1999 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 3

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Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

The principal expressed his ...... when the students broke the rules ....... and he didn't know how to stop them?
A
anger / everyday
B
frustration / time and again
C
disapponitment / understandably
D
powerlessness / occasionally
correct option: b
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22
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Immediately I entered the house, I could ........the smell of gas from the kitchen?
A
feel
B
hear
C
detect
D
smell
correct option: c
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23
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The accident was due to ..... driving by the defendant?
A
negligence
B
negligible
C
negligent
D
neglectable
correct option: c
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24
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Aggrieved persons are free to seek ...... in the court of law?
A
reparation
B
redress
C
consolation
D
acquittal
correct option: b
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25
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

His chances in the games ..... seriously jeopardized?
A
have been
B
has been
C
have being
D
has being
correct option: a
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26
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

You would be well ........ to listen to what the teacher says?
A
informed
B
advised
C
reminded
D
warned
correct option: b
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27
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Our economic programme is .....commitment to Nigeria's economic growth?
A
deeply root in
B
root in deep
C
rooted in a deep
D
deeply rooted in deep
correct option: c
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28
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

We found it difficult to identify him as the crowd was ......... around him?
A
head to head
B
head above head
C
shoulder from shoulder
D
shoulder to shoulder
correct option: d
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29
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The group never felt strong enough to act in the open ....... hostility was the hallmark of their resistance?
A
covert
B
overt
C
vicious
D
erratic
correct option: a
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30
Some robbers are on the prowl, we must be ..... ?
A
alert
B
at alert
C
on the alert
D
for alert
correct option: c
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