JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

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JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS

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

irritability

growth

locomotion

taxis

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Which of the following pairs of organisms are photosynthetic?

Nostoc and plasmodium

Volvox and Rhizopus

Amoeba and paramecium

Euglena and chlamydomonas

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

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The longest bone in the body is the

femur

tibia

scapula

humerous

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

half superior ovary

half inferior ovary

inferior ovary

superior ovary

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

convergent evolution

divergent evolution

co-evolution

continuous variation

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

owl

hawk

weaver bird

duck

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

is solely responsible for cell division

suspends all cell organelles

is the outermost part of the cell

regulates the amount of energy in the cell

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

thrombocyte

serum

plasma

water

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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

carnivores

Holozoic

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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

fall

remain the same

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An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is

ceramics

woods

bones

dung

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An accurate identification of a rapist can be carried out by conducting

behavioural tests

RNA analysis

DNA analysis

blood group test

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

water culture

transportation

osmosis

diffusion

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A virus can sometimes be regarded as a living organism because it

causes diseases in plants and animals

Is easily visible with the aid of an electron microscope

It exists in a variety of shapes

Reproduces in living cells

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Which of the following animals has homodont dentition?

Pigeon

Man

Lizard

Rat

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

Aves

Reptilia

Mammalia

Amphibia

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

Separation of homologous chromosomes into four daughter cells

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

Separation of gametes during fertilization

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

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The common thing in plant and animal cell is

cell wall

centrioles

chloroplast

nucleus

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The four classes of cnidarian include the following except

Turbellaria

Anthozoa

Scyphozoa

Cubozoa

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Agglutination is the _______ of the ________

coagulation, red blood cell

white blood cells, red blood cell

coagulation, white bloodcell

coagulation, water

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

kingdom

family

class

species

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A tissue is composed of a group of

systems

similar cells

related organs

tissues

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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

hypertonic

hypotonic

dilute

isotonic

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

grasshopper

mosquito

butterfly

housefly

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An example of organism which exists as a colony is

Volvox

euglena

chlamydomonas

paramecium

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Physiological adaptation to very dry conditions in animal demonstrates

Aestivation

Xeromorphism

Rejuvenation

Hibernation

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Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly?

Termite

Housefly

Mosquito

Cockroach

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Raw materials required by green plants to manufacture their food are

inorganic substances

living materials

mainly fluids

mainly gases

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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?

50%

25%

75%

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

Traits

Locus

Genes

Allelo morphs

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

holozoic nutrition

holophytic nutrition

symbiotic nutrition

saprophytic nutrition

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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?

Vas deferens

Cowper's gland

Seminal Vesicle

Prostate gland

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

perilymph

cochlea

pinna

vestibular system

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Food chain refers to the feeding relationships between animals in a ______?

Family

community

group

phylum

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What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium

Gets rid of excreta

Gets rid of excess water

Stores and digest food

Produces Enzymes

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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

poliomyelitis

onchocerciasis

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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 web

a food chain

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

cytoplasm

nucleolus

mitochondrion

cell wall

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Animals are said to gregarious when

they transmit information from one individual to another

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

they are of the same species moving together in a group

they survive adverse conditions of cold weather

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

Stamens

Petals

Sepals

Carpels

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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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The following parts are involved in breathing process, except

nostrils

mouth

ribs

diaphragm

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Blood circulation in a mammal is said to be double because

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

It moves in both arteries and veins

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

perilymph

vestibular system

cochlea

pinna

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

nostoc

clostridium

rhizobium

azotobacter

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

habitat

ecosystem

population

species

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The level of organism in spirogyra and volvox is

system

cell

Tissue

organ

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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

wilting

haemolysis

diffusion

plasmolysis

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A population is best described as

Different species of wild animals

A group of the same species of organisms living together

A group of insects and grasses

A group of animals and plants living together

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Which of the following is not a transmitable character in plants

Habit of growth

Haemophilia

Life span

Resistance to environmental factors

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An organism which exhibit extracellular digestion is

Rhizopus

Paramecium

Amoeba

Spirogyra

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Evidence of evolution include the following except

mutation of genes

geographical distribution of organisms

comparative anatomy

fossil records

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Use the diagram to answer the question. The breeding posture illustrated in the

mating

amplexus

reproductive swimming

courtship display

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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 photosynthesis using carbon dioxide in the pond water

not overcrowded

better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light

able to carry out holozoic nutrition

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

sex-linked

heritable

acquired

morphological

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What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium

Produces Enzymes

Gets rid of excess water

Gets rid of excreta

Stores and digest food

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

evolution

variation

succession

adaption

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Which of the following serves as the brain box in man

head

skeleton

skull

spinal column

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

contains only lipids

contains lipids and protein

contains only proteins

contains lipids and cytosol

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