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 1951: Alkaline pyrogallol was used in an experiment. That experiment must have been connected with Options:
  A) Excretion
  B) Germination
  C) Transpiration
  D) Digestion
  E) Photosynthesis
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1952: Which of the following diseases can be contracted in areas with fast flowing rivers? Options:
  A) Schistosomiasis
  B) Elephantiasis
  C) Syphilis
  D) Onchoceriasis
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1953:

  

  An economic importance of the organism represented by IV is that

  Options:
  A) it transmit water borne disease to humans
  B) it is distructive to farm crops
  C) its faeces pollutes drinkng water
  D) it helps in the control of mosquito larvae
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1954: If the phloem of a healthy plant is killed by heat treatment the Options:
  A) the upward movement of salt will cease
  B) food manufactured in the leaves will accumulate
  C) whole plant will die immediately
  D) leaves of the plant will become yellow
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1955:

  A universal recipient of blood belongs to blood group?

  Options:
  A) O
  B) AB
  C) B
  D) A
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1956: The following events take place during conjugation in spirogyra 1. The protoplasm of each of the conjugating cell separate from the cell wall to form a Gamete; the gamete of one filament passes through the conjugation tube to meet the gamete of the other filament 2. The zygote soon become surrounded by thick brown wall to become zygospore which burst after a short rest and germinate to produce a new filament 3. The nuclei of the gametes fuse to form a zygote 4. The protuberance meet and where they touch the cell-wall disappear so that a conjugation tube joining the two cell is formed 5. protuberance appear on the wall of the cell of two filament of spirogyra lying side by side opposite one another. Now what is the correct sequence in which the above sequence occur? Options:
  A) 1,2,3,4,5
  B) 1,2,4,5,3
  C) 3,4,5,2,1
  D) 5,4,1,3,2
  E) 5,4,3,1,2
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1957: If a ring of bark and phloem is removed from a stem, the Options:
  A) plant dies immediately
  B) plant dies after two days
  C) movement of food is not affected
  D) movement of minerals is hardly affected
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1958:

  

  The correct figured sequence for the following labeled parts (stigma, ovary wall, embryo sac, integument and micropyle) is

  Options:
  A) 12453
  B) 24135
  C) 21435
  D) 14325
  E) 31425
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1959: Coloration of the eye is ______ variation Options:
  A) physiological
  B) morphological
  C) adaptive
  D) recessive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1960: The function of ribosomes in cell is Options:
  A) protein synthesis
  B) starch synthesis
  C) transport of materials
  D) lipid storage
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  The correct answer is A .