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UNICAL Post-UTME 2020 past questions and answers

This 2020 UNICAL 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 2020 set with instant marking.

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1. Neither the invigilator nor the candidates ___ aware that the examination hall had changed.
  1. were
  2. was
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: A. were

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

2. A meticulous researcher is one who is
  1. careless about details
  2. very careful about details
  3. quick to abandon a task
  4. unwilling to learn

Answer: B. very careful about details

Meticulous means showing great attention to detail.

3. Choose the word opposite in meaning to transient.
  1. brief
  2. temporary
  3. lasting
  4. passing

Answer: C. lasting

Transient means temporary or short-lived, so its opposite is lasting.

4. ___ the heavy rain, the match continued until the final whistle.
  1. Because
  2. Although of
  3. Unless
  4. Despite

Answer: D. Despite

Despite is followed by a noun phrase and correctly expresses contrast here.

5. Choose the correct reported form of: Musa said, I have completed the assignment.
  1. Musa said that he had completed the assignment.
  2. Musa said that I have completed the assignment.
  3. Musa says that he completed the assignment tomorrow.
  4. Musa said that he has complete the assignment.

Answer: A. Musa said that he had completed the assignment.

In reported speech after a past reporting verb, have completed normally backshifts to had completed.

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