Biology JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

43

The caste of termites that lacks pigmentation is the

  • A. King
  • B. worker
  • C. soldier
  • D. queen
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44

The ability of the cockroach to live in cracks and crevices is enhanced by the possession of

  • A. wings and segmented body
  • B. compound eyes
  • C. claws on the leg
  • D. dorso-ventrally flattened body
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45

The special name of the part labelled II is

  • A. gametangium
  • B. hypha
  • C. suspensor
  • D. zygospore
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46

The structure labelled I is formed as a result of the fusion of

  • A. two pairs of nuclei
  • B. several pairs of nuclei
  • C. a pair of nuclei
  • D. two pairs of nucleoli
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47

In snails, the hard calcareous shells are secreted by the

  • A. radula
  • B. ctenidium
  • C. pneumostome
  • D. mantle
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48

The natural tendency of organisms as they evolve is to

  • A. decrease in size
  • B. increase in number
  • C. develop specialize structure
  • D. feed indiscriminately
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49

The procaryotic cell type is characterized by a

  • A. complex cytoplasm in which different regions are poorly defined
  • B. localization of different regions of the cell into tissues
  • C. collection of organelles and macromolecular complexes
  • D. simple cytoplasm with well defined regions
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50

The nucleus is considered the central organelle of a cell because it

  • A. contains the genetic material
  • B. contains the nuclear sap
  • C. is bounded by the nuclear membrane
  • D. is located at the center of the cell
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