JAMB BIOLOGY

2022 QUESTIONS
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QUESTION 1
Sources of air pollutants are?
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​ A. Industrial chimneys, burning fossil oils and river dams
​ B. Sulphurdioxide, acid rain and pesticides
​ C. Sulphur dioxide, vehicle exhausts, and aerosols
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​ D. Sewage,smoke and old vehicles

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QUESTION 2
The body of a snail is divided into head?

​ A. Thorax and abdomen

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​ B. Visceral mass and abdomen

​ C. Thorax and foot
​ D. Visceral mass and foot
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QUESTION 3
An adaptation for defense in animals is?

​ A. Croaking of a male toad

​ B. Basking in lizard
​ C. Spines in porcupine fish
​ D. Huddling together of penguins

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QUESTION 4
The movement of Euglena towards the source of light is a?

​ A. Tropic movement
​ B. Tactic movement
​ C. Nastic movement
​ D. Kinetic movement

QUESTION 5
During mitosis, the stage at which chromosomes lines up around the equator is?

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​ A. Telophase
​ B. Metasphase
​ C. Anaphase

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​ D. Prophase

QUESTION 6
The waste product of insects is? 4
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​ A. Uric acid
​ B. Urine
​ C. Mucilage
​ D. Sweat
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QUESTION 7
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Succession that occurs on an abandoned farm land is?

​ A. Tertiary
​ B. Secondary
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​ C. Primary
​ D. Climax
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QUESTION 8
In Nigeria, Southern Guinea Savanna is found in?

​ A. Borno and Sokoto

​ B. Kogi and Kwara
​ C. Kaduna and Cross River
​ D. Kano and Niger

QUESTION 9
Which of the following is associated with the dark stage of photosynthesis?

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 ​ A. Assimilation of Carbon(IV)oxide
​ B. Photophosphorylation
​ C. Photolysis
​ D. Excitation of chlorophyll

QUESTION 10
The part of mammalian skin that excretes metabolic wastes is?

​ A. Sweat gland
​ B. Horny layer
​ C. Malpighian layer

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​ D. Sebaceous gland

QUESTION 11

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The feeding relationship that exists between a tick and a cow is?

​ A. Parasitism
​ B. Mechanism
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C. Saprophytism
D. Commensalism
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QUESTION 12
The type of fruit that is formed from a single flower having several free carpels is?
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​ A. Indehiscent fruit
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​ B. Aggregate fruit
​ C. Simple fruit
​ D. Fleshy fruit
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QUESTION 13
The part that performs urinogenital function in the male reproductive system is the?
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​ A. Seminal vesacle
​ B. Epididymis
​ C. Urethra
​ D. Ureter

QUESTION 14
The components of blood in man are?

​ A. Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and water

​ B. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma
​ C. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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 ​ D. Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets

QUESTION 15
The development of big muscles by a wrestler is an example of?

​ A. Acquired characteristics
​ B. Inherited characteristics
​ C. Mutation
​ D. Atrophication

QUESTION 16

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Lack of nucleus is a feature in?

​ A. Osteocyte

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​ B. Neurone
​ C. Erythrocyte
​ D. Leucocyte

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A universal recipient of blood belongs to blood group?

​ A. O
​ B. AB
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​ C. B
​ D. A
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QUESTION 18
The internal structure of a leaf that has larger air space is?
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​ A. Palisade mesophyll
​ B. Epidermis
​ C. Spongy mesophyll
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​ D. Vascular bundles

QUESTION 19
An example of an arboreal animal is?

​ A. Squirrels
​ B. Duck
​ C. Pig
​ D. Rat

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QUESTION 20
The movement of sugars from the leaf to other parts of the plant is?

​ A. Guttation
​ B. Transpiration
​ C. Transportation
​ D. Translocation

QUESTION 21
Gaseous exchange in annelids is more advanced and efficient compared to flatworms

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because?

​ A. The cells of their epidermis have no blood capillaries

​ B. They have well developed respiratory structures

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​ C. Their cylindrical shape gives high surface area to volume ratio
​ D. Their surface area to volume ratio is very low

QUESTION 22
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The structure that joins the two strands of a chromosome together is the?
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​ A. Spindle
​ B. Cellulose
​ C. Centromere
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​ D. Chromatid
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QUESTION 23
When a colour blind woman marries a normal man, what is the probability of their son being
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​ A. 25%
​ B. 100%
​ C. 50%
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​ D. 0%

QUESTION 24
The correct pathway for blood flow from the heart to the tissues of mammals is?

​ A. Heart-arteriole-artery-tissues
​ B. Heart-artery-arteriole-tissues
​ C. Heart-vein-venule-tissues
​ D. Heart-venule-vein-tissues

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QUESTION 25
Tall trees with buttress roots and evergreen leaves are characteristic features of?

​ A. Temperate grass land

​ B. Southern Guinea Savanna
​ C. Tropical rain forests
​ D. Northern Guinea savanna

QUESTION 26
The genes crossing over occurs during?

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​ A. Fertilization
​ B. Mutation
​ C. Mitosis

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​ D. Meiosis

QUESTION 27
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In genetic counselling, a man with haemoglobin formation HbA HbS is most preferred to
marry a woman of?
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​ A. HbA HbA
​ B. HbC HbH
​ C. HbM HbF
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​ D. HbS HbS
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QUESTION 28
An ecological instrument used to measure wind direction is?

​ A. Secchi disc
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​ B. Wind vane
​ C. Anemometer
​ D. Slope gauge
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QUESTION 29
The growth of mucor on a piece of bread is?

​ A. Scavenging
​ B. Commensalism
​ C. Autotrophism
​ D. Saprophytism

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QUESTION 30
Conversion of atmosphere carbon into chemical bond energy occurs during the process of?

​ A. Transpiration
​ B. Photosynthesis
​ C. Digestion
​ D. Respiration

QUESTION 31
The display of male agama lizard is to?

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​ A. Scare predators
​ B. Regulate body temperature
​ C. Attract female for mate

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​ D. Give invite to intruders

QUESTION 32
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The end product of the digestion of carbohydrate is?
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​ A. Amino acid
​ B. Glycerol
​ C. Glucose
​ D. Sucrose
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QUESTION 33
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The sum total of all observable features of an organism is?

​ A. Phenotype
​ B. Heterozygous
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​ C. Genotype
​ D. Homozygous
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QUESTION 34
Pentadactyl plan of the fore limbs of frog, bird, horse, whale and man is a proof of?

​ A. Spontaneous generation
​ B. Evolution
​ C. Locomotion
​ D. Creation

QUESTION 35
The under secretion of thyroxine in children results in?

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 ​ A. Goitre
​ B. Gigantism
​ C. Kwashiorkor
​ D. Cretinism

QUESTION 36
Petaloid sepals serve the function of?

​ A. Carrying out photosynthesis

​ B. Attracting pollinating agents to a flower
​ C. Retaining pollen grains in the corolla tubes

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​ D. Protecting the inner floral parts of the flower

QUESTION 37

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The system of classification in which there are seven hierarchies from kingdom to species
was introduced by?

​ A. Felix Dujardin
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B. Carolus Linneus
C. Theodore Schwann
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​ D. Charles Darwin

QUESTION 38
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An adaptive feature of a camel to the desert is?

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​ A. Ability to increase sweat production

​ B. Ability to pass high amount of urine
​ C. Ability to tolerate low degree of dehydration
​ D. Ability to tolerate high degree of dehydration
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QUESTION 39
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The part labelled II is?

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 ​ A. Pellicle
​ B. Cytoplasmic connections
​ C. Flagella
​ D. Cells

QUESTION 40

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The organism above is?

​ A. Chlamydomonas
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​ B. Algae
​ C. Volvox
​ D. Euglena
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QUESTION 41
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The beak structure of the organism is best adapted for?

​ A. Pecking grass
​ B. Killing and picking fish
​ C. Pecking woods
​ D. Sucking nectars

QUESTION 42
One of the functions of water in seed germination is to?

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​ A. Dilute the embryo
​ B. Make the soil wet and soft
​ C. Activate the enzymes
​ D. Promote aerobic respiration

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