Biology Past Questions v44 For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students; These Biology past questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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#1. Sources of air pollutants are

A) industrial chimneys, burning fossil oils and river dams

A) industrial chimneys, burning fossil oils and river dams

B) sulphurdioxide, acid rain and pesticides

B) sulphurdioxide, acid rain and pesticides

C) sulphur dioxide, vehicle exhausts, and aerosols

C) sulphur dioxide, vehicle exhausts, and aerosols

D) sewage,smoke and old vehicles

D) sewage,smoke and old vehicles

#2. The body of a snail is divided into head?

A) thorax and abdomen

A) thorax and abdomen

B) visceral mass and abdomen

B) visceral mass and abdomen

C) thorax and foot

C) thorax and foot

D) visceral mass and foot

D) visceral mass and foot

#3. An adaptation for defense in animals is?

A) croaking of a male toad

A) croaking of a male toad

B) basking in lizard

B) basking in lizard

C) spines in porcupine fish

C) spines in porcupine fish

D) huddling together of penguins

D) huddling together of penguins

#4. The movement of Euglena towards the source of light is a?

A) tropic movement

A) tropic movement

B) tactic movement

B) tactic movement

C) nastic movement

C) nastic movement

D) kinetic movement

D) kinetic movement

#5. During mitosis, the stage at which chromosomes lines up around the equator is?

A) telophase

A) telophase

B) metasphase

B) metasphase

C) anaphase

C) anaphase

D) prophase

D) prophase

#6. The waste product of insects is?

A) uric acid

A) uric acid

B) urine

B) urine

C) Mucilage

C) Mucilage

D) sweat

D) sweat

#7. Succession that occurs on an abandoned farm land is?

A) tertiary

A) tertiary

B) secondary

B) secondary

C) primary

C) primary

D) climax

D) climax

#8. In Nigeria, Southern Guinea Savanna is found in?

A) Borno and Sokoto

A) Borno and Sokoto

B) Kogi and Kwara

B) Kogi and Kwara

C) Kaduna and Cross River

C) Kaduna and Cross River

D) Kano and Niger

D) Kano and Niger

#9. Which of the following is associated with the dark stage of photosynthesis?

A) Assimilation of Carbon(IV)oxide

A) Assimilation of Carbon(IV)oxide

B) Photophosphorylation

B) Photophosphorylation

C) Photolysis

C) Photolysis

D) Excitation of chlorophyll

D) Excitation of chlorophyll

#10. The part of mammalian skin that excretes metabolic wastes is?

A) sweat gland

A) sweat gland

B) horny layer

B) horny layer

C) Malpighian layer

C) Malpighian layer

D) sebaceous gland

D) sebaceous gland

#11. The feeding relationship that exists between a tick and a cow is?

A) parasitism

A) parasitism

B) mechanism

B) mechanism

C) saprophytism

C) saprophytism

D) commensalism

D) commensalism

#12. The type of fruit that is formed from a single flower having several free carpels is?

A) indehiscent fruit

A) indehiscent fruit

B) aggregate fruit

B) aggregate fruit

C) simple fruit

C) simple fruit

D) fleshy fruit

D) fleshy fruit

#13. The part that performs urinogenitalfunction in the male reproductive system is the?

A) seminal vesacle

A) seminal vesacle

B) epididymis

B) epididymis

C) urethra

C) urethra

D) ureter

D) ureter

#14. The components of blood in man are?

A) red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and water

A) red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and water

B) red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma

B) red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma

C) red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

C) red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

D) red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets

D) red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets

#15. The development of big muscles by a wrestler is an example of?

A) acquired characteristics

A) acquired characteristics

B) inherited characteristics

B) inherited characteristics

C) mutation

C) mutation

D) atrophication

D) atrophication

#16. Lack of nucleus is a feature in?

A) osteocyte

A) osteocyte

B) neurone

B) neurone

C) erythrocyte

C) erythrocyte

D) leucocyte

D) leucocyte

#17. A universal recipient of blood belongs to blood group?

A) O

A) O

B) AB

B) AB

C) B

C) B

D) A

D) A

#18. The internal structure of a leaf that has larger air space is?

A) palisade mesophyll

A) palisade mesophyll

B) epidermis

B) epidermis

C) spongy mesophyll

C) spongy mesophyll

D) vascular bundles

D) vascular bundles

#19. An example of arboreal animal is?

A) squirrels

A) squirrels

B) duck

B) duck

C) pig

C) pig

D) rat

D) rat

#20. The movement of sugars from the leaf to other parts of plant is?

A) guttation

A) guttation

B) transpiration

B) transpiration

C) transportation

C) transportation

D) translocation

D) translocation

#21. Gaseous exchange in annelids is more advanced and efficient compared to flatworms because?

A) the cells of their epidermis have no blood capillaries

A) the cells of their epidermis have no blood capillaries

B) they have well developed respiratory structures

B) they have well developed respiratory structures

C) their cylindrical shape gives high surface area to volume ratio

C) their cylindrical shape gives high surface area to volume ratio

D) their surface area to volume ratio is very low

D) their surface area to volume ratio is very low

#22. The structure that joins the two strands of a chromosome together is the?

A) spindle

A) spindle

B) cellulose

B) cellulose

C) centromere

C) centromere

D) chromatid

D) chromatid

#23. When a colour blind woman marries a normal man, what is the probability of their son being colour blind?

A) 25%

A) 25%

B) 100%

B) 100%

C) 50%

C) 50%

D) 0%

D) 0%

#24. The correct pathway for blood flow from the heart to the tissues of mammals is?

A) heart-arteriole-artery-tissues

A) heart-arteriole-artery-tissues

B) heart-artery-arteriole-tissues

B) heart-artery-arteriole-tissues

C) heart-vein-venule-tissues

C) heart-vein-venule-tissues

D) heart-venule-vein-tissues

D) heart-venule-vein-tissues

#25. Tall trees with buttress roots and evergreen leaves are characteristics features of?

A) temperate grass land

A) temperate grass land

B) Southern Guinea Savanna

B) Southern Guinea Savanna

C) tropical rain forests

C) tropical rain forests

D) Northern Guinea savanna

D) Northern Guinea savanna

#26. The genes crossing over occurs during?

A) fertilization

A) fertilization

B) mutation

B) mutation

C) mitosis

C) mitosis

D) meiosis

D) meiosis

#27. In genetic counseling, a man with hemoglobin formation HbAHbS is most preferred to marry a woman of?

A) HbA HbA

A) HbA HbA

B) HbC HbH

B) HbC HbH

C) HbM HbF

C) HbM HbF

D) HbS HbS

D) HbS HbS

#28. An ecological instrument used to measure wind direction is?

A) Secchi disc

A) Secchi disc

B) wind vane

B) wind vane

C) anemometer

C) anemometer

#29. The growth of mucor on a piece of bread is?

A) scavenging

A) scavenging

B) commensalism

B) commensalism

C) autotrophism

C) autotrophism

D) saprophytism

D) saprophytism

#30. Conversion of atmosphere carbon into chemical bond energy occurs during the process of?

A) transpiration

A) transpiration

B) photosynthesis

B) photosynthesis

C) digestion

C) digestion

D) respiration

D) respiration

#31. The display of male agama lizard is to?

A) scare predators

A) scare predators

B) regulate body temperature

B) regulate body temperature

C) attract female for mate

C) attract female for mate

D) give invite to intruders

D) give invite to intruders

#32. The end product of the digestion of carbohydrate is?

A) amino acid

A) amino acid

B) glycerol

B) glycerol

C) glucose

C) glucose

D) sucrose

D) sucrose

#33. The sum total of all observable features of an organism is?

A) phenotype

A) phenotype

B) heterozygous

B) heterozygous

C) genotype

C) genotype

D) homozygous

D) homozygous

#34. Pentadactyl plan of the fore limbs of frog, bird, horse, whale and man is a proof of?

A) spontaneous generation

A) spontaneous generation

B) evolution

B) evolution

C) locomotion

C) locomotion

D) creation

D) creation

#35. Petaloid sepals serve the function of

A) carrying out photosynthesis

A) carrying out photosynthesis

B) attracting pollinating agents to a flower

B) attracting pollinating agents to a flower

C) retaining pollen grains in the corolla tubes

C) retaining pollen grains in the corolla tubes

D) protecting the inner floral parts of the flower

D) protecting the inner floral parts of the flower

#36. The system of classification in which there are seven hierarchies from kingdom to species was introduced by?

A) Felix Dujardin

A) Felix Dujardin

B) Carolus Linneus

B) Carolus Linneus

C) Theodore Schwan

C) Theodore Schwan

D) Charles Darwin

D) Charles Darwin

#37. An adaptive feature of camel to the desert is?

A) ability to increase sweat production

A) ability to increase sweat production

B) ability to pass high amount of urine

B) ability to pass high amount of urine

C) ability to tolerate low degree of dehydration

C) ability to tolerate low degree of dehydration

D) ability to tolerate high degree of dehydration

D) ability to tolerate high degree of dehydration

#38. The part labelled II is

A) pellicle

A) pellicle

B) cytoplasmic connections

B) cytoplasmic connections

C) flagella

C) flagella

D) cells

D) cells

#39. The organism above is

A) chlamydomona

A) chlamydomona

B) algae

B) algae

C) volvox

C) volvox

D) euglena

D) euglena

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