Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen" Aliya was advised to be mindless of popular perception about her...

Analyzing the question

The question is cut off after "popular perception about her...". The options look like the endings of a sentence, so the full question probably asks which one completes the idea. I can't see the full passage from Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen, so I'll reason from the meaning of the stem and the options.

The concept

"Mindless of" means not paying attention to or not being bothered by. So the sentence says Aliya was advised to ignore what people generally think about her. The best ending is the one that names an area of her life where public opinion should not affect her.

Testing the options

• A. "when it comes to her self esteem": This fits well. Advice to ignore popular opinion is most natural when that opinion could damage how she values herself.
• B. "when it comes to applying": This has no clear link to public perception, so it doesn't fit.
• C. "whenever she is in love with anyone": This is a stretch. Nothing in the stem suggests the advice is about romance.
• D. "eventhough she craves for freedom like the hawking girls": This is a concessive clause ("even though..."). It doesn't complete "perception about her..." smoothly and reads awkwardly.

Answer

Because the stem is incomplete, my choice rests on reasoning rather than the full text. If you can send the complete question or the passage lines, I can double-check it.

Exam tip

For "completion" questions, read the stem and each option together as one sentence. Eliminate options that are grammatically awkward or unrelated to the theme (here, perception and self-worth). Then choose the one that makes the most logical sense.