Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1993
Question 11
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
We have found that cassava is a sine qua non item in our industry
- A. useful
- B. indispensable
- C. useless
- D. dispensable
Question 12
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The college was worried about Tunji;s garrulous tendency
- A. reticent
- B. loqacious
- C. quarrelsome
- D. outspoken
Question 13
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The economic situation is responsible for the recent discord in many families
- A. division
- B. resourcefulness
- C. harmony
- D. suffering
Question 14
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The effect of rising prices has snowballed considerably
- A. risen
- B. decreased
- C. frozen
- D. grown
Question 15
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
They often quarrelled before leaving the house but made it up by the time they returned home
- A. added it up
- B. reconciled
- C. fell out
- D. compounded the problem
