Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Recruitment English Language Past Questions And Answers

 

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BELOW ARE THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE (NIS) RECRUITMENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Choose the word nearest to the word in bold

Question1: 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

Answer: A

Question2: 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.

Answer: B

Question3: The lady who won the beauty contest had a good gait
(a) Stature
(b) figure
(c) elegance
(d) carriage

Answer: B

Question4: 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

Answer: D

Question5: 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

Answer: D

Question6: 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

Answer: D

Question7: 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.

Answer: D

Question8: In my view, the play didn’t come off
(a) Succeed
(b) fail
(c) attract applause
(d) take place

Answer: D

Question9: 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

Answer: D

Question10: 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

Answer: A

Question11: The gateman does his work perfunctorily
(a) without commitment
(b) with speed
(c) mother’s pet
(d) father’s pet

Answer: B

Question12: Members of the panel were working at cross-purposes
(a) harmony
(b) in disunity
(c) for selfish purposes
(d) stretch

Answer: A

Question13: The young man who distributed political pamphlets on campus was promptly repudiated
(a) disowned
(b) arrested
(c) warned
(d) killed

Answer: B

Question14: Adayi is a die-hard criminal
(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

Question15: In moments of serious economic hardship, many people are ______ to turn to God.
(a) Concerned
(b) inclined
(c) disposed
(d) propensed

Answer: C

Question16: 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

Answer: C

Question17: 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

Answer: A

Question18: AIDS is ____ disease that kills slowly but surely
(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 __________
(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

Question20: 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

Answer: A

Question21: 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

Answer: A

Question22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man; he will never ________ his words
(a) Chew
(b) spit
(c) eat
(d) bite

Answer: C

Question23: Kindly _____ me your book because my friend has ____ mine
(a) Borrow / borrowed
(b) borrow /rent
(c) lend / lent
(d) lend/borrowed

Answer: D

Question24: Three quarters of the church ________ painted by members the previous day
(a) Were
(b) was
(c) is
(d) are

Answer: B

Question25: 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.

Answer: B

Question26: Watching carefully, I could see the fish______ along the bottom
(a) Dotting
(b) crawling
(c) diving
(d) darting

Answer: C

Question27: Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to ______
(a) Matured/mature
(b) mature/mature
(c)mature/matured
(d) matured/matured

Answer: B

Question28: The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ______ their _________
(a) Of/predicament
(b) about/ indulgence
(c) on/rearmament
(d) as for/advancement

Answer: C

Question29: 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

Answer: C
Question30: The hospital was closed _________ because there were no beds to put patients ________
(a) Again/upon
(b) off/on
(c) down/at
(d) up/in

Answer: D

Question31: The judge with his son _________ travelling to Lagos now
(a) Were
(b) shall
(c) is
(d) are

Answer: C

Question32: A university teacher is an _____
(a) Academic
(b) academics
(c) academician
(d) academia

Answer: A

Question33: The adventurers ran into many ________ in the forest
(a) Dear
(b) dears
(c) deers
(d) deer

Answer: D

Question34: 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

Answer: A

Question35: The class _____ more girls than boys this session
(a) Comprise of (b) comprises of (c) comprise (d) comprises

Answer: D

Question36: 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

Answer: B

Question37: I have already ____ the picture on the sitting-room wall.
(a) Hanged
(b) hunged
(c) hang
(d) hung

Answer: D

Question38: Most of us will attend the conference ____ at Ibadan later this year
(a) Holding
(b) held
(c) being held
(d) to hold

Answer: A

Question39: I shall work hard so that I can ________ a distinction in English
(a) Secure
(b) make
(c) receive
(d) grab

Answer: B

Question40: The baby was rather _______ than I could bear
(a) Much more troublesome
(b) much too troublesome
(c) so much troublesome
(d) very much troublesome

Answer: A

Question41: Students were forbidden ______ secret society
(a) From joining
(b) in joining
(c) to join
(d) on joining

Answer: A

Question42: Of course, we all saw the culprit _______ and hit the man on the head
(a) Approached
(b) Approaching
(c) Approach
(d) Approaches

Answer: C

Question43: A child that shows mature characteristics at any early age may be described as
(a) Preconceived
(b) premature
(c) ingenuous
(d) precocious

Answer: D

Question44: The company Director showed the contractor a _____ of the proposed office complex
(a) Prototype
(b) photograph
(c) microfilm
(d) photocopy

Answer: A

Question45: _______ you come early to the new house, clean up my flat
(a) While
(b) by chance
(c) should
(d) should in case

Answer: C

Question46: This imposing edifice _______ a fortune to build

Options:
(a) Had costed
(b) have cost
(c) costed
(d) cost

Answer: D

Question47: They let him go in ________ to his age

Options:
(a) Respect
(b) regard
(c) disregard
(d) consideration

Answer: D

Question48: Some scientists are trying to _____ human beings in their laboratories

Options:
(a) Imitate
(b) replicate
(c) implicate
(d) fabricate

Answer: B

Question49: 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?

Answer: C

Question50: These villagers _______ to grow rice

Options:
(a) Used
(b) are used
(c) were used
(d) use

Answer: A

 

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