The questions are usually GMAT types. They consist of opposite in meaning, nearest in meaning and filling the gap. In all, there are usually 50 questions. NIGERIA IMMIGRATION APTITUDE TEST / EXAM PAST QUESTION PAPERS AND ANSWERS - ENGLISH LANGUAGE EGLISH LANGUAGE (50 Questions) Note: We have tried as much as we could to answer these questions, most of our answers may not be correct. You should try to consult more on the answers. Thanks Choose the word nearest to the word in bold Qtn 1: After many years of struggle as a trader, he struck gold Options: (a) Became quite rich (b) Won a big contract (c) he became a gold miner (d) became a goldsmith Answer: A Qtn 2: One significant character of the jet age is that it encourages people to cut corners Options: (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. Answer: B Qtn 3: The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait Options: (a) Stature (b) figure (c) elegance (d) carriage Answer: B Qtn 4: It would need a high flyer to make a first class degree in the university Options: (a) A smart performer (b) an outright genius (c) an outstanding scholar (d) an unmitigated swat Answer: D Qtn 5: What you will find in the book is a bird’s eye view of the subject Options: (a) A detailed account (b) a balanced account (c) a biased treatment (d) a general survey Answer: D Qtn 6: Hers was a chequered career Options: (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 Answer: D Qtn 7: If experience is anything to go by, this action will prove a political mine field Options: (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. Answer: D Qtn 8: In my view, the play didn’t come off Options: (a) Succeed (b) fail (c) attract applause (d) take place Answer: D Qtn 9: When the chips are down, we will know those who have the courage to stand Options: (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 Answer: D Qtn 10: She said boxing is, in fact her pet aversion Options: (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 Answer: A Qtn 11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily Options: (a) without commitment (b) with speed (c) mother’s pet (d) father’s pet Answer: B Qtn 12: Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes Options: (a) harmony (b) in disunity (c) for selfish purposes (d) stretch Answer: A Qtn 13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated Options: (a) disowned (b) arrested (c) warned (d) killed Answer: B Qtn 14: Adayi is a die-hard criminal Options: (a) hard to kill (b) hard to arrest (c) remorseless (d) resentless Answer: A 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. Options: (a) Concerned (b) inclined (c) disposed (d) propensed Answer: C Qtn 16: We cannot all wear expensive shoe in situation of __________ Options: (a) Diverent demand and supply (b) uneven wear and tear (c) different purchasing power (d) unpredictable national income Answer: C Qtn 17: The centre – forward was _____________ consequently the goal was not allowed Options: (a) In an offside position (b) very well positioned (c) brilliant player (d) the captain of the team Answer: A Qtn 18: AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely Options: (a) Too much a deadly (b) Very deadly a (c) so deadly (d) such deadly a Answer: D Qtn19: We had a dull evening because __________ Options: (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 Answer: A Qtn 20: Soyinka’s masterful ___________ of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an outright success Options: (a) Evocation (b) invocation (c) convocation (d) revocation Answer: A Qtn 21: Students will always blame their teachers when examination results are unfavourable Options: (a) Won’t they (b) wouldn’t they (c) isn’t it (d) cant they Answer: A Qtn 22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ________ his words Options: (a) Chew (b) spit (c) eat (d) bite Answer: C Qtn 23: Kindly _____ me your book because my friend has ____ mine Options: (a) Borrow / borrowed (b) borrow /rent (c) lend / lent (d) lend/borrowed Answer: D Qtn 24: Three quarters of the church ________ painted by members the previous day Options: (a) Were (b) was (c) is (d) are Answer: B Qtn 25: The young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but _______admitted stealing it Options: (a) Neither of them has (b) neither of them have (c) none of them has (d) none of them have. Answer: B Qtn 26: Watching carefully, I could see the fish______ along the bottom Options: (a) Dotting (b) crawling (c) diving (d) darting Answer: C Qtn 27: Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to ______ Options: (a) Matured/mature (b) mature/mature (c)mature/matured (d) matured/matured Answer: B Qtn 28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ______ their _________ Options: (a) Of/predicament (b) about/ indulgence (c) on/rearmament (d) as for/advancement Answer: C Qtn 29: Ali was honest and quite as a school boy but too much drinking has now changed his ______ and _____ his tongue Options: (a) Temperature/injured (b)character/tightened (c) temperament/loosened (d) innocence/worsened Answer: C Qtn 30: The hospital was closed _________ because there were no beds to put patients ________ Options: (a) Again/upon (b) off/on (c) down/at (d) up/in Answer: D Qtn 31: The judge with his son _________ travelling to Lagos now Options: (a) Were (b) shall (c) is (d) are Answer: C Qtn 32: A university teacher is an _____ Options: (a) Academic (b) academics (c) academician (d) academia Answer: A Qtn 33: The adventurers ran into many ________ in the forest Options: (a) Dear (b) dears (c) deers (d) deer Answer: D Qtn 34: The argument between the tow neighbous degenerated into __ Options: (a) A free-for all (b) a free for all fight (c) a flee for all (d) a free fight Answer: A Qtn 35: The class _____ more girls than boys this session (a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d) comprises Answer: D Qtn 36: The tourist bought __________ Options: (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 Answer: B Qtn 37: I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall Options: (a) Hanged (b) hunged (c) hang (d) hung Answer: D Qtn 38: Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan later this year Options: (a) Holding (b) held (c) being held (d) to hold Answer: A Qtn 39: I shall work hard so that I can ________ a distinction in English Options: (a) Secure (b) make (c) receive (d) grab Answer: B Qtn 40: The baby was rather _______ than I could bear Options: (a) Much more troublesome (b) much too troublesome (c) so much troublesome (d) very much troublesome Answer: A Qtn 41: Students were forbidden ______ secret society Options: (a) From joining (b) in joining (c) to join (d) on joining Answer: A Qtn 42: Of course, we all saw the culprit _______ and hit the man on the head Options: (a) Approached (b) Approaching (c) Approach (d) Approaches Answer: C Qtn 43: A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as Options: (a) Preconceived (b) premature (c) ingenuous (d) precocious Answer: D Qtn 44: The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of the proposed office complex Options: (a) Prototype (b) photograph (c) microfilm (d) photocopy Answer: A Qtn 45: _______ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat Options: (a) While (b) by chance (c) should (d) should in case Answer: C Qtn 46: This imposing edifice _______ a fortune to build Options: (a) Had costed (b) have cost (c) costed (d) cost Answer: D Qtn 47: They let him go in ________ to his age Options: (a) Respect (b) regard (c) disregard (d) consideration Answer: D Qtn 48: Some scientists are trying to _____ human beings in their laboratories Options: (a) Imitate (b) replicate (c) implicate (d) fabricate Answer: B Qtn 49: He does not seem to know how to solve the problem _______ Options: (a) Does not he (b) does he not (c) does he (d) doesn’t he? 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