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Question 101

jamb 2014

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

One of the students bought a plagiarised copy of the book.

AAn annotated.

BA used.

CAn original.

DA revised.

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Question 102

jamb 2014

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry.

AStroyed.

BInvigorated.

CIsolated.

DWeakened.

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Question 103

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Many workers are not happy because they live a hand-to-mouth life.

AThey work hard with their hands.

BThey are voracious and avaricious.

CThey are barely surviving.

DThey have rejected the use of spoons.

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Question 104

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The robber was hedged in by the people.

AThe robber was surrounded by the people.

BThe robber was killed by the people.

CThe robber was exposed by the people.

DThe robber was caught by the people.

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Question 105

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

My boss asked me to take my eyes off the ball.

AI should stop paying attention to what is most important.

BI should be focused when i am about to stay off football.

CI should stay off football after sustaining an injuiry.

DI should be focused when playing football.

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Question 106

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Adeola doesn't have to go to the farm today.

AAdeola may go to the farm today if he so wishes.

BAdeola ought not to have gone to the farm today.

CAdeola must not go to the farm today.

DAdeola should not go to the farm today.

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Question 107

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Olu gave his brother a bumpy ride.

AOlu's brother rode on Olu's back to success.

BOlu took his brother on a bumpy road.

COlu gave his brother a difficult time.

DOlu gave his brother a ride on his car.

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Question 108

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Kunana is like a bear in the sore head.

AHe is a bully.

BHe is grumpy.

CHe is ugly.

DHe is quiet.

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Question 109

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The president said that he found himself between a rock and a hard place when the press said that he has resigned.

AHard places are dangerous for the president.

BHe dreamt that he was abandoned.

CHe thought that hard places were unsafe.

DHe had a hard decision to make.

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Question 110

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Jummai's father remarked that pigs would fly before she passed.

AShe would have to cheat in order to pass.

BIt would be possible to pass only if she worked harder.

CIt would never be possible for her to pass.

DHe would have to bribe her teachers to enable her to pass.

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Question 111

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The police are looking for the woman who farmed her children out to her neighbours.

AThe police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.

BThe woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this

CThe police may arrest the woman for allowing her neighbours to take care of her children.

DThe woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours

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Question 112

jamb 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The minister considered the ministry's budget to be a drop in the ocean in view of the number of projects in the pipeline.

AThe pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves

BThe amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure

CThe minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects

DThe money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean

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