Post-UTME English Language 2017 Objective — Question 5
Question 5 of 60 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2017 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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[Passage: on hostility towards computers - discusses the fear of unemployment from computerization (e.g. the historic burning of Jacquard's punched-card looms by weavers), balanced against the jobs computers create (fewer, but more skilled and better-paid), activities (like bank cheque-clearing and weather forecasting) that could not function without computers, and the varying attitudes of trade unions to computers as both a threat and a source of greater efficiency.] The attitudes of trade unions to computers vary because the computer
- A. is complex
- B. is a mixed blessingCorrect
- C. has a negative impact
- D. contributes to greater efficiency
Explanation
The passage shows trade unions both fear computers (job losses) and welcome them (efficiency gains) - i.e. computers are viewed as a mixed blessing.
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