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JAMB UTME Literature 2016 past questions and answers

This 2016 JAMB UTME Literature set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2016 set with instant marking.

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Sample JAMB UTME Literature 2016 questions

1. A town council hangs a banner reading 'Justice for All' on the day it imprisons the only witness who can expose the mayor's fraud. The contrast chiefly creates
  1. dramatic irony
  2. verbal irony
  3. situational irony
  4. comic relief

Answer: C. situational irony

The event contradicts the promise on the banner, making the situation ironic.

2. 'You kept your word,' she said, staring at the empty chair where he had promised to wait. Which tone is most strongly conveyed?
  1. eager anticipation
  2. carefree amusement
  3. solemn reverence
  4. bitter disappointment

Answer: D. bitter disappointment

The empty chair and pointed remark suggest hurt and disappointment at a broken promise.

3. In the line 'The bitter wind slapped my cheeks', the word 'bitter' appeals most directly to the sense of
  1. sight
  2. taste
  3. hearing
  4. touch

Answer: D. touch

The wind's harsh physical effect on the cheeks is experienced through touch.

4. A narrator says, 'I hid the letter beneath the mat, certain that nobody had seen me.' The narrative point of view is
  1. third-person omniscient
  2. first-person
  3. second-person
  4. objective dramatic

Answer: B. first-person

The narrator uses 'I' and recounts personal experience, indicating first-person narration.

5. In a play script, the instruction '[She turns away and grips the table]' is primarily a
  1. chorus
  2. soliloquy
  3. aside
  4. stage direction

Answer: D. stage direction

The bracketed instruction guides the actor's movement and is a stage direction.

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