Year :
2013
Title :
English Language
Exam :
JAMB Exam
Paper 1 | Objectives
61 - 70 of 87 Questions
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Choose the option that best complete the gap(s) |
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| 61. |
The students had a .....On Independence Day. A. march pass B. match past C. march past D. match pass Detailed Solutionmarch past; simply means a parade or processionThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 62. |
Do you mind......another hour or two? A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. to have waited Detailed SolutionDo you mind waiting another hour or two?The construction waiting represents the future progressive of the verb wait There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 63. |
The continuous rain has really .......the soil. A. satiated B. saturated C. melted up D. mopped up Detailed SolutionSaturated means to be thoroughly soaked. Or holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbedThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 64. |
The police described the boy as being.....hand A. over at B. out of C. on by D. up to Detailed SolutionOut of hand means to be out of control.There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 65. |
It was very easy for the two political parties to form a .......Government A. collusion B. coalition C. co-operative D. colonial Detailed SolutionIt was very easy for the two political parties to form a coalition Government,A coalition government is a government formed jointly by more than one political party. There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 66. |
All farmers were encouraged ......carry out fumigation on their farms A. in B. with C. to D. from Detailed SolutionAll farmers were encouraged to carry out fumigation on their farmsThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 67. |
There are lots of.....in a park A. moving fast luxury buses B. fast moving luxury buses C. luxury buses moving fast D. luxury buses fast moving |
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| 68. |
Yours is to command.....is to obey A. theirs' B. their's C. their D. theirs Detailed SolutionTheirs is a personal pronoun, used to modify a noun in order to indicate possession but with greater emphasis on identity of possession.Example; Those books are theirs. There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 69. |
Local governments are authorized to pass A. bye laws B. byes-laws C. bye's law D. bye-law Detailed SolutionA bye law is a regulation made by a local authority or corporation. Since the Subject of the noun is in plural form, the laws will also be in plural.There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 70. |
Umar: I have never visted the dentist A. neither myself B. l myself haven't C. neither have l D. l also never Detailed Solution'Neither have I; is used to say that a negative sentence is also true for me.There is an explanation video available below. |
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Choose the option that best complete the gap(s) |
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| 61. |
The students had a .....On Independence Day. A. march pass B. match past C. march past D. match pass Detailed Solutionmarch past; simply means a parade or processionThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 62. |
Do you mind......another hour or two? A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. to have waited Detailed SolutionDo you mind waiting another hour or two?The construction waiting represents the future progressive of the verb wait There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 63. |
The continuous rain has really .......the soil. A. satiated B. saturated C. melted up D. mopped up Detailed SolutionSaturated means to be thoroughly soaked. Or holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbedThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 64. |
The police described the boy as being.....hand A. over at B. out of C. on by D. up to Detailed SolutionOut of hand means to be out of control.There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 65. |
It was very easy for the two political parties to form a .......Government A. collusion B. coalition C. co-operative D. colonial Detailed SolutionIt was very easy for the two political parties to form a coalition Government,A coalition government is a government formed jointly by more than one political party. There is an explanation video available below. |
| 66. |
All farmers were encouraged ......carry out fumigation on their farms A. in B. with C. to D. from Detailed SolutionAll farmers were encouraged to carry out fumigation on their farmsThere is an explanation video available below. |
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| 67. |
There are lots of.....in a park A. moving fast luxury buses B. fast moving luxury buses C. luxury buses moving fast D. luxury buses fast moving |
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| 68. |
Yours is to command.....is to obey A. theirs' B. their's C. their D. theirs Detailed SolutionTheirs is a personal pronoun, used to modify a noun in order to indicate possession but with greater emphasis on identity of possession.Example; Those books are theirs. There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 69. |
Local governments are authorized to pass A. bye laws B. byes-laws C. bye's law D. bye-law Detailed SolutionA bye law is a regulation made by a local authority or corporation. Since the Subject of the noun is in plural form, the laws will also be in plural.There is an explanation video available below. |
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| 70. |
Umar: I have never visted the dentist A. neither myself B. l myself haven't C. neither have l D. l also never Detailed Solution'Neither have I; is used to say that a negative sentence is also true for me.There is an explanation video available below. |