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Question 1

jamb 1985

'Game of making house' means

Abuilding a house with sand

Bbeing happy in the house

Cplaying in the house

Dimitating running a home like adults

Eplaying hide-and-seek in the house

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Question 2

jamb 1985

The family sat down in despair because

Athe land was ready and ploughed

Bthey ate plain porrige with no milk

Cthe sun danced dizzily in the sky

Dthe land was covered in a haze of mist

Eit was impossible to plants seeds

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Question 3

jamb 1985

'The adults paid no attention to this' refers to

Athe children scolding the reg-dolls

Bthe plain porridge

Cthe burnt porridge

Dtheir breaking nerves

Ethe land

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Question 4

jamb 1985

The evidence that the family hope had run high is that the

Aland was ready for planting

Bearth was alive with insects singing

Cgoats had started producing milk

Dfamily ate porridge

Efamily had corn and maize seeds

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Question 5

jamb 1985

Abu O. Abu is portrayed as

Aa corrupt politician

Bthe administrator of the fund

Can ordinary taxpayer

Da government official

Ea citizen

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Question 6

jamb 1985

It appears that the #50,000

Ahas been spent

Bhas been paid into the government treasury

Cwill soon be paid to the government treasury

Dhas been saved by Abu O. Abu

Ewill be used for furture compaigns

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Question 7

jamb 1985

Accosted in the passage means

Agrossly insulted

Bgreeted

Cfought with

Dforced

Ewent and spoke to

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Question 8

jamb 1985

Constituent in the passage means

Aa section of his constituency

Bhis entire constituency

Chis campaigner

Da person having voting rights where he is living

Ea supporter

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Question 9

jamb 1985

The author is

Aexonerating himself from allegations of embezzlement

Bignoring the allegations of embezzlement

Ctaking part in a political campaign

Ddemonstrating that he is a Senator

Etry to implicate Abu O. Abu, a fellow political

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Question 10

jamb 1985

Mathematics can be considered as a form of art because

Aits main principle is made use of by the arts

Bit involves drawing of figures

Cit is a form of Fine Arts

Dit is a type of Graphic Arts

Eit also involves a study of beauty harmory and order

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Question 11

jamb 1985

The last sentence of the passage. 'So if Mathematics is not an art what is art? is a

Aquestion posed for the reader to answer

Bstatement put in the form of a question

Cquestion combined with a statement

Dmathematical equation stated in words

Epattern which illustrates beauty, harmony and ordre in language

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Question 12

jamb 1985

The expression 'Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences' contains

Aa contradiction

Ban analogy

Can irony

Da lie

Enonsense

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Question 13

jamb 1985

The view expressed in this passage belong to

AJAMB

Bartists

Cmathematicians

Dthe poet

Ethe author of the passage

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Question 14

jamb 1985

Teresa would say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be so that

ANtanya would eat to his satisfaction

BNtanya would say 'Thank you mother

C'she could cook again

Dshe could watch him eat

Eevery boluswould go down her own throat

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Question 15

jamb 1985

Ntanya said '' Thank you mother' to

Ahis mother

Bhis wife

Chis aunt

DTeresaá mother

Ehis grand-mother

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Question 16

jamb 1985

Teresa gave only bits of meat to the children because

Athey would get the more from Ntanya

Bshe cooked it with extra care

Cthey were young

Dshe kept most of it for her husband

Eshe could not afford meat

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Question 17

jamb 1985

Ntanya and Teresa could hardly notice the land getting brown because

Athey were on their honeymoon

Bthey had just got married

Cthey hardly noticed the sun

Dthe sun did not come up

ENtanya worked very hard in the field

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Question 18

jamb 1985

Bolus in this passage means

AAdam's apple

Bthorat pill

Cliquid

Dpiece of meat

Elarge morsel

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Question 19

jamb 1985

From the whole conversation, it is clear that Obi and Olu are

Airresponsible

Bselfish

Cprivileged

D'go-gotters'

Eepitomes of the Nigerian society

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Question 20

jamb 1985

The conversation about queues in the passage reveals that

Aeverybody at the Club Caferia queues

Bclub members can always break queues in the cafeteria

Cpeople always break queues in the cafeteria on the pretext that are V.I.Ps

Donly people who are capable of posing can break queues

Ethere is nothing wrong in breaking queues

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