JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

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JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS - 2022

JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

Attempt 60 questions that will picked from our pool of questions. You have 1 hour to answer all the questions.

You can retake the exams as many time as possible.

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A group of organisms of the same kind inhabiting the same environment is called

habitat

population

species

ecosystem

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The part of the mammalian ear responsible for the maintenance of balance is the

cochlea

perilymph

vestibular system

pinna

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Inheritable character/features possessed by an organism can be referred to as

Allelo morphs

Traits

Locus

Genes

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The four classes of cnidarian include the following except

Scyphozoa

Cubozoa

Anthozoa

Turbellaria

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

saprohytic

parasitic

Holozoic

carnivores

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Use the diagram shown to answer the question. After an hour, the level of water in the thistle funnel will

rise

remain the same

fall

double

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The flame cells are used for excretion in

Fluke

Volvox

Bacteria

Nematode

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Blood circulation in a mammal is said to be double because

It moves in both arteries and veins

The heart contains auricles and ventricles

It circulates in both the hands and other organs

It passes twice through the heart in a complete circuit

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What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium

Gets rid of excess water

Stores and digest food

Produces Enzymes

Gets rid of excreta

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The insect trapping movements of the leaves of the venus fly trap is a behavioural adaptation for

support

dormancy

surviving adverse weather conditions

obtaining food

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A group of closely related organisms capable of interbreeding to produce the fertile offspring are known as members of a

class

kingdom

species

family

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How many days does is used for incubation of an egg to release chick

21

23

22

20

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Coloration of the eye is ______ variation

morphological

adaptive

recessive

physiological

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One of the major ways in which the blood is able to defend the body against disease causing organisms is

Translocation

Absorption of fatty acids and glycerol

Single circulation

Clumping

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

pyramid of member

a food web

a food chain

pyramid of energy

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Which of the following serves as the brain box in man

spinal column

head

skull

skeleton

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A boy who is fond of swimming in a pond finds himself passing urine with traces of blood. He is like to have contracted?

salmonellosis

schistosomiasis

onchocerciasis

poliomyelitis

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The following parts are involved in breathing process, except

ribs

nostrils

diaphragm

mouth

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The hormones secreted by pancreas serves to

Make the body react to emergencies

Lower blood glucose level

Raise the level of calcium in the blood

Facilitate the development of facial hairs

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When sickle cell carrier marries a normal woman, the probability of them having a normal offspring is

.1

0.5

0.75

0.25

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Which of the following plant hormone is responsible for ripening of fruits?

Abscisic acid

Gibberellins

Ethylene

Cytokinins

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Strong short and concical beak to pick and crush seeds is an adaptive feature of

weaver bird

hawk

owl

duck

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Which of these is not a sampling method for determining population size?

capture and re-capture method

complete census

transect method

systematic sampling

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The population of different organisms that exist together in a habitat is called

community

biosphere

biomes

ecology

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What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X

The level of X and Y stands the same

The level of Y would rise, X would fall.

The level of X would rise, Y would rise

The level of X would rise, Y would falls

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A population is best described as

A group of animals and plants living together

A group of insects and grasses

A group of the same species of organisms living together

Different species of wild animals

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

contains only proteins

contains only lipids

contains lipids and protein

contains lipids and cytosol

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Which of the following statement about the similarities in plant and animal transport is correct?

The transport medium is made up of only tissues

Diffusion is not required

Materials and hormones are transported in fluid form

Their materials are transported in the same vessels

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The function of pith in plant is

trap chlorophyll from the sunlight

Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which store and transport nutrients throughout the plant.

Absorb mineral salt and nutrient from the soil

Removal of waste product from the plant

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Use the diagram shown to answer the question. In plant cells, the role of the membrane is played by the

nucleolus

cell wall

cytoplasm

mitochondrion

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

evolution

adaption

succession

variation

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An example of an endospermous seed is

cashew nut

cotton seed

maize grain

been seed

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An animal which is active during the day is known as a

terrestrial animal

homortacmic animal

diurnal animal

nocturnal animal

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Red blood cells were found to have burst open after being placed in distill for an hour. This phenomenon is known as

haemolysis

plasmolysis

wilting

diffusion

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Which of the organisms represent are notable agricultural pests

II and III

II and IV

I and IV

I and III

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One of the following is a process of transmission of hereditary characteristics by chromosomes

Genes relating to the same character occupy identical locations on the chromosomes

Dictating the formation of a protein by a gene in a chromosome

Separation of homologous chromosomes into four daughter cells

Separation of gametes during fertilization

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The period of inactivity seen in some animals during long period of heat or drought is

Aestivation

Hibernation

Adaptation

Migration

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Use the diagram to answer the question that follows

The instrument is used to measure

spread of wind

relative humidity

direction of wind

atmospheric pressure

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What is the primary function of cofactors?

To synthesize enzymes

To break down old enzymes

To aid in enzyme function

To inhibit enzymes

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The level of organism in spirogyra and volvox is

Tissue

organ

system

cell

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A pollutant that is mostly associated with acid rain is

Ozone

Nitrogen (IV) oxide

Flourine

Carbony (IV) oxide

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The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals is

trachea ⇢ bronchioles ⇢ bronchi ⇢alveoli

bronchi ⇢ trachea ⇢ alveoli ⇢ bronchioles

trachea ⇢ bronchi ⇢ bronchioles ⇢ alveoli

bronchioles ⇢ alveoli ⇢ bronchi ⇢ trachea

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The yellowish colored liquid component of blood that normally holds the blood cells in suspension is

plasma

thrombocyte

serum

water

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Which of the following protects the essential parts of the flower at bud stage?

Sepals

Carpels

Petals

Stamens

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DNA in eukaryotic cells is contained in the

lysosome

golgi body

nucleus

central vacuole

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Which organ removes the largest amount of excess water from the body?

Lung

Skin

Liver

Kidney

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Physiological adaptation to very dry conditions in animal demonstrates

Aestivation

Xeromorphism

Hibernation

Rejuvenation

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An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is

woods

ceramics

bones

dung

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An example of organism which exists as a colony is

paramecium

euglena

Volvox

chlamydomonas

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When a cell is placed in solution and the size of the cell increases, the concentration of solution is said to be

dilute

hypertonic

hypotonic

isotonic

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What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium

Produces Enzymes

Gets rid of excreta

Stores and digest food

Gets rid of excess water

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The host of Taenia Solium is _________

cow

pig

dog

sheep

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The curvature movement of plants in response to the stimulus of water is called

geotropism

thigmotropism

hydrotropism

Phototropism

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The common thing in plant and animal cell is

nucleus

chloroplast

cell wall

centrioles

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The attachment of the embryo to the wall of the uterus is called

Ovulation

Gametogenesis

Placentation

Implantation

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Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly?

Cockroach

Mosquito

Termite

Housefly

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Animals are said to gregarious when

they transmit information from one individual to another

they are of the same species moving together in a group

they survive adverse conditions of cold weather

they give an alarm to alert others to show the normal protective behaviour of the group when danger threatens

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A beaker of pond water containing few specimens of Euglena was placed in a dark room for two weeks. At the end of this period, the specimens of Euglena were still alive because they were

able to carry out holozoic nutrition

able to carry out photosynthesis using carbon dioxide in the pond water

better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light

not overcrowded

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Which of the following pairs of organisms are photosynthetic?

Euglena and chlamydomonas

Amoeba and paramecium

Nostoc and plasmodium

Volvox and Rhizopus

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Use the diagram shown to answer the question. The experiment above is used to demonstrate the process of

transportation

water culture

osmosis

diffusion

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