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BUK Post-UTME 2014 past questions and answers

This 2014 BUK 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 2014 set with instant marking.

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Sample BUK Post-UTME 2014 questions

1. Neither the invigilator nor the candidates ___ aware that the timetable had changed.
  1. were
  2. was
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: A. were

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, candidates, which is plural.

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to meticulous.
  1. careless
  2. painstaking
  3. hasty
  4. ordinary

Answer: B. painstaking

Meticulous describes work done with great care and attention to detail.

3. Choose the word opposite in meaning to scarce.
  1. limited
  2. rare
  3. plentiful
  4. insufficient

Answer: C. plentiful

Plentiful means available in abundance, the opposite of scarce.

4. If an event happens once in a blue moon, it happens ___.
  1. every evening
  2. without warning
  3. at the right time
  4. very rarely

Answer: D. very rarely

The idiom once in a blue moon means very rarely.

5. Which sentence punctuates the direct speech correctly?
  1. The coach said, ‘We will begin at noon.’
  2. The coach said ‘We will begin at noon’.
  3. The coach said; ‘We will begin at noon.’
  4. The coach said, ‘We will begin at noon’.

Answer: A. The coach said, ‘We will begin at noon.’

A comma introduces the quotation and the sentence-ending punctuation belongs inside the closing quotation mark.

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