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Question 641
jamb 2015

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

Pale

Apail
Bpalm
Cmall
Dhaul
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Question 642
jamb 2015
From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

It was a funny episode, I ----------------
ACan’t help to laugh
BCouldn’t help laugh
Ccouldn’t help laughing
Dcouldn’t help to laugh
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Question 643
jamb 2015

From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

Toyosi arrived late, --------------- the right route

ACannot have taken
BCould not have take
Ccould not had taken
Dcould not have taken
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Question 644
jamb 2015
From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

Each of the contestants --------------- a chance now
Ahas
Bhave
Cget
Dgets
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Question 645
jamb 2015
Four persons accused with currency ------------------ are being held by the securing agents
Atraficking
Btrafiking
Ctrafficking
Dtraffic
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Question 646
jamb 2015

Why is malnutrition described as a tragedy of great magnitude?

Ait cause obesity
Bit has great magnitude
Cit is an accomplice of at least half of the 10.4 million child death each year
Dit is all over the world and popular even among the rich and the poor.
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Question 647
jamb 2015
What, according to the passage is the most lethal form of malnutrition?
Amenial deficiencies
BObesity
Cdiet-related chronic diseases
Dprotein-energy malnutrition
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Question 648
jamb 2015
This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

__________ had been expelled from two different schools and kicked out of the university.
Ajolly
BJimi
Cnene ekpo
Dwole
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Question 649
jamb 2015
In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable in which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress.

EDUCATION
AE-du-ca-tion
Be-DU-ca-tion
Ce-du-CA-tion
De-du-ca-TION
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Question 650
jamb 2015
This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

‘No more chains in trousers or dangling earrings for the girls. There will be an inspection of fingernails and socks during assembly. Principal’s orders’ who said this?
Athe senior prefect
Bprincipal
Cheadboy
Dnon-teaching staff
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Question 651
jamb 2015
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

Shoe
Afull
Bfood
Cput
Dblood
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Question 652
jamb 2015

This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

“come here, you pretty child; I hear you will be going to the same school as my daughter.’ Who made this statement and to whom?

AAunt Moni said this to Efua
BEfua to Aunt Moni
CMrs. Ekpo said this to Efua
DAunt Moni to Mrs. Ekpo
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Question 653
jamb 2015

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

Purse

Ajourney
Bpays
Cheart
Dcourse
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Question 654
jamb 2015

Choose the option that best fills the gap.

The trader complained that he ------------------ robbed

Ahad been
Bhas been
Cwas being
Dis being
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Question 655
jamb 2015

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Hang

Ahinge
Btinge
Csong
Dbalm
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Question 656
jamb 2015

Select the wrongly spelt words

Adisappointed
Bembarassed
Cequipped
Drestaurant
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Question 657
jamb 2015
This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

Who was the best student in chemistry?
AAnsa
BCaro
CNene
DJimi
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Question 658
jamb 2015
The brave officer ---------- the time bomb
Adiffused
Bdruse
Cdefused
Ddifused
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Question 659
jamb 2015
Shakespearian ------------------- are generally the victims of circumstance.
Aheros
Bheroses
Chero
Dheroes
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Question 660
jamb 2015
From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

If the armed robbers ------------------------ caught, they would have been lynched
Awould be
Bhave been
Care
Dhad been
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