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Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.Answer all the questions.
While Emeka received a ......for doing his work well. Eno was given a reprimand for poor performance
Agift
Bscholarship
Cpromotion
Dcompliment
Epunishment
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Question 3502
waec1993
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.Answer all the questions.
Most people thought the accused would be convicted but surprisingly he was.....
Aacquitted
Breleased
Csentenced
Djailed
Epardoned
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Question 3503
waec1993
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.Answer all the questions
Abbas was completely sapped after running the marathon race so he needed something to .....him
Arelieve
Benliven
Cinvigorate
Drelease
Enourish
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Question 3504
waec1993
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.Answer all the questions
The shopkeeper will reject your offer if you do not....his terms
Aallow
Brequest
Caccept
Dcondemn
Ecommend
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Question 3505
waec1993
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.Answer all the questions
The students were advised to register for all the compulsory subjects be before considering any...ones
Aunimportant
Boptional
Ceasy
Dfundamental
Enegilble
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Question 3506
jamb1993
The writer, on getting into the train, was shocked because
AThere were no attendants
BOf large number of white faces
CThe people appeared unfriendly
DThe train was not neater than those in Nigeria
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Question 3507
jamb1993
The writer, attitude to the air hostesses can be described as
ALustful
BWorshipful
CTimid
DGregarious
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Question 3508
jamb1993
When the plane took off the writer felt happy because
AHe was thrilled to be in a plane
BHe believed that he was travelling to a problem –free country
CHe no longer felt uneasy
DFor the first time, he will be in El Dorado
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Question 3509
jamb1993
Before the plane left Lagos, the writer must have
Read the passage below
When I set out for London, little did I suspect that I was not on a journey to God’s own city where harmony reigned supreme. So used to the frenzied life of Lagos was I that I had come to associate that city with everything that was chaotic, and there was no doubt in my mind that Lagos was one giant symbol of our backwardness. As the plane taxied its way out of the tarmac of our national airport, of our national airport, I heaved a sigh of relief, not so much because I was leaving my own country as that I was being relieved of the tension that had possessed me during those tense hours in the untidy lounge. I had felt so uneasy, my thoughts racing from one uncertainty to another. But at least I was air-borne, moving away from the whole uncertainty, from the whole load of fear towards a place which I supposed would be El Dorado.
Everything that happened in the plane passed through my eyes like pictures on the screen. The white air hostess who instructed me on how to use the safety belt was an angel, what with her beauty, her pretty blue dress, and her ever-smiling face. The same lady of the air served me snacks and supper. Another angel, whose queenly voice through an invisible public address system, dished out occasional information on the progress of our journey. I had never felt so relaxed, and my jolted heartbeats each time the plane took what appeared like a sudden brief descent, did not matter. When eventually we were set for landing, the anxiety that came over me was almost thrilling. What was the wonderland going to be like? So overwhelmed was I that I almost lost consciousness of what happened thereafter.
But I would never forget the shock that greeted me when we arrived in the tube station and boarded a train to behold the sea of white faces and furtive glances from apparently indifferent co-passengers. I believe that the nostalgic feeling for Lagos which later became part of my life all my days in London began at a point.
AHad a second thought before leaving his country
BBeen very hungry in the lounge
CBeen frightened of all the people in the lounge
DDetested the fifth surrounding the lounge
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Question 3510
jamb1993
Before the writer left Lagos, he believed London was
AVery neat place
BA very peaceful place
CSituated in paradise
DNoiseless
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Question 3511
jamb1993
From the speech by Ime, it is clear that the women
AIntend to do real battle with the menfolk on defence of their rights
BWill no longer perform their traditional duties
CAre henceforth prepared to adopt a policy of confrontation with men
DCan do anything that man can do and sometimes even better
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Question 3512
jamb1993
The speech of Hasana implies that
AIt is the practice to throw rotten eggs at women
BIt is the practice to cast decayed tomatoes at women
CTo throw rotten egg and decayed tomatoes at women is to reduce their fecundity
DTo throw rotten eggs and decayed tomatoes at women is dehumanizing
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Question 3513
jamb1993
‘Each widow in this society is Every woman’ means that
AEvery woman in the society is potentially a widow
BEvery widow in the society is a woman
CThe suffering of every widow represents the burden of all women
DWidowhood implies the isolation of the woman in the society
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Question 3514
jamb1993
Hasana believes that NAM should not be divided by
AThe worthless certificates which women possess
BInflation and greed
CA misunderstanding of the worth of their certificates
DA selfish and over-raced belief in their certificates
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Question 3515
jamb1993
In distinguishing between literacy and enlightenment, Aduke implies that
AIt is useless to be literate
BEnlightenment is inborn
CProgress can take place without literacy
DBoth literacy and enlightenment are symbolic
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Question 3516
jamb1993
The author’s attitude to developments in medicine is
AMatter-of-fact
BCautious
CIndifferent
Dcynical
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Question 3517
jamb1993
Many doctors, according to the passage , choose to live where
AResearch facilities are available
BThey are most needed
CThey can be near colleagues
DConditions are more in their favour
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Question 3518
jamb1993
The author thinks that the presence of a large number of doctors in a community
ADoes not have much effect on the control of diseases
BDisguise the true fact about the diseases
CControls the spread of diseases
DImproves the overall quality of life in the community
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Question 3519
jamb1993
The writer is of the view that the diseases which prevail in the contemporary Western societies
AResult from modern life styles
BAre concentrated among the elderly
CKill many people at once
DAre resistant to drug
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Question 3520
jamb1993
The statement, ‘The diseases afflicting Western societies have undergone dramatic change, implies that
AChange have taken place in the mode of diseases affliction
BMedical services have been important in changing life expectancy
CA lot of significant progress has taken place in public health
DDeath from diseases in western societies are minimal
