University of Calabar (UNICAL) post-UTME 2026/2027: past questions

Last checked 23 October 2026

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150UNICAL's minimum UTME score for 2026/2027

In short

You need at least 150 in the UTME to apply.
UNICAL has not published how many questions its post-UTME has, or how long it lasts.
Below are ten questions from our UNICAL post-UTME bank, with answers and explanations.

How the screening is written

Minimum UTME score	150 Open to candidates who chose UNICAL first, and to those who did not but want to study there. Medicine and Surgery does not accept O'level results from two sittings.
Screening fee	₦2,000
Usual period	Registration June to July
Where to apply	postutme.unical.edu.ng

Schools can change the format from one year to the next. Check UNICAL's own notice when the form is out.

UNICAL post-UTME past questions

Ten questions from our UNICAL post-UTME bank, taken from its 3 faculty sets, with answers and explanations.

1.From the alternatives provided select the one which best completes the sentence. If only I _____ insured? But I wasn't. But I have to pay a lot of money.
1. A
  was
2. B
  were
3. C
  have been
4. D
  had been
  Correct
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Answer: D
An unreal wish about the past uses the past perfect: "If only I had been insured."
2.The structure in the cell that controls the movement of substance in and out of the cell is the
1. A
  Nucleus
2. B
  Cell membrane
  Correct
3. C
  Cytoplasm
4. D
  Cell wall
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Answer: B
The cell membrane is selectively permeable and controls what substances enter and leave the cell. The cell wall only gives support and shape and is freely permeable, while the nucleus and cytoplasm do not regulate substance movement across the cell boundary.
3.The economic system which relies mainly on the price mechanism for the allocation of scarce resources is known as
1. A
  Traditional economy
2. B
  Mixed economy exclusively
3. C
  Command (planned) economy
4. D
  Market (capitalist) economy
  Correct
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Answer: D
A market (capitalist) economy relies mainly on the price mechanism, the interaction of demand and supply, to allocate scarce resources.
4.The Organization of African Unity came into being in
1. A
  1957
2. B
  1963
  Correct
3. C
  1945
4. D
  1975
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Answer: B
The Organization of African Unity was founded in Addis Ababa in 1963 to promote unity and solidarity among independent African states.
5.Choose the option that best completes the sentence. In order to carry out the necessary examination, the dead body was ______
1. A
  embalmed
2. B
  cremated
3. C
  buried
4. D
  exhumed
  Correct
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Answer: D
To examine a dead body for the cause of death, it must first be dug up from the grave — exhumed.
6.Under what constitution did the Supreme Court become the highest Court of Appeal in Nigeria?
1. A
  1963 Republican Constitution
  Correct
2. B
  1979 Constitution
3. C
  1954 Lyttleton Constitution
4. D
  1999 Constitution
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Answer: A
The 1963 Republican Constitution ended appeals to the British Privy Council and made the Supreme Court of Nigeria the final and highest court of appeal in the country.
7.Eli's lack of parental responsibility led his sons into doing all the following except
1. A
  sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting
2. B
  seizing the best portions of sacrificial meat by force
3. C
  worshipping foreign idols in the tabernacle
  Correct
4. D
  treating the LORD's offering with contempt
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Answer: C
Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas seized sacrificial meat by force, slept with women serving at the tabernacle, and treated the LORD's offering with contempt — but scripture does not record them as worshipping foreign idols, which is the exception.
8.A short-sighted person needs one of the following types of lens to correct the vision
1. A
  plano lens
2. B
  cylindrical lens
3. C
  convex (converging) lens
4. D
  concave (diverging) lens
  Correct
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Answer: D
Short-sightedness needs a concave lens.
9.In computers, '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1. A
  A temporary file
  Correct
2. B
  A Trojan file
3. C
  A template file
4. D
  A text file
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Answer: A
The '.tmp' extension usually denotes a temporary file created by a program to hold data briefly during processing.
10."But at my back I always heard Time's winged chariot hurrying near" illustrates
1. A
  personification of Time as a pursuer in a chariot
  Correct
2. B
  onomatopoeia of a chariot's wheels
3. C
  a simile comparing time to a chariot race
4. D
  an allusion to Roman mythology alone
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Answer: A
From Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," Time is given human/mythic agency — a winged chariot hurrying in pursuit — making this a classic example of personification.

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How to prepare for the UNICAL post-UTME

The UNICAL post-UTME questions we hold cover Use of English (146), Government (110), Computer Studies (90), Physics (67), Mathematics (65), History (57), Biology (53), Economics (27), Christian Religious Studies (24), Literature in English (13), Chemistry (8) and Geography (7).

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Which subjects you write for your course

Your UTME subjects depend on your course. These pages give JAMB's rule and UNICAL's own, where JAMB's brochure has one.

Questions students ask about the UNICAL post-UTME

What is the minimum UTME score for the UNICAL post-UTME?

150. Many courses ask for more: see the UNICAL cut-off marks.

Post-UTME at other schools

University of Ibadan post-UTMEThe UI post-UTME is 100 questions (reported, 2024/2025), on a computer (2025/2026).
University of Ilorin post-UTMEThe UNILORIN post-UTME is a computer-based test (CBT) (2025/2026).
University of Lagos post-UTMEThe UNILAG post-UTME is 40 questions (reported, 2025/2026) in 30 minutes, on a computer.
Federal University of Technology, Akure post-UTMEYou need at least 180 in the UTME to apply (reported).
Federal University of Technology, Owerri post-UTMEFUTO screens candidates on their UTME score and O'level results, with no written test.