JAMB English Past Questions (2004)

Q1. Each producer is able to place a price on his product by considering its…………

A. worth

B. choice

C. judgement

D. assessment

Answer: A

Q2. Adamu’s father is a key figure in that ministry

A. The ministry trusts Adamu’s father as a central figure

B. Adamu’s father is a figurehead in the ministry

C. Adamu’s father’s position is essential in the ministry.

D. Adamu’s father keeps the key to the ministry.

Answer: C

Q3. The police claim that a number of stolen cars…………. recovered.

A. has being

B. is being

C. has been

D. have been

Answer: C

Q4. His supporters railed round him in moments of …………..

A. criticism

B. Crisis

C. acrimony

D. disillusionment.

Answer: B

Q5. Actually, he forgot the one to …………… the job was given.

A. whom

B. who

C. whomever

D. whoever

Answer: A

Q6. Judge

A. gear

B. spinach

C. pleasure

D. camouflage

Answer: D

Q7. In many countries, democracy is ostensibly being practiced.

A. democracy is indeed being practiced in many countries

B. many countries have effective democracy.

C. many countries have democracy in practice

D. democracy is apparently practice in many countries.

Answer: D

Q8. caused

A. chanced

B. frost

C. released

D. realized

Answer: B

Q9.

A. ratify

B. famous

C. result

D. taxi

Answer: C

Q10. The chairman refused to shake…………. with the secretary

A. hand

B. his hand

C. hands

D. his hands

Answer: C

Q11. All God’s prophets were given the great……….to preach salvation to people.

A. commission

B. commition

C. commission

D. commission

Answer: D

Q12. ………..as a federal capital only……….. the last twenty years.

A. has existed/for

B. existed/over

C. was existing/from

D. is existing/in

Answer: A

Q13. The government warns that drink-driving is punishable under the law.

A. a drunkard driving can be punished

B. driving while drunk is an offence

C. driving while drinking is an offence

D. drinking and driving is an offence.

Answer: A

Q14. I don’t coming home, is he?......... he is isn’t.

A. Yes

B. No

C. won

D. now

Answer: B

Q15. No teacher of honour would subject his student to any form of ……..

A. harassment

B. Harassment

C. harassment

D. harassment

Answer: B

Q16. The minister addressed the workers to boost their…………

A. Morale

B. morality

C. mural

D. moral

Answer: A

Q17. mischief

A. Christmas

B. ritual

C. Brochure

D. Champagne

Answer: A

Q18. The flying Eagles put up a plucky defence against their opponents.

A. strong

B. weak

C. careless

D. tactful

Answer: B

Q19. The interpreter was wrong because he gave the congregation a ………… translation of the pastor’s statement.

A. literal

B. unilateral

C. literary

D. lateral

Answer: A

Q20. My father’s presentation was rather causal

A. formal

B. vital

C. informal

D. divisive

Answer: A

Q21. He not only looked after the children when their parents died, ………..sponsored their education to university.

A. but also

B. also he

C. but he

D. also

Answer: A

Q22. The ship was imperiled by high winds

A. piloted

B. destroyed

C. deceived

D. saved

Answer: D

Q23. The man who scare the girl was a bit deranged

A. sane

B. amorous

C. crazy

D. dangerous

Answer: A

Q24. Sailors are unusually dauntless in their exploits

A. selfless

B. ruthless

C. excited

D. frightened

Answer: D

Q25. Everyone was ready to play the evil’s advocate in the impeachment controversy.

A. everyone was willing to speak against the impeachment to encourage discussion on it.

B. everyone was willing to defend an unpopular point of view concerning the impeachment.

C. everyone was willing to fight for the defenceless citizens no matter the consequences.

D. everyone was willing to be an evil genius in the controversy

Answer: A

Q26.

A. Secondment

B. Orthopaedic

C. oriental

D. photographic

Answer: A

Q27. Beauty queens sometime wear outlandish dresses.

A. beautiful

B. flashy

C. familiar

D. attractive

Answer: C

Q28. The journalist said he was working freelance

A. tirelessly

B. satisfactorily

C. without a pay

D. dependently

Answer: D

Q29. The potency of the drug has been acknowledged.

A. action

B. loss

C. inefficacy

D. power

Answer: C

Q30. The investigators stated clearly that they had reached a dead end in their scrutiny of suspects in the murder case.

A. the investigators did not know what to do with the suspect’s murder

B. The investigators had evidence to sentence the suspects to death in the end.

C. there was no further progress in the investigation of the murder suspects.

D. the end had come for the suspects in the murder case.

Answer: C

Q31. The dictator wanted tractable men in his cabinet.

A. reliable

B. intelligent

C. tough

D. unruly

Answer: C

Q32. After the war, the victors became increasingly vindictive

A. friendly

B. vociferous

C. arrogant

D. treacherous

Answer: A

Q33. Ali goes to the stadium regularly, but he …………… to the church for months.

A. hasn’t been

B. haven’t been

C. didn’t go

D. hadn’t been

Answer: A

Q34. The reporter said that the Honourable speaker………….. impeached

A. is to be

B. might have been

C. may have being

D. will have been

Answer: B

Q35. The prosecutor was fully able to substantiate the charge.

A. expatiate on

B. prove

C. dismiss

D. weaken

Answer: B

Q36.

A. alter

B. water

C. pot

D. hall

Answer: C

Q37. His plans boomeranged on him

A. bounce

B. fell

C. catapulted

D. backfired

Answer: D

Q38.

A. bachelor

B. condemn

C. afternoon

D. intact

Answer: A

Q39. Funnily enough, the priest prayed for the robber who shot him.

A. Timidly

B. Unexpectedly

C. Disappointingly

D. Fearlessly.

Answer: B

Q40. The injured man is determined to get back at his assailant.

A. attack

B. identify

C. visit

D. forgive

Answer: D

Q41. The press describe the efforts of the government in pejorative terms.

A. critical

B. contemptible

C. palpable

D. superlative

Answer: A

Q42. The noise of the fan unnerved the star player.

A. refreshed

B. confused

C. helped

D. calmed

Answer: B

Q43. bear

A. beer

B. steer

C. rare

D. fear

Answer: D

Q44. There has been a downturn in the affairs of the company.

A. a massive increase

B. little progress

C. a turn-around

D. a decline

Answer: D

Q45. nine

A. pint

B. gill

C. pin

D. click

Answer: A

Q46. The mottled skin of a person with HIV indicates an advance stage of its development.

A. Brown

B. spotted

C. scaly

D. pimply

Answer: B

Q47.

A. Circulation

B. eleven

C. impossible

D. criticism

Answer: D

Q48. The festivals create in the people a feeling of price in the cultural heritage

A. history

B. heirloom

C. legacy

D. possession

Answer: C

Q49. Ibro shows enough liberality with his meager income.

A. generosity

B. frugality

C. prodigality

D. insensitivity

Answer: A

Q50. The student BOUGHT the book.

A. Who bought the book?

B. Did the student steal the book?

C. What did the student buy?

D. How will the student get the book?

Answer: B

Q51. It is a misnomer to call three thousand naira a living wage.

A. an incontrovertible assertion

B. an appropriate term

C. a wrong description

D. a mishmash

Answer: C

Q52. expostulate

A. exposTUlate

B. expostuLATE

C. EXpostulate

D. exPOStulate

Answer: D

Q53. The teacher wants MY pen.

A. Does the teacher want his pen?

B. What does the teacher want?

C. Does the teacher want your ruler?

D. Who wants my pen?

Answer: A

Q54.

A. foul

B. tout

C. owl

D. foe

Answer: D

Q55. The manager’s knowledge of the strike is of the utmost importance.

A. standard

B. genuine

C. paramount

D. basic

Answer: C

Q56. The presence of the captain makes the sailors ill at ease.

A. uncomfortable

B. sickly

C. impatient

D. easily ill

Answer: A

Q57. The player writhed in pain after the fall.

A. remained still

B. cried out

C. walked out

D. shook violently

Answer: A

Q58. sufficiency

A. sufFIciency

B. SUFficiency

C. sufficienCY

D. suffiCIENcy

Answer: A

Q59. In spite of constant financial support from his father, Udenyi treats his studies with considerable levity.

A. seriousness

B. enthusiasm

C. wastefulness

D. lassitude

Answer: D

Q60. The school’s badge is the insignia of office for all the prefects in the school.

A. Power

B. symbol

C. seal

D. recognition

Answer: B

Q61. We found a shady place for the display.

A. an open

B. an unsafe

C. a stuffy

D. an enclosed

Answer: A

Q62. Okonkwo manages his household with a heavy hand.

A. like a powerful dictator

B. using the cane on every occasion

C. without tolerating weakness

D. like a heavy weight champion.

Answer: C

Q63. The team got an ecstatic welcome from the crowd.

A. An unexpected

B. a joyous

C. a cold

D. a thunderous

Answer: C

Q64. The town was in such a turmoil that the dance was called off.

A. mourning state

B. rainy state

C. state of darkness

D. state of confusion

Answer: D

Q65. It is …….. responsibility to look after their parents in old age.

A. theirs’

B. their

C. theirs

D. their’s

Answer: B

Q66. One needs to exemplify or ………. the aspect of the subject being discussed

A. supply

B. declare

C. satisfy

D. demonstrate

Answer: D

Q67. I shall find time for my ……… when I get …… with this difficult assignment.

A. Pat time /over

B. pass-time/over

C. pastime/through

D. pastime/through

Answer: D

Q68. People dislike Mariam because she is ……………

A. trickful

B. trickish

C. trickly

D. tricker

Answer: C

Q69. Agbo says he is not afraid of ………

A. anybody

B. nothing

C. nobody

D. no one

Answer: A

Q70. After so many trials, the experiment………….

A. paid up

B. paid for

C. paid out

D. paid off

Answer: D