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 551:

  Viviparity refers to the reproductive strategy in which

  Options:
  A) Offspring are produced by internal fertilization
  B) Offspring are produced by external fertilization
  C) Offspring develop and are nourished inside the female's body
  D) Offspring develop and are nourished outside the female's body
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 552: The correct order in a food chain involving the organisms (1)Grasses, (2)Hawks, (3)Snakes, (4)Grasshopper, (5)Lizards is Options:
  A) 1 2 3 4 5
  B) 5 4 3 2 1
  C) 1 4 5 3 2
  D) 3 2 4 5 1
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 553:

  Which of the following best describes a natural habitat in ecology?

  Options:
  A) An area where organisms naturally live and interact with their surroundings
  B) A human-created environment for wildlife conservation
  C) A controlled laboratory setting for ecological experiments
  D) A protected area for endangered species
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 554: Spirogyra, Euglena and Chlamydomonas share many characteristics EXCEPT Options:
  A) nutrition
  B) reproduction
  C) mobility
  D) irritability
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 555: Fibrinogen and prothrombin play important roles in the Options:
  A) deamination of proteins
  B) clotting of blood
  C) detoxication of substances
  D) storage of vitamins
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 556:

  A group of closely related organisms capable of interbreeding to produce the fertile offspring are known as members of a

  Options:
  A) kingdom
  B) class
  C) family
  D) species
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 557:

  Which of the statements below is not characteristic of wind-pollinated flowers?

  Options:
  A) Stigmas are usually large and feathery
  B) Nectary is usually absent
  C) The pollen grains have rough spiny surfaces
  D) The flowers are not scented.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 558:

  

  In a reflex action, impulse flows from

  Options:
  A) 1 to 2
  B) 2 to 1
  C) 4 to 1
  D) 4 to 2
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 559: The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is Options:
  A) housefly
  B) butterfly
  C) mosquito
  D) grasshopper
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 560: Which of these tissue serves the function of support and water conduction Options:
  A) Parenchyma
  B) Collenchymas
  C) Sclerenchyma
  D) Xylem
  E) Phloem
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  The correct answer is D .