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• Question 3791:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  The writer tried to point out religious intolerance in his book, by

  Options:
  A) discussing how the society believes certain religion is better than others
  B) using one of Aliya's classmates to condemn her religion
  C) demonstrating how the religious institutions forcefully impose their beliefs on the people
  D) painting Islam as a more righteous religion that others
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3792:

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

  Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.

  Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston

  The word intensity, as used in the passage, means?

  Options:
  A) scheme
  B) flare
  C) instinct
  D) force
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3793:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  Have you paid your taxes up to date? The tax collector inquired if ….

  Options:
  A) You have paid your taxes up to date
  B) I had paid my taxes up to date
  C) I paid my taxes up to date
  D) Have I paid my taxes up to date
  E) I have paid my taxes up to date
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3794:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  I do not want the light in my room _____ when asleep

  Options:
  A) turned off
  B) turn off
  C) to run out
  D) turned out
  E) turned in
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3795: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I am writing to you for _____ reasons? Options:
  A) concerned
  B) several
  C) plenty
  D) myriad of
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3796:

  In 1973 a Japanese sericulturist arrives in Malawi with a batch of 40,000 silkworm eggs. They were taken to the Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station in Thyolo District. In this station, work is being done to determine favourable silkworm rearing conditions and areas where mulberry trees, leaves the worms feed on, could grow well. According to researchers, the silkworms- which eventually develop into cocoons from which raw silk is produced – do well with warm climatic conditions.

  Silk is one of the strongest of fibers. Infect, for thousands of years, silk fabrics have been regarded as the most beautiful and durable materials woven by man. Many people call silk the cloth of kings and queens’.

  The weaving of silk originated in china. An old Chinese book believed to be written by Confucius, tells us that the wife of Emperor Huang ti was the first person fabrics of silk. Around 2640 B.C Emperor Huang ti asked his wife His Ling-shih to study the worms that were destroying the mulberry trees in his garden. The Empress took some of the cocoons into the palace to see what they were made of. She dropped one of the cocoons into a bowl of boiling water and was amazed to see a cobweb-like tangle separate itself from the cocoon. She picked up the gauzy mass and found that one of the threads could be unwound almost without end from the cocoon. His Ling-shih had discovered silk. She was delighted with the discovery and even wove a ceremonial robe for the Emperor out of the cocoon threads. After that, the officials in the Emperor’s court wore brightly dyed silk robes on important occasions.

  People in other countries regarded the new fibers as something rare and beautiful. A few traders went to China to learn about making cloth from silk, but the Chines kept their silkworm a closely guarded secret.

  It is implied in the passage that silk was discovered Options:
  A) after years of hardwork and research by the Empress
  B) by accident
  C) in the search for a more durable fibre for making cloth
  D) after some experiments carried out by the Japanese sericulturist
  E) by design
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3797: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).Prestige? Options:
  A) bag
  B) badge
  C) reggae
  D) leisure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3798:

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

  _____ any good films lately?

  Options:
  A) You would like to see
  B) Have you seen
  C) Are you going to see
  D) Would you see
  E) You are seeing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3799:

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

  Inyang has always been shy to speak _____

  Options:
  A) in public
  B) publicly
  C) in the public
  D) with the public
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3800: Bassey is as hard as nails? Options:
  A) Bassey is very strong
  B) Bassey is very brave
  C) Bassey is determined
  D) Bassey is unsympathetic
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  The correct answer is D .