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 1991:

  

  The unrestricted pattern is represented by

  Options:
  A) I
  B) II
  C) III
  D) IV
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1992: During the manufacture of food by plants, which of the following organism use energy from the sun? Options:
  A) anabaena
  B) sulfur bacteria
  C) nitrosomonas sp
  D) nitrobacter sp
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1993: Below are some group of diseases. Which group of diseases is caused by bacteria? Options:
  A) Tuberculosis, smallpox
  B) Gonorrhoea, measles
  C) Tuberculosis, polio
  D) Sleeping sickness, measles
  E) Syphilis, gonorrhoea
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1994: Stunted growth and poor root development are a result of a deficiency in Options:
  A) sulpur
  B) phosphorus
  C) calcium
  D) iron
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1995: An instrument that can be used to demonstrate phototropism and geotropism in plants is the Options:
  A) auxanometer
  B) potometer
  C) klinostat
  D) photometer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1996: The seedlings in rice field were found to have thin lanky growth with reddish leaves and poor root development. This is because the soil lacks Options:
  A) sulphur
  B) phosphorus
  C) potassium
  D) iron
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1997:
  

  The structure can be found in the

  Options:
  A) Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
  B) Peripheral and central nervous system
  C) Peripheral nervous system only
  D) Central nervous system only
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1998: 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 .
• Question 1999:

  

  The part labelled II is the

  Options:
  A) silk thread
  B) thorax
  C) fore wing
  D) anchor
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2000:

  The genes crossing over occurs during?

  Options:
  A) fertilization
  B) mutation
  C) mitosis
  D) meiosis
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  The correct answer is D .