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• Question 3471: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The Executive Secretary has just assumed office? Options:
  A) resumed work
  B) started work
  C) returned
  D) been sworn in
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3472:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  As _____ of you as can come are welcome

  Options:
  A) each
  B) any
  C) many
  D) more
  E) most
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3473:

  The standardization processes of Nigerian pidgin seems to have started during the post-colonial period. Naturally, Nigerian pidgin appears to be the first choice of most Nigerians in informal situations, especially when they are among those from different ethnic and linguistic background. Thus, the selection process has tactically taken place. Among all the languages used in Nigeria today, English inclusive, Nigerian pidgin could be said to be the most widely spoken. Evidence abounds in motor parks, parties, congregations and most social occasions. There is also ample evidence in the electronic and print media, especially in political propaganda, campaigns and product advertisement. Thus, in terms of spread and extensive use, Nigerian pidgin could rightly be called a national lingua franca.

  The use of Nigerian pidgin in contemporary Nigerian could be described as most productive, extensive and complex. It appears that the standardization processes-selection, codification, elaboration of functions and acceptance-which started in the post-colonial era, are as now being completed in contemporary Nigeria. The reason for this assumption is simple-apart from its complex use as a lingua franca, languages of media advertisement, social interaction, unofficial military training and limited literary output, Nigerian pidgin gas attained widespread acceptability in the media, political propaganda and campaigns as well as soap operas. It is also the language of radio and television jingles. Most electronic media now use appreciable percentage of their airtime to cast news and give reports in Nigeria pidgin. Even though its use in some newspaper columns has declined, especially with the demise of the ‘Waka About’ column in the Daily Times, it is however found extensively in some newspaper advertisements.

  In places like Warri, Sapele and Port Harcourt, there were reports that teachers at lower primary level taught their pupils in Nigerian pidgin. This unofficial adoption of the Nigerian pidgin as the language of the lower primary education by those teachers is justifiable considering the provision in the National Policy on Education, which states that in addition to English, the major language in the child’s environment could be used at the elementary level of education. Similarly, Nigerian pidgin has become a language of religious preaching, especially Christianity. In most rural and even urban centres where congregation are not all very well-educated, pastors resort to the use of Nigerian pidgin.

  The use of the Nigerian pidgin as a literary language tends to have started in the sixties with the work of Achebe, Soyinka and others. But it is in the contemporary times that it has become most widespread. The number of poems, novels and plays written and published in Nigerian pidgin is growing even more rapidly. Many more literary writers now attempt to experiment with the language. Therefore, the evidence of codification and elaboration of functions and the partial or tactical acceptance of Nigerian pidgin are clearly visible.

  From the passage, which of the following is the most important reason why Nigerian pidgin is popular?

  Options:
  A) it is used in social occasions
  B) it has no ethnic affiliation
  C) it is extensively used along the coast
  D) it is used by many creative writers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3474: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:The Governor declined to give audience to the journalist. Options:
  A) ignored
  B) accepted
  C) forgot
  D) rejected
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3475:

  Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s)
  No one would complain if you emulate good behaviour

  Options:
  A) differentiate
  B) condemn
  C) imitate
  D) exhibit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3476:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).

  The government is not opening up to the unions in the negotiations; it must have something up its sleeve?

  Options:
  A) be nursing a hidden a last agenda
  B) be hoping to trap them
  C) be hiding a last minute package
  D) be intending to dissolve the unions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3477:

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

  The accounts clerk was jailed because he cooked the books

  Options:
  A) set fire to the account books
  B) sold the books in his office to get money for food
  C) falsified the accounts to his advantage
  D) destroyed the accounts books by cooking them
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3478: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).It would be difficult to defeat such a team? Options:
  A) highly deluded
  B) completely disillusioned
  C) very demoralized
  D) very immature
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3479:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):

  Only observers from the Ministry of Works _____ allowed into the conference room

  Options:
  A) is
  B) are
  C) have
  D) has been
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3480:

  The brave officer _____ the time bomb.

  Options:
  A) diffused
  B) druse
  C) defused
  D) difused
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  The correct answer is C .