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Read the passage and answer the question. 'In many villages of Kwara State, the nearest bank is a two-hour journey away, and for years farmers kept their savings in clay pots or with the village head. The arrival of mobile money agents has changed that. A farmer can now sell yams at the weekly market, receive payment on his phone, and pay his children's school fees the same afternoon without touching a single naira note. The agents themselves are usually young people who had no work before; the commission they earn on each transaction has become a livelihood. Yet the system has its weaknesses. Network failures can lock a family out of its own money for days, and a few agents have vanished with customers' deposits.' The expression 'without touching a single naira note' means that the farmer

Ais paid in foreign currency.
Bcompletes the transactions without handling cash.CORRECT
Cdoes not earn any money from the sale.
Drefuses to accept payment in naira.
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Why the answer is B, and why the others tempt you.
The sentence describes payment received on a phone and fees paid the same afternoon, so the point is that the whole process is electronic and no physical cash changes hands. The farmer clearly does earn money, and there is no suggestion of refusing naira or receiving foreign currency.
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