Biology JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

22

What organelle is the site of photosynthesis in plants?

  • A. Chloroplasts
  • B. Ribosomes
  • C. Cytoplasm
  • D. Mitochondria
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23

Agglutination is the _______ of the ________

  • A. coagulation, white bloodcell
  • B. coagulation, water
  • C. white blood cells, red blood cell
  • D. coagulation, red blood cell
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24

Ability to taste PTC in some individuals is a character that is

  • A. acquired
  • B. heritable
  • C. sex-linked
  • D. morphological
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25

The following are example of morphological variation except

  • A. size
  • B. ability to taste PTC
  • C. color
  • D. fingerprint
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26

An example of organism which exists as a colony is

  • A. Volvox
  • B. paramecium
  • C. euglena
  • D. chlamydomonas
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27

The type of nutrition exhibited when organism lives on the body surface or inside the body of another type of organism is

  • A. Holozoic
  • B. parasitic
  • C. saprohytic
  • D. carnivores
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28

When an ovary is placed on the receptacle above the other floral parts it is referred to as

  • A. half inferior ovary
  • B. superior ovary
  • C. inferior ovary
  • D. half superior ovary
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29

Use the diagram to answer the question that follows.

The dentition is found in

  • A. rat
  • B. dog
  • C. sheep
  • D. man
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30

The host of Taenia Solium is _________

  • A. cow
  • B. pig
  • C. sheep
  • D. dog
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31

Food chain refers to the feeding relationships between animals in a ______?

  • A. Family
  • B. phylum
  • C. community
  • D. group
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32

The flame cells are used for excretion in

  • A. Fluke
  • B. Nematode
  • C. Bacteria
  • D. Volvox
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33

A bacteria that is spherically shaped is called?

  • A. diplobacillus
  • B. coccus
  • C. bacillus
  • D. vibrio
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34

Use the diagram to answer the question that follows

The instrument is used to measure

  • A. atmospheric pressure
  • B. relative humidity
  • C. direction of wind
  • D. speed of wind
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35

The modification in structure, physiology and behaviour of plant and animal is called ______

  • A. adaptation
  • B. evolution
  • C. variation
  • D. succession
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36

The common thing in plant and animal cell is

  • A. chloroplast
  • B. cell wall
  • C. nucleus
  • D. centrioles
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37

Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion?

  • A. Water molecules stick to the surface of a mirror.
  • B. Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels.
  • C. Water molecules stay on the tip of a pine needle because the water is attracted to the surface of the needle.
  • D. Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead
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38

The level of organization in spirogyra and volvox is

  • A. organ
  • B. system
  • C. cell
  • D. Tissue
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39

Size, colour and fingerprints are examples of ______

  • A. physiological variation
  • B. discontinuous variation
  • C. morphological variation
  • D. adaptive variation
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40

Nitrogen is released into the atmosphere when ________

  • A. plants absorbs mineral salt
  • B. sugar is completely broken down
  • C. through plant uptake
  • D. when lightning strike
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41

The feeding relationship among a set of members of a community is referred to as _______?

  • A. a food web
  • B. pyramid of energy
  • C. a food chain
  • D. pyramid of number
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42

Which of the following choices correctly describes the composition of the cell membrane?

  • A. contains only lipids
  • B. contains lipids and protein
  • C. contains lipids and cytosol
  • D. contains only proteins
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