Biology Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Biology is the study of life and living things. It can be divided into different areas that look at the structure, function, anatomy, and behavior of organisms.

• Question 1: The hereditary material in a cell is known as Options:
  A) ADP
  B) CNS
  C) RNA
  D) ATP
  E) DNA
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2: The study of organism and the environment of an abandoned farmland is the ecology of? Options:
  A) a community
  B) a population
  C) a specie
  D) a habitat
  E) an ecosystem
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3: Birds maintain their body temperature with the help of their Options:
  A) blood which maintains constant temperature
  B) feathers which cover the body
  C) skin which conserves moisture
  D) veins which transport fluid of constant temperature to all body tissues
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: At fertilization Options:
  A) one chromosome from the male joins another from the female
  B) one gene from the male combines with another from the female
  C) the male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus
  D) one set of chromosome combines with another set from the female
  E) one cell from the male fuses with another from the female
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The most common characteristic of the fungal hyphae is the possession of Options:
  A) cell-like compartment with one nucleus each
  B) cell walls that are both rigid and chitinous
  C) a multicellular mycelium in the substrate
  D) cell-like partitions formed by cross-walls
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: In a population study using the transect method, a student is likely to record the highest number of species in Options:
  A) a tropical rain forest
  B) a guinea savanna
  C) a sahel savanna
  D) an estuarine swamp
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: Banana, plantain and pineapple can be grouped together because they Options:
  A) produce small seeds
  B) are multiple fruit
  C) produce suckers
  D) have runners
  E) have bulbils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: i2/1, c0/0, pm3/2, m3/3. The general formula above represent that of Options:
  A) an omnivore
  B) a detritus feeder
  C) a carnivore
  D) a herbivore
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9:

  Tall trees with buttress roots and evergreen leaves are characteristics features of?

  Options:
  A) temperate grass land
  B) Southern Guinea Savanna
  C) tropical rain forests
  D) Northern Guinea savanna
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: In epigeal germination, the cotyledons are Options:
  A) carried above the ground by the elongation hypocotyl
  B) pulled underground by the elongating epicotyl
  C) pulled underground by the elongating epicotyl
  D) carried above the ground by the elongating epicotyl
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  The correct answer is A .