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• Question 1651:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  Radium _____ Maria Sklodowska Curie.

  Options:
  A) discovered
  B) is discovering
  C) has discovered
  D) was discovered by
  E) had been discovered by
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1652:

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

  Ator led a dog's life for twenty years he stayed in the United Kingdom

  Options:
  A) lived a dirty life
  B) was promiscuous
  C) was domesticated
  D) led an unhappy and troubled life
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1653:

  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 [...11...] above. Options:
  A) agitators
  B) witnesses
  C) congregations
  D) spectators
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1654:

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

  The chemistry teacher seized the girl's comic _____ during the laboratory work

  Options:
  A) which she had been reading
  B) which she has been reading
  C) which she had read
  D) which she is reading
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1655: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.Audu was taken bad in the middle of the night? Options:
  A) He was caught
  B) He was robbed
  C) He was ill
  D) He was drunk
  E) He was drunk
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1656:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  Aggrieved persons are free to seek _____ in the court of law?

  Options:
  A) reparation
  B) redress
  C) consolation
  D) acquittal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1657:

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

  Thousands of workers have been victims of retrenchment since the military came back to power.

  Options:
  A) unemployment
  B) trench mentality
  C) suffering
  D) increase in penury
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1658:

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

  Bola broke _____ when he heard the news of the arrest of his twin brother

  Options:
  A) up
  B) of
  C) away
  D) down
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1659: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Funmi is just being facetious about her marrying a soldier? Options:
  A) unserious
  B) crazy
  C) serious
  D) unfaithful
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1660:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The solution to the problem has so far _____ the scientist

  Options:
  A) defied
  B) allured
  C) eluded
  D) denied
  E) avoided
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  The correct answer is C .