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UI Post-UTME 2010 past questions and answers

This 2010 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 2010 set with instant marking.

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Sample UI Post-UTME 2010 questions

1. Neither the principal nor the teachers ___ willing to cancel the examination.
  1. is
  2. was
  3. are
  4. has been

Answer: C. are

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

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'abate' as used in the sentence: The storm began to abate before dawn.
  1. intensify
  2. lessen
  3. return
  4. disappear

Answer: B. lessen

To abate means to become weaker or less intense.

3. Choose the correctly completed sentence.
  1. Hardly had the train left when the rain began.
  2. Hardly the train had left than the rain began.
  3. Hardly had the train left than the rain began.
  4. Hardly the train left when the rain had begun.

Answer: A. Hardly had the train left when the rain began.

The standard construction is 'hardly had' followed by 'when' and a past-tense clause.

4. The witness insisted ___ telling the whole truth.
  1. at
  2. on
  3. for
  4. with

Answer: B. on

The verb 'insist' is followed by the preposition 'on' before a gerund.

5. Choose the correct reported form of: Musa said, 'I am tired.'
  1. Musa said that I am tired.
  2. Musa said that he is tired yesterday.
  3. Musa said that he was tired.
  4. Musa said that he has tired.

Answer: C. Musa said that he was tired.

In reported speech after a past reporting verb, 'am' normally changes to 'was' and 'I' changes to 'he'.

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