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 1141: The ability of living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as Options:
  A) locomotion
  B) irritability
  C) growth
  D) taxis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1142:

  Good quality food will perform the following functions in human except

  Options:
  A) Supplying energy
  B) Providing resistance against malaria
  C) Maintaining health
  D) Sustaining growth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1143: In the alimentary system of a bird, the function of teeth is carried out by the Options:
  A) crop
  B) beak
  C) gizzard
  D) tongue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1144: If water that has been coloured red is poured at the base of a wilting plant, it will appear as a red stain in the cells of the Options:
  A) xylem
  B) epidermis
  C) phloem
  D) parenchyma
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1145: The bone of the neck on which the skull rests is known as the Options:
  A) odontoid process
  B) axis
  C) atlas
  D) occipital condyle
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1146: The oily substance that lubricates the mammalian hair to keep it flexible and water repellent is secreted by the Options:
  A) sweet glands
  B) sebaceous glands
  C) fatty cells
  D) granular layer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1147:
  

  Which stage is found in the muscle of an infected pig?

  Options:
  A) 3
  B) 4
  C) 5
  D) 6
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1148:

  

  A noticeable adaptation of the animal to its aquatic habitat is the possession of

  Options:
  A) a wide mouth
  B) large eyes
  C) webbed digits
  D) fore limbs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1149:

  The structure that joins the two strands of a chromosome together is the?

  Options:
  A) spindle
  B) cellulose
  C) centromere
  D) chromatid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1150: If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising Options:
  A) modern agriculture
  B) strip cropping
  C) contour ridging
  D) crop rotation
  E) the bush fallow system
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  The correct answer is E .