Antonyms - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1981

Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :
Our school prefect is too officious and we all hate him because of his behavior.

A. Efficient
B. Efficacious
C. Over-zealous
D. Active
E. Showy

Question 42:

• JAMB 1981

Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:
The doctor was very gentle with his patients in the examining room.

A. Harsh
B. Rude
C. Rough
D. Unkind
E. Callous

Question 43:

• JAMB 1981

Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:
James is a disco-addict. He takes his studies rather lightly.

A. Humorously
B. Gloomily
C. Tediously
D. Carefully
E. Seriously

Question 44:

• JAMB 1981

Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:
My cousin is very lazy. He will not take his studies serious. His future looks quiet bleak

A. Cloudy
B. Cheerless
C. Bright
D. Huge
E. Sturdy

Question 45:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.

A. Many people owed much money at the end of the war
B. A handful of people saved the lives of a nation
C. A few people did a lot of things gratis
D. This conflict caused the largest ransome ever demanded
E. Very little was owed by anyone to anybody