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 1221: Which of these statements is NOT true of insects? Options:
  A) They are anthropods
  B) Their body is divide into three distinct regions of head, thorax and abdomen
  C) Their thorax comprises three segments, only two of which bear a pair of appendages each
  D) Respiration is by means of trachea
  E) They undergo metamorphosis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1222: The only caste in the termite colony are the members can feed themselves are the Options:
  A) reproductives
  B) workers
  C) nymphs
  D) soldiers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1223:

  

  The lime water in container B turned milky because

  Options:
  A) carbon dioxide was produced by plant
  B) during respiration carbon dioxide entered C
  C) oxygen reacts with lime water to produce milkiness
  D) soda lime did not remove carbon dioxide from air
  E) the delivery tubes were not well connected
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1224: The specific number of chromosomes in each somatic cell is represented by Options:
  A) 2^N
  B) 23
  C) 2N
  D) N
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1225:

  In demonstrating the importance of mineral elements in plants, the culture bottle must be darkened to?

  Options:
  A) prevent algal growth in culture solution
  B) allow root growth
  C) prevent breakdown of mineral elements
  D) prevents photosynthesis in the root
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1226: All living organism Options:
  A) Photosynthesize
  B) Respire
  C) Move
  D) Feed
  E) Transpire
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1227:

  The part labeled III in the above diagram is

  Options:
  A) Root
  B) Gills
  C) Hyphae
  D) Rhizoids
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1228: Bird toes suitable for digging have claws that are Options:
  A) blunt
  B) curved
  C) hooked
  D) sharp
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1229: Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis? Options:
  A) Glucose + glucose
  B) Fructose + fructose
  C) Glucose + fructose
  D) Galactose + glucose
  E) Fructose + galactose
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1230: Which one of the following statements about the mammalian kidney is false? Options:
  A) The glomerulus is formed by a branch of the renal artery
  B) The glomerulus is a part of uniferous tubules
  C) Tha bowmans capsule is in the cortex of the kidney
  D) The uniferous tubules are richly supplied with blood vessels
  E) The glomerulusis lodged in the bowmans capsule
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  The correct answer is B .