JAMB - Biology (2016)
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Which of the following conditions is NOT necessary for photosynthesis to take place?
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The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is
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When a cell is placed in solution and the size of the cell increases, the concentration of solution is said to be
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Which of the following plant hormone is responsible for ripening of fruits?
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The ability of a living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as
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An example of an endospermous seed is
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Which of the following theories was NOT considered by Darwin in his evolutionary theory?
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Which of the following protects the essential parts of the flower at bud stage?
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which of the following is an agent of a sexually transmitted disease?
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Which of the following animals has homodont dentition?
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The movement of blood between the heart and all other parts of the body besides the lung is known as
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If the cross of a red-flowered plant with a white flowered plant produces a pink flowered plant, this is an example of
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The largest amount of yolk is found in the egg of
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Fibrinogen and prothrombin play important roles in the
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The pathogen that cause smallpox is
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The vector for the malaria parasite is a
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female Anopheles mosquito
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Which of the following pairs are social insects?
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Which of the following is NOT a method of conserving wild life?
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The importance of the mouth-brooding behaviour in Tilapia is that it
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affords protection from predation for the young fish
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The type of asexual reproduction that is common to both Paramecium and Protists is
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The micro-organisms that causes Typhoid disease is
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A collection of population of all living organisms that exist in a habitat is referred to as
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The theory of use and disuse of organs was promulgated by
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The theory of natural selection was postulated by
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The movement response of a cockroach away from a light source is
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Which of the following can cause shrinkage of living cells?
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The ability of chameleon to change its colour rapidly is an adaptation for
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The function of the red head in male Agama lizards is to
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attract female lizards for mating purposes
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The activity of ptyalin is likely to decrease with an increase in the concentration of
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Seed plants are divided into
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angiosperms and gymnosperms
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The adaptive importance of the nuptial flight from termite colonies is to
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disperse the reproductives in order to establish new colonies
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The sequence of the one-way gaseous exchange mechanism in a fish is
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mouth ⇢ gills ⇢ operculum
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In the nitrogen cycle, the nitrates in the soil are converted to atmospheric nitrogen by
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The relationship between a termite and the protozoam in its intestine is described as
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Exo-erythrocytic phase of the life cycle of malaria parasite occurs in the
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Which of the following organs regulates the levels of water. salts, hydrogen ions, and urea in the mammals?
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The rate of transpiration is NOT affected by
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the weight of the stomata pores
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The crossing of individuals of the same species with different genetic characters is
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The hereditary characters in plants and animals are located on the
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The arrangement of ovules attached to the sides of a syncarpous ovary with a single chamber is referred to as
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When sickle cell carrier marries a normal woman, the probability of them having a normal offspring is
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In which of the following groups of vertebrates is parental care mostly exhibited?
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An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is
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The bacteria that is found in the root nodules of leguminous plants is
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Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly?
