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 601: Whorls, arches, loops and compounds are types of variation in Options:
  A) Colour
  B) Finger prints
  C) Hair Colour
  D) Blood group
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 602: Which of the following structural features are adapted for uses other than water conservation? Options:
  A) Succulent stems
  B) Scales in animals
  C) Spines in plants
  D) Feathers in birds
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 603: Banana, plantain and pineapple can be grouped together because they Options:
  A) produce small seeds
  B) are multiple fruit
  C) produce suckers
  D) have runners
  E) have bulbils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 604: The irreversible life process by which new protoplasm is added to increase the size and weight of an organism can be termed Options:
  A) anabolism
  B) catabolism
  C) growth
  D) development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 605: During the dry season in the tropics, the body metabolism of some animals slows to a minimal level in a process referred to as Options:
  A) hibernation
  B) aestivation
  C) dormancy
  D) senescense
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 606: Hydra removes undigested food by Options:
  A) passing it through the anus
  B) passing it through the mouth
  C) means of a contractile vacuole
  D) egesting it through the body surface
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 607:

  

  The neural arch is labelled

  Options:
  A) I
  B) II
  C) III
  D) IV
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 608:

  The longest bone in the body is the

  Options:
  A) humerous
  B) femur
  C) scapula
  D) tibia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 609: In the male reproductive system of a mammal, sperm is stored in the Options:
  A) van deferens
  B) urethra
  C) epididymis
  D) seminiferous tubules
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 610: Heat produced in tissue respiration in plants is Options:
  A) a chemical form of energy
  B) the only form of energy
  C) the main form of energy
  D) a useful form of energy
  E) a waste form of energy
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  The correct answer is A .