English Language 2014 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 1 :

• JAMB 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The minister considered the ministry's budget to be a drop in the ocean in view of the number of projects in the pipeline.

A. The pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves
B. The amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure
C. The minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects
D. The money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean

Question 2 :

• JAMB 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The minister considered the ministry's budget to be a drop in the ocean in view of the number of projects in the pipeline.

A. The pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves
B. The amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure
C. The minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects
D. The money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean

Question 3 :

• JAMB 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The police are looking for the woman who farmed her children out to her neighbours.

A. The police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
B. The woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
C. The police may arrest the woman for allowing her neighbours to take care of her children.
D. The woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours

Question 4 :

• JAMB 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Jummai's father remarked that pigs would fly before she passed.

A. She would have to cheat in order to pass.
B. It would be possible to pass only if she worked harder.
C. It would never be possible for her to pass.
D. He would have to bribe her teachers to enable her to pass.

Question 5 :

• JAMB 2014

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The president said that he found himself between a rock and a hard place when the press said that he has resigned.

A. Hard places are dangerous for the president.
B. He dreamt that he was abandoned.
C. He thought that hard places were unsafe.
D. He had a hard decision to make.