2021 JAMB Literature in English Past Questions
Browse the 2021 JAMB Literature in English past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. Literature in English requires deep familiarity with the prescribed texts. Plot, theme, characterisation and figures of speech are tested both in unseen extracts and in essay form; close reading beats memorising summaries. Use the year archive below to time yourself the way the actual exam does — most candidates need to work questions across multiple years before the patterns become obvious.
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- Q12020MEDIUMHistory
Egyptian nationalism in late 18th century and early 20th century majorly aimed at ________
- A.A. manipulating the Suez Canal
- B.B. turning out military dictatorship in Egypt✓ Correct
- C.C. ensuring Egyptian independence
- D.D. Upholding the monarch stance
- Q22020MEDIUMGovernment
A characteristic feature of communism is __________
- A.A. Free enterprise
- B.B. liberal democracy
- C.C. dictatorship
- D.D. multi-party system✓ Correct
- Q32024MEDIUMComputer Studies
What does the '%' operator represent in programming languages?
- A.A. Assignment
- B.B. Modulus
- C.C. Concatenation
- D.D. Exponentiation✓ Correct
- Q42011MEDIUMPhysics
An image in a convex lens is upright and magnified 3 times. If the focal length of the lens is 15 cm, what is the object distance?
- A.10 cm✓ Correct
- B.25 cm
- C.16 cm
- D.14 cm
- Q52021MEDIUMBiology
Aged erythrocytes are destroyed in the?
- A.pancreas
- B.liver
- C.lymph nodes
- D.kidney
- Q62024MEDIUMLiterature in English
The question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights The structure of the novel is based on two major conflicts of
- A.love✓ Correct
- B.passion
- C.emotion
- D.romance
- Q72019MEDIUMAgricultural Science
The causative organism of maize rust is?
- A.A. Nematoda
- B.B. Insect✓ Correct
- C.C. Bacterium
- D.D. Fungus
- Q82024MEDIUMPhysics
Find the value of a capacitor with voltage 5V and 30C.
- A.7f✓ Correct
- B.6f
- C.15f
- D.0.17f
- Q92015MEDIUMGeography
The point at which the shock originates is called
- A.focus
- B.vent
- C.caldera
- D.crater✓ Correct
- Q102020MEDIUMChemistry
32g of anhydrous copper(ii)tetraoxosulphate(vi) dissolved in 1dm$^3$ of water generated 13.0kj of heat. The heat solution is?
- A.26.0kj/mol
- B.65.0kj/mol
- C.130.0kj/mol✓ Correct
- D.260.0kj/mol
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