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Question 101

jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a __________ of him

Aglimpse

Blook

Cview

Dpicture

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Question 102

jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. The chairman refused to shake __________ with the secretary

Ahand

Bhis hand

Chands

Dhis hands

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Question 103

jamb 2018

After so many trials, the experiment __________

Apaid up

Bpaid for

Cpaid out

Dpaid off

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Question 104

jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap, I'll find time for my _________ when I get _________with this difficult assignment.

Apast-time/over

Bpass-time/over

Cpasstime/through

Dpastime/through

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Question 105

jamb 2018

Which of the following aptly describes the moral of the story?

Athe sins of the forefathers are visited upon the children no matter how long it takes

Bif you have made up your mind to hang your dog, any rope will do for the purpose

Cthe law is weak in defence of the poor against the rich and mighty

Dno matter how highly placed he is in society, the unmindful lawbreaker will always meet his nemesis.

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Question 106

jamb 2018

The expression angry tone and terrible aspect refers to the wolf’s

Asonorous voice and overbearing attitude

Btowering size and thunderous voice

Cloud voice and fretting movement

Dharsh voice and menacing posture

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Question 107

jamb 2018

The charges levelled against the lamb are

Awandering, insolence and disrespect

Bexuberance, pollution, wickedness and stubbornness

Cgarrulity, loquacity, pride and arrogance

Dpollution, insolence, obstruction and aggression

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Question 108

jamb 2018

The expression 'when this excuse failed him' suggests that the

Awolf only made up the charges levelled against the lamb

Blamb was more intelligent than the wolf

Clamb was prepared for the charges levelled against him

Dwolf was uncertain of the charges levelled against the lamb

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Question 109

jamb 2018

From the way the story ended, it can be concluded that the

Alamb did not survive the encounter

Bwolf and the lamb parted amicably

Cwolf had encountered the lamb's parents

Dlamb offended the wolf quite seriously

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Question 110

jamb 2018

In the passage 'manic pleasure' means

Apleasure

Bchildish pleasure

Cunlimited pleasure

Dhuman pleasure

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Question 111

jamb 2018

The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means

Ais forced to kick it and demolish it

Bis obliged to kick it and make it collapse

Ccannot resist the urge to demolish it

Dought to kick it and make it collapse

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Question 112

jamb 2018

How does the author try to explain this ‘destructive stage'?

AIt is the last stage in child development

BThe child wants to displease his parents

CIt grows out of the child's recent experiences of sudden falls

DThe child is just going through a destructive stage

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Question 113

jamb 2018

What other feeling does the child derive from the fall of his tower apart from pleasure?

AStrength

BAnxiety

CPity

DDepression

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Question 114

jamb 2018

According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure

Afor Daddy to see the tower he has built

Bto destroy the tower himself

Cto see his tower accidentally destroyed

Dto be helped to destroy the tower

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