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 101: Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies Options:
  A) Sulphur
  B) Calcium
  C) Phosphorus
  D) Sodium
  E) Nitrogen
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 102: Which of the following food chains is in the correct sequence? Options:
  A) Weeds → Tadpole → Beetles → Fish → Man
  B) Weeds → Tadpole → Fish → Beetles → Man
  C) Tadpole → Beetles →Weeds → Man → Fish
  D) Man → Fish → Beetles → Tadpole → Weeds
  E) Fish → Beetles → Weeds → Man → Tadpoles
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 103: 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 104: Which of the following groups of cells is devoid of true nuclei Options:
  A) algae
  B) monera
  C) fungi
  D) viruses
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 105: The origin of mineral particles in the soil is Options:
  A) humus
  B) water
  C) micro-organisms
  D) weathered rock
  E) organic matter
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 106:

  A characteristic of the phylum coelenterata is that

  Options:
  A) most of them are marine
  B) they possess a gut with a single opening
  C) thy possess numerous pores on their body
  D) they are bilaterally symmetrical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 107: The role of the male adult honey bee is to Options:
  A) clean the hive
  B) ventilates the hive
  C) mate with the queen
  D) care for the young
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 108: Which of the following organelles are likely to be present in cells that are actively respiring and photosynthesizing? Options:
  A) Nucleolus and centrioles
  B) Mitochondria and chloroplast
  C) Lysosomes and ribosomes
  D) Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 109: Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells? Options:
  A) Centriole, middle lamella, golgi bodies, mitrochondrion
  B) Cytoplasm, sap, vacuole, starch grains, leucoplasts
  C) Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes.
  D) Nucleus, nucleolus, cellulose cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum
  E) Cytoplasm, centriole, cellulose cell wall, nucleolus
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 110: A characteristic of vertebrates that is unique to mammals is Options:
  A) the presence of pentadctyl limbs
  B) parental care
  C) the possession of scrotum
  D) pulmonary circulation
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  The correct answer is C .