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Question 1671

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
When you've finished using the telephone, please hang ....

Adown

Bup

Coff

Don

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Question 1672

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
His power supply was .... from the mains because he did not pay his electricity bill

Ablown out

Bcut off

Cput off

Dput out

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Question 1673

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The school will .... for Easter in another six weeks

Abreak off

Bbreak away

Cbreak out

Dbreak up

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Question 1674

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
A panel set up to probe the organization's activities .... yet to sit

Aare

Bis

Cwill

Dwould

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Question 1675

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Only observers from the Ministry of Works .... allowed into the conference room

Ais

Bare

Chave

Dhas been

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Question 1676

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
How i wish i .... my mother's advice

Ahad heeded

Bhave heeded

Cheed

Dwill heed

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Question 1677

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The effort made by the principal to get the students to be serious in their studies .....

Aare appreciated

Bwill appreciate

Cis to appreciate

Dis appreciated

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Question 1678

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
She asked me whether i .... the letter for her

Aminded to post

Bmind to post

Cminded posting

Dminded to posting

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Question 1679

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
We must observe that most of the support by other states .... only marginal returns

Ahave yielded

Byield

Chas yielded

Dhave yield

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Question 1680

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Either the chief of the village or the leader of the farmers .... to be held responsible for the revolt.

Awere

Bare

Cis

Dhave

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Question 1681

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Before the bill could be settled, Chuwang .... all the money

Ahas spent

Bwill have spent

Chad spent

Dwill have spent

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Question 1682

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
I have only three tubers of yam .... in the store, i cannot afford to give you any more

Astill

Boutstanding

Cleft

Dremainder

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Question 1683

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
.... his uncle helped him or not, he would still not be able to do it

Aalthough

Bif

Cwhether

Dsince

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Question 1684

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Inyang has always been shy to speak ....

Ain public

Bpublicly

Cin the public

Dwith the public

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Question 1685

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
.... him in the crowd, i would have told you at once

Aif i will see

Bif i saw

Chad i seen

Dshould i see

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Question 1686

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
..... I know, nobody has seen any loepards in this area.

Aso far as

Bin as much as

Cprovided

Deven as

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Question 1687

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The Board has been having .... series of meeting lately

Asome

Ca lot of

Dmany

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Question 1688

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Little did Tunde realize that his frequent unwarranted reports about me were working .... my advantages

Ain

Bto

Cfor

Dagainst

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Question 1689

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
On getting to the seashore, .....

Ait was empty

Bnobody was there

Cpeople had deserted the place

Dhe found nobody there

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Question 1690

jamb 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
I would have been surprised if you .... the orange

Aplucked

Bhave plucked

Chad plucked

Ddid pluck

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