JAMB - Biology (1984)

  • 1
    The mouth parts of the housefly are adapted for
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    (A)
    Lapping and sponging
  • 2
    The male toad differs from the female by having
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    (A)
    Vocal sacs
  • 3
    Mosses, liverworts and ferns can be grouped together because they
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    (C)
    Are seedless plants
  • 4
    Spirogyra and mucor can be grouped together as Thallophyta because
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    (E)
    Their bodies are made up of thallus and filaments alternatively
  • 5
    Which of the following invertebrates does NOT possess antennae?
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    (E)
    Spider
  • 6
    Which of the following is INCORRECT? The prothallus of a fern
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    (C)
    Is the dominant plant
  • 7
    Which of the following cell constituents is NOT common in both plants and animals?
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    (B)
    Chloroplast
  • 8
    The character-producing factors in living organisms are
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    (E)
    Genes
  • 9
    A mixture of mercurous and mercuric nitrates is added to a food substance. A white precipitates is formed which on gentle heating turns red. The food substance is
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    (A)
    Protein
  • 10
    The mammalian organ through which nourishment and oxygen diffuse into a developing embryo is called
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    (E)
    Placenta
  • 11
    Osmosis can be defined as the movement of
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    (D)
    Water across a semi-permeable membrane from solution of low concentration to high concentration
  • 12
    Which of the following statement is NOT true of enzymes? They
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    (E)
    Can withstand high temperature
  • 13
    The dorsal and anal fins of fish are used for
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    (B)
    Controlling rolling
  • 14
    Exoskeleton is NOT found in the
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    (C)
    Earth worm
  • 15
    Blood clotting is initiated by
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    (B)
    Platelets
  • 16
    Pepsin is a digestive enzymes which breaks
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    (C)
    Protein into peptones
  • 17
    Anaerobic respiration in yeast produces
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    (A)
    Carbondioxide and ethanol
  • 18
    Underground stems which grow horizontally through the soil are
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    (B)
    Rhizomes
  • 19
    A man with normal haemoglobin (AA) marries a woman who has sickle-cell haemoglobin (SS). They have a child who has a sickle-cell trait. Which of the following genotypes could be associated with the child’s haemoglobin?
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    (D)
    AS
  • 20
    In the Burret test, some protein was mixed with sodium hydroxide solution. Which of the following chemicals should be added to the mixture for a positive results?
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    (B)
    Copper sulphate
  • 21
    The removal of a man’s pancreas by surgical operation can affect only the digestion of
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    (B)
    Starch, protein and fats
  • 22
    The parts used by the tapeworm to fasten itself to the host’s intestine are the
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    (B)
    Hooks and suckers
  • 23
    Which of the following types of vertebrae occur in equal numbers in the rabbit, rat and man?
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    (D)
    Cervical
  • 24
    Which of the following statements is NOT true of the piliferous layer of root? It
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    (A)
    Has a very thin cuticle
  • 25
    A flowering plant is monoecious if
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    (D)
    The gynoecium and androecium are on the same plant
  • 26
    How many nuclei are found in pollen tube during fertilization?
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    (B)
    3
  • 27
    Which of the following is NOT a waste product of plants?
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    (D)
    Sap
  • 28
    If an animal is very active and has good muscular control, it is likely to have well-developed
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    (D)
    Cerebellum
  • 29
    Which of the following adaptations is NOT concerned with the flight of birds?
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    (E)
    Webbed feet
  • 30
    The transect method can be used in ecology to show the
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    (A)
    Number of plants and animals in a habitat
  • 31
    Which of the following group does NOT reproduce asexually?
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    (A)
    Mucor, Spirogyra and Paramecium
  • 32
    Fehling's solution will readily change colour from blue to reddish colour when it is
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    (E)
    warmed with a solution of reducing sugar
  • 33
    The presence of a diastema in the jaw bone indicates that the mammal lacks the teeth suitable for
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    (A)
    tearing
  • 34
    Normally the flow of blood is NEVER from
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    (D)
    arteerioles to the artery
  • 35
    Heat produced in tissue respiration in plants is
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    (A)
    a chemical form of energy
  • 36
    The axial skeleton of a mammal does not include the bones of the
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    (C)
    limbs
  • 37
    Which of the following sequences represents process of blood clothing? 1. Fibrins forms a network of threads 2. Red blood cells are caught and clot is formed 3. Fibrinogen in plasma changes into fibrin 4. Blood is exposed to air
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    (B)
    4, 3, 1, 2
  • 38
    Green plants are important in the ecosystem because they are
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    (B)
    producers
  • 39
    An anemometer is an instrument for measuring
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    (C)
    wind speed
  • 40
    Which of the following is NOT regarded as a pollutant on land or in the air?
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    (E)
    nitrogen
  • 41
    Which of the following groups of factors is completely abiotic?
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    (C)
    Wind, altitude, humidity, light
  • 42
    Which of the following lists of diseases, their causes and transmission is CORRECT?
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    (D)
    small pox, virus, skin with blister, close contact with infected person
  • 43
    Erosion can be reduced along shape by
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    (A)
    ridging across slope
  • 44
    If a handful of soil is shaken with water and left to settle, the soil particles will settle from light to heavy particles as follows
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    (A)
    humus, clay, silt, sand, stones
  • 45
    Denitrifying bacteria in nature liberate gaseous nitrogen directly from
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    (B)
    soil nitrates