English Language 2016 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 71 :

• JAMB 2016

Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston


When bees are trained continually, they

A. Condition themselves to feed on bowls
B. Respond to sugary water in all colours
C. Land on blue and grey colours
D. Respond to different coloured papers

Question 72 :

• JAMB 2016

Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston


From the passage, we learn that some insects notably

A. Can distinguish between black and red
B. Cannot see red but other colours
C. Cannot distinguish between red and black
D. Can see red but not black

Question 73 :

• JAMB 2016

Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston


The word intensity, as used in the passage, means

A. Scheme
B. Flare
C. Instinct
D. Force

Question 74 :

• JAMB 2016

Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ....11....who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ....12.... The referee sometimes allows the .....13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much .....16... his opponent that he wins ....17.... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain.....18... in the ....19.... of punches that have been thrown at them during their....20....


Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [....11.....] above

A. Agitators
B. Witnesses
C. Congregations
D. Spectators

Question 75 :

• JAMB 2016

Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ....11....who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ....12.... The referee sometimes allows the .....13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much .....16... his opponent that he wins ....17.... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain.....18... in the ....19.... of punches that have been thrown at them during their....20....


Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [....12.....] above

A. Stage
B. Circle
C. Track
D. Ring