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 161: Chewing the cud is an adaptation peculiar to Options:
  A) Herbivores
  B) Omnivores
  C) Rodents
  D) Ruminants
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 162: Which of the following characterizes a mature plant cell? Options:
  A) the nucleus is pushed to the centre of the cell
  B) the cell wall is made up of cellulose
  C) the nucleus is small and irregular in shape
  D) the cytoplasm fills up the entire cell space
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 163:

  Which type of reproduction involves the fusion of gametes from two parents?

  Options:
  A) Sexual reproduction
  B) Asexual reproduction
  C) Binary fission
  D) Budding
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 164: The oxidative part of the respiratory process takes place in the Options:
  A) mitochondria
  B) ribosomes
  C) endoplasmic reticulum
  D) golgi bodies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 165:

  

  In the figure above the structure which prevents friction between the bones is

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
  E) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 166: The presence of stilt roots, pneumatophores, sunken stomata and salt glands are adaptive features of plants found in the Options:
  A) tropical rainforest
  B) mangrove swamps
  C) gressland
  D) montane forest
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 167: In which of the following organism does a single cells performs all the function of movement, nutrition, growth , excretion, photosynthesis? Options:
  A) Paramecium
  B) Euglena
  C) Amoeba
  D) Spirogyra
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 168: Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion? Options:
  A) Water molecules stick to the surface of a mirror.
  B) Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels.
  C) Water molecules stay on the tip of a pine needle because the water is attracted to the surface of the needle.
  D) Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 169:

  Which of the blood corpusles are irregular and amoeloid in shape

  Options:
  A) Leucocytes
  B) Erythrocytes
  C) Thrombocytes
  D) Plasma
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 170:

  

  The part labelled X is the

  Options:
  A) axon
  B) cell body
  C) terminal dendrites
  D) synapse
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  The correct answer is B .