JAMB - Biology (1986)

  • 1
    Viruses are regarded as non-living because they
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    (D)
    can neither respire nor excrete
  • 2
    Which of the following pairs are fully adapted to terrestrial life?
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    (D)
    Flowering plants and conifers
  • 3
    Which of these animals is radially symmetrical?
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    (B)
    Hydra
  • 4
    Which of the following has cones?
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    (B)
    Gymnosperms
  • 5
    For effective functioning of a bird's quill feather, hooks fit on the ridge of the
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    (C)
    barbules
  • 6
    Which of the following is NOT true of spirogyra?
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    (C)
    Consist of branched filaments
  • 7
    Which of the following lacks chaetae, tentacles and antennae?
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    (C)
    Millipede
  • 8
    Incomplete metamorphosis occurs in the
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    (B)
    grasshopper
  • 9
    Fishes are cold blooded because their body temperature is
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    (C)
    dependent on that of their surroundings
  • 10
    When the original king and queen of termites die, they are replaced by
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    (D)
    developing nymphs nurtured as secondary reproductives
  • 11
    The male cockroach differs from the female by having
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    (B)
    a pair of style
  • 12
    The fins making up the limbs of the bony fish are
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    (C)
    pelvic and pectoral
  • 13
    The stem differs from the root in having the xylem and phloem strands
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    (A)
    on the same radii
  • 14
    Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis has been demonstrated to come from
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    (C)
    water
  • 15
    Which of these is a trace element?
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    (B)
    Copper
  • 16
    The main organic substances found in the human body are
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    (C)
    fat, carbohydrates and protein
  • 17
    Which of the following elements is essential for the formation of haemoglobin?
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    (D)
    Iron
  • 18
    The severe deficiency of vitamin C leads to
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    (D)
    scurvy
  • 19
    In addition to the high calories derived from fats and oils, they are
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    (C)
    used as insulators for cold
  • 20
    The extract from food substance reacting with sodium hydroxide and copper sulphate solutions will produce violet to purple coloration if
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    (C)
    protein is present
  • 21
    The three important organs that are situated close to the stomach are
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    (D)
    gall bladder, pancreas and spleen
  • 22
    Evidence that a tooth is a living part of the mammalian can be found within the
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    (B)
    pulp cavity
  • 23
    Blood circulation in a mammalian is said to be double because
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    (A)
    it passes twice through the heart in a complete circuit
  • 24
    Which is the correct order of water loss from the leaf? 1 Mesophyll 2 Veins 3 Substomatals cavity 4 Stomata
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    (C)
    2 → 1 → 3 → 4
  • 25
    The aperture between the left auricle and the left ventricle is guarded by the
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    (D)
    bicuspid valve
  • 26
    A major limitation in the use of the potometer for measuring the rate of transpiration is that
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    (D)
    the movement of the air buble in the potometer cannot be timed accurately
  • 27
    Which of the following statement is NOT correct with respect to inhalation in mammals? The
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    (B)
    diaphragm is raised
  • 28
    The equation that can be used to summarize the process of anaerobic breakdown of sugar is
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    (D)
    C6H12O6 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 + energy
  • 29
    If a person is bitten by a snake on the leg, it is advisable for him to
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    (D)
    Keep still and apply a tourniquet above the wound
  • 30
    Deamination occurs in the
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    (D)
    liver
  • 31
    In the mammalian skin, melanin and keratin are contained in the
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    (D)
    malpighian layer
  • 32
    Two main distinguishing features of the cervical vertebra are the presence of
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    (A)
    short neural spine and vertebraterial canal
  • 33
    Nastic movement is
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    (B)
    non-directional
  • 34
    Gestation in mammals is the period
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    (C)
    of development from zygote to birth
  • 35
    If a woman who is a carrier of sickle cell trait (AS) married a man who is a sickler (SS) and they had four children, how many of them would be normal?
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    (D)
    None
  • 36
    Which of the following is an example of discontinuous variation?
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    (B)
    left handedness
  • 37
    The hormones which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood is called
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    (C)
    insulin
  • 38
    An instrument that can be used to demonstrate phototropism and geotropism in plants is the
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    (C)
    klinostat
  • 39
    In an ecosystem, animals which feed directly on plants are called
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    (B)
    primary consumers
  • 40
    In an agricultural ecosystem, the biotic component consists of
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    (A)
    crop, pest and beneficial insects
  • 41
    Which of these disease CANNOT be prevented by immunization?
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    (D)
    onchocerciasis
  • 42
    Which of the following ecological factors are common to both terrestrial and aquatic habitats?
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    (A)
    Rainfall, temperature and light
  • 43
    In community, bacteria and fungi are referred to as
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    (B)
    decomposers
  • 44
    The swollen shoot disease of cocoa tree is caused by a
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    (A)
    virus
  • 45
    A larger percentage of tropical soils tends to be acidic because they
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    (D)
    lose lime and potash from the top soil through rain action