Unilorin Post-UTME Use of English 2023 (Model questions) past questions and answers

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: It is time your old shoes were ________.

1. A.cleared up
2. B.cleared off
3. C.cleared away
4. D.cleared in

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: "We have a ________ of his online fraudulent acts", said the detective.

1. A.clickstream
2. B.clickstraight
3. C.clickwork
4. D.click server

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The youths are advised against the ________.

1. A.get rich-quickly syndrome
2. B.get-rich quickly syndrome
3. C.get rich-quick syndrome
4. D.get-rich-quickly syndrome

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: We stopped at a ________ for a breakfast.

1. A.drive in
2. B.drive-in
3. C.driving-in
4. D.drive-in

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The young driver was arrested for ________.

1. A.drink-driving
2. B.drinking-driving
3. C.drink-drive
4. D.drunken-drive

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: His ________ view of perfection drives him crazy at all times.

1. A.utopian
2. B.realistic
3. C.exilic
4. D.dyspeptic

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Old politicians tend to be realistic in their political views while the young ones tend to be ________.

1. A.natural
2. B.presumptuous
3. C.idealistic
4. D.pragmatic

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: In the case of ________ pregnancy, the baby starts to develop outside the mother's womb.

1. A.entropic
2. B.ectopic
3. C.enthalpic
4. D.enthropic

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The old abandoned house gave a ________ look.

1. A.eerie
2. B.eyery
3. C.eyrie
4. D.eery

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: She has told this story ________ times.

1. A.umpteen
2. B.upteen
3. C.upten
4. D.humpteen

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I am on my way, ________

1. A.aren't I?
2. B.an't I?
3. C.won't I?
4. D.am I?

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: My grandmother thought she could ________ some sandwich for us?

1. A.russle down
2. B.russle up
3. C.russle of
4. D.russle out

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Police officers ________ the area until the bomb was made safe.

1. A.cordoned away
2. B.cordoned off
3. C.cordoned out
4. D.cordoned up

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Reading Wuthering Heights was a bit difficult because the novel has a ________ plot.

1. A.convoluted
2. B.elongated
3. C.evasive
4. D.disastrous

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: We are planning to ________ in order to celebrate the awardees.

1. A.convoke
2. B.convocate
3. C.convoc
4. D.convok

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: When the ________ finally ________, hundreds of people lost their job.

1. A.bubble/burst
2. B.bubble/bursted
3. C.bobble/burst
4. D.bobble/burst

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word: His ostentatious outfit endeared him to his female boss.

1. A.noticeable
2. B.lascivious
3. C.recondite
4. D.vicious

Choose the correctly spelt option: "Hum" and "bum" are ________ words.

1. A.onomatopoeic
2. B.onomatopic
3. C.onomatopec
4. D.onomatopeic

The stress of the word "enigma" is in the ________ syllable.

1. A.first
2. B.second
3. C.third
4. D.last

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: We preferred to stay ________ on Saturdays.

1. A.indoor
2. B.indoors
3. C.in-door
4. D.in-doors

When the University of Ilorin was founded in the 1970s as a university college, it was affiliated to

1. A.University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2. B.Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
3. C.Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
4. D.University of Ibadan

The incumbent Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin is ________

1. A.Prof. Ishaq Oloyede
2. B.Prof. Wahab Egbewole
3. C.Prof Sulyman Age Abdulkareem
4. D.Prof Abdul Ganiyu Ambali

The motto of the University of Ilorin is

1. A.Learning and Character
2. B.Learning and Culture
3. C.For Learning and Character
4. D.For Learning and Culture

When was the University of Ilorin established?

1. A.1975
2. B.1976
3. C.1977
4. D.1978