In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The story has to be taken with a grain of salt. This means that
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(C)
the story is questionable
2
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
It is usually hard to change the course of action when one crosses the rubicon. The underlined expression, as used in this sentence means to
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(E)
be irrevocably commited
3
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The salesman tried to pull the wool over by the eye. This implies that the salesman tried to
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(D)
dupe me
4
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Ijeoma counted her chickens before they were hatched. This means that Ijeoma
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(C)
assumed that her expectation had already been realized
5
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Solo has resigned his job with the textile mills. He doesn't seem to worry about getting another job. His plans are still quite in the air. This means that his plans are
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(C)
uncertain
6
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Ike is head over heels in love with Ngozi. This means that
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(D)
Ike is madly in love with Ngozi
7
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined: The legislator has decided to play second fiddle after he had been walked out of the assembly for violating basic procedures of the House. This means that the legislator has decided to
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(D)
support the lead given by the others
8
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Old customs die hard. This implies that old customs
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(E)
tend to last for a long time
9
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined: The convict said. he was tired of leading a dog's life. To lead a dog's life means to live
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(D)
in misery
10
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
After the initial confusion, the Manager's suggestion brought .... to the depressed investors
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(B)
a glimmer of hope
11
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The farmer has bought the insecticide because he was bent on .... the insects in his farm.
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(A)
exterminating
12
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The young lady decided to ....
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(C)
take to all the advice given by her relations
13
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
Two ministers found it very difficult to get ....
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(E)
on with each other
14
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The School Board has placed an order for ....
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(B)
all the furniture and equipment required in the new schools
15
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
On his way back the boy ran into a long procession of men, women and children in ....
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(C)
exceedingly beautiful white flowing gowns
16
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I could not believe that our team .... the match after being in the lead for most of the match
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(B)
lost
17
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The head of Department is away to Murtala Mohammed Airport and has asked Dr. Haruna to stand .... for him
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(B)
in
18
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The commission was set up to enquire .... the general conditions of child abuse in such institution
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(E)
into
19
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
We hold that the nation, both in its public and private sectors .... the best consultancy service and advice in all its endeavours
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(C)
deserves
20
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The situation has deteriorated sharply and relations between the two countries may soon be ....
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(B)
broken
21
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
One of the men .... round the lawn three times every evening
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(C)
is used to running
22
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The problems of Nigeria's worsening economy seem to have .... an immediate solution
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(B)
defied
23
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
This conference is designed to enable delegates .... their personal interest with specialist in various fields
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(C)
to discuss
24
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The car owner does not think about the .... of his vehicle and the other payments involved in owning it
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(B)
depreciation
25
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The very moment she .... her folly, she will come back to apologize
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(E)
realizes
26
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The lazy candidate suggested that it ....
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(D)
was time we did away with JAMB
27
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I do not want the light in my room .... when asleep
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(A)
turned off
28
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I have applied for .... on the campus and almost certain i shall get it
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(E)
accommodation
29
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The dead body of the armed robber has ... in the street for three days
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(B)
lain
30
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
Candidates who are not accustomed to .... fast will find it difficult to finish this paper
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(D)
writing
31
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
Do you mind .... another minute or two?
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(C)
waiting
32
In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
We shall offer a good job to a ... to register guests in the Central Hotel
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(D)
receptionist
33
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I've lived .... this street .... ten years.
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(E)
in, for
34
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
North Africa is .... than Northern Europe.
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(A)
hotter
35
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I .... a lot when i was a student
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(C)
used to travel
36
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I wish i .... your age
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(B)
were
37
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I am looking forward to ..... you
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(A)
seeing
38
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I can't afford another loan, i have .... money left in my account
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(C)
little
39
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I told you, you would miss the bus. You .... left home earlier
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(D)
should have
40
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
I always prefer the theatre .... the cinema
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(E)
to
41
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
He acts ..... he were a manager
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(E)
as if
42
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
Don't .... the teacher that he .... that?
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(A)
tell, said
43
In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:
He is very tired. He really is .... staying up late
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(B)
not used to
44
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined: Had she known he was a highway robber she would not have married him. This means
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(A)
she married him before she knew he was a robber
45
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Jide is being forced to go to Lagos tomorrow. This means that Jide
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(B)
must go to Lagos
46
In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
It is sheer fantasy to believe that there could never be a miscalculation by any nation that has atomic weapons. Fantasy means
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(A)
dream
47
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
The ingenious scheme of the robber broke down because of the efficiency of the police officer.
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(D)
clever
48
Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:
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(B)
embarassed
49
Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:
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(A)
occurences
50
Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:
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(B)
beleive
51
In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:
There is not .... sense in what that politician has just said
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(D)
much
52
In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:
He .... the book to the library last week
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(D)
returned
53
In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:
The candidate made .... at the village square a day before the election
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(E)
a speech
54
In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:
The policeman was sent to .... the allegation made by the man
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(A)
investigate
55
In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:
'To be in the red', is to be
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(A)
in debt
56
In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:
'To beat down the price' is to
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(B)
reduce the price
57
In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:
'To ask after a friend' is to
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(B)
inquire about the friend's welfare
58
In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:
'An open secret' means
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(C)
a secret known to everybody
59
In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:
'To put something aside' is to
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(C)
keep something for some special purpose
60
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
One of the .... during the football match led to a fight between the teams
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(C)
incidents
61
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
He used to play tennis, but he doesn't ....
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(B)
any longer
62
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
He was .... he had no time to eat
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(A)
so busy that
63
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
It had been raining before the match started, ....?
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(C)
hadn't it
64
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
There was a fire in the market last week which resulted ..... a terrible destruction of property
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(A)
in
65
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
At the end of the month we .... each other for five years
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(B)
should have known
66
In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:
The body is sensitive to changes in velocity which, if too sudden ....
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(D)
may cause loss of consciousness
67
In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
The thought of his admission to the university keyed Olu up to state of great excitement
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(A)
stimulated Olu
68
In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
After a careful review of Adamu's last examination result, the principal concluded that his performance left much to be desired
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(A)
was very unsatisfactory
69
In the question below, select the option which best expresses the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
The president stood his ground because the committee member would not be persuaded to arrive at a compromise on the issue being debated.
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(C)
maintained his position
70
In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
The take home pay for many workers is such that they can hardly make both ends meet
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(D)
live within their income
71
In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
When kerosine was poured on the fire, the effect was instantaneous
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(E)
immediate
72
In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:
It was interesting to observe the likeness between the pupil and his teacher
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(A)
similarity
73
from he passage we can gather that
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(E)
the incoveniences suffered by the inhabitants will be for a while
74
unless it can be shown that the money voted for projects can be spent on them in good time
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(B)
it will not be easy to convince the Government of our executive ability
75
An eye to aesthetics in this passage means
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(D)
consideration for beauty
76
In the passage the author tries to explain why
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(D)
a major part of the project should be completed in the next few weeks
77
which of these is NOT among the reasons given by the author for enumerating the examples of the current development ?
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(C)
the incoveniences currently being experienced will go on indefinitely
78
According to the author, some magistrate sentence prisoners to hard labour because
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(D)
it is an additional punishment
79
which of these is NOT the purpose of work in a programme of rehabilitation?
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(D)
helping them to accelerate their reform and discharge
80
The author thinks that strenuous work in prison
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(B)
may do more harm than good
81
What the author is trying to put across in this passage is that
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(E)
work in priso without a purpose is bad
82
Demoralizing in this passage means
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(C)
agonizing
83
In Malawi, the 'Save the Children Fund' was formed
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(C)
under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda in 1953
84
The 'Save the Children Fund' in Malawi helps needy children by
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(B)
finding sponsors for the children's education and by opening nutrition centres
85
Samuel Mpetechula was able to graduate from Chancellor because
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(A)
of the finacial assistance given to him by his sponsors
86
In question 14 and 15 choose the meaning which best fit the underline phrases taken from the passage
Combat malnutrition means
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(D)
fight to wipe out ill-health caused by lack of food
87
Deprived of means
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(B)
prevented from getting
88
The priest meant that
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(B)
man could be worst than a beast if he wants to
89
The modern world has lost its way because
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(D)
the technique influencing people is no more
90
What most people do in the free world today is to
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(C)
accepts human nature as it is since it is immutable
91
Faith today is by and large irrelevant because
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(A)
nobody thinks it an alter human nature
92
materials can be found
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(E)
all over the world
93
Zacharia
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(A)
was the cook of a trader
94
which of the following was NOT a quality of Zacharia''s character
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(C)
Humility
95
The girls were apparently attracted to Zacharia by
