Year : 
2006
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 100 Questions

# Question Ans

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

31.

You are to write a report and give it to the security office?

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

D

32.

After the war, the victors became increasingly vindictive?

A. Vengeful attacks were incessantly carried out on those who lost war

B. Friendly measures were taken to heal the wounds

C. Repreesive measures were taken against those who lost the war

D. Those who won the war became treacherous

Detailed Solution

The victors are the winners of a war or fight.
The victors became increasingly vindictive means they were having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
The speaker however did not state who the victors were vindictive towards.
Option D conveys the meaning in the above speech.
The victors became treacherous; means someone who is guilty of dishonesty or betrayal, or something that is dangerous or hazardous. They became unpredictable, dangerous, tricky, risky, unstable
33.

The perfect reeled off the names of all the students who broke the library?

A. The perfect gave a disjointed list of the students in the law library

B. The perfect omitted the names of the students who broke into the law library

C. The perfect submitted a complete list of the students who stole library books

D. The perfect gave an accurate list of the students who disobeyed library regulations

D

34.

I owe you far less than you owe me?

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

D

35.

The dispute over land acquisition has come to a head?

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

A

36.

He had hardly spoken when the bell rang?

A. He found it difficult to speak, and then the bell rang

B. When the bell rang, he was still speaking

C. The bell rang very soon after he spoke

D. He spoke in a harsh manner and the bell rang

C

37.

I think she takes her guardian's support for granted?

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 no 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

D

38.

The class has fallen in with the teacher's plans?

A. The class has ignored the plans

B. The class has rejected the plans

C. The class has accepted the plans

D. The class has modified the plans

C

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

39.

The move to expel the chairman was sanctioned by members of the party?

A. unleashed

B. opposed

C. supported

D. initiated

C

40.

Because Jamiu is so easily offended, he was not considered for the post of head boy?

A. irritable

B. stubborn

C. troublesome

D. docile

A

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

31.

You are to write a report and give it to the security office?

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

D

32.

After the war, the victors became increasingly vindictive?

A. Vengeful attacks were incessantly carried out on those who lost war

B. Friendly measures were taken to heal the wounds

C. Repreesive measures were taken against those who lost the war

D. Those who won the war became treacherous

Detailed Solution

The victors are the winners of a war or fight.
The victors became increasingly vindictive means they were having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
The speaker however did not state who the victors were vindictive towards.
Option D conveys the meaning in the above speech.
The victors became treacherous; means someone who is guilty of dishonesty or betrayal, or something that is dangerous or hazardous. They became unpredictable, dangerous, tricky, risky, unstable
33.

The perfect reeled off the names of all the students who broke the library?

A. The perfect gave a disjointed list of the students in the law library

B. The perfect omitted the names of the students who broke into the law library

C. The perfect submitted a complete list of the students who stole library books

D. The perfect gave an accurate list of the students who disobeyed library regulations

D

34.

I owe you far less than you owe me?

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

D

35.

The dispute over land acquisition has come to a head?

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

A

36.

He had hardly spoken when the bell rang?

A. He found it difficult to speak, and then the bell rang

B. When the bell rang, he was still speaking

C. The bell rang very soon after he spoke

D. He spoke in a harsh manner and the bell rang

C

37.

I think she takes her guardian's support for granted?

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 no 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

D

38.

The class has fallen in with the teacher's plans?

A. The class has ignored the plans

B. The class has rejected the plans

C. The class has accepted the plans

D. The class has modified the plans

C

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

39.

The move to expel the chairman was sanctioned by members of the party?

A. unleashed

B. opposed

C. supported

D. initiated

C

40.

Because Jamiu is so easily offended, he was not considered for the post of head boy?

A. irritable

B. stubborn

C. troublesome

D. docile

A