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FUTA Post-UTME 2009 past questions and answers

This 2009 FUTA 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 2009 set with instant marking.

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Sample FUTA Post-UTME 2009 questions

1. Choose the word nearest in meaning to meticulous.
  1. careless
  2. very careful
  3. ordinary
  4. hurried

Answer: B. very careful

Meticulous means showing great care and attention to detail.

2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Neither of the candidates ___ eligible for the scholarship.
  1. are
  2. have been
  3. were
  4. is

Answer: D. is

Neither is singular here, so it takes the singular verb is.

3. Select the correctly structured sentence.
  1. Hardly had the meeting begun when the lights went out.
  2. Hardly the meeting had begun when the lights went out.
  3. Hardly had the meeting began than the lights went out.
  4. Hardly the meeting began when the lights had went out.

Answer: A. Hardly had the meeting begun when the lights went out.

Hardly at the start of a sentence requires inversion and is followed by when.

4. The expression to spill the beans means to
  1. waste food
  2. make a careless mistake
  3. reveal a secret
  4. refuse to cooperate

Answer: C. reveal a secret

To spill the beans means to disclose information that was meant to be secret.

5. Choose the correctly spelt word.
  1. accomodation
  2. accommodation
  3. acommodation
  4. accommmodation

Answer: B. accommodation

Accommodation is spelt with two c's and two m's.

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