In Mucor or Rhizopus carbohydrate is absorb in the form of
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(C)
glucose
2
One of the following statement is NOT true of spirogyra
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(B)
during conjugation, its gametes, which are structurally and physiologically similar, fuses to form a zygote
3
Which of the following spreads malaria in Nigeria?
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(A)
Anopheles mosquito
4
The vacuole of a plant cell is
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(E)
surrounded by a membrane
5
Which one of the following animals is NEVER a secondary host of tapeworms?
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(D)
Man
6
Some of the features of an animal are scales, teeth, nares and backbone. The animal is likely to be a
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(C)
Lizard
7
Milk can be pasteurized by
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(C)
heating to 75oc for 20 minutes
8
Human beings require vitamins in their diet because vitamins
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(E)
influence many important chemical processes in the body
9
Which of the following organs produces bile?
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(D)
Liver
10
The organ through which food and oxygen are supplied to the human embryo and which also prevents harmful materials from reaching the embryo is the
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(C)
placenta
11
A true fruit is formed from
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(B)
a fertilized ovary
12
Water is required for seed germination to take place because it
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(A)
activates the enzymes
13
A fresh Kolanut weighing 1g was put into salt solution. After 3 hour, the kolanut weighed 1.2g. This simple experiment demonstration that
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(B)
the cell sap of the kolanut is more concentrated than the salt solution
14
The joint between the atlas and axis vertebrae allows for
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(A)
rotatory movement only
15
Which of the following food substances is digested in the stomach?
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(D)
Proteins
16
The conversion of excess amino acids into urea occurs in the
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(D)
liver
17
For pollination and fruit formation, the essential part(s) of the flower should be the
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(C)
pistil (gynoecium)
18
Which one of the following parts of the mammalian body is most closely associated with the production of urine?
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(A)
Malpighian capsule
19
A potometer is used to determine the rate at which a shoot
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(E)
transpires
20
A green plant growing in a compost pit is feeding?
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(D)
holophytically
21
The part of the cell solely responsible for respiration is the
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(C)
mitochondria
22
In anaerobic respiration, glucose is converted to one of the following
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(C)
Carbon dioxide and alcohol
23
During excretion of urea there is also a corresponding re-absorption of water into the blood. This re-absorption takes place in the
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(A)
uriniferous tubules
24
If the bark and phloem tissue of a woody shoot are peeled off by ringing, the whole plant will die eventually die because?
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(D)
manufactured food does not reach the roots
25
The filament of spirogyra were put into equal volumes of sugar solutions X and Y. After 5 minutes, filaments from solution X had their cells contents rounded up while those from Y were unaffected. The experiment shows that
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(A)
solution X was stronger than Y
26
which part of the human brain is concerned with reflexes controlling the rate of heart beat and breathing?
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(A)
Medulla
27
Which of the following hormones is produced during fright or when agitated?
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(B)
Adrenalin
28
The following are connected with the movement of a reflex action (1) Central nervous (2) Muscles (3) Skin (4) Sensory nerve (5) Motor nerve. Which of the following sequences indicates a correct path?
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(E)
3-4-1-5-2
29
Biconcave lenses are used in the correction of an eye defect called?
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(A)
myopia
30
The center which controls respiratory activities the mammalian brain is the
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(E)
medulla
31
A student trying to find out the order in which organisms appear on a cleared plot is studying one of the following
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(D)
Succession
32
An organism X lives entirely on the waste products in another organism Y. In this association X is a
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(B)
commensal
33
The tips of some rice seedlings were cut off while some were left intact. Both were covered with a container which had not only one small hole to allow light through. After twenty-four hours it was observed that
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(D)
the intact tips bent towards the light
34
if three 30 cm lengths of glass tubes are tightly packed with clay, sand and loamy soils respectively and then stood in a beaker of water for one week, the level of water will be
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(E)
lowest in the tube with sandy soil
35
If a baby is a female, her mother's ovum must have been fertilized by a sperm carry the chromosome
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(A)
X
36
Leguminous plants, e.g Mucana, are usually planted in cultivated farmlands because they
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(C)
enrich the soil with organic nitrogen
37
During thunderstorms the energy of lightning discharge causes
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(A)
oxygen and nitrogen to combine
38
A few grams of dried soil were first heated until red hot and then further heated until no more smoke was released. This experiment was to determine
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(C)
presence of humus in soil
39
Oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the mammalian blood stream through one of the path indicated below. Indicate the correct path, a = mouth, b = trachea, c = bronchiole, d = nostril, e = bronchus, f = alveoli
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(C)
d → b → e → c → f
40
Below are some group of diseases. Which group of diseases is caused by bacteria?
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(E)
Syphilis, gonorrhoea
41
A mosquito which produces eggs which float, and whose larvae lie horizontal to the water surface, also rests at the angle on a vertical surface. This type of mosquito is
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(B)
Anopheles
42
The amount of water loss from a leaf can be detected using
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(D)
blue cobalt chloride paper
43
In animals, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia and chaetae, can be used for
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(D)
locomotion
44
In the figure above the structure which prevents friction between the bones is
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(B)
2
45
Why is the part labelled 5 thicker than 6?
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(D)
5 pumps blood round the body and 6 pumps blood into the lungs
