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UI Post-UTME 2017 past questions and answers

This 2017 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 2017 set with instant marking.

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Sample UI Post-UTME 2017 questions

1. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the lecturer nor the students ___ aware of the change in venue.
  1. were
  2. was
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: A. were

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer plural subject, students, so were is correct.

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'meticulous' as used in the sentence: The editor was meticulous in checking every reference.
  1. Thorough
  2. Careless
  3. Hasty
  4. Uncertain

Answer: A. Thorough

Meticulous means showing great care and attention to detail, so thorough is nearest in meaning.

3. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'scarce'.
  1. Rare
  2. Limited
  3. Abundant
  4. Insufficient

Answer: C. Abundant

Scarce means in short supply, whereas abundant means plentiful.

4. Select the correct completion: If I ___ about the traffic, I would have left earlier.
  1. had known
  2. knew
  3. would know
  4. have known

Answer: A. had known

A past unreal condition takes past perfect in the if-clause: If I had known, I would have left.

5. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
  1. The dean said, “The examination begins at nine.”
  2. The dean said “The examination begins at nine”.
  3. The dean said, “The examination begins at nine”.
  4. The dean said “The examination begins at nine.”

Answer: A. The dean said, “The examination begins at nine.”

The introductory clause takes a comma, and the full stop belongs inside the closing quotation mark in this punctuation convention.

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