JAMB - Biology (1982)

  • 1
    A population is defined as the collection of
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    (C)
    Similar organisms that interbreed freely in the same habitat
  • 2
    Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells?
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    (C)
    Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes.
  • 3
    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