1998 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 3

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Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).

The girl's idiosyncrasy was a passion for bread and butter?
A
stupid outburst
B
general tendency
C
singular characteristic
D
occupational calling
correct option: b
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22
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).

Once he has decided that something needs doing, my brother is very unswerving of purpose?
A
erratic
B
tenacious
C
stubborn
D
simple
correct option: a
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23
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).

Those were the days of the fallacy that some languages are primitive while others are not?
A
argument
B
excuse
C
misconception
D
truth
correct option: d
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24
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).

Events in South Africa indicate a kind of political renascence?
A
rejuvenation
B
decline
C
turbulence
D
upheaval
correct option: b
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25
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).



She is immune to the flattery of young men?
A
resistant
B
susceptible
C
insensible
D
unresponsive
correct option: b
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26
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)

If we must live together as one people, we must learn to tolerate disparate dispositions?
A
converging
B
accommodating
C
conflicting
D
opposing
correct option: a
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27
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)

The presidential aspirant warned of the political catastrophe that would follow if the elections were rigged ?
A
problem
B
turmoil
C
success
D
conflagration
correct option: c
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28
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The material in the book is presented within an eclactic framework?
A
simple
B
a broad
C
a restricted
D
clumsy
correct option: b
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29
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Ohiokhen had a brainwave as to how she could deal with the problem?
A
an imagination
B
a desire
C
a headache
D
an idea
correct option: d
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30
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Surely, Ahmed if a ball of fire?
A
quarrelsome person
B
a hot-headed activist
C
a fiery speaker or writer
D
a very energetic person
correct option: d
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