Which of these animals is NOT metamerically segmented?
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(E)
Shark
4
Some of the major elements required by plants are
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(A)
Potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium, calcium
5
In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called
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(D)
Implantation
6
Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of
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(D)
Proteins
7
An hormoiothermic animal kept in a room where the temperature is lower than the body temperature may lose heat by four physical process. Which of the following processes is NOT connected with the body temperature regulation ?
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(E)
Convection
8
Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest?
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(A)
Diatom → fly → toad → snake
9
If a tall man (TT) marries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be?
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(E)
All tall
10
A married couple has 10 children and they are all girls. Which of the following is the CORRECT explanation?
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(E)
The X component of the man’s sex chromosomes was always involved
11
If a 26 year old blind man married a young one-eyed woman and they had four children, how many of them would be blind like their father?
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(E)
none
12
The glottis is the opening which leads to the
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(B)
Larynx
13
A tapeworm has no alimentary canal because
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(D)
Its body absorbs digested food
14
A grass hopper respires by the means of its
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(E)
Tracheal tubes
15
An onion bulb stores its food in the
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(B)
Leaves
16
Roots of plants are normally
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(D)
Positively hydrotropic
17
The main function of the swim-bladder is for
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(C)
Buoyancy
18
Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis?
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(C)
Glucose + fructose
19
Which of the vertebra has a projection called odontoid process?
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(B)
Axis
20
Refrigeration, as a method of preservation, has ONE of the following characteristics:
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(C)
Makes the bacteria inactive
21
Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies
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(B)
Calcium
22
In the enzyme (amlyase) reactions of starch → sugar
starch is referred to as the
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(A)
substrate
23
ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of
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(A)
firbrinogen
24
In man, identical twins occur when
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(A)
An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo
25
The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the
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(A)
cornea and the lens
26
Which of these statements is NOT true of insects?
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(C)
Their thorax comprises three segments, only two of which bear a pair of appendages each
27
when an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the
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(B)
mouth and passes it out through the operculum
28
Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells?
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(B)
Xylem vessels
29
External ears of mammals consist of
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(D)
auditory meatus and pinna
30
Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a
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(D)
schizocarp
31
Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood?
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(B)
Production of hormones
32
The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because
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(D)
there is the remain of a style
33
Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance?
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(E)
Semicircular canals
34
When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to
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(E)
anaerobic respiration of an organism
35
If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising
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(E)
the bush fallow system
36
A pyramid of numbers can be defined as
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(C)
the numerical relationships of a food chain
37
In man, spermatozoa are never found in the?
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(D)
prostrate glands
38
Which of the following statements is TRUE of inhalation of air by man?
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(E)
Size of thoracic cavity increase
39
If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected?
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(A)
Digestion of fats and oil
40
Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because
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(D)
they have no backbones
41
Where is the energy produced in a cell?
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(E)
Mitochondria
42
In which part of a leguminous plant can you find bacteria like Azotobacter?
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(D)
In nodules
43
The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are
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(B)
coeliac artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posteroir mesenteric artery
44
In an epigeal germination, it is the
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(B)
hypocotyl that elongates fast
45
The mammalian pancreas is involved with the?
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(D)
digestion of food, production of hormone and the regulation of blood sugar
