Year : 
2010
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 93 Questions

# Question Ans

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

31.

Jankoli was dressed in an old assortment of clothes?

A. avalanche

B. homogeneity

C. sameness

D. melange

Detailed Solution

An assortment is a collection of things that aren't the same.
melange; a mixture, or a group of different things or people
There is an explanation video available below.
32.

The director's remark was extremely opposite to the issue being discussed?

A. appropriate

B. inconsequential

C. emphatic

D. adequate

Detailed Solution

opposite; completely different; of a contrary kind.
Inconsequential; irrelevant. of no significance
There is an explanation video available below.
33.

The girl's father was astounded to see her appear from the shrine?

A. collected

B. overwhelmed

C. embarrassed

D. astonished

Detailed Solution

Astounded; shock or greatly surprise.
Astonish; surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
There is an explanation video available below.
34.

Her reputation is without a blemish?

A. struggle

B. problem

C. fault

D. blessing

Detailed Solution

Blemish; a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.
There is an explanation video available below.
35.

Ugo is eligible for the post of secretary?

A. nominated

B. invited

C. qualified

D. intelligent

Detailed Solution

Eligible; having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions.
There is an explanation video available below.
36.

This is an abridge version of No longer at Ease?

A. an outdated

B. an enlarged

C. an illiustrated

D. a shortened

Detailed Solution

Abridge; shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.
There is an explanation video available below.

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

37.

Lemoti ....... as a painter, but also as a sculptor?

A. is gifted only not

B. is only not gifted

C. is gifted not only

D. is only gifted

Detailed Solution

Lemoti is gifted not only as a painter, but also as a sculptor?
There is an explanation video available below.
38.

He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles........?

A. off

B. over

C. up

D. out

Detailed Solution

He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles off?
Rattle off; To say or recite something very quickly, without much thought or consideration.
There is an explanation video available below.
39.

Last Monday his father asked me, ....... ?

A. if i had come some days before

B. if I had come the day before

C. did you come yesterday

D. had I come yesterday

Detailed Solution

Last Monday his father asked me, if I had come the day before
There is an explanation video available below.
40.

The boy told his mother...... ?

A. that was the girl he told her about

B. that was the girl I told you about her

C. that was the girl I told her about

D. that is the girl he told her about

Detailed Solution

The boy told his mother, that was the girl he told her about
The simple rule is that "is" is present tense and "was" is past tense. If it's happening now, you use "is". If it happened in the past, you use "was".
There is an explanation video available below.

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

31.

Jankoli was dressed in an old assortment of clothes?

A. avalanche

B. homogeneity

C. sameness

D. melange

Detailed Solution

An assortment is a collection of things that aren't the same.
melange; a mixture, or a group of different things or people
There is an explanation video available below.
32.

The director's remark was extremely opposite to the issue being discussed?

A. appropriate

B. inconsequential

C. emphatic

D. adequate

Detailed Solution

opposite; completely different; of a contrary kind.
Inconsequential; irrelevant. of no significance
There is an explanation video available below.
33.

The girl's father was astounded to see her appear from the shrine?

A. collected

B. overwhelmed

C. embarrassed

D. astonished

Detailed Solution

Astounded; shock or greatly surprise.
Astonish; surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
There is an explanation video available below.
34.

Her reputation is without a blemish?

A. struggle

B. problem

C. fault

D. blessing

Detailed Solution

Blemish; a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.
There is an explanation video available below.
35.

Ugo is eligible for the post of secretary?

A. nominated

B. invited

C. qualified

D. intelligent

Detailed Solution

Eligible; having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions.
There is an explanation video available below.
36.

This is an abridge version of No longer at Ease?

A. an outdated

B. an enlarged

C. an illiustrated

D. a shortened

Detailed Solution

Abridge; shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.
There is an explanation video available below.

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

37.

Lemoti ....... as a painter, but also as a sculptor?

A. is gifted only not

B. is only not gifted

C. is gifted not only

D. is only gifted

Detailed Solution

Lemoti is gifted not only as a painter, but also as a sculptor?
There is an explanation video available below.
38.

He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles........?

A. off

B. over

C. up

D. out

Detailed Solution

He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles off?
Rattle off; To say or recite something very quickly, without much thought or consideration.
There is an explanation video available below.
39.

Last Monday his father asked me, ....... ?

A. if i had come some days before

B. if I had come the day before

C. did you come yesterday

D. had I come yesterday

Detailed Solution

Last Monday his father asked me, if I had come the day before
There is an explanation video available below.
40.

The boy told his mother...... ?

A. that was the girl he told her about

B. that was the girl I told you about her

C. that was the girl I told her about

D. that is the girl he told her about

Detailed Solution

The boy told his mother, that was the girl he told her about
The simple rule is that "is" is present tense and "was" is past tense. If it's happening now, you use "is". If it happened in the past, you use "was".
There is an explanation video available below.