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UNILAG Post-UTME 2018 past questions and answers

This 2018 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 2018 set with instant marking.

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Sample UNILAG Post-UTME 2018 questions

1. Neither the lecturer nor the students _____ willing to postpone the test.
  1. is
  2. are
  3. was
  4. has been

Answer: B. are

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

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'alleviate' as used in: The new policy may alleviate the burden on small traders.
  1. increase
  2. conceal
  3. reduce
  4. measure

Answer: C. reduce

To alleviate a burden is to make it less severe or reduce it.

3. Select the option that correctly completes the sentence: Despite the delay, the passenger insisted _____ the fare in full.
  1. on paying
  2. to pay
  3. for paying
  4. at paying

Answer: A. on paying

The verb insist is conventionally followed by on and a gerund in this construction.

4. Choose the correct reported form of: 'I completed the assignment yesterday,' Bisi said.
  1. Bisi said that I completed the assignment yesterday.
  2. Bisi said that she has completed the assignment the day before.
  3. Bisi said that she completed the assignment tomorrow.
  4. Bisi said that she had completed the assignment the previous day.

Answer: D. Bisi said that she had completed the assignment the previous day.

Reported speech normally backshifts the past simple to past perfect and changes yesterday to the previous day.

5. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: No sooner _____ the station than the rain began.
  1. the train left
  2. had the train left
  3. the train had left
  4. did the train had left

Answer: B. had the train left

No sooner at the beginning of a clause takes subject-auxiliary inversion, followed by than.

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