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UI Post-UTME 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 UI 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 UI Post-UTME 2008 questions

1. Neither the dean nor the lecturers ___ available for the meeting.
  1. is
  2. are
  3. was
  4. has been

Answer: B. are

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

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'frugal'.
  1. wasteful
  2. careless
  3. generous
  4. thrifty

Answer: D. thrifty

A frugal person is careful and economical in spending.

3. If I ___ the notice earlier, I would have attended the lecture.
  1. had seen
  2. see
  3. would see
  4. have seen

Answer: A. had seen

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

4. Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.
  1. The list of names are on the desk.
  2. The list of names were on the desk.
  3. The list of names is on the desk.
  4. The list of names have been on the desk.

Answer: C. The list of names is on the desk.

The singular subject list takes the singular verb is.

5. Choose the correct completion: No sooner had the bus stopped ___ the passengers rushed out.
  1. than
  2. when
  3. then
  4. while

Answer: A. than

The standard correlative construction is 'no sooner...than'.

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