UTME 2020 English | Objective

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Question 1 View Details
The hospital was closed……because there were no beds to put patients…..
A. again/upon
B. off/on
Correct C. down/at
D. up/in

Correct Answer: C

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Question 2 View Details
The judge who is son…..travelling to Lagos now.
A. were
B. shall
Correct C. is
D. are

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3 View Details
A university teacher is an…..
Correct A. academic
B. academics
C. academician
D. academia

Correct Answer: A

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Question 4 View Details
The adventurers ran into many…..in the forest
A. dear
B. dears
Correct C. deer
D. deer(s)

Correct Answer: C

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Question 5 View Details
The argument between the two neighbours degenerated into…..
Correct A. a free for all
B. a free fight
C. a flee for all
D. a free for fight

Correct Answer: A

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Question 6 View Details
The class…..more girls than boys this session
A. comprised of
B. comprises of
C. comprise
Correct D. comprises

Correct Answer: D

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Question 7 View Details
The tourist bought…..
A. a brown small Nigerian earthen pot
Correct B. a small brown Nigerian earthen pot
C. an earthen brown small Nigerian pot
D. a Nigerian small brown earthen pot

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8 View Details
I have already…..the picture on the sitting-room wal
A. hanged
B. hunged
C. hang
Correct D. hung

Correct Answer: D

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Question 9 View Details
Most of us will attend the conference…..at Ibadan later this year
A. holding
B. held
C. being held
Correct D. to hold

Correct Answer: D

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Question 10 View Details
I shall work hard so that I can…..a distinction in English
Correct A. secure
B. make
C. receive
D. grub

Correct Answer: A

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Question 11 View Details
The baby was rather…..than I could bear
A. much more troublesome
Correct B. much too troublesome
C. so much troublesome
D. very much troublesome

Correct Answer: B

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Question 12 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The pen which you have just picked up is…..
Correct A. Charles's
B. Charles'
C. Charles's
D. Charles

Correct Answer: A

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Question 13 View Details
It is clear to me that you won't visit Okoro this holiday, will you? ....
A. yes, I won't
B. yes, I will visit
Correct C. no, I won't
D. no, I will not visit

Correct Answer: C

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Question 14 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
Sa'adatu as well as the maids…..
A. like plantain chips
B. are liking plantain chips
C. is liking plantain chips
Correct D. likes plantain chips

Correct Answer: D

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Question 15 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
Measles….. no longer impossible to manage these days
Correct A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was

Correct Answer: A

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Question 16 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
People dislike Joe because he is a…..
A. trickery
B. trickful
C. trick
Correct D. tricky young man

Correct Answer: D

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Question 17 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
If the boys arrived early enough, the match…..
Correct A. would have been played
B. will be played
C. will have to be played
D. would be played

Correct Answer: A

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Question 18 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
There are…..at the end of the book
A. appendexes
B. appendix
Correct C. appendices
D. appendixs

Correct Answer: C

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Question 19 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
She usually works hard; but…..she could be very lazy
Correct A. at times
B. atimes
C. attimes
D. at times

Correct Answer: A

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Question 20 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The police…..happy about the dwindling crime rate
A. says they are
B. say it is
Correct C. say they are
D. say it is

Correct Answer: C

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Question 21 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The keepers themselves are sometimes…..by the bees
A. stinged
B. stang
Correct C. stung
D. sting

Correct Answer: C

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Question 22 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
I now realize I…..you before.
Correct A. had met
B. have met
C. met
D. meet

Correct Answer: A

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Question 23 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The patient was…..by a group of surgeons last week
Correct A. operated on
B. operated C
C. operated for
D. operated with

Correct Answer: A

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Question 24 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The old man couldn't help…..at his grandson's babbling.
A. to laugh
B. that he laughed
Correct C. laughing
D. in laughing

Correct Answer: C

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Question 25 View Details
In each of questions 12 to 28, fill the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
A range of options….. made available to the political parties during the recently concluded elections.
A. were made
B. is made
C. are made
Correct D. was made

Correct Answer: D

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