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UNN Post-UTME 2021 past questions and answers

This 2021 UNN 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 2021 set with instant marking.

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1. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: Neither the principal nor the teachers ___ present at the meeting.
  1. was
  2. were
  3. is
  4. has been

Answer: B. were

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

2. In the sentence 'The new measures may mitigate the effects of flooding,' the word mitigate means to ___.
  1. predict
  2. cause
  3. measure
  4. make less severe

Answer: D. make less severe

To mitigate something is to reduce its severity or harmful effect.

3. Choose the preposition that correctly completes the sentence: The witness insisted ___ telling the whole truth.
  1. on
  2. for
  3. at
  4. with

Answer: A. on

The standard collocation is insist on doing something.

4. Choose the sentence that best preserves the meaning of: In spite of her tiredness, Ada completed the report.
  1. Ada completed the report because she was tired.
  2. Ada did not complete the report, although she was tired.
  3. Ada was tired, yet she completed the report.
  4. Ada completed the report before she became tired.

Answer: C. Ada was tired, yet she completed the report.

'Yet' expresses the contrast between Ada's tiredness and her completion of the report.

5. Choose the word nearest in meaning to meticulous.
  1. careless
  2. thorough
  3. impatient
  4. ordinary

Answer: B. thorough

A meticulous person pays very careful attention to detail and is thorough.

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