Biology Past Questions For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students

Biology Past Questions For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students; These Biology questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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#1. Which one of the following statements about the mammalian kidney is false?

A) The glomerulus is formed by a branch of the renal artery

A) The glomerulus is formed by a branch of the renal artery

B) The glomerulus is a part of uniferous tubules

B) The glomerulus is a part of uniferous tubules

C) Tha bowmans capsule is in the cortex of the kidney

C) Tha bowmans capsule is in the cortex of the kidney

D) The uniferous tubules are richly supplied with blood vessels

D) The uniferous tubules are richly supplied with blood vessels

E) The glomerulusis lodged in the bowmans capsule

E) The glomerulusis lodged in the bowmans capsule

#2. Which of these is a direct photosynthetic product?

A) Glucose

A) Glucose

B) Starch

B) Starch

C) Protein

C) Protein

D) Fats

D) Fats

E) Latex

E) Latex

#3. A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for

A) Converting carbohydrate into glucose

A) Converting carbohydrate into glucose

B) Transporting energy from one part of the plant to another

B) Transporting energy from one part of the plant to another

C) The production of energy by oxidising essential carbohydrate

C) The production of energy by oxidising essential carbohydrate

D) Hydrolysis of proteins

D) Hydrolysis of proteins

E) The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed

E) The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed

#4. Which of these plays no role in photosynthesis?

A) 9

A) 9

B) 8

B) 8

C) 5

C) 5

D) 2

D) 2

E) 3

E) 3

#5. During reproduction of the organism in figure above the first structure to divide is

A) 1

A) 1

B) 2

B) 2

C) 3

C) 3

D) 4

D) 4

E) 5

E) 5

#6. The part numbered 12 is

A) pectoral fin

A) pectoral fin

B) scale

B) scale

C) opercular plate

C) opercular plate

D) gill plate

D) gill plate

E) pectoral girdle

E) pectoral girdle

#7. During the movement of the fish from point A to target B, one of these parts is not involved

A) 7

A) 7

B) 5

B) 5

C) 3

C) 3

D) 6

D) 6

E) 10

E) 10

#8. The number shown as 8 refers to

A) upper epidermise

A) upper epidermise

B) cuticle

B) cuticle

C) stoma

C) stoma

D) guard cell

D) guard cell

E) lower epidermis

E) lower epidermis

#9. The structure responsible for trapping the sun's energy during photosynthesis is

A) 5

A) 5

B) 6

B) 6

C) 3

C) 3

D) 2

D) 2

E) 8

E) 8

#10. Which of these is not a characteristics of a wind pollinated flowers?

A) A smaller quantities of sticky pollen produce

A) A smaller quantities of sticky pollen produce

B) Feathery styles of stigmas pendulously hang outrside the flower

B) Feathery styles of stigmas pendulously hang outrside the flower

C) small inconspicuous scentless flower

C) small inconspicuous scentless flower

D) large anthers which are loosley attched to the filament

D) large anthers which are loosley attched to the filament

E) Light pollen grains produced in large quantities from the anthers

E) Light pollen grains produced in large quantities from the anthers

#11. A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for

A) converting carbonhydrate into glucose

A) converting carbonhydrate into glucose

B) Transporting energy from part of the plant to another

B) Transporting energy from part of the plant to another

C) The production of energy by oxidising essential carbonhydrate

C) The production of energy by oxidising essential carbonhydrate

D) hydrolysis of protein

D) hydrolysis of protein

E) The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed

E) The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed

#12. Which of these products obtained from analyzing sweat from skin is not an excretory product?

A) water

A) water

B) Salts

B) Salts

C) Dust

C) Dust

D) Urea

D) Urea

E) Urates

E) Urates

#13. In a breeding program a cross was made between two true breeding cow-pea types: one with round seeds and the other with wrinkled seed. If roundness is dominant why wrinkleness is recessive, in the first filial generation all the seeds produced will be

A) 25% wrinkled, 75% round

A) 25% wrinkled, 75% round

B) 100% wrinkled

B) 100% wrinkled

C) 50% wrinkled, 50% round

C) 50% wrinkled, 50% round

D) 75% wrinkled, 25% round

D) 75% wrinkled, 25% round

E) 100% round

E) 100% round

#14. The mammalian stomach can carry out a number of processes except

A) absorption of glucose

A) absorption of glucose

B) secretion of hydrochloric acid

B) secretion of hydrochloric acid

C) secretion gastric juice

C) secretion gastric juice

D) churning of food

D) churning of food

E) production of trypsin

E) production of trypsin

#15. A spirogyra cell was placed in solution X after 1 minute the cell has been plasmolysed, solution X was

A) Tap water

A) Tap water

B) a very strong sugar solution

B) a very strong sugar solution

C) a weak sugar solution

C) a weak sugar solution

D) a very weak salt solution E) distilled water

D) a very weak salt solution E) distilled water

#16. A farmer x working in a swamp did not eat any food nor drink any water. Which of this diseases can he not contact

A) Cholera

A) Cholera

B) Bilharzia

B) Bilharzia

C) River blindness

C) River blindness

D) Malaria

D) Malaria

E) Sleeping sickness

E) Sleeping sickness

#17. A carbohydrate molecule in the blood in the right ventricles of the heart is pumped into the cell of the toe of a man. Which of these structure is it unlikely to pass through en-route

A) pulmonary artery

A) pulmonary artery

B) lungs

B) lungs

C) Heart

C) Heart

D) liver

D) liver

E) aorta

E) aorta

#18. In a photo-tropic experiment, young seedlings in a box were subjected to light from one direction. The seedling continue to grow erect. Which of the following statement is correct

A) Only the tip of the seedling received the light

A) Only the tip of the seedling received the light

B) The light was not strong enough

B) The light was not strong enough

C) The seedlings were rather too young

C) The seedlings were rather too young

D) The tip of the seedling may have been covered

D) The tip of the seedling may have been covered

E) The box containing the seedling should have been placed on a laboratory bench

E) The box containing the seedling should have been placed on a laboratory bench

#19. Which of these is not associated with the movement of the toad, reptile or bird?

A) Hopping

A) Hopping

B) Bopping

B) Bopping

C) Flapping

C) Flapping

D) Gliding

D) Gliding

E) Pecking

E) Pecking

#20. Which of these is not a part of the feather of a bird?

A) Wing

A) Wing

B) aftershaft

B) aftershaft

C) Inferior umblilicus

C) Inferior umblilicus

D) Vane

D) Vane

E) Barbule

E) Barbule

#21. Which of these is not a function of the mammalian skin/

A) Protection against bacteria infection

A) Protection against bacteria infection

B) Excretion of waste and water

B) Excretion of waste and water

C) Production of vitamin d when exposed to sun light

C) Production of vitamin d when exposed to sun light

D) production of pigments to reduce temperature

D) production of pigments to reduce temperature

E) Regulation of body temperature

E) Regulation of body temperature

#22. which of these elements in plants is required in small quantities only

A) Boron

A) Boron

B) Nitrogen

B) Nitrogen

C) Phosphorus

C) Phosphorus

D) Magnesium

D) Magnesium

E) Potassium

E) Potassium

#23. a potometer was used to compare the rate of loss of the same volume of water from a plant under different environmental conditions as under a fan, at the sea shore, under the sun, in the airy laboratory and in cupboard. What time was likely to have been obtained in a cupboard?

A) 15 secs

A) 15 secs

B) 30secs

B) 30secs

C) 25secs

C) 25secs

D) 20secs

D) 20secs

E) 28secs

E) 28secs

#24. The neck region of the tape worm, (taenia) is responsible for the

A) production of egg

A) production of egg

B) storage of egg

B) storage of egg

C) formation of new segment

C) formation of new segment

D) development of the suckers

D) development of the suckers

E) fragmentaion of the body segment

E) fragmentaion of the body segment

#25. Which of these is not true of the insect? The possession of Options

A) two pairs of antennae

A) two pairs of antennae

B) jointed appendages

B) jointed appendages

C) exoskeleton

C) exoskeleton

D) three pairs of legs

D) three pairs of legs

E) segmented body

E) segmented body

#26. Rhizopus (or mucor)obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

A) a facultative parasite

A) a facultative parasite

B) saprophyte

B) saprophyte

C) an obligate parasite

C) an obligate parasite

D) a commensal

D) a commensal

E) an autotroph

E) an autotroph

#27. The feature that distinguish the toad or frog from the fish is the absence of Options

A) scales

A) scales

B) lungs

B) lungs

C) paired appendages

C) paired appendages

D) a tail

D) a tail

E) skin glands

E) skin glands

#28. Which of these is not associated with tadpole stages of toad or frog

A) V-shaped gland

A) V-shaped gland

B) operculum

B) operculum

C) external gills

C) external gills

D) jelly

D) jelly

E) shell

E) shell

#29. In which of the following groups of organisms do all the members have asexual method of reproduction?

A) A geen filament algae, a flowering plant and a bird

A) A geen filament algae, a flowering plant and a bird

B) A toad (or frog) , ameoba and mucor ( penicillium)

B) A toad (or frog) , ameoba and mucor ( penicillium)

C) A flowering plant, tape worm (or ascaris) and a green filamentous algae

C) A flowering plant, tape worm (or ascaris) and a green filamentous algae

D) Mucor (or penicillium), a bird and a toad (or frog)

D) Mucor (or penicillium), a bird and a toad (or frog)

E) Ameoba, mucor (or penicillium ) and a green filamentous algae

E) Ameoba, mucor (or penicillium ) and a green filamentous algae

#30. The hormone which tones up the muscles of a person in time of danger is from the

A) thyroid gland

A) thyroid gland

B) pancreas

B) pancreas

C) adrenal gland

C) adrenal gland

D) liver

D) liver

E) spleen

E) spleen

#31. A potometer with a leafy shoot weighed 18.9g initially and weighed 17.9g after one hour. From this it follow that

A) the shoot absorbed 1g of water per hour

A) the shoot absorbed 1g of water per hour

B) 1g of water per hour evaporates from the potometer

B) 1g of water per hour evaporates from the potometer

C) the shoot lost 1g of water per hour

C) the shoot lost 1g of water per hour

D) the potometer water receded at the rate of 1g per hour

D) the potometer water receded at the rate of 1g per hour

E) the shoot was respiring and lost weight at rate of 1g per hour

E) the shoot was respiring and lost weight at rate of 1g per hour

#32. At fertilization

A) one chromosome from the male joins another from the female

A) one chromosome from the male joins another from the female

B) one gene from the male combines with another from the female

B) one gene from the male combines with another from the female

C) the male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus

C) the male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus

D) one set of chromosome combines with another set from the female

D) one set of chromosome combines with another set from the female

E) one cell from the male fuses with another from the female

E) one cell from the male fuses with another from the female

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