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 661: The sequence of ear ossicles from the fenestra ovalis is Options:
  A) malleus, incus and stapes
  B) malleus, stapes and incus
  C) stapes, incus and malleus
  D) stapes, malleuls and incus
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 662: Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion? Options:
  A) Water molecules stick to the surface of a mirror.
  B) Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels.
  C) Water molecules stay on the tip of a pine needle because the water is attracted to the surface of the needle.
  D) Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 663: A circulatory system is very essential in mammals but not in smaller organisms like Amoeba because Options:
  A) Amoeba lives in freshwater
  B) Diffusion is sufficient to transport materials in Amoeba
  C) Amoeba lacks blood containing haemoglobin
  D) Amoeba exibits anaerobic respiration
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 664: When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to Options:
  A) the addition of saccharin
  B) the addition of sugar
  C) the addition of whisky or local gin
  D) some complex hydrolytic reaction
  E) anaerobic respiration of an organism
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 665:

  

  In the diagram, The economic importance of the larva is that it

  Options:
  A) is eaten by birds
  B) develop into a moth
  C) resembles the plant on which it lives
  D) feeds on the leaves of crops
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 666:

  The type of nutrition shown by spirogyra is

  Options:
  A) Symbiosis
  B) Holozoic
  C) Chemosynthetic
  D) Holophytic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 667: The joint between the atlas and axis vertebrae allows for Options:
  A) rotatory movement only
  B) up and down or nodding movements only
  C) rotatory and nodding movements
  D) no movement at all
  E) slight movement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 668:

  

  During reproduction of the organism in figure above the first structure to divide is

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
  E) 5
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 669: The supporting tissue in xylem is most poorly developed in Options:
  A) mangrove swamp plants
  B) grassland plants
  C) submerged water plants
  D) desert plants
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 670:

  The part of the mammalian skin involved in excretion is the

  Options:
  A) sweat glands
  B) malpighian layer
  C) sebaceous gland
  D) horny layer
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  The correct answer is A .