JAMB UTME - Biology - 1982 | Green Bridge CBT

Question 1 Report

External ears of mammals consist of

pinna and tympanum

pinna only

auditory meatus only

auditory meatus and pinna Correct answer

auditory meatus and tympanum

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Read lesson note on Sense Organs (Eyes & Ears) (WAEC)

Classification

Sense Organs (Eyes & Ears)

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Question 2 Report

Which of the vertebra has a projection called odontoid process?

Atlas

Axis Correct answer

Thoracic

Lumber

Caudal

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Read lesson note on Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Classification (WAEC)

Organization Of Life

Classification

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Question 3 Report

Which of the following is not associated with excretion in mammals

Glomerulus

Urea

Faeces Correct answer

Carbon Dioxide

Bowman's capsule

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Read lesson note on Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Excretion (JAMB)

Excretory System

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

Excretion

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Question 4 Report

ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of

firbrinogen Correct answer

amylase

white blood corpuscles

red blood corpuscles

plasma

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Heredity

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Question 5 Report

In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called

Sexual reproduction

Cohesion

Pregnancy

Implantation Correct answer

Viviparity

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Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females)

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Question 6 Report

Which of these animals is NOT metamerically segmented?

Tapeworm

Earthworm

Centipede

Crayfish

Shark Correct answer

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Organization Of Life

Classification

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Question 7 Report

A grass hopper respires by the means of its

Lung-books

Gills

Lungs

Antennae

Tracheal tubes Correct answer

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Variety Of Organisms

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Question 8 Report

The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because

it has a coleorhiza

it has a coleoptile

of the relatively large endosperm

there is the remain of a style Correct answer

of the relatively small scutellum

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Read lesson note on Adaptation For Survival (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Nutrition (JAMB)

Adaptation For Survival

Nutrition

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Question 9 Report

Roots of plants are normally

Positively phototropic

Negatively geotropic

Negatively hydrotropic

Positively hydrotropic Correct answer

Negatively chemotropic

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Read lesson note on Respiration (JAMB)

Read lesson note on Local (Nigerian) Biomes (JAMB)

Read lesson note on Transport (JAMB)

Respiration

Local (Nigerian) Biomes

Transport

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Question 10 Report

Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a

capsule

aggregrate fruit

legume

schizocarp Correct answer

follicle

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Question 11 Report

The mammalian pancreas is involved with the

digestion of food only

digestion and absorption of food

digestion of food and regulation of blood sugar

digestion of food, production of hormone and the regulation of blood Correct answer

digestion of food, and the regulation of blood

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Support And Movement

Reproduction

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Question 12 Report

When a person with blood belonging to group O has lost much blood due to an accident, he can be given blood from persons who have blood belonging to

group O only Correct answer

group A only

group AB only

groups A and O

groups AB and O

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Crime Detection

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Question 13 Report

A population is defined as the collection of

Similar organism that are found in the same habitat

Similar organisms that breed in the same habitat

Similar organisms that interbreed freely in the same habitat Correct answer

Similar organism eating the same food

Different organisms in the same habitat

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Question 14 Report

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 there father?

All

none Correct answer

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Read lesson note on Heredity (JAMB)

Heredity

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Question 15 Report

In an epigeal germination, it is the

epicotyl that elongates fast

hypocotyl that elongates fast Correct answer

hypogeal that elongates fast

plumule that elongates fast

roots that elongate fast

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Question 16 Report

Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies

Sulphur

Calcium Correct answer

Phosphorus

Sodium

Nitrogen

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Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals

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Question 17 Report

Where is the energy produced in a cell?

Nucleus

Nucleolus

Lysosomes

Chloroplast

Mitochondria Correct answer

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Nucleic Acids

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Question 18 Report

A pyramid of numbers can be defined as

the number of plants and animals in an ecosystem

an arrangement of organism according to their habitat

the numerical relationships of a food chain Correct answer

the number of plants and animals in a population

the total number of species and general in a community

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Read lesson note on Food Webs And Trophic Levels (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Natural Habitats (JAMB)

Read lesson note on Ecosystem (WAEC)

Ecology Of Population

Food Webs And Trophic Levels

Natural Habitats

Ecosystem

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Question 19 Report

The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are

segmented artery, hepatic artery and coeliac artery

coeliac artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posteroir mesenteric artery Correct answer

coelic artery, segmental artery and hepatic artery

hepatic artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

hepatic portal vein, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

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Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

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Question 20 Report

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 ?

Radiation

Sweat

Evaporation

Conduction

Convection Correct answer

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Read lesson note on Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture (WAEC)

Organization Of Life

Classification

Regulation Of Internal Environment

Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture

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Question 21 Report

Some of the major elements required by plants are

Potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium, calcium Correct answer

Nitrogen, phosphorus, molybdenum, sodium, calcium

Potassium, phosphorus, molybdenum, sodium, calcium

Potassium, nitrogen, iron , sodium, calcium

Potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, cadmium

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Question 22 Report

If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected?

Digestion of fats and oil Correct answer

Formation of urea

Digestion of starch

Conversion of protein

Storage and release of the urine

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Animal Nutrition

Population Studies By Sampling

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Question 23 Report

Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of

Water

Oil

Drugs

Proteins Correct answer

Sugars

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Animal Nutrition

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Question 24 Report

In man, spermatozoa are never found in the

testis

urethra

epididymis

prostrate glands Correct answer

vas deferens

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Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

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Question 25 Report

A married couple has 10 children and they are all girls. Which of the following is the CORRECT explanation?

The woman is incapable of producing male children

The man’s sperms are very weak

The man is not athletic enough

The Y component of the men’s sex chromosomes was always involved

The X component of the man’s sex chromosomes was always involved Correct answer

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Read lesson note on Heredity (JAMB)

Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals

Heredity

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Question 26 Report

Which of the parts are used to recognize the bone in the figure above?

1 and 4

2 and 3

3 and 5

1, 2, and 6

4 and 5 Correct answer

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Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Question 27 Report

In man, identical twins occur when

An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo Correct answer

an ovum fertilized by two sperms and then divides into two, each forming an embryo

two ova are fertilized at the same tine each forming an embryo

two ova are fertilized by a single sperm each forming an embryo after fertilization

one ovum first divides into two and each half is fertilized by a sperm before developing into an embryo

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Chromosomes: The Basis Of Heredity

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Question 28 Report

Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood?

Engulfing bacteria

Production of hormones Correct answer

Transporting ureas

Distribution of heat

Transporting glucose

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Cell Structure

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Question 29 Report

Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest?

Diatom → fly → toad → snake

Fly → toad → snake→ hawk

Leaves → antelope → man → lion

Leaves → caterpillar → bird → lion

Leaves →goat → man→ lion Correct answer

Answer Details

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Read lesson note on Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females) (WAEC)

Food Webs And Trophic Levels

Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females)

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Question 30 Report

In the figure above the structured labelled X is the

cellulose cell wall

plasma membrane

nuclear membrane

mucilage wall Correct answer

ectoplasm

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Read lesson note on Cell Structure (WAEC)

Movement Of Substances Into And Out Of Cells

Cell Structure

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Question 31 Report

Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis?

Glucose + glucose

Fructose + fructose

Glucose + fructose Correct answer

Galactose + glucose

Fructose + galactose

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Read lesson note on Nucleic Acids (WAEC)

DNA Structure And Replication, RNA Transcription

Nucleic Acids

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Question 32 Report

If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising

modern agriculture

strip cropping

contour ridging

crop rotation

the bush fallow system Correct answer

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Read lesson note on Evolution (Recombination DNA) (WAEC)

Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals

Evolution (Recombination DNA)

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Question 33 Report

The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the

cornea and the lens

cornea and aqueous humour

cornea and vitreous humour

lens and aqueous humour

lens and vitreous humour Correct answer

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Read lesson note on Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Reproduction (Courtship Behaviour In Animals) (WAEC)

Sense Organs (Nose, Tongue & Skin)

Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals

Reproduction (Courtship Behaviour In Animals)

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Question 34 Report

The glottis is the opening which leads to the

Oesophagus

Larynx Correct answer

Nostrils

Pharynx

Mouth

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Read lesson note on Support And Movement (JAMB)

Ways Of Ensuring Conservation

Support And Movement

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Question 35 Report

The absence of stomata shows that a leaf may be

from a floating plant

from submerged plant Correct answer

varigated

from a terrestrial plant

from parasitic green plant

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Plant Nutrition

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Question 36 Report

when an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the

mouth and passes it out through the same way

mouth and passes it out through the operculum Correct answer

operculum and passes it out through the mouth

operculum and passes it out through the nostrils

nostrils and passes it out through the operculum

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Cellular Respiration

Cell Structure

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Question 37 Report

Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells?

Meristematic

Xylem vessels Correct answer

Cambium

Mesophyll

Palisade

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Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Question 38 Report

An onion bulb stores its food in the

Stem

Leaves Correct answer

Roots

Cotyledon

Branches

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Read lesson note on Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Transport System (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Ecology Of Population

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

Transport System

Organization Of Life

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Question 39 Report

Which of the following statements is TRUE of inhalation of air by man?

The ribs are not raised

Diaphragm is raised

Intercostal muscles relax

Pressure of the thoracic cavity increase

Size of thoracic cavity increase Correct answer

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Respiratory System

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Question 40 Report

Which of these statements is NOT true of insects?

They are anthropods

Their body is divide into three distinct regions of head, thorax and abdomen

Their thorax comprises three segments, only two of which bear a pair of appendages each Correct answer

Respiration is by means of trachea

They undergo metamorphosis

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Read lesson note on Sense Organs (Eyes & Ears) (WAEC)

Read lesson note on Cell Structure (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

Organization Of Life

Classification

Sense Organs (Eyes & Ears)

Cell Structure

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Question 41 Report

Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance?

Cochlea

Eustachian tube

Ear-drum

Pinna

Semicircular canals Correct answer

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Question 42 Report

The main function of the swim-bladder is for

Swimming

Detecting sound

Buoyancy Correct answer

Breathing

Reproduction

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Read lesson note on The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes (WAEC)

Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture

The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes

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Question 43 Report

A tapeworm has no alimentary canal because

It is autotrophic

It does not feed

It has no enzymes

Its body absorbs digested food Correct answer

The suckers on the scolex suck blood

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Alimentary System

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Question 44 Report

If a tall man (TT) maries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be

All short

Three short and one tall

Two short and two tall

One short and three tall

All tall Correct answer

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Heredity

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Question 45 Report

Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells?

Centriole, middle lamella, golgi bodies, mitrochondrion

Cytoplasm, sap, vacuole, starch grains, leucoplasts

Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes. Correct answer

Nucleus, nucleolus, cellulose cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum

Cytoplasm, centriole, cellulose cell wall, nucleolus

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Question 46 Report

In which part of a leguminous plant can you find bacteria like Azotobacter?

Spongy mesophyll of leaf

At the nodes

At the internodes

In nodules Correct answer

Palisade mesophyll of leaf

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Plant Nutrition

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Question 47 Report

Refrigeration, as a method of preservation, has ONE of the following characteristics:

Kills all the bacteria

Kill most of the bacteria

Makes the bacteria inactive Correct answer

Dries food

Hydrolyses food

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Question 48 Report

In the enzyme (amlyase) reactions of starch → sugar
starch is referred to as the

substrate Correct answer

product

enzyme

enzyme-substrate complex

reaction mixture

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Read lesson note on DNA Structure And Replication, RNA Transcription (WAEC)

DNA Structure And Replication, RNA Transcription

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Question 49 Report

Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because

they are small animals

they can live inside the vertebrates

some of them are unicellular

they have no backbones Correct answer

they are parasitic

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Factors Affecting The Distribution Of Organisms

Heredity

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Question 50 Report

When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to

the addition of saccharin

the addition of sugar

the addition of whisky or local gin

some complex hydrolytic reaction

anaerobic respiration of an organism Correct answer

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Adaptive Colouration

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