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According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a superstitious reason for fearing the lions?
Amany famous hunters had tried and failed to kill the lions
Bthe lions were bold when hunted, they would retreat to where a spear could not be thrown at them
Cthe lions were the spirits of two holy men who came back to seek their revenge
Dthe lions played the ancien t game of 'baw' before starting on a raid to determine whether to proceed or wait
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Question 12
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The famous hunters failed to kill the loins because the
Alions were regarded as supernatural beings
Blions were cunning and bold
CEmopa used the spear to hunt for lions
Dhunters did not have enough time
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Question 13
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The lions played the game of 'baw' because
Athey wanted to raid a village
Bit was a popular game of unknown antiquity all over africe
Cthey want to decide whether to go on a raid or not
Dif the omens were good they would raid a village and claim a victim
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Question 14
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The legend that the lions were invulnerable was confirmed by the fact that
Athe local Emopa petitioned a holy man to come and exorcise the spirits
Bmany famous hunters had tried without success in the past to kill the lions
Cthe holy man failed in his bid to exocrize the sprits
Dbrave as the Emopa are, the lions completely overawed them
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Question 15
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The young men of Emopa would hunt for elephants because
Athey are among the few africans that huntlions with a spear
Belephants are dangerous animals
Cno young Emopa attracts a girl's admiration untill he has killed a dangerous animal
Dwhen elephants are sighted, there is great excitement and fierce compitition amonmg the young men
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Question 16
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
The teacher's face broke into an incredulous smile when he heard Adamu's reason for coming late
Airritating
Bartificial
Cunbelievable
Dirresponsible
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Question 17
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
General Murtala Mohammed excelled in deeds of prowess
Awarfare
Bpolitics
Ccourage
Deloquence
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Question 18
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underline:
Olu might visit London next summer
Acould
Bwill
Cshould
Dcan
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Question 19
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
We enjoy the story but it sounds larger than life
Atoo long and unsubstantiated
Ba little watery and lifeless
Ccompletely untrue
Dsomewhat unusual
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Question 20
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
The result of the election would have been different if some people had not been disfranchised
Adisfavoured
Bbanned from contesting
Callowed to rig
Dprevented from voting
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Question 21
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:
Biola decided to give the task everything he had
Aall his money
Ball his time
Ccomplete attention
Dcomplete attendance
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Question 22
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:
The principal warned us against burning candle at both ends
Abeing careless with candle
Bwearing ourselves out
Cbeing too generous
Ddisloyal
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Question 23
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Olu, Akpan and Ovbiagele's .... make people to believe that they belong to same school of thought.
Aphilosophy
Bphilosophys
Cphilosophies
Dphilosophy's
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Question 24
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
No matter to whom I ...., nobody in the crowd had a clue to what was going on
Adiscussed
Basked
Cturned
Dcontacted
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Question 25
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Let's have a cup of coffee, ....
Ashall we?
Bwill we?
Cshould we?
Dcould we?
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Question 26
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The shipping company advertised for .... accountants
Atwo young, but highly competent , Nigerian
Byoung, but highly competent, two Nigerian
Ctwo Nigerian, young, but highly competent
Dhighly competent, but young, two Nigerian
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Question 27
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The company representative in Nigeria is a ....
Asmart little Japanese
Blittle smart Japanese
Csmart Japanese little
Dlittle Japanese smart
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Question 28
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Aishatu: Could you please give this book to Aminu? Chidi: Certainly, I .... him on something, so it won't be ....
Ai'll be seeing/anything
Bi'll be seeing/ any worry
Ci'll be seeing/any bother
Di can see /any serious
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Question 29
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
My price for the pair of shoes is fifty naira. I cannot .... anything less than that
Abear with
Bsettle for
Cagree with
Dtolerate
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Question 30
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
When the farmers were found guilty of unlawful assembly and procession, their lawyer .... before the sentence was passed
