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Question 4161

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:
The lawyer insisted .... the full payment of his charge

Awith

Bin

Cfor

Dat

Eon

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Question 4162

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:
The students unrest resulted .... the expulsion of the ringleaders

Ato

Bin

Cfrom

Dwith

Eby

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Question 4163

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:
The loud noise in the neighbourhood attracted people who stared .... the thief

Aat

Babout

Cwith

Don

Eover

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Question 4164

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:
Mary goes to school ..... bus

Ain

Bon

Cwith

Dthrough

Eby

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Question 4165

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
The government should stop white elephant projects

Aprojects in which white men kill elephants

Bprojects in which white elephants are used

Cprojects for painting some elephants white

Dhigh cost projects with low utility values

Elow cost projects with high utility values

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Question 4166

jamb 1985

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider the most appropriate for each sentence.
Employees have been urged to desist from witch-hunting and character assassination

Acommanded to stop hunting witches

Bordered to stop assassinating witches

Centreated not to accuse individuals unjustly and malicious

Dinformed to resist witch-hunters and character assassins

Eurged to desist from barbaric acts

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Question 4167

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined:
The judge came down heavily on the accused person in his judgement

Acrashed heavily

Bfell down headlong

Cdescended upon heavily

Dimpose a stiff penalty

Ecrash-landed on

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Question 4168

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined:
The principal advised the boy to come to grips with himself if he wanted to do well at the end of his course.

Acriticizied himself

Bmaster his difficulties

Clearn to be obedient

Dbehave himself

Efight with himself

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Question 4169

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
The officer refused to be taken in by the report given by the private

Awon over

Bdrawn in

Covertaken

Ddeceived

Einvoved

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Question 4170

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Bankole was a man given to much wine

Apushed to

Btaken over by

Caddicted to

Dforced to

Eafflicted by

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Question 4171

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
It is sheer foolhardiness for unarmed policemen to pursue armed robbers

Anonsense

Bbravery

Cfoolishness

Dstupidity

Efoolish risk taking

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Question 4172

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
To be above board is to be

Aafloat

Bon top of a plank

Cabove suspicion

Draised above a board

Ethe chairman of a board

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Question 4173

jamb 1985

In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
My spell at the university was an unmitigated disaster.

Aan unavoidable

Ba painful

Ca regrettable

Dan unqualified

Ean unfortunate

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Question 4174

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Since his father's death, Osita has not been able to cope with the tasks of a family head.

Aperform adequately

Btorelate

Caccept

Dassess properly

Emanage

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Question 4175

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
You have been asked to change your laissez-faire attitude to work.

Astupid

Bcare-free

Ccareful

Dserious

Eresponsible

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Question 4176

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Despite increasingly punitive laws against hemp smoking, it is still rising at an alarming rate.

Adevastating

Bexamplary

Cbarbaric

Dsevere

Esatisfactory.

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Question 4177

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Nigeria, like most other African countries is predominantly agricultural

Amainly

Bcertainly

Centirely

Dundoubtedly

Esuperficiallly

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Question 4178

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
If people don't want to play the game according to the rule, that is their business

Atheir business will suffer

Bit is not their fault

Cthey should blame others for it

Dother people will take over their business

Ethey will have themselves to blame

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Question 4179

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Stephen was blamed for leaving his door ajar during the heavy rainfall.

Aunlocked

Bunbolted

Copen

Dkeyless

Elocked

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Question 4180

jamb 1985

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
One hindrance to an orderly economic development of the country is large scale fraud and corruption

Adifficult

Bdisturbance

Creason

Dobstacle

Eritual

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