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• Question 931:

  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.

  Primitive man carried a firebrand during his journeys mainly for Options:
  A) illumination
  B) cooking of food
  C) flame perservation
  D) warmth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 932: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Art lies in cherishing the initiative and creative power of each person? Options:
  A) potential
  B) strenght
  C) gift
  D) mind
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 933:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  He wrote to you, _____?

  Options:
  A) hadn't he
  B) wouldn't he
  C) didn't he
  D) hasn't he
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 934:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

  The best of the boys admire Olu's verve

  Options:
  A) intelligence
  B) handsomeness
  C) work
  D) energy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 935: Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.jurisprudence? Options:
  A) jUsprudence
  B) juRIsprudence
  C) jurisPRUdence
  D) jurispruDENCE
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 936:

  For these questions, choose the option that have the same consonant sound as the ones represented by the letter (s) underlined:

  choice

  Options:
  A) schedule
  B) teach
  C) leisure
  D) machine
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 937:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  Barely six months after his father's demise, he has nothing left again of his patrimony

  Options:
  A) inheritance
  B) property
  C) reputation
  D) valuables
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 938:

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

  This is the kind of stew _____

  Options:
  A) which its taste i do not like
  B) which i do not like the taste of it
  C) of which taste i do not like
  D) the taste of which i do not like
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 939: Choose the option that rhymes with the given word. Tax. Options:
  A) Ask.
  B) Box.
  C) Lacks.
  D) Back.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 940: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).In his naivety he believed all the stories his friend told him? Options:
  A) artlessness
  B) stupidity
  C) friendliness
  D) incredulity
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  The correct answer is D .