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UNILAG Post-UTME 2017 past questions and answers

This 2017 UNILAG 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 UNILAG Post-UTME 2017 questions

1. Neither the registrar nor the lecturers ___ available to answer questions after the meeting.
  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. To mitigate the effects of flooding, the council cleared the drainage channels before the rains.
  1. measure
  2. reduce
  3. predict
  4. conceal

Answer: B. reduce

Mitigate means to make something less severe or harmful.

3. If Bisi ___ earlier, she would have met the dean before he left.
  1. arrives
  2. would arrive
  3. had arrived
  4. has arrived

Answer: C. had arrived

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

4. In the sentence 'The senior students should not look down on new students,' the expression 'look down on' means
  1. search for
  2. watch carefully
  3. depend upon
  4. regard as inferior

Answer: D. regard as inferior

To look down on someone is to consider that person inferior.

5. Each of the applicants ___ to bring a valid identification card.
  1. is
  2. are
  3. were
  4. have

Answer: A. is

The indefinite pronoun each is singular and takes the singular verb is.

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