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Question 3791
jamb 1990
What right has the mother to give orders to the child?
Ashe is the 'owner' of the child
Bshe is stronger than the child
Cshe understands the environment better than the child
Dshe is more self-conscious than the child
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Question 3792
jamb 1990
What main difference is mentioned between the child and the adult?
Aage differnce
Bweight difference
Ctime difference
Ddevelopmental difference
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Question 3793
jamb 1990
The immature adult is like the child because
Ahe has just become self-conscious
Bhe has learnt to use the word 'no'
Che has no concept of time
Dsome of his actions are delibrately irrational
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Question 3794
jamb 1990
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a superstitious reason for fearing the lions?
Amany famous hunters had tried and failed to kill the lions
Bthe lions were bold when hunted, they would retreat to where a spear could not be thrown at them
Cthe lions were the spirits of two holy men who came back to seek their revenge
Dthe lions played the ancien t game of 'baw' before starting on a raid to determine whether to proceed or wait
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Question 3795
jamb 1990

The famous hunters failed to kill the loins because the

Alions were regarded as supernatural beings
Blions were cunning and bold
CEmopa used the spear to hunt for lions
Dhunters did not have enough time
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Question 3796
jamb 1990
The lions played the game of 'baw' because
Athey wanted to raid a village
Bit was a popular game of unknown antiquity all over africe
Cthey want to decide whether to go on a raid or not
Dif the omens were good they would raid a village and claim a victim
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Question 3797
jamb 1990
The legend that the lions were invulnerable was confirmed by the fact that
Athe local Emopa petitioned a holy man to come and exorcise the spirits
Bmany famous hunters had tried without success in the past to kill the lions
Cthe holy man failed in his bid to exocrize the sprits
Dbrave as the Emopa are, the lions completely overawed them
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Question 3798
jamb 1990
The young men of Emopa would hunt for elephants because
Athey are among the few africans that huntlions with a spear
Belephants are dangerous animals
Cno young Emopa attracts a girl's admiration untill he has killed a dangerous animal
Dwhen elephants are sighted, there is great excitement and fierce compitition amonmg the young men
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Question 3799
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
The teacher's face broke into an incredulous smile when he heard Adamu's reason for coming late
Airritating
Bartificial
Cunbelievable
Dirresponsible
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Question 3800
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
General Murtala Mohammed excelled in deeds of prowess
Awarfare
Bpolitics
Ccourage
Deloquence
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Question 3801
jamb 1990

In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underline:
Olu might visit London next summer

Acould
Bwill
Cshould
Dcan
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Question 3802
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
We enjoy the story but it sounds larger than life
Atoo long and unsubstantiated
Ba little watery and lifeless
Ccompletely untrue
Dsomewhat unusual
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Question 3803
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
The result of the election would have been different if some people had not been disfranchised
Adisfavoured
Bbanned from contesting
Callowed to rig
Dprevented from voting
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Question 3804
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
Biola decided to give the task everything he had
Aall his money
Ball his time
Ccomplete attention
Dcomplete attendance
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Question 3805
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
The principal warned us against burning candle at both ends
Abeing careless with candle
Bwearing ourselves out
Cbeing too generous
Ddisloyal
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Question 3806
jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Olu, Akpan and Ovbiagele's .... make people to believe that they belong to same school of thought.

Aphilosophy
Bphilosophys
Cphilosophies
Dphilosophy's
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Question 3807
jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
No matter to whom I ...., nobody in the crowd had a clue to what was going on

Adiscussed
Basked
Cturned
Dcontacted
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Question 3808
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Let's have a cup of coffee, ....
Ashall we?
Bwill we?
Cshould we?
Dcould we?
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Question 3809
jamb 1990
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The shipping company advertised for .... accountants
Atwo young, but highly competent , Nigerian
Byoung, but highly competent, two Nigerian
Ctwo Nigerian, young, but highly competent
Dhighly competent, but young, two Nigerian
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Question 3810
jamb 1990

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The company representative in Nigeria is a ....

Asmart little Japanese
Blittle smart Japanese
Csmart Japanese little
Dlittle Japanese smart
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