2025 NECO English Language Past Questions
Browse the 2025 NECO English Language past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. English Language tests comprehension, lexis and structure, oral form, and written expression. Vocabulary breadth and fluency with formal English idioms separate the highest scorers from the average. 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.
Sample NECO English Language questions
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- Q12006MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence Surprisingly enough, Sola though a teenager behaved like a..............man
- A.mature
- B.matured✓ Correct
- C.maturedly
- D.matures
- E.maturing
- Q22008MEDIUMPhysics
Which of the following substances undergoes sublimation?
- A.Ether✓ Correct
- B.Ice
- C.Iodine
- D.Naphthalene
- E.Turpentine
- Q32008MEDIUMBiology
Which of the following crop diseases is caused by a fungus?
- A.Cassava blight
- B.Cocoa black pod
- C.Groundnut rosette✓ Correct
- D.Lettuce mossaic
- E.Yam mosaic
- Q42004MEDIUMChemistry
Brownian motion explains
- A.Boyle’s law
- B.Collision theory
- C.Laws of chemical combination
- D.Molecular motion in liquids and gases✓ Correct
- E.Vibrational motion in liquids.
- Q52002MEDIUMPhysics
Which of the following is a percussion instrument?
- A.bell✓ Correct
- B.flute
- C.guitar
- D.piano
- E.organ
- Q62004MEDIUMPhysics
The component of a vector in a given direction is
- A.equal to the magnitude of the resultant vector in that direction
- B.equal to the magnitude of the resultant vector in the opposite direction
- C.its effective magnitude
- D.its effective value in that direction✓ Correct
- E.its effective value in the opposite direction
- Q72008MEDIUMPhysics
The image is a plane mirror is
- A.inverted, real with a magnificant of $\frac{1}{2}$✓ Correct
- B.inverted, virtual with a magnification of 1
- C.inverted, real with a magnification of 2
- D.upright, virtual with a magnificent of 1
- E.upright, real with a magnification of 2
- Q82006MEDIUMPhysics
Which scientist discovered natural radioactivity?
- A.Enrico Fermi
- B.Henri Becquerel✓ Correct
- C.Marie Curie
- D.Micheal Faraday
- E.Niels Bohr
- Q92004MEDIUMMathematics
The diagonals of a rhombus are 16cm and 30cm long. What is the perimeter of the rhombus
- A.68cm
- B.72cm✓ Correct
- C.80cm
- D.88cm
- E.92cm
- Q102007MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options A to E the one that is MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the underlined word. Religious people are expected to be ascetic.
- A.Extravagant
- B.flamboyant
- C.ostentatious
- D.Pious✓ Correct
- E.selfless
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