JAMB French 2025 past questions

Checked by the Skolra question team · Last updated 23 October 2026

Ten questions from the 2025 JAMB French paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 77 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

JAMB French 2025 questions and answers

1. 1.est le président actuel du Cameroun ?
   1. A
      Alassane Ouattara
   2. B
      Paul Biya
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   3. C
      Macky Sall
   4. D
      Faure Gnassingbé
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   Answer: B

   Paul Biya has been the president of Cameroun (Cameroon) since 1982, unlike the other leaders listed who head different countries.
2. 2.Combien de saisons y a-t-il en Afrique ?
   1. A
      deux
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   2. B
      une
   3. C
      quatre
   4. D
      trois
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   Answer: A

   Most of tropical Africa has deux seasons — the dry season and the rainy season — unlike temperate regions with four.
3. 3.Madame Nana est nee_25 aout 1940.
   1. A
      à
   2. B
      de
   3. C
      le
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   4. D
      en
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   Answer: C

   Dates in French are introduced with the definite article le, as in "née le 25 août 1940" ("born on 25 August 1940").
4. 4.Le mot "fatigue" se prononce comme ...
   1. A
      fa-tee-gwe
   2. B
      fa-tig
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   3. C
      fa-ti-gue-e
   4. D
      fat-i-geu
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   Answer: B

   In French, the final "-ue" of fatigue is silent, so it is pronounced fa-tig (/fatiɡ/), not with an extra final syllable.
5. 5.La dame est venue avec__enfants.
   1. A
      sa
   2. B
      ses
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   3. C
      leur
   4. D
      son
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   Answer: B

   Enfants is plural, so the possessive adjective must agree in number, giving ses enfants ("her children").
6. 6.Ma maison se trouve_ du port.
   1. A
      à
   2. B
      près
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   3. C
      dans
   4. D
      sur
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   Answer: B

   "Ma maison se trouve ___ du port" is completed with "près", giving "se trouve près du port" (is located near the port).
7. 7.En poesie, nous parlons de _.
   1. A
      chiffres et calculs
   2. B
      continents et océans
   3. C
      rimes et vers
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   4. D
      atomes et molécules
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   Answer: C

   In poésie (poetry), the key elements discussed are rimes (rhymes) and vers (verses).
8. 8.Je regrette _ mon action.
   1. A
      avec
   2. B
      pour
   3. C
      à
   4. D
      de
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   Answer: D

   Expressions of regret commonly pair with "de" (e.g. "se repentir de", "regretter de"), the preposition expected to complete this sentence.
9. 9.La nuit est généralement :
   1. A
      colorée
   2. B
      sombre
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   3. C
      chaude comme le jour
   4. D
      claire
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   Answer: B

   Night ("la nuit") is generally "sombre" (dark), as opposed to day which is bright.
10. 10.Le mot "froid" est associé à :
    1. A
       le soleil
    2. B
       l'été
    3. C
       le désert
    4. D
       l'hiver
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    Answer: D

    Froid (cold) is most associated with l'hiver (winter), the coldest season.

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