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• Question 1951:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Zoo

  Options:
  A) assault
  B) assist
  C) release
  D) please
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1952:

  Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:

  James is a disco-addict. He takes his studies rather lightly.

  Options:
  A) Humorously
  B) Gloomily
  C) Tediously
  D) Carefully
  E) Seriously
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1953:

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

  Bola has a sonorous voice.

  Options:
  A) high-pitched
  B) beautiful
  C) strong
  D) throaty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1954: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The boy was told that he would need several more pints of blood if he was to survive. Options:
  A) many
  B) much
  C) some
  D) plenty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1955:

  For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.

  risen

  Options:
  A) prison
  B) motion
  C) portion
  D) rising
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1956:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  I have stopped writing letters application because i _____ that all the vacancies are filled

  Options:
  A) have heard
  B) had heard
  C) heard
  D) hear
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1957:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  The patient is suffering from ____________.

  Options:
  A) reumatism
  B) rheumantism
  C) rhuematism
  D) rheumatism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1958:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Chalet

  Options:
  A) champion
  B) chair
  C) champagne
  D) cheapen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1959:

    ADUKE: Listen my fellow women. The issue has little to do with being literate or not. It is true that most members of NAM (New Awareness Movement) are literate, but this does not make all of us enlightened. We must be able to draw a line between the two. You may be literate and yet possess a consciousness that is decadent and servile. On the other hand you may not have received formal education and yet may be the greatest exponent of progressive ideas.

    HASANA: I agree with what our sister has said. Let us not allow ourselves to be divided by a greedy and an inflated notion of the certificates we possess. In this century, as we march towards the year 2000, our primary concern should be how best to improve the lot of womanhood in our society. Let us not forget that for each woman who is beaten up by her man for flimsy reasons are status of all of us here is downgraded. For each woman who is insulted for no reason than that of her sex, every one of us here is spat on in the face. For each woman who is denied opportunities in the society simply because she is a woman, the whole lot of us are dehumanized. Each widow in this society is an everywoman, and the lot of each of us should be viewed as collective. Each rotten egg that is thrown at anyone of us is an eternal splash of dirt on our faces. Each decayed tomato that is cast at her is a collective curse on our fecundity: each pebble thrown at her, a missile against our womanhood. This is an age of awareness, and it is the duty of NAM to collectively rise in defence of the right of women.

    IME: We can no longer allow ourselves to be fried alive. We are going to squeeze ourselves into tight-fitting trousers, register into judo classes, and then file out into the street and punch the face of every man we behold.

  The speech of Hasana implies that Options:
  A) It is the practice to throw rotten eggs at women
  B) It is the practice to cast decayed tomatoes at women
  C) To throw rotten egg and decayed tomatoes at women is to reduce their fecundity
  D) To throw rotten eggs and decayed tomatoes at women is dehumanizing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1960:

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

  The voyager's fetched up Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The foreigners finally settled in Nigeria
  B) The journey by the sea ended in Nigeria
  C) The travellers made a stopover in Nigeria
  D) The discoverers landed in Nigeria after along journey
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  The correct answer is A .