Biology JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

5020

Which of the following is the dental formula of man?

  • A. i(2/2) c(0/1) pm(2/2) m(3/3)
  • B. i(2/2) c(1/1) pm(2/0) m(3/3)
  • C. i(2/2) c(1/1) pm(2/2) m(3/3)
  • D. i(2/2) c(1/1) pm(3/3) m(2/2)
  • E. i(2/2) c(1/1) pm(2/3) m(3/3)
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5021

Where is the food stored in yam plant?

  • A. stem
  • B. Bud
  • C. Adventitous root
  • D. Leaves
  • E. Tap root
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5022

What is the genetic ratio of a cross between homozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant?

  • A. 0 tall : 4 short
  • B. 3 tall : 1 short
  • C. 2 short : 2 tall
  • D. 1 tall : 1 short
  • E. 4 tall : o short
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5023

Which of the following animals is cold blooded

  • A. Cat
  • B. Lizard
  • C. Whale
  • D. Bird
  • E. Horse
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5024

Which of the following is NOT true of wind-pollinated flowers?

  • A. A large amount of pollen produced
  • B. Light smooth pollen grains
  • C. Small inconspicuous flowers
  • D. Scented petals
  • E. Large pendulous anther
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5025

In animals, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia and chaetae, can be used for

  • A. reproduction
  • B. fighting
  • C. attachment to plants
  • D. locomotion
  • E. locating sensation
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5026

The amount of water loss from a leaf can be detected using

  • A. lime-water
  • B. red litmus paper
  • C. blue litmus paper
  • D. blue cobalt chloride paper
  • E. pink cobalt chloride paper
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5027

A mosquito which produces eggs which float, and whose larvae lie horizontal to the water surface, also rests at the angle on a vertical surface. This type of mosquito is

  • A. Aedes
  • B. Anopheles
  • C. Culex
  • D. Tiger mosquito
  • E. none of the above
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5028

Below are some group of diseases. Which group of diseases is caused by bacteria?

  • A. Tuberculosis, smallpox
  • B. Gonorrhoea, measles
  • C. Tuberculosis, polio
  • D. Sleeping sickness, measles
  • E. Syphilis, gonorrhoea
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5029

Oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the mammalian blood stream through one of the path indicated below. Indicate the correct path, a = mouth, b = trachea, c = bronchiole, d = nostril, e = bronchus, f = alveoli

  • A. a → b → e → f → d
  • B. b → d → f → e → c
  • C. d → b → e → c → f
  • D. b → a → f → e → c
  • E. f → e → c → d → c
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5030

A few grams of dried soil were first heated until red hot and then further heated until no more smoke was released. This experiment was to determine

  • A. amount of water in soil
  • B. percentage of water in soil
  • C. presence of humus in soil
  • D. resistance of laterities to heat
  • E. release of smoke from the soil
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5031

During thunderstorms the energy of lightning discharge causes

  • A. oxygen and nitrogen to combine
  • B. more carbon dioxide to be formed
  • C. nitrites to be converted to nitrates
  • D. nitrates to be converted to nitrogen
  • E. death
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5032

Leguminous plants, e.g Mucana, are usually planted in cultivated farmlands because they

  • A. enrich the soil with phoshates
  • B. provide animals with food
  • C. enrich the soil with organic nitrogen
  • D. protect the soil from being over-heated
  • E. protect the micro organisms in the soil
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5033

If a baby is a female, her mother’s ovum must have been fertilized by a sperm carry the chromosome

  • A. X
  • B. XY
  • C. XX
  • D. YY
  • E. Y
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5034

if three 30 cm lengths of glass tubes are tightly packed with clay, sand and loamy soils respectively and then stood in a beaker of water for one week, the level of water will be

  • A. lowest in the tube with clay
  • B. the same in all tubes
  • C. lowest in the tube with loamy soil
  • D. highest in the tube with sandy soil
  • E. lowest in the tube with sandy soil
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5035

The tips of some rice seedlings were cut off while some were left intact. Both were covered with a container which had not only one small hole to allow light through. After twenty-four hours it was observed that

  • A. the cut tips was bent away from the light
  • B. the cut tips bent towards source of light
  • C. the intact tips bent away from the light
  • D. the intact tips bent towards the light
  • E. both tips bent away from light
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5036

An organism X lives entirely on the waste products in another organism Y. In this association X is a

  • A. symbiont
  • B. commensal
  • C. saprophyte
  • D. parasite
  • E. epiphyte
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5037

A student trying to find out the order in which organisms appear on a cleared plot is studying one of the following

  • A. Ecosystem
  • B. Food chain
  • C. Food web
  • D. Succession
  • E. Community
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5038

The center which controls respiratory activities the mammalian brain is the

  • A. cerebrum
  • B. olfactory lobe
  • C. pituitary organ
  • D. cerebellum
  • E. medulla
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5039

Biconcave lenses are used in the correction of an eye defect called?

  • A. myopia
  • B. colour blindnes
  • C. old age
  • D. hypermetropia
  • E. weakening of ciliary muscles
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5040

The following are connected with the movement of a reflex action (1) Central nervous (2) Muscles (3) Skin (4) Sensory nerve (5) Motor nerve. Which of the following sequences indicates a correct path?

  • A. 1-2-3-4-5
  • B. 2-1-4-5-3
  • C. 3-4-1-2-5
  • D. 4-1-5-2-3
  • E. 3-4-1-5-2
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