JAMB - Biology (1989)

  • 1

    The structure labelled 5 is the

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    (B)
    Golgi body
  • 2
    Which of the labelled parts of the cell contains ribonucleic acid?
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    (C)
    3
  • 3
    Which structure is known as the power house of the cell?
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    (C)
    4
  • 4
    When a virus is placed in a nonliving medium it
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    (D)
    becomes crystallized
  • 5
    A characteristic of the phylum coelenterata is that
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    (B)
    they possess a gut with a single opening
  • 6
    A multinucleate body without internal cell boundaries is characteristics
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    (B)
    fungi
  • 7
    Double fertilization is a unique feature of
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    (A)
    angiosperms
  • 8
    Which of the following phyla have members with both internal and external segmentation?
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    (C)
    Annelida
  • 9
    Mineral salts can be absorbed into the roots by
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    (C)
    diffusion and active transport
  • 10
    Which of the following is a common characteristic of crustaceans?
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    (B)
    Possession of two pairs of antennae
  • 11
    The pedipalps in spiders are used for
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    (A)
    grasping
  • 12
    The body of a snail is divided into head
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    (D)
    visceral mass and foot
  • 13
    In dicotyledonous stem, each companion cell is founded beside the
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    (C)
    sieve tube
  • 14
    If a healthy potted plant is continuously kept in dim light
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    (A)
    the rate of respiration may equal that of photosynthesis
  • 15
    The pancreatic juice contains the enzymes amylopsin,
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    (C)
    steapsin and trypsinogen
  • 16
    Aged erythrocytes are dissolved in the
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    (B)
    liver
  • 17
    The seedlings in rice field were found to have thin lanky growth with reddish leaves and poor root development. This is because the soil lacks
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    (B)
    phosphorus
  • 18
    There will be agglutination when the
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    (B)
    Group A serum mixes with group B erythrocytes
  • 19
    Which of the following is the function of lymph?
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    (B)
    Transports nutrients and oxygen from blood capil
  • 20
    The lumbar vertebra when compared with a thoracic vertebra has a
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    (C)
    thicker centrum
  • 21
    Wind pollinated flowers usually have
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    (D)
    long styles
  • 22
    The components of castor oil seed and the maize grain are similar EXCEPT for the
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    (A)
    number of cotyledons
  • 23
    A corn differs from a bulb in that
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    (A)
    its stem is the main food storage organ
  • 24
    Exponential increase in the population of an organism is a characteristic feature off
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    (A)
    binary fission
  • 25
    The irreversible life process by which new protoplasm is added to increase the size and weight of an organism can be termed
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    (C)
    growth
  • 26
    Fruit enlargement can be induced by spraying young ovary with
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    (D)
    auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin
  • 27
    A fundamental similarity between nervous and hormonal system is that both
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    (A)
    involve chemical transmission
  • 28
    The region that control most of the unconscious processes of a mammalian body is the
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    (D)
    medulla oblongata
  • 29
    During cell division, the two strands of chromosomes are joined at a point called
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    (C)
    centromere
  • 30
    when the two alleles present in an organism are of the same type, the genotype is described as
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    (C)
    homozygous
  • 31
    If parents with blood groups AB and O produce six children
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    (A)
    three of them will have group B
  • 32
    Which of the following is a sex-linked character?
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    (D)
    Colour blindness
  • 33
    In an ecosystem, the LEAST efficient energy transfer link is from
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    (D)
    secondary consumers to decomposers
  • 34
    Lichen is an example of
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    (B)
    a symbiotic association
  • 35
    A physiological adaptation of plants to the problem of excessive water loss is
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    (B)
    reversal of the normal stomatal rhythm
  • 36
    which of the ways of controlling bilharzia can result in pollution?
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    (D)
    Applying chemical to kill the snails
  • 37
    which of the following disease can be caused by a bacterium?
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    (D)
    Syphilis
  • 38
    Which of the following is a dangerous product of coal burning?
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    (A)
    Sulphur dioxide
  • 39
    5 g of oven dried soil was heated in a furnace for 24 hours. After cooling, it weighed 4.8 g. What is the amount of humus in the soil?
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    (C)
    4.0 g per 100g dry soil
  • 40
    Most irrigated lands often become unproductive in later years because of
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    (C)
    soil erosion
  • 41
    Farmers practise crop rotation because it
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    (C)
    helps to conserve soil fertility
  • 42

    Which of the labelled parts is used for feeling?

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    (A)
    1
  • 43

    The structure labelled 2 is the

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    (D)
    labial palp
  • 44
    Which of the structure is the molar?
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    (A)
    1
  • 45
    What is the function of 3?
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    (B)
    seizure and tearing of prey