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UI Post-UTME 2021 past questions and answers

This 2021 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 2021 set with instant marking.

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Sample UI Post-UTME 2021 questions

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

Answer: A. were

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

2. The word adverse in the sentence 'The committee faced adverse conditions' means
  1. ordinary
  2. unfavourable
  3. unexpected
  4. temporary

Answer: B. unfavourable

Adverse conditions are unfavourable or harmful conditions.

3. Choose the correct completion: No sooner ___ the announcement than the students began to cheer.
  1. the speaker made
  2. the speaker had made
  3. had the speaker made
  4. did the speaker made

Answer: C. had the speaker made

No sooner at the beginning of a sentence requires inversion, followed by than and the past perfect.

4. In the sentence 'Her guidance proved invaluable during the project', invaluable means
  1. difficult to obtain
  2. not officially approved
  3. too costly to use
  4. extremely useful

Answer: D. extremely useful

Invaluable means so useful or important that its value is difficult to measure.

5. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
  1. Despite the heavy rain, the match continued.
  2. Despite of the heavy rain, the match continued.
  3. Although the heavy rain, the match continued.
  4. In spite the heavy rain, the match continued.

Answer: A. Despite the heavy rain, the match continued.

Despite is followed directly by a noun phrase and does not take of.

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