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Question 1

jamb 1986

.....no other institution of place so readily comes to mind as museums' means that museums are

Aalways ready to enter the mind

Ba ready example

Crecalled with great difficulty

Dremembered with hesitancy

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Question 2

jamb 1986

Which of the following phrases in the passage does NOT express the artificial character of museums?

ARemoved from

BFor transmitting

Cput into

DDevised by

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Question 3

jamb 1986

The evidence of material culture can best be sought in the

Atheatre and other performing arts

Blibrary and the museum

Cmuseum only

Dmuseum more than any other institution

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Question 4

jamb 1986

According to the passage which of the following is NOT part of the main functions of museums?

APresevatic

BGeneration

CPresentation

DAssemblage

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Question 5

jamb 1986

Museums are an artificial creation because

Athey are an agency for transmitting cultural heritage

Bnatural or proper environments are removed and put into museums

Cobjects are removed from museums to natural or proper environments

Dobjects are removed from their natural or proper environments and put into museums

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Question 6

jamb 1986

A lot crop harvested are wasted because farmers

Aallow insects and pests to destroy their crops

Bdo not have enough money to invest in harvesters

Cdo not have good storage facitilities

Dharvest too much at a time

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Question 7

jamb 1986

In order to help improve the state of farming, the government should

Agive all farmers enough money to work with

Bsell enoughfertilizer to all farmers

Cfind ways of financing and modernizing the farming syster

Dhelp farmers with the storage of their crops

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Question 8

jamb 1986

Some countries produce more and better crops than others because the farmers in the former

Aare more educated

Bhave greater manpower

Chave more modern equipment

Dhave more fertile land

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Question 9

jamb 1986

Farming in many countries today is

Aan alternative to poultry

Bof great assistance to the economy

Cfor those who are out of jobs

Dfor the illiterates

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Question 10

jamb 1986

The most important aspect of agriculture mentioned in the passage is

Apoultry

Bfishery

Clivestock

Dfarming

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Question 11

jamb 1986

In the passage, the possession of skill specifically enables a player to

Awin

Bthrow good figures

Cuse his figures efficiently

Dcheck his opponents effectively

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Question 12

jamb 1986

According to the passage, a player with consistently high throws will

Aalmost certainly win a game

Bcertainly win a game

Calmost certainly not win a game

Ddeliberately not win a game

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Question 13

jamb 1986

It is implied in the passage, that in Ludo threes and fours are

Avery high throws

Bmedium throws

Clow throws

Dvery low throws

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Question 14

jamb 1986

It is implied in the passage that two players may fare equally if they

Ahave equal luck

Bapply similar skill to figures

Capply similar skill to similar figures

Dhave equal skill

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Question 15

jamb 1986

According to the passage Ludo is

Amore a game of skill than of chance

Bmore a game of luck than of skill

Cequally a game of chance and skill

Da game entirely of luck

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Question 16

jamb 1986

When young people make and enforce laws

Athe responsibility will be too heavy on their shoulders

Bthey would retaliate. against the adults

Ctheir laws will be very juvenile

Dthe world will be turned upside down

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Question 17

jamb 1986

If the world changed overnight

Athere would be more delinquency laws

Bdelinquency would refer to all adult actions

Cdelinquency would no more be a crime

Ddelinquency would also change in meaning

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Question 18

jamb 1986

In the view of the writer, drinking under age is an offence because

Aadults want to have all the to themselves

Badults do not want juveniles to get drunk

Cdrunken juveniles can cause disorder in society

Dadults have a duty to protect young persons

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Question 19

jamb 1986

Status offences are those that can be committed by

Aall adults

Bjuveniles only

Cdelinquent juveniles only

Dspecified classes of people

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Question 20

jamb 1986

The writer of the passage believes that delinquency laws are

Anot relevant to human society

Bonly fit for young people

Cunfair to the juveniles

Dvery fair to the adult world

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