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 371: During the bending of the arm, the biceps muscles Options:
  A) contracts and the triceps muscles relaxes
  B) relaxes and the triceps muscles contracts
  C) and the triceps muscles contract
  D) and the triceps muscles relax
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 372:

  An adaptive feature of camel to the desert is?

  Options:
  A) ability to increase sweat production
  B) ability to pass high amount of urine
  C) ability to tolerate low degree of dehydration
  D) ability to tolerate high degree of dehydration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 373: If X^N is the dominant allele for normal vision and Xⁿ the recessive allele for colour blindness, a boy with the genotype YXⁿ will be Options:
  A) have normal vision
  B) be colour-blind
  C) be totally blind
  D) be a carrier of colour blindness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 374: The mineral nutrient that easily gets leached out of the soil is Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) calcium
  C) magnesium
  D) nitrate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 375: The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the Options:
  A) cornea and the lens
  B) cornea and aqueous humour
  C) cornea and vitreous humour
  D) lens and aqueous humour
  E) lens and vitreous humour
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 376: Which of the following lists of diseases, their causes and transmission is CORRECT? Options:
  A) Cholera, virus, severe diarrhoea, infected water
  B) Malaria, protozoan, high fever, contact with infected person
  C) Syphilis, virus, veneral disease, sexual intercourse
  D) small pox, virus, skin with blister, close contact with infected person
  E) Sleeping sickness, bacteria, tiredness, headache and dozing, tsetsefly bite
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 377:

  Which of the following organs is primarily responsible for excretion in humans?

  Options:
  A) Liver
  B) Pancreas
  C) Kidneys
  D) Lungs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 378:

  Rabbits cannot survive in an aquatic habitat because they have

  Options:
  A) fore and hind limbs
  B) no gills
  C) no fins
  D) no scales
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 379:

  Which of the blood corpusles are irregular and amoeloid in shape

  Options:
  A) Leucocytes
  B) Erythrocytes
  C) Thrombocytes
  D) Plasma
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 380: If a tall man (TT) maries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be Options:
  A) All short
  B) Three short and one tall
  C) Two short and two tall
  D) One short and three tall
  E) All tall
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  The correct answer is E .