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185 real Post-UTME Screening questions from 2008 to 2022, every one with a worked solution. Practise them timed, on the web, on Android, or offline on desktop.

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Questions held
185
Years covered
6
Questions per paper
60
Time allowed
40 min
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Sample English (Arts) questions, answered.

Taken straight from the papers below — one from each of the most recent years, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out.

PUTME English (Arts) 2022 · Question 1
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s): The culprits will *surrender* their loot to the customs officials.
  1. give away
  2. give out
  3. give in
  4. give up — correct answer
Worked solution
To surrender something is to hand it over or give it up, especially when forced to do so.
PUTME English (Arts) 2012 · Question 1
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in asterisks: The chairman's verdict *redressed* the injustice the secretary suffered.
  1. corrected
  2. restored
  3. aggravated — correct answer
  4. addressed
Worked solution
To redress an injustice is to put it right. The opposite is to make it worse, i.e. aggravated.
PUTME English (Arts) 2011 · Question 1
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option: I have a strong appetite ____ rice.
  1. for — correct answer
  2. of
  3. with
  4. about
  5. in
Worked solution
The noun *appetite* takes the preposition 'for': an appetite for something.
PUTME English (Arts) 2010 · Question 1
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in asterisks: Mr. Jack was most *flexible* in his instruction.
  1. rigid — correct answer
  2. correct
  3. adaptable
  4. upright
Worked solution
Flexible means willing to adapt or change; its opposite is rigid (unbending). Adaptable is a synonym.
PUTME English (Arts) 2009 · Question 1
It was apparent they were being ______ by the heat as soon as the air conditioner was switched off.
  1. beaten
  2. stifled — correct answer
  3. attacked
  4. bitten
Worked solution
To be stifled is to feel unable to breathe because of heat or lack of air, which fits a room whose air conditioner has gone off.
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PUTME English (Arts), year by year.

2022
15 questions
2012
35 questions
2011
35 questions
2010
35 questions
2009
35 questions
2008
30 questions
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How PUTME English (Arts) is set.

Post-UTME Screening sets 60 questions in English (Arts), answered in 40 minutes — about 40 seconds a question. Practising against that clock is the part most candidates skip, and it is the part that costs marks.

We hold 185 published English (Arts) questions spanning 2008 to 2022. You can practise any single year’s paper, or sit a full timed mock that mirrors the real interface — the navigator, the flags and the auto-submit included.

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