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OAU Post-UTME 2019 past questions and answers

This 2019 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 2019 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2019 questions

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

Answer: A. were

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

2. Had I known that the road was flooded, I ___ by another route.
  1. will travel
  2. would have travelled
  3. would travel
  4. had travelled

Answer: B. would have travelled

A past unreal condition takes would have plus the past participle in the result clause.

3. A laconic speaker is one who is
  1. fond of arguments
  2. careless with facts
  3. brief in speech
  4. skilled at singing

Answer: C. brief in speech

Laconic means using very few words.

4. The committee has completed its review, and ___ will publish the findings tomorrow.
  1. they
  2. them
  3. their
  4. it

Answer: D. it

Committee is treated as a single unit here, so the singular pronoun it is appropriate.

5. The new treasurer is averse ___ borrowing money for routine expenses.
  1. to
  2. for
  3. with
  4. at

Answer: A. to

The adjective averse is followed by the preposition to.

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