2024 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 7
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The honeybee includes a group of insects that in a broad sense comprises all bees that make honey. They are social insects and live together in hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movement it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in the surrounding area. There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes. The two female castes are known as workers and queens. The males, or drones, are larger than the workers and are present only for about eight weeks, in early summer. The workers and queen have stingers, whereas the drones are stingless. The queens' unfertilised eggs develop into drones, whereas fertilised eggs develop into females, which may be either workers or virgin queens. Eggs destined to become queens are deposited in queen cells. After hatching, the virgin queens are fed royal jelly. When not fed a diet consisting solely of royal jelly, virgin queens will develop into workers.
Adapted from Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, March 24), honeybee. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Another word for the word destined according to the passage would be
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Apart from being born royal, a queen can lose its royalty by becoming a worker through
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The honeybee includes a group of insects that in a broad sense comprises all bees that make honey. They are social insects and live together in hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movement it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in the surrounding area. There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes. The two female castes are known as workers and queens. The males, or drones, are larger than the workers and are present only for about eight weeks, in early summer. The workers and queen have stingers, whereas the drones are stingless. The queens' unfertilised eggs develop into drones, whereas fertilised eggs develop into females, which may be either workers or virgin queens. Eggs destined to become queens are deposited in queen cells. After hatching, the virgin queens are fed royal jelly. When not fed a diet consisting solely of royal jelly, virgin queens will develop into workers.
Adapted from Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, March 24), honeybee. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Which of the honeybees does not live long?
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
Choose the option that best fills the gap corresponding to the question number.
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
Choose the option that best fills the gap corresponding to the question number.
borrower-mark
reserve-mark
call-mark
year-mark
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
Choose the option that best fills the gap corresponding to the question number.
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
Choose the option that best fills the gap corresponding to the question number.
book-card
call-card
author-card
seller-card
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The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
If one is looking for a particular book, he can either use the ---64--- [A. reverse catalogue B. borrower’s catalogue C. dictionary catalogue D. title catalogue] or the ---65--- [A. author catalogue B. book catalogue C. title catalogue D. yearly catalogue] to locate the position of the book on the ---66--- [A. table B. shelf C. cupboard D. desk]. This can be done through the ---67--- [A. borrower-mark B. reserve-mark C. call-mark D. year-mark] identification number. On the other hand, if the student has no particular book in mind, but wants to borrow any on a particular subject, say Mathematics, he can go to the ---68--- [A. subject catalogue B. publisher catalogue C. reference catalogue D. cover catalogue]. There he will find the ---69--- [A. book-card B. call-card C. author-card D. seller-card] of every book that deals with Mathematics as a subject. Apart from this, since all the shelves have instructions and numbers regarding the books on them, the person can read the ---70--- [A. card’s guide B. author’s guide C. shelf-guides D. book-guides] and the book ---71--- [A. acknowledgements B. commentaries C. titles D. spines] to get the book he wants. He can take the book to the ---72--- [A. table B. reserve section C. sitting corner D. lending desk] where the library assistant removes the book card from the book ---73--- [A. pocket B. title C. call-names D. reserve] and record the borrower’s name on it.
Choose the option that best fills the gap corresponding to the question number.
shelf-guides
books-guides
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