JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

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

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Nitrogen is released into the atmosphere when ________

sugar is completely broken down

when lightning strike

through plant uptake

plants absorbs mineral salt

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A man who is heterozygous for the disease haemophilia marries a woman who is double recessive for haemophilia. What percentage of their offspring would have the disease?

25%

50%

75%

0%

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Which of the following is an agent of a sexually transmitted disease?

Entamoeba histolytica

Treponema pallidum

Clostridium tetani

Salmonella typhi

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An example of an endospermous seed is

cotton seed

maize grain

been seed

cashew nut

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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

isotonic

hypotonic

hypertonic

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What is the primary function of cofactors?

To inhibit enzymes

To aid in enzyme function

To break down old enzymes

To synthesize enzymes

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Physiological adaptation to very dry conditions in animal demonstrates

Hibernation

Xeromorphism

Rejuvenation

Aestivation

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

serum

thrombocyte

plasma

water

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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.

Removal of waste product from the plant

Absorb mineral salt and nutrient from the soil

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Which of the following describes the function of lymph

Temperature regulation

Engulfing

Body defence

Production of antibodies

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Which of the following theories was NOT considered by Darwin in his evolutionary theory?

use and disuse

variation

survival of the fitest

competition

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A tissue is composed of a group of

systems

related organs

tissues

similar cells

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The common thing in plant and animal cell is

cell wall

nucleus

chloroplast

centrioles

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

Placentation

Implantation

Ovulation

Gametogenesis

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Which of the following is not a transmitable character in plants

Resistance to environmental factors

Habit of growth

Haemophilia

Life span

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The bacteria that is found in the root nodules of leguminous plants is

nostoc

rhizobium

clostridium

azotobacter

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The cytoplasm of a cell is considered a very important component because it

regulates the amount of energy in the cell

is the outermost part of the cell

suspends all cell organelles

is solely responsible for cell division

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Which of the following animals has homodont dentition?

Rat

Man

Lizard

Pigeon

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The flippers of a whale and the fins of a fish are examples of

divergent evolution

co-evolution

continuous variation

convergent evolution

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The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is

housefly

butterfly

mosquito

grasshopper

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

Aestivation

Migration

Adaptation

Hibernation

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The flame cells are used for excretion in

Bacteria

Fluke

Nematode

Volvox

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Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly?

Mosquito

Housefly

Termite

Cockroach

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

capture and re-capture method

systematic sampling

complete census

transect method

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

double

rise

remain the same

fall

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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?

onchocerciasis

schistosomiasis

poliomyelitis

salmonellosis

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In which of the following groups of vertebrates is parental care mostly exhibited?

Mammalia

Reptilia

Amphibia

Aves

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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

wilting

diffusion

plasmolysis

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The type of nutrition in which two organisms of different species live together and derive nutrients from each other is

symbiotic nutrition

saprophytic nutrition

holophytic nutrition

holozoic nutrition

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

23

22

20

21

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Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion?

Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead

Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels.

Water molecules stick to the surface of a mirror.

Water molecules stay on the tip of a pine needle because the water is attracted to the surface of the needle.

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The type of nutrition shown by spirogyra is

Chemosynthetic

Holozoic

Holophytic

Symbiosis

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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

carnivores

Holozoic

parasitic

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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

Their materials are transported in the same vessels

Diffusion is not required

Materials and hormones are transported in fluid form

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Coloration of the eye is ______ variation

adaptive

physiological

recessive

morphological

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

duck

hawk

weaver bird

owl

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

habitat

species

population

ecosystem

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

water culture

diffusion

osmosis

transportation

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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

better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light

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

able to carry out holozoic nutrition

not overcrowded

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

The level of X would rise, Y would falls

The level of X and Y stands the same

The level of X would rise, Y would rise

The level of Y would rise, X would fall.

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

adaption

succession

evolution

variation

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Which of the reproductive system in mammals secretes a part of the seminal fluid which raises the pH of the fluid in the female reproductive system?

Cowper's gland

Prostate gland

Vas deferens

Seminal Vesicle

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

hydrotropism

geotropism

thigmotropism

Phototropism

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

0.25

.1

0.75

0.5

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Which of the following pairs of organisms are photosynthetic?

Nostoc and plasmodium

Amoeba and paramecium

Volvox and Rhizopus

Euglena and chlamydomonas

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The ability of a living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as

irritability

taxis

locomotion

growth

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

pyramid of member

pyramid of energy

a food chain

a food web

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Cytokinesis of mitosis is a process that ensures that

each daughter cell gets the necessary organelles

worn out organelles are excluded from daughter cells

daughter cell inherit new genetic combinations

there is distribution of a complete set of genes into each daughter cell

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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

bronchioles ⇢ alveoli ⇢ bronchi ⇢ trachea

trachea ⇢ bronchi ⇢ bronchioles ⇢ alveoli

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Agglutination is the _______ of the ________

coagulation, white bloodcell

white blood cells, red blood cell

coagulation, water

coagulation, red blood cell

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Use the diagram to answer the question that follows

The instrument is used to measure

spread of wind

direction of wind

relative humidity

atmospheric pressure

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

heritable

sex-linked

acquired

morphological

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

inferior ovary

half superior ovary

half inferior ovary

superior ovary

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In which of the following species is the biomass of an individual the smallest?

Spirogvra sp

Bufo sp

Agama sp

In which of the following species is the biomass of an individual the smallest?

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Size, colour and fingerprints are examples of ______

morphological variation

discontinuous variation

physiological variation

adaptive variation

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Use the diagram to answer the question. The diagram shows that the organisms are

viviparous

hermaphrodite

ovoviparous

oviparous

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What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium

Produces Enzymes

Gets rid of excess water

Stores and digest food

Gets rid of excreta

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

cochlea

perilymph

vestibular system

pinna

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An organism which exhibit extracellular digestion is

Rhizopus

Paramecium

Amoeba

Spirogyra

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