JAMB UTME - Biology - 1984

The presence of a diastema in the jaw bone indicates that the mammal lacks the teeth suitable for

A man with normal haemoglobin (AA) marries a woman who has sickle-cell haemoglobin (SS). They have a child who has a sickle-cell trait. Which of the following genotypes could be associated with the child’s haemoglobin?

If a handful of soil is shaken with water and left to settle, the soil particles will settle from light to heavy particles as follows

An anemometer is an instrument for measuring

Which of the following is NOT regarded as a pollutant on land or in the air?

Heat produced in tissue respiration in plants is

Which of the following invertebrates does NOT possess antennae?

Leaching is

Mosses, liverworts and ferns can be grouped together because they

Which of the following statement is NOT true of enzymes? They

The transect method can be used in ecology to show the

Normally the flow of blood is NEVER from

Which of the following cell constituents is NOT common in both plants and animals?

A mixture of mercurous and mercuric nitrates is added to a food substance. A white precipitates is formed which on gentle heating turns red. The food substance is

Which of the following types of vertebrae occur in equal numbers in the rabbit, rat and man?

The male toad differs from the female by having

Which of the following sequences represents process of blood clothing? 1. Fibrins forms a network of threads 2. Red blood cells are caught and clot is formed 3. Fibrinogen in plasma changes into fibrin 4. Blood is exposed to air

Which of the following lists of diseases, their causes and transmission is CORRECT?

The parts used by the tapeworm to fasten itself to the host’s intestine are the

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the piliferous layer of root? It

The character-producing factors in living organisms are

Which of the following groups of factors is completely abiotic?

The dorsal and anal fins of fish are used for

Which of the following adaptations is NOT concerned with the flight of birds?

The removal of a man’s pancreas by surgical operation can affect only the digestion of

How many nuclei are found in pollen tube during fertilization?

Which of the following is INCORRECT? The prothallus of a fern

If an animal is very active and has good muscular control, it is likely to have well-developed

The mouth parts of the housefly are adapted for

The process of soil erosion is usually from

Denitrifying bacteria in nature liberate gaseous nitrogen directly from

Spirogyra and mucor can be grouped together as Thallophyta because

Exoskeleton is NOT found in the

Pepsin is a digestive enzymes which breaks

The mammalian organ through which nourishment and oxygen diffuse into a developing embryo is called

Green plants are important in the ecosystem because they are

Which parts provide food for the developing chick?

Underground stems which grow horizontally through the soil are

Erosion can be reduced along shape by

Spirogyra reproduces vegetatively by

The axial skeleton of a mammal does not include the bones of the

The young chick is formed from

In the Burret test, some protein was mixed with sodium hydroxide solution. Which of the following chemicals should be added to the mixture for a positive results?

Blood clotting is initiated by

Fehling's solution will readily change colour from blue to reddish colour when it is

Which of the following is NOT a waste product of plants?

Osmosis can be defined as the movement of

The structure above represents a quill feather. The structure labelled 'M' is the

A flowering plant is monoecious if

Anaerobic respiration in yeast produces