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Question 111

jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the

Aneed for parents to choose a befitting career for their children

Breason that only passion can define one's career

Cindecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age

Dneed for schools to make their syllabus career based

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Question 112

jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

It may be argued that Chapter Two is titled, "The Drive" particularly because...?

Aof the social disparity between the rich and the poor which is unlikely to end

BAliya's father drove her home from the boarding house

Cit indicates the realities and experiences shared during Mr Bello's drive with Aliya

Dit was the best atmosphere for Mr Bello to scold Aliya for her wrongdoings

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Question 113

jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

Acriticism of strict parenting

Birony of life

Cessence of a child's exposure

Dexpectations of wealthy parents

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Question 114

jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The significance of Mr Bello's advice to Aliya on Bobo's gift is that

Athe gift is a demonstration of love and affection

Bthe gift shouldn't necessarily impose an obligation on Aliya to act in tune with Bobo's interest

Cone of the foundations of his marriage with Aliya's mother is through gifting

Donce a boy gives a girl a gift it necessarily means that he has an interest in mind

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Question 115

jamb 2019

No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

ADenies

BClaims

CRejects

DImagines

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Question 116

jamb 2019

However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.

AFacilities

BAmenities

CCondition

DProvisions

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Question 117

jamb 2019

The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

ALimits

BAnticipates

CMonitors

DIncreases

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Question 118

jamb 2019

The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.

AJudges

BSupposes

Cproposes

DEstimates

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Question 119

jamb 2019

The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.

AStrikes

BBurns

CTicks

DDrops

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Question 120

jamb 2019

After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live.

AIntensive

BHealthy

CSafe

DHeavy

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Question 121

jamb 2019

They convinced her to start taking proper ..4.......

ACure

BMedication

CMeasures

DPrecautions

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Question 122

jamb 2019

She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home.

AAttracted

BVisited

CNoticed

DAlerted

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Question 123

jamb 2019

When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.

Asufferings

BHappenings

CRounds

DBouts

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Question 124

jamb 2019

Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.

AOutskirts

BSuburbs

CInterior

DOutside

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Question 125

jamb 2019

All the following are roles of the media but?

AEntertainment

BSensitization

CInformation

DMoralization

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Question 126

jamb 2019

One major source of worry about the mass media is from?

ABroadcasting

BAdvertisement

CPolitical rallies

DNews casting

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Question 127

jamb 2019

One of the following is NOT true in the passage

AMass communication don't talk

BMass communication don't personalize discourse

CMass media determine what the public gets to know

DAll of the above

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Question 128

jamb 2019

The means of mass media can be summarized into:

ARadio, Television and Newspaper

BNewspaper,books and journals

CPrint and Electronic

DPrint, Electronic and Advertisement

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Question 129

jamb 2019

A suitable title for the above passage can be:

AMass communication

BThe mass media and the people

CThe purpose of mass media

DThe good and the bad side of the media

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Question 130

jamb 2019

Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
Band[a]ge

Akite

Bsays

Ccacophony

Dcage

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