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 221:

  

  The part that is similar to the bone is labelled

  Options:
  A) IV
  B) III
  C) II
  D) I
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 222: The probability of a baby being a boy or a girl depends on the contribution of the Options:
  A) father's sex cell
  B) father's somatic chromosome
  C) mother's sex cell
  D) mother's X-chromosome
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 223: Exo-erythrocytic phase of the life cycle of malaria parasite occurs in the Options:
  A) liver of humans
  B) reticuloendothelial cells of humans
  C) Malphigian tubules of mosquito
  D) brain of humans
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 224:

  

  Which organism in the food-web illustrated above is an omnivore?

  Options:
  A) Weevils
  B) Rat
  C) Hawk
  D) Prayer mantis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 225:

  Which of the following produces both hormones and enzymes?

  Options:
  A) Ileum
  B) Pancreas
  C) Gall bladder
  D) Kidney
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 226: When a short-sighted person views a distant object without spectacles, the image is formed Options:
  A) on the retina
  B) in front of the retina
  C) behind the retina
  D) on the blind spot
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 227: Which of the following requires the use of carbon dating to prove that evolution has occurred? Options:
  A) Comparative anatomy
  B) Biochemical similarities
  C) molecular records
  D) Fossil records
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 228:

  

  The point marked I is referred to as

  Options:
  A) myelin sheath
  B) dendrites
  C) axon
  D) node of Ranvier
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 229:

  The display of male agama lizard is to?

  Options:
  A) scare predators
  B) regulate body temperature
  C) attract female for mate
  D) give invite to intruders
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 230: In man, identical twins occur when Options:
  A) An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo
  B) an ovum fertilized by two sperms and then divides into two, each forming an embryo
  C) two ova are fertilized at the same tine each forming an embryo
  D) two ova are fertilized by a single sperm each forming an embryo after fertilization
  E) one ovum first divides into two and each half is fertilized by a sperm before developing into an embryo
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  The correct answer is A .