Argumentative/persuasive Comprehension passage - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 1985

My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the #50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

Constituent in the passage means

A. A section of his constituency
B. His entire constituency
C. His campaigner
D. A person having voting rights where he is living
E. A supporter

Question 22:

• JAMB 1985

My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the #50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

Accosted in the passage means

A. Grossly insulted
B. Greeted
C. Fought with
D. Forced
E. Went and spoke to

Question 23:

• JAMB 1985

My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the #50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

It appears that the #50,000

A. Has been spent
B. Has been paid into the government treasury
C. Will soon be paid to the government treasury
D. Has been saved by Abu O. Abu
E. Will be used for furture compaigns

Question 24:

• JAMB 1985

My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the #50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

Abu O. Abu is portrayed as

A. A corrupt politician
B. The administrator of the fund
C. An ordinary taxpayer
D. A government official
E. A citizen

Question 25:

• JAMB 1986

  It may be argued that museums as an institution and an agency for transmitting cultural heritage are an artificial creature, so far as objects are removed from their natural or proper environments and put into museums which are a different environment altogether. However, it seems that museums themselves have come to be accepted and recognized as the best equipped institutions devised by man for the assemblage of cultural objects and their presentation and preservation for the present and future generations.
  The artificial character of museums is however being gradually transformed into a cultural reality. Thus, just as one goes to the theatre for plays and other performing arts; the mosque, the church or the shrine for worship; the library for the printed word; today, it is to the museums one goes to see evidence of man’s material outfit. For, no other institution or place so readily comes to mind as museums do when evidence of material culture is sought. Herein lies the importance of museums as cultural institutions and an agency for transmitting culture.


Museums are an artificial creation because

A. They are an agency for transmitting cultural heritage
B. Natural or proper environments are removed and put into museums
C. Objects are removed from museums to natural or proper environments
D. Objects are removed from their natural or proper environments and put into museums