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Question 2241
jamb 1980
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
The bible's prodigal son became quite wealth eventually
Aprestigious
Bphlegmatic
Cerrant
Dpecuniary
Eextravagant
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Question 2242
jamb 1980
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger
Aavariciousness
Baffluence
Cpoverty
Dpenny pinching
Egreed
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Question 2243
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The old car .... several times this year
Awas repaired
Bhas been repaired
Chad been repaired
Dhas repaired
Ewas being repaired
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Question 2244
jamb 1980

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
You should show some consideration .... the feelings of others

Awith
Babout
Cby
Dto
Efor
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Question 2245
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If he had entered the room, i .... him
Asaw
Bhad seen
Cwould have seen
Dmay see
Ewill see
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Question 2246
jamb 1980

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The horse is a winner, ....

Ayou can take that from me
Byou can say i say so
Cyou can take my word for it
Dit is my word against theirs
Eyou may or may not believe it
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Question 2247
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If we went to any European country .... Britain, we should need a substantial amount of money to pay our way
Alike
Blet us say
Cas an example
Dlike say
Eif we say
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Question 2248
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
...., it might not look such a rosy proposition.
AFrom his viewing proposal
Bwhen he views the proposal
CHaving viewed the proposal
DFrom his point of view
EFrom his seesing it
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Question 2249
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
Olukayode .... as a mechanic when he was young, but now he is a driver
Ahad been working
Bused to work
Cwould work
Dwould have worked
Ehad worked
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Question 2250
jamb 1980

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The students .... so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class

Amade
Bhad been making
Cwere making
Dhad made
Ewould have been making
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Question 2251
jamb 1980
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he .... to work by bicycles
Awas going
Bis going
Cseldomly goes
Dgoes
Ehas gone
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Question 2252
jamb 1980

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
By the end of the next semester he .... his University education

Awould have completed
Bwill be completing
Cshall have completed
Dwas completing
Emust complete
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Question 2253
jamb 1980

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
The telephone .... in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world

Ahad been invented
Bwas invented
Cwould have been invented
Dhas been invented
Ewas being invented
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Question 2254
jamb 1979
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underline statement or word. My Headmaster is getting old. His mates have been retired. But because of his zeal for work, he has been retained.
Amy headmaster is strong
Bmy headmaster is cheerful
Cmy headmaster is friendly
Dmy headmaster is enthusiastic about his job
Emy headmaster's activity at work is unparalleled
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Question 2255
jamb 1979

we know that St. Alban's College was in a pioneering state because

Aonly people of poor homes were admitted into it
Ball the students were day boys
Cthe emphasis was on science
DMr Anokye owned it
Eit did not even have a playing field
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Question 2256
jamb 1979
which of the following is true of the traveller in the passage
Ahe likes being idle
Bhe would not like to live in the villages
Che would like to see temples in the ruin
Dhe finds the smell of the villages unbearable
Ehe felt a deceptive glow
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Question 2257
jamb 1979
which of the following suggests that the country is a land of ancient civilization
AEgyptian faces swathed in white
Bthe palms and eucalyptus
Cthe mud-hut villages
Dthe patch work of ricefields
Ethe brown pillars
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Question 2258
jamb 1979
the presence of the people on the shore
Ais often apparent
Bbecomes apparent when they come out of their hut
Creminds the traveller of their humanity
Dis indicated by the smells from the villages
Eprevents the traveller from feeling lonely
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Question 2259
jamb 1979
which of the following statement is true of the buffaloes?
Athey are all exactly the same
Bthey are to be seen on the bends of the river
Cthey sometimes get drowned in the river
Dthey are allowed to rest during the heat of the day
Ethey drive the waterwheels in the daytime
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Question 2260
jamb 1979
the journey up the Nile is very soothing because
Ait is very slow
Bthe scenery doesn't change much
Cthe general pattern changes from day to day
Dthere is not much activity on the banks
Ethere are few people to be seen
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