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• Question 1: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The president held forth for several minutes on the need for patriotism? Options:
  A) The president was silent for some minutes when patriotism was being discussd
  B) The president whispered a few things about patriotism
  C) The president spent time saying a few things about patriots
  D) The president gave a rather long speech on the importance of patriotism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  For _____he is a secretary we shall not have correct minutes

  Options:
  A) because
  B) as long as
  C) so long
  D) in as much
  E) although
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  The lady was completely nonplussed when her suitor rejected her gifts?

  Options:
  A) unpuzzled
  B) surprise
  C) unconscious
  D) disappointed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

  In the question below, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  The presidential system is an antidote to some political ailments.

  Options:
  A) an answer
  B) an inquiry
  C) a reply
  D) an obstacle
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  You are to write a report and give it to the security office?

  Options:
  A) After writting your report, give it to the security office
  B) You are writting a report, as the security office directed
  C) The report you are writting should be given to the securityoffice
  D) You have been ordered to write a report, which you will give to the security office
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 15 Options:
  A) commotion
  B) detonation
  C) distortion
  D) reduction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  From time to time I hear someone say, ‘But Yoga comes from India, therefore is something “foreign” and I don’t see how we can make use of it’. Of course this is foolishness. It is like saying, ‘I don’t want to listen to the music of Bach because he was a German’, or it is like someone in India declaring, ‘We don’t want to use electricity, because Thomas Edison was an American’ Yoga is universal, it is a priceless gift from the East and its benefits are available to all of us who would accept them.

  It is very tragic that many of us, not knowing the facts, have for many years confused Yogis (a person who practices ‘Yoga’ is a Yogi) with a certain class of people in India who are known a s Fakirs. Fakirs have gain extra ordinary control of their senses, but use this control to subject their bodies to abnormal conditions. For example, they sit on the famous ‘bed of nails’ stick pins and feats. They are generally persons of low mentality, and they perform these supernatural things for money, food, favours and so forth. These Fakirs should never be confused with Yogis nor do snake charmers or Indian rope trick practitioners have anything to do with Yoga. Yoga is a natural development for body and mind and a true Yogi will never permit anything harmful or unnatural to be done to his body or mind.

  Finally, there is the question of ‘religion’. I am often asked, ‘Is Yoga a religion?’ My answer is, ‘Definitely not! For us, Yoga is a dynamic system of physical exercise and a practical and valuable philosophy to apply to everyday life. In short, Yoga is way of life and everyone, regardless of his religion, can benefit greatly from any6 one or all aspect of Yoga.

  Which one of the following in the authors opinion best complete this statement. The Indians would Options:
  A) not use electricity because Thomas Edison was an American
  B) not use electricity because American electricity is inferior to some other kind of electricity
  C) not use electricity since they can substitute their own Yoga for it
  D) not use because Indians and Americans are friendly people
  E) use electricity irrespective of who discovered it
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 8:

  Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

  chateau?

  Options:
  A) chart
  B) church
  C) champagne
  D) chemical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist

  Options:
  A) a forthright
  B) an eloquent
  C) an unattached
  D) a political
  E) a convincing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  In their preparation for the masquerade, David and others agreed to exercise extra caution in their dealings with Samuel because he would

  Options:
  A) Try his tricks on the to know their secrets
  B) prepare well ahead of them
  C) put them to shame
  D) force them to dance with the masquerade
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  The correct answer is A .