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Question 1901
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:
The distance is not more than twenty kilometres as the crow flies
Aby the longest route
Bby the shortest route
Cby air
Dby the fastest means
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Question 1902
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:
My nephew came in stealthily through the back gate
Abriskly
Bboldly
Cwearily
Dquietly
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Question 1903
jamb 1987

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:
We have to identify the protagonists of the new movement

Aenemies
Bleading figures
Copponents
Dbelievers
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Question 1904
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:
Some workers went on rampage at a trade-fair.
Aturned violent
Brobbed
Cwere angry
Ddemostrated
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Question 1905
jamb 1987

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:
Bola has a sonorous voice.

Ahigh-pitched
Bbeautiful
Cstrong
Dthroaty
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Question 1906
jamb 1987

In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
It is claimed that there is an extinct volcano near Pankshin.

Aextinguished
Binactive
Cdead
Ddisused
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Question 1907
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:'This is a miniaturized version of your house' remarked the Architect.
Acompressed
Babridged
Cdecreased
Dsmaller
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Question 1908
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the Underlined word(s) or phrase:Ít is very difficult to know who is not entitled to essential commodities these days' observed the mobbed NNSC officials
Aqualified for
Bdisqualified from
Celigible
Dworthy of
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Question 1909
jamb 1987

In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:
My brother's primary school foundation was solid and this influenced his secondary education

Asound
Bsordid
Cshaky
Dweak
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Question 1910
jamb 1987

In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

It is generally believed that misers are not loved by many

Aspendthrifts
Bspenders
Choarders
Dsavers
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Question 1911
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The explosive growth of world population has not been caused by a sudden increase in human fertility
Afantastic
Bgradual
Ccombustible
Ddangerous
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Question 1912
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:
Unless we see the evils clearly, contending against them is like fighting the air
Aavoiding
Bstrugglling with
Ccombating
Drepelling
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Question 1913
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:
The Lions lost the match because their goalkeeper was in a haze most of the time
Aindisposed
Bconfused
Calert
Dsleeping
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Question 1914
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:
The retired General became a hard- nosed officer after fighting the war
Atough
Bweak
Cindifferent
Dbed ridden
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Question 1915
jamb 1987
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

The house-wife was hard up before the end of each month
Aupset
Bpenniless
Cborrowing
Din no need
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Question 1916
jamb 1986
.....no other institution of place so readily comes to mind as museums' means that museums are
Aalways ready to enter the mind
Ba ready example
Crecalled with great difficulty
Dremembered with hesitancy
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Question 1917
jamb 1986
Which of the following phrases in the passage does NOT express the artificial character of museums?
ARemoved from
BFor transmitting
Cput into
DDevised by
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Question 1918
jamb 1986
The evidence of material culture can best be sought in the
Atheatre and other performing arts
Blibrary and the museum
Cmuseum only
Dmuseum more than any other institution
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Question 1919
jamb 1986
According to the passage which of the following is NOT part of the main functions of museums?
APresevatic
BGeneration
CPresentation
DAssemblage
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Question 1920
jamb 1986

Museums are an artificial creation because

Athey are an agency for transmitting cultural heritage
Bnatural or proper environments are removed and put into museums
Cobjects are removed from museums to natural or proper environments
Dobjects are removed from their natural or proper environments and put into museums
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