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FUTA Post-UTME 2021 past questions and answers

This 2021 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 2021 set with instant marking.

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Sample FUTA Post-UTME 2021 questions

1. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the lecturer nor the students _____ aware of the change in venue.
  1. were
  2. was
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: A. were

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

2. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
  1. After the examination we went home, and rested.
  2. After the examination, we went home and rested.
  3. After, the examination we went home and rested.
  4. After the examination we, went home and rested.

Answer: B. After the examination, we went home and rested.

A comma appropriately follows the introductory phrase, while no comma is needed between the two coordinated verbs.

3. In the sentence 'The witness gave a candid account of the incident', the word candid means
  1. confused
  2. formal
  3. honest
  4. lengthy

Answer: C. honest

A candid account is open and honest.

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

Answer: D. abundant

Abundant means plentiful, which is the opposite of scarce.

5. Select the correct reported form of: Musa said, 'I have completed the assignment.'
  1. Musa said that he had completed the assignment.
  2. Musa said that I have completed the assignment.
  3. Musa said that he completes the assignment.
  4. Musa said that he has complete the assignment.

Answer: A. Musa said that he had completed the assignment.

In reported speech after a past reporting verb, the present perfect normally shifts to the past perfect and the pronoun changes to he.

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