English Language Past Questions

Study and practice English Language past questions with answers and detailed explanations. Then test your knowledge using our interactive CBT practice platform and prepare confidently for your upcoming examinations.

371 questions JAMB 4668 WAEC 4078 NECO 271 CUSTOM 10
Download PHP app Ask a Question Check Syllabus Past Question Videos Topic Video Lessons

Take a test

Past Questions

371 questions
Question 1 of 20 371 total questions
Question 151
jamb 2024

According to the passage, it is not all honeybees that produce

Read the passage below

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The honeybee includes a group of insects that in a broad sense comprises all bees that make honey. They are social insects and live together in hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movement it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in the surrounding area. There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes. The two female castes are known as workers and queens. The males, or drones, are larger than the workers and are present only for about eight weeks, in early summer. The workers and queen have stingers, whereas the drones are stingless. The queens' unfertilised eggs develop into drones, whereas fertilised eggs develop into females, which may be either workers or virgin queens. Eggs destined to become queens are deposited in queen cells. After hatching, the virgin queens are fed royal jelly. When not fed a diet consisting solely of royal jelly, virgin queens will develop into workers. 

Adapted from Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, March 24), honeybee. Encyclopedia Britannica. 

https://www.britannica.com/animal/honeybee 

Aeggs
Broyal jelly
Choney
Ddance
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 152
jamb 2024

Honeybees have two characteristics similar to humans. 

Read the passage below

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The honeybee includes a group of insects that in a broad sense comprises all bees that make honey. They are social insects and live together in hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movement it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in the surrounding area. There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes. The two female castes are known as workers and queens. The males, or drones, are larger than the workers and are present only for about eight weeks, in early summer. The workers and queen have stingers, whereas the drones are stingless. The queens' unfertilised eggs develop into drones, whereas fertilised eggs develop into females, which may be either workers or virgin queens. Eggs destined to become queens are deposited in queen cells. After hatching, the virgin queens are fed royal jelly. When not fed a diet consisting solely of royal jelly, virgin queens will develop into workers. 

Adapted from Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2020, March 24), honeybee. Encyclopedia Britannica. 

https://www.britannica.com/animal/honeybee 

Athey have both male and female sexes
Bthey have a caste system and work for a living
Cthey fight and die
Dthey are social and communicate with one another
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 153
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

I can't lend him my books. I ______ know him. 

Aoften
Bseldom
Crarely
Dscarcely
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 154
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

The man is not as powerful as he once was, his influence has considerably _______

Atoppled
Bquelled
Cdiminished
Ddiscarded
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 155
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

____ of his lateness, Okupe gained from the coaching. 

ADespite
BInstead
CIn spite
DIn case
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 156
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

Everyone in class wanted the Literature teacher to ______ the point of view of the _______.

Aexpatiate/ playwriter
Bexpantiate/ playwright
Cexpatiate/ playwright
Dexpantiate/ playwrite
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 157
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

My uncle is not sure ____ the strange guests were. 

Awhich
Bwho
Cwhom
Dwhat
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 158
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

The movie wasn't fantastic, was it? _____

AYes, it wasn't
BNo, it wasn't
CYes, it was
DNo, it was
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 159
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

Women always ______ themselves in beautiful apparel. 

Aadorn
Bmar
Ctrim
Dgarnish
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 160
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

My father loves bringing ___ old memories. 

Ain
Bdown
Cup
Dover
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 161
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

But for the timely intervention of the police, the thief ______ by the angry mob. 

Awill be lynched
Bwould have been lynched
Cwould be lynched
Dwill have been lynched
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 162
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

Maryam, the girl in my neighbourhood, treats people as if she _____ better than they are. 

Ahas
Bwere
Cis
Dwas
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 163
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

You know that you ____ it before tomorrow. 

Amight do
Bought to do
Clike to do
Dmay do
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 164
jamb 2024

Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

Sally assisted me in buying my _____ yesterday. 

Avery first party dress
Bfirst very party dress
Cparty very first dress
Dparty dress first very
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 165
jamb 2024

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

The newly employed teachers gave their work rapt attention.

Aconcentrated
Bconflicting
Chalf-hearted
Ddivided
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 166
jamb 2024

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

The attempt by the robbers to break into the bank was futile. 

Asuccessful
Bexpensive
Chostile
Dfruitless
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 167
jamb 2024

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

She went to the court to seek redress for the wrong done to her. 

Areturns
Bappeal
Cjudgement
Dcompensation
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 168
jamb 2024

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

He bequeathed his company to his last daughter. 

Asold
Bleft
Clent
Dadded
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 169
jamb 2024

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

The lecturer's wife has become quite unconscionable. 

Aunquestionable
Bunbecoming
Csuspicious
Dreprehensible
View Explanation & Discuss
Question 170
jamb 2024

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

The judge pronounced the suspect guilty.

Aacquitted
Bdischarged
Ccorrected
Dexecuted
View Explanation & Discuss
Question Navigator
Current
MathsFaculty