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OAU Post-UTME 2005 past questions and answers

This 2005 OAU 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 2005 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2005 questions

1. Neither the principal nor the teachers ___ willing to postpone the examination.
  1. are
  2. is
  3. was
  4. has been

Answer: A. are

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer plural subject, teachers.

2. By the time we arrived at the station, the train ___.
  1. leaves
  2. had left
  3. has left
  4. will leave

Answer: B. had left

The past perfect had left describes an action completed before another past action.

3. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'abstain'.
  1. approve
  2. continue
  3. refrain
  4. request

Answer: C. refrain

To abstain is to refrain from doing something.

4. If someone 'spills the beans', the person has ___.
  1. made a mess
  2. wasted food
  3. started an argument
  4. revealed a secret

Answer: D. revealed a secret

To spill the beans means to disclose secret information.

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

Answer: A. abundant

Abundant means plentiful, which is the opposite of scarce.

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