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UNIUYO Post-UTME 2015 past questions and answers

This 2015 UNIUYO 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 2015 set with instant marking.

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Sample UNIUYO Post-UTME 2015 questions

1. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Neither the dean nor the lecturers ___ willing to postpone the test.
  1. is
  2. was
  3. are
  4. has been

Answer: C. are

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer plural subject lecturers, so are is correct.

2. The word 'reluctant' is closest in meaning to
  1. unwilling
  2. careless
  3. hopeful
  4. fortunate

Answer: A. unwilling

A reluctant person is hesitant or unwilling to do something.

3. If a student 'burns the midnight oil', the student
  1. wastes electricity
  2. studies late into the night
  3. works only at dawn
  4. prepares food at night

Answer: B. studies late into the night

The idiom means to work or study late at night.

4. Choose 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 its full stop belongs inside the closing quotation mark.

5. Each of the candidates ___ required to bring an identification card.
  1. are
  2. were
  3. have been
  4. is

Answer: D. is

The subject each is singular and therefore takes the singular verb is.

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