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Question 41
jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the

Aneed for parents to choose a befitting career for their children
Breason that only passion can define one's career
Cindecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age
Dneed for schools to make their syllabus career based
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Question 42
jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

It may be argued that Chapter Two is titled, "The Drive" particularly because...?

Aof the social disparity between the rich and the poor which is unlikely to end
BAliya's father drove her home from the boarding house
Cit indicates the realities and experiences shared during Mr Bello's drive with Aliya
Dit was the best atmosphere for Mr Bello to scold Aliya for her wrongdoings
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Question 43
jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

Acriticism of strict parenting
Birony of life
Cessence of a child's exposure
Dexpectations of wealthy parents
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Question 44
jamb 2019

Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

The significance of Mr Bello's advice to Aliya on Bobo's gift is that

Athe gift is a demonstration of love and affection
Bthe gift shouldn't necessarily impose an obligation on Aliya to act in tune with Bobo's interest
Cone of the foundations of his marriage with Aliya's mother is through gifting
Donce a boy gives a girl a gift it necessarily means that he has an interest in mind
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Question 45
jamb 2019

No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

ADenies
BClaims
CRejects
DImagines
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Question 46
jamb 2019

However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.

AFacilities
BAmenities
CCondition
DProvisions
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Question 47
jamb 2019

The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

ALimits
BAnticipates
CMonitors
DIncreases
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Question 48
jamb 2019

The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.

AJudges
BSupposes
Cproposes
DEstimates
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Question 49
jamb 2019

The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.

AStrikes
BBurns
CTicks
DDrops
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Question 50
jamb 2019

After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live.

AIntensive
BHealthy
CSafe
DHeavy
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Question 51
jamb 2019

They convinced her to start taking proper ..4.......

ACure
BMedication
CMeasures
DPrecautions
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Question 52
jamb 2019

She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home.

AAttracted
BVisited
CNoticed
DAlerted
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Question 53
jamb 2019

When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.

Asufferings
BHappenings
CRounds
DBouts
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Question 54
jamb 2019

Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.
 

AOutskirts
BSuburbs
CInterior
DOutside
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Question 55
jamb 2019


All the following are roles of the media but?

AEntertainment
BSensitization
CInformation
DMoralization
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Question 56
jamb 2019

One major source of worry about the mass media is from?

ABroadcasting
BAdvertisement
CPolitical rallies
DNews casting
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Question 57
jamb 2019

One of the following is NOT true in the passage

AMass communication don't talk
BMass communication don't personalize discourse
CMass media determine what the public gets to know
DAll of the above
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Question 58
jamb 2019

The means of mass media can be summarized into:

ARadio, Television and Newspaper
BNewspaper,books and journals
CPrint and Electronic
DPrint, Electronic and Advertisement
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Question 59
jamb 2019

A suitable title for the above passage can be:

AMass communication
BThe mass media and the people
CThe purpose of mass media
DThe good and the bad side of the media
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Question 60
jamb 2019

Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
Band[a]ge

Akite
Bsays
Ccacophony
Dcage
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