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 471: The following are examples of air borne diseases, except Options:
  A) Chicken pox
  B) Cholera
  C) common cold
  D) Whooping cough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 472: Viruses are considered to be living organisms because they Options:
  A) possess transmittable characters
  B) move from one place to another
  C) respond to stimulation
  D) ingest food materials
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 473: One of these is present in both plant and animal cell? Options:
  A) Cell membrane
  B) Cell wall
  C) Chloroplast
  D) Large cell vacuole
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 474: The lungs of the lung fish is an adaptation for respiration _______? Options:
  A) to complement gills while in water
  B) to complement gills while on land
  C) while on land
  D) while in water
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 475: Which of the following is the simplest living organism? Options:
  A) Paramecium
  B) Virus
  C) Amoeba
  D) Chlamydomonas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 476: The part of the mammalian brain responsible for maintaining balance is the Options:
  A) medulla oblongata
  B) olfactory lobe
  C) cerebellum
  D) cerebrum
  E) frontal lobe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 477:

  

  The function of the part labelled 1 is to

  Options:
  A) secrete a fluid which lubricates the joint
  B) attach muscles to the bones at the joint
  C) bend the bones at the joint
  D) hold the joint in place
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 478: The process of soil erosion is usually from Options:
  A) rill → sheet → gully
  B) gully → rill → sheet
  C) sheet → guly → rill
  D) sheet → rill → gully
  E) rill → gully → sheet
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 479: The followings are the functions of the kidneys, except Options:
  A) Regulation of water content in the blood
  B) Maintenance of blood PH and homeostasis
  C) Excretion of CO2
  D) D. Removal of waste products from the blood
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 480: The one-seeded fuit in which the pericarp and the seed coat have become fused together is known as Options:
  A) achene
  B) samara
  C) caryopsis
  D) legume
  E) drupe
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  The correct answer is C .