JAMB - Biology (1980)

  • 1
    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