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UI Post-UTME 2009 past questions and answers

This 2009 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 2009 set with instant marking.

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Sample UI Post-UTME 2009 questions

1. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'mitigate'.
  1. Aggravate
  2. Postpone
  3. Moderate
  4. Explain

Answer: A. Aggravate

To aggravate is to make worse, which is the opposite of mitigate.

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

Answer: B. were

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

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

Answer: C. Thorough

A meticulous person pays careful attention to detail and is thorough.

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

Answer: D. had left

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

5. Each of the candidates ___ submitted an application.
  1. has
  2. have
  3. are
  4. were

Answer: A. has

The singular pronoun 'each' takes the singular verb 'has'.

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