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 two halves of the pelvic girdle are joined together at the Options:
  A) public symphysis
  B) ilium
  C) pubis
  D) obturator foramen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1142: A feature which adapts birds to flight is the possession of Options:
  A) scaly legs
  B) light bones
  C) two walking legs
  D) a pointed beak
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1143:

  I. Rattus rattus II. Agama agama III. Bufo regularis IV. tilipia zilli

  The order of evolutionary advancement to the above vertebrates is

  Options:
  A) I, II, III, IV
  B) I, IV, III, II
  C) II, III, IV, I
  D) IV, III, II, I
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1144:

  The presence of ______ for swimming in a tad-pole enables it to adapt in an aquatic habitat.

  Options:
  A) Gills
  B) Swim bladder
  C) Tail
  D) Fins
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1145: The protista that is a producer is an aquatic food chain is Options:
  A) trypanosome
  B) paramecium
  C) chamydomonas
  D) amoeba
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1146:

  

  The part labelled I and II constitute the

  Options:
  A) Crown
  B) neck
  C) root
  D) gum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1147:

  

  The figure above shows diagram for the correction of shortsightedness. If the unbroken lines represents light rays from the object and the broken lines the refracted rays through the lens, which of these is correct

  Options:
  A) A
  B) B
  C) C
  D) D
  E) E
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1148:

  Which of the following is evidence of evolution?

  Options:
  A) All of the above.
  B) Similarities in embryonic development
  C) Fossils of extinct organisms
  D) Homologous structures in different species
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1149: The mineral nutrient that easily gets leached out of the soil is Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) calcium
  C) magnesium
  D) nitrate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1150: People wit sickle-cell anaemia have haemoglobin Options:
  A) S and are homozygous recessive
  B) A and are heterozygous recessive
  C) S and are heterozygous recessive
  D) A and are homozygous recessive
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  The correct answer is A .