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Question 4041

jamb 1987

The secretary's attitude seems to be

Amanager sir, you empolyed this huge and recalcitrant cleaner and i am not to do his job for him

Bit is not the duty of a secretary to enforce the instruction he gives to his junior workers

Ci am a secretary by profession not a cleaner

Dit is not terribly important how tidy the conference room is for the meeting

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Question 4042

jamb 1987

The duty of the journalist to the public entails

Read the passage below The endeavor to maintain proper standard of fairness in journalism must be pursued. It is fatally easy for the journalist to deviate from the straight path. There is his natural desire to ‘make a story’ and insidious temptation to twist facts to square with his paper’s policy. Both are as indefensible as the framing of misleading headlines for the sake of effect. The conscientious journalist must check any tendency to bias, and guard against the dangers inherent in personal antipathies or friendships, and in traditional oppositions between rival schools of thought. When a political opponent, whose stupidity habitually provokes attack, makes an effective speech, honesty requires that he be given credit for it. Where personal relationships might make it easier and more congenial to keep silent than to criticize, the journalist must never forget his duty to the public and the supreme importance of recording the truth

Agiving credit to his political enemies

Bkeeping quiet when necessary

Ctrying to 'make a story'

Dtelling the truth

Edefending the weak

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Question 4043

jamb 1987

it would appear that the manager feels that the secretary

Ashould have, if possible, personally cleaned the conference room

Bshould have ensured that someone else cleaned the conference room

Cshould have ensured that the cleaner did his job

Dis a coward

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Question 4044

jamb 1987

A dutiful journalist must

Aread widely

Bhave political acumen

Cmake no enemies but friends

Dbe able to make an effective speech

Ebe able to recognise merit wherever found

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Question 4045

jamb 1987

'I would not describe you as an inefficient worker.......suggests that the manager

Ais quite pleased with thye level of diligence of his secretary

Bhas had cause in the complain against his secretary

Cis dissatisfied with the level of performance of his secretary

Dis non-committal over the efficiency of his secretary

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Question 4046

jamb 1987

'insidious' (line 2)means

Asubtle

Bwicked

Cnatural

Dunusual

Ewild

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Question 4047

jamb 1987

The relationship between the manager and his secretary, as revealed in the passage could be said to be

Astrained

Bcharged

Cpersonal

Dcordial

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Question 4048

jamb 1987

A journalist would be able to uphold the tenets of his profession if

Ahe seeks publicity

Bhe tries to achieve popularity

Che resists temptation to bias

Dhe canmanipulate his story to lease his employers

Ehe trie to protect his friends

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Question 4049

jamb 1987

when may a journalist have to act against his own inclination?

Awhen his friends act stupidly

Bwhen he becomes weak and decrepit

Cwhen his enemies make mistake

Dwhen his political opponents frame misleading head lines

Eafter he has been given a bribe

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Question 4050

jamb 1987

Unachukwu's speech in this passage shows that he

Ais a coward

Bwants his people to suffer

Cloves the white man

Dis wise with experience

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Question 4051

jamb 1987

'Passes by your ears' in the passage means

Apiercing through your ears

Blistening eagerly

Cmaking no impression

Daccepting the truth

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Question 4052

jamb 1987

'There is no escape from the white man' in the passage means that the

Awhite man will send the people to prison

Bwhite man can kill all the people with his gun

Cpeople are only trying to run away from the white man

Dpeople must accept the white man

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Question 4053

jamb 1987

According to the passage, the people of Umuaro and Okperi

Aare friends

Bare only acquaintances

Care no friends

Dcan never be enemies

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Question 4054

jamb 1987

The dominant subject of this passage is the

Awhite man's road

Bnew religion

Cwhite man's influence

Dwhite man's weapons

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Question 4055

jamb 1987

Which of the following can be deduced from the passage?

Athe writer belives that most Nigerians do not die natural deaths

Bobituaries insinuate that most Nigerians do not die natural deaths

Cthe writer is convinced that every death in Nigeria is a big blow to the bereaved

Dthe writer suspects that every death in Nigeria is a big blow to the bereaved

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Question 4056

jamb 1987

Obituaries are very popular in Nigeria because

Aevil things are not said against the dead

Bevery dead Nigerian must have lived a sanity life

Conly very few Nigerians die natural deaths

DNigerians value dead greatly

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Question 4057

jamb 1987

One suspects that the reason why some of our newspaper still manage to break even.......suggests that some Nigerian newspapers

Awould be runnung at a loss but for obituaries

Bare patronized only because they specialize in obituaries

Cderive all their revenue from obituaries

Dinvest huge revenue in obituaries

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Question 4058

jamb 1987

'Mortuary stylistics' as used in the passage refers to the

Aart of writing obtuaries

Btext of obtuaries

Cstudy of obtuaries

Dart of eulogizing the dead

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Question 4059

jamb 1987

The tone of this passage is

AAngry

BSatirical

CNon-commital

DPleasant

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Question 4060

jamb 1987

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Tonye said that he was going to bed because he was .... to do any more work.

Atired out

Bvery tired

Ctoo tired

Dextremely tired

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