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OAU Post-UTME 2006 past questions and answers

This 2006 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 2006 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2006 questions

1. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the opposite of 'laconic'.
  1. concise
  2. verbose
  3. reserved
  4. brief

Answer: B. verbose

Laconic means using very few words, so verbose, meaning using many words, is its opposite.

2. Neither the dean nor the lecturers ___ willing to postpone the meeting.
  1. is
  2. has been
  3. was
  4. were

Answer: D. were

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

3. If she ___ earlier, she would have caught the bus.
  1. had left
  2. left
  3. has left
  4. would leave

Answer: A. had left

A past unreal condition takes the past perfect in the if-clause and would have plus a participle in the result clause.

4. The witness accused the contractor ___ fraud.
  1. for
  2. with
  3. of
  4. on

Answer: C. of

The standard construction is accuse someone of an offence.

5. Which sentence correctly punctuates the non-defining clause?
  1. My brother who lives in Ibadan, is visiting.
  2. My brother, who lives in Ibadan, is visiting.
  3. My brother, who lives in Ibadan is visiting.
  4. My brother who lives, in Ibadan is visiting.

Answer: B. My brother, who lives in Ibadan, is visiting.

A non-defining relative clause is enclosed by commas.

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