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 1531: When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to Options:
  A) the addition of saccharin
  B) the addition of sugar
  C) the addition of whisky or local gin
  D) some complex hydrolytic reaction
  E) anaerobic respiration of an organism
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1532:

  In the theory of use and disuse Lamarck proposed that evolution occurred because of the following except

  Options:
  A) There is natural selection of offspring
  B) There is great changes in the environment
  C) Organism develop specialised characters
  D) The characters are inheritable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1533:

  The type of fruit that is formed from a single flower having several free carpels is?

  Options:
  A) indehiscent fruit
  B) aggregate fruit
  C) simple fruit
  D) fleshy fruit
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1534: Root hair have their origin from Options:
  A) Endodermis
  B) Pericycle
  C) Cortex
  D) Epidermis
  E) Xylem
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1535:

  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 1536: In the mammalian kidney, the Bowman''s capsules is located in the Options:
  A) ureter
  B) pelvis
  C) cortex
  D) medulla
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1537: IF an organism obtains its food by means of haustoria, it is said to be Options:
  A) holophytic
  B) heterophytic
  C) saprophytism
  D) parasitic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1538: Which of the following vertebrae lacks a centrum? Options:
  A) Atlas
  B) Axis
  C) Thoracic
  D) Lumbar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1539:

  In the mammalian respiratory system. exchange of gases occurs in the?

  Options:
  A) lungs
  B) bronchi
  C) bronchioles
  D) alveoli
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1540: The plants that grow in deserts or very dry areas are referred to as Options:
  A) mesophytes
  B) hydrophytes
  C) epiphytes
  D) xerophytes
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  The correct answer is D .