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Instruction
In questions 66 to 85, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) that best fill(s) the gap(s).
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4701. She arrived .... air for the occasion.
A for
B in
C with
D by
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Q4702. Audu overbalanced and .... the water.
A fell into
B fell from
C fell for
D fell at
Instruction
In questions 86 to 88, choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4703. book
A cool
B cook
C fool
D tool
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Q4704. village
A page
B pig
C made
D came
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Q4705. patch
A starch
B fare
C mad
D came
Instruction
In questions 89 to 91, choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4706. tangerine
A gear
B danger
C girl
D ignore
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Q4707. hair
A heir
B hour
C honest
D house
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Q4708. edition
A bash
B catch
C bastion
D rating
Instruction
In questions 92 to 94, choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4709. demarcation
A demarCAtion
B DEmarcation
C deMARcation
D demarcaTION
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Q4710. impossible
A imPOSsible
B IMpossible
C imposSIBLE
D impossiBLE
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Q4711. imperialism
A IMperialism
B imPErialism
C impeRIAlism
D imperialiSM
Instruction
In questions 98 to 100, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2019
Q4712. The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children.
A The children heard the story from the traditional chief
B Who narrated the story to the children?
C The children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
D Did the chief hide the story from the children?
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Q4713. The ACCOUNTANT paid the workers' July salary in September.
A When were the workers paid?
B Did the cashier pay the workers' salary in September
C Workers received their July salary in September
D The September salary was paid in July?
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Q4714. The cat DEVOURED the rat.
A Did the rat devour the cat?
B What devoured the rat?
C Did the cat eat the rat?
D Is this the rat that the cat devoured?
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. The growth in the world's population is in observance of the divine mandate and effective management of the world health system through legislation enactment and sensitization. In the past, the growing human population was reduced through scarcity of food, flood, earthquakes, wars etc. But in this time and age man have found solution to some of the mentioned catalyst to death among the human population, there is now a clarion call to man to take responsibility in reducing the world's population, that may culminate in food scarcity by consciously sensitizing the people on the benefit of family planning.
JAMB (UTME) English Language 2020
Q4715. The writer of the passage observes that
A That population was for the good of all
B That high population rate was dangerous to all
C That without population the world would be empty
D That population explosion is outdated
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Q4716. One of the statements does not represent the writer's opinion
A That the man's relationship concerning life and death is not a happy one
B That the man's relationship concerning life and death is a happy one
C That the man's relationship concerning life and death should be left to God
D That the man's relationship concerning life and death is a matter of choice
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Q4717. The main theme of the passage is that
A That man should continue in procreation
B That the world is wicked in promoting death among people
C That man should engage in birth control
D The effective control of death rate
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Q4718. The word catalyst as used in the passage means
A Way out
B AID to
C catalyed way
D increasing death rate
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Q4719. According to the passage, the writer is concerned about
A population increase to enhance economic growth
B effective management of population
C to allow for natural population management
D to allow God manage the population
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 6 to 11. In this age of air transportation, as travel becomes easier, quicker and expensive, more and still more visitors from all over the world are attracted to Africa by the thrill of seeing the beauty of nature. They visit the vast plains, the equatorial rain forest, the lakes and rivers, the mountains ranges and the great semi-arid veld of Africa. The goal of their journeying is not only the vast herds of antelopes and the carnivores which prey on them, but also the unusual and brilliantly colored birds which inhabit these places seemingly endless varieties.
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Q4720. The passage says more and more people are coming to Africa by
A ship
B sea
C aeroplane
D train
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Q4721. In Africa these people hope to see
A Air transportation
B Costumes
C Only preys
D The beauty of Nature
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Q4722. When they arrive in Africa these visitors go to see
A only the desert
B only the mountains
C only plains
D just as many parts of Africa as they can
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Q4723. What would you call these visitors?
A Tourist
B Forest dwellers
C Wanderers
D Hunters
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Q4724. What animals prey on the antelopes?
A The tourist
B Visitors
C Carnivores
D All wild animals
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Q4725. Which of the following is a more suitable title for the passage?
A Tourist attractions in Africa
B Deserts in Africa
C Forest of Africa
D Brilliantly plumaged birds
Instruction
Read the passage below carefully and answer questions 12 to 16. It has been said that there have been more scientific discoveries this century than the rest of the world's history. Certainly the list is a long and impressive one, the aeroplane, radio, television, the domestic use of electricity in a thousand and one forms, space satellites. These have been matched by discoveries in medicine, which have perhaps been less spectacular but have nevertheless saved the lives of millions of people. Sir Alexander Fleming's development of penicillin, and the discovery of x-ray photograph are just two of the things which have lessened human misery. Side by side with these discoveries however, we must put inventions such as the atomic bomb which have increased the chances of men destroying one another in perspective.
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Q4726. Which of these discoveries was not mentioned in the passage?
A The aeroplane
B Television
C Railway engine
D Satellite
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Q4727. What is mentioned in the passage as increasing man's ability to destroy one another?
A Atomic bomb
B Aeroplane
C Penicillin
D Radio
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Q4728. According to the passage, Sir Alexander Fleming discovered?
A electricity
B photograph
C penicillin
D radio
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Q4729. Penicillin and x-ray photograph have
A helped man to destroy one another
B lessened human misery
C led to the invention of atomic bomb
D saved the life of only one million people
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Q4730. According to the passage, discoveries in medicine are
A Not important
B Not necessary
C Destroyed by atomic bomb
D Equally impressive
Instruction
Use the passage below to answer questions 17 to 36. The passage has gaps numbered 17 to 36. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. We have .... (17) to a period when English .... (18) underwent great changes. These were linked .... (19) other changes in industry and .... (20) to form a series of events known to historians as "The Industrial Revolution". We call it "Industrial" because it .... (21) Britain her .... (22) industries, we call .... (23) a "revolution" because it caused .... (24) rapid and surprising changes in the everyday lives of the British people. It happened .... (25) this way. During the eighteenth century Britain was selling more .... (26) more of the goods overseas. So .... (27) did the "Market" expand that the .... (28) of goods often lagged behind the .... (29) for them, because the workers who .... (30) them could not work fast enough. Hence the merchants who .... (31) by every increase in the .... (32) of things for sales, welcomed ideas .... (33) new machines which would make saleable articles more quickly, and were .... (34) to open their purses to buy such machines and .... (35) factories where they could be set in .... (36).
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Q4731. We have .... to a period
A come
B gone
C arrived
D reached
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Q4732. English .... underwent great changes
A language
B grammar
C vocabulary
D speech
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Q4733. These were linked .... other changes
A with
B to
C by
D from
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Q4734. in industry and ....
A agriculture
B trade
C commerce
D manufacturing
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Q4735. because it .... Britain her industries
A gave
B brought
C brought
D provided
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Q4736. Britain her .... industries
A modern
B new
C old
D famous
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Q4737. we call .... a "revolution"
A it
B this
C that
D them
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Q4738. because it caused .... rapid and surprising changes
A so
B very
C such
D too
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Q4739. It happened .... this way
A in
B by
C for
D on
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Q4740. selling more .... more of the goods overseas
A or
B and
C but
D than
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Q4741. So .... did the "Market" expand
A greatly
B much
C rapidly
D fast
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Q4742. the .... of goods often lagged behind
A supply
B demand
C production
D sale
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Q4743. lagged behind the .... for them
A supply
B demand
C sale
D need
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Q4744. the workers who .... them
A made
B sold
C bought
D used
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Q4745. the merchants who .... by every increase
A profited
B benefitted
C gained
D earned
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Q4746. increase in the .... of things for sales
A quantity
B number
C quality
D variety
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Q4747. welcomed ideas .... new machines
A for
B of
C about
D on
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Q4748. were .... to open their purses
A willing
B ready
C eager
D anxious
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Q4749. and .... factories
A build
B make
C develop
D establish
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Q4750. where they could be set in ....
A place
B work
C motion
D position