Year : 
2014
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

81 - 84 of 84 Questions

# Question Ans

Choose the most appropriate options for the gaps labelled in the passage below.

Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

81.

Labelled 17.

A. an agent

B. a guild of researchers

C. An editorial board

D. All readers

Detailed Solution

The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.
There is an explanation video available below.
82.

Labelled 18.

A. a gazetteer

B. an article

C. a column

D. a magazine

Detailed Solution

magazine; a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership.
There is an explanation video available below.
83.

Labelled 19.

A. a contrast in

B. a contrast from

C. a contrast for

D. a contrast to

Detailed Solution

contrast to; To contrast something is to look for differences among two or more elements
There is an explanation video available below.
84.

Labelled 20.

A. salesmen

B. readers

C. distributors

D. pressmen

Detailed Solution

salesmen; a man whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products, either in a shop or visiting locations to get orders.
There is an explanation video available below.

Choose the most appropriate options for the gaps labelled in the passage below.

Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

81.

Labelled 17.

A. an agent

B. a guild of researchers

C. An editorial board

D. All readers

Detailed Solution

The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.
There is an explanation video available below.
82.

Labelled 18.

A. a gazetteer

B. an article

C. a column

D. a magazine

Detailed Solution

magazine; a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership.
There is an explanation video available below.
83.

Labelled 19.

A. a contrast in

B. a contrast from

C. a contrast for

D. a contrast to

Detailed Solution

contrast to; To contrast something is to look for differences among two or more elements
There is an explanation video available below.
84.

Labelled 20.

A. salesmen

B. readers

C. distributors

D. pressmen

Detailed Solution

salesmen; a man whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products, either in a shop or visiting locations to get orders.
There is an explanation video available below.