Biology Past Questions v6 For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students

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#1. Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells? Options

A) Centriole, middle lamella, golgi bodies, mitrochondrion

A) Centriole, middle lamella, golgi bodies, mitrochondrion

B) Cytoplasm, sap, vacuole, starch grains, leucoplasts

B) Cytoplasm, sap, vacuole, starch grains, leucoplasts

C) Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes.

C) Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes.

D) Nucleus, nucleolus, cellulose cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum

D) Nucleus, nucleolus, cellulose cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum

E) Cytoplasm, centriole, cellulose cell wall, nucleolus

E) Cytoplasm, centriole, cellulose cell wall, nucleolus

#2. Which of the parts are used to recognize the bone in the figure above? Options

A) 1 and 4

A) 1 and 4

B) 2 and 3

B) 2 and 3

C) 3 and 5

C) 3 and 5

D) 1, 2, and 6

D) 1, 2, and 6

E) 4 and 5

E) 4 and 5

#3. The main function of 6 is to Options

A) separate 5 from 7

A) separate 5 from 7

B) produce more of 5 and 7

B) produce more of 5 and 7

C) produce cork

C) produce cork

D) translocate water and mineral salt

D) translocate water and mineral salt

E) conduct carbondioxide to the other plant

E) conduct carbondioxide to the other plant

#4. The main function of 4 is to Options

A) surround inner tissues

A) surround inner tissues

B) produce cork

B) produce cork

C) produce root hairs

C) produce root hairs

D) produce lateral roots

D) produce lateral roots

E) produce more of 3

E) produce more of 3

#5. In the figure above the structured labelled X is the Options

A) cellulose cell wall

A) cellulose cell wall

B) plasma membrane

B) plasma membrane

C) nuclear membrane

C) nuclear membrane

D) mucilage wall

D) mucilage wall

E) ectoplasm

E) ectoplasm

#6. Which of the following is not associated with excretion in mammals Options

A) Glomerulus

A) Glomerulus

B) Urea

B) Urea

C) Faeces

C) Faeces

D) Carbon Dioxide

D) Carbon Dioxide

E) Bowman's capsule

E) Bowman's capsule

#7. The mammalian pancreas is involved with the Options

A) digestion of food only

A) digestion of food only

B) digestion and absorption of food

B) digestion and absorption of food

C) digestion of food and regulation of blood sugar

C) digestion of food and regulation of blood sugar

D) digestion of food, production of hormone and the regulation of blood

D) digestion of food, production of hormone and the regulation of blood

E) digestion of food, and the regulation of blood

E) digestion of food, and the regulation of blood

#8. When a person with blood belonging to group O has lost much blood due to an accident, he can be given blood from persons who have blood belonging to Options

A) group O only

A) group O only

B) group A only

B) group A only

C) group AB only

C) group AB only

D) groups A and O

D) groups A and O

E) groups AB and O

E) groups AB and O

#9. The absence of stomata shows that a leaf may be Options

A) from a floating plant

A) from a floating plant

B) from submerged plant

B) from submerged plant

C) varigated

C) varigated

D) from a terrestrial plant

D) from a terrestrial plant

E) from parasitic green plant

E) from parasitic green plant

#10. Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because Options

A) they are small animals

A) they are small animals

B) they can live inside the vertebrates

B) they can live inside the vertebrates

C) some of them are unicellular

C) some of them are unicellular

D) they have no backbones

D) they have no backbones

E) they are parasitic

E) they are parasitic

#11. Where is the energy produced in a cell? Options

A) Nucleus

A) Nucleus

B) Nucleolus

B) Nucleolus

C) Lysosomes

C) Lysosomes

D) Chloroplast

D) Chloroplast

E) Mitochondria

E) Mitochondria

#12. In which part of a leguminous plant can you find bacteria like Azotobacter? Options

A) Spongy mesophyll of leaf

A) Spongy mesophyll of leaf

B) At the nodes

B) At the nodes

C) At the internodes

C) At the internodes

D) In nodules

D) In nodules

E) Palisade mesophyll of leaf

E) Palisade mesophyll of leaf

#13. The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are Options

A) segmented artery, hepatic artery and coeliac artery

A) segmented artery, hepatic artery and coeliac artery

B) coeliac artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posteroir mesenteric artery

B) coeliac artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posteroir mesenteric artery

C) coelic artery, segmental artery and hepatic artery

C) coelic artery, segmental artery and hepatic artery

D) hepatic artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

D) hepatic artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

E) hepatic portal vein, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

E) hepatic portal vein, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

#14. In an epigeal germination, it is the Options

A) epicotyl that elongates fast

A) epicotyl that elongates fast

B) hypocotyl that elongates fast

B) hypocotyl that elongates fast

C) hypogeal that elongates fast

C) hypogeal that elongates fast

D) plumule that elongates fast

D) plumule that elongates fast

E) roots that elongate fast

E) roots that elongate fast

#15. If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising Options

A) modern agriculture

A) modern agriculture

B) strip cropping

B) strip cropping

C) contour ridging

C) contour ridging

D) crop rotation

D) crop rotation

E) the bush fallow system

E) the bush fallow system

#16. A pyramid of numbers can be defined as Options

A) the number of plants and animals in an ecosystem

A) the number of plants and animals in an ecosystem

B) an arrangement of organism according to their habitat

B) an arrangement of organism according to their habitat

C) the numerical relationships of a food chain

C) the numerical relationships of a food chain

D) the number of plants and animals in a population

D) the number of plants and animals in a population

E) the total number of species and general in a community

E) the total number of species and general in a community

#17. In man, spermatozoa are never found in the Options

A) testis

A) testis

B) urethra

B) urethra

C) epididymis

C) epididymis

D) prostrate glands

D) prostrate glands

E) vas deferens

E) vas deferens

#18. Which of the following statements is TRUE of inhalation of air by man? Options

A) The ribs are not raised

A) The ribs are not raised

B) Diaphragm is raised

B) Diaphragm is raised

C) Intercostal muscles relax

C) Intercostal muscles relax

D) Pressure of the thoracic cavity increase

D) Pressure of the thoracic cavity increase

E) Size of thoracic cavity increase

E) Size of thoracic cavity increase

#19. If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected? Options

A) Digestion of fats and oil

A) Digestion of fats and oil

B) Formation of urea

B) Formation of urea

C) Digestion of starch

C) Digestion of starch

D) Conversion of protein

D) Conversion of protein

E) Storage and release of the urine

E) Storage and release of the urine

#20. Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a Options

A) capsule

A) capsule

B) aggregrate fruit

B) aggregrate fruit

C) legume

C) legume

D) schizocarp

D) schizocarp

E) follicle

E) follicle

#21. Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood? Options

A) Engulfing bacteria

A) Engulfing bacteria

B) Production of hormones

B) Production of hormones

C) Transporting ureas

C) Transporting ureas

D) Distribution of heat

D) Distribution of heat

E) Transporting glucose

E) Transporting glucose

#22. The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because Options

A) it has a coleorhiza

A) it has a coleorhiza

B) it has a coleoptile

B) it has a coleoptile

C) of the relatively large endosperm

C) of the relatively large endosperm

D) there is the remain of a style

D) there is the remain of a style

E) of the relatively small scutellum

E) of the relatively small scutellum

#23. Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance? Options

A) Cochlea

A) Cochlea

B) Eustachian tube

B) Eustachian tube

C) Ear-drum

C) Ear-drum

D) Pinna

D) Pinna

E) Semicircular canals

E) Semicircular canals

#24. The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the Options

A) cornea and the lens

A) cornea and the lens

B) cornea and aqueous humour

B) cornea and aqueous humour

C) cornea and vitreous humour

C) cornea and vitreous humour

D) lens and aqueous humour

D) lens and aqueous humour

E) lens and vitreous humour

E) lens and vitreous humour

#25. Which of these statements is NOT true of insects? Options

A) They are anthropods

A) They are anthropods

B) Their body is divide into three distinct regions of head, thorax and abdomen

B) Their body is divide into three distinct regions of head, thorax and abdomen

C) Their thorax comprises three segments, only two of which bear a pair of appendages each

C) Their thorax comprises three segments, only two of which bear a pair of appendages each

D) Respiration is by means of trachea

D) Respiration is by means of trachea

E) They undergo metamorphosis

E) They undergo metamorphosis

#26. When an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the Options

A) mouth and passes it out through the same way

A) mouth and passes it out through the same way

B) mouth and passes it out through the operculum

B) mouth and passes it out through the operculum

C) operculum and passes it out through the mouth

C) operculum and passes it out through the mouth

D) operculum and passes it out through the nostrils

D) operculum and passes it out through the nostrils

E) nostrils and passes it out through the operculum

E) nostrils and passes it out through the operculum

#27. Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells? Options

A) Meristematic

A) Meristematic

B) Xylem vessels

B) Xylem vessels

C) Cambium

C) Cambium

D) Mesophyll

D) Mesophyll

E) Palisade

E) Palisade

#28. External ears of mammals consist of Options

A) pinna and tympanum

A) pinna and tympanum

B) pinna only

B) pinna only

C) auditory meatus only

C) auditory meatus only

D) auditory meatus and pinna

D) auditory meatus and pinna

E) auditory meatus and tympanum

E) auditory meatus and tympanum

#29. Refrigeration, as a method of preservation, has ONE of the following characteristics: Options

A) Kills all the bacteria

A) Kills all the bacteria

B) Kill most of the bacteria

B) Kill most of the bacteria

C) Makes the bacteria inactive

C) Makes the bacteria inactive

D) Dries food

D) Dries food

E) Hydrolyses food

E) Hydrolyses food

#30. Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies Options

A) Sulphur

A) Sulphur

B) Calcium

B) Calcium

C) Phosphorus

C) Phosphorus

D) Sodium

D) Sodium

E) Nitrogen

E) Nitrogen

#31. In the enzyme (amlyase) reactions of starch → sugar Starch is referred to as the Options

A) substrate

A) substrate

B) product

B) product

C) enzyme

C) enzyme

D) enzyme-substrate complex

D) enzyme-substrate complex

E) reaction mixture

E) reaction mixture

#32. ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of Options

A) firbrinogen

A) firbrinogen

B) amylase

B) amylase

C) white blood corpuscles

C) white blood corpuscles

D) red blood corpuscles

D) red blood corpuscles

E) plasma

E) plasma

#33. In man, identical twins occur when Options

A) An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo

A) An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo

B) an ovum fertilized by two sperms and then divides into two, each forming an embryo

B) an ovum fertilized by two sperms and then divides into two, each forming an embryo

C) two ova are fertilized at the same tine each forming an embryo

C) two ova are fertilized at the same tine each forming an embryo

D) two ova are fertilized by a single sperm each forming an embryo after fertilization

D) two ova are fertilized by a single sperm each forming an embryo after fertilization

E) one ovum first divides into two and each half is fertilized by a sperm before developing into an embryo

E) one ovum first divides into two and each half is fertilized by a sperm before developing into an embryo

#34. An onion bulb stores its food in the Options

A) Stem

A) Stem

B) Leaves

B) Leaves

C) Roots

C) Roots

D) Cotyledon

D) Cotyledon

E) Branches

E) Branches

#35. Roots of plants are normally Options

A) Positively phototropic

A) Positively phototropic

B) Negatively geotropic

B) Negatively geotropic

C) Negatively hydrotropic

C) Negatively hydrotropic

D) Positively hydrotropic

D) Positively hydrotropic

E) Negatively chemotropic

E) Negatively chemotropic

#36. The main function of the swim-bladder is for Options

A) Swimming

A) Swimming

B) Detecting sound

B) Detecting sound

C) Buoyancy

C) Buoyancy

D) Breathing

D) Breathing

E) Reproduction

E) Reproduction

#37. Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis? Options

A) Glucose + glucose

A) Glucose + glucose

B) Fructose + fructose

B) Fructose + fructose

C) Glucose + fructose

C) Glucose + fructose

D) Galactose + glucose

D) Galactose + glucose

E) Fructose + galactose

E) Fructose + galactose

#38. Which of the vertebra has a projection called odontoid process? Options

A) Atlas

A) Atlas

B) Axis

B) Axis

C) Thoracic

C) Thoracic

D) Lumber

D) Lumber

E) Caudal

E) Caudal

#39. If a 26 year old blind man married a young one-eyed woman and they had four children, how many of them would be blind like there father? Options

A) All

A) All

B) 3

B) 3

C) 2

C) 2

D) 1

D) 1

E) none

E) none

#40. The glottis is the opening which leads to the Options

A) Oesophagus

A) Oesophagus

B) Larynx

B) Larynx

C) Nostrils

C) Nostrils

D) Pharynx

D) Pharynx

E) Mouth

E) Mouth

#41. A tapeworm has no alimentary canal because Options

A) It is autotrophic

A) It is autotrophic

B) It does not feed

B) It does not feed

C) It has no enzymes

C) It has no enzymes

D) Its body absorbs digested food

D) Its body absorbs digested food

E) The suckers on the scolex suck blood

E) The suckers on the scolex suck blood

#42. A grass hopper respires by the means of its Options

A) Lung-books

A) Lung-books

B) Gills

B) Gills

C) Lungs

C) Lungs

D) Antennae

D) Antennae

E) Tracheal tubes

E) Tracheal tubes

#43. In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called Options

A) Sexual reproduction

A) Sexual reproduction

B) Cohesion

B) Cohesion

C) Pregnancy

C) Pregnancy

D) Implantation

D) Implantation

E) Viviparity

E) Viviparity

#44. Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of Options

A) Water

A) Water

B) Oil

B) Oil

C) Drugs

C) Drugs

D) Proteins

D) Proteins

E) Sugars

E) Sugars

#45. An hormoiothermic animal kept in a room where the temperature is lower than the body temperature may lose heat by four physical process. Which of the following processes is NOT connected with the body temperature regulation ? Options

A) Radiation

A) Radiation

B) Sweat

B) Sweat

C) Evaporation

C) Evaporation

D) Conduction

D) Conduction

E) Convection

E) Convection

#46. Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest? Options

A) Diatom → fly → toad → snake

A) Diatom → fly → toad → snake

B) Fly → toad → snake→ hawk

B) Fly → toad → snake→ hawk

C) Leaves → antelope → man → lion

C) Leaves → antelope → man → lion

D) Leaves → caterpillar → bird → lion

D) Leaves → caterpillar → bird → lion

E) Leaves →goat → man→ lion

E) Leaves →goat → man→ lion

#47. If a tall man (TT) maries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be Options

A) All short

A) All short

B) Three short and one tall

B) Three short and one tall

C) Two short and two tall

C) Two short and two tall

D) One short and three tall

D) One short and three tall

E) All tall

E) All tall

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