English Past Questions And Answers
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • British musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney shared writing credit for numerous Beatles songs. • Many Lennon-McCartney songs were actually written by either Lennon or McCartney, not by both. • The exact authorship of specific parts of many Beatles songs, such as the verse for “In My Life,” is disputed. • Mark Glickman, Jason Brown, and Ryan Song used statistical methods to analyze the musical content of Beatles songs. • They concluded that there is 18.9% probability that McCartney wrote the verse for “In My Life,” stating that the verse is “consistent with Lennon’s songwriting style.” The student wants to make a generalization about the kind of study conducted by Glickman, Brown, and Song. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A) Based on statistical analysis, Glickman, Brown, and Song claim that John Lennon wrote the verse of
- B) There is only an 18.9% probability that Paul McCartney wrote the verse for
- C) It is likely that John Lennon, not Paul McCartney, wrote the verse for
- D) Researchers have used statistical methods to address questions of authorship within the field of music.
From the words or group of words lettered A to E below the sentence, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined words as used in the sentence. The points he made aregermane to the argument.
- A. irregular
- B. convicing
- C. helpful
- D. relevant
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s). I am optimistic about the interview though it was amind-bending exercise?
- A. an enervating
- B. a debilitating
- C. a difficult
- D. an easy
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined: We have found that cassava is asine qua non item in our industry
- A. useful
- B. indispensable
- C. useless
- D. dispensable
For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics His book was one of those thatgalvanized democracy
- A. stimulated
- B. encouraged
- C. dissuaded
- D. promoted
Choose the optionnearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The man preachesegalitarianism without matching it up with action?
- A. salvation
- B. dedication
- C. kindness
- D. equality
A man was travelling from Lagos to Ibadan in a bus and on the opposite side of the road a woman was travelling to Lagos from Ibadan in another bus. Suddenly a car passed the bus the man was travelling in. If the man in the bus was to speak to the woman in the other bus and also to the occupant of the car, which one was more likely to hear distinctly what he is saying?
- (a) The woman
- (b) The car occupant
- (c)Both of them
- (d)None of them
Such news is always ……………… to be true
- (a) so good
- (b) very good
- (c) too good
- (d) good
choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined
The annual festival attracts<dignitaries from both home and abroad.
- A. spectators
- B. celebrities
- C. chieftains
- D. nonentities
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:A basic objective in this respect is the attainment of self sufficiency in food in about a decade.
- A. Food will soon be sufficient for everybody
- B. Mass production of food
- C. We should aim at producing food for sale and consumption in ten years
- D. Our aims is to provide enough food for our needs in ten years

