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 1081: if three 30 cm lengths of glass tubes are tightly packed with clay, sand and loamy soils respectively and then stood in a beaker of water for one week, the level of water will be Options:
  A) lowest in the tube with clay
  B) the same in all tubes
  C) lowest in the tube with loamy soil
  D) highest in the tube with sandy soil
  E) lowest in the tube with sandy soil
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1082: A tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma is Options:
  A) sleeping sickness
  B) river blindness
  C) yellow fever
  D) malaria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1083: An individual in the AB blood group is a universal recipient for blood donation because Options:
  A) all the red blood cells do not carry antigen
  B) all the red blood cells carry antigen
  C) all the red blood cells carry antigen
  D) there are no anti-A and anti-B antibodies in the serum
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1084: Which of the following types of feathers is used for flight in birds? Options:
  A) Quill
  B) Filoplume
  C) covert
  D) Down
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1085: Fungi are heterotropic because they Options:
  A) have no leaves
  B) lack roots
  C) are filamentous
  D) lack chlorophyll
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1086:

  

  Which part of the curve represents the fastest rate of growth?

  Options:
  A) K
  B) L
  C) M
  D) N
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1087: The correct route for a piece of bread eaten by a mammal is Options:
  A) oral cavity - oesophagus - stomach - ileum - rectum
  B) oral - cavity - stomach - oesophagus - duodenum - ileum - rectum
  C) oral cavity - oesophagus - duodenum - rectum
  D) oral cavity - oesophagus - ileum - stomach - duodenum - rectum
  E) oral cavity - oesophagus - stomach - ileum - duodenum - rectum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1088: Environmental pollutants which can work through the media of water, soil and air include Options:
  A) carbon monoxide
  B) noise
  C) sulphur(IV)oxide
  D) smoke
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1089: Which of the following is true of the transverse section of a dicot system? Options:
  A) the xylem is more interiory located than the phleom
  B) the cambium lies between the cortex and the vascular bundles
  C) the vascular bundles are randomly scattered within the cortex
  D) the epidemis is completely encircled by the cortex
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1090: From which group of animals are the mammals generally believed to have most recently evolved? Options:
  A) Reptiles
  B) Fish
  C) Amphibians
  D) Birds
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  The correct answer is C .