Biology Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Biology is the study of life and living things. It can be divided into different areas that look at the structure, function, anatomy, and behavior of organisms.

• Question 1541: Which of the following describes a characteristic of arthropods? Options:
  A) The organism finds it easy to grow freely
  B) the organism has a pair of jointed appendages
  C) the body is not divided into a number of segments seg
  D) the body is covered by chitin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1542:

  

  In the figure above the structure which prevents friction between the bones is

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
  E) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1543: The character-producing factors in living organisms are Options:
  A) Chromomeres
  B) Alleles
  C) Chromatids
  D) Chromosomes
  E) Genes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1544: An onion bulb stores its food in the Options:
  A) Stem
  B) Leaves
  C) Roots
  D) Cotyledon
  E) Branches
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1545: A fruit formed from a single flower having several free carpels is Options:
  A) a multiple fruit
  B) a dry dehiscent fruit
  C) a dry indehiscent fruit
  D) a simple fruit
  E) an aggregate fruit
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1546:

  

  The structure labelled 1 is the

  Options:
  A) plumule
  B) radicle
  C) cell membrane
  D) seed coat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1547: To select and retain the desirable trait of large body size which a farmer has observed in his herd, the farmer needs to Options:
  A) feed the animals in the herd with more food
  B) cross-breed his animals with a different herd
  C) inbreed the animals in his herd
  D) prevent disease in herd
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1548: Unlike auxins, gibberellins Options:
  A) induces the formation of adventitious roots
  B) do not affect leaf and fruit abscission
  C) cannot stimulate stem elongation
  D) are quite effective as herbicides
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1549: The association in which one member benefits and the other is relatively unaffected by the interaction is termed Options:
  A) symbiosis
  B) parasitism
  C) commensalism
  D) mutualism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1550:

  A pollutant that is mostly associated with acid rain is

  Options:
  A) Nitrogen (IV) oxide
  B) Ozone
  C) Flourine
  D) Carbony (IV) oxide
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  The correct answer is A .