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• Question 661: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''Just call yourself Omar Esquire"

  Who makes this statement?

  Options:
  A) Teemah
  B) Bint
  C) Jamila
  D) Ummi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 662: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:It was their custom to keep an open house on Sundays Options:
  A) welcome all visitors
  B) keep the shutters open
  C) leave the house open
  D) expose the whole house
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 663:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  I hereby declare and _____ that, to the best of my knowledge, this statement is true in all respects?

  Options:
  A) inform
  B) confirm
  C) affirm
  D) conform
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 664:

  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 University has a large intake, very few ________ take place

  Options:
  A) turnouts
  B) rejections
  C) explusions
  D) obstructions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 665:

  Manager: Mr.Mbu, I would not describe you as an inefficient worker; I therefore find it difficult to understand why the conference room is so untidy, in spite of the fact that I had reminded you of the meeting scheduled to take place there this afternoon.

  Secretary: Sir, I did instruct the cleaner to tidy up the place before meeting

  Manager: Are you trying to hold the cleaner responsible for the untidy condition of the room?

  Secretary: Partly, sir, I gave him an instruction which he failed to carry out. It is certainly my intention to make a formal complaint against him for dereliction of duty.

  Manager: And would you wash your hands off any blame after that? Do you think that just making a formal complaint against the cleaner absolves you of all blame? When do you consider an assignment as properly executed; when the execution is properly supervised or not? Was it sufficient for you to give instruction to the cleaner with out ensuring that he actually carried them out?

  Secretary: Sir, I do not see what else I could have done, short of doing the job myself. The cleaner Is a six-footer and I could not have intimidated him physically.

  Manager: I see, I await your complaints against the cleaner, but I shall not forget that you allowed a board meeting to take place in an untidy conference room.

  It would appear that the manager feels that the secretary Options:
  A) should have, if possible, personally cleaned the conference room
  B) should have ensured that someone else cleaned the conference room
  C) should have ensured that the cleaner did his job
  D) is a coward
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 666:

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

  I can’t mind the light. I don't know _____ about electricity.

  Options:
  A) Something
  B) Nothing
  C) Anything
  D) Nobody
  E) Anybody
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 667: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The army officer said that more _____ would be needed to prosecute the war? Options:
  A) guerrilas
  B) guerrillas
  C) geurrilas
  D) geurrillas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 668:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  His refusal to help us, dealt a death-blow to our plans

  Options:
  A) because he did not help, our plans did not materialize
  B) He helped and our plans materialized
  C) He blew our plans to pieces
  D) He supported our plans so it worked
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 669: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The police are looking for the woman who farmed her children out to her neighbours. Options:
  A) The police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
  B) The woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
  C) The police may arrest the woman for allowing her heighbours to take care of her children.
  D) The woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 670:

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

  Olukayode _____ as a mechanic when he was young, but now he is a driver

  Options:
  A) had been working
  B) used to work
  C) would work
  D) would have worked
  E) had worked
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  The correct answer is B .