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Question 41
jamb 2014

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

The president said that he found himself between a rock and a hard place when the press said that he has resigned.

AHard places are dangerous for the president.
BHe dreamt that he was abandoned.
CHe thought that hard places were unsafe.
DHe had a hard decision to make.
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Question 42
jamb 2014

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

Jummai's father remarked that pigs would fly before she passed.

AShe would have to cheat in order to pass.
BIt would be possible to pass only if she worked harder.
CIt would never be possible for her to pass.
DHe would have to bribe her teachers to enable her to pass.
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Question 43
jamb 2014

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.

AThe police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
BThe woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
CThe police may arrest the woman for allowing her neighbours to take care of her children.
DThe woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours
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Question 44
jamb 2014

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

The minister considered the ministry's budget to be a drop in the ocean in view of the number of projects in the pipeline.

AThe pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves
BThe amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure
CThe minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects
DThe money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean
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