JAMB UTME - Biology - 1981

Which of the following is NOT true of wind-pollinated flowers?

A plant which has a horizontal underground stem is

Growing yam tendrils climb for support. This growth response is

Which of the structure becomes the seed coat after fertilization?

The mushroom is an organism which feeds

The functional unit of a mammalian kidney is the

Nitrification means

Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the

The two types of human tapeworm can be distinguished by the presence or absence of

The thoracic vertebrae of a mammal is characterized by the

Which of these substance is likely to be deficient in the diet of a person having goitre?

The correct figured sequence for the following labeled parts (stigma, ovary wall, embryo sac, integument and micropyle) is

All the following are digestive enzymes except

In a bakery, yeast is added to flour to make bread rise. This is possible because yeast produces

What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X in the figure above?

Which of the following statements is NOT true of menstruation?

The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under

The correct route for a piece of bread eaten by a mammal is

The tissue which connects a muscle to a bone is a

Choose the sequence which represents the correct order of organisms in a food chain.

An instrument used in measuring the speed of wind is

Which of the following is the dental formula of man?

Milk protein is hydrolyzed by

If the anthers of a flower mature before the stigma, the condition is termed

which of the labelled tissues in the figure above is responsible for transport of mineral salts and water in living plants?

The bone labelled X in the figure above is the

The joint at Y in the figure above is

What is name of the respiratory organ of the crab?

The kind of teeth used for tearing food materials is the

The deficiency of vitamin D leads to

What is the part marked X in the figure above called?

Spirogyra reproduces vegetatively by

What is the function of the contractile vacuole in paramecium?

Which of the following insects has an incomplete metamorphosis during its life circle?

A surprising fact about sickle cell disease is that it

If Benedict's solution gives a positive result in a food test, the food contains

Which of the following animals is cold blooded

One common feature of the fungi, algae, mosses and ferns is that they

A person whose blood can be donated to all other people, must have the blood group

Which of the following instruments is used to demonstrate the response of roots and shoots to gravity?

The hepatic portal vein is unique because it

In which of the following plants is swollen shoot disease common?

Soil is said to be fertile if

Where is the food stored in yam plant?

Which of the following statement is NOT true of symbiosis?

What is the genetic ratio of a cross between homozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant?

A fruit formed from a single flower having several free carpels is

Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver?

Normally any character shown by an organism is due to the effects of