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Question 1931

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Gone are the days when he ... enjoy patronage.

Awould

Bwill

Cused to

Dcould

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Question 1932

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
The committee was frustrated because the Chief withheld his ....

Aaccent

Baccess

Cassent

Dascent

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Question 1933

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
I can quickly recite the National Anthem .... now.

Aoff head

Boff by heart

Cat hand

Doff hand

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Question 1934

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
I am .... to another week's holiday this year after such a tedious job.

Adue

Bqualified

Clooking

Dentitled

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Question 1935

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
..... yet about the principal?

AAre there any news

BAre there some news

CIs there any news

DIs their any news

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Question 1936

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
My wife and i met .... on a ship going to Liberia.

Aourselves

Bone another

Ceach other

Dourself

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Question 1937

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:

'Darling, do send the children to bed. I can't .... their noise any longer' he said to is wife

Amake do with

Bmake up

Cdeal with

Dput up with

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Question 1938

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
No wonder those plants are dying. They .... any water for ages!

Adidn't have

Bhadn't

Chaven't had

Dhaven't

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Question 1939

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Í'm sorry I can't give you any of the oranges; I have .... left'.

Afew

Blittle

Conly a little

Da few

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Question 1940

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
You had to stand in the corridor all the way? Poor you! I don't suppose you enjoyed the journey .... ?

Adon't you

Bdid you

Cdidn't you

Ddon't i

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Question 1941

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:

Four persons accused of currency ..... are being held by the security agents

Atraficking

Btraviking

Ctrafficking

Dtraffiking

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Question 1942

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:

After the accused was found guilty by the court, his counsel .... before sentence was passed.

Abegged for mercy

Bmade a plea for mitigation

Cmade anovation

Dmade a plea for litigation

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Question 1943

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Jibril found that thieves had entered his house in his absence. He went to the police to report the ....

Abreak out

Bbreak up

Cbreak in

Dbreak into

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Question 1944

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
He broke his mallet ostensibly trying to maintain order although he was actually enjoying the commotion.

Aapparently

Bcarelessly

Cangerily

Daccidentally

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Question 1945

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
It is advisable to administer the test in the morning when students are fresh

Aperform

Bset

Cundertake

Dgive

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Question 1946

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The story is rather hard to believe

Aincredulous

Bincredible

Csuperstitious

Duntenable

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Question 1947

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The task was herculean

Airregular

Brelated to Hercules

Cstimulating

Ddemanding

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Question 1948

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The accounts clerk was jailed because he cooked the books

Aset fire to the account books

Bsold the books in his office to get money for food

Cfalsified the accounts to his advantage

Ddestroyed the accounts books by cooking them

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Question 1949

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
Though a brilliant student, Binta lost her tongue when she was asked to give the vote of thanks at the end of the Governor's visit to her school.

Abecame dumb

Bbecame deaf and dumb

Csaid nothing because she was shy

Dforgot her native language

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Question 1950

jamb 1986

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The new religious leader hands out an olives branch.

Asues for peace

Bgives out branches of the olive tree

Cchallenges his opponents to a fight

Dblesses his congregation

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