2023 JAMB Literature in English Past Questions

Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) We should try to help.....

1. A.the less fortunates
2. B.less fortunates
3. C.the less fortunate
4. D.this less fortunate✓ Correct

"I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of

1. A.Irony✓ Correct
2. B.Antithesis
3. C.Eulogy
4. D.Oxymoron

The number of geometrical isomers of butene are

1. A.2
2. B.3✓ Correct
3. C.5
4. D.4

When a negatively charged rod is brought near the cap of a charged gold leaf electroscope which has positive charges, the leaf

1. A.Remains the same
2. B.Collapses
3. C.Collapses and diverges again
4. D.Diverges✓ Correct

Which of the following angles cannot be constructed using a protractor, a compass, and a sharpened pencil?

1. A.135°
2. B.90°
3. C.145°
4. D.60°✓ Correct

In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.The union congratulated the ELECTED president.

1. A.Did the union reject the elected president?
2. B.Did the union congratulate the elected chairman?
3. C.Did the management congratulate the elected president?
4. D.Did the union congratulate the ousted president?✓ Correct

The soil nutrient which is important as a constituent of plant proteins and hormones is

1. A.A. calcium
2. B.B. sulphur
3. C.C. iron
4. D.D. potassium✓ Correct

In monohybrid inheritance, if an organism carries two different alleles for a particular gene, it is called:

1. A.Homozygous✓ Correct
2. B.Dominant
3. C.Heterozygous
4. D.Recessive

The writer was puzzled because

1. A.he saw big trees growing from the rocks✓ Correct
2. B.he remembered what he learnt in school
3. C.he was where the atmosphere was cool
4. D.he was left alone wandering in a desert

Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magna within the earth crust

1. A.extrusive rock
2. B.sedimentary rock
3. C.plutonic rocks✓ Correct
4. D.metamorphic rock