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 281:

  What is the function of trichocyst in paramecium?

  Options:
  A) Movement
  B) Defence
  C) Excretion
  D) At which stage in this cycle can man b infected
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 282: The swollen shoot disease of cocoa tree is caused by a Options:
  A) virus
  B) fungus
  C) bacterium
  D) protozoan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 283:

  

  Food is stored in the structure labelled

  Options:
  A) III
  B) I
  C) IV
  D) II
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 284: The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by Options:
  A) birds and reptiles
  B) fishes and birds
  C) reptiles and fishes
  D) birds and molluscs
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 285: Gestation in mammals is the period Options:
  A) required for growth after birth
  B) between the formation of the foetus and birth
  C) of development from zygote to birth
  D) before the formation of the zygote
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 286: The phloem parenchyma is sometimes used for Options:
  A) food storage
  B) supporting the stem
  C) production of the sieve tube
  D) transporting water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 287: Which of the following cell constituents is NOT common in both plants and animals? Options:
  A) Mitochondria
  B) Chloroplast
  C) Ribosomes
  D) Golgi apparatus
  E) Vacuoles
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 288: Growing yam tendrils climb for support. This growth response is Options:
  A) haptotropism
  B) geotropism
  C) phototropism
  D) hydrotropism
  E) chemotropism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 289: The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals Options:
  A) cochlea
  B) pinna
  C) perilymph
  D) vestibular system
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 290: Underground stems which grow horizontally through the soil are Options:
  A) Bulbs
  B) Rhizomes
  C) Runners
  D) Corms
  E) Stolons
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  The correct answer is B .