🔍 HOW MANY QUESTIONS WILL YOU ANSWER?
In total, you’ll answer 180 questions in 2 hours.
Here’s the breakdown:
📘 Use of English – 60 questions
📘 Each of the other 3 subjects – 40 questions each
That’s: 60 + 40 + 40 + 40 = 180 questions.
🏆 WHAT’S THE HIGHEST SCORE YOU CAN GET?
The maximum score is 400.
✅ No negative marking in JAMB!
So even if you miss some questions, you won’t lose marks — you just won’t gain for the wrong answers.
✍️ HOW ARE MARKS SHARED?
Here’s where it gets interesting — not all questions carry the same marks.
📘 Use of English (60 questions):
Different sections = different marks:
📍Comprehension Passage – 3 marks each
📍Cloze Passage – 2 marks each
📍Recommended Novel – 1 mark each
📍Sentence Interpretation & Antonyms – 2 marks
📍Synonyms & Sentence Completion – 1 mark
📗 Other 3 Subjects (40 questions each):
Each question = 2.5 marks
So, each subject = 100 marks
📊 In total: ✅ English = 100
✅ Subject 2 = 100
✅ Subject 3 = 100
✅ Subject 4 = 100
Grand Total = 400 marks
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