discreet with their records.

Accepted Answer

D. cautious

Answer

A. rash

Answer

B. strategic

Answer

C. wise

Question 40

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters.  Informative

Accepted Answer

A. inFORmative

Answer

B. informaTIVE

Answer

C. INformative

Answer

D. inforMAtive

Question 41

Choose the option that has the same consonant sounds as represented by the underlined letter(s) archbishop

Accepted Answer

D. sachet

Answer

A. christian

Answer

B. chemical

Answer

C. archangel

Question 42

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  What a grotesque attire.

Accepted Answer

C. horrid

Answer

A. beautiful

Answer

B. splendid

Answer

D. fine

Question 43

Choose the option that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.  uncle

Accepted Answer

D. ink

Answer

A. bring

Answer

B. long

Answer

C. bang

Question 44

Select the option that best fills the gap labelled 14

Accepted Answer

C. perception

Answer

A. principle

Answer

B. concept

Answer

D. technique

Question 45

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. We had to prevail upon him to accept that offer.

Accepted Answer

C. persuade

Answer

A. cajole

Answer

B. over rule

Answer

D. force

Question 46

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentences. I decided to back up my friend's argument at the meeting.

Accepted Answer

B. I endorsed my friend

Answer

A. I denied my friend

Answer

C. I saw my friend

Answer

D. I heard my friend

Question 47

Select the option that best fills the gap labelled 8

Accepted Answer

B. set

Answer

A. write

Answer

C. conjure

Answer

D. let

Question 48

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentences. Moses won the contest hands down.

Accepted Answer

B. He won very easily

Answer

A. He won surprisingly

Answer

C. He won narrowly

Answer

D. He won with difficulty

Question 49

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The judge pronounced the suspect guilty.

Accepted Answer

A. acquitted

Answer

B. discharged

Answer

C. corrected

Answer

D. executed

Question 50

The following question is based on Khadija Abububakar Jalili's The Life Changer. At first, Salma did not like the

Accepted Answer

C. room she was allocated in Queen Amina Hall

Answer

A. ethnic groups where her roommates came from

Answer

B. composition of her roommates in the hostel

Answer

D. the hostel she was allocated to in Queen Amina Hall

Question 51

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

Accepted Answer

A. unavoidable

Answer

B. predictable

Answer

C. distant

Answer

D. surmountable

Question 52

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. Fake news is rife on social media platforms.

Accepted Answer

C. authentic

Answer

A. hard

Answer

B. original

Answer

D. bogus

Question 53

In each of the following questions, choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.  Public

Accepted Answer

D. handicap

Answer

A. trophy

Answer

B. pharmacy

Answer

C. psychology

Question 54

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word hurt

Accepted Answer

D. shirt

Answer

A. hot

Answer

B. cough

Answer

C. coil

Question 55

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.  Mother

Accepted Answer

C. About

Answer

A. Verb

Answer

B. Mercy

Answer

D. Jump

Question 56

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.  Put Chioma's meal in the _______ pack.

Accepted Answer

A. shiny, new, red lunch

Answer

B. red, new, shiny lunch

Answer

C. shiny, red, lunch new

Answer

D. new, red, lunch shiny

Question 57

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Titi was the cynosure of all eyes at the party.

Accepted Answer

B. She was the centre of attraction

Answer

A. She was best dressed

Answer

C. She was ashamed of herself

Answer

D. She was eager to leave the party

Question 58

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  Mr Jebu displayed a high sense of conviviality during the Gala.

Accepted Answer

C. friendliness

Answer

A. spitefulness

Answer

B. conjugality

Answer

D. blissfulness

Question 59

Choose the option that best completes the gap in the sentence.  Are those girls friends of _____?

Accepted Answer

B. yours

Answer

A. your's

Answer

C. your

Answer

D. yours'

Question 60

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.  Tayo had to separate himself neck and crop from his old friend.

Accepted Answer

C. He completely severed from his old friend

Answer

A. He became scared of his old friend

Answer

B. He became suspicious of his old friend

Answer

D. He completely forgave his old friend's offences

Question 61

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  The old fire station has obviously become derelict.

Accepted Answer

A. moribund

Answer

B. glamorous

Answer

C. enlivened

Answer

D. titivated

Question 62

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters.  declamation

Accepted Answer

C. declaMAtion

Answer

A. DEclamation

Answer

B. deCLAmation

Answer

D. declamaTION

Question 63

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.  She looks very pale.

Accepted Answer

A. ruddy

Answer

B. strange

Answer

C. sick

Answer

D. weak

Question 64

The phrase on that fateful day is

Accepted Answer

A. an adverbial phrase

Answer

B. a verb phrase

Answer

C. a noun phrase

Answer

D. an adjectival phrase

2024 JAMB English Language Past Questions — Part 2

Questions 74–146

Frequently asked questions

2024 JAMB English Language Past Questions — Part 2

Questions 74–146

Frequently asked questions

How do I prepare for JAMB English Language?

Where can I find JAMB English Language past questions?

How close is the DeeepSolve CBT simulator to the real JAMB?

Are the AI explanations accurate?