Nigeria Immigration Exam/Aptitude Test English Language Past Questions & Answers
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NIGERIA IMMIGRATION APTITUDE TEST / EXAM PAST QUESTION PAPERS AND ANSWERS – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (50 Questions)
Choose the word nearest to the word in bold
Qtn 1: After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold
(a) Became quite rich
(b) Won a big contract
(c) he became a gold miner
(d) became a goldsmith
Qtn 2: One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut corners
(a) Not to face all problems
(b) to want to become rich quickly
(c) to want to avoid unnecessary hardships
(d) forfeit the opportunity of further education.
Qtn3: The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
(a) Stature
(b) figure
(c) elegance
(d) carriage
Qtn 4: It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in the university
(a) A smart performer
(b) an outright genius
(c) an outstanding scholar
(d) an unmitigated swat
Qtn 5: What you will find in the book is a bird's eye view of the subject
(a) A detailed account
(b) a balanced account
(c) a biased treatment
(d) a general survey
Qtn 6: Hers was a chequered career
(a) An interesting and successful career
(b) a career full of sorrow and tears
(c) a bright and memorable career
(d) a career full of ups and downs
Qtn 7: If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political mine field
(a) A source of political benefits
(a) a way out of political trouble
(c) a cause for political joy
(d) an invitation to political problems.
Qtn 8: In my view, the play didn't come off
(a) Succeed
(b) fail
(c) attract applause
(d) take place
Qtn 9: When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to stand
(a) when we get to a crisis point
(b) in the final analysis
(c) when the blocks are lowered
(d) when we get to the end of the road
Qtn 10: She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion
(a) something she likes very much
(b) something she dislikes very much
(c) a hobby she loves to pursue (d) one thing she can't miss
Qtn 11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily
(a) without commitment
(b) with speed
(c) mother's pet
(d) father's pet
Qtn 12: Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes
(a) harmony
(b) in disunity
(c) for selfish purposes
(d) stretch
Qtn 13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated
(a) disowned
(b) arrested
(c) warned
(d) killed
Qtn 14: Adayi is a die-hard criminal
(a) hard to kill
(b) hard to arrest
(c) remorseless
(d) resentless
Fill each gap with most appropriate option from the list following the gap
Qtn 15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are ______ to turn to God.
(a) Concerned
(b) inclined
(c) disposed
(d) propensed
Qtn 16: We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of __________
(a) Diverent demand and supply
(b) uneven wear and tear
(c) different purchasing power
(d) unpredictable national income
Qtn 17: The centre – forward was _____________ consequently the goal was not allowed
(a) In an offside position
(b) very well positioned
(c) brilliant player
(d) the captain of the team
Qtn 18: AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely
(a) Too much a deadly
(b) Very deadly a
(c) so deadly
(d) such deadly a
Qtn19: We had a dull evening because __________
(a) Hardly the talk had begun when the lights went off
(b) hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
(c) the talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out
(d) the lights had hardly gone out when the talk began
Qtn 20: Soyinka's masterful ___________ of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an outright success
(a) Evocation
(b) invocation
(c) convocation
(d) revocation
Qtn 21: Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavourable
(a) Won't they
(b) wouldn't they
(c) isn't it
(d) cant they
Qtn 22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ________ his words
(a) Chew
(b) spit
(c) eat
(d) bite
Qtn 23: Kindly _____ me your book because my friend has ____ mine
(a) Borrow / borrowed
(b) borrow /rent
(c) lend / lent
(d) lend/borrowed
Qtn 24: Three quarters of the church ________ painted by members the previous day
(a) Were
(b) was
(c) is
(d) are
Qtn 25: The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but _______admitted stealing it
(a) Neither of them has
(b) neither of them have
(c) none of them has
(d) none of them have.
Qtn 26: Watching carefully, I could see the fish______ along the bottom
(a) Dotting
(b) crawling
(c) diving
(d) darting
Qtn 27: Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to ______
(a) Matured/mature
(b) mature/mature
(c)mature/matured
(d) matured/matured
Qtn 28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ______ their _________
(a) Of/predicament
(b) about/ indulgence
(c) on/rearmament
(d) as for/advancement
Qtn 29: Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has now changed his
______ and _____ his tongue
(a) Temperature/injured
(b)character/tightened
(c) temperament/loosened
(d) innocence/worsened
Qtn 30: The hospital was closed _________ because there were no beds to put patients ________
(a) Again/upon
(b) off/on
(c) down/at
(d) up/in
Qtn 31: The judge with his son _________ travelling to Lagos now
(b) shall
Qtn 32: A university teacher is an _____
(a) Academic
(b) academics
(c) academician
(d) academia
Qtn 33: The adventurers ran into many ________ in the forest
(a) Dear
(b) dears
(c) deers
(d) deer
Qtn 34: The argument between the tow neighbous degenerated into __
(a) A free-for all
(b) a free for all fight
(c) a flee for all
(d) a free fight
Qtn 35: The class _____ more girls than boys this session
(a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d) comprises
Qtn 36: The tourist bought __________
(a) A brown, small, Nigerian earthen pot
(b) a small, brown Nigerian earthen pot
(c) an earthen, brown, small Nigerian pot
(d) a Nigerian small brown earthen
Qtn 37: I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall
(a) Hanged
(b) hunged
(c) hang
(d) hung
Qtn 38: Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan later this year
(a) Holding
(b) held
(c) being held
(d) to hold
Qtn 39: I shall work hard so that I can ________ a distinction in English
(a) Secure
(b) make
(c) receive
(d) grab
Qtn 40: The baby was rather _______ than I could bear
(a) Much more troublesome
(b) much too troublesome
(c) so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome
Qtn 41: Students were forbidden ______ secret society
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
(c) to join
(d) on joining
Qtn 42: Of course, we all saw the culprit _______ and hit the man on the head
(a) Approached
(b) Approaching
(c) Approach
(d) Approaches
Qtn 43: A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as
(a) Preconceived
(b) premature
(c) ingenuous
(d) precocious
Qtn 44: The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of the proposed office complex
(a) Prototype
(b) photograph
(c) microfilm
(d) photocopy
Qtn 45: _______ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat
(b) by chance
(c) should
(d) should in case
Qtn 46: This imposing edifice _______ a fortune to build
(a) Had costed
(b) have cost
(c) costed
(d) cost
Qtn 47: They let him go in ________ to his age
(a) Respect
(b) regard
(c) disregard
(d) consideration
Qtn 48: Some scientists are trying to _____ human beings in their laboratories
(a) Imitate
(b) replicate
(c) implicate
(d) fabricate
Qtn 49: He does not seem to know how to solve the problem _______
(a) Does not he
(b) does he not
(c) does he
(d) doesn't he?
Qtn 50: These villagers _______ to grow rice
(a) Used
(b) are used
(c) were used
(d) use
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