Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1990

Question 41

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

It was difficult to .... a man walking on the moon two centuries

jamb 1990

  • A. contrive
  • B. percieve
  • C. concieve
  • D. imagine
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Question 42

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

Why do you worry about such .... matters?

jamb 1990

  • A. insignificant
  • B. significant
  • C. non-significant
  • D. unsignificant
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Question 43

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:The professor's thesis was the precursor of nuclear studies

jamb 1990

  • A. preliminary
  • B. climax
  • C. developer
  • D. forerunner
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Question 44

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

The lawyer told the court some unsavoury details about the case

jamb 1990

  • A. unworthy
  • B. unitelligible
  • C. unpleasant
  • D. uninteresting
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Question 45

In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: The cereal is fortified with multivitamins

jamb 1990

  • A. enriched
  • B. prepared
  • C. endowed
  • D. mixed
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