2021 NECO Literature in English Past Questions
Browse the 2021 NECO 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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- Q12002MEDIUMGovernment
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely’. This phrase is credited to
- A.A. A.V. Dicey
- B.B. B. Mostesquiey
- C.C. Jean boding✓ Correct
- D.D. John Locke
- E.E. Lord Acton
- Q22006MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence My neighbor owns twenty__________
- A.head of cattles
- B.head of cattle✓ Correct
- C.heads of cattles
- D.herds of cattle
- E.herds of cattles
- Q32005MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence My neighbor owns twenty__________
- A.head of cattles
- B.head of cattle✓ Correct
- C.heads of cattles
- D.herds of cattle
- E.herds of cattles
- Q42002MEDIUMChemistry
$ ^{235}_{92}U + ^1_0n → ^{145}_{56}Ba + ^{88}_{36}Kr + 3^1_0n + Energy $ The equation above represent a/an
- A.alpha particle emission
- B.endothermic reaction
- C.nuclear fission✓ Correct
- D.nuclear fusion
- E.thermal dissociation
- Q52007MEDIUMBiology
Which process does NOT represent a form of reproduction in plants?
- A.binary fission✓ Correct
- B.budding
- C.conjugation
- D.regeneration
- E.vegetative propagation
- Q62007MEDIUMMathematics
Increase 135 in the ratio 3:5
- A.225
- B.216
- C.143
- D.140✓ Correct
- E.140
- Q72006MEDIUMPhysics
Calculate the wavelength of light travelling with a speed of 3 × 108$ms^{-1}$ and a frequency of 6.2 × 1014Hz.
- A.4.8 × 10-8m
- B.4.8 × 10-7m
- C.4.8 × 10-6m✓ Correct
- D.4.8 × 10-5m
- E.4.8 × 10-4m
- Q82006MEDIUMMathematics
The mean age of 12 boys involved survey is 19 years, 3 months. lf the-age of one of the boys is 22 years, what is the mean age of the other-boys?
- A.10.5 years
- B.19.0 years
- C.35.4 years
- D.264.0 years✓ Correct
- E.423.5 years
- Q92008MEDIUMPhysics
Two forces of magnitude 8N and 4N act at right angle to each other. The angle between the resultant and the 8N force is
- A.23.9°
- B.26.6°✓ Correct
- C.29.5°
- D.60.0°
- E.63.4°
- Q102005MEDIUMGovernment
West African Pilot, one of nationalist newspapers during colonial rule was edited by
- A.A. Ernest lkoli✓ Correct
- B.B. H.O Davies
- C.C. Herbert Macaulay
- D.D. Nnamdi Azikiwe
- E.E. Obafemi Awolowo
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