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ABU Post-UTME 2021 past questions and answers

This 2021 ABU Post-UTME set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2021 set with instant marking.

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Sample ABU Post-UTME 2021 questions

1. Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
  1. Neither the principal nor the teachers was present.
  2. Neither the principal or the teachers were present.
  3. Neither the principal nor the teachers is present yesterday.
  4. Neither the principal nor the teachers were present.

Answer: D. Neither the principal nor the teachers were present.

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer plural subject, teachers, so were is correct.

2. In the sentence 'The witness gave a candid account of the incident,' the word candid means:
  1. honest and frank
  2. confusing and lengthy
  3. carefully rehearsed
  4. unnecessarily hostile

Answer: A. honest and frank

A candid account is an honest and straightforward one.

3. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'meticulous'.
  1. careless
  2. noisy
  3. thorough
  4. impatient

Answer: C. thorough

Meticulous describes someone who is very careful and thorough about details.

4. Complete the sentence: If Musa had left earlier, he _____ the first bus.
  1. will catch
  2. would catch
  3. had caught
  4. would have caught

Answer: D. would have caught

The third conditional uses if + past perfect followed by would have + past participle.

5. Choose the opposite of 'scarce'.
  1. rare
  2. plentiful
  3. limited
  4. insufficient

Answer: B. plentiful

Scarce means in short supply, so plentiful is its opposite.

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