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• Question 261:

  In 1968 Nigeria was the world biggest producer of groundnuts (averaging 712,600 tonnes a year), the second producer of cocoa (203, 600 tonnes) after Ghana, the fourth producer of tin (13,264 tonnes) and the biggest producer of columbite. Oil palm, growing wild and in plantation in the south, supplied half the world’s export of palm kernels (407, 200 tonnes) and seventy per cent of the world’s export of palm oil (152, 700tonnes). Nigeria forests covered some 310, 800 square kilometres and produced about 1.132 million cubic metres of timber a year, for export as logs, sawn timber or plywood sheets. Rubber was grown by peasant farmers and, increasingly in plantation; and was partially processed in local factories. The ancient livestock industry of the north still supplies the whole country. About a million cattle are slaughtered annually, and the trade is now being modernized and expanded. As a by-product of the type of skin inaccurately called ‘Moroccan leather’ comes from Nigeria.

  Timber can be made into Options:
  A) columbite
  B) plywood sheets
  C) hides
  D) leather
  E) concrete floors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 262:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...17...] above. Options:
  A) by knock-out
  B) by a knock down
  C) by a punch-up
  D) by a punch down
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 263: From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The... should make ...for them as soon as possible. Options:
  A) committee/accommodation
  B) committe/accomodation
  C) committee/accomodation
  D) committee/accmodation
  E) committee/accomondation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 264:

  Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme.

  sweet

  Options:
  A) twice
  B) sweat
  C) suite
  D) suit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 265: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The public library has stopped _____. books to readers? Options:
  A) borrowing
  B) lending
  C) renting
  D) loaning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 266: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). The poor widow who could not buy the clothes was seen _____ her wool into _____ yesterday? Options:
  A) to spin / yards
  B) spinning / yarn
  C) making / tailoring
  D) to spil / clothes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 267: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).He is a stringer for a newspaper? Options:
  A) a financier of
  B) an editor of
  C) a freelancer for
  D) a reporter for
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 268:

  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 269: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Three-quarters of the church _____ painted by the members the previous day? Options:
  A) were
  B) was
  C) is
  D) are
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 270:

  Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  The warring communities were coerced into negotiating a settlement.

  Options:
  A) driven
  B) compelled
  C) persuaded
  D) pressured
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  The correct answer is C .