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 971: A farmer x working in a swamp did not eat any food nor drink any water. Which of this diseases can he not contact Options:
  A) Cholera
  B) Bilharzia
  C) River blindness
  D) Malaria
  E) Sleeping sickness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 972:

  Which of the following vertebrates has the most simple structured heart

  Options:
  A) reptile
  B) fish
  C) mammal
  D) Amphibian
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 973:

  When a marine fish was taken from the ocean and put in a tank of fresh water, it died after a short period because?

  Options:
  A) the tank was too small compared to the large-ocean
  B) the body cells of the fish swelled and burst as a result of the hypotonic fresh water
  C) the body cells of the fish shrank as their sap was hypertonic to the freshwater
  D) there was no food in the tank, so the fish starved
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 974: The digestive enzyme that coagulates proteins in milk is Options:
  A) Ptyalin
  B) Pepsin
  C) Renin
  D) Trypsin
  E) Amylase
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 975: Which of the following organisms has lost the pentadactyl limb structure? Options:
  A) Bat
  B) Fish
  C) Frog
  D) Pigeon
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 976:

  The appendicular skeleton is made up of the

  Options:
  A) limbs
  B) skull and limbs
  C) phalanges
  D) ulna and radius
  E) girdles and limbs
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 977: The procaryotic cell type is characterized by a Options:
  A) complex cytoplasm in which different regions are poorly defined
  B) localization of different regions of the cell into tissues
  C) collection of organelles and macromolecular complexes
  D) simple cytoplasm with well defined regions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 978: The mineral nutrient that easily gets leached out of the soil is Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) calcium
  C) magnesium
  D) nitrate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 979:

  In the egg of a bird, the embryo is located in the

  Options:
  A) Chalaza
  B) Yolk
  C) Albumen
  D) Embryo disc
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 980: In Nigeria, the guinea savanna belt borders the Options:
  A) mangrove swamps and the sahel savanna
  B) rainforests and the sudan savanna
  C) desert and the sudan savanna
  D) rainforests and the deserts
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  The correct answer is B .