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OAU Post-UTME 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 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 2008 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2008 questions

1. Choose the word nearest in meaning to meticulous.
  1. Careful
  2. Hasty
  3. Careless
  4. Ordinary

Answer: A. Careful

Meticulous means very careful and attentive to detail.

2. Choose the word opposite in meaning to scarce.
  1. Rare
  2. Abundant
  3. Limited
  4. Insufficient

Answer: B. Abundant

Abundant means plentiful, which is the opposite of scarce.

3. Neither the lecturer nor the students ___ aware of the change in venue.
  1. was
  2. is
  3. were
  4. has been

Answer: C. were

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

4. To spill the beans means to ___ .
  1. waste food
  2. cause trouble
  3. make a mess
  4. reveal a secret

Answer: D. reveal a secret

The idiom spill the beans means to disclose secret information.

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

Answer: A. had left

A past unreal condition takes the past perfect in the if-clause.

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