JAMB - Biology (1979)

  • 1
    All living organism
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    (B)
    Respire
  • 2
    Amoeba moves by means of
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    (C)
    Pseudopodia
  • 3
    Which of these tissue serves the function of support and water conduction
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    (D)
    Xylem
  • 4
    Which of these is the terminal portion of the alimentary canal of a mammal?
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    (C)
    Rectum
  • 5
    An organism which lives on the remain of dead plant is
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    (B)
    Saprophyte
  • 6
    Which of the substance listed below is a trace element of plants?
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    (C)
    Copper
  • 7
    The movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to one of lower concentration is
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    (A)
    Diffusion
  • 8
    Which of the structure listed below is peculiar to the axis vertebra?
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    (A)
    Odontoid process
  • 9
    The complex relationship between the members of a community and between the community as a whole and its physical environment is
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    (A)
    Ecosystem
  • 10
    A secchi disc is used in the determination of
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    (D)
    Turbidity
  • 11
    The carrier of the hereditary character in plants and animal is the
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    (C)
    Chromosome
  • 12
    Which one of the following option is not true for mucor of Rhizophus? it
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    (C)
    Has cellulose cell-wall
  • 13
    Which of these is not an enzyme?
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    (B)
    Gastrin
  • 14
    The region of cell division in a root is
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    (E)
    Meristem
  • 15
    Which of these statement below is not a characteristic of wind pollinated flower?
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    (C)
    The pollen grains have rough spiny surfaces
  • 16
    Which of the following is not an excretory organ in animals?
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    (C)
    Leaf
  • 17
    When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens
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    (E)
    Is rounded
  • 18
    Which of these diseases cannot be controlled by killing the vector?
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    (C)
    Polio
  • 19
    In which of these association is much harm done to one of the partners?
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    (D)
    Parasitism
  • 20
    The part of the mammalian brain responsible for maintaining balance is
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    (B)
    Cerebellum
  • 21
    Which of the following statements is not true of paramecium?
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    (E)
    Its vacuole is stationary
  • 22
    A sugar solution was boiled with fehling’s solution A and B and the colour remained blue. The sugar tested was
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    (D)
    Sucrose
  • 23
    Alkaline pyrogallol was used in an experiment. That experiment must have been connected with
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    (E)
    Photosynthesis
  • 24
    The plumule is best described as?
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    (C)
    A miniature shoot
  • 25
    The dry indehiscent, winged fruit formed from one one carpel is known as
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    (C)
    Samara
  • 26
    Which of these is not a type of soil?
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    (B)
    Granite
  • 27
    The farmer cannot check soil erosion effectively by
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    (D)
    Clearing the land of vegetation
  • 28
    A gland in the human body secretes two hormones, one of which causes a disease called diabetes when there is a deficiency. Which of these organ produce the hormone?
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    (E)
    Pancreas
  • 29
    In which of the following tissue do the cells have the ability to divide?
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    (A)
    Meristem
  • 30
    Which one of the following is not an excretory product?
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    (C)
    Faeces
  • 31
    Bacteria inhabiting legume root nodules and which add atmospheric nitrogen to the soil are referred to as
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    (C)
    Nitrogen fixing bacteria
  • 32
    One of the following statement is not true of viruses
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    (C)
    They can be seen with an ordinary light microscope
  • 33
    If you cross breed a tall variety (Tt) of maize with a short variety (tt), the ratio of tall to short plants in the offspring will be
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    (C)
    1:1
  • 34
    The digestive enzyme that coagulates proteins in milk is
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    (C)
    Renin
  • 35
    The hepatic portal vein is characterized by
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    (A)
    Beginning and ending with capillaries
  • 36
    The blood vessel which carries digested food from the small intestine to the liver is the
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    (D)
    Hepatic portal vein
  • 37
    The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because
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    (B)
    The testa and fruit wall fuse after fertilization
  • 38
    Identical twins are produced under one of the following conditions
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    (B)
    one ovum ferilized divides to give two embryos
  • 39
    The one-seeded fuit in which the pericarp and the seed coat have become fused together is known as
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    (C)
    caryopsis
  • 40
    The major function of contractile vacuole in amoeba is?
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    (E)
    to collect and expel water in the cytoplasm
  • 41
    Grasses → grasshopper→ lizard → snakes → hawks. In the food chain, the organism which are the least in number are
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    (E)
    hawks
  • 42

    Grasses → Grasshoppers → Lizards  → Snakes →  Hawks

    Which of these is not true? Grass in the above food chain

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    (A)
    trap all the sunlight
  • 43
    Insect show consideration powers of water conservation. This is due to the fact that
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    (C)
    Chitin is impermeable to water
  • 44
    Root hair have their origin from
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    (D)
    Epidermis
  • 45
    The element nitrogen is utilized in
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    (C)
    Formation of amino acid