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 221: Mycorriza is an associationn between fungi and Options:
  A) protozoans
  B) Roots of higher plants
  C) Bacteria
  D) Filamentous algae
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 222:

  Which of the following is a nitrifying bacterium?

  Options:
  A) Rhizobium
  B) Nictrobacter
  C) Azotobacter
  D) Pseudomonas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 223: The beak of a duck is structurally adapted for Options:
  A) scooping and sieving food
  B) catching and grasping food
  C) picking and cracking food
  D) boring and sucking food
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 224: 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 225: The common thing in plant and animal cell is Options:
  A) chloroplast
  B) cell wall
  C) nucleus
  D) centrioles
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 226: The organelle common to both plant and animal cells is the Options:
  A) centrioles
  B) plasmalemma
  C) cell wall
  D) chloroplast
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 227: The sequence of the one-way gaseous exchange mechanism in a fish is Options:
  A) gills ⇢ operculum ⇢ mouth
  B) mouth ⇢ gills ⇢ operculum
  C) mouth ⇢ operculum ⇢ gills
  D) operculum ⇢ mouth ⇢ gills
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 228:

  The appendicular skeleton is made up of the

  Options:
  A) limbs
  B) skull and limbs
  C) phalanges
  D) ulna and radius
  E) girdles and limbs
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 229: The plantain reproduces asexually by Options:
  A) suckers
  B) buds
  C) fragments
  D) spores
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 230: The group of insects that undergoes complete metamorphosis is Options:
  A) houseflies, beetles and cockroaches
  B) cockroaches, grasshoppers and bees
  C) houseflies, beetles and butterflies
  D) aphids, grasshopper and butterflies
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  The correct answer is C .