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• Question 2161:

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

  There is an end - of - session party tonight but Sola hasn't finished her term paper.She's unlikely to come

  Options:
  A) I doubt whether she will come
  B) She will likely come
  C) It isn't unliklely her to come
  D) She doesn't like coming to party
  E) ther is a small possibility that she might come
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2162:

  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.

  A social anthropologist is someone who Options:
  A) studies only social conditioning
  B) is interested in art and artist
  C) studies social conditions and other things
  D) is interested in the community
  E) studies the origins of man
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2163:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:

  The policeman was asked to investigate the matter

  Options:
  A) ask about
  B) forget about
  C) examine
  D) inquire about
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2164: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The explosive growth of world population has not been caused by a sudden increase in human fertility Options:
  A) fantastic
  B) gradual
  C) combustible
  D) dangerous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2165: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The player writhed in pain after the fail Options:
  A) remained still
  B) cried out
  C) walked out
  D) shook violently
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2166:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  He mumbled a few words at the trial and then cried?

  Options:
  A) shouted
  B) murmured
  C) whispered
  D) announced
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2167:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was _____ a century ago

  Options:
  A) invented
  B) found out
  C) discovered
  D) learnt
  E) extracted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2168:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The executive President honoured the messenger with the Grand Commander of the Niger award _____ his industries and meritorious services to the nation

  Options:
  A) on recognition of
  B) in gratitude for
  C) in recognition to
  D) by recognition of
  E) in recognition of
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2169:

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

  The principal advised the boy to come to grip with himself if he wanted to do well at the end of his course.

  Options:
  A) criticizied himself
  B) master his difficulties
  C) learn to be obedient
  D) behave himself
  E) fight with himself
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2170: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. Today's weather is favourable for a game of tennis. Options:
  A) Disapproving.
  B) Impartial.
  C) Abnormal.
  D) Encouraging.
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  The correct answer is D .