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• Question 1321:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The plebs can be found in every society of the world.

  Options:
  A) Elite
  B) Middle class
  C) Politicians
  D) Masses
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1322:

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

  In the novel, Bright lived with Teacher because

  Options:
  A) He was Teacher's nephew
  B) His father was indebted to Teacher
  C) He wanted to become a teacher
  D) His father had gone on a long journey
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1323: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).Tunde's reaction underscores the point I was making? Options:
  A) justifies
  B) emphasizes
  C) summarizes
  D) contradicts
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1324:

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

  Only two ministers survived the recent cabinet reshuffle.

  Options:
  A) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers retained their posts
  B) In the recent changes in government, all but two ministers remained alive
  C) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers were sacked
  D) In the recent changes in government, only two ministers were sacked
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1325:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  Because of the hard times, workers live in ___________ poverty

  Options:
  A) repulsive
  B) ridiculous
  C) abject
  D) unpardonable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1326:

  I have the ______ of meeting him.

  Options:
  A) privilege
  B) privelege
  C) previledge
  D) priviledge
  E) privileges
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1327: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Ali was honest and quite as a schoolboy, but too much drinking has now changed his _____ and _____ his tongue? Options:
  A) temperature / injured
  B) character / tightened
  C) temperament / loosened
  D) innocence / worsened
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1328:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 12 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) exploitation
  B) manipulation
  C) manoeuvring
  D) freedom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1329:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  Abdul is fond of his teacher though he sometimes makes derogatory remarks about him?

  Options:
  A) unpleasant
  B) complimentary
  C) expressive
  D) inconsiderate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1330:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  One should be careful how _______behaves in public, shouldn't_______?

  Options:
  A) one/one
  B) he/lie
  C) she/one
  D) one/he
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  The correct answer is A .