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• Question 1731:

  You all know how friendly we are with Okperi. Do you think that any Umuaro man who goes to prison there will come back alive? But that apart, do you forget that this is the moon of planting? Do you want to grow this year’s crops in the prison house in a land where your fathers owe a cow? I speak as your elder brother. I have travelled in Olu and I have travelled in Igbo and I can tell you that there is no escape from the white man. He has come when suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. The white man is like that. Before any of you here was old enough to tie a cloth between the legs I saw with my own eyes what the white man did to Abame. Then I knew there was no escape. As day light chases away darkness so will the white man drive away all our customs. I know that as I say it now it passes by your ears, but it will happen. The white man has power which comes from the true God and it burns like fire. This is the God about whom we preach every eighth day………..

  Unachukwu’s opponents were now shouting that this was a meeting of an age group that they had not assembled to join with him in chewing the seed of foolishness which they called their new religion.

  ‘We are talking about the white man’s road’ said a voice above the others.

  ‘Yes, we are talking about the white man’s road. But when the roof and walls of a house fall in, the ceiling is not left standing. The white man, the new religion, the soldiers, the new road-they are all part of the same thing. The white man has a gun, a machete, a bow and carries fire in his mouth. He does not fight with one weapon alone’.

  'There is no escape from the white man' in the passage means that the Options:
  A) white man will send the people to prison
  B) white man can kill all the people with his gun
  C) people are only trying to run away from the white man
  D) people must accept the white man
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1732:

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

  Whether the villages head should identify himself with the activities of religious demonstrations has remained a burning question

  Options:
  A) a subject of discord
  B) a perennial issue
  C) a matter of serious controversy
  D) a sensitive matter
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1733:

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

  Governing a country is not always as straightforward as people sometimes imagine.

  Options:
  A) complicated
  B) troublesome
  C) untoward
  D) irksome
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1734: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The Flying Eagles put up a plucky defence against their opponents Options:
  A) strong
  B) weak
  C) careless
  D) tactful
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1735:

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

  The new employees is so humble and friendly that he will soon make himself popular

  Options:
  A) welcomed and accepted
  B) hated
  C) estranged
  D) rejected
  E) a personal friend
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1736:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  The principal asked me _____ ?

  Options:
  A) what is my name
  B) what was my name
  C) what my name was
  D) what my name should be
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1737:

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

  Everybody respects the team leader.

  Options:
  A) looks up for
  B) looks up on
  C) looks up to
  D) looks up at
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1738:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  Measures were taken to authenticate the number of the booklets received?

  Options:
  A) reaffirm
  B) discredit
  C) discountenance
  D) count
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1739: The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.Your mother CAN cook the meal. Options:
  A) Who will cook the meal?
  B) Can my father cook the meal?
  C) Isn''t my mother able to cook the meal?
  D) What can my mother do?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1740:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The most stupid boy in the class passed the examination contrary _____ the expectation of others

  Options:
  A) upon
  B) from
  C) on
  D) to
  E) with
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  The correct answer is D .