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Question 51
jamb 2019

Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket

Orthop[ae]dic

Aelite
Bimpasse
Ccacophony
Dsharp
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Question 52
jamb 2019

Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket.

This type of response is [typical] of a lazy teacher

Asymptomatic
Bcharacteristics
Cuniversal
Dincontestable
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Question 53
jamb 2019

Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

There are still [virtuous] women in our society today

Adevilish
Bclever
Cintelligent
Dupright
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Question 54
jamb 2019

Choose the word that has the same rhyme 

Thyme

Aclimb
Bbind
Ctime
Dlime
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Question 55
jamb 2019

His many years of success in legal practice, .............. , didn't come out without challenges

Abut
Bin spite of all
Cindeed
DHowever
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Question 56
jamb 2019

Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss of [sovereignty]

Apositing
Bleadership
Cautonomy
Dkingdom
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Question 57
jamb 2019

Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

Some men will continue to cause offences until they are given [a taste of their own medicine]

Aplacated
Brevenged on
Ccured
Drecompensed for
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Question 58
jamb 2019

Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

Okibe was rusticated for his [derogatory] remark about the principal

Acomplimentary
Bunwarranted
Clack luster
Dunsavoury
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Question 59
jamb 2019

Who is the protagonist in the book sweet sixteen?

AAliya
BMr. Bello
CBobo
DTokunbo
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Question 60
jamb 2019

One of Mr. Bello's friend referred to in the book is

AMr. Shittu
BThe Principal
CDr. Folarin
DMrs. Rebeccah
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Question 61
jamb 2019

At some point in the book, why doesn't Aliya want to be the grown-up girl she always want to be anymore?

Ashe thinks her father is dead
Bshe doen't feel anything when she is 16
Cshe likes to remain a child
Dshe loves food
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Question 62
jamb 2019

In Bolaji Abdullahi's 'Sweet Sixteen', Kahlil Gibran is a

Apoet
Bsongwriter
Cdramatist
Dmusician
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Question 63
jamb 2019

How does Aliya show stereotype?

Ashe dislikes Rebecca and Bunmi
Bshe says Christians think their religion is better than Islamic religion
Cshe hates her chemistry teacher
Dshe feels the other girls in her class are dumb
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Question 64
jamb 2019

Bunmi usually taunt Aliya because

Ashe is fat
Bshe is a Muslim
Cher parents don't give her enough freedom
Dshe is more brilliant
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Question 65
jamb 2019

Aliya is going to be what prefect in her school?

AHead Girl
BHealth Prefect
CAssembly Prefect
DSchool Prefect
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Question 66
jamb 2019

One of the dominant narrative techniques employed in the book is

Aallusion
Bmetaphor
Cflashback
Dforeshadowing
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Question 67
jamb 2019

What does Aliya want to donate to the school clinic?

Abooks
Bthe Nebuliser
Cwriting materials
Dsporting equipment
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Question 68
jamb 2019

The setting of the book 'Sweet Sixteen' by Bolaji Abdullahi is

ANigeria
BMali
CMauritania
DGhana
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Question 69
jamb 2019

Mr. Bello opinion about girls who bleach their skin is that they;

Aneed help
Bare products of westernization
Care bad influence to the younger generation
Dlack self-confidence
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Question 70
jamb 2019

In which of these Nigerian tribes is it a norm for women to put on weight in order to attract suitors for marriage?

AMauritania
BEfik
CIbibio
DUrhobo
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