In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
Surveying the sky in the quiet of the night gives me an ethereal feeling
- A. human
- B. earthly
- C. mundane
- D. commonplace
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
Science may be a complicated area of learning, but its teaching needs to be demystified
- A. simplfied
- B. twisted
- C. made difficult
- D. distorted
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
We have found that cassava is a sine qua non item in our industry
- A. useful
- B. indispensable
- C. useless
- D. dispensable
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The college was worried about Tunji;s garrulous tendency
- A. reticent
- B. loqacious
- C. quarrelsome
- D. outspoken
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The economic situation is responsible for the recent discord in many families
- A. division
- B. resourcefulness
- C. harmony
- D. suffering
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The effect of rising prices has snowballed considerably
- A. risen
- B. decreased
- C. frozen
- D. grown
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
They often quarrelled before leaving the house but made it up by the time they returned home
- A. added it up
- B. reconciled
- C. fell out
- D. compounded the problem
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
He won the election because he was able to carry his people along with him
- A. alienate his people
- B. go out with the people
- C. have the support of the people
- D. fail to provide the people with transport
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
It is entirely up to you to make a profession of your faith
- A. confess your belief
- B. turn your faith into a business
- C. deny your faith
- D. loudly proclaim your religion
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
- 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
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
The president of club said that he would cross the bridge on getting there
- A. He was waiting for an opportunity to take a decision
- B. When he got to the river he would build a bridge across it
- C. He would take a decision at the appropriate time
- D. When he got to the river he would cross at the bridge
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Had Aminu been a dull student, his failure wouldn’t have surprised anybody
- A. Aminu failed and it surprised everybody since he was dull
- B. Aminu was not a dull student and so everybody was surprised that he failed
- C. Because Aminu was a dull, student, everybody was surprised that he failed
- D. Aminu had been a dull student, and so nobody was surprised that he failed
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
You could have heard the sound if you weren’t asleep
- A. You were not asleep so you heard the sound
- B. You were asleep so you did not hear the sound
- C. You heard the sound though you were asleep
- D. You did not hear the sound though you were not asleep
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
It’s wonderful that Musa is already out of hospital
- A. The fact that Musa is out of hospital cause great wonder
- B. The fact that Musa is out of hospital is a miracle
- C. It is surprising that Musa is out of hospital
- D. It is very pleasing that Musa is out of hospital
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Whoever would have thought that he would lose the presidential election?
- A. Everyone believed that he would lose the election,
- B. It was commonly believed that he would win the election
- C. He was supposed to lose the election
- D. No one believed that he would win the election
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
The boys who rioted, were suspended by the principal
- A. Only some of the boys rioted and they were suspended
- B. All the boys rioted and were suspended
- C. Many boys rioted and were suspended
- D. A few boys rioted and were suspended
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
He was between the devil and the deep blue sea
- A. He was in danger
- B. He was scared
- C. He stood between the devil and the sea
- D. He was in a dilemma
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Emeka wished he had started school early
- A. Emeka started school early as he wished
- B. Emeka regretted starting school early
- C. Emeka regretted not starting school early
- D. Emeka could have started school early if he had wished
In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:
Between you and me, i would say the equipment has outlived its usefulness
- A. I believe that the equipment is no longer useful to any of us
- B. I believe that the equipment continues to be useful to either you or me
- C. My idea of the usefulness of the equipment should remain known only to the two of us
- D. My idea of the usefulness of the equipment is shared by both