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Question 971

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 972

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 973

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 974

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 975

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 976

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 977

jamb 2019

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

AStrikes

BBurns

CTicks

DDrops

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Question 978

jamb 2019

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

AIntensive

BHealthy

CSafe

DHeavy

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Question 979

jamb 2019

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

ACure

BMedication

CMeasures

DPrecautions

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Question 980

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 981

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 982

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 983

jamb 2019

All the following are roles of the media but?

AEntertainment

BSensitization

CInformation

DMoralization

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Question 984

jamb 2019

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

ABroadcasting

BAdvertisement

CPolitical rallies

DNews casting

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Question 985

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 986

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 987

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 988

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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Question 989

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 990

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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