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UNIPORT Post-UTME 2019 past questions and answers

This 2019 UNIPORT 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 2019 set with instant marking.

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Sample UNIPORT Post-UTME 2019 questions

1. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the lecturers nor the dean ___ available for the meeting yesterday.
  1. were
  2. are
  3. was
  4. have been

Answer: C. was

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer singular subject dean, and the past tense is was.

2. Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'meticulous' as used in: The editor was meticulous in checking every citation.
  1. careful
  2. impatient
  3. careless
  4. uncertain

Answer: A. careful

Meticulous means extremely careful and attentive to detail.

3. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'scarce'.
  1. rare
  2. limited
  3. insufficient
  4. abundant

Answer: D. abundant

Abundant means plentiful, which is the opposite of scarce.

4. Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
  1. The principal said, “The examination begins at nine.”
  2. The principal said “The examination begins at nine”.
  3. The principal said, “the examination begins at nine”.
  4. The principal said “The examination begins at nine.”

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

A direct quotation is introduced with a comma, begins with a capital letter, and places the full stop inside the closing quotation mark.

5. Choose the correct option: If Chika ___ earlier, she would have caught the first bus.
  1. left
  2. had left
  3. would leave
  4. has left

Answer: B. had left

The third conditional uses past perfect in the if-clause and would have plus a past participle in the result clause.

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