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 1051:

  Evidence of evolution include the following except

  Options:
  A) fossil records
  B) comparative anatomy
  C) mutation of genes
  D) geographical distribution of organisms
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1052: The stem of a typical aqautic plant usually has many Options:
  A) air cavities
  B) intercellular space
  C) water cavities
  D) water conducting cells
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1053: The absence of special food and water-conducting systems restricts the body size in Options:
  A) algae, liverworts and mosses
  B) liverworts, mosses and ferns
  C) the bryophytes and the pteridophytes
  D) the thallophytes and pteridophytes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1054: In the gene locus for eye colour in humans, the allele for brown eye is dominant over the allele for blue eyes. If a homozygous brown-eyed girl has a brother with blue eyes, what are the likely phenotypes of there parents'eye colour (Eye colour is not a sex linked trait) Options:
  A) Both parents have blue eyes
  B) Their father has blue eyes and their mother has brown eyes
  C) both parents have brown eyes
  D) Their mother has the blue eyes and their father has the brown eyes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1055:

  What is the term used to describe the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support indefinitely?

  Options:
  A) Ecological niche
  B) Limiting factor
  C) Carrying capacity
  D) Density-dependent factor
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1056: The order of passage of food in the digestive system is? Options:
  A) ileum → caecum → large intestine → rectum
  B) ileum → colon → caecum →rectum
  C) large intestine →ileum → caecum →rectum
  D) colon → caecum → ileum →rectum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1057: Example of a fish that aestivates is Options:
  A) shark
  B) croaker
  C) lung fish
  D) cat fish
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1058: The character-producing factors in living organisms are Options:
  A) Chromomeres
  B) Alleles
  C) Chromatids
  D) Chromosomes
  E) Genes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1059: Which of these is a direct photosynthetic product? Options:
  A) fats
  B) glucose
  C) latex
  D) protein
  E) starch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1060: A cross between an albino female and a genetically normal male will result in offspring that are Options:
  A) all albino
  B) all phenotypically normal
  C) all genetically normal
  D) half albino and half normal
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  The correct answer is B .