JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 126

626.

God's pardon of the people of Nineveh teaches a lesson on the benefits of

A.

Tolerance

B.

Repentance

C.

Justice

D.

Forgiveness

Correct answer is B

Jonah 3:5-9 The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least

 

627.

When Daniel and his friends refused to defile themselves with the king's food; they were given__________

A.

Skill in all letters and wisdom

B.

The skill to interpret dreams

C.

An angel to protect them

D.

Vegetables and water only

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

628.

"You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God..."

The statement above by Zerubbabel and others resulted in

A.

Inciting the Judeans against their leaders

B.

The people disobeying King Cyrus' orders

C.

The delay in building the temple

D.

The people rising against their leaders

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

629.

Nehemiah, while in exile functions as the king's

A.

Adviser

B.

Cupbearer

C.

Servant

D.

Guard

Correct answer is B

Nehemiah was the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes I at a time when Judah in Palestine had been partly repopulated by Jews released from their exile in Babylonia. 

630.

The enormity of the sins of Judah before Josiah's reforms was exemplified by their failure to keep the Passover since

A.

The days of the judges of Israel

B.

They were brought out of Egypt

C.

The days of Manasseh

D.

The days of all the kings

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.