Sentence Interpretation - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• JAMB 1997

Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.
The sales were lively, the upset price in each case was fair?

A. Price that was the highest in the sales
B. Price that upset every other buyer
C. Highest amount for a bidder to offer
D. Lowest selling price of each item

Question 102:

• JAMB 1997

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
For a long time, the robber defied police warnings as if he was invulnerable?

A. Perfectly justifiable
B. Difficult to catch
C. Impossible to harm
D. Indifferent to danger

Question 103:

• JAMB 1998

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
If I left the country, I would arrange for my family to join me?

A. He left the country and his family joined him
B. In the event of his leaving the country, his family would join him
C. He did not leave the country and his family did not join him
D. He may not leave the country

Question 104:

• JAMB 1998

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
A state of mutual hatred existed for years between the two villages of Umunna and Ogboma?

A. Umunna hated Ogboma
B. Ogboma hated Umunna
C. Ogboma and Umunna hated themselves
D. Umunna and Ogboma hated each other

Question 105:

• JAMB 1998

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The painting in the museum was beautifully faked?

A. The painting was a good deceptive replica
B. The painting was well-framed and displayed
C. The painting was deceptively decorated in the museum
D. The painting was carefully hung in the museum