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Question 1

jamb 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options: Shakespearian ...... are generally the victims of circumstances.

Aheros

Bheres

Che roses

Dhero

Eheroes

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Question 2

jamb 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

Some people think that ...... are potentially a nuisance

Aparent in-law

Bparents in-law

Cparents in-laws

Dparent in-laws

Eparent ins laws

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Question 3

jamb 1981

fill in the blank space in the following sentence making use of the best of the five options: I am not attending ...... is my wife.

Awhereas

Bneither

Ceither

Dbut

Esince

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Question 4

jamb 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options: He is easily the ...... of the lot

Abrightest

Bbrighter

Cmore bright

Dmost brightest

Emost bright

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Question 5

jamb 1981

Osman became less confident of his result each day but that does not mean that

Ahe will pass

Bhe will fail

Che is a coward

Dhe is hopeless

Ehe is lazy

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Question 6

jamb 1981

From the passage, we can see that Osman intends to become

Aa very learned man

Bthe cleverest man in the family

Ca lawyer

Dthe chief magistrate of his district

Ea writer of books

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Question 7

jamb 1981

Osman couldn't do most of what he had planned for the holiday because

Ahe thought he would fail

Bhe was afraid of failure

Cwaiting for the result made him sick

Dhis anxiety for the results of the examination made other activities unattractive to him

Ehe could not find anything else to do

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Question 8

jamb 1981

You will regard Osman during term time as a student who reads

Aall types of books

Balways

Call the subjects on the curriculum

Dmuch more than other students

Eonly the books that are prescribed

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Question 9

jamb 1981

John deserves to pass his examinations because

Athe examinations were easy

Bhe was a brilliant student

Che prepared very well for it

Dhe was a lucky student

Ethe examiner was very liberal

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Question 10

jamb 1981

Our understanding of the last sentence in the passage is that we

Acan now afford to be insular

Bcan be insular in future

Ccan not afford to be insular

Dmust never be insular

Emust now be more insular

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Question 11

jamb 1981

to write English well, the author says it is helpful to

Ato be able to write French farily well

Bto be able to read Frecnch fairly well

Cknow French thoroughly

Dmust never be insular

Edo all of the above

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Question 12

jamb 1981

In the author's opinion, a book on style

Acan do with few examples

Bneed not have any examples

Cis a book on art

Dwill be intellectual with many examples

Ewill be ineffectual with insufficient examples

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Question 13

jamb 1981

The author says that writers on language are

Ainclined to be dogmatic

Bopposed to dogmatism

Cunlikely to be dogmatic

Dresolved to be dogmatic

Eready to be dogmatic

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Question 14

jamb 1981

According to the author (in this preface) the book is

Athe original version of his Cambridge lectures

Ba revised version of his Cambridge lectutres

Can imitation of his Cambridge lectures

Da negation of his Cambridge lectures

Ean authentic version of his Cambridge lectures

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Question 15

jamb 1981

The writer dislikes Fakirs because

AFakirs have gained extraordinary control of thier senses

BFakirs are confused with Yogis

CFakirs subject their bodies to abnormal conditions, and perform supernatural feats for money

DFakirs do not practice Yoga

Ebeing a Yogi himself, he is jealous f Fakirs

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Question 16

jamb 1981

which one of the following in the authors opinion best complete this statement. The Indians would

Anot use electricity because Thomas Edison was an American

Bnot use electricity because American electricity is inferior to some other kind of electricity

Cnot use electricity since they can substitute their own Yoga for it

Dnot use because Indians and Americans are friendly people

Euse electricity irrespective of who discovered it

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Question 17

jamb 1981

which of the following statement is true according to the passage

AYoga is foreign and therefore foolish

Bto think that Yoga is foreign is foolish

CYoga is foolish because it is foreign

Dnot to take advantage of Yoga on the ground that it is foreign is foolish

Eit is foolish to take advantage of foreign practices

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Question 18

jamb 1981

The speaker was attentive to the European because

Ahe spoke funny English

Bhe was from an Eathern Bioc country

Cwhat he said and how he said it interested him

Dhe is normally attentive to Europeans

Ecourtesy demands that he should be attentive

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Question 19

jamb 1981

would you say that Chief Nanga, according to the peolpe in that gathering was

Aa popular politician

Ba wealthy man

Can influential man

Da notorious person

Ea man of the people

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Question 20

jamb 1981

The speaker..... to Max's introduction of him

Atook exception

Bhappily adhered

Cbecame attuned

Dwas agreeable

Ewas hostile

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