Year : 
2021
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans

Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow:

Everyone is tired or fatigued at some time. The major cycle in your life is work, fatigue and rest in that order. Fatigue is characteristic of your body. It does not occur in a man-made machine which operates as long as its parts are intact and it has fuel. But your body, a living machine, has a definite limitation - its work continues, it gradually loses its responsiveness, becomes less irritable, turns out less work and finally may not respond at all. The feeling of fatigue usually expresses itself in three ways: first, there is a feeling of tiredness and a marked desire for rest. Second, efficiency is greatly reduced. Third, there may be definite physiological changes in your body, low blood pressure, loss of muscle tone, tremors, and poor muscular coordination, and in other ways. Fatigue, however, may express itself in many ways for there are many different forms of it. The fatigue of a student. for example, who has worked all evening on a difficult lesson, is different from that of a laborer who has worked all day at a back-breaking task, or that of a business executive who worries with the stress and strain of organization.

1.

A suitable title for the passage is

A. Knowing fatigue

B. Fatigue

C. Tiredness and fatigue

D. Body machine

Detailed Solution

Option B is the answer to the question. The passage describes fatigue and how it operates in the human body.
There is an explanation video available below.
2.

According to the passage, the worst stage of fatigue is

A. feeling of tiredness

B. poor muscular coordination

C. reduced efficiency

D. desire for rest

Detailed Solution

The third stage of fatigue is the worst stage and Poor muscular condition can be identified with the third stage.
There is an explanation video available below.
3.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A. every task can eventually result in fatigue

B. only difficult lessons lead to fatigue

C. a labourer must work all day before expressing fatigue

D. rest is needed only when you experience fatigue

Detailed Solution

According to the passage, the concluding part informs us that fatigue can take various forms, distinctively among students, labourers or business executives. These different activities come with different forms of fatigue.
There is an explanation video available below.
4.

It is advisable that one should rest once

A. there is a feeling of tiredness

B. there is no longer interest in the task

C. there is onset of physiological changes in the body

D. the task becomes difficult

Detailed Solution

Since fatigue is a negative phenomenon, it's advisable to rest at the first stage. After all, the first stage is marked by the desire to rest according to the passage.
There is an explanation video available below.
5.

Definite limitation used to describe the human body in the passage means that

A. the body cannot be made to work continuously like a machine

B. the body should only perform simple tasks

C. body parts must be limited

D. the body is equal to man-made machines.

Detailed Solution

'Definite limitation' is used to emphasize the body's limited energy to work.
There is an explanation video available below.

It is normal in Nigeria to use proficiency in the use of English language as a barometer for evaluating the height of any person's educational attainment. Today, many teachers resort quite often to the use of vernacular in the teaching of their subjects. One is often dismayed at the incompetence of many teachers, even graduates in the use of English language. Throughout the colonial period, up to 1960, Nigerian formal education was patterned after the English system. The "accent" was on English and an educated Nigerian was one who was only African in colour but English in thought and culture. The ability to speak English fluently and if possible with an Oxford accent was the hallmark of excellence even if the speaker was empty of thought and ideas. In those days it was a serious offence for a secondary school boy or girl to "laugh in the vernacular". But we now swung to the other extreme. Nigeria would say they are not English people, some would say they did not specialise in English in the university. But the country has adopted the English language as its official, the language of instruction at schools, parliamentary proceedings, conduct of official business and indeed the lingua franca. If the language is to continue to be used, then it is imperative that we all agree on the pattern of correctness in the language so that communication can be effective.

6.

A suitable title for the passage is

A. English language

B. Trends in Nigerian Education

C. Teaching and Learning English

D. Importance of English

Detailed Solution

The passage is about the Nigerian Educational sector with close attention to the incompetence of the use of English language noticeable among the present Nigerians.
There is an explanation video available below.
7.

Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. the competence level in the use of English has fallen greatly

B. what used to be in the past could be considered extreme

C. the writer is advocating for the use of indigenous language for teaching and learning

D. English language is the official language in Nigeria

Detailed Solution

Option C is the only false statement amongst others. according to the passage, the writer advocates for the use of the English Language.
There is an explanation video available below.
8.

During the colonial period, according to the passage, an educated Nigerian was one who

A. has travelled to Oxford

B. is English in thought and culture

C. looks African in colour

D. has the English accent

Detailed Solution

According to the passage a Nigerian is only African in colour but English in thought and ideas
There is an explanation video available below.
9.

From the passage, it is evident that

A. we need to agree on the pattern of correctness in the use of English language

B. fluency in English leads to empty thought and ideas

C. Nigerians would say they are not English people because they hate the language

D. Every undergraduate needs to specialise in English.

Detailed Solution

The passage ends with the final note that there ought to be an agreement on the pattern of correctness in the language so that communication can be effective.
There is an explanation video available below.
10.

Considering it a serious offence to "laugh in vernacular" as indicated in the passage, can be viewed as

A. normal

B. extreme

C. correctness

D. proper

Detailed Solution

According to the passage, Laughing in vernacular implies that nativity should not be perceived in any way. This is an extreme condition.
There is an explanation video available below.

Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow:

Everyone is tired or fatigued at some time. The major cycle in your life is work, fatigue and rest in that order. Fatigue is characteristic of your body. It does not occur in a man-made machine which operates as long as its parts are intact and it has fuel. But your body, a living machine, has a definite limitation - its work continues, it gradually loses its responsiveness, becomes less irritable, turns out less work and finally may not respond at all. The feeling of fatigue usually expresses itself in three ways: first, there is a feeling of tiredness and a marked desire for rest. Second, efficiency is greatly reduced. Third, there may be definite physiological changes in your body, low blood pressure, loss of muscle tone, tremors, and poor muscular coordination, and in other ways. Fatigue, however, may express itself in many ways for there are many different forms of it. The fatigue of a student. for example, who has worked all evening on a difficult lesson, is different from that of a laborer who has worked all day at a back-breaking task, or that of a business executive who worries with the stress and strain of organization.

1.

A suitable title for the passage is

A. Knowing fatigue

B. Fatigue

C. Tiredness and fatigue

D. Body machine

Detailed Solution

Option B is the answer to the question. The passage describes fatigue and how it operates in the human body.
There is an explanation video available below.
2.

According to the passage, the worst stage of fatigue is

A. feeling of tiredness

B. poor muscular coordination

C. reduced efficiency

D. desire for rest

Detailed Solution

The third stage of fatigue is the worst stage and Poor muscular condition can be identified with the third stage.
There is an explanation video available below.
3.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A. every task can eventually result in fatigue

B. only difficult lessons lead to fatigue

C. a labourer must work all day before expressing fatigue

D. rest is needed only when you experience fatigue

Detailed Solution

According to the passage, the concluding part informs us that fatigue can take various forms, distinctively among students, labourers or business executives. These different activities come with different forms of fatigue.
There is an explanation video available below.
4.

It is advisable that one should rest once

A. there is a feeling of tiredness

B. there is no longer interest in the task

C. there is onset of physiological changes in the body

D. the task becomes difficult

Detailed Solution

Since fatigue is a negative phenomenon, it's advisable to rest at the first stage. After all, the first stage is marked by the desire to rest according to the passage.
There is an explanation video available below.
5.

Definite limitation used to describe the human body in the passage means that

A. the body cannot be made to work continuously like a machine

B. the body should only perform simple tasks

C. body parts must be limited

D. the body is equal to man-made machines.

Detailed Solution

'Definite limitation' is used to emphasize the body's limited energy to work.
There is an explanation video available below.

It is normal in Nigeria to use proficiency in the use of English language as a barometer for evaluating the height of any person's educational attainment. Today, many teachers resort quite often to the use of vernacular in the teaching of their subjects. One is often dismayed at the incompetence of many teachers, even graduates in the use of English language. Throughout the colonial period, up to 1960, Nigerian formal education was patterned after the English system. The "accent" was on English and an educated Nigerian was one who was only African in colour but English in thought and culture. The ability to speak English fluently and if possible with an Oxford accent was the hallmark of excellence even if the speaker was empty of thought and ideas. In those days it was a serious offence for a secondary school boy or girl to "laugh in the vernacular". But we now swung to the other extreme. Nigeria would say they are not English people, some would say they did not specialise in English in the university. But the country has adopted the English language as its official, the language of instruction at schools, parliamentary proceedings, conduct of official business and indeed the lingua franca. If the language is to continue to be used, then it is imperative that we all agree on the pattern of correctness in the language so that communication can be effective.

6.

A suitable title for the passage is

A. English language

B. Trends in Nigerian Education

C. Teaching and Learning English

D. Importance of English

Detailed Solution

The passage is about the Nigerian Educational sector with close attention to the incompetence of the use of English language noticeable among the present Nigerians.
There is an explanation video available below.
7.

Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. the competence level in the use of English has fallen greatly

B. what used to be in the past could be considered extreme

C. the writer is advocating for the use of indigenous language for teaching and learning

D. English language is the official language in Nigeria

Detailed Solution

Option C is the only false statement amongst others. according to the passage, the writer advocates for the use of the English Language.
There is an explanation video available below.
8.

During the colonial period, according to the passage, an educated Nigerian was one who

A. has travelled to Oxford

B. is English in thought and culture

C. looks African in colour

D. has the English accent

Detailed Solution

According to the passage a Nigerian is only African in colour but English in thought and ideas
There is an explanation video available below.
9.

From the passage, it is evident that

A. we need to agree on the pattern of correctness in the use of English language

B. fluency in English leads to empty thought and ideas

C. Nigerians would say they are not English people because they hate the language

D. Every undergraduate needs to specialise in English.

Detailed Solution

The passage ends with the final note that there ought to be an agreement on the pattern of correctness in the language so that communication can be effective.
There is an explanation video available below.
10.

Considering it a serious offence to "laugh in vernacular" as indicated in the passage, can be viewed as

A. normal

B. extreme

C. correctness

D. proper

Detailed Solution

According to the passage, Laughing in vernacular implies that nativity should not be perceived in any way. This is an extreme condition.
There is an explanation video available below.