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OAU Post-UTME 2020 past questions and answers

This 2020 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 2020 set with instant marking.

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Sample OAU Post-UTME 2020 questions

1. Neither the principal nor the teachers ___ present when the visitors arrived.
  1. was
  2. were
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: B. were

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

2. A taciturn person is usually one who is ___.
  1. reserved and sparing in speech
  2. easily angered
  3. generous with money
  4. careless about details

Answer: A. reserved and sparing in speech

Taciturn describes someone who says little and is not inclined to conversation.

3. When Ada accidentally spilled the beans about the surprise party, she ___.
  1. made a mess in the kitchen
  2. cancelled the party
  3. revealed a secret
  4. invited everyone

Answer: C. revealed a secret

The idiom spill the beans means to disclose secret information.

4. Choose the sentence that correctly expresses an unreal past condition.
  1. If I knew you came, I will call you.
  2. If I had known you came, I call you.
  3. If I know you were coming, I would have called.
  4. If I had known you were coming, I would have called.

Answer: D. If I had known you were coming, I would have called.

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

5. The committee ___ its report before the deadline.
  1. have submitted
  2. has submitted
  3. are submitting
  4. were submitted

Answer: B. has submitted

Committee is treated as a singular unit here, so it takes has submitted.

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