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Question 1

jamb 1984

From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. After we have taken our share we shall give ....... to them

Atheir

Btheir's

Ctheirs

Dthere's

Ethere

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Question 2

jamb 1984

From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. It was a funny episode, so I ......

Acan't help to laugh

Bcouldn't help laughing

Ccouldn't help laugh

Dcouldn't help to laugh

Ecan't help laughing

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Question 3

jamb 1984

From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The ..... should make .... for them as soon as possible.

Acommittee/accommodation

Bcommitte/accomodation

Ccommittee/accomodation

Dcommittee/accmodation

Ecommittee/accomondation

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Question 4

jamb 1984

From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The principal went to buy some ..... for the physics laboratory.

Aequipment

Bpieces of equipments

Cequipments

Ditems of equipments

Elist of equipments

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Question 5

jamb 1984

Choose the meaning which best fits the underlined phrase from the passage. Closely guarded secret

ACarefully hidden from the knowledge of others

BSecretly processed business with armed guards

CCarefully hidden from the view of strangers

DScarcely known

EUnknown

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Question 6

jamb 1984

The work carried out at the Agricultural Research Station in Malawi on the silkworm eggs was to

Atry to breed cocoons which would produce more silk

Bdetermine the survival rate of silkworms

Cfind out the most suitable areas and conditions for rearing silkworms

Dsearch for better methods of rearing silkworms

Efind out how cocoons become silkworms

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Question 7

jamb 1984

According to sericulturist, silkworms

Acannot survive in a warm climate

Bmay be reared on any tree

Cdo well in areas with a warm climate

Dproduce the longest threads when they are fed leaves from the top of the mulberry tree

Eare destroyed by heat

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Question 8

jamb 1984

It is implied in the passage that silk was discovered

Aafter years of hardwork and research by the Empress

Bby accident

Cin the search for a more durable fibre for making cloth

Dafter some experiments carried out by the Japanese sericulturist

Eby design

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Question 9

jamb 1984

Sericulture is

Acarried out only in China

Bthe breeding of silkworms for the production of silk

Cthe research done on silkworms

Dthe making of cloth from the cocoons of silk worms

Ethe breeding of silkworms in Malawi

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Question 10

jamb 1984

'He laughs best who laughs last'(proverb). it is true for this story because

Athe picnickers were enjoying themselves

Bfinally he found his fish

CAlan played a good trick on the picnickers

Dfishing is a pastime

EAlan likes country life

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Question 11

jamb 1984

Alan made the picnickers believe that fish jump out of the river to look for flies by

Atelling a story

Bfinding his trout and showing it to them

Ctaking them down to the river

Dwatching how trout catch flies

Epicking up a fish and looking for more

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Question 12

jamb 1984

Where was Alan looking for his fish? He was looking for the fish

Ain the grass

Bdown in the river

Cin front of the gate

Din his basket

Eamong the picnickers

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Question 13

jamb 1984

The picnickers were

Afarmers

Bfrom the nearby village

Ctourists

Dpeople from city

Eanglers like him

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Question 14

jamb 1984

Why did the fish land in the field?

Ait had wings

Bit was a flying fish

Cit was looking for food

DAlan pulled too hard

Eit fell off the hook

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Question 15

jamb 1984

which of the following represents the writer''s view about African art in relation to European art?

AThe African artist is influenced by his society, but the European artist is not

BIn both African and European art there is a blend of tradition and indivitual creativity

CAlthough traditional influences can be seen in European art they much less strong than they are in African art

DAfrican art is tribal, but European art is not

EAfrican artists are more imitative than European artists

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Question 16

jamb 1984

The work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist' means that

Athe artist is influenced both by the society and by own creative imagination

Bthere is an irreconcilable conflict that society makes on him

Cthe artist subordinates his individual talent to the demands of the society

Dfew works of art are entirely original

Ethe individual artist needs to be informed about the traditions of the society

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Question 17

jamb 1984

A social anthropologist is someone who

Astudies only social conditioning

Bis interested in art and artist

Cstudies social conditions and other things

Dis interested in the community

Estudies the origins of man

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Question 18

jamb 1984

Most artists are strongly influenced by the

Adesire for self - expression

Bneed to sell their works

Ctastes and wishes of the society

Dcreative imagination

Eopinions of critics

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Question 19

jamb 1984

Artificial quartz is produced

Ain Brazil

Bfrom tiny transistors

Cin an astonishing number of devices

Dwith the help of thermionic valves

Efrom natural crystals within steel cylinders

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Question 20

jamb 1984

Transistors have

Ahelped to rodce quartz

Bmade radio and television inaccessible to the working populace

Cmade transmitters and receivers smaller and lighter

Dretarded progress in electronics

Emade transmitters and receivers bigger and heavier

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