NECO SSCE - Biology - 2001 (Objective)

Tambaya 1 Rahoto

Which statement about a nerve cell is NOT correct?

Sensory neurones have their cell bodies in the ganglia along dorsal wall

The axon conduct impulses away from the cell body

The cell body consists of the nucleus and cytoplasm.

The cell bodies of the motor neurones are located in the white matter of the spinal cord. Amsar da ta dace

The dendrites transmit impulses towards the cell body

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Excretory System (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Mosses And Ferns (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Transmission And Expression Of Characteristics In Organisms (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Nervous Coordination (WAEC)

Excretory System

Mosses And Ferns

Transmission And Expression Of Characteristics In Organisms

Nervous Coordination

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Tambaya 2 Rahoto

The scientist who propounded the theory of inheritance of acquired characters via use and disuse was

August Weismann

Charles Darwin

Gregory Mendel

Jean Lamarck Amsar da ta dace

Thomas Morgan

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Heredity (JAMB)

Heredity

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Tambaya 3 Rahoto

A cell that is capable of self existence is a/an

Amoeba Amsar da ta dace

Human cheek cell

Onion epidermal cell

ovum

spermatozoom

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

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Tambaya 4 Rahoto

The first bone of the vertebral column located in the neck region is called

Atlas Amsar da ta dace

Axis

Caudal.

Cervical.

Thoracic

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Organization Of Life

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Tambaya 5 Rahoto

Which is NOT a carnivorous plant?

Bladderwort

Dodder plant Amsar da ta dace

Drosera

Pitcher plant

Venus flytrap

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Tambaya 6 Rahoto

Which disease is caused by a virus?

Cholera

Measles Amsar da ta dace

Tetanus

Typhoid

Tuberculosis

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals (WAEC)

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

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Tambaya 7 Rahoto

The gradient of land can be measured with an instrument called a/an

Aneroid barometer

Hygrometer

Metre rule

Secchi disc

Slope gauge Amsar da ta dace

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Ecosystem (WAEC)

Ecosystem

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Tambaya 8 Rahoto

Which organism is NOT a filter feeder?

Adult mosquito Amsar da ta dace

Copepod

Mosquito larva

Oyster

Whale

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Tambaya 9 Rahoto

What is NOT an abiotic factor?

Humidity

predators Amsar da ta dace

temperature

turbidity

wind

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Respiration (JAMB)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Classification (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Movement (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Food Webs And Trophic Levels (WAEC)

Respiration

Classification

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

Movement

Food Webs And Trophic Levels

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Tambaya 10 Rahoto

Which world biomes can be found in Nigeria?

Afro-alpine

Coniferous forest

Dessert

Savannah Amsar da ta dace

Tundra

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Ecosystem (WAEC)

Ecosystem

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Tambaya 11 Rahoto

Which is NOT a social animal?

Ant

Bee

Butterfly Amsar da ta dace

Termite

Wolf

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals (WAEC)

Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals

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Tambaya 12 Rahoto

Which one is NOT an essential part of a flower?

Anther

Filament

Ovary

Peta Amsar da ta dace

Stigma

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Internal Structure Of A Flowering Plant (JAMB)

Internal Structure Of A Flowering Plant

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Tambaya 13 Rahoto

The instrument used to measure the rate of transpiration in plants is called a/an

Anemometer

Barometer

Hydrometer

Photomer

Potometer Amsar da ta dace

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Tambaya 14 Rahoto

What is NOT a kidney disease?

Cirrhosis Amsar da ta dace

Kidney stones

Nephritis

Uraemia

Wilm’s tumour

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Tambaya 15 Rahoto

Which is a morphological variation

Ability to taste PTC

Ability to roll the tongue

Behaviour

Blood group

Finger print Amsar da ta dace

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Physiological Variations (WAEC)

Physiological Variations

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The blood vessel that supplies blood rich in digested food to the liver is the

Hepatic artery

Hepatic portal artery

Hepatic portal vein Amsar da ta dace

Hepatic vein

Renal artery

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Transport System (WAEC)

Transport System

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Tambaya 17 Rahoto

Which caste is NOT found in termites?

Drone Amsar da ta dace

King

Queen

Soldier

Worker

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Classification (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

Organization Of Life

Classification

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Tambaya 18 Rahoto

Evidence of organic evolution can be deduced from all the following EXCEPT

Antecology Amsar da ta dace

Comparative anatomy

Embryology

Fossil records

Geographical distribution

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Theories Of Evolution (JAMB)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Evolution (Theories and Evidence) (WAEC)

Theories Of Evolution

Evolution (Theories and Evidence)

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Tambaya 19 Rahoto

Which plant hormone inhibits the development of lateral buds in plants

Abscisic acid

Auxins Amsar da ta dace

Cytokinins

Florigen

gberelIins

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Classification (WAEC)

Classification

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Tambaya 20 Rahoto

Which plant stores food in its roots?

Cassava Amsar da ta dace

Cocoyam

Irish potato

Onion

Yam

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Plant Nutrition (WAEC)

Plant Nutrition

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Tambaya 21 Rahoto

Which part of the brain regulates and co-ordinates muscular movements?

Cerebellum Amsar da ta dace

Cerebrum

Hypothalamus

Medulla oblongata

ThaIamus

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Nervous Coordination (WAEC)

Nervous Coordination

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Tambaya 22 Rahoto

Relative humidity can be measured with a/an

Anemometer

Barometer

Hydrometer

Hygrometer Amsar da ta dace

Photometer

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Classification (WAEC)

Classification

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Tambaya 23 Rahoto

Under secretion of thyroxine before maturity causes an abnormality known as

Cretinism Amsar da ta dace

Gigantism

Dwarfism

Myxoedema

Obesity

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Heredity (JAMB)

Heredity

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Tambaya 24 Rahoto

The tissue which carries organic food from its site of production to all other parts of the plant is called the

Cambium

Epidermis

Phloem Amsar da ta dace

Sclerenchyma

Xylem

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Transport System (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Transport System

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Tambaya 25 Rahoto

Which element is a micro element?

Iron

Magnesium

Manganese Amsar da ta dace

Phosphorus

Potassium.

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Organization Of Life

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Tambaya 26 Rahoto

The genotype of a species with respect to a particular trait can be determined by carrying out

a back cross with a pure stock known to be recessive for that trait Amsar da ta dace

a cross between two F, generations that are heterozygous for the trait

a testcross with a pure stock known to be dominant for the trait

in-breeding among the members of the species

out-breeding with an exotic variety of the species

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Genetic Terminologies (WAEC)

Genetic Terminologies

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Tambaya 27 Rahoto

Which scientist did NOT contribute to the formulation of the cell theory?

Isaac Newton Amsar da ta dace

Matthias Schleiden

Robert Hooke

Rudolf Virchow

Theodor Schwann

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Cell Theory (WAEC)

Cell Theory

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Tambaya 28 Rahoto

The cell organelle, from which spindle fibers originate during cell division in animal cells is known as

Centrosome Amsar da ta dace

Chromosome

Leucoplast

Lysosome

Ribosome

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Cell Structure (WAEC)

Cell Structure

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Tambaya 29 Rahoto

Which is NOT an effect of the food shortage on a population?

Cannibalism

Competition

Increase in mortality

Increase in natality Amsar da ta dace

migration

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Growth (JAMB)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Co-ordination And Control (JAMB)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Natural Habitats (JAMB)

Growth

Co-ordination And Control

Natural Habitats

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Tambaya 30 Rahoto

What type of association does an epiphyte on a tree trunk illustrate?

Cannibalism

Commensalism Amsar da ta dace

Parasitism

Saprophytism

Symbiosis

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Symbiotic Interactions Of Plants And Animals (JAMB)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan The Ecology Of Populations (JAMB)

Symbiotic Interactions Of Plants And Animals

The Ecology Of Populations

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Tambaya 31 Rahoto

The number of individuals of a species per unit area of the habitat can be best described as

Distribution

Frequency

Percentage cover

Population size

Population density Amsar da ta dace

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Co-ordination And Control (JAMB)

Co-ordination And Control

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Tambaya 32 Rahoto

What is NOT a reflex action?

Blinking of an eye

Jerking of the knee

Leaning Amsar da ta dace

Salivating

Sneezing

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Nervous Coordination (WAEC)

Nervous Coordination

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Tambaya 33 Rahoto

The process through which excess amino acids in the body are broken down into urea and a carbohydrate is called

deamination Amsar da ta dace

denaturation

detoxication

emulsification

excretion

Bayanin Amsa

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Excretory System (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Excretory System

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

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Tambaya 34 Rahoto

Which is NOT an adaptive feature of hydrophytes?

Air spaces in tissues for buoyancy

Broad leaves to enhance transpiration

Extensive root system for absorption of water Amsar da ta dace

Fibrous root for absorption of water

Waxy cuticle on leaves to prevent wetting

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Plant Nutrition (WAEC)

Plant Nutrition

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Tambaya 35 Rahoto

Which is the most ecologically viable method of insect pest control?

Draining all stagnant pools of water

Eliminating one of the development stages of the insect Amsar da ta dace

Employing a lot of labourers to physically handpick the insect pests

Erecting physical barriers against insect pests

Using stronger insecticides which can kill a greater number of insect.

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Integrated Water Resources Management (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Ecological Factors (WAEC)

Integrated Water Resources Management

Ecological Factors

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Tambaya 36 Rahoto

The vector of trypanosome is the

black fly

cockroach

house –fly

mosquito

Tsetse fly Amsar da ta dace

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Nitrogen Cycle (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Microorganisms: Man And Health (WAEC)

Nitrogen Cycle

Microorganisms: Man And Health

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Tambaya 37 Rahoto

The movement of food in soluble form within the vascular bundles to all parts of the plant is known as

Diffusion

Evaporation

Transportation

Translocation Amsar da ta dace

Transpiration

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Tambaya 38 Rahoto

The organelle which is contractile in function in Euglena is the

Chloroplast

Eyespot

Gullet Amsar da ta dace

Myoneme

Paramylon

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Tambaya 39 Rahoto

The toad’s long sticky tongue is an adaptation for

Catching insects Amsar da ta dace

Conserving water

Escaping from its predators

Regulating, body temperature

Securing mates

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Tambaya 40 Rahoto

Which is NOT a benefit of conservation of natural resources?

Permits nature studies

Preserves the beauty of nature

Prosecutes poachers Amsar da ta dace

Protects endangered species

Sources of revenue earning

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals (WAEC)

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

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Tambaya 41 Rahoto

Soil fertility is NOT conserved by

continuous cropping Amsar da ta dace

contour ridging

Crop rotation

Mulching

Terracing

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Ways Of Ensuring Conservation (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Population Studies By Sampling (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Soil (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Movement (WAEC)

Ways Of Ensuring Conservation

Population Studies By Sampling

Soil

Movement

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Tambaya 42 Rahoto

The structure that hydra uses to immobilize its prey is called

Enteron

Osteoblasts

Osteocysts Amsar da ta dace

Pneumatocysts

Pneumatophores.

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

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Tambaya 43 Rahoto

The vector of the malaria parasite is the

female anopheles mosquito Amsar da ta dace

female culex mosquito

male anopheles mosquito

male culex mosquito

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Evolution (Theories and Evidence) (WAEC)

Evolution (Theories and Evidence)

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Tambaya 44 Rahoto

Which pollutant is likely to cause cholera?

agricultural wastes

industrial wastes

nuclear fallouts

oil spillages

untreated sewage Amsar da ta dace

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals (WAEC)

Karanta bayanin darasi akan Evolution (Recombination DNA) (WAEC)

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

Evolution (Recombination DNA)

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Tambaya 45 Rahoto

Bacteria; which derive energy by oxidizing certain inorganic compounds, are said to be

Chemosynthetic Amsar da ta dace

Holozoic

Parasitic

Photosynthetic

Saprophytic

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals (WAEC)

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

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Tambaya 46 Rahoto

What percentage of oxygen is contained in exhaled air?

21%

16% Amsar da ta dace

0.04%

Less than 0.01%

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Karanta bayanin darasi akan Respiratory System (WAEC)

Respiratory System

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