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Question 981

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 982

jamb 2019

Choose the word that has the same rhyme

Thyme

Aclimb

Bbind

Ctime

Dlime

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Question 983

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 984

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 985

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 986

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 987

jamb 2019

Who is the protagonist in the book sweet sixteen?

AAliya

BMr. Bello

CBobo

DTokunbo

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Question 988

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 989

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 990

jamb 2019

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

Apoet

Bsongwriter

Cdramatist

Dmusician

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Question 991

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 992

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 993

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 994

jamb 2019

One of the dominant narrative techniques employed in the book is

Aallusion

Bmetaphor

Cflashback

Dforeshadowing

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Question 995

jamb 2019

What does Aliya want to donate to the school clinic?

Abooks

Bthe Nebuliser

Cwriting materials

Dsporting equipment

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Question 996

jamb 2019

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

ANigeria

BMali

CMauritania

DGhana

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Question 997

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 998

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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Question 999

jamb 2019

Gandhi's quote "nobody can hurt me without my permission" means

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Awe should permit people to hurt us

Bwe can control how other people behave towards us

Cwe should be able to control how others make us feel

Dpeople should always seek permission before they hurt us

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Question 1000

jamb 2019

Making negative comments about somebody's weight or size is known as

Abody shaming

Bbody shameing

Cbody shading

Dbody shadeing

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