JAMB UTME - Biology - 1982

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

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A married couple has 10 children and they are all girls. Which of the following is the CORRECT explanation?

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In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called

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In man, spermatozoa are never found in the

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When a person with blood belonging to group O has lost much blood due to an accident, he can be given blood from persons who have blood belonging to

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Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood?

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Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells?

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If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected?

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Refrigeration, as a method of preservation, has ONE of the following characteristics:

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In the figure above the structured labelled X is the

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Which of the vertebra has a projection called odontoid process?

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Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells?

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Which of these animals is NOT metamerically segmented?

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An hormoiothermic animal kept in a room where the temperature is lower than the body temperature may lose heat by four physical process. Which of the following processes is NOT connected with the body temperature regulation ?

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A population is defined as the collection of

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If a 26 year old blind man married a young one-eyed woman and they had four children, how many of them would be blind like there father?

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Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest?

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In which part of a leguminous plant can you find bacteria like Azotobacter?

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If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising

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The main function of the swim-bladder is for

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If a tall man (TT) maries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of inhalation of air by man?

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In an epigeal germination, it is the

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Which of the following is not associated with excretion in mammals

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A pyramid of numbers can be defined as

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The absence of stomata shows that a leaf may be

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Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because

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Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance?

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ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of

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The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the

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Roots of plants are normally

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An onion bulb stores its food in the

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When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to

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Which of the parts are used to recognize the bone in the figure above?

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The mammalian pancreas is involved with the

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The glottis is the opening which leads to the

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In man, identical twins occur when

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Where is the energy produced in a cell?

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Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a

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A grass hopper respires by the means of its

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External ears of mammals consist of

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Some of the major elements required by plants are

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The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are

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Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis?

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A tapeworm has no alimentary canal because

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Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies

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In the enzyme (amlyase) reactions of starch → sugar
starch is referred to as the

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when an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the

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Which of these statements is NOT true of insects?

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Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of

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