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• Question 2251:

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

  Jane and Jarawa love …. very much.

  Options:
  A) Themselves
  B) Each other
  C) One another
  D) Theirselves
  E) Each others
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2252:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

  Publishers say that newsprint has become more expensive

  Options:
  A) newspaper
  B) paper for printing
  C) printers' salaries and wages
  D) fines for publishing libels
  E) publishing news
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2253:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Every programming language and software package _____ limitations

  Options:
  A) have its
  B) have their
  C) has its
  D) has their
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2254: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: The cereal is fortified with multivitamins Options:
  A) enriched
  B) prepared
  C) endowed
  D) mixed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2255: fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options: Shakespearian ...are generally the victims of circumstances. Options:
  A) heros
  B) heres
  C) he roses
  D) hero
  E) heroes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2256: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)The presidential aspirant warned of the political catastrophe that would follow if the elections were rigged ? Options:
  A) problem
  B) turmoil
  C) success
  D) conflagration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2257: Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;The boxer was highly rated _____ his doggedness and ability to absorb heavy punches Options:
  A) by
  B) through
  C) for
  D) about
  E) in
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2258:

  Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no 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 igneous assumption, current in many writings on the subject, that the curve’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credits 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 must in this view of the tribal artist 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 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 his own creative imagination.
  B) There is an irreconcilable conflict between an artist’s creativity and the demands that society makes on him.
  C) The artist subordinates his individual talent to the demand 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 2259:

  Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  Obi: Let’s go to the Sport Club Cafeteria. One naira
  per meal is a privilege in this country.
  And God knows that I am too broke to afford
  anything More

  Olu: Got a membership identity card? Don’t forget
  the place is for bona fide members
  only.

  Obi: Forget it. There are other types of
  identity cards, remember. Just flash
  something before the eyes of those men at the
  gate, provided it looks like an identity card.

  Olu: Ee…eh, I see. That is why the place is
  always congested. I don’t think it
  is even worth the trouble. I can’t stand a
  queue.

  Obi: That shouldn’t bother you. You don’t have to
  join the queue. Just walk
  straight to the serving point without fear
  and be sure you shout your
  order.

  Olu: But only V.I.Ps have the right to break
  queues.

  Obi: Sure, but V.I Ps don’t wear badges on their
  faces. Post man, pose. After
  all this is Nigeria

  Olu: You mean there are many impostors here?

  Obi: Certainly, and many people with privileges
  too. If you want to get
  along, you must pose, and to get along
  means getting what you want
  if you choose to term it ‘privileges, it
  suits me. It is all a question of
  semantics.

  The conversation about queues in the passage reveals that Options:
  A) everybody at the Club Caferia queues
  B) club members can always break queues in the cafeteria
  C) people always break queues in the cafeteria on the pretext that are V.I.Ps
  D) only people who are capable of posing can break queues
  E) there is nothing wrong in breaking queues
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2260:

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

  Science may be a complicated area of learning, but its teaching needs to be demystified

  Options:
  A) simplfied
  B) twisted
  C) made difficult
  D) distorted
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  The correct answer is C .