Year : 
2005
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 76 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

The teacher recounted two events that were analogous with each other?

A. similar with

B. distant from

C. advantageous to

D. different from

D

12.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

Th principal was filled with scorn when we gave our reason for coming late?

A. contempt

B. sympathy

C. anger

D. pity

B

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

13.

After fifty years, he could not find anyone who was contemporary with him at college.

A. strange to

B. belonged to

C. friendly with

D. contested against

A

14.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

Idris gives me a sour look every time I pass by him?

A. bad

B. satisfactory

C. friendly

D. sinister

C

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

15.

The officer was given an invidious task?

A. vivid

B. cruel

C. pleasant

D. difficult

C

16.

The views of the plateau are in a shark contrast to the workaday cottages below?

A. ordinary and uninteresting

B. beautiful and interesting

C. comfortable and facsinating

D. ugly and unfascinating

Detailed Solution

workaday means ''not special, unusual, or uninteresting; ordinary''.
17.

The president can afford to dispense with some of his henchmen?

A. detractors

B. body guards

C. sycophants

D. advisers

A

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate option(s)

18.

The judge did not grant the request that the witness should_____________

A. be present in person

B. be represented by a counsel

C. not appear at all

D. answer questions by phone

A

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

19.

It would be difficult to defeat such a team?

A. highly deluded

B. completely disillusioned

C. very demoralized

D. very immature

Detailed Solution

demoralized means to Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.
20.

Asabe bought a glossy pair of shoes?

A. smooth and shiny

B. rough and dull

C. smooth and shining

D. rough and gummy

B

11.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

The teacher recounted two events that were analogous with each other?

A. similar with

B. distant from

C. advantageous to

D. different from

D

12.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

Th principal was filled with scorn when we gave our reason for coming late?

A. contempt

B. sympathy

C. anger

D. pity

B

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

13.

After fifty years, he could not find anyone who was contemporary with him at college.

A. strange to

B. belonged to

C. friendly with

D. contested against

A

14.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).

Idris gives me a sour look every time I pass by him?

A. bad

B. satisfactory

C. friendly

D. sinister

C

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

15.

The officer was given an invidious task?

A. vivid

B. cruel

C. pleasant

D. difficult

C

16.

The views of the plateau are in a shark contrast to the workaday cottages below?

A. ordinary and uninteresting

B. beautiful and interesting

C. comfortable and facsinating

D. ugly and unfascinating

Detailed Solution

workaday means ''not special, unusual, or uninteresting; ordinary''.
17.

The president can afford to dispense with some of his henchmen?

A. detractors

B. body guards

C. sycophants

D. advisers

A

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate option(s)

18.

The judge did not grant the request that the witness should_____________

A. be present in person

B. be represented by a counsel

C. not appear at all

D. answer questions by phone

A

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

19.

It would be difficult to defeat such a team?

A. highly deluded

B. completely disillusioned

C. very demoralized

D. very immature

Detailed Solution

demoralized means to Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.
20.

Asabe bought a glossy pair of shoes?

A. smooth and shiny

B. rough and dull

C. smooth and shining

D. rough and gummy

B