JAMB UTME - Biology - 1980 | Green Bridge CBT

Question 1 Report

During thunderstorms the energy of lightning discharge causes

oxygen and nitrogen to combine Correct answer

more carbon dioxide to be formed

nitrites to be converted to nitrates

nitrates to be converted to nitrogen

death

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Nitrogen Cycle

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Question 2 Report

Below are some group of diseases. Which group of diseases is caused by bacteria?

Tuberculosis, smallpox

Gonorrhoea, measles

Tuberculosis, polio

Sleeping sickness, measles

Syphilis, gonorrhoea Correct answer

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

Microorganisms Around Us

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Question 3 Report

In anaerobic respiration, glucose is converted to one of the following

Carbon dioxide and water

Carbon dioxide only

Carbon dioxide and alcohol Correct answer

Alcohol and water

water and acetic acid

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Question 4 Report

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

2 Correct answer

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Question 5 Report

if three 30 cm lengths of glass tubes are tightly packed with clay, sand and loamy soils respectively and then stood in a beaker of water for one week, the level of water will be

lowest in the tube with clay

the same in all tubes

lowest in the tube with loamy soil

highest in the tube with sandy soil

lowest in the tube with sandy soil Correct answer

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Transport System

Plant Nutrition

Morphological Variations In The Physical Appearance Of Individuals

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Question 6 Report

Which one of the following parts of the mammalian body is most closely associated with the production of urine?

Malpighian capsule Correct answer

Urinary bladder

Ureter

Vas deferens

Urethra

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Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

Properties And Functions Of The Living Cell

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Question 7 Report

which part of the human brain is concerned with reflexes controlling the rate of heart beat and breathing?

Medulla Correct answer

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Pineal body

Olfactory lobe

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Nervous Coordination

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Question 8 Report

The conversion of excess amino acids into urea occurs in the

Kidney

pancreas

villi

liver Correct answer

spleen

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Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

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Question 9 Report

The part of the cell solely responsible for respiration is the

nucleus

nucleolus

mitochondria Correct answer

golgi apparatus

endoplasmic reticulum

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Cellular Respiration

Transport

Irritability As A Basic Characteristic Of Protoplasm

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Question 10 Report

The filament of spirogyra were put into equal volumes of sugar solutions X and Y. After 5 minutes, filaments from solution X had their cells contents rounded up while those from Y were unaffected. The experiment shows that

solution X was stronger than Y Correct answer

solution Y was stronger than X

Spirogyra used up the sugar in solution X

solution X is good for stimulating sexual reproduction in Spirogyra

solution Y was less contaminated than X

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Classification

Cell Structure

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Question 11 Report

If the bark and phloem tissue of a woody shoot are peeled off by ringing, the whole plant will die eventually die because?

water does not reach the leaves

water and salts remained below the ring portion

there is a withdrawal of water from the root by soil

manufactured food does not reach the roots Correct answer

the roots store too much water

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Question 12 Report

Water is required for seed germination to take place because it

activates the enzymes Correct answer

softens the testa

liberates energy for growth

permits radicle growth

allow oxygen to diffuse into the seed

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Modes Of Nutrition

Nutrient Cycling In Nature

Integrated Water Resources Management

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Question 13 Report

The organ through which food and oxygen are supplied to the human embryo and which also prevents harmful materials from reaching the embryo is the

amnion

uterus

placenta Correct answer

umbilical cord

fallopian tube

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Adaptive Colouration

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Question 14 Report

Biconcave lenses are used in the correction of an eye defect called?

myopia Correct answer

colour blindnes

old age

hypermetropia

weakening of ciliary muscles

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Sense Organs (Nose, Tongue & Skin)

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Question 15 Report

Some of the features of an animal are scales, teeth, nares and backbone. The animal is likely to be a

Toad

Bird

Lizard Correct answer

Rat

Bat

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Classification

Physiological Variations

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Question 16 Report

The testa

is normally absent

is included in the part numbered (1) Correct answer

is fused in the part numbered (3)

is the part numbered (1)

surrounds the part numbered (4) and (5)

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Nutrition

Cell Structure

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Question 17 Report

The lime water in container C turned milky because

Carbon dioxide was produced by plant during respiration Correct answer

Carbon dioxide entered through the filter pump

Oxygen reacts with lime water to produce milkiness

Soda lime did not remove carbon dioxide from the air

The delivery tubes were not well connected

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Application Of The Principles Of Heredity

Nervous Coordination

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Question 18 Report

Which one of the following animals is NEVER a secondary host of tapeworms?

cow

Fish

Pig

Man Correct answer

Dog

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Question 19 Report

The lime water in container B turned milky because

carbon dioxide was produced by plant Correct answer

during respiration carbon dioxide entered C

oxygen reacts with lime water to produce milkiness

soda lime did not remove carbon dioxide from air

the delivery tubes were not well connected

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Question 20 Report

A green plant growing in a compost pit is feeding

holozoically

parasitically

saprophytically

holophytically Correct answer

in none of the above ways

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Modes Of Nutrition

Co-ordination And Control

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Question 21 Report

An organism X lives entirely on the waste products in another organism Y. In this association X is a

symbiont

commensal Correct answer

saprophyte

parasite

epiphyte

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Question 22 Report

Human beings require vitamins in their diet because vitamins

contain carbohydrates and fats

prevent kwashiorkor

stimulate the alimentary canal

digest proteins in the body

influence many important chemical processes in the body Correct answer

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Nutrition

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Question 23 Report

During excretion of urea there is also a corresponding re-absorption of water into the blood. This re-absorption takes place in the

uriniferous tubules Correct answer

Bowman's capsule

glomerulus

malpighian capsule

renal artery

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Excretory System

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

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Question 24 Report

Why is the part labelled 5 thicker than 6?

5 is the left ventricle and 6 the right ventricle

6 is the left ventricle and 5 the right ventricle

5 receives blood from the left auricle and 6 from the right

5 pumps blood round the body and 6 pumps blood into the lungs Correct answer

5 deals with oxygenated blood and 6 deals with deoxygenated blood

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Question 25 Report

The tips of some rice seedlings were cut off while some were left intact. Both were covered with a container which had not only one small hole to allow light through. After twenty-four hours it was observed that

the cut tips was bent away from the light

the cut tips bent towards source of light

the intact tips bent away from the light

the intact tips bent towards the light Correct answer

both tips bent away from light

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Excretory System

Classification

Protein Synthesis

Reproduction (Courtship Behaviour In Animals)

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Question 26 Report

The center which controls respiratory activities the mammalian brain is the

cerebrum

olfactory lobe

pituitary organ

cerebellum

medulla Correct answer

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Nervous Coordination

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Question 27 Report

The following are connected with the movement of a reflex action (1) Central nervous (2) Muscles (3) Skin (4) Sensory nerve (5) Motor nerve. Which of the following sequences indicates a correct path?

1-2-3-4-5

2-1-4-5-3

3-4-1-2-5

4-1-5-2-3

3-4-1-5-2 Correct answer

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Simple Measurement Of Ecological Factors

Nervous Coordination

Natural Habitats

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Question 28 Report

In Mucor or Rhizopus carbohydrate is absorb in the form of

starch

sucrose

glucose Correct answer

glycogen

arabinose

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Structural Adaptation For Survival

Nucleic Acids

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Question 29 Report

Which of the following spreads malaria in Nigeria?

Anopheles mosquito Correct answer

Culex mosquito

Aedes mosquito

Tsetse fly

House fly

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Microorganisms Around Us

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Question 30 Report

A fresh Kolanut weighing 1g was put into salt solution. After 3 hour, the kolanut weighed 1.2g. This simple experiment demonstration that

the salt solution is more concentrated that the cell sap of the kolanut

the cell sap of the kolanut is more concentrated than the salt solution Correct answer

the salt solution has the same concentration as the cell sap of the kolanut

kolanut cell can multiply in water

the kolanut lost some water molecules to the salt solution

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The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes

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Question 31 Report

The vacuole of a plant cell is

a large empty space

smaller than that of animal cell

filled with air

an ordinary vacuum

surrounded by a membrane Correct answer

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Cell Structure

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Question 32 Report

A student trying to find out the order in which organisms appear on a cleared plot is studying one of the following

Ecosystem

Food chain

Food web

Succession Correct answer

Community

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Ecosystem

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Question 33 Report

Milk can be pasteurized by

the addition of common salt

boiling for one hour

heating to 75^oc for 20 minutes Correct answer

the addition of vinegar

heating to 100^oc for 12 hours

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Milk can be pasteurized by heating it to a specific temperature for a certain amount of time to kill bacteria that can cause diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, and typhoid fever. One of the most common methods of pasteurization is heating the milk to 75°C for 20 minutes, which effectively destroys most of the harmful bacteria while preserving the milk's taste and nutritional quality. Therefore, the correct option is "heating to 75°C for 20 minutes".

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Classification

Support And Movement

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Question 34 Report

A true fruit is formed from

a fertilized ovary and other floral parts

a fertilized ovary Correct answer

a fertilized ovary and calyx

a fertilized ovary and fleshy receptacle

an unfertilized ovary and other floral part

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Regulation Of Internal Environment

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Question 35 Report

A potometer is used to determine the rate at which a shoot

respires

sucks air bubbles

loses weight

absorbs water

transpires Correct answer

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Respiration

Cellular Respiration

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Question 36 Report

Leguminous plants, e.g Mucana, are usually planted in cultivated farmlands because they

enrich the soil with phoshates

provide animals with food

enrich the soil with organic nitrogen Correct answer

protect the soil from being over-heated

protect the micro organisms in the soil

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

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Question 37 Report

If a baby is a female, her mother's ovum must have been fertilized by a sperm carry the chromosome

X Correct answer

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Genetic Terminologies

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Question 38 Report

One of the following statement is NOT true of spirogyra

it is a simple multicellular plant

during conjugation, its gametes, which are structurally and physiologically similar, fuses to form a zygote Correct answer

it possesses spiral chloroplast which enables the plant to photosynthesize

its cells are protected externally by layer of mucilage

there are pyrenoids along the chloroplast

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Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

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Question 39 Report

Which of the labelled parts is the venga caval opening?

3 Correct answer

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Question 40 Report

For pollination and fruit formation, the essential part(s) of the flower should be the

corolla

ovary

pistil (gynoecium) Correct answer

ovules

receptacle

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Properties And Functions Of The Living Cell

Reproduction

Internal Structure Of A Flowering Plant

Irritability As A Basic Characteristic Of Protoplasm

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Question 41 Report

Which of the following food substances is digested in the stomach?

Carbohydrate

Fats and oil

Fats and proteins

Proteins Correct answer

Carbohydrates and fats

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Alimentary System

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Question 42 Report

A mosquito which produces eggs which float, and whose larvae lie horizontal to the water surface, also rests at the angle on a vertical surface. This type of mosquito is

Aedes

Anopheles Correct answer

Culex

Tiger mosquito

none of the above

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Question 43 Report

The amount of water loss from a leaf can be detected using

lime-water

red litmus paper

blue litmus paper

blue cobalt chloride paper Correct answer

pink cobalt chloride paper

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Blood Transfusion

Nucleic Acids

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Question 44 Report

Oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the mammalian blood stream through one of the path indicated below. Indicate the correct path, a = mouth, b = trachea, c = bronchiole, d = nostril, e = bronchus, f = alveoli

a → b → e → f → d

b → d → f → e → c

d → b → e → c → f Correct answer

b → a → f → e → c

f → e → c → d → c

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Movement Of Substances Into And Out Of Cells

Animal Nutrition