Home — Biology — JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSJAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSJAMB School Portal NG1 Comment Post Views: 271 % 163 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.You can retake the exams as many time as possible.Goodluck 1 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The function of pith in plant is 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. trap chlorophyll from the sunlight Absorb mineral salt and nutrient from the soil Removal of waste product from the plant 2 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An example of organism which exists as a colony is Volvox chlamydomonas paramecium euglena 3 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following protects the essential parts of the flower at bud stage? Carpels Petals Sepals Stamens 4 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The common thing in plant and animal cell is nucleus centrioles cell wall chloroplast 5 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Nitrogen is released into the atmosphere when ________ plants absorbs mineral salt through plant uptake when lightning strike sugar is completely broken down 6 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion? Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels. Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead 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. 7 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Ability to taste PTC in some individuals is a character that is morphological acquired sex-linked heritable 8 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The bacteria that is found in the root nodules of leguminous plants is nostoc azotobacter clostridium rhizobium 9 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of these is not a sampling method for determining population size? transect method systematic sampling complete census capture and re-capture method 10 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The part of the mammalian ear responsible for the maintenance of balance is the perilymph vestibular system pinna cochlea 11 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following animals has homodont dentition? Pigeon Lizard Rat Man 12 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A group of organisms of the same kind inhabiting the same environment is called ecosystem species habitat population 13 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X The level of Y would rise, X would fall. 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 14 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Size, colour and fingerprints are examples of ______ physiological variation discontinuous variation adaptive variation morphological variation 15 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Inheritable character/features possessed by an organism can be referred to as Genes Traits Locus Allelo morphs 16 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A bacteria that is spherically shaped is called? bacillus vibrio diplobacillus coccus 17 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The following parts are involved in breathing process, except diaphragm ribs nostrils mouth 18 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram shown to answer the question. After an hour, the level of water in the thistle funnel will double fall remain the same rise 19 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following conditions is NOT necessary for photosynthesis to take place? Carbon(II)oxide Carbon(IV)oxide Light ChlorophyII 20 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a behavioural adaptation that protects prey from predators? Dormancy Hibernation Secreting irritating fluid Shedding of leaves 21 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Red blood cells were found to have burst open after being placed in distill for an hour. This phenomenon is known as haemolysis plasmolysis diffusion wilting 22 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statement about the similarities in plant and animal transport is correct? Diffusion is not required Materials and hormones are transported in fluid form Their materials are transported in the same vessels The transport medium is made up of only tissues 23 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The four classes of cnidarian include the following except Turbellaria Cubozoa Scyphozoa Anthozoa 24 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The type of nutrition in which two organisms of different species live together and derive nutrients from each other is holophytic nutrition saprophytic nutrition holozoic nutrition symbiotic nutrition 25 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Coloration of the eye is ______ variation recessive morphological adaptive physiological 26 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The ability of a living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as growth irritability locomotion taxis 27 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A tissue is composed of a group of systems related organs tissues similar cells 28 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not a transmitable character in plants Life span Habit of growth Haemophilia Resistance to environmental factors 29 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram to answer the question that followsThe instrument is used to measure relative humidity spread of wind direction of wind atmospheric pressure 30 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An organism which exhibit extracellular digestion is Spirogyra Paramecium Rhizopus Amoeba 31 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS One important characteristics of green plant is that they Respond slowly to stimuli possess specialized sense organs Are autotropic Are usually motile 32 / 60See also EXCRETION AND HOMEOSTASIS (PLANT AND ANIMAL) Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The cytoplasm of a cell is considered a very important component because it is the outermost part of the cell suspends all cell organelles regulates the amount of energy in the cell is solely responsible for cell division 33 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The hormones secreted by pancreas serves to Lower blood glucose level Raise the level of calcium in the blood Make the body react to emergencies Facilitate the development of facial hairs 34 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The attachment of the embryo to the wall of the uterus is called Placentation Implantation Gametogenesis Ovulation 35 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium Gets rid of excreta Produces Enzymes Gets rid of excess water Stores and digest food 36 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following serves as the brain box in man skull spinal column head skeleton 37 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The following are example of morphological variation except fingerprint ability to taste PTC color size 38 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A group of closely related organisms capable of interbreeding to produce the fertile offspring are known as members of a species class kingdom family 39 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What is the primary function of cofactors? To break down old enzymes To aid in enzyme function To inhibit enzymes To synthesize enzymes 40 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS 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 not overcrowded better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light able to carry out photosynthesis using carbon dioxide in the pond water 41 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Physiological adaptation to very dry conditions in animal demonstrates Aestivation Hibernation Xeromorphism Rejuvenation 42 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An example of an endospermous seed is been seed maize grain cashew nut cotton seed 43 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The type of nutrition exhibited when organism lives on the body surface or inside the body of another type of organism is carnivores Holozoic saprohytic parasitic 44 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following choices correctly describes the composition of the cell membrane? contains lipids and cytosol contains only lipids contains lipids and protein contains only proteins 45 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Strong short and concical beak to pick and crush seeds is an adaptive feature of hawk weaver bird owl duck 46 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS In which of the following groups of vertebrates is parental care mostly exhibited? Mammalia Aves Amphibia Reptilia 47 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is mosquito butterfly housefly grasshopper 48 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram shown to answer the question. The experiment above is used to demonstrate the process of osmosis diffusion transportation water culture 49 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram below to answer the question that follow rain gauge wind vane hygrometer anemometer 50 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is woods bones ceramics dung 51 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Cytokinesis of mitosis is a process that ensures that worn out organelles are excluded from daughter cells there is distribution of a complete set of genes into each daughter cell each daughter cell gets the necessary organelles daughter cell inherit new genetic combinations 52 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is an agent of a sexually transmitted disease? Treponema pallidum Clostridium tetani Salmonella typhi Entamoeba histolytica 53 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Agglutination is the _______ of the ________ coagulation, red blood cell white blood cells, red blood cell coagulation, water coagulation, white bloodcell 54 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An animal which is active during the day is known as a diurnal animal homortacmic animal nocturnal animal terrestrial animal 55 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Animals are said to gregarious when they survive adverse conditions of cold weather they are of the same species moving together in a group they give an alarm to alert others to show the normal protective behaviour of the group when danger threatens they transmit information from one individual to another 56 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS 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? 75% 50% 25% 0% 57 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A boy who is fond of swimming in a pond finds himself passing urine with traces of blood. He is like to have contracted? poliomyelitis salmonellosis onchocerciasis schistosomiasis 58 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An accurate identification of a rapist can be carried out by conducting DNA analysis blood group test RNA analysis behavioural tests 59 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The host of Taenia Solium is _________ cow dog pig sheep 60 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The flame cells are used for excretion in Fluke Nematode Bacteria Volvox Email Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback 1 thought on “JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS” Gboyega June 15, 2021 at 5:36 pm Reply i love the question Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. 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