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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 word 'livelihood' as used in the passage means

Aa form of entertainment.
Ba hobby.
Ca temporary loan.
Da means of earning a living.CORRECT
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Why the answer is D, and why the others tempt you.
The sentence contrasts young people who previously had no work with the commission they now earn, so 'livelihood' must mean the income on which they live. A hobby or entertainment is not a source of income, and a commission is earned rather than borrowed.
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