Biology JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The structure labelled i is

  • A. photosensitive
  • B. radiosensitive
  • C. chemoreceptive
  • D. tactile
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2

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The type of protective adaption exhibited by the animal is

  • A. disruptive colouration
  • B. flash colouration
  • C. countershading colouration
  • D. warning colouration
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3

Which of the following vertebrates has the most simple structured heart

  • A. reptile
  • B. fish
  • C. mammal
  • D. Amphibian
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4

Which of the following is the best explanation for a child who is phenotypically short and born of two tall parents

  • A. both parent possess genes for shortness
  • B. the father possess a gene for shortness
  • C. nature makes the child short
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5

The only caste in the termite colony whose members can feed themselves are the

  • A. workers
  • B. reproductives
  • C. soldiers
  • D. nymphs
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6

When bacteria swim from cold to warm regions, this is known as

  • A. positive phototaxis
  • B. negative phototaxis
  • C. positive thermotaxis
  • D. negative chemotaxis
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7

Use the table to answer the question.

Which of the zones is likely to be a desert?

  • A. i
  • B. ii
  • C. iii
  • D. iv
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8

Use the table below to answer the question.

High relative humidity will be expected in Zones

  • A. ii and iv
  • B. ii and iii
  • C. i and iii
  • D. i and iv
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9

Paternity disputes can most accurately be resolved through the use of

  • A. blood group typing
  • B. finger printing
  • C. tongue rolling
  • D. DNA Analysis
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10

The noticeable adaptation of the animal to it’s aquatic habitat is the possession of

  • A. webbed digits
  • B. four limb
  • C. wide mouth
  • D. large eyes
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11

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The process of water loss and intake indicated by the arrows labelled i and ii are respectively

  • A. evaporation and osmosis
  • B. osmosis and exhalation
  • C. osmosis and diffusion
  • D. urination and diffusion
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12

In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colours are examples of

  • A. continuous variation
  • B. non-heritable variation
  • C. discontinuous variation
  • D. physiological variation
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13

Both recesssive and dominant characters are found

  • A. on different chromosome in the cell
  • B. at the same logus of a homologous chromosome
  • C. at a different loci of a homologous chromosome
  • D. on the same chromatid in a chromosome
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14

The probability of a baby being a boy or a girl depends on the contribution of the

  • A. father's sex cells
  • B. father's stomatic chromosome
  • C. mother's sex cell
  • D. mother's X-chromosome
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15

For growth to occur in organisms, the rate of

  • A. anabolism must exceed that of catabolism
  • B. catabolism must exceed that of anabolism
  • C. food storage must be low
  • D. food storage must be high
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16

Vaccination is carried out in order to

  • A. check the production of poison
  • B. increase the activities of white blood cells
  • C. increase the number of red blood cells
  • D. stimulate the production of anti-bodies
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17

Floating microscopic heterotrophs are mostly grouped as

  • A. phytoplankton
  • B. zooplankton
  • C. microbes
  • D. nekton
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18

The biological association that contributes directly to succession in a community is

  • A. competition
  • B. predation
  • C. parasitism
  • D. commensalism
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19

A group of organism of different species living in a particular area is described as a

  • A. colony
  • B. community
  • C. population
  • D. niche
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20

The ability of the eyes to focus on both near and distance objects is termed

  • A. image formation
  • B. refraction
  • C. hypermetropia
  • D. accommodation
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21

The process of walking is under the control of the part of the brain called

  • A. optic lobe
  • B. olfactory lobe
  • C. cerebellum
  • D. medulla oblongata
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