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OAU Post-UTME 2009 past questions and answers

This 2009 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 2009 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2009 questions

1. Neither the lecturer nor the students ___ ready when the examination began.
  1. is
  2. was
  3. were
  4. has been

Answer: C. were

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

2. To describe a careful and exact worker, the word closest in meaning to meticulous is ___.
  1. careless
  2. precise
  3. hurried
  4. ordinary

Answer: B. precise

Meticulous means showing great care and attention to detail, so precise is closest in meaning.

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

Answer: D. plentiful

Scarce means not available in sufficient quantity, whereas plentiful means abundant.

4. 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 and would have plus a past participle in the result clause.

5. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
  1. The dean said "Submit your forms by Friday."
  2. The dean said, "Submit your forms by Friday".
  3. The dean said, "Submit your forms by Friday."
  4. The dean said, Submit your forms by Friday.

Answer: C. The dean said, "Submit your forms by Friday."

The reporting clause is followed by a comma, and the quoted sentence ends with its full stop inside the closing quotation mark.

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