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• Question 3941:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  Mr Bello is a/an _______ by profession in the novel?

  Options:
  A) accountant
  B) engineer
  C) nurse
  D) journalist
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3942:

  In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.The union congratulated the ELECTED president.

  Options:
  A) Did the union reject the elected president?
  B) Did the union congratulate the elected chairman?
  C) Did the management congratulate the elected president?
  D) Did the union congratulate the ousted president?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3943:

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

  A policeman stopped me and I ….to the police station.

  Options:
  A) Was taken
  B) Took
  C) Am taken
  D) Will be taken
  E) Walk
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3944:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Who among the following character is overconfident?

  Options:
  A) Ngozi
  B) Ada
  C) Labaran
  D) Ummi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3945:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  _____ he would have been convicted?

  Options:
  A) if he did this
  B) if he could do this
  C) if he were doing this
  D) if he had done this
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3946:

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

  The crowd in the hall is intimidating?

  Options:
  A) The crowd is frightening
  B) The crowd is angry
  C) The crowd is overwhelming
  D) The crowd is riotous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3947: From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. It was a funny episode, so I ... Options:
  A) can't help to laugh
  B) couldn't help laughing
  C) couldn't help laugh
  D) couldn't help to laugh
  E) can't help laughing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3948:

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

  I have no respect for individuals who are too _____

  Options:
  A) compliance
  B) compliant
  C) compliable
  D) complicated
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3949:

  For these questions, choose the option that best complete the gap(s):

  The officer________that he was not supposed to talk to the press on the matter.

  Options:
  A) could have known
  B) shall know
  C) should have known
  D) will know
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3950:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  The Major demanded an unalloyed and not a __________ loyalty from his soldiers

  Options:
  A) strict
  B) wavering
  C) clumsy
  D) alterable
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  The correct answer is B .