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 901: The bone of the neck on which the skull rests is known as the Options:
  A) odontoid process
  B) axis
  C) atlas
  D) occipital condyle
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 902: In dissection, the rib cage of mammal has to be opened in order to expose the Options:
  A) diaphragm
  B) liver
  C) heart
  D) sternum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 903: The following parts are involved in breathing process, except Options:
  A) mouth
  B) nostrils
  C) ribs
  D) diaphragm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 904:

  

  Use the diagram above to answer this question.

  The type of protective adaptation exhibited by the animal is

  Options:
  A) disruptive colouration
  B) flash colouration
  C) countershading colouration
  D) warning colouration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 905:

  I. Rattusrattus. Il. Agama agama III. Bufo regularis IV. Tilapiazillii
  The order of evolutionary advancement of the above vertebrates is?

  Options:
  A) I, II, III, IV
  B) I, IV, III, II
  C) II, III, IV, I
  D) IV, III, II, I
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 906:

  The body of a snail is divided into head?

  Options:
  A) thorax and abdomen
  B) visceral mass and abdomen
  C) thorax and foot
  D) visceral mass and foot
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 907: The surface of an alveolus in a mammal is well supplied with tiny blood vessels known as Options:
  A) arterioles
  B) venules
  C) arteries
  D) capillaries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 908: The substance that is responsible for optical dominance in plants is known as Options:
  A) gibberellin
  B) tannin
  C) auxin
  D) kinin
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 909: Which one of the following statements about the mammalian kidney is false? Options:
  A) The glomerulus is formed by a branch of the renal artery
  B) The glomerulus is a part of uniferous tubules
  C) Tha bowmans capsule is in the cortex of the kidney
  D) The uniferous tubules are richly supplied with blood vessels
  E) The glomerulusis lodged in the bowmans capsule
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 910: The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because Options:
  A) it has a coleorhiza
  B) it has a coleoptile
  C) of the relatively large endosperm
  D) there is the remain of a style
  E) of the relatively small scutellum
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  The correct answer is D .