Jamb English Language 1979 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 1979

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:

One of the stages of the creative process is the incubation period. This refer to the period when

A. The idea is firmly fixed through repetition
B. The person suddenly comes upon the idea
C. The person thinks over the idea
D. The idea yields concrete result
E. The idea is given up

Question 47:

• JAMB 1979

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

The giant hydro-electric project is among the .... colonial rule in Southern Africa.

A. Inheritance
B. Remnants
C. Legacies
D. Evidence
E. Trappings

Question 48:

• JAMB 1979

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

During the inaugural address, the president .... the activities of his government for the past four years

A. Reiterated
B. Reviewed
C. Restated
D. Recited
E. Resumed

Question 49:

• JAMB 1979

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

the world bank team which visited the land-lock country .... a bleak economic future for it

A. Forecast
B. Thought of
C. Discovered
D. Prophesied
E. Projected

Question 50:

• JAMB 1979

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

We travelled all night and arrived .... the oyo motor park at six o'clock in the morning

A. By
B. Inside
C. On
D. In
E. At