Year : 
2011
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

51 - 60 of 93 Questions

# Question Ans

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

51.

Of the three girls, Uka is the ........?

A. so much notorious

B. notorious

C. naughty

D. naughtiest

Detailed Solution

Of the three girls, Uka is the naughtiest?
Naughtiest; (especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient.
There is an explanation video available below.
52.

I wonder how he will ......being absent from school for a long time.

A. make in

B. make up

C. make off

D. make out

Detailed Solution

make-up in this regards, refers to a supplementary test or assignment given to a student who missed or failed the original one.
make-up best suits the sentence.
There is an explanation video available below.
53.

Please sit on the ....... ?

A. carier

B. career

C. carrier

D. carrear

Detailed Solution

Please sit on the carrier ?
carrier; a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.
There is an explanation video available below.
54.

I want to .......this chance to acquaint you the latest development?

A. size

B. seize

C. sieze

D. cease

Detailed Solution

I want to seize this chance to acquaint you the latest development?
seize; to take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.
There is an explanation video available below.
55.

Getting a well paid job nowadays is an ...... task?

A. utmost

B. upbeat

C. uphill

D. upfield

Detailed Solution

Getting a well paid job nowadays is an uphill task?
When something is an uphill task or an uphill struggle, it's a difficult thing to do.
There is an explanation video available below.
56.

The secretary has no right to ....... my affairs?

A. spy from

B. meddle in

C. toy at

D. complain into

Detailed Solution

The secretary has no right to meddle in my affairs?
There is an explanation video available below.
57.

Bola studiously avoided ....... the questions?

A. parrying

B. answering

C. projecting

D. destroying

Detailed Solution

Bola studiously avoided answering the questions?
This means Bola deliberately avoided answering the question.
There is an explanation video available below.
58.

The school authority dismissed him for ...... but I won't tell you about it yet?

A. certain reason

B. a reason

C. more reason

D. a certain reason

Detailed Solution

The school authority dismissed him for a certain reason but I won't tell you about it yet?
There is an explanation video available below.
59.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Fuel?

A. cruel

B. fool

C. rule

D. field

Detailed Solution

fuel; /fjuː(ə)l/
cruel; /krʊəl
There is an explanation video available below.
60.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Match?

A. harsh

B. batch

C. such

D. watch

Detailed Solution

match; /matʃ/
batch; /batʃ/
There is an explanation video available below.

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

51.

Of the three girls, Uka is the ........?

A. so much notorious

B. notorious

C. naughty

D. naughtiest

Detailed Solution

Of the three girls, Uka is the naughtiest?
Naughtiest; (especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient.
There is an explanation video available below.
52.

I wonder how he will ......being absent from school for a long time.

A. make in

B. make up

C. make off

D. make out

Detailed Solution

make-up in this regards, refers to a supplementary test or assignment given to a student who missed or failed the original one.
make-up best suits the sentence.
There is an explanation video available below.
53.

Please sit on the ....... ?

A. carier

B. career

C. carrier

D. carrear

Detailed Solution

Please sit on the carrier ?
carrier; a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.
There is an explanation video available below.
54.

I want to .......this chance to acquaint you the latest development?

A. size

B. seize

C. sieze

D. cease

Detailed Solution

I want to seize this chance to acquaint you the latest development?
seize; to take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.
There is an explanation video available below.
55.

Getting a well paid job nowadays is an ...... task?

A. utmost

B. upbeat

C. uphill

D. upfield

Detailed Solution

Getting a well paid job nowadays is an uphill task?
When something is an uphill task or an uphill struggle, it's a difficult thing to do.
There is an explanation video available below.
56.

The secretary has no right to ....... my affairs?

A. spy from

B. meddle in

C. toy at

D. complain into

Detailed Solution

The secretary has no right to meddle in my affairs?
There is an explanation video available below.
57.

Bola studiously avoided ....... the questions?

A. parrying

B. answering

C. projecting

D. destroying

Detailed Solution

Bola studiously avoided answering the questions?
This means Bola deliberately avoided answering the question.
There is an explanation video available below.
58.

The school authority dismissed him for ...... but I won't tell you about it yet?

A. certain reason

B. a reason

C. more reason

D. a certain reason

Detailed Solution

The school authority dismissed him for a certain reason but I won't tell you about it yet?
There is an explanation video available below.
59.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Fuel?

A. cruel

B. fool

C. rule

D. field

Detailed Solution

fuel; /fjuː(ə)l/
cruel; /krʊəl
There is an explanation video available below.
60.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Match?

A. harsh

B. batch

C. such

D. watch

Detailed Solution

match; /matʃ/
batch; /batʃ/
There is an explanation video available below.