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Question 1

jamb 1983

The speaker's mother considered that

Athings were not as good as they use to be

Bwomen were foolish

Cthe world was corrupt

Dthe love of money was the root of all evil

Eit was necessary for attitudes to change

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Question 2

jamb 1983

From the passage we can conclude that the young girls were

Aattractive

Breligious

Cmodern

Deasily led

Eindifferent

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Question 3

jamb 1983

The girls were apparently attracted to Zacharia by

Awealth

Bthe life of towns

Cthe appearance of the young men

Dthe fact that the young men spoke strange dialects

Efood

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Question 4

jamb 1983

which of the following was NOT a quality of Zacharia''s character

Avanity

Black of respect for others

CHumility

DArrogance

EInsubordination

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Question 5

jamb 1983

Zacharia

Awas the cook of a trader

Bworked for a priest

Cworked for the speaker's mother

Dwas a rich man

Ewas a handsome man

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Question 6

jamb 1983

materials can be found

Ain capitalist countries

Bin communist countries

Cin less developed countries

Damong people who do not have neighbours

Eall over the world

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Question 7

jamb 1983

Faith today is by and large irrelevant because

Anobody thinks it an alter human nature

Bmost people do not believe in God

Cbeing in a position of responsibilty nullifies the importance of faith

Dresponsible people need not bother about faith

Ethe faithful are very few in the world anyway

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Question 8

jamb 1983

What most people do in the free world today is to

Aleave other people alone

Bassume that human nature is bad

Caccepts human nature as it is since it is immutable

Dattempt to change the world

Eleave the world as it is

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Question 9

jamb 1983

The modern world has lost its way because

Ait no longer believes in God

Bambition has made people greedy

Cpeople are no longer interested in one another

Dthe technique influencing people is no more

Epeople are just too selfish

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Question 10

jamb 1983

The priest meant that

Aman is both beast and human

Bman could be worst than a beast if he wants to

Che liked beast more than man

Dhe liked both man and beast

Ereally, a man cannot be a beast

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Question 11

jamb 1983

Deprived of means

Aspared

Bprevented from getting

Crobbed of

Dunable to take

Esnatched from

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Question 12

jamb 1983

In question 14 and 15 choose the meaning which best fit the underline phrases taken from the passage
Combat malnutrition means

Asruggle against the eating of the wrong type of food

Bfight ill health caused by over-feeding

Cwipe out ignorance

Dfight to wipe out ill-health caused by lack of food

Efight against hunger

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Question 13

jamb 1983

Samuel Mpetechula was able to graduate from Chancellor because

Aof the finacial assistance given to him by his sponsors

Bhis uncle paid his education fees

Che was able to win a scholarship to the university

Dthe SCF subsidized his education expenses

Eof the assistance given to him by the Australian Government

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Question 14

jamb 1983

The 'Save the Children Fund' in Malawi helps needy children by

Afinding families which are willing to adopt the children

Bfinding sponsors for the children's education and by opening nutrition centres

Cgiving loans and scholarships to children who can not afford to continue their education

Drunning institutions which give free food

Eclothing and lodging poor children without parents

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Question 15

jamb 1983

In Malawi, the 'Save the Children Fund' was formed

Aby an English woman named Miss Jebb in 1919

Bin 1919 under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda

Cunder the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda in 1953

Din 1953 by a group od social workers headed by Dr. Mbagunda E.

Enone of the above

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Question 16

jamb 1983

Demoralizing in this passage means

Adeforming

Breforming

Cagonizing

Ddestructive

Ecorrupting

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Question 17

jamb 1983

What the author is trying to put across in this passage is that

Acrime does not pay

Bprisoners should be made to work hard

Cwork is more desirable than crime

Dlife in prison is one of misery

Ework in priso without a purpose is bad

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Question 18

jamb 1983

The author thinks that strenuous work in prison

Ais a privilege for the prisoners

Bmay do more harm than good

Cis part of their punishment

Dis a right and proper thing

Eshould be an additional punishment

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Question 19

jamb 1983

which of these is NOT the purpose of work in a programme of rehabilitation?

Atraining the prisoners to have satisfaction in work

Bdeveloping in them a pride in sense if achievement

Cdeveloping in them more satisfaction in work than in crime

Dhelping them to accelerate their reform and discharge

ETraining them for work and by work

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Question 20

jamb 1983

According to the author, some magistrate sentence prisoners to hard labour because

Asome prisoners are unwilling to work

Bwork is a privilege

Cprisoners need to learn a trade

Dit is an additional punishment

Eit is a means of rehabilitation

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