Jamb English Language 1999 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
The group never felt strong enough to act in the open ....... hostility was the hallmark of their resistance?

A. Covert
B. Overt
C. Vicious
D. Erratic

Question 42:

• JAMB 1999

Some robbers are on the prowl, we must be ..... ?

A. Alert
B. At alert
C. On the alert
D. For alert

Question 43:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
Although the officer wanted a ..... reported on the matter, he got ....... account?

A. Truthful / an uninteresting
B. Factual / an unpleasant
C. Genuine / a ridiculous
D. Painstaking / a half-hearted

Question 44:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
My friend's car has ..... to a halt?

A. Grinded
B. Grounded
C. Ground
D. Grind

Question 45:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
He boasts so much about his high scores and he ...... at the efforts of others?

A. Scorns
B. Sneers
C. Grins
D. Smilies