2019 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 3

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Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
 

The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.

A
Judges
B
Supposes
C
proposes
D
Estimates
correct option: d

To estimate simply means to  approximately calculate or form a judgment of the value, number, extent or quantity of something.

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Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
 

The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

A
Limits
B
Anticipates
C
Monitors
D
Increases
correct option: c

The Ugandan AIDS Commission seeks to check and curb the spread of the disease.

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Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
 

However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.

A
Facilitates
B
Amenities
C
Condition
D
Provisions
correct option: a

The most perfect and all embracing answer here is facilities.

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Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
 

No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

A
Denies
B
Claims
C
Rejects
D
Imagines
correct option: a

 It is actually true that AIDS in Ugandan is a disaster is bigger off than the tragedies of their Civil War. Denies is the answer. 

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The significance of Mr Bello's advice to Aliya on Bobo's gift is that

A
the gift a demonstration of love and affection
B
the gift shouldn't necessarily impose an obligation on Aliya to act in tune with Bobo's interest
C
one of the foundations of his marriage with Aliya's mother is through gifting
D
once a boy gives a girl a gift it necessarily means that he has an interest in mind
correct option: b

The significance of Mr Bello's advice is that the one who receives a gift  shouldn't out of indebtedness feel obliged to act upon the gesture of the giver, as such doesn't necessarily mean true love and affection.

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

A
criticism of strict parenting
B
irony of life
C
essence of a child's exposure
D
expectations of wealthy parents
correct option: b

Aliya at age 12 envy the girls hawking on the street and their freedom to move about as compared to her being witheald to move about, despite she born into a comfortable home, which ironically indicates that no one has it all in life. 

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

It may be argued that Chapter Two is titled, "The Drive" particularly because...?

A
of the social disparity between the rich and the poor which is unlikely to end
B
Aliya's father drove her home from the boarding house
C
it indicates the realities and experiences shared during Mr Bello's drive with Aliya
D
it was the best atmosphere for Mr Bello to scold Aliya for her wrongdoings
correct option: c

 Aliya being drived home by Mr Bello is important not because of the drive but especially because Mr Bello used the means of the informal atmosphere to educate his daughter based on sexual maturity and the realities of life pictured by the Hawking girls and their aspiration to be great in life. Readers must see through the meaning the words and the tittle their ordinary usage when ordinarly usage when necessary. 

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the

A
need for parents to choose a befitting career for their children
B
reason that only passion can define one's career
C
indecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age
D
need for schools to make their syllabus career based
correct option: c

 Parents should only guide their children as to the choice of their career based on passion and not on prospects of the course or career only. The youthfulness and the quest as well as confusion that comes with choosing a career is evident at every child's tender age. 

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

"The Gandhi Test" indicates how

A
stubborn people act without thinking of public perception
B
one should act when it comes to choosing a career
C
a child should make wise decisions mindless of popular thinking
D
a person can make morally right decisions
correct option: d

Test is that 'you can tell if what you're getting it right or wrong, if you want other people to know about it' which means that one should act and always bear it in mind that people are watching.

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Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

Bobo proved Mr Bello's advice on infatuation as right when he

A
presented a gift to Aliya
B
flirts with other girls
C
eventually left for Ireland without saying a word to Aliya
D
proclaimed his love for Aliya
correct option: c

What undoubtedly cements Mr Bello's advice that Bobo's love for Aliya was temporary was when he traveled to Ireland without even informing her. 

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