JAMB Biology Past Questions 2010 2018
JAMB Biology Past Questions 2010 2018
JAMB Biology Past Questions 2010 2018
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UTME 2010 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
6. With respect to their decreasing
1. Which Biology Question Paper Type is dependence on aquatic conditions for
given to you? reproduction, which of the following is
A. Type A the correct arrangement of the animals
B. Type B represented?
C. Type C A. l,IV,II and lll
D. Type D B. IV, lll, ll and l
C. l, ll, IV and lll
2. Which of the following characterizes a D. lll, ll, IV and l
mature plant cell?
A. the cytoplasm fills up the entire cell 7. Which of the animals represents the
space oldest creatures in terms of evolutionary
B. the nucleus is pushed to the centre of history?
the cell A. III
C. the cell wall is made up of cellulose B. II
D. the nucleus is small and irregular in C. I
shape D. IV
8. Which of the following groups of cells is
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3. Which of the following is NOT a function devoid of true nuclei
of the nucleus of a cell? A. algae
A. it controls the life processes of the cell B. monera
B. it translates genetic information for C. fungi
the manufacture of proteins
C. it stores and carries hereditary
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D. antheridium
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pumping blood for circulation through
the mammalian circulatory systems is
the
A. veins
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C. arteries
D. left ventricle
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D. pulmonary circulation
12.The movement of material in the xylem
and phloem tissues of the plant are 19.Yeast respires anaerobically to convert
represented by the arrows labelled simple sugar to carbon (IV) oxide and
A. lll and IV respectively A. alcohol
B. ll and l respectively B. acid
C. l and ll respectively C. oxygen
D. l and lll respectively D. water
13.During photosynthesis, the arrow 20.The sheet of muscle that separates the
labelled ll represents the thoracic and the abdominal cavities is
A. escape of mineral salts the
B. absorption of energy from the sun A. diaphragm
C. release of carbon (IV) oxide B. intercostal muscle
D. release of oxygen as a by-product C. pleural membrane
D. pericardium
14.Which of the following is lacking in the
diet of a person with kwashiorkor? 21.The oily substance that lubricates the
A. vitamins mammalian hair to keep it flexible and
B. proteins water repellent is secreted by the
C. carbohydrates
A. sweet glands C. I
B. sebaceous glands D. IV
C. fatty cells
D. granular layer 28. A food chain always begins with a
A. consumer
22.The outer layer of the kidney where the B. decomposer
Bowman's capsules are found is the C. producer
A. cortex D. primary consumer
B. pelvis
C. medulla 29. Mycorrhizae promote plant growth by
D. pyramid A. absorbing inorganic ions from the soil
B. protecting it from infection
23.Which of the following stimuli is likely to C. helping it to utilize atmospheric
elicit a nastic response in an organism? nitrogen
A. Touch D. serving as a growth regulator
B. Light intensity
C. Chemical substances 30.The barrier between maternal and foetal
D. Gravity blood is the
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A. placenta
24.In the male reproductive system of a B. liver
mammal, sperm is stored in the C. umbilical chord
A. van deferens D. uterine wall
B. urethra
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C. epididymis 31.The blood component that has the
D. seminiferous tubules greatest affinity for oxygen is the
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A. lymphocytes
25.Chemosynthetic organisms are capable B. leucocytes
of manufacturing their food from simple C. erythrocytes
inorganic substances through the D. thrombocytes
process of
A. oxidation 32.Which of the following organisms is
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35.Low annual rainfall, sparse vegetation, Use the diagram below to answer
high diurnal temperatures and cold questions 42 and 43
nights are characteristic features of the
A. tropical rainforest
B. desert
C. montane forest
D. guinea savanna
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in the same habitat constitutes
A. an edaphic factor
B. an abiotic factor
42.In which plantation are all the trees
C. a biotic factor
D. a physiographic factor
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A. III
B. II
37.The average number of individuals of a
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species per unit area of the habitat is the
D. IV
A. population density
B. population frequency
43.Which of the following is a true feature
C. population size
of plantation ll?
D. population distribution
A. it has the highest number of trees of
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about 2m high.
38. The vector for yellow fever is B. it has highest number of trees
A. Aedes mosquito C. it has the highest number of tall trees
B. Anopheles mosquito
D. the height of all its trees range
C. tsetse fly
between 2m and 6m
D. blackfly
44.Thyroxine and adrenalin are examples
39.The loss of soil through erosion can be
of hormones which control
reduced by A. blood grouping
A. watering
B. tongue rolling
B. crop rotation C. behavioural patterns
C. manuring
D. colour variation
D. irrigation
45.A pair of genes that control a trait is
40.The protozoan plasmodium falciparum is
referred to as
transmitted by A. an allele
A. female Anopheles mosquitoes
B. recessive
B. female Aedes mosquitoes
C. dominant
C. female Culex mosquitoes
D. a hybrid
D. Female blackfly
46.The chromosome number of a cell before
and after the process of meiosis is
conventionally represented as
A. 2n ✁ 2n
B. n ✁ n
C. n ✁ 2n
D. 2n ✁ n
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mammal is the sex of an individual set?
A. at adolescence
B. at puberty
C. at birth ra
D. at conception
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17. C 44. C
18. B 45. A
19. A 46. D
20. A 47. C
21. B 48. B
22. A
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23. C 50. A
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UTME 2011 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
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3. In which of the following species is the 7. An economic importance of the organism
biomass of an individual the smallest? represented by IV is that
A. Agama sp.
A. it transmits water borne disease to
B. Bufo sp.
C. Spirogyra sp.
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B. it is destructive
D. Tilapia sp. to farm crops
C. its faeces pollutes drinking water
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4. Seed plants are divided into
D. it helps in the control of mosquito
A. tracheophytes and ferns larvae
B. angiosperms and gymnosperms
C. monocotyledons and dicotyledons
8. The adult form of iii is a vector of
D. thallophytes and bryophytes A. sleeping sickness
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B. river blindness
5. In which of the following groups of C. cholera
vertebrates is parental care mostly D. elephantiasis
exhibited?
A. Reptilia
9. The adaptive importance of nuptial flight
B. Amphibia
from termite colonies is to
C. Aves
A. disperse the reproductives in order to
D. Mammalia establish new colonies
B. provide abundant food for birds and
Use the Diagrams below to answer other animals during the early rains
questions 6 to 8
C. ensure cross-breeding between
members of one colony and another
D. expel the reproductives so as to
provide enough food for other members
10. The gas evolved in the process is 17. An example of an endospermous seed is
A. carbon (IV) oxide A. maize gain
B. nitrogen B. cashew nut
C. oxygen C. cotton seed
D. carbon (II) oxide D. been seed
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to demonstrate the process of 18. I. Parasitism ✁
Sundew.
A. diffusion ✁
II. Autotrophism Amoeba.
B. photosynthesis III. Saprophytism ✁
Alga.
C. fermentation IV Heterotrophism ✁
Agama.
D. plasmolysis
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Which of the above modes of nutrition is
12.Which of the following can cause correctly matched with the organism that
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shrinkage of living cells? exhibits it?
A. Hypotonic solution A. II
B. Isotonic solution B. III
C. Deionized water C. II
D. Hypertonic solution D. I
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alveoli
D. bronchioles ✁alveoli ✁
bronchi 29.In an experiment to determine the
✁ trachea percentage of humus and water in a soil
sample, the following results were
23.The movement response of a cockroach
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away from a light source can be
described as Weight of the evaporating basin
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A. positive phototaxism alone = 80.5g
B. negative phototaxism Weight of basin and soil = 101.5g
C. negative phototropism Weight after drying the soil in the
D. positive phototropism oven = 99.0g
Weight of basin and roasted soil
24.The vascular tissues in higher plants are = 95.5g
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responsible for
A. the movement of food and water The percentage of humus in the soil
B. suction pressure sample is
C. transpiration pull A. 16.7%
D. the transport of gases and water B. 17.6%
C. 26.7%
25.Which of the following organs regulates D. 16.2%
the levels of water, salts, hydrogen ions
and urea in the mammalian blood? 30. An example of a filter -feeding animal is
A. Liver A. shark
B. Kidney B. butterfly
C. Bladder C. whale
D. Colon D. mosquito
26.The sequence of the one-way gaseous 31.Which of the following is a feature of the
exchange mechanism in a fish is population pyramid of a developing
A. operculum ✁
gills ✁
mouth country?
B. gills✁operculum ✁
mouth A. long lifespan
C. mouth ✁
operculum ✁
gills B. low birth rate
D. mouth ✁
gills ✁
operculum C. low death rate
D. short lifespan D. Temperature food disease and light
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A. Hydrometer chromosome is
B. Thermometer A. recessive
C. Hygrometer B. sex-linked
D. Anemometer C. homozygous
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35.Exo-erythrocytic phase of the life cycle
of malaria parasite occurs in the 42.Lack of space in a population could lead
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A. liver of humans to an increase in
B. reticuloendothelial cells of humans A. water scarcity
C. Malpighian tubules of mosquito B. birth rate
D. brain of humans C. disease rate
D. drought
36. Habitats are generally classified into
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48. The fallacy in Lamarck's evolutionary
theory was the assumption that
A. traits are acquired through disuse of
body parts
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B. acquired traits are heritable
C. acquired traits are seldom formed
D. traits are acquired through the use of
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B. disruptive colouration
C. crypsis
D. mimicry
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22. A
23. C
24. A
25. B
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27.
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30. C
31. C
32. C
33. B
34. C
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35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. B
40. B
41. C
42. B
43. A
44. A
45. D
46. A
47. A
48. A
49. D
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UTME 2012 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
D. Genus
1. Which Question Paper Type of Biology as
indicated above is given to you? 6. Plants that show secondary growth are
A. Type Green usually found among the
B. Type Purple A. thallophytes
C. Type Red B. pteridophytes
D. Type Yellow C. monocotyledons
D. dicotyledons
Use the diagram below to answer 7. The fungi are distinct group of
question 2 and 3 eukaryotes mainly because they have
A. spores
B. no chlorophyll
C. many fruiting bodies
D. sexual and sexual reproduction
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stage of its life cycle is
A. butterfly
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2. The organelle responsible for heredity is C. bee
labelled D. millipede
A. l
9. An animal body that can be cut along its
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B. ll
C. lll axis in any plane to give two identical
D. I parts is said to be
A. radially symmetrical
3. The part labelled IV is the B. bilaterally symmetrical
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A. mitochondrion C. asymmetrical
B. cell wall D. symmetrical
C. endoplasmic reticulum
D. nucleus 10.Which of the following possesses
mammary gland?
4. Which of the following is most advanced A. Dogfish
in the evolutionary trend of animals? B. whale
A. Liver fluke C. shark
B. Earthworm D. catfish
C. Snail
D. Cockroach 11.The feature that links birds to reptiles in
evolution is the possession of
5. Which of the following is the lowest A. feathers
category of classification? B. break
A. Class C. skeleton
B. Species D. scales
C. Family
12.Countershading is an adaptive feature 18. Which of the following is a
that enables animals to polysaccharide?
A. fight enemies A. Glucose
B. remain undetected B. Sucrose
C. warn enemies C. Maltose
D. attract mates D. Cellulose
13.Which of the following plant structures Use the diagram below to answer
this question 19 and 20.
lacks a waterproof cuticle?
A. leaf
B. stem
C. root
D. shoot
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passage for both urine and semen is the
A. urethra
B. ureter ra
C. bladder
19. Arrows represent directional movement
D. seminal vesicle
materials.
Transportation in the xylem is
15.In plants which of the following is
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represented by
required in minute quantities for growth? A. I
A. Copper B. II
B. Potassium C. III
C. Phosphorus D. IV
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D. Sodium
20. The arrow labelled ll represents the
A. release of oxygen
16.Which of the following organisms is both B. intake of carbon (IV) oxide
parasitic and autotrophic? C. movement of photosynthates
A. Sundew D. movement of nutrients
B. Loran thus
21. In the kidney of mammals, the site of
C. Rhizopus
ultrafiltration is the
D. Tapeworm
A. uriniferous tubule
B. Bowman's capsule
17.A function of the hydrochloric acid C. loop of Henle
produced in the human stomach during D. renal tubule
digestion is to
A. neutralise the effect of bile 22. Which of the following is involved in
secondary thickening in plants?
B. coagulate milk protein and emulsify
A. Collenchyma and xylem cells
fats B. Vascular cambium
C. stop the action of ptyalin C. Vascular cambium and cork cambium
D. break up food into smaller particles D. Cork cambium and sclerenchyma
23. An example of a fruit that develops from 30. Organisms living in an estuarine habitat
a single carpel is are adapted to
A. okro A. withstand wide fluctuations in
B. tomato temperature
C. bean B. survive only in water with low salinity
D. orange C. withstand wide fluctuations in salinity
D. feed only on phytoplankton and dead
24. The developing embryo is usually organic matter
contained in the part labelled
A. IV 31. The presence of stilt roots,
B. III pneumatophores, sunken stomata and
C. II salt glands are adaptive features of
D. I plants found in the
A. tropical rainforest
25. The function of the part labelled lll is to B. mangrove swamps
A. produce egg cells C. grassland
B. protect sperms during fertilization D. montane forest
C. secrete hormones during coitus
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D. protect the developing embryo 32. Which of the following animals can exist
solely on the water they get from food
26. Plant growth can be artificially and metabolic reactions?
stimulated by the addition of A. forest arboreal dweller
A. gibberellin
B. kinin
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C. forest-ground dweller
C. abscisic acid D. rainforest dwellers
D. ethylene
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C. tongue D. fungi
D. hands
34. The carrying capacity of a habitat is
28. Plants of temperate origin can be grown reached when the population growth
in tropical areas in the vegetation zones begins to
of the A. increase slowly
A. rain forest B. increase exponentially
B. Guinea savanna C. slow down
C. Sudan savanna D. remain steady
D. montane forest
35. The abiotic factors that control human
29. The water cycle is maintained mainly by population include
A. evaporation of water in the A. disease and famine
environment B. space and rainfall
B. evaporation and condensation of C. flooding and earthquake
water in the environment D. temperature and disease
C. condensation of water in the
environment 36. An indigenous method of renewing and
D. transpiration and respiration in plants maintaining soil fertility is by
A. clearing farms by burning
B. planting one crop type
C. adding inorganic fertilizers yearly white seeds are obtained in a ratio 3:1.
D. crop rotation and shifting cultivation The yellow seed is said to be
A. non-heritable
37. The diseases caused by water-borne B. sex-linked
pathogens include C. a recessive trait
A. gonorrhoea and poliomyelitis D. a dominant trait
B. typhoid and syphilis
C. tuberculosis and cholera 42. When a colour-blind man marries a
D. typhoid and cholera carrier woman. What is the probability of
their offspring being colour blind?
Use the diagram below to answer A. 25%
question 38 and 39. B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%
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B. adenine
cytosine
C. adenine ✁ cytosine and guanine ✁
thymine
38. The graph illustrates ✁ adenine and cytosine ✁
A. the highest frequency for height of 2
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cytosine
metres
B. a discontinuously varying character Use the diagram above to answer
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B. 1.6m
C. 1.8m
D. 2.0m
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is to
A. provide birds with plenty of food
B. ensure their perpetuation despite
predatory pressure ra
C. search for a favourable place to breed
D. ensure that every individual gets a
mate
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D. gene flow
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. A
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UTME 2013 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
PAPER TYPE: B 7.
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C. metabolism
freely
D. tropism
B. the organism has a pair of jointed
appendages
3. The organ which is sensitive to light in
Euglena is the
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of segments seg
A. gullet
D. the body is covered by chitin
B. flagellum
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C. chloroplast
D. eyespot
9. Which of the following distinguishes a
butterfly from a moth?
4. The organelles present in cells that are
A. the wings of butterfly rest horizontally
actively respiring and photosynthesizing
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A. broad leaves with numerous stomata B. photosynthesis
B. spongy mesophyll C. photolysis
C. spiny leaves ra D. respiration
D. prominent stomata in leaves
21.Fungi are referred to as hetotrophs
15.The long and sharp clawed feet of birds because they
is an adaptation for A. are filamentous
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27. Which of the following forms about 55% A. carpel
of the volume of the blood in man? B. stamen
A. leucocytes ra C. petal
B. platelets D. sepal
C. plasma
D. erythrocytes 34. The gland that is found just below the
hypothalamus is the
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C. sebaceous gland
D. horny layer 35. The most important plant hormone is
A. cytokinin
29. Which of the following is a waste B. abscisic acid
product of an insect? C. auxin
A. Alkaloids D. gibberellin
B. Uric acid
C. Sweat 36. The sensory cell that responds to dim
D. Mucilage light is referred to as the
A. cone
30. The main structure in vertebrates that B. lens
supports and protects the body is the C. rod
A. skeleton D. iris
B. ligament
C. muscle 37. The absence of anti-diuretic hormone in
D. joint humans results in
A. decreasing dehydration
B. drastic dehydration
C. eliminating dehydration 44. To which blood group do universal
D. increasing dehydration recipients belong?
A. B
38. Oestrogen is a hormone that is B. A
synthesized in the C. O
A. ovaries D. AB
B. testes
C. anterior pituitary 45. The clumping together of red blood cells
D. adrenal cortex is
A. agglutination
39. The eye defect cause by the B. fusion
development of cloudy areas in the C. transfusion
lenses is D. compatibility
A. presbyopia
B. glaucoma 46. Physiological adaptation to very dry
C. cataract conditions in animals demonstrates
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D. astigmatism A. rejuvenation
B. xeromorphism
40. A pollutant that is biodegradable is ra C. hibernation
A. crude oil D. aestivation
B. heavy metals
C. cellophane 47. One of adaptation of Cactus opuntia to
D. sewage conserve water is the reduction of
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A. internodes
41.A tropical disease caused by B. stem to leaves
Trypanosoma is C. leaves to spine
A. sleeping sickness D. flower size
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B. river blindness
C. yellow fever 48. Which of the following structure is
D. malaria adapted for feeding in a bird of prey?
A. Hooked break and sharp claws
42. The solid part of the ecosystem is B. Smooth beak and strong claws
referred to as the C. Big beaks and strong feet
A. atmosphere D. Pointed beak and strong claws
B. hydrosphere
C. biosphere 49. The special pigment for colour change in
D. lithosphere chameleon is
A. melanin
43. Which of the following is caused by B. carotenoid
Treponema palladium? C. chromatin
A. Gonorrhoea D. chromatophore
B. Leprosy
C. Tuberculosis 50. The behavioural adaptation in social
D. Syphilis insects could best be described as
A. symbiosis
B. saprophytism
C. parasitism
D. commensalisms
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ANSWER KEYS
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. B
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18. D
19. A
20. D
21. B
22. B
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24. A 50. A
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25. B
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UTME 2014 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
C. Euglena
D. Hydra
1. Which Question paper Type of Biology is
given to you? Use the diagram below to answer
A. Type F
questions 6 and 7
B. Type E
C. Type L
D. Type S
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6. The organs for attachments to the lining
of the host's intestine are labelled
A. II and III
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2. The part labelled II is the
C. I and II
A. nucleus
D. I and III
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B. eyespot
C. basal granule
7. The young proglottid is represented by
D. contractile vacuole
A. III
B. IV
3. The part responsible for photosynthesis
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C. I
is labelled
D. II
A. III
B. IV
8. Which of the following organisms is
C. I
multi-cellular?
D. II
A. Chlamydomonas
B. Spirogyra
4. The lowest level of organization in living
C. Amoeba
organisms is
D. Euglena
A. organ
B. cell
9. In bryophytes, sex organs are produced
C. system
in the
D. tissue
A. protonema
B. sporophyte
5. Which of the following is the most
C. gametophyte
complex according to their cellular level
D. rhizoid
of organization?
A. Heart
B. Hair
10.Seed plants are the most dominant 15.A circulatory system is very essential in
vegetation on land because of mammals but not in smaller organisms
A. their motile gametes like Amoeba because
A. amoeba lives in freshwater
B. their ability to photosynthesize
B. diffusion is sufficient to transport
C. efficient seed dispersal materials in Amoeba
D. availability of water C. amoeba lacks blood containing
haemoglobin
11.Which of the following is an arboreal D. amoeba exhibits anaerobic respiration
organism?
A. Elephant 16. In vascular plants, the sieve tubes and
companion cells are present in the
B. Fish
A. cambium
C. Antelope B. cortex
D. Bird C. xylem
D. phloem
Use the diagram below to answer
questions 12 and 13 17. The stomata of leaves are similar in
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function to the
A. pharynx of humans
B. scales of fish
C. spiracle of insects
ra D. trachea of toads
A. cellular respiration
B. cutaneous respiration
12. The part labelled I is the C. buccal respiration
A. xylem D. pulmonary respiration
B. phloem
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D. hormones only 31.A characteristic feature of tropical
rainforest is that it
24. The Cerebellum of the Brain controls A. Contains trees with narrow leaves
A. reflex action B. Contains large number of plant
B. muscular activity
C. emotional expressions
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C. Contains fewer number of plant
D. the Endocrine system species
D. Has total annual rainfall of less than
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D. by wearing ear devices 44.A biological agent with antiviral property
is
38.A constituent of the exhaust fumes from A. Interferon
electricity generating sets which causes B. enzyme
serious pollution is
A. Carbon (II) Oxide
ra C. antibiotic
D. disinfectant
B. Water Vapour
C. Ozone 45. One of the advantages of outbreeding is
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B. It can effectively be controlled with 46.An individual with blood group AB can
antibiotics receive blood from those in blood
C. It can effectively be controlled by group(s)
vaccination A. A, B, AB, O
D. It is a water-borne infection B. A, AB and O only
C. AB only
40.A pollutant that is mostly associated D. A and B only
with acid rain is
A. Nitrogen (IV) Oxide 47.The stream-lined shape of fishes is an
B. Ozone adaptation for
C. Fluorine A. Securing mates
B. easy movement
41. When the adults have reach a certain C. obtaining food
degree of weakness, the process of D. defence and attack
binary fission is replaced by conjugation
in 48.An example of a poikilothermic
A. Paramecium organism is a
B. Euglena A. Lizard
C. Amoeba B. Cockroach
D. Plasmodium C. rabbit
D. bird
49. All living organisms are constantly
involved in a struggle for existence. This
was proposed by
Morgan
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
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ANSWER KEYS
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. D
14. D
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UTME 2015 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following has the most D. Sudan savanna
primitive respiratory system?
A. insect 7. The pancrease secretes enzymes for the
B. fish digestion of
C. snail A. fats, proteins and carbohydrates
D. mouse B. fats, vitamins and cellulose
C. fats, carbohydrates and vitamins
2. One adaptation shown by hydrophytes in D. proteins, cellulose and minerals
fresh water habitats is the
A. waxy cuticle on shoot surface 8. The causative agent of bird flu is a
B. poor development of roots and xylem A. protozoan
tissues B. virus
C. well-developed roots and supporting C. bacterium
system D. fungus
D. leaves reduced to spines
9. A water medium is necessary for
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3. Which of the following use diffusion as fertilization in
the principal method of gaseous A. conifers
exchange? ra B. angiosperms
A. grasshopper C. ferns
B. rat spines D. fungi
C. lizard
D. earthworm 10. An example of a sex-linked trait is the
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top of the kidney is the heated in an oven at 1000C for 1 hour.
A. adrenal gland After cooling in a desiccator, the weight
B. prostate gland was 8gm. The percentage of water in the
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C. pancrease soil is
D. thyroid gland A. 0.8
B. 0.2
16. An accurate identification of a rapist C. 0.4
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26. The highest level of ecological Stunted growth and poor root
organization is the radevelopment are a result of a deficiency
A. ecosystem in
B. niche A. phosphorus
C. biosphere B. calcium
D. population C. sulphur
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D. iron
27. A biotic factor which affects the
distribution and abundance of organism Use the diagram below to answer
in a terrestrial habitat is question 33 and 34.
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A. pH
B. competition
C. temperature
D. light
Use the diagram below to answer Use the diagram below to answer
questions 35 and 36. questions 39 and 40.
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35. The process illustrated is 39. The part labelled I is the
A. gametogenesis A. pulmonary artery
B. sexual reproduction in Rhizopus B. bicuspid valve
C. sexual reproduction in Spirogyra
D. sporulation
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D. vena carva
D. III
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questions 37 and 38. Use the diagram below to answer
questions 41 and 42.
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43. The breeding posture illustrated in
the diagram is known as
A. reproductive swimming
B. amplexus
C. mating
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D. courtship
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44. The diagram shows that the
organisms are
A. viviparous 48. The type of protective adaptation
B. hermaphrodite exhibited by the animal is
C. ovoviviparous A. flash coloration
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18. C
19. C
20. C
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25. C
26. A
27. C
28. A
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30. B
31. B
32. A
33. D
34. D
35. B
36. A
37. D
38. D
39. A
40. B
41. B
42. C
43. C
44. D
45. C
46. C
UTME 2016 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following structures is a D. adenosine triphosphate
protective adaptive feature of the Agama
Lizard to the environment? 7. The principal organ for the manufacture of
A. Nuchal crest food in autotrophy is the
B. Claws A. root hair
C. Scaly skin B. growing root
D. Gular fold. C. mature fruit
D. green leaf
2. Which of the following adapts an insect for
feeding? 8. A disease that results from lack of iodine in
A. suitable mouthparts the diet of humans is
B. paired antennae A. beriberi
C. segmented body B. scurvy
D. jointed appendages C. rickets
D. goiter
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3. Which of the following results from the cross
between Yy and Yy? 9. The process whereby some organism with
A. 2Yy-2yy certain favourable features get established
B. 2Yy:yy:YY in an area is
C. YY:2Yy:yy
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D. YY: Yy:2yy B. dispersal
C. overcrowding
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D. Photosynthesis B. a pull
C. tide
5. I. Tissues D. zone
II. System
III. Cell 11. Which of the following is a producer in an
IV. Organs aquatic habitat?
Which of the above is the level of A. Nymphaea
organization of a leaf? B. Dryopteris
A. IV C. planarian
B. I. D. Similium
C. III.
D. II. 12. The relationship that exist between a shark
and Remora is
6. In cellular respiration, energy is stored in A. parasitism
the form of B. commensalism
A. heat energy C. saprophytism
B. adenosine diphosphate D. symbiosis
C. adenosine monophosphate
13. I. Tissue 19.The dental formula of carnivores is
II. System represented by
III. Cell A. I 0 3, C 1 1, pm 4 4, m 2 3
IV Organ B. I 0 2, C 1 1, pm 4 4, m 2 4
The correct sequence of increasing level of
C. I 2 3, C 2 1, pm 3 4, m 2 3
complexity is
A. IV-II-III D. I 3 3, C 1 1, pm 4 4, m 2 2
B. I-II-III-IV
20.Which of the following instruments is used
C. IV-III-I-II
to measure temperature?
D. III-I-IV-II
A. Thermometer
B. Hygrometer
14.Which of the following is not an inheritable
C. Anemometer
disease?
D. Hydrometer
A. Poliomyelitis
B. Sickle-cell anaemia
21.In human, puffiness and water retention in
C. Mental illness
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the body is a possible symptom of
D. Haemophilia
A. bladder malfunction
B. poor digestion
15.Which of the finger print types occur most
C. kidney malfunction
frequently in the population of human
beings A. Double-loop
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B. Whorl
22.The theory of evolution which postulates
C. Arch
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B. vitamin E.
D. Mendel
C. vitamin B
D. vitamin C
23. Mammals requires roughage in their food to
A. provide energy
17.Bacteria which add atmospheric nitrogen to
B. slow down aging
the soil are
C. ease digestion
A. putrefying bacteria
D. prevent disease
B. nitrifying bacteria
C. nitrogen fixing bacteria
24.Variation can occur among offspring of
D. denitrifying bacteria
living organism because
A. seeds are produced by self-pollination
18.The spines of the hedgehog is an adaptive
B. zygotes are produced by cross
features for
fertilisation
A. Courtship
C. they are produced by binary fission
B. defence
D. they are produced without fertilisation
C. water conservation
D. obtaining food
25.The most important biotic factors which A. inbreeding and cross- breeding
affect plants and animals in the habitat are B. inbreeding and hetero-breeding
A. temperature and rainfall C. inbreeding and out-breeding
B. temperature and turbidity D. inbreeding and self-breeding
C. salinity and relative humidity
D. rainfall and relative humidity 32. In a small unicellular organism, diffusion is
sufficient for transport because
26. The lowest unit of classification is the A. the surface area to volume ratio is small
A. Kingdom B. they have lungs for diffusion
B. class C. materials have to move over long
C. phylum distance
D. species D. the surface area to volume ratio is large
27.Two important process involved in the 33. The function of the spinal cord is to
absorption and transport of materials in A. stand the body structure erect
plants are B. control involuntary actions
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A. flaccidity and turgidity C. transmit impulses to the brain
B. diffusion and plasmolysis D. regulates developmental changes
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D. osmosis and diffusion 34. The first vertebrates to ventures out of
water and lives on land are the
28.A series of organism existing in an A. Pisces
ecosystem through which energy is B. Amphibians
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B. chickenpox
C. malaria
What is the total height of rice that grew
D. yellow fever
within the years of cultivation?
40.A common characteristic found among the
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B. 239 cm
crustaceans is the possession of
C. 340 cm
A. a pair of antennae
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D. 339 cm
B. a pair of walking legs on each segment
45. Use the information below to answer
C. four pairs of walking legs on the
the question that follows
cephalothorax
D. two pairs of antennae
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C. neural spins
D. transverse process
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15. B
ANSWER KEYS: 16. B
17. C
1. C
18. C
2. A
19. B
3. C
20. C
4. C
21. A
5. A
22. C
6. D
23. B
7. D
24. C
8. D
25. B
9. D
26. A
10. C
27. D
11. C
28. D
12. B
29. C
13. D
30. D
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32. C
33. D
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36. D
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39. D
40. A
41. D
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43. D
44. B
45. B
46. B
47. B
UTME 2017 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. The piercing and sucking mouth parts The excretory organ of an earthworm is
are found in represented by
A. grasshoppers A. IV
B. mosquitoes B. I
C. termites C. III
D. cockroaches D. II
2. The hormones that regulate plant growth 8. The platelets in mammalian blood are
are responsible for
A. ethylene and auxins A. transporting oxygen
B. auxin and gibberellins B. initiating clotting
C. cytokinin and abscisic acid C. removing carbon (IV) oxide
D. ethylene and gibberellins D. destroying micro-organisms
3. Which of the following pair of organisms 9. The most important factor that
exhibit parasitic association? determines the different types of
A. insect and plant vegetation is
B. cattle and egret A. light
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C. shark and remora B. wind
D. tsetse-fly and cattle C. temperature
D. rainfall
4. Which of the following group of animals
can withstand the rigour of the arid
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10.When testing for the presence of starch
land? in a leaf, the reason for dipping the
A. locust, camel, lizard and snakes decolourised leaf in hot water is to
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B. monkeys, chameleon, earthworm and A. detect the starch
grasshopper B. kill the leaf
C. monkeys, grasshopper, snail and C. soften the leaf
snakes D. remove the chlorophyll
D. lungfish, duck, butterfly and lizards
11.The relationship between remora and
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7. Use the diagram to answer the 13. The causative organism of cholera is
question that follow A. Clostridium sp
B. shigella sp
C. vibrio sp
D. salmonella typhi
14.The process that takes place in the dark B. fertilisation
stage of photosynthesis is C. mitosis
A. oxidation of water D. meiosis
B. photolysis of water
C. oxidation of carbon (IV) oxide 21.In an experiment to determine the
D. reduction of carbon (IV) oxide humus in a soil sample the following
results were obtained Mass of dish - 20g
15.Chlorofluorocarbons are air pollutants Mass of dry soil - 7.5g
that originates from Mass of dish + soil after burning = 25g
A. crude oil refining The percentage of humus in the given
B. coal mining sample is
C. motor vehicle exhaust A. 9.1
D. cooling system B. 37.5
C. 12.5
16.Which of the following is organ level of D. 33.3
organisation?
A. Volvox sp 22.The presence of termites and
B. paramecium caudatum earthworms in soil promote
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C. hydra viridis A. porosity and fertility
D. onion bulb B. porosity and aeration
C. aeration and fertility
17. The simplest form of reproduction is D. acidity and aeration
A. conjugation
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B. budding 23.In a 15m2 habitat, the total number of
C. spore formation Tridax counted using a 1.6m2 quadrant
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D. binary fission thrown randomly 50 times was 400.
What is the Tridax
18.Which of the following is a characteristic A. 12
of wind-pollinated flower? B. 16
A. flowers lack nectar C. 8
B. flowers are conspicuous D. 5
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29. Which of the following is the most A. centrosome
advance plant? B. ribosome
A. merchantia C. nucleus
B. Dryopteris D. mitochondria
C. Chlamydomonas
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D. Spirogyra 36. Which of the following beak type is an
adaption for aquatic feeding?
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30. The soil type with the least ability to
retain nutrients is
A. sandy loam
B. clay loam
C. loam
D. sand
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B. Group O can receive from groups A
and B and from AB
C. Group B can only donate to blood
group B and not to AB and O
D. Group O can donate to groups A, B
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and AB but cannot receive
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ANSWERS
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. D
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19. D
20. D
21. B
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UTME 2018 BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. A group of closely related organisms A. transportation
capable of interbreeding to produce fertile B. water culture
offspring are known as members of a C. diffusion
A. kingdom D. Osmosis
B. class
C. family 6. In a plant cells, the role of the
D. species membrane is played by the
A. nucleolus
2. A beaker of pond water containing few B. cell wall
specimens of Euglena was placed in a dark C. cytoplasm
room for two weeks. At the end of this D. mitochondrion
period, the specimens of Euglena were still 7. Red blood cells were found to have burst
alive because they were open after being placed in distil for an
A. able to carry out holozoic nutrition hour. This phenomenon is known as
B. able to carry out photosynthesis using A. plasmolysis
carbon dioxide in the pond water B. diffusion
C. better adapted to life in darkness than C. haemolysis
to life in light D. wilting
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D. not overcrowded
8. The curvature movement of plants in
3. The cytoplasm of the cell is considered a response to the stimulus of water is
very important component because it called
A. regulates the amount of energy in the
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cell B. geotropism
B. suspends all cell organelles C. Phototropism
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C. is the outermost part of the cell D. thigmotropism
D. is solely responsible for cell division
9. The overall reaction in glycolysis can be
Use the diagram below to answer summarised as
question 4 to 6 A. C 6111205 --K31-1403 + 4H +
ATP B. C6H1206 ----- 2;11403+ 4H +
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A. possess values at internals throughout B. to prevent contamination of the body
their length. C. to maintain the composition of body
B. have thick muscular and elastic walls fluids
C. carry blood away from the heart D. to increase the number of blood cells
D. transport oxygenated blood with the
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exception of the pulmonary artery. 18.The part of the ear which contains nerve
cells sensitive to sound vibrations is the
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The graph below shows the results A. cochlea
of a laboratory investigation which B. ampulla
measured the body temperatures of C. tympanum
a lizard and a bird under changing D. malleus
artificial conditions. Use to answer
questions 15 and 16. 19.Spectacles with convex lenses correct
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long-sightedness by
A. converging the Light rays before they
enter the eye
B. diverging the light rays before they
enter the eye
C. reducing light intensity before it
enters the eye
D. increasing light intensity before it
enters the eye
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D. Carbon dioxide concentration flowering plants is the
A. sporophyte
24. Which of the following instruments is B. gametophyte
used to estimate the number o, plants in C. zygote
a habitat?
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A. Pooter
B. Pitfall trap 31. DNA in eukaryotic cells is contained in
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C. Quadrat the
D. Sweep net A. central vacuole
B. nucleus
25. Which of the following statements is C. lysosome
true about sandy soil? It D. golgi body
A. has limited air space
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B. is light and easy to dig 32.A man who is heterozygous for the
C. drains slowly disease haemophilia marries a woman
D. is heavy and poorly aerated who is double recessive for haemophilia.
What percentage of their offspring would
26. Which of the following organisms is a have the disease?
primary consumer? A. 0%
A. Dog B. 25%
B. Sheep C. 50%
C. Grass D. 75%
D. Fungus
33. Cytokinesis of mitosis is a process that
Study the diagram of a food chain ensures that
shown below and use it to answer A. each daughter cell gets the necessary
question 27 and 28. organelle
✁✁✁✁
P Q R S T B. there is distribution of a complete set
27. The organism designated P in the food of genes into each daughter cell.
chain above is normally sustained by C. daughter cells inherit new genetic
energy from combinations.
A. sunlight D. worn out organelles are excluded
B. carbohydrates from daughter cells
D. behavioural traits test
34. An animal which is active during the day
is known as a 39.A boy who is fond of swimming in a pond
A. nocturnal animal finds himself passing urine with traces of
B. diurnal animal blood. He is likely to have contracted
C. terrestrial animal A. schistosomiasis
D. homoatomic animal B. onchocerciasis
C. poliomyelitis
35. Evidence of evolution include the D. salmonellosis
following except
A. fossil records 40. The flippers of a whale and the fins of a
B. comparative anatomy fish are examples of
C. mutation of genes A. divergent evolution
D. geographical distribution of organisms B. coevolution
C. continuous variation
Use the diagram below to answer D. convergent evolution
question 36 and 37.
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27.A
28.D
29.B
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