Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

They tried to cash in .... the people's ignorance

  • A under
  • B against
  • C about
  • D with
  • E on
jamb 1981english-language

The correct answer is E. on

The correct option to fill in the blanks in the sentence “They tried to cash in … the people’s ignorance” is E. on. So, the completed sentence is: “They tried to cash in on the people’s ignorance.”

“Cash in on” is a phrasal verb that means to take advantage of a situation. In this context, it means that they tried to benefit from the people’s ignorance.

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