JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS 0% 223 JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Attempt 60 questions that will picked from our pool of questions. You have 1 hour to answer all the questions. You can retake the exams as many time as possible.Goodluck 1 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The level of organism in spirogyra and volvox is cell organ Tissue system 2 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Evidence of evolution include the following except comparative anatomy fossil records mutation of genes geographical distribution of organisms 3 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS One of the following is a process of transmission of hereditary characteristics by chromosomes Dictating the formation of a protein by a gene in a chromosome Separation of homologous chromosomes into four daughter cells Genes relating to the same character occupy identical locations on the chromosomes Separation of gametes during fertilization 4 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram shown to answer the question. The experiment above is used to demonstrate the process of osmosis diffusion water culture transportation 5 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly? Mosquito Housefly Termite Cockroach 6 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The flame cells are used for excretion in Volvox Fluke Bacteria Nematode 7 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The cytoplasm of a cell is considered a very important component because it is solely responsible for cell division regulates the amount of energy in the cell is the outermost part of the cell suspends all cell organelles 8 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals is bronchi ⇢ trachea ⇢ alveoli ⇢ bronchioles trachea ⇢ bronchi ⇢ bronchioles ⇢ alveoli bronchioles ⇢ alveoli ⇢ bronchi ⇢ trachea trachea ⇢ bronchioles ⇢ bronchi ⇢alveoli 9 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Coloration of the eye is ______ variation physiological recessive adaptive morphological 10 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS In which of the following species is the biomass of an individual the smallest? In which of the following species is the biomass of an individual the smallest? Bufo sp Spirogvra sp Agama sp 11 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS How many days does is used for incubation of an egg to release chick 23 20 21 22 12 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following scenarios is an example of cohesion? Water molecules stick to one another and form a bead Water sticks to the walls of blood vessels. Water molecules stick to the surface of a mirror. Water molecules stay on the tip of a pine needle because the water is attracted to the surface of the needle. 13 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following describes the function of lymph Body defence Temperature regulation Production of antibodies Engulfing 14 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Cytokinesis of mitosis is a process that ensures that each daughter cell gets the necessary organelles worn out organelles are excluded from daughter cells daughter cell inherit new genetic combinations there is distribution of a complete set of genes into each daughter cell 15 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Red blood cells were found to have burst open after being placed in distill for an hour. This phenomenon is known as haemolysis diffusion plasmolysis wilting 16 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS When an ovary is placed on the receptacle above the other floral parts it is referred to as half superior ovary inferior ovary superior ovary half inferior ovary 17 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The type of nutrition exhibited when organism lives on the body surface or inside the body of another type of organism is parasitic Holozoic carnivores saprohytic 18 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A virus can sometimes be regarded as a living organism because it It exists in a variety of shapes Reproduces in living cells Is easily visible with the aid of an electron microscope causes diseases in plants and animals 19 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS In which of the following groups of vertebrates is parental care mostly exhibited? Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia 20 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statement about the similarities in plant and animal transport is correct? The transport medium is made up of only tissues Their materials are transported in the same vessels Diffusion is not required Materials and hormones are transported in fluid form 21 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS One important characteristics of green plant is that they Are autotropic possess specialized sense organs Respond slowly to stimuli Are usually motile 22 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not a transmitable character in plants Resistance to environmental factors Haemophilia Life span Habit of growth 23 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The population of different organisms that exist together in a habitat is called biosphere biomes ecology community 24 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium Gets rid of excreta Produces Enzymes Stores and digest food Gets rid of excess water 25 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What it the function of contractile vacuole in paramecium Gets rid of excreta Produces Enzymes Gets rid of excess water Stores and digest food 26 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following plant hormone is responsible for ripening of fruits? Abscisic acid Gibberellins Ethylene Cytokinins 27 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Ability to taste PTC in some individuals is a character that is acquired sex-linked morphological heritable 28 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The modification in structure, physiology and behaviour of plant and animal is called ______ adaption evolution succession variation 29 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An organism which exhibit extracellular digestion is Spirogyra Amoeba Rhizopus Paramecium 30 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram shown to answer the question. In plant cells, the role of the membrane is played by the cell wall mitochondrion cytoplasm nucleolus 31 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A tissue is composed of a group of similar cells related organs systems tissues 32 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The insect trapping movements of the leaves of the venus fly trap is a behavioural adaptation for obtaining food surviving adverse weather conditions dormancy support 33 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An accurate identification of a rapist can be carried out by conducting DNA analysis RNA analysis blood group test behavioural tests 34 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A pollutant that is mostly associated with acid rain is Carbony (IV) oxide Flourine Nitrogen (IV) oxide Ozone 35 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals cochlea pinna vestibular system perilymph 36 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An example of an endospermous seed is been seed maize grain cashew nut cotton seed 37 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram below to answer the question that follow wind vane anemometer hygrometer rain gauge 38 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which organ removes the largest amount of excess water from the body? Skin Lung Kidney Liver 39 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The yellowish colored liquid component of blood that normally holds the blood cells in suspension is plasma water thrombocyte serum 40 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pairs of organisms are photosynthetic? Euglena and chlamydomonas Nostoc and plasmodium Volvox and Rhizopus Amoeba and paramecium 41 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Use the diagram to answer the question. The diagram shows that the organisms are viviparous ovoviparous hermaphrodite oviparous 42 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS When a cell is placed in solution and the size of the cell increases, the concentration of solution is said to be dilute isotonic hypotonic hypertonic 43 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A population is best described as A group of animals and plants living together Different species of wild animals A group of insects and grasses A group of the same species of organisms living together 44 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS DNA in eukaryotic cells is contained in the lysosome nucleus golgi body central vacuole 45 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The four classes of cnidarian include the following except Scyphozoa Turbellaria Anthozoa Cubozoa 46 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X The level of X would rise, Y would falls The level of Y would rise, X would fall. The level of X would rise, Y would rise The level of X and Y stands the same 47 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is dung ceramics bones woods 48 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The type of nutrition shown by spirogyra is Chemosynthetic Holozoic Holophytic Symbiosis 49 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A group of organisms of the same kind inhabiting the same environment is called population habitat species ecosystem 50 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The attachment of the embryo to the wall of the uterus is called Placentation Gametogenesis Implantation Ovulation 51 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following animals has homodont dentition? Rat Pigeon Man Lizard 52 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is mosquito grasshopper housefly butterfly 53 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The ability of a living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as taxis locomotion growth irritability 54 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Blood circulation in a mammal is said to be double because It passes twice through the heart in a complete circuit It moves in both arteries and veins The heart contains auricles and ventricles It circulates in both the hands and other organs 55 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of these is not a sampling method for determining population size? complete census systematic sampling transect method capture and re-capture method 56 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The longest bone in the body is the humerous femur tibia scapula 57 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Food chain refers to the feeding relationships between animals in a ______? community group Family phylum 58 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Nitrogen is released into the atmosphere when ________ through plant uptake when lightning strike sugar is completely broken down plants absorbs mineral salt 59 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The flippers of a whale and the fins of a fish are examples of divergent evolution continuous variation convergent evolution co-evolution 60 / 60 Category: JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What is the primary function of cofactors? 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