Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1998

Question 21

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

Soyinka's masterful ....... of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an ought success?

jamb 1998

  • A. envocation
  • B. invocation
  • C. convocation
  • D. revocation
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Question 22

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

We had a dull evening because ......?

jamb 1998

  • A. hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
  • B. hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
  • C. the talk had hardly begun when the lights had gone out
  • D. the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began
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Question 23

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

AIDS is ..... disease that kills slowly but surely?

jamb 1998

  • A. too much a deadly
  • B. very deadly a
  • C. so deadly a
  • D. such deadly a
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Question 24

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

We cannot all wear expensive shoes in situation of......?

jamb 1998

  • A. divergent demand and supply
  • B. uneven wear and tear
  • C. differing purchasing power
  • D. unpredicted national income
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Question 25

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

That centre-forward was....... consequently the goal was not disallowed?

jamb 1998

  • A. in an off-side position
  • B. very well positioned
  • C. a brilliant player
  • D. the captain of the team
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