JAMB - Biology (1981)

  • 1
    Which of the following is NOT true of wind-pollinated flowers?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    Scented petals
  • 2
    Which of the following animals is cold blooded
    उत्तर
    (B)
    Lizard
  • 3
    What is the genetic ratio of a cross between homozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant?
    उत्तर
    (E)
    4 tall : o short
  • 4
    Where is the food stored in yam plant?
    उत्तर
    (A)
    stem
  • 5
    Which of the following is the dental formula of man?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    i(2/2) c(1/1) pm(2/2) m(3/3)
  • 6
    The kind of teeth used for tearing food materials is the
    उत्तर
    (B)
    canine
  • 7
    Which of the following insects has an incomplete metamorphosis during its life circle?
    उत्तर
    (E)
    Grasshopper
  • 8
    The mushroom is an organism which feeds
    उत्तर
    (B)
    saprophytically
  • 9
    What is the function of the contractile vacuole in paramecium?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    Gets rid of excess water
  • 10
    Choose the sequence which represents the correct order of organisms in a food chain.
    उत्तर
    (B)
    Grass, grasshopper, toad, snake, hawk
  • 11
    Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver?
    उत्तर
    (E)
    Excretion of urea from the blood
  • 12
    Spirogyra reproduces vegetatively by
    उत्तर
    (B)
    fragmentation
  • 13
    Which of the following instruments is used to demonstrate the response of roots and shoots to gravity?
    उत्तर
    (A)
    Clinostat
  • 14
    Milk protein is hydrolyzed by
    उत्तर
    (E)
    pepsin
  • 15
    The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under
    उत्तर
    (C)
    dry, warm, moving air
  • 16
    What is name of the respiratory organ of the crab?
    उत्तर
    (E)
    Gills
  • 17
    The two types of human tapeworm can be distinguished by the presence or absence of
    उत्तर
    (B)
    hook
  • 18
    All the following are digestive enzymes except
    उत्तर
    (A)
    bile
  • 19
    In a bakery, yeast is added to flour to make bread rise. This is possible because yeast produces
    उत्तर
    (C)
    carbon dioxide
  • 20
    Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the
    उत्तर
    (C)
    focusing of near and distant objects
  • 21
    Normally any character shown by an organism is due to the effects of
    उत्तर
    (E)
    genes and environment
  • 22
    Which of the following statement is NOT true of symbiosis?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    Association between two similar species
  • 23
    A person whose blood can be donated to all other people, must have the blood group
    उत्तर
    (A)
    O
  • 24
    If Benedict's solution gives a positive result in a food test, the food contains
    उत्तर
    (A)
    sugar
  • 25
    A surprising fact about sickle cell disease is that it
    उत्तर
    (C)
    is hereditary
  • 26
    Nitrification means
    उत्तर
    (D)
    changing of ammonia to nitrities, then nitrates
  • 27
    Which of the following statements is NOT true of menstruation?
    उत्तर
    (B)
    The discharge contains amniotic fluid
  • 28
    The tissue which connects a muscle to a bone is a
    उत्तर
    (C)
    tendon
  • 29
    A fruit formed from a single flower having several free carpels is
    उत्तर
    (E)
    an aggregate fruit
  • 30
    If the anthers of a flower mature before the stigma, the condition is termed
    उत्तर
    (D)
    protandry
  • 31
    An instrument used in measuring the speed of wind is
    उत्तर
    (D)
    an anemometer
  • 32
    In which of the following plants is swollen shoot disease common?
    उत्तर
    (B)
    cocoa
  • 33
    One common feature of the fungi, algae, mosses and ferns is that they?
    उत्तर
    (E)
    have no seeds
  • 34
    The deficiency of vitamin D leads to
    उत्तर
    (C)
    rickets
  • 35
    Which of these substance is likely to be deficient in the diet of a person having goitre?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    iodine
  • 36
    Growing yam tendrils climb for support. This growth response is
    उत्तर
    (A)
    haptotropism
  • 37
    Soil is said to be fertile if
    उत्तर
    (B)
    it can supply usable nutrients to plants
  • 38
    A plant which has a horizontal underground stem is
    उत्तर
    (A)
    rhizome
  • 39
    The hepatic portal vein is unique because it
    उत्तर
    (D)
    carries digested food
  • 40
    The functional unit of a mammalian kidney is the
    उत्तर
    (D)
    nephron
  • 41
    The correct route for a piece of bread eaten by a mammal is
    उत्तर
    (A)
    oral cavity - oesophagus - stomach - ileum - rectum
  • 42
    The thoracic vertebrae of a mammal is characterized by the
    उत्तर
    (D)
    prominent neural spine
  • 43

    The correct figure sequence for the following labeled parts (stigma, ovary wall, embryo sac, integument and micropyle) is

    उत्तर
    (C)
    21435
  • 44
    Which of the structure becomes the seed coat after fertilization?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    3
  • 45
    What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X in the figure above?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    The level of Y would rise and X would fall