JAMB UTME - Biology - 1979

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

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

Stigmas are usually large and feathery

Nectar is usually absent

The pollen grains have rough spiny surfaces Azịza ziri ezi

The flowers are not scented

The pollen is light and smooth

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Nutrition (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Support And Movement (JAMB)

Nutrition

Support And Movement

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 2 Ripọtì

The region of cell division in a root is

Root cap

Endodermis

Xylem

Piliferous layer

Meristem Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena (WAEC)

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 3 Ripọtì

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

Excretion

Germination

Transpiration

Digestion

Photosynthesis Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 4 Ripọtì

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

2:1

1:2

1:1 Azịza ziri ezi

1:3

3:1

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Genetic Terminologies (WAEC)

Genetic Terminologies

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 5 Ripọtì

Identical twins are produced under one of the following conditions

Two oval fertilized at the same time by two sperm

one ovum ferilized divides to give two embryos Azịza ziri ezi

one ovum fertilized, twins formed shortly before birth

Two ova fertilized by one sperm

one ovum fertilized by two sperm

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Genetic Terminologies (WAEC)

Genetic Terminologies

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 6 Ripọtì

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

Oesophagus

Stomach

Rectum Azịza ziri ezi

Colon

Appendix

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Alimentary System (WAEC)

Alimentary System

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 7 Ripọtì

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

The chitinous cuticle is impregnated with tanned protein

Nitrogenous waste is eliminated as urea

Chitin is impermeable to water Azịza ziri ezi

The malpighian tubules are impermeable to water

The curticle is covered with wax

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes (WAEC)

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 8 Ripọtì

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

Renal vain

Renal artery

Hepatic artery

Hepatic portal vein Azịza ziri ezi

Coelic artery

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 9 Ripọtì

Amoeba moves by means of

Cilia

Flagella

Pseudopodia Azịza ziri ezi

Swimmerets

Setae

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena (WAEC)

Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 10 Ripọtì

One of the following statement is not true of viruses

They are micro-organisms

They are smaller than bacteria

They can be seen with an ordinary light microscope Azịza ziri ezi

They cause tobacco disease

They cause polio and smallpox

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 11 Ripọtì

The farmer cannot check soil erosion effectively by

Constructing is ridges of planting across the slope

Cultivating cover crops

Practising strip farming

Clearing the land of vegetation Azịza ziri ezi

Constructing terraces

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Soil (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Soil (WAEC)

Soil

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 12 Ripọtì

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

Glucose

Maltose

Fructose

Sucrose Azịza ziri ezi

Lactose

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 13 Ripọtì

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

It is covered by a sheath of leaves

The testa and fruit wall fuse after fertilization Azịza ziri ezi

It has both endosperm and cotyledon

It has coleorhiza and coleoptile

The pericarp and seed coat are separated

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Nutrition (JAMB)

Nutrition

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 14 Ripọtì

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

Meristem Azịza ziri ezi

Sclerenchyma

Phloem

Collenchyma

Pith

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 15 Ripọtì

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

Symbiosis

Epiphytism

Commensalism

Parasitism Azịza ziri ezi

Mutualism

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 16 Ripọtì

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

a-b-c-d

c-d-a-b

b-d-a-c Azịza ziri ezi

a-d-b-c

b-a-c-d

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Protein Synthesis (WAEC)

Protein Synthesis

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 17 Ripọtì

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

Schizocarp

Caryopsis

Samara Azịza ziri ezi

Nut

Follicle

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecology Of Population (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Natural Habitats (JAMB)

Ecology Of Population

Natural Habitats

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 18 Ripọtì

All living organism

Photosynthesize

Respire Azịza ziri ezi

Move

Feed

Transpire

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Transport: Guttation (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Nutrition (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Growth (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Alimentary System (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecological Components (WAEC)

Transport: Guttation

Nutrition

Growth

Alimentary System

Ecological Components

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 19 Ripọtì

Root hair have their origin from

Endodermis

Pericycle

Cortex

Epidermis Azịza ziri ezi

Xylem

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Organization Of Life (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Cell Structure (WAEC)

Organization Of Life

Cell Structure

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 20 Ripọtì

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

River blindness

Malaria

Polio Azịza ziri ezi

Cholera

Bilharzia (shistosoma)

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Animal Nutrition (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals (WAEC)

Animal Nutrition

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

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 21 Ripọtì

Which of the following statements is not true of paramecium?

It is slipper-shaped

The anterior end is blunt

The gullet is lined with cilia

It has an anal pore

Its vacuole is stationary Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

Amoeba, Paramecium, And Euglena

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 22 Ripọtì

Which one of the following is not an excretory product?

Urine

Sweat

Faeces Azịza ziri ezi

Salts

Carbon-dioxide

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Adaptive Colouration (WAEC)

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

Adaptive Colouration

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 23 Ripọtì

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

Lungs

Kidney

Leaf Azịza ziri ezi

Large intestine

Skin

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Respiration (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Animal Nutrition (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na The Ecology Of Populations (JAMB)

Respiration

Animal Nutrition

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

The Ecology Of Populations

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 24 Ripọtì

The element nitrogen is utilized in

Formation of ATP

Formation of glucose

Formation of amino acid Azịza ziri ezi

Photosynthesis

None of the above

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 25 Ripọtì

A secchi disc is used in the determination of

Rainfall

Tides

Waves

Turbidity Azịza ziri ezi

Current velocity

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture (WAEC)

Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 26 Ripọtì

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

Cell

Nucleus

Chromosome Azịza ziri ezi

Chloroplast

Gene

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Chromosomes: The Basis Of Heredity (WAEC)

Chromosomes: The Basis Of Heredity

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 27 Ripọtì

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

grasses

grasshopper

lizards

snakes

hawks Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Food Webs And Trophic Levels (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females) (WAEC)

Food Webs And Trophic Levels

Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females)

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 28 Ripọtì

The digestive enzyme that coagulates proteins in milk is

Ptyalin

Pepsin

Renin Azịza ziri ezi

Trypsin

Amylase

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Support And Movement (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Cell Structure (WAEC)

Support And Movement

Cell Structure

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 29 Ripọtì

Which of these is not a type of soil?

Sand

Granite Azịza ziri ezi

Loam

Clay

Sandy loam

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Soil (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Soil (WAEC)

Soil

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 30 Ripọtì

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

trap all the sunlight Azịza ziri ezi

trap a small percent of the sun energy

are primary producers

are eaten by primary consumers

contains chlorophyll

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Factors Affecting The Distribution Of Organisms (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecosystem (WAEC)

Factors Affecting The Distribution Of Organisms

Ecosystem

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 31 Ripọtì

The part of the mammalian brain responsible for maintaining balance is

Medulla oblongata

Cerebellum Azịza ziri ezi

Optic lobe

Cerebrum

Olfactory lobe

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 32 Ripọtì

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?

spleen

Parathyroid

Adrenal body

Thyroid

Pancreas Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Support And Movement (JAMB)

Support And Movement

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 33 Ripọtì

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

Denitrifying bacteria

Nitrifying bacteria

Nitrogen fixing bacteria Azịza ziri ezi

Nitrogen freeing bacteria

Nitrogen putrefying bacteria

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum (WAEC)

Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 34 Ripọtì

The plumule is best described as?

Part of the cotyledon

Part of the endosperm

A miniature shoot Azịza ziri ezi

Structure near the micropyle

Structure opposite the hilum

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Nutrition (JAMB)

Nutrition

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 35 Ripọtì

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

Grows on moist dead organic matter

Is a plant

Has cellulose cell-wall Azịza ziri ezi

Reproduce asexually by producing a spore

Has no chlorophyll

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 36 Ripọtì

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

epicarp

endocarp

mesocarp Azịza ziri ezi

seed

pericarp

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Integrated Water Resources Management (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum (WAEC)

Integrated Water Resources Management

Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 37 Ripọtì

One significant difference between roots and stem is that

Branch roots originate in the pericycle while stem do not Azịza ziri ezi

Stems are always bove the ground while root are always below the ground

Stems are positively geotropic while roots are negatively geotropic

Stem are sometime used for storage while roots are never used

Stems grow in both length and circumference while root grow only in length

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Forms In Which Living Cells Exist (WAEC)

Forms In Which Living Cells Exist

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 38 Ripọtì

Which of these is not an enzyme?

Pepsin

Gastrin Azịza ziri ezi

Amylase

Chymotrypsin

Trypsin

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 39 Ripọtì

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

Diffusion Azịza ziri ezi

Transpiration

Osmosis

Translocation

Plasmolysis

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Movement Of Substances Into And Out Of Cells (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Nucleic Acids (WAEC)

Movement Of Substances Into And Out Of Cells

Nucleic Acids

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 40 Ripọtì

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

Bulge

Contracts

Rotates

Flattens

Is rounded Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Cell Structure (WAEC)

Cell Structure

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 41 Ripọtì

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

Ecosystem Azịza ziri ezi

Habitat

Environment

Niche

Micro habitat

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Natural Habitats (JAMB)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Ecosystem (WAEC)

Natural Habitats

Ecosystem

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 42 Ripọtì

The major function of contractile vacuole in amoeba is

to secrete enzyme to digest food particles

to store excess food materials

to excrete nitrogenous waste

to absorb water from the surrounding

to collect and expel water in the cytoplasm Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 43 Ripọtì

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

5 Azịza ziri ezi

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Cell Structure (WAEC)

Cell Structure

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 44 Ripọtì

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

Odontoid process Azịza ziri ezi

Anterior zygapophysis

Posterior zygapophysis

Lateral spine

Centrum

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Cell Structure (WAEC)

Cell Structure

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 45 Ripọtì

The hepatic portal vein is characterized by

Beginning and ending with capillaries Azịza ziri ezi

Connecting the liver and the kidney

Carrying deoxygenated blood

Ending with large capillaries

Having no capillaries

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes (WAEC)

The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 46 Ripọtì

Magnesium is utilized in the formation of

ATP

Glucose

Amino acids

Chlorophyll Azịza ziri ezi

Fats

Akọwa Nkọwa

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 47 Ripọtì

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

Potassium

Sodium

Copper Azịza ziri ezi

Phosphate

Nitrate

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 48 Ripọtì

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

achene

samara

caryopsis Azịza ziri ezi

legume

drupe

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Morphology Of Monocotyledonous And Dicotyledonous Plants (WAEC)

Morphology Of Monocotyledonous And Dicotyledonous Plants

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 49 Ripọtì

An organism which lives on the remain of dead plant is

An endoparasite

Saprophyte Azịza ziri ezi

Commensal

Symbiont

ectoparasite

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Classification (WAEC)

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Adaptive Colouration (WAEC)

Classification

Adaptive Colouration

Lee Azịza

Ajụjụ 50 Ripọtì

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

Parenchyma

Collenchymas

Sclerenchyma

Xylem Azịza ziri ezi

Phloem

Akọwa Nkọwa

Gụọ akwụkwọ nkuzi na Tissues And Supporting Systems: (WAEC)

Tissues And Supporting Systems:

Lee Azịza






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