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Question 3101

jamb 1998

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

The judge with his son ..... travelling to Lagos now?

Awere

Bshall

Cis

Dare

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Question 3102

jamb 1998

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

The hospital was closed ...... because there were no beds to put patients ..... ?

Aagain / upon

Boff / on

Cdown / at

Dup / in

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Question 3103

jamb 1998

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

Ali was honest and quite as a schoolboy, but too much drinking has now changed his ..... and ..... his tongue?

Atemperature / injured

Bcharacter / tightened

Ctemperament / loosened

Dinnocence / worsened

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Question 3104

jamb 1998

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

The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ...... their ....?

Aof / predicament

Babout / indulgence

Con / rearmament

Das for / advancement

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Question 3105

jamb 1998

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

Emeka is now a ..... student but it took him years to .......?

Amatured / mature

Bmature / mature

Cmature / matured

Dmatured / matured

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Question 3106

jamb 1998

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

Watching carefully, i could see the fish ...... along the bottom?

Adotting

Bcrawling

Cdiving

Ddarting

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Question 3107

jamb 1998

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

Two young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but....... admitted stealing it?

Aneither of them has

Bneither of them have

Cnone of them has

Dnone of them have

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Question 3108

jamb 1998

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

Three-quarters of the church....... painted by the members the previous day?

Awere

Bwas

Cis

Dare

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Question 3109

jamb 1998

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

Kindly .... me your book because my friends has ..... mine?

Aborrow /borrowed

Bborrow /lent

Clend / lent

Dlend / borrowed

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Question 3110

jamb 1998

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

Okonkwo is a stubborn man, he will never ...... his words?

Achew

Bspit

Ceat

Dbite

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Question 3111

jamb 1998

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

Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavorable .......?

Awon't they

Bwouldn't they

Cisn't it

Dcan't they

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Question 3112

jamb 1998

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

Soyinka's masterful ....... of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an ought success?

Aevocation

Binvocation

Cconvocation

Drevocation

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Question 3113

jamb 1998

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

We had a dull evening because ......?

Ahardly the talk had begun when the lights went off

Bhardly had the talk begun when the light went off

Cthe talk had hardly begun when the lights had gone out

Dthe lights had hardly gone out when the talk began

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Question 3114

jamb 1998

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

AIDS is ..... disease that kills slowly but surely?

Atoo much a deadly

Bvery deadly a

Cso deadly a

Dsuch deadly a

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Question 3115

jamb 1998

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

We cannot all wear expensive shoes in situation of......?

Adivergent demand and supply

Buneven wear and tear

Cdiffering purchasing power

Dunpredicted national income

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Question 3116

jamb 1998

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

That centre-forward was....... consequently the goal was not disallowed?

Ain an off-side position

Bvery well positioned

Ca brilliant player

Dthe captain of the team

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Question 3117

jamb 1998

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

In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are ....... to turn to God?

Aconcerned

Binclined

Cdisposed

Dpropensed

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Question 3118

jamb 1998

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Adayi is a die-hard criminal?

Ahard to kill

Bhard to arrest

Cremorseless

Drelentless

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Question 3119

jamb 1998

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated.

Adisowned

Barrested

Cwarned

Dkilled

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Question 3120

jamb 1998

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Members of the panel were working at cross purposes?

Ain harmony

Bin disunity

Cfor selfish purposes

Dfor selfless purpose

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