Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 2002

Question 26

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

As election day draws near, the party looks ...... because many of its members have....... other parties?

jamb 2002

  • A. successful / decleared for
  • B. vulnerable / defected to
  • C. cheerful / moved to
  • D. cheerless / cross-carpeted from
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Question 27

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

Musa has lived here for five years but he does not seem able to get over the enormously........ and elaborate rules that govern the society?

jamb 2002

  • A. adsurd
  • B. bizarre
  • C. fantastic
  • D. intricate
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Question 28

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

If one perseveres ....... will surely succeed?

jamb 2002

  • A. she
  • B. one
  • C. he
  • D. they
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Question 29

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

The army officer said that more ...... would be needed to prosecute the war?

jamb 2002

  • A. guerrilas
  • B. guerrillas
  • C. geurrilas
  • D. geurrillas
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Question 30

The word in capital letters has emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

My uncle retired from the POLICE?

jamb 2002

  • A. Did your brother resign from the police?
  • B. Did your sister resign from the police?
  • C. Did your uncle retire from the army?
  • D. Did your brother retire from the police?
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