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• Question 1241: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.The man declared his intention from the? Options:
  A) outset
  B) inset
  C) onset
  D) offset
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1242:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  _____ mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

  Options:
  A) The invention of the locomotive engine
  B) The discovery of locomotion
  C) The discovery of the engine
  D) The process of locomotion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1243:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  _____ was always on the first row during prayer at his office.

  Options:
  A) Ahmed
  B) Zaki
  C) Habeeb
  D) Talle
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1244:

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

  The guests _____ breakfast by the time the bus arrives.

  Options:
  A) Are finishing
  B) Have finished
  C) Shall have finished
  D) Had finished
  E) Will have finished
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1245:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Author

  Options:
  A) rather
  B) mother
  C) though
  D) thwart
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1246:

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

  The head of Department is away to Murtala Mohammed Airport and has asked Dr. Haruna to stand _____ for him

  Options:
  A) out
  B) in
  C) on
  D) across
  E) about
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1247:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

  While most of our recently elected legislators are living a life of affluence and ostentation the vast majority of those who elected them into office are unhappy

  Options:
  A) influence
  B) pleasure
  C) poverty
  D) happiness
  E) consequence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1248:

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

  The class as a whole will have a lecture on scarce commodities tomorrow.

  Options:
  A) argument
  B) delibration
  C) dispute
  D) conference
  E) talk
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1249:

  Every artist’s work unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with on need of sales, is to some extent ‘socially conditioned’, He depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the ingenuous assumption, current in many writing on the subject, that the carver’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credit for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors. Of course, there is an element of truth in this view of the tribal as copyist; but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist, and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  The work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist' means that Options:
  A) the artist is influenced both by the society and by own creative imagination
  B) there is an irreconcilable conflict that society makes on him
  C) the artist subordinates his individual talent to the demands of the society
  D) few works of art are entirely original
  E) the individual artist needs to be informed about the traditions of the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1250:

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

  The organization is constantly in a state of flux.

  Options:
  A) There are periodic changes in the organization
  B) The organization is facing a difficult period
  C) The organization is experiencing; good times
  D) The organization is moribund
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  The correct answer is A .