JAMB UTME - Biology - 1979

An organism which lives on the remain of dead plant is

Insect show consideration powers of water conservation. This is due to the fact that

The one-seeded fuit in which the pericarp and the seed coat have become fused together is known as

Bacteria inhabiting legume root nodules and which add atmospheric nitrogen to the soil are referred to as

All living organism

Which of the following is not an excretory organ in animals?

In which of these association is much harm done to one of the partners?

The hepatic portal vein is characterized by

One of the following statement is not true of viruses

Root hair have their origin from

Which of these tissue serves the function of support and water conduction

which of these diseases cannot be controlled by killing the vector?

The carrier of the hereditary character in plants and animal is the

Which of these is not a type of soil?

The arrangements below are steps in protein digestion. Which is the correct sequence?
A. polypetides B.protein C. amino-acids D.peptones

Which one of the following is not an excretory product?

The movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to one of lower concentration is

Which of these statement below is not a characteristic of wind pollinated flower?

The farmer cannot check soil erosion effectively by

Which one of the following option is not true for mucor of Rhizophus? it

Which of the substance listed below is a trace element of plants?

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

The dry indehiscent, winged fruit formed from one one carpel is known as

The region of cell division in a root is

A secchi disc is used in the determination of

The part of the mammalian brain responsible for maintaining balance is

The digestive enzyme that coagulates proteins in milk is

Which of these is the terminal portion of the alimentary canal of a mammal?

When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens

The major function of contractile vacuole in amoeba is

Which of these is not an enzyme?

Identical twins are produced under one of the following conditions

Amoeba moves by means of

Grasses grasshopper lizard snakes hawks. In the food chain, the organism which are the least in number are

In which of the following tissue do the cells have the ability to divide?

The blood vessel which carries digested food from the small intestine to the liver is the

The element nitrogen is utilized in

If you cross breed a tall variety (Tt) of maize with a short variety (tt), the ratio of tall to short plants in the offspring will be

A sugar solution was boiled with fehling’s solution A and B and the colour remained blue. The sugar tested was

Which of the following statements is not true of paramecium?

The complex relationship between the members of a community and between the community as a whole and its physical environment is

A gland in the human body secretes two hormones, one of which causes a disease called diabetes when there is a deficiency. Which of these organ produce the hormone?

Alkaline pyrogallol was used in an experiment. That experiment must have been connected with

The plumule is best described as?

One significant difference between roots and stem is that

Which of the structure listed below is peculiar to the axis vertebra?

In the figure above the cell which controls the opening and closing of stomatal pore is

The figure above is a section of a drupe. The part numbered 2 is

Which of these is not true? grass in the above food chain

Magnesium is utilized in the formation of