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 1411:

  When the original king and queen of termites die, they are replaced by

  Options:
  A) the king and queen of another colony
  B) some adult reproductives from the same colony
  C) some adult workers which are specially fed to breed
  D) developing nymphs nurtured as secondary reproductives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1412:

  The movement of part of a plant in response to external stimulus of no particular direction is?

  Options:
  A) taxism
  B) tropism
  C) haptotropic movement
  D) nastic movement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1413: A tall plants crossed with a dwarf one produces offspring of which half are tall and half are dwarf. What are the genotypes of the parents? Options:
  A) TT, TT
  B) Tt, tt
  C) TT, tt
  D) Tt, Tt
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1414: The following are examples of air borne diseases, except Options:
  A) Chicken pox
  B) Cholera
  C) common cold
  D) Whooping cough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1415: In which of the following Nigeria states can montane vegetation be found? Options:
  A) Taraba
  B) Enugu
  C) Bauchi
  D) Plateau
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1416: Birds which are large with long straight pointed beaks, long necks and long legs are likely to be Options:
  A) insect eaters
  B) fish catchers
  C) nectar feeders
  D) fruit eaters
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1417: Normally the flow of blood is NEVER from Options:
  A) artery to arterioles
  B) arterioles to capillaries
  C) capillaries to venules
  D) arteerioles to the artery
  E) venules to the vein
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1418: Fibrinogen and prothrombin play important roles in the Options:
  A) deamination of proteins
  B) clotting of blood
  C) detoxication of substance
  D) storage of vitamins
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1419:

  One of the following is a process of transmission of hereditary characteristics by chromosomes

  Options:
  A) Genes relating to the same character occupy identical locations on the chromosomes
  B) Separation of homologous chromosomes into four daughter cells
  C) Separation of gametes during fertilization
  D) Dictating the formation of a protein by a gene in a chromosome
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1420: The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because Options:
  A) it has a coleorhiza
  B) it has a coleoptile
  C) of the relatively large endosperm
  D) there is the remain of a style
  E) of the relatively small scutellum
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  The correct answer is D .