JAMB Igbo 2025 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2025 JAMB Igbo paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 51 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

JAMB Igbo 2025 questions and answers

1. 1.

   Gịnị ka okwu "ncheta" pụtara?

   1. A
      Ncheta bụ atụmatụ e depụtara maka ọdịnihu
   2. B
      Ncheta bụ ihe mere n'oge gara aga nke a na-echeta echeta
      Correct
   3. C
      Ncheta bụ nkọwa banyere ihe mere ozugbo n'ọdụ
   4. D
      Ncheta bụ nchọpụta gbasara ihe ọhụrụ achọpụtara
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   Answer: B

   Ncheta sitere na mgbọrọgwụ okwu "che" (iche echiche/icheta), nke pụtara ịnọgide na-echeta ihe mere n'oge gara aga. N'ihi ya, "ncheta" bụ ihe mere n'oge gara aga nke a na-echeta echeta — ọ nwere ike ịbụ ihe nkiri, mmemme, ma ọ bụ akara ngosi maka onye ma ọ bụ ihe merela n'oge gara aga.

2. 2.

   Omenuko bu ụdị akwụkwọ kedu?

   1. A
      Akwụkwọ egwu
   2. B
      Akwụkwọ akụkọ
      Correct
   3. C
      Akwụkwọ ejije
   4. D
      Akwụkwọ akụkọ ifo
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   Answer: B

   Omenuko bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ (novel) mbụ e dere n'asụsụ Igbo. Pita Nwana dere ya, e bipụtakwa ya na 1933.

   Ọ bụ akụkọ dere n'ụdị prose, nwere ọdịnaya (plot), agwa ndị dị iche iche (characters), na usoro akụkọ zuru oke, nke mere ya ji bụrụ akwụkwọ akụkọ kama ịbụ akwụkwọ egwu (poetry), akwụkwọ ejije (drama), ma ọ bụ nanị mkpokọta akụkọ ifo.

   N'ihi ya, azịza kwesịrị ekwesị bụ na Omenuko bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ.

3. 3.

   Kedu ihe okwu ije pụtara?

   1. A
      Ọrụ a na-arụ n'ụlọ ọrụ
   2. B
      Njem mmadụ si otu ebe gaa ebe ọzọ
      Correct
   3. C
      Nkwenye mmadụ nwere n'obi ya
   4. D
      Oriri na ọṅụṅụ a na-eme n'emume
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   Answer: B

   Ije bụ okwu Igbo nke pụtara njem — ọ bụ mgba ahụ mmadụ na-eje, ma ọ bụ njem mmadụ si otu ebe gaa ebe ọzọ, dịka njem azụ mba, ije ahịa, ma ọ bụ ije ọ bụla mmadụ na-eji ụkwụ gaa ebe.

   N'ihi ya, azịza ziri ezi bụ nke kọwara ya dịka njem mmadụ si otu ebe gaa ebe ọzọ.

4. 4.

   Kedu n'ime ndị a bụ abụ ọdịnala Igbo?

   1. A
      Abụ mba
   2. B
      Abụ ederede
   3. C
      Abụ ọnwa
      Correct
   4. D
      Abụ ụka
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   Answer: C

   Abụ ọnwa bụ ezigbo abụ ọdịnala Igbo. Ọ bụ abụ ụmụaka na ụmụ okorobịa na-agụ n'oge egwu ọnwa, nke a na-ezisiri site n'ọgbọ ruo n'ọgbọ site n'ọnụ, na-enweghị otu onye e maara dị ka onye dere ya. Ọ bụ nke a mere ya ji bụrụ "ọdịnala" — ọ bụghị ihe e dere ede ma ọ bụ ihe e webatara na omenala Igbo.

   Abụ ụka bụ abụ okpukpe Kraịst e webatara mgbe okpukpe Kraịst batara n'ala Igbo, ya mere ọ bụghị abụ ọdịnala.

5. 5.

   "Ụgbọala ahụ dị ukwuu." Kedu okwu a na-eji kọwaa aha?

   1. A
      Ukwuu
      Correct
   2. B
      Ahụ
   3. C
      Ụgbọala
   4. D
      Dị
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   Answer: A

   Ukwuu bụ okwu e ji kọwaa aha n'ahịrịokwu a.

   N'ahịrịokwu "Ụgbọala ahụ dị ukwuu," aha (noun) bụ ụgbọala. Ajụjụ ahụ na-achọ okwu nke na-akọwa àgwà ma ọ bụ ogo nke aha ahụ — ya bụ nkọwaaha (adjective).

   Ukwuu na-agosi ogo nke ụgbọala ahụ dị, ya mere ọ bụ ya bụ nkọwaaha kọwara aha ahụ.

6. 6.

   "Į chọghị iga?" Kedu ụdị ajujụ a?

   1. A
      Ọ bụ ajụjụ nkịtị e ji okwu ajụjụ dịka "kedu" ma ọ bụ "gịnị" jụọ
   2. B
      Ọ bụ ajụjụ ntule (ajụjụ nyocha) a na-eji chọpụta ihe ọhụrụ
   3. C
      Ọ bụ ajụjụ mgbagha (ajụjụ e ji ngụ mmefu "-ghị" jụọ)
      Correct
   4. D
      Ọ bụ ajụjụ nkwenye e ji arịọ maka nkwado onye ọzọ
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   Answer: C

   Ajụjụ ahụ bụ "Ị chọghị ịga?" nke pụtara "Ọ bụ na ị chọghị ịga?"
   Lelee ngụ ahụ "-ghị" dị na okwu ngwaa "chọghị" — nke a bụ ngụ mmefu (negative marker) n'asụsụ Igbo. Mgbe a na-etinye ngụ mmefu n'ime ajụjụ, ọ na-agbanwe ya ka ọ bụrụ ajụjụ mgbagha, ya bụ ajụjụ nke pụtara n'ụzọ mmefu kama ịbụ n'ụzọ mmata kwụ ọtọ.

7. 7.

   "Ọ gara ahịa, zutara akwa." Kedu ụdịokwu a?

   1. A
      Ahịrịokwu ajụjụ
   2. B
      Ahịrịokwu njikọ
      Correct
   3. C
      Ahịrịokwu dabere
   4. D
      Ahịrịokwu mgbaàmà
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   Answer: B

   Ahịrịokwu njikọ bụ azịza ziri ezi.

   Amaokwu a bụ, "Ọ gara ahịa, zutara akwa." Nyocha ya: enwere otu onye na-eme ihe (Ọ), mana e nwere omume abụọ dị iche iche a kọwapụtara: "gara ahịa" na "zutara akwa". A na-ejikọta omume abụọ ndị a ọnụ n'ime otu ahịrịokwu, ọ bụ ezie na ejighị okwu njikọ dị ka "wee" ma ọ bụ "ma" jikọọ ha ìhè ìhè — a na-akpọ ya njikọ na-enweghị mkpado (asyndetic coordination). Nke a mere ọ ji bụrụ ahịrịokwu njikọ (compound sentence), n'ihi na e nwere ọtụtụ ahịrịokwu nta (clauses) ndị nwere onwe ha jikọtara ọnụ.

8. 8.

   Kedu n'ime ndị a bụ ụdị mgbasa akụkọ nʼasụsụ Igbo?

   1. A
      Nkọwa okwu
   2. B
      Egwu ọma
   3. C
      Redio
      Correct
   4. D
      Akwụkwọ ọgụgụ
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   Answer: C

   Redio bụ ụdị mgbasa akụkọ n'ezie, n'ihi na ọ bụ ngwaọrụ e ji ekesa akụkọ na ozi ọhụụ nye ọtụtụ mmadụ n'otu oge, tinyere telivishọn na akwụkwọ akụkọ.

   Akwụkwọ ọgụgụ abụghị ngwa mgbasa akụkọ; ọ bụ akwụkwọ e ji amụ ihe, ọ dịghị ekesa akụkọ ọhụụ.

   Egwu ọma bụ ihe ntụrụndụ ma ọ bụ ihe ntụrụndụ mmasị, ọ bụghị usoro e ji agbasa akụkọ.

   Nkọwa okwu bụ ihe ọ pụtara maka otu okwu (dictionary meaning), ọ bụghị ụzọ e si agbasa ozi.

9. 9.

   Gini bu nkowa ziri ezi nke "ujo"?

   1. A
      Iwe bụ mmetụta ọkụ obi nke na-abịa mgbe mmadụ mere onye ọzọ ihe ọjọọ
   2. B
      Ụjọ bụ mmetụta na-eme ka obi mmadụ maa jijiji ma ọ bụrụ na ọ chere na ihe egwu ma ọ bụ ihe ize ndụ dị nso
      Correct
   3. C
      Ihere bụ mmetụta ihu ọkụ nke na-eme mmadụ mgbe o mere ihe na-emenye ya obi ọjọọ n'anya ndị ọzọ
   4. D
      Anụrị bụ mmetụta ọñụ nke na-abịakwute mmadụ mgbe ihe ọma mere
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   Answer: B

   Ụjọ pụtara mmetụta ndakpọ obi ma ọ bụ jijiji nke na-eme mmadụ mgbe o chere na ihe ize ndụ ma ọ bụ ihe egwu dị ya nso — ọ bụ okwu Igbo na-akọwa "fear" na Bekee.

10. 10.

    Kedu ihe a na-akpọ mpụta asụsụ Igbo mbụ e bipụtara?

    1. A
       Central Igbo
    2. B
       Union Igbo
    3. C
       Isuama Igbo
       Correct
    4. D
       Igbo Izugbe
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    Answer: C

    Isuama Igbo bụ mpụta asụsụ Igbo mbụ e bipụtara. Rev. Ajayi Crowther dere ma bipụta "Isoama-Ibo Primer" n'afọ 1857 (ụfọdụ akụkọ na-ekwu 1859), were olumba Isuama, olumba ndị ohu Igbo a tọhapụrụ na Sierra Leone na-asụ, dee ya. Akwụkwọ a bụ nke mbụ e bipụtara n'asụsụ Igbo, gụnyere akụkụ Ozi Ọma Matiu, mkpụrụedemede Igbo, na Ekpere Onyenwe Anyị.

    Union Igbo

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