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• Question 281:

  Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before the discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. He discovered that the firebrand, from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.

  Lamps too probably developed by accident. Early man may had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twing or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps which were made of hollow stones or sea-shells have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times.

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  One way early man made a lamp was by putting a lighted reed in a

  Options:
  A) hollow stone
  B) sea shell
  C) vessel
  D) molten fat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 282:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  Kaka is _____ to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it

  Options:
  A) not only anxious
  B) anxious not only
  C) not only that she is anxious
  D) anxious
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 283: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. Options:
  A) Guiding.
  B) Inciting.
  C) Discouraging.
  D) Preventing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 284: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others. Options:
  A) spot
  B) law
  C) north
  D) naght
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 285:

  This question is based on Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel.

  If you have not behold your chi in his stark nakedness, be prepared to do so as soon as you set foot in that man's house. Form the except above, whose house we being referred to ?

  Options:
  A) Teacher Zaccheus
  B) Mazi Okeke
  C) Mazi Laza
  D) Mazi Nwokike
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 286:

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

  It is entirely up to you to make a profession of your faith

  Options:
  A) confess your belief
  B) turn your faith into a business
  C) deny your faith
  D) loudly proclaim your religion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 287:

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

  Only two ministers survived the recent cabinet reshuffle?

  Options:
  A) In the recent changes in government, only two ministers were sacked
  B) In the recent changes in government, all but two ministers remained alive
  C) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers retained their posts
  D) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers were sacked
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 288:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The court ordered the lorry driver to pay for the _____ to my car

  Options:
  A) damages
  B) heavy damages
  C) destruction
  D) many damages
  E) damage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 289:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

  In each of this question select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Usman needs to get his act together if he wants to pass the examination.

  Options:
  A) He needs to organized himself
  B) He needs to be fast when writing the examination
  C) He needs to put on his stage costume
  D) Heneeds to pull all points down in the examination
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 290:

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

  The sudden death of the king put paid to the ambition of the Minister

  Options:
  A) encourage
  B) rewarded
  C) benefitted
  D) terminated
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  The correct answer is D .