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 1491:

  What is the term used to describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment of the organism?

  Options:
  A) habitat
  B) biome
  C) ecosystem
  D) ecological niche
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1492: The most abundant group of organisms in the animal kingdom is Options:
  A) mammalia
  B) aves
  C) annelida
  D) insecta
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1493:

  The mutation theory of organic evolution was propounded by?

  Options:
  A) Gregor Mendel
  B) Hugo de Vries
  C) Jean Lamarck
  D) Charles Darwin
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1494: Plants survive hot dry conditions by Options:
  A) storing water in large parenchyma cells
  B) producing numerous leaves
  C) having numerous stomata
  D) having evergreen leaves
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1495: Which of the following theories was NOT considered by Darwin in his evolutionary theory? Options:
  A) variation
  B) survival of the fitest
  C) use and disuse
  D) competition
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1496: One common characteristic of fungi, algae, mosses and ferns is that they Options:
  A) show alternation of generations
  B) reproduce sexually by conjugation
  C) produce spores that are dispersed
  D) possess chlorophyll in their tissues
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1497:

  Animals are said to gregarious when

  Options:
  A) they survive adverse conditions of cold weather
  B) they transmit information from one individual to another
  C) they are of the same species moving together in a group
  D) they give an alarm to alert others to show the normal protective behaviour of the group when danger threatens
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1498:

  One of the functions of water in seed germination is to?

  Options:
  A) dilute the embryo
  B) make the soil wet and soft
  C) activate the enzymes
  D) promote aerobic respiration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1499: The function of the red head in male Agama lizards is to Options:
  A) conceal and camouflage the animal from predators
  B) scare other males from the territory
  C) attract female lizards for mating purposes
  D) warm predators of the distastefulness of the animal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1500:

  

  The range at which soil essential elements concentration is recorded for optimal plant growth is marked

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