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JAMB English Past Questions and Answers
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters:
1. The chief was GENEROUS in his award of university scholarships
Options
A) nobel
B) considerate
C) liberal
D) mean
E) honest
2. He is loved for his ALTRUISM.
Options
A) benevolence
B) sincerity
C) selfishness
D) selflessness
E) kindness
3. To most people, last Christmas was an AUSTERE period
Options
A) prosperous
B) harsh
C) severe
D) sour
E) stern
Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).
4.He wrote to you, _________?
Options
A) hadn’t he
B) wouldn’t he
C) didn’t he
D) hasn’t he
5. The clubs were not _________ on a solid ethical base?
Options
A) funded
B) found
C) created
D) founded
6. His father hardly misses the news because he goes about with his _________ radio?
Options
A) pointable
B) pottable
C) potable
D) portable
7. Everybody is allowed to _________ his view on state matters?
Options
A) air
B) hear
C) show
D) share
8. For beating_________ his coursemate, Agbji was _________ from the university?
Options
A) up / rusticated
B) on / expelled
C) at / removed
D) away / sent out
9. We have been living peacefully here but _________ hear rumours of war?Options
A) again
B) slowly
C) occasionally
D) eventually
10. Our neighbor was attracted by the _________ from my mother’s cooking?
Options
A) flavour
B) strench
C) scent
D) aroma
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
11. You are to write a report and give it to the security office?
Options
A) After writting your report, give it to the security office
B) You are writting a report, as the security office directed
C) The report you are writting should be given to the securityoffice
D) You have been ordered to write a report, which you will give to the security office
12. I owe you far less than you owe me?
Options
A) My debt to you is greater than yours to me
B) Your debt is not much greater than mine
C) What we owe each other is approximately the same
D) I owe you something, but you owe me much more
13. I think she takes her guardian’s support for granted?
Options
A) Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, and she is very grateful to him
B) She wants her guardian to grant her more support
C) She thinks her guardian will nom longer support her as he has been doing
D) Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, but she does not show enough gratitude
14. The dispute over land acquisition has come to a head?
Options
A) The problem has reached crisis proportions
B) The problem has been referred to the headquarters
C) Because of the dispute, land acquisition has now been halted
D) The problem has now been solved
JAMB English Past Questions and Answers
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.
15. The party men revelled all night when the election results were announced?
Options
A) celebrated
B) mourned
C) fought
D) discussed
16. He is a prolific writer?
Options
A) a very productive
B) a well-known
C) a clever
D) an influential
17. The judge emphasized his morbid desires in his judgement?
Options
A) inordinate
B) uncritical
C) revenous
D) unpleasant
18. Because Jamium is so easily offended, he was not considered for the post of head boy?
Options
A) irritable
B) stubborn
C) troublesome
D) docile
19. Adamu is rather meddlesome in dealing with his friends.
Options
A) impertinent
B) intimidating
C) quarrelsome
D) uncaring
20. The government has announced its preparedness for the scheme?
Options
A) determination
B) regret
C) pleasure
D) readiness
Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
21. Cock?
Options
A) cop
B) cope
C) cork
D) cup
22. Says?
Options
A) fierce
B) dam
C) wet
D) rain
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
23. In our last play, Segun acted the hero?
Options
A) villain
B) devil
C) criminal
D) assassin
24. The police found a conclusive proof of the boy’s guilt?
Options
A) a corroborative
B) a doubtful
C) a consolatory
D) an incriminating
25. The notice reads, ‘No cash translations in this hall’?
Options
A) money
B) gainful
C) business
D) cheque
JAMB English Past Questions and Answers
In order to approach the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the activity of building and destroying a tower. Many a mother thinks that her little son is in a ‘destructive stage’ or even has a ‘destructive personality’ because after building a big, big tower, the boy cannot follow her advice to leave the tower for Daddy to see, but instead must kick it and make it collapse. The almost manic pleasure with which children watch the collapse in a second of the product of long play-labour has puzzled many, especially since the child does not appreciate it at all if his tower falls by accident or by a helpful uncle’s hand. He, the builder, must destroy it himself.
This game, I should think, arises from the not so distant experience of sudden falls at the very time when standing upright on wobbly legs afforded a new and fascinating perspective on existence. The child who consequently learns to make a tower ‘stand up’ enjoys causing the same tower to waver and collapse; in addition to the active mastery over a previously passive event, it makes one feel stronger to know that there is somebody weaker —-and towers, unlike little sister, can’t cry and call, ‘Mummy!’
1. According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure
A) for Daddy to see the tower he has built
B) to destroy the tower himself
C) to see his tower accidentally destroyed
D) to be helped to destroy the tower
2. What other feeling does the child derive from the fall of his tower apart from pleasure?
A) Strength
B) Anxiety
C) Pity
D) Depression
3. The expression ‘must kick it and make it collapse’ in this context means
A) is forced to kick it and demolish it
B) is obliged to kick it and make it collapse
C) cannot resist the urge to demolish it
D) ought to kick it and make it collapse
4. In the passage ‘manic pleasure’ means
A) pleasure
B) childish pleasure
C) unlimited pleasure
D) human pleasure
5. How does the author try to explain this ‘destructive stage’?
A) It is the last stage in child development
B) The child wants to displease his parents
C) It grows out of the child’s recent experiences of sudden falls
D) The child is just going through a destructive stage
