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Question 1061
jamb 2006

Choose the option that has stress on the first syllable.

Ainsult (noun)
Bprepare
Cprovoke
Dpronounce
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Question 1062
jamb 2006

Choose the option that has the same stress as the given word.

dovetail

Aproviso
Bsimplicity
Cjargon
Dpsychiatry
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Question 1063
jamb 2006

Choose the option that has the same stress as the given word.

apparent

Aarrested
Btelephone
Cparagraph
Dappetite
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Question 1064
jamb 2006

Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

Aability
Bquadruplicate
Cregistration
Drevivalist
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Question 1065
jamb 2006

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.

catholicism?

AcaTHOlicism
BcatholiCIsm
CCAtholicism
DcathoLIcism
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Question 1066
jamb 2006

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.

genealogy?

AgeneaLOGY
BgeneAlogy
CgeNEalogy
DGEnealogy
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Question 1067
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

We have been living peacefully here but ....... hear rumours of war?

Aagain
Bslowly
Coccasionally
Deventually
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Question 1068
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

For beating...... his coursemate, Agbo was ..... from the university?

Aup / rusticated
Bon / expelled
Cat / removed
Daway / sent out
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Question 1069
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

Despite all preparations, the wedding did not ...... ?

Acome along
Bcome by
Ccome on
Dcome off
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Question 1070
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Everybody is allowed to ....... his view on state matters?

Aair
Bhear
Cshow
Dshare
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Question 1071
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Our neighbour was attracted by the ....... from my mother's cooking?

Aflavour
Bstench
Cscent
Daroma
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Question 1072
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Olu brought his clothes and those of his ...... ?

Asenior brother's
Belder brothers
Celder brother's
Dsenior brother
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Question 1073
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

The investigation Commission has treated all the ......submitted to it by the warning factions?

Aprotests
Bpetitions
Capplications
Denquires
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Question 1074
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

His father hardly misses the news because he goes about with his ....... radio?

Apointable
Bpottable
Cpotable
Dportable
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Question 1075
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

I watched him as he ....... the hole?

Adug
Bdigs
Cis digging
Ddugged
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Question 1076
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

The clubs were not ...... on a solid ethical base?

Afunded
Bfound
Ccreated
Dfounded
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Question 1077
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

He wrote to you, .......?

Ahadn't he
Bwouldn't he
Cdidn't he
Dhasn't he
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Question 1078
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

The brave hunter killed the ...... in the forest?

Abig spitting cobra black
Bblack big spitting cobra
Cbig black spitting cobra
Dbig spitting black cobra
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Question 1079
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

your performance will improve if you ..... hard?

Aare practising
Bpractical
Cwould practice
Dpractise
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Question 1080
jamb 2006

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Did you have ....... when you went to visit the medical doctor?

Adiarrhoea
Bdiarrehea
Cdiarhoea
Ddiarhea
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