Question 9021:

• NCEE 2023

Have you ever belched after a meal? How did you feel after belching? Although some people consider belching a bad habit, there are many health benefits that result from it.

Belching helps the food we eat to digest better and faster. Children normally feel uncomfortable and restless when they eat without belching. Belching relieves them of the discomfort.

Belching, after taking aerated drinks like beverages, helps us to pass out the gas content in them. Beverages contain acid, which is capable of making us heavy and develop a bloated belly. Belching also helps us to pass out carbon dioxide from our body. This helps in preventing bloated stomach and chest pain.

If we fail to belch after a meal, then we should expect a fart from the other end. But if these two things fail to happen, there is a problem somewhere; we should try and see a doctor.


One of these is an effect of not belching in children.

A. Bad habit
B. Comfortability
C. Farting
D. Quick digestion
E. Restlessness

Question 9022:

• NCEE 2023

Have you ever belched after a meal? How did you feel after belching? Although some people consider belching a bad habit, there are many health benefits that result from it.

Belching helps the food we eat to digest better and faster. Children normally feel uncomfortable and restless when they eat without belching. Belching relieves them of the discomfort.

Belching, after taking aerated drinks like beverages, helps us to pass out the gas content in them. Beverages contain acid, which is capable of making us heavy and develop a bloated belly. Belching also helps us to pass out carbon dioxide from our body. This helps in preventing bloated stomach and chest pain.

If we fail to belch after a meal, then we should expect a fart from the other end. But if these two things fail to happen, there is a problem somewhere; we should try and see a doctor.


Which of the following words can replace 'benefits' as used in the passage?

A. Advantages
B. Changes
C. Damages
D. Risks
E. Services

Question 9023:

• NCEE 2023

Have you ever belched after a meal? How did you feel after belching? Although some people consider belching a bad habit, there are many health benefits that result from it.

Belching helps the food we eat to digest better and faster. Children normally feel uncomfortable and restless when they eat without belching. Belching relieves them of the discomfort.

Belching, after taking aerated drinks like beverages, helps us to pass out the gas content in them. Beverages contain acid, which is capable of making us heavy and develop a bloated belly. Belching also helps us to pass out carbon dioxide from our body. This helps in preventing bloated stomach and chest pain.

If we fail to belch after a meal, then we should expect a fart from the other end. But if these two things fail to happen, there is a problem somewhere; we should try and see a doctor.


To prevent a bloated stomach, one should always

A. Avoid aerated drinks.
B. Avoid having chest pain.
C. Eat food that can digest better and faster.
D. Resist belching and farting often.
E. See a doctor.

Question 9024:

• NCEE 2023

A rich man hired two men to clear a piece of farmland for him. He charged the labourers to do a thorough work for him and they assured him of a good job. When the men finished the job, the rich man went to inspect it. He discovered that one person did a very clean job while the other did a bad job.

The rich man decided not to ask the men to know who did the work well and who did not. Instead, he called both men and gave them two separate plots of land to clear for him. This time one labourer to a plot of land. He told them that he would pay them for everything on completion of the second job.

The bad labourer went to the site to clear it but he did not cut down the plants and shrubs to the roots. His second attempt at clearing the plot of land was worse than the first. The diligent labourer, on the other hand, took his time and cut the plants to the very roots, overturning all the dried leaves beneath the plants. At a spot, his cutlass hit something wrapped in a polythene bag. When he examined it, he realized that it was a parcel hidden by somebody in the bush. He picked it and after the day's job, he reported his discovery to the land owner.

Without uttering a word, the rich man went to inspect the work done. When he came back, he called the two labourers and asked the one who found the parcel to open it. The parcel contained an amount that was double of what the rich man had promised to pay him for his work. The rich man congratulated him and asked him to take everything as his reward for the dedicated service rendered.

The rich man recruited the labourers to

A. Clear a piece of farmland.
B. Cut plants.
C. Grow plants and shrubs.
D. Inspect a plot of land.
E. Render dedicated service.

Question 9025:

• NCEE 2023

A rich man hired two men to clear a piece of farmland for him. He charged the labourers to do a thorough work for him and they assured him of a good job. When the men finished the job, the rich man went to inspect it. He discovered that one person did a very clean job while the other did a bad job.

The rich man decided not to ask the men to know who did the work well and who did not. Instead, he called both men and gave them two separate plots of land to clear for him. This time one labourer to a plot of land. He told them that he would pay them for everything on completion of the second job.

The bad labourer went to the site to clear it but he did not cut down the plants and shrubs to the roots. His second attempt at clearing the plot of land was worse than the first. The diligent labourer, on the other hand, took his time and cut the plants to the very roots, overturning all the dried leaves beneath the plants. At a spot, his cutlass hit something wrapped in a polythene bag. When he examined it, he realized that it was a parcel hidden by somebody in the bush. He picked it and after the day's job, he reported his discovery to the land owner.

Without uttering a word, the rich man went to inspect the work done. When he came back, he called the two labourers and asked the one who found the parcel to open it. The parcel contained an amount that was double of what the rich man had promised to pay him for his work. The rich man congratulated him and asked him to take everything as his reward for the dedicated service rendered.

The labourers were instructed to

A. Assist each other.
B. Complete the work.
C. Do a very good work.
D. Look for a parcel.
E. Overturn all the dried leaves.