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UNIPORT Post-UTME 2020 past questions and answers

This 2020 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 2020 set with instant marking.

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Sample UNIPORT Post-UTME 2020 questions

1. Neither the lecturers nor the dean ___ available to receive the visitors yesterday.
  1. are
  2. was
  3. were
  4. have been

Answer: B. was

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, the singular dean.

2. Scarcely had the train left the station ___ the heavy rain began.
  1. than
  2. as
  3. when
  4. while

Answer: C. when

The standard paired construction is scarcely...when.

3. In the sentence 'The new policy may mitigate the effects of the shortage,' mitigate means to ___.
  1. lessen
  2. announce
  3. measure
  4. cause

Answer: A. lessen

To mitigate an effect is to make it less severe.

4. Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
  1. The committee have submitted its report.
  2. The committee are submitted their report.
  3. The committee were submit its report.
  4. The committee has submitted its report.

Answer: D. The committee has submitted its report.

Committee is treated as a singular unit here, so it takes has and its.

5. If she had left home earlier, she ___ the first bus.
  1. will catch
  2. would have caught
  3. would catch
  4. had caught

Answer: B. would have caught

A past unreal condition takes would have plus the past participle in its result clause.

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