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JAMB UTME English 2006 past questions and answers

This 2006 JAMB UTME English set has 60 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2006 set with instant marking.

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1. Choose the option nearest in meaning to 'meticulous' in the sentence: The editor was meticulous in checking every citation.
  1. careful
  2. hasty
  3. uncertain
  4. careless

Answer: A. careful

Meticulous means extremely careful and attentive to detail.

2. Choose the option opposite in meaning to 'transient'.
  1. brief
  2. temporary
  3. passing
  4. permanent

Answer: D. permanent

Transient means short-lived, whereas permanent means lasting.

3. If the office was 'at sixes and sevens' after the move, it was in a state of ___.
  1. confusion
  2. celebration
  3. silence
  4. agreement

Answer: A. confusion

The idiom 'at sixes and sevens' means confused or disordered.

4. In 'The committee will look into the complaint', 'look into' means ___.
  1. ignore
  2. publish
  3. investigate
  4. withdraw

Answer: C. investigate

To look into a matter is to investigate it.

5. The witness gave a ___ account of how the accident occurred.
  1. coherent
  2. coherence
  3. coherently
  4. cohere

Answer: A. coherent

The adjective 'coherent' correctly modifies the noun 'account'.

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