BIOLOGY POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS HomePOST UTME/POST JAMB Past Question & AnswersBIOLOGY POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Practice this BIOLOGY POST UTME exam questions and answers Our experts have provided correct answers to these questions. 0% BIOLOGY POST UTME (APP) BIOLOGY POST UTME BIOLOGY POST UTMEPractice with our Post UTME CBT for Universities, Polytechnics, College of Agriculture, College ofMedicine, College of Technology and College of Education and pass your examination. 1 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME What is the term used to describe the sum total of biotic and abiotic factors in the environment of the organism? ecological niche biome ecosystem habitat 2 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME One of this is not a shape of fingerprints circles loop arches whorls 3 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The division of nucleus is known as isogamy cytokinesis karyokinesis isopomy 4 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In a cell, the genes are carried by lysosomes Nuclear membrane Mitochondria Chromatin threads 5 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In a food web, tertiary consumers belong to which trophic level Second Third Fourth First 6 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME A sudden change in a gene or genes is called variation mutation heredity fertilization 7 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The random way genes recombine during meiosis and fertilization leads to genotype genetic variation phenotype genome 8 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of the following constitutes the main internal tissue of leaf? Lower epidermis Vascular bundle Cuticle Mesophyll 9 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Two plants with red flowers were back crossed, which of the following results indicates that the plants are heterozygous red flower, where red flowers are dominants? 75%red and 25% white 100% white 50% red and 50% white 100% red 10 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In insects, the structure that performs the same function as the kidney in man is the Nephridium Trachea Malphigian tubule Flame cell 11 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Maize is best stored against insect attack while still on the cob on raised platform in fumigated silos in humid metal tanks 12 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Ribosomes are found in all living cells. What is their function? synthesis of proteins cellular respiration intracellular transport excretion of waste products 13 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Octopus is popularly known as __________ fish devil shark cray jelly 14 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of these animals is not metamerically segmented tapeworm centipede earthworm shark 15 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of the following factors is not associated with aquatic habitat Temperature Humidity Wave action Light intensity 16 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In a food web, tertiary consumers belong to which trophic level Third Fourth Second First 17 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Spear grass has underground structure called rhizomes tap roots corm bulbs 18 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The hereditary factor of the material for inheritance is ovum organ sex gene 19 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME One of the following are usually worm-like, cylindrical or flattened insects annelids nematods molluscs 20 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The primary structure responsible for pumping blood for circulation through the mammalian circulatory systems is the Right auricle Left ventricle Veins Arteries 21 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The roots hairs are absorption of water and salt strength and support penetration into the soil conducting liquid 22 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The muscle cell fluid of an athlete was tested immediately after a 100m race and was found to contain a high concentration of lactic acid. 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The athlete must have inhaled lactic acid from the environment during the race athlete must have carried out anaerobic respiration during the race athlete must have injected lactic acid into his blood just before the race athlete must have eaten food containing a lactic acid 23 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME One of the following is not an excretory structure stomata flame cell kidney blood 24 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Manufactured food in the plants is transported through the xylem phloem cortex cambium 25 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The cocoon into which an earthworm lays its egg is produced in the prostomium chaeta peristomium clitellum 26 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of these does not have respiratory and circulatory systems insects molluscs annelids nematods 27 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME What happens to a man whose pancreas has been surgically removed? his weight would increase appreciably the glycogen content of the liver would increase his blood pressure would decrease the level of blood sugar would increase 28 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The reproduction of cell is controlled by which of the following: DNA mRNA Mitosis RNA 29 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In the mammal, the autonomic system consists of brain and cranial nerves brain and spinal nerves spinal cord and spinal nerves sympathetic and parasympathetic systems 30 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The sexual reproductive units produced by mature individuals of sexually reproducing species of organism is called ova sperms gametes zygotes 31 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In bony fishes, the swim bladder is used for equalizing fluid pressures between the fish and the surrounding water adjusting the weight of the fish when swimming at different levels absorbing more water when the fish is about to descend to a lower level extracting oxygen from water which enters the mouth of the fish 32 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Plants that are adapted to grow in dry land where water content is low are Halophytes Hydrophytes Mesophytes Xerophytes 33 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of the following is used mainly for balancing in fish? The caudal fin The dorsal fin The pectoral fin The anal fin 34 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME One of the following is usually worm-like, cylindrical or flattened insects annelids molluscs nematods 35 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Daughters receives their X-chromosome from their relative mother father siblings 36 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Genetically modified food products have not become universally accepted because they are usually costlier than others produced by conventional means their effect on human consumers is not yet fully understood they are not tasty as others produced by conventional means the technology can be applied only in developed countries 37 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Principles of heredity can be applied in one of these chemistry biology law medicine 38 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME An ecosystem is composed of all of the following except: Plants Animals Meadows Temperature 39 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME One of this is not a continuous variation weight skin colour height tongue rolling 40 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME S phase in growth curve is known as? shot phase end Phase rapid phase long phase 41 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The sterile individuals in the honey bee are known as Drone None of these Queens Workers 42 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The random way genes recombine during meiosis and fertilization leads to phenotype genotype genome genetic variation 43 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Circulation of blood to all parts of the body excepts the lungs is through The lymphatic system Pulmonary circulation The pulmonary artery Systemic circulation 44 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Which of the following is NOT a function of the nucleus of a cell? It stores and carries hereditary information It controls the life processes of the cell It translates genetic information for the manufacture of proteins It is a reservoir of energy for the cell 45 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME In plants, the structures that play roles similar to the arteries and veins of animals are the Xylem and Phloem Lenticels and phloem roots and stems Root hairs and xylem 46 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME Carbohydrates are stored in animal cells as maltase glucose starch glycogen 47 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The theory that new organs or characteristics develop in organisms when there is a need for them was postulated by Lean Lamarck Gregor Mendel Wallace Charles Darwin 48 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The rhesus factor of blood was first identified in a category of Human males Human females Chimpanzees Monkeys 49 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The order of food passage in the digestive system is Colon-Cecum-Ileum-Rectum Ileum-Colon-Cecum-Rectum Colon-Ileum-Cecum-Rectum Ileum-Cecum-Colon-Rectum 50 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTME The genetic make- up of an organism is called phenotype genotype variation gene Your score is 0% Restart quiz Share this post: Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Share on WhatsApp
