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Question 11
jamb 1997

Wale: Do you know where my chemistry book is?
Tom:

AToyin is with it
Bit is with Toyin
CToyin has it
DToyin lent it
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Question 12
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Ours ..... based venture
Aare a resource
Bis a resource
Care resources
Dis a resourced
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Question 13
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Where ...... buses ...... ?
Adoes these / go
Bdo this / goes
Cdo these / go
Ddoes these / goes
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Question 14
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

You can stay here ....... as you are quite?
Aas long
Bso long
Cin as much
Dfor as long
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Question 15
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

He didn't sense Obi's presence in the room, did he?
AYes, he did
BNo, he did
CYes, he didn't
DNo, he didn't
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Question 16
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

We ought to have visited the Governor ......?
Aisn't it
Boughtn't we
Cshouldn't we
Dhaven't we
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Question 17
jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The Emir and conqueror of the enemy territories .......next week?

Aarrives
Bare to arrive
Carrive
Dare arriving
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Question 18
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

You should read all the ...... carefully before you decide where to go on holiday?
Abrochures
Bprospectuses
Ctickets
Dhandouts
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Question 19
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

When the soldiers saw that resistance was ....... they stopped fighting?
Ainadequate
Binefficient
Cfutile
Dsuccessful
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Question 20
jamb 1997
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

He was ....... by the trickster
Aassisted
Bduped
Ccajoled
Dencouraged
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Question 21
jamb 1997
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

For a long time, the robber defied police warnings as if he was invulnerable?
Aperfectly justifiable
Bdifficult to catch
Cimpossible to harm
Dindifferent to danger
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Question 22
jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The island becomes more enchanting at night.

Aattractive
Bdelightful
Caccomodation
Dlively
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Question 23
jamb 1997
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The cleaner resigned from his job which he said had become a trivial round?
Aunrewarding
Btoo routine
Crather degrading
Dunattaractive
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Question 24
jamb 1997
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The sales were lively, the upset price in each case was fair?
Aprice that was the highest in the sales
Bprice that upset every other buyer
Chighest amount for a bidder to offer
Dlowest selling price of each item
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Question 25
jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

Their strength is their staggering capacity to reproduce?

Aunstable multiplying power
Bunreliable attacking power
Cqualitative multiplying power
Doverwhelming multiplying power
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Question 26
jamb 1997
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The lawyer gave evasive answers to all the questions?
Aunintelligent
Bineffective
Cunreliable
Dequivocal
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Question 27
jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The new Vice-Chancellor's immediate concern was to tide over the major difficulties of the moment.

Atemporarily accommodate
Bpermanently handle
Cdecisively solve
Dpretend to solve
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Question 28
jamb 1997
Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

You don't have to agree with our procedure?
Ashouldn't disagree
Bmust not agree
Cmay disagree if you wish
Dmay not disagree if you dont wish
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Question 29
jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

You don't have to agree with our procedure?

Ashouldn't disagree
Bmust not agree
Cmay disagree if you wish
Dmay not disagree if you dont wish
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Question 30
jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

In this house, children are supposed to be in bed by ten o'clock?

Ajust before
Bnot before
Cabout
Dnot later than
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