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JAMB Use of English 1979 Question 74

Question 74

Vocabulary in Context

Choose the word or expression which best completes the sentence: The giant hydro-electric project is among the ________ of colonial rule in Southern Africa

  1. A.inheritance
  2. B.remnants
  3. C.legacies
  4. D.evidence
  5. E.trappings
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Answer: C (legacies)

Explanation

Things handed down from an earlier period are its legacies; the plural fits 'among the'.