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Question 61

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Ours ..... based venture

Aare a resource

Bis a resource

Care resources

Dis a resourced

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Question 62

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Where ...... buses ...... ?

Adoes these / go

Bdo this / goes

Cdo these / go

Ddoes these / goes

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Question 63

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

You can stay here ....... as you are quite?

Aas long

Bso long

Cin as much

Dfor as long

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Question 64

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

He didn't sense Obi's presence in the room, did he?

AYes, he did

BNo, he did

CYes, he didn't

DNo, he didn't

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Question 65

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

We ought to have visited the Governor ......?

Aisn't it

Boughtn't we

Cshouldn't we

Dhaven't we

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Question 66

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The Emir and conqueror of the enemy territories .......next week?

Aarrives

Bare to arrive

Carrive

Dare arriving

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Question 67

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

You should read all the ...... carefully before you decide where to go on holiday?

Abrochures

Bprospectuses

Ctickets

Dhandouts

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Question 68

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

When the soldiers saw that resistance was ....... they stopped fighting?

Ainadequate

Binefficient

Cfutile

Dsuccessful

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Question 69

jamb 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

He was ....... by the trickster

Aassisted

Bduped

Ccajoled

Dencouraged

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Question 70

jamb 1997

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

For a long time, the robber defied police warnings as if he was invulnerable?

Aperfectly justifiable

Bdifficult to catch

Cimpossible to harm

Dindifferent to danger

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Question 71

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The island becomes more enchanting at night.

Aattractive

Bdelightful

Caccomodation

Dlively

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Question 72

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The cleaner resigned from his job which he said had become a trivial round?

Aunrewarding

Btoo routine

Crather degrading

Dunattaractive

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Question 73

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The sales were lively, the upset price in each case was fair?

Aprice that was the highest in the sales

Bprice that upset every other buyer

Chighest amount for a bidder to offer

Dlowest selling price of each item

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Question 74

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

Their strength is their staggering capacity to reproduce?

Aunstable multiplying power

Bunreliable attacking power

Cqualitative multiplying power

Doverwhelming multiplying power

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Question 75

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The lawyer gave evasive answers to all the questions?

Aunintelligent

Bineffective

Cunreliable

Dequivocal

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Question 76

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

The new Vice-Chancellor's immediate concern was to tide over the major difficulties of the moment.

Atemporarily accommodate

Bpermanently handle

Cdecisively solve

Dpretend to solve

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Question 77

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

You don't have to agree with our procedure?

Ashouldn't disagree

Bmust not agree

Cmay disagree if you wish

Dmay not disagree if you dont wish

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Question 78

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

You don't have to agree with our procedure?

Ashouldn't disagree

Bmust not agree

Cmay disagree if you wish

Dmay not disagree if you dont wish

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Question 79

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

In this house, children are supposed to be in bed by ten o'clock?

Ajust before

Bnot before

Cabout

Dnot later than

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Question 80

jamb 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

He is bound to expose himself by his nefarious activities?

Akind

Bdisreputable

Cdespicable

Dnocturnal

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