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JAMB Past Questions and Answers on English

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is an examination body that is unique in its own way of testing students. It is good to know the patterns and topics to which questions are repeated by Jamb annually.

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• Lexis and structure
• Concord
• Antonyms and Synonyms

The above three topics and many others are sure banker topics in Jamb Use of English questions.

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Note: The questions and answers below are for practice. Use them to prepare for JAMB mock and JAMB examination.

My good people: I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned. Now, the usual political thing when charges are leveled against you is either; to ignore them or to deny them without giving details.

But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched of the 500, thousand naira we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

As a matter of fact, during one of my meetings with the press conference, Mr. James Ukpong accosted me and said, “Honourable Senator, what about this fund we hear about?”

I told him there was no secret about the fund and that he should meet Ken Kamalu to get detail of the fund.

I told him “you will find that the purpose of the fund was primarily to defray political expenses”. In answer to another one of his questions, I said that neither contributor would not have received as an ordinary constituent.

And I can say that never since I became a senator, have I made a phone call for them to an agency or have I gone to an agency on their behalf?

Records will show that, and these records are in the hands of the administrator.

1. The author is

A. Exonerating himself from the allegation of embezzlement

B. Ignoring the allegations of embezzlement

C. Demonstrating that he is a senator

D. Trying to implicate Ken Kamalu, a fellow politician

ANSWER: A (Exonerating himself from the allegation of embezzlement)

2. Constituent in the passage means

A. A section of his constituency

B. His entire constituency

C.His Campaigner

D. A person having voting rights where he is living.

ANSWER: D (A person having voting rights where he is living.)

3. Accosted in the passage means

A. Grossly insulted

B. greeted

C. fought

D. went and spoke to

ANSWER: D (went and spoke to)

4. It appears that the 500,000

A. has been spent

B. has been paid into the government treasury

C. will soon be paid into the government treasury

D. has been saved by Ken Kamalu

ANSWER: A ( has been spent)

5. Ken Kamalu is portrayed as

A. a corrupt politician

B. the administrator of the fund

C. an ordinary taxpayer

D. a government official

ANSWER: B ( the administrator of the fund)

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PASSAGE II
They hung around together, the boys from the school up the hill, school was over. They were expecting results.

One or two got teaching jobs in St Alban’s College. It is one of the post-war secondary schools that sprang up in the city because serious people felt the educational need of the country, and possed a sharp for smelling quick money.

Boys from upcountry who were eager to learn, whose parents had a little money, but who could not get into the big schools like Achimota and Mfantisipim in Cape Coast, rushed to the new schools secured lodgings with distant relatives, and bought for a relatively cheap amount some sort of education.

Sammy was the history master from form one to five and was also put in charge of sports in the distant hope that the school would one day get its own playing field near the mental hospital.

There were six hundred students who were all day boys; classes were held in Dr. Dodu’s house. the house was originally built by a man of wealth and a large family.

The bedrooms, of which there were eight, were turned into classrooms; toilets were knocked into pantries to provide additional classrooms for the ever-growing population of the school.

Mr. Anokye, a retired pharmacist, owned the school. He laid great emphasis on science, being a science man himself. He wore a small rimmed pair of glasses which made him look like one of those little black cats on Christmas cards.

He had a small voice which squeaked with akpeteshie, and breath like the smell of gunpowder. He had spent many years at Korle Bu Hospital where he drank the methylated spirit meant to be supplied to laboratory assistants.

He was dedicated to learning, a scholar in many ways. he knew Archimede’s principle. Whenever he shouted, during the terminal examination, his battle cry of Eureka! Eureka! then he had caught someone cheating, someone looking over his mate’s answer sheet.

Mr. Anokye came from a long line of scholars. He claimed his grandfather went to England with Reverend T.A. Barnes. D.D., who was the Anglican Bishop of Cape Coast from 1896 to 1909, he was dedicated to his work.

He interviewed Sammy himself, questioned him about his parentage and religious background, listened to him carefully, and dedicated to appoint him a salary of six per month pending the outcome of his Cambridge Certificate Examination.

He questioned him closely on history, especially the Glorious Revolution and Olive Cromwell.

6. Mr. Anokye would shout “Eureka!”

A. After he had drank methylated spirit

B. to show that he knew Archimede’s principle

C. whenever he caught a boy cheating during an examination

D. in order to frighten the boys.

ANSWER: C (whenever he caught a boy cheating during an examination)

According to paragraph four, sentence three

___whenever he shouted… answer sheet

7. _____________ the message of the Holy Quran was not lost on the lady

A. Being a devout Muslim

B. As she was a good Muslim

C. Being non-Muslim

D. As she paid no attention

ANSWER: A (Being a devout Muslim)

8. St Alban’s College was founded because

A. the war was over

B. there were no other colleges in the country

C. the need for education was seriously felt

D. boys from the interior were eager to learn

ANSWER: C (the need for education was seriously felt)

9. Who was the founder of St Alban’s College

A. Dr. Dodu

B. Mr. Anokye

C. Achimota and Mfantisipim

D. Mr. Sammy

ANSWER: B (Mr. Anokye)

10. What subject did Sammy teach at St Alban’s College?

A. Sports

B English language

C. History

D. Religious studies

ANSWER: C (History)

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PASSAGE III
I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.

Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples ( the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance, that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred), one could deduce it from general principles. Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive.

You play twin, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. on the village green, where you pick up sides and no feelings of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise;

but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly a mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators;

and behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contest and seriously believe at any rate for short period of that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

Even a leisurely game demanding grace rather than strength can cause much ill will. Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play is far worse.

The worst of all is boxing. One of the most horrible fights in the world is a fight between white and coloured boxers before a mixed audience.

11. The 1936 Olympic Games was cited in the passage as an example to show that sports can

A. lead to excessive hatred

B. create goodwill among nations

C. Generate feelings of national prestige

D. Make people meet on the battlefield

ANSWER: A (lead to excessive hatred)

12. According to the passage,

A. all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive

B. Games have meaning only when the participants play to win

C. it is possible to play a game simply for the fun of it

D. Games are not important.

ANSWER: C ( it is possible to play a game simply for the fun of it)

13. Boxing is regarded as one of the worst games in the passage because

A. of the behaviour of the boxers themselves

B. of the amount of ill will that can be generated among spectators of different races

C. of the ill will that can be generated by a game that demands strength from the competitors

D. it is a game in which both players get hurt rather badly

ANSWER: B (of the amount of ill will that can be generated among spectators of different races)

14. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

B. At the national level sport is frankly a mimic warfare

C. The most savage combative instincts are aroused by anyone who has played in a school football match.

D. Nations work themselves up because they tend to believe that sports are tests of national virtue.

ANSWER: D (Nations work themselves up because they tend to believe that sports are tests of national virtue.)

15. “Mimic” as used in the passage, means

A. comic

B. silent

C. imitated

D. practiced

ANSWER: C (imitated)

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PASSAGE IV
Teaching is one of the oldest …….. 16 ……….. ( A. activities B. roles C. professions D. callings) known to man. Every community from time immemorial must have……… 17 ………… ( A. men B. women C. individuals D. groups) known and respected for their ability to guide and ………. and 18 ………. ( A. induce B. bribe C. motivate D. force) younger members of their community towards the ………. 19 ………. ( A. attainment B. evolution C. creating D. enforcement) of the desired goals of their group. The …….. 20 …….. ( A. fattening B. courageous C. wild D. initiation) ceremonies for young adults common to many cultures are part of the ……….. and 21 ……. ( A. true B. formal C. respective D. good) education process of those cultures; but there are very many informal ways of educating the young. When a young girl helps her mother in preparing the family ……… 22………, ( A. diet B. meat C. meal D. cooking) she is learning ………. 23 ……… ( A. modern B. expert C. culinary D. beneficial) skills in an informal set-up. One’s ……. 24 ……… ( A.sex B. school C. friendly D. peer) group also exerts a great ……. 25 ……….. (A. pressure B. action C. influence D. attitude) on individuals. In the formal set-up of our schools today, education is highly ………. 26 ……….. (A. expensive B. europeanized C. organized D. different). There is ……… 27 ………… ( A. hierarchy B. obedience C. respect D. power) of authority from the principal down to the class monitors. We have a fixed ….. 28 ………… ( A. calendar B. almanac C. timetable D. way of life) which we adhere to strictly. Though we …….. 29 …………. ( A. study B. gather C. learn D. acquire) a great deal from our mates, the ………… 30 …………. ( A. prefect B teacher C. monitor. D. leader) plays an important role.

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