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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 14.</div></div>
A
reporter
B
anouncer
C
news editor
D
proof reader
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 15.</div></div>
A
Producers
B
Sub-editors
C
Writers
D
Agents
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 16.</div></div>
A
an essayist
B
a freelancer
C
composer
D
columnist
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 17.</div></div>
A
an agent
B
a guild of researchers
C
An editorial board
D
All readers
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 18.</div></div>
A
a gazetteer
B
an article
C
a column
D
a magazine
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 19.</div></div>
A
a contrast in
B
a contrast from
C
a contrast for
D
a contrast to
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            Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.<br />

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as 16. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by 17. The publisher could decide to establish 18 which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,19 the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the 20.

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 20.</div></div>
A
salesmen
B
readers
C
distributors
D
pressmen
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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.

A
The pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves
B
The amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure
C
The minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects
D
The money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean
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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.

A
The police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
B
The woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
C
The police may arrest the woman for allowing her heighbours to take care of her children.
D
The woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours
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Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Jummai's father remarked that pigs would fly before she passed.

A
She would have to cheat in order to pass.
B
It would be possible to pass only if she worked harder.
C
It would never be possible for her to pass.
D
He would have to bribe her teachers to enable her to pass.
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