Our principal and Chairman of the occasion ___ just arrived

• (a)have
• (b)has
• (c)had
• (d)have being

For thousands of years, people in the Americas ______ the bottle gourd, a large bitter fruit with a thick rind, to make bottles, other types of containers, and even musical instruments. Oddly, there is no evidence that any type of bottle gourd is native to the Western Hemisphere; either the fruit or its seeds must have somehow been carried from Asia or Africa. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• A) to use
• B) have used
• C) having used
• D) using

In the question below choose the optionnearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase: The ceiling of my bed-room fell in andknocked me out

• A. made me unconscious
• B. removed me
• C. flattened me
• D. killed me

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

We saw a .............of lions at the game reserve.

• A. pride
• B. family
• C. band
• D. group

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. In all ramifications, Chief Adeyemi was a successful principal of the school?

• A. He was partly a failure and partly a success
• B. Everyone admitted that he was largely successful during his tenure
• C. He was not totally successful in the school
• D. His tenure witnessed a huge success

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

These days........wealth appears to be easy

• A. acquiring
• B. to be acquiring
• C. having acquired
• D. to have acquired

Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap. Knowledge of figures of speech as well as of idiom and lexical items ____________ in this sect

• A. is tested
• B. have been tested
• C. are tested
• D. were tested

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

A picaresque novel is a

• A. work of fiction set in a utopian past recalling the splendour of rural life
• B. psychological novel with penetrating analyses of human emotions
• C. futuristic novel set in outer space
• D. work of fiction tracing the adventures of a scoundrel of low birth

In the understanding of the actual arrangement, the sun revolves round the earth

• A. Always
• B. Often
• C. Never
• • Sometimes

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

How is the new editor ...... on with his work?

• A. moving
• B. getting
• C. pushing
• D. going