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• Question 1411: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  According to the Novel, How would you describe Dr Samuel Johnson?

  Options:
  A) He has a tribal mark and he looks like an igala man
  B) He has a tribal mark and he is an igala man
  C) He has a tribal mark and he is not a Yoruba man
  D) He has a tribal mark and he looks like an Edo man
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1412:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  I meant _____ a pencil but there was no one _____ there.

  Options:
  A) buying/selling
  B) to buy/to sell
  C) buying/to sell
  D) buy/to sell
  E) to buy/selling
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1413: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).You, who _____ convicted, should appeal. Options:
  A) has been
  B) is
  C) was
  D) are
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1414:

  When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of independence that ‘all men are created equal’, he was not seeking to describe men’s endowments, but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that men do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies, minds and characters. He was asserting that despite variations and differences, they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must however, ask of what real values are political and legal equality to a man who has no bread to eat , no clothes to wear, no roof to shelter him, no chance to earn a livelihood? What we understand as a democratic society must provide for its citizen’s minimum status protection in his deprivation, losses and fears.

  In our time, the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate system of social security and welfare, ranging from compensation for industrial accidents to subsidize housing, unemployment insurance, old age pension, psychiatric care and national health services. It is encouraging that the democratic nations are making a serious effort to provide against the characteristic losses and disasters of human life.

  The evolving status of the Negro in America is attracting the attention of the champions of equality. Much has been written on the wrongs, injustice and inequalities of the coloured citizen of the USA and much remains to be said because the history of this struggle for human rights is still unfolding.

  According to the passage, a democratic nation is one which Options:
  A) arranges welfare packages for every citizen
  B) absorbs the negro into its political structure
  C) grants equality to citizens
  D) ensures soci-political and legal equality for every citizen
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1415:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  Ayodeji is an ardent supporter of education for the child.

  Options:
  A) cogent
  B) a passionate
  C) an ignorant
  D) an optimistic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1416:

  Vacancies in the company will be notified by .....

  Options:
  A) Bulletin
  B) Publication
  C) Publicity
  D) advertisement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1417:

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

  The tennis player surreptitiously swapped rackets after the first set?

  Options:
  A) openly retained
  B) overtly exchanged
  C) quietly surrendered
  D) voilently swung
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1418: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed _____their _____ ? Options:
  A) of / predicament
  B) about / indulgence
  C) on / rearmament
  D) as for / advancement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1419:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The boss told the man to let sleeping dogs lie

  Options:
  A) not to look for trouble
  B) not to disturb other people
  C) let the dogs sleep well
  D) let the trouble begin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1420:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  His comment was not printable.

  Options:
  A) punishable
  B) suitable
  C) offensive
  D) unfair
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  The correct answer is B .