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JAMB BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (PT.1)
PAPER TYPE: C C. Spirogyra sp.

D. Tilapia sp.
1. Which Question Paper Type of
Biology is given to you? 4. Seed plants are divided into __
A. Type A A. tracheophytes and ferns

B. Type B B. angiosperms and
C. Type C gymnosperms
D. Type D C. monocotyledons and
dicotyledons
2. The function of the red head in D. thallophytes and bryophytes
male Agama lizards is to _____
5. In which of the following
A. conceal and camouflage the groups of vertebrates is parental
animal from predators care mostly exhibited?
B. scare other males from the
territory A. Reptilia
C. attract female lizards for B. Amphibia
mating purposes C. Aves
D. warm predators of the D. Mammalia
distastefulness of the animal
Use the Diagrams below to
3. In which of the following answer questions 6 to 8
species is the biomass of an
individual the smallest?
A. Agama sp.
B. Bufo sp.
6. Which of the organisms 9. The adaptive importance of
represented are notable nuptial flight from termite
agricultural pests? colonies is to _____
A. II and IV A. disperse the reproductives in

B. I and IV order to establish new colonies
C. II and III B. provide abundant food for birds
D. I and III and other animals during the
early rains
7. An economic importance of the C. ensure cross-breeding between
organism represented by IV is members of one colony and
that _____ another
D. expel the reproductives so as
A. it transmits water borne to provide enough food for other
disease to humans members
B. it is destructive to farm crops
C. its faeces pollutes drinking Use the diagram below to
water answer question 10 and 11
D. it helps in the control of
mosquito larvae
8. The adult form of iii is a vector

of _____
A. sleeping sickness
B. river blindness
10. The gas evolved in the
C. cholera
process is _____
D. elephantiasis
A. carbon (IV) oxide

B. nitrogen D. they are involved in blood
C. oxygen clotting
D. carbon (II) oxide
14. The conversion of a nutrient
11. The experimental set-up into a molecule in the body of a
above is used to demonstrate the consumer is referred to as _____
process of _____
A. digestion
A. diffusion B. assimilation
B. photosynthesis C. absorption
C. fermentation D. inhibition
D. plasmolysis
15. The ability of living organism
12. Which of the following can to detect and respond to changes
cause shrinkage of living cells? in the environment is referred to
as _____
A. Hypotonic solution
B. Isotonic solution A. locomotion
C. Deionized water B. irritability
D. Hypertonic solution C. growth
D. taxis
13. Which of the following is true
of leucocytes? 16. In mammals, the exchange of
nutrients and metabolic products
A. they are respiratory pigments occurs in the _____
B. they are most numerous and
ramify all cells A. lungs
C. they are large and nucleated B. oesophagus
C. trachea
D. lymph I. Test tube containing cane
sugar and water.
17. An example of an II. Test tube containing cane
endospermous seed is _____ sugar and diluted acid.
III. Test tube containing cane
A. maize gain sugar and its degrading
B. cashew nut enzyme.
C. cotton seed
D. been seed 19. In which of the test tubes will
glucose be detected after
18. complete hydrolysis?
I. Parasitism → Sundew.
II. Autotrophism →Amoeba. A. I and II only
III. Saprophytism → Alga. B. II and III only
IV Heterotrophism → Agama. C. I only
D. I, II and III
Which of the above modes of
nutrition is correctly matched with 20. The enzyme involved in the
the organism that exhibits it? hydrolysis is _____
A. II A. rennin
B. III B. erepsin
C. II C. sucrase
D. I D. maltase
Use the following information 21. The part of the mammalian

to answer the questions 19 ear responsible for the
and 20. maintenance of balance is the
_____
A. cochlea A. the movement of food and
B. pinna water
C. perilymph B. suction pressure
D. ossicles C. transpiration pull
D. the transport of gases and
22. The path followed by air as it water
passes through the lungs in
mammals is _____ 25. Which of the following organs
regulates the levels of water,
A. trachea → bronchi → salts, hydrogen ions and urea in
bronchioles → alveoli the mammalian blood?
B. bronchi → trachea → alveoli →
bronchioles A. Liver
C. trachea → bronchioles B. Kidney
→bronchi→ alveoli C. Bladder
D. bronchioles → alveoli → D. Colon
bronchi →trachea
26. The sequence of the one-way
23. The movement response of a gaseous exchange mechanism in
cockroach away from a light a fish is _____
source can be described as _____
A. operculum → gills → mouth
A. positive phototaxism B. gills → operculum → mouth
B. negative phototaxism C. mouth → operculum → gills
C. negative phototropism D. mouth → gills → operculum
D. positive phototropism
27. The type of asexual
24. The vascular tissues in higher reproduction that is common to
plants are responsible for _____
both Paramecium and protists is Weight after drying the soil in
_____ the oven = 99.0g
Weight of basin and roasted
A. budding soil = 95.5g
B. sporulation
C. fragmentation The percentage of humus in the
D. fission soil sample is _____
28. In nature, plants and animals A. 16.7%

are perpetually engaged in B. 17.6%
mutualism because _____ C. 26.7%
D. 16.2%
A. they are rivals
B. all animals rely on food 30. An example of a filter -feeding
produced by plants animal is _____
C. they utilize respiratory wastes
of each other A. shark
D. they are neighbours B. butterfly
C. whale
29. In an experiment to D. mosquito
determine the percentage of
humus and water in a soil sample, 31. Which of the following is a
the following results were feature of the population pyramid
obtained: of a developing country?
Weight of the evaporating A. long lifespan

basin alone = 80.5g B. low birth rate
Weight of basin and soil = C. low death rate
101.5g D. short lifespan
32. The interaction of a 35. Exo-erythrocytic phase of the
community of organisms with its life cycle of malaria parasite
abiotic environment constitutes occurs in the _____
_____
A. liver of humans
A. niche B. reticuloendothelial cells of
B. a food chain humans
C. an ecosystem C. Malpighian tubules of mosquito
D. a microhabitat D. brain of humans
33. The vector of the malaria 36. Habitats are generally

parasite is _____ classified into _____
A. female Aedes mosquito A. biotic and abiotic

B. female Anopheles mosquito B. aquatic and terrestrial
C. male Culex mosquito C. arboreal and marine biomes
D. female Culex mosquito D. microhabitats and
macrohabitats
34. Which of the following
instruments is used to measure 37. Dracunculiasis can be
relative humidity? contracted through _____
A. Hydrometer A. eating contaminated food

B. Thermometer B. drinking contaminated water
C. Hygrometer C. bathing in contaminated water
D. Anemometer D. bites of blackfly
38. Which of the following groups D. Desert
of environmental factors are
density dependent? 41. The inheritable characters
that are determined by a gene
A. Food, salinity, accumulation of located on the Xchromosome is
metabolites and light _____
B. Temperature, salinity predation
and disease A. recessive
C. Food predation, disease and B. sex-linked
accumulation of metabolites C. homozygous
D. Temperature food disease and D. dominant
light
42. Lack of space in a population
39. Millet, sorghum, maize and could lead to an increase in _____
onions are common crops growth
in Nigeria in the _____ A. water scarcity
B. birth rate
A. tropical rainforests C. disease rate
B. Sudan savanna D. drought
C. montane forests
D. Sahel savanna 43. If the cross of a red-flowered
plant with a white-flowered plant
40. In which of the following produces a pink-flowered plant, it
biomes is the south western part is an example of _____
of Nigeria located?
A. codominance
A. Temperate forest B. incomplete dominance
B. Tropical rainforest C. mutation
C. Tropical woodland D. linkage
44. Which of the following result of the reaction between
theories was NOT considered by _____
Darwin in his evolutionary theory?
A. contrasting antigens and
A. Variation antibodies
B. Survival of the fittest B. two different antigens
C. Use and disuse C. two different antibodies
D. Competition D. similar antigens and antibodies
45. The crossing of individuals of 48. The fallacy in Lamarck's

the same species with different evolutionary theory was the
genetic characters is _____ assumption that _____
A. cross breeding A. traits are acquired through

B. polygenic inheritance disuse of body parts
C. non-disjunction B. acquired traits are heritable
D. inbreeding C. acquired traits are seldom
formed
46. The number of alleles D. traits are acquired through the
controlling blood groups in use of body parts
humans
49. The bright coloured eye spots
A. 3 on the wings of moth are an
B. 4 example of _____
C. 5
D. 2 A. warning colouration
B. disruptive colouration
47. During blood transfusion, C. crypsis
agglutination may occur as a D. mimicry
50. The wings of a bat and those
of a bird are examples of
A. convergent evolution
B. continuous variation
C. coevolution
D. divergent evolution
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PAPER TYPE: RED 3. The part labelled IV is the ____
1. Which Question Paper Type of A. mitochondrion

Biology as indicated above is B. cell wall
given to you? C. endoplasmic reticulum
D. nucleus
A. Type Green
B. Type Purple 4. Which of the following is most
C. Type Red advanced in the evolutionary
D. Type Yellow trend of animals?
Use the diagram below to A. Liver fluke

answer question 2 and 3 B. Earthworm
C. Snail
D. Cockroach
5. Which of the following is the

lowest category of classification?
A. Class
B. Species
2. The organelle responsible for C. Family
heredity is labelled _____ D. Genus
A. l 6. Plants that show secondary
B. ll growth are usually found among
C. lll the _____
D. IV
A. thallophytes B. bilaterally symmetrical
B. pteridophytes C. asymmetrical
C. monocotyledons D. symmetrical
D. dicotyledons
7. The fungi are distinct group of possesses mammary gland?
eukaryotes mainly because they
have _____ A. Dogfish
B. whale
A. spores C. shark
B. no chlorophyll D. catfish
C. many fruiting bodies
D. sexual and sexual reproduction 11. The feature that links birds to
reptiles in evolution is the
8. An arthropod that is destructive possession of _____
at early stage of its life cycle is
_____ A. feathers
B. break
A. butterfly C. skeleton
B. mosquito D. scales
C. bee
D. millipede 12. Countershading is an adaptive
feature that enables animals to
9. An animal body that can be cut _____
along its axis in any plane to give
two identical parts is said to be A. fight enemies
_____ B. remain undetected
C. warn enemies
A. radially symmetrical D. attract mates
13. Which of the following plant 16. Which of the following
structures lacks a waterproof organisms is both parasitic and
cuticle? autotrophic?
A. leaf A. Sundew
B. stem B. Loran thus
C. root C. Rhizopus
D. shoot D. Tapeworm
14. In the mammalian male 17. A function of the hydrochloric

reproductive system, the part that acid produced in the human
serves as a passage for both urine stomach during digestion is to
and semen is the _____ _____
A. urethra A. neutralise the effect of bile

B. ureter B. coagulate milk protein and
C. bladder emulsify fats
D. seminal vesicle C. stop the action of ptyalin
D. break up food into smaller
15. In plants which of the particles
following is required in minute
quantities for growth? 18. Which of the following is a
polysaccharide?
A. Copper
B. Potassium A. Glucose
C. Phosphorus B. Sucrose
D. Sodium C. Maltose
D. Cellulose
Use the diagram below to 21. In the kidney of mammals,
answer this question 19 and the site of ultrafiltration is the
20. _____
A. uriniferous tubule
B. Bowman's capsule
C. loop of Henle
D. renal tubule
22. Which of the following is

involved in secondary thickening
in plants?
19. Arrows represent directional
movement materials. A. Collenchyma and xylem cells
Transportation in the xylem is B. Vascular cambium
represented by _____ C. Vascular cambium and cork
cambium
A. I D. Cork cambium and
B. II sclerenchyma
C. III
D. IV 23. An example of a fruit that
develops from a single carpel is
20. The arrow labelled ll _____
represents the _____
A. okro
A. release of oxygen B. tomato
B. intake of carbon (IV) oxide C. bean
C. movement of photosynthates D. orange
D. movement of nutrients
24. The developing embryo is 27. The autonomic nervous
usually contained in the part system consists of neurons that
labelled _____ control the _____
A. IV A. voluntary muscles
B. III B. heart beat
C. II C. tongue
D. I D. hands
25. The function of the part 28. Plants of temperate origin can
labelled lll is to _____ be grown in tropical areas in the
vegetation zones of the _____
A. produce egg cells
B. protect sperms during A. rain forest
fertilization B. Guinea savanna
C. secrete hormones during coitus C. Sudan savanna
D. protect the developing embryo D. montane forest
26. Plant growth can be artificially 29. The water cycle is maintained
stimulated by the addition of mainly by _____
_____
A. evaporation of water in the
A. gibberellin environment
B. kinin B. evaporation and condensation
C. abscisic acid of water in the environment
D. ethylene C. condensation of water in the
environment
D. transpiration and respiration in
plants
30. Organisms living in an A. forest arboreal dweller
estuarine habitat are adapted to B. Desert dwellers
_____ C. forest-ground dweller
D. rainforest dwellers
A. withstand wide fluctuations in
temperature 33. The most likely first colonizers
B. survive only in water with low of a bare rock are _____
salinity
C. withstand wide fluctuations in A. mosses
salinity B. ferns
D. feed only on phytoplankton C. lichen
and dead organic matter D. fungi
31. The presence of stilt roots, 34. The carrying capacity of a

pneumatophores, sunken stomata habitat is reached when the
and salt glands are adaptive population growth begins to
features of plants found in the _____
_____
A. increase slowly
A. tropical rainforest B. increase exponentially
B. mangrove swamps C. slow down
C. grassland D. remain steady
D. montane forest
35. The abiotic factors that
32. Which of the following animals control human population include
can exist solely on the water they _____
get from food and metabolic
reactions? A. disease and famine
B. space and rainfall
C. flooding and earthquake
D. temperature and disease
36. An indigenous method of

renewing and maintaining soil
fertility is by _____
A. clearing farms by burning 38. The graph illustrates _____
B. planting one crop type

C. adding inorganic fertilizers A. the highest frequency for
yearly height of 2 metres
D. crop rotation and shifting B. a discontinuously varying
cultivation character
C. a continuously varying
37. The diseases caused by character
water-borne pathogens include D. total yield in a cassava farm
_____
39. The largest number of
A. gonorrhoea and poliomyelitis cassava plants has an
B. typhoid and syphilis approximate height of _____
C. tuberculosis and cholera

D. typhoid and cholera A. 1.4m
B. 1.6m
Use the diagram below to C. 1.8m
answer question 38 and 39. D. 2.0m
40. Which of the following is true

in blood transfusion?
A. person of blood group AB can the probability of their offspring
donate blood only to another being colour blind?
person of blood group AB
B. persons of blood groups A and A. 25%
B can donate or receive blood B. 50%
from each other C. 75%
C. A person of blood group AB can D. 100%
receive blood only from persons
of blood group A or B 43. The correct base pairing for
D. A person of blood group O can DNA is _____
donate only to a person of blood
group O A. adenine → thymine and
guanine → cytosine
41. A yellow maize is planted and B. adenine → guanine and
all the fruits obtained are of thymine → cytosine
yellow seeds. When they are C. adenine → cytosine and
cross-bred, yellow seeds and guanine → thymine
white seeds are obtained in a D. adenine → adenine and
ratio 3:1. The yellow seed is said cytosine → cytosine
to be _____
Use the diagram above to
A. non-heritable answer this question 44 and
B. sex-linked 45
C. a recessive trait
D. a dominant trait
42. When a colour-blind man

marries a carrier woman. What is
44. The type of interaction shown 47. The basking of Agama lizards
is referred to as _____ in the sun is to _____
A. interspecific competition A. change the colour of their body

B. intraspecific competition B. raise their body temperature to
C. mutualism become active
D. cooperation C. fight to defend their territories
D. attract the female for courtship
statement is true of the 48. The significance of a very
interaction? large number of termites involved
in nuptial swarming is to _____
A. P aurelia is better adapted for
obtaining food than P caudatum A. provide birds with plenty of
B. P caudatum is better adapted food
for obtaining food than P. aurelia B. ensure their perpetuation
C. both organisms cannot coexist despite predatory pressure
D. both organisms cannot C. search for a favourable place to
reproduce breed
D. ensure that every individual
46. The short thick break in birds gets a mate
is an adaptation for _____
49. The use and disuse of body
A. crushing seeds parts and the inheritance of
B. sucking nectar acquired traits were used to
C. tearing flash explain _____
D. straining mud
A. Darwin's theory
B. Lamarck's theory
C. genetic drift
D. gene flow
50. From his study of Galapagos

finches, Darwin derived his theory
of evolution from _____
A. comparative anatomy
B. comparative physiology
C. fossil remains
D. comparative embryology
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PAPER TYPE: B 4. The organelles present in cells

that are actively respiring and
1. Which Question Paper Type of photosynthesizing are _____
Biology is given to you?
A. lysosomes and ribosomes
A. Type D B. Golgi apparatus and
B. Type I endoplasmic reticulum
C. Type B C. nucleus and centrioles
D. Type U D. mitochondria and chloroplast
2. The process in which complex 5. Taenia solium can be found in

substances are broken down into _____
simpler ones is referred to as
_____ A. cow
B. goat
A. anabolism C. dog
B. catabolism D. pig
C. metabolism
D. tropism 6. The structure labelled II is the
_____
3. The organ which is sensitive to
light in Euglena is the _____ A. spermathecal pore
B. cocoon
A. gullet C. clitellum
B. flagellum D. chaetae
C. chloroplast
D. eyespot
7. A. the wings of butterfly rest
horizontally but those of moth
rest vertically
B. Both are active during the day
C. they have similar antennae
The organism is found in soils rich
D. the abdomen of moth is fatter
in _____
than that of butterfly
A. mud
10. Which of the following types
B. humus
of feathers is used for flight in
C. clay
birds?
D. sand
A. Quill
B. Filo plume
describes a characteristic of
C. Covert
arthropods?
D. Down
A. The organism finds it easy to

11. The plants that grow in
grow freely
deserts or very dry areas are
B. the organism has a pair of
referred to as _____
jointed appendages
C. the body is not divided into a
A. mesophytes
number of segments
B. hydrophytes
D. the body is covered by chitin
C. epiphytes
D. xerophytes
distinguishes a butterfly from a
moth?
simplest living organism?
A. Paramecium C. tearing flesh
B. Virus D. grasping prey
C. Amoeba
D. Chlamydomonas 16. During the manufacture of
food by plants, which of the
13. Proboscis is a structure that is following organism use energy
mostly found in _____ from the sun?
A. insects A. anabaena
B. tapeworms B. sulphur bacteria
C. amphibians C. Nitrosomonas sp.
D. molluscs D. Nitrobacter sp.
14. The structural adaptation of 17. Movement of minerals and

desert plants for water chemical compounds with a plant
conservation is _____ occurs during _____
A. broad leaves with numerous A. osmosis

stomata B. translocation
B. spongy mesophyll C. transpiration
C. spiny leaves D. diffusion
D. prominent stomata in leaves
18. The enzyme that is present in
15. The long and sharp clawed the saliva is _____
feet of birds is an adaptation for
_____ A. rennin
B. lipase
A. crushing seeds C. pepsin
B. scooping mud D. ptyalin
19. Plants that have special A. Paramecium
devices for trapping and digesting B. Plasmodium
insects are _____ C. Euglena
D. Chlamydomonas
A. carnivorous
B. symbiotic 23. Which blood cell are involved
C. parasitic in the immune response of
D. saprophytic vertebrates?
20. The process of transforming A. Phagoecytes

the chemical energy of cellular B. lymphocytes
fuels into the high energy bonds C. erythrocytes
of ATP in plants is _____ D. monocytes
A. autotropism 24. The blood circulatory system

B. photosynthesis of vertebrates consists of _____
C. photolysis
D. respiration A. heart, arteries, capillaries and
veins
21. Fungi are referred to as B. heart, aorta, capillaries and
heterotrophs because they _____ veins
C. heart, aorta, arteries and veins
A. are filamentous D. heart, vena cava, arteries, and
B. lack chlorophyll veins
C. have mycelium
D. lack roots 25. A plant tissue that carries
water and mineral salts is the
22. An example of a parasitic _____
protozoan is _____
A. cambium D. horny layer
B. xylem
C. cortex 29. Which of the following is a
D. phloem waste product of an insect?
26. Which of the following helps in A. Alkaloids

the clotting of blood? B. Uric acid
C. Sweat
A. Red blood cells D. Mucilage
B. White blood cells
C. Plasma 30. The main structure in
D. Platelets vertebrates that supports and
protects the body is the _____
27. Which of the following forms
about 55% of the volume of the A. skeleton
blood in man? B. ligament
C. muscle
A. leucocytes D. joint
B. platelets
C. plasma 31. The chitin in the exoskeleton
D. erythrocytes of many arthropods is
strengthened by _____
28. The part of the mammalian
skin involved in excretion is the A. lids
_____ B. proteins
C. calcium compounds
A. sweat glands D. organic salt
B. Malpighian layer
C. sebaceous gland
32. The transfer of pollen grains A. cytokinin
from the anther to a sigma is B. abscisic acid
_____ C. auxin
D. gibberellin
A. propagation
B. placentation 36. The sensory cell that responds
C. pollination to dim light is referred to as the
D. fertilization _____
33. The male reproductive organ A. cone

of a flower is the _____ B. lens
C. rod
A. carpel D. iris
B. stamen
C. petal 37. The absence of anti-diuretic
D. sepal hormone in humans results in
_____
34. The gland that is found just
below the hypothalamus is the A. decreasing dehydration
_____ B. drastic dehydration
C. eliminating dehydration
A. parathyroid D. increasing dehydration
B. adrenal
C. pituitary 38. Oestrogen is a hormone that
D. thyroid is synthesized in the _____
35. The most important plant A. ovaries

hormone is _____ B. testes
C. anterior pituitary
D. adrenal cortex 42. The solid part of the
ecosystem is referred to as the
39. The eye defect cause by the _____
development of cloudy areas in
the lenses is _____ A. atmosphere
B. hydrosphere
A. presbyopia C. biosphere
B. glaucoma D. lithosphere
C. cataract
D. astigmatism 43. Which of the following is
caused by Treponema palladium?
40. A pollutant that is
biodegradable is _____ A. Gonorrhoea
B. Leprosy
A. crude oil C. Tuberculosis
B. heavy metals D. Syphilis
C. cellophane
D. sewage 44. To which blood group do
universal recipients belong?
41. A tropical disease caused by
Trypanosoma is _____ A. B
B. A
A. sleeping sickness C. O
B. river blindness D. AB
C. yellow fever
D. malaria 45. The clumping together of red
blood cells is _____
A. agglutination
B. fusion D. Pointed beak and strong claws
C. transfusion
D. compatibility 49. The special pigment for colour
change in chameleon is _____
46. Physiological adaptation to
very dry conditions in animals A. melanin
demonstrates _____ B. carotenoid
C. chromatin
A. rejuvenation D. chromatophore
B. xeromorphism
C. hibernation 50. The behavioural adaptation in
D. aestivation social insects could best be
described as _____
47. One of adaptation of Cactus
opuntia to conserve water is the A. symbiosis
reduction of _____ B. saprophytism
C. parasitism
A. internodes D. commensalisms
B. stem to leaves
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D. flower size

structure is adapted for feeding in
a bird of prey?
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A. Hooked break and sharp claws

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B. Smooth beak and strong claws
C. Big beaks and strong feet
PAPER TYPE: L 3. The part responsible for

photosynthesis is labelled
1. Which Question paper Type of
Biology is given to you? A. III
B. IV
A. Type F C. I
B. Type E D. II
C. Type L
D. Type S 4. The lowest level of organization
in living organisms is _____
Use the diagram below to
answer 2 and 3. A. organ
B. cell
C. system
D. tissue

most complex according to their
cellular level of organization?
A. Heart
B. Hair
2. The part labelled II is the ____
C. Euglena
D. Hydra
A. nucleus
B. eyespot
C. basal granule
answer questions 6 and 7
D. contractile vacuole
B. Spirogyra
C. Amoeba
D. Euglena
9. In bryophytes, sex organs are

produced in the _____
A. protonema
6. The organs for attachments to B. sporophyte
the lining of the host's intestine C. gametophyte
are labelled _____ D. rhizoid
A. II and III 10. Seed plants are the most
B. III and IV dominant vegetation on land
C. I and II because of _____
D. I and III
A. their motile gametes
7. The young proglottid is B. their ability to photosynthesize
represented by _____ C. efficient seed dispersal

D. availability of water
A. III
B. IV 11. Which of the following is an
C. I arboreal organism?
D. II
A. Elephant
8. Which of the following B. Fish
organisms is multi-cellular? C. Antelope

D. Bird
A. Chlamydomonas
Use the diagram below to 15. A circulatory system is very
answer questions 12 and 13 essential in mammals but not in
smaller organisms like Amoeba
12. The part labelled I is the ____ because _____
A. xylem A. amoeba lives in freshwater

B. phloem B. diffusion is sufficient to
C. root hairs transport materials in Amoeba
D. cortex C. amoeba lacks blood containing
haemoglobin
13. The diagram is the transverse D. amoeba exhibits anaerobic
section of a _____ respiration
A. monocotyledonous stem 16. In vascular plants, the sieve

B. dicotyledonous stem tubes and companion cells are
C. monocotyledonous root present in the _____
D. dicotyledonous root
A. cambium
14. i 2⁄1, c 0⁄0, pm 3⁄2, m 3⁄3. B. cortex
C. xylem
The general formula above D. phloem
represents that of _____

17. The stomata of leaves are
A. an omnivore similar in function to the _____
B. a detritus feeder
C. a carnivore A. pharynx of humans
D. a herbivore B. scales of fish

C. spiracle of insects
D. trachea of toads
18. The use of moist skin for A. mosses
respiration in amphibians is B. fungi
known as _____ C. grasses
D. conifers
A. cellular respiration
B. cutaneous respiration 22.
C. buccal respiration I. Growth is mainly apical.
D. pulmonary respiration II. Growth is specific with definite
shape.
19. Water in plants is removed as III. Growth is throughout life.
water vapour through the process
of _____ Which of the above correctly
describes the growth pattern in
A. diffusion plants?
B. osmosis
C. evaporation A. I, II and III only
D. transpiration B. II and III only
C. I and II only
20. An example of an organ of D. I and III only
perennation in plants is _____
23. Coordination and regulation of
A. rhizome body activities in mammals are
B. seed achieved by the _____
C. petal of a flower
D. calyx of flower A. nerves and muscle
B. nerves and hormones
21. Alternation of generation is a C. nerves only
feature shown in _____ D. hormones only
24. The Cerebellum of the Brain A. edaphic
controls _____ B. physiographic
C. biotic
A. reflex action D. topographic
B. muscular activity
C. emotional expressions 28. The genetic make-up of an
D. the Endocrine system organism is described as _____
25. The part of the brain A. allele

responsible for peristalsis is the B. chromosome
_____ C. phenotype
D. genotype
A. Olfactory Lobe
B. Medulla Oblongata 29. The major limiting factor of
C. Hypothalamus productivity in the aquatic habitat
D. Thalamus is _____
26. Which of the following A. food

instruments is used for measuring B. temperature
atmospheric pressure? C. water
D. sunlight
A. Hydrometer
B. Hygrometer 30. Which of the following group
C. Thermometer of organisms feeds directly on
D. Barometer green plants?
27. The influence of soil on A. Primary Consumers

organisms in a habitat is referred B. Secondary Consumers
to as _____ C. Producers
D. Decomposers C. Sudan Savanna
D. Guinea Savanna
31. A characteristic feature of
tropical rainforest is that it _____ 34. Which of the following is a
nitrogen fixing blue-green algae
A. Contains trees with narrow of soil?
leaves
B. Contains large number of plant A. Rhizobium
species B. Nitrosomonas
C. Contains fewer number of plant C. Clostridium
species D. Anabaena
D. Has total annual rainfall of less
than 50cm 35. The soil with highest water-
retaining capacity is _____
32. The study of how and why
population size change over time A. Clayey Soil
is _____ B. Stoney soil
C. Sandy soil
A. Population estimation D. Loamy Soil
B. Population dynamics
C. Population ecology 36. The causative agent of
D. Population Cycle Poliomyelitis is _____
33. A severe and long dry season A. Virus

is a characteristic feature of B. Fungus
_____ C. Protozoan
D. Bacterium
A. Sahel Savanna
B. Mangrove Swamps
37. One of the ways of controlling C. It can effectively be controlled
noise pollution in urban areas is by vaccination
_____ D. It is a water-borne infection
A. by siting industries away from 40. A pollutant that is mostly

residential areas associated with acid rain is _____
B. that fuel should be completely
combusted by engines A. Nitrogen (IV) Oxide
C. by planting trees on both sides B. Ozone
of the road C. Fluorine
D. by wearing ear devices
41. When the adults have reach a
38. A constituent of the exhaust certain degree of weakness, the
fumes from electricity generating process of binary fission is
sets which causes serious replaced by conjugation in _____
pollution is _____
A. Paramecium
A. Carbon (II) Oxide B. Euglena
B. Water Vapour C. Amoeba
C. Ozone D. Plasmodium
D. Carbon (IV) Oxide
42. Whorls, arches, loops and
39. Which of the following is true compounds are types of variation
of small pox? in _____
A. It is transmitted by bacteria A. Colour

B. It can effectively be controlled B. Finger prints
with antibiotics C. Hair Colour
D. Blood group
43. A couple has 10 children, all 46. An individual with blood group
female. Which of the following AB can receive blood from those
best explains the situation? in blood group(s) _____
A. The sex determination was by A. A, B, AB, O

the man's X chromosome B. A, AB and O only
B. The man's sperm count is low C. AB only
C. The woman is not capable of D. A and B only
producing male children
D. The sex determination was by 47. The stream-lined shape of
the man's Y chromosome fishes is an adaptation for _____
44. A biological agent with A. Securing mates

antiviral property is _____ B. easy movement
C. obtaining food
A. Interferon D. defence and attack
B. enzyme
C. antibiotic 48. An example of a
D. disinfectant poikilothermic organism is a ____
45. One of the advantages of A. Lizard

outbreeding is _____ B. Cockroach
C. rabbit
A. pest tolerance D. bird
B. disease resistance
C. fast growth 49. All living organisms are
D. tall height constantly involved in a struggle
for existence. This was proposed
by _____
A. Morgan
B. Darwin
C. Lamarck
D. Wallace
50. Adaptive radiation is

illustrated in _____
A. modified insect mouthparts

B. dentition in mammals
C. wings in birds and bats
D. appendages in insects
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most primitive respiratory view that the large muscles
system? developed by an athlete will be
passed on to the offspring was
A. insect proposed by _____
B. fish
C. snail A. Mendel
D. mouse B. Darwin
C. Lamark
2. One adaptation shown by D. Pasteur
hydrophytes in fresh water
habitats is the _____ 5. The chromosomes of members
of the kingdom Monera are within
A. waxy cuticle on shoot surface the _____
B. poor development of roots and
xylem tissues A. nucleoplasm
C. well-developed roots and B. nucleus
supporting system C. nucleolus
D. leaves reduced to spines D. cytoplasm
3. Which of the following use 6. The mangrove swamp in

diffusion as the principal method Nigeria is restricted to the _____
of gaseous exchange?
A. Sahel savanna
A. grasshopper B. Guinea savanna
B. rat spines C. Tropical rainforest
C. lizard D. Sudan savanna
D. earthworm
7. The pancreas secretes enzymes A. colour of the skin in humans
for the digestion of _____ B. ability to roll the tongue
C. possession of facial hair in
A. fats, proteins and adult humans
carbohydrates D. ability to grow. long hair in
B. fats, vitamins and cellulose females
C. fats, carbohydrates and
vitamins 11. In which of the following
D. proteins, cellulose and Nigerian states can montane
minerals vegetation be found?
8. The causative agent of bird flu A. Bauchi

is a _____ B. Plateau
C. Taraba
A. protozoan D. Enugu
B. virus
C. bacterium 12. Which of the following is true
D. fungus of cloning?
9. A water medium is necessary A. it is welcomed as an ethically

for fertilization in _____ and normally sound science
B. it involves the asexual
A. conifers multiplication of the tissues of the
B. angiosperms original organism
C. ferns C. the clone is similar to but not
D. fungi exactly like the original organism
D. only one cell of the original
10. An example of a sex-linked organism is needed to imitate the
trait is the _____ process
13. The process of shedding the 16. An accurate identification of a
exoskeleton of an arthropod is rapist can be carried out by
known as _____ conducting a _____
A. ecdysis A. RNA analysis

B. in star formation B. blood group test
C. metamorphosis C. behavioural traits test
D. osmosis D. DNA analysis
14. Which of the following is a 17. An example of a fish that

major cause of constipation in aestivates is _____
humans?
A. croaker
A. lack of roughage B. lung fish
B. vitamin B C. shark
C. vitamin E D. cat fish
D. lack of salts
18. The opening and closing of
15. In mammals, the organ the stoma are regulated by _____
directly on top of the kidney is the
_____ A. respiration
B. osmosis
A. adrenal gland C. diffusion
B. prostate gland D. transpiration
C. pancreas
D. thyroid gland 19. Which of the following is
common to the mosquito,
housefly and blackfly?
A. they are parasites of man D. 0.6
B. their immature stages are
aquatic 22. The waste product of plants
C. they undergo complete used in the conversion of hide to
metamorphosis leather is _____
D. their adults have two pairs of
wings A. alkaloid
B. resin
20. The organs that will be most C. tannin
useful to giant African rats in D. gun
finding their way in underground
habitats are the _____ 23. The correct sequence of the
movement of urea during
A. nostrils formation is _____
B. eyes
C. vibrissae A. glomerulus - Bowman's capsule
D. tails - convoluted tubule - Henle's loop
- collecting tubule
21. A crucible of 5gm weighed B. convoluted tubule - glomerulus
10gm after filling with fresh soil. - Henle's loop - Bowman's capsule
It is then heated in an oven at - collecting tubule
1000C for 1 hour. After cooling in C. glomerulus - Bowman's capsule
a desiccator, the weight was 8gm. – convoluted tubule - Henle's loop
The percentage of water in the - collecting tubule
soil is _____ D. convoluted tubule - Bowman's
capsule - Henle's loop -glomerulus
A. 0.8 – collecting tubule
B. 0.2
C. 0.4
24. In lizards, the lowing of the A. pH
gular fold is used to _____ B. competition
C. temperature
A. defend their territory D. light
B. attract mates
C. frighten enemies 28. The eye defect that rises
D. catch insects because the cornea is not curved
smoothly is _____
25. The photosynthetic pigments
include _____ A. astigmatism
B. short-sightedness
A. chloroplast and cytochromes C. long-sightedness
B. melanin and haemoglobin D. presbyopia
C. chlorophyll and carotenoids
D. carotenoids and haemoglobin 29. Which of the following is an
example of parasitism?
26. The highest level of ecological
organization is the _____ A. a squirrel living in an
abandoned nest of a bird
A. ecosystem B. mistletoe growing on an orange
B. niche tree
C. biosphere C. fungi growing on a dead tree
D. population branch
D. cattle egrets taking tasks from
27. A biotic factor which affects the body of cattle
the distribution and abundance of
organism in a terrestrial habitat is 30. The increasing order of the
_____ particle size in the following soil
types is _____
A. cattle sand – clay-gravel
B. clay - silt sand – gravel 33. The cell organelle solely
C. silt - clay - sand - gravel responsible for respiration is the
D. clay - sand - silt – gravel _____
31. Which of following factors can A. nucleus

bring about competition B. nucleolus
population? C. endoplasmic reticulum
D. mitochondrion
A. emigration
B. drought 34. The organelle responsible for
C. mortality heredity is _____
D. dispersion
A. IV
32. Stunted growth and poor root B. I
development are a result of a C. II
deficiency in _____ D. III
A. phosphorus Use the diagram below to

B. calcium answer questions 35 and 36.
C. sulphur
D. iron

answer question 33 and 34.
35. The process illustrated is ____
A. gametogenesis C. II
B. sexual reproduction in D. III
Rhizopus
C. sexual reproduction in 38. The part labelled IV is
Spirogyra responsible for _____
D. sporulation
A. respiration
36. The structure labelled I is the B. ingestion
_____ C. locomotion
D. osmoregulation
A. zygospore
B. conidiophore Use the diagram below to
C. sporangium answer questions 39 and 40.
D. hypha

answer questions 37 and 38.
39. The part labelled I is the ____

37. The organelle responsible for
sexual reproduction is _____ A. pulmonary artery
B. bicuspid valve
A. IV C. aorta
B. I D. vena carva
40. Oxygenated blood is pumped B. abscisic acid
to the entire body from the part C. auxin
labelled _____ D. ascorbic acid
A. IV Use the diagram below to

B. I answer questions 43 and 44
C. II
D. III

answer questions 41 and 42.
43. The breeding posture

illustrated in the diagram is
41. The experiment demonstrates known as _____
_____
A. reproductive swimming
A. hydrotropism B. amplexus
B. phototropism C. mating
C. thigmotropism D. courtship
D. hydrotropism
44. The diagram shows that the

42. The part marked I will contain organisms are _____
a high concentration of _____
A. viviparous
A. ethylene B. hermaphrodite
C. ovoviviparous genotype is likely to be gg is
D. oviparous _____
45. Insulin is produced by the A. I

endocrine organ labelled _____ B. IV
C. III
A. I D. II
B. IV
C. III Use the diagram below to
D. II answer questions 48 and 49.
46. Which of the following will be

true of dog II which lost its tail in
an accident if it mates with dog
III?
A. all its offspring will be born

without tails
B. 3/4 of its offspring will be born 48. The type of protective
without tails adaptation exhibited by the
C. none of its offspring will be animal is _____
born without a tail
D. 1/4 of its offspring will be born A. flash coloration
without tails B. countershading colouration
C. warning colouration
47. If the dogs are offspring of a D. disruptive colouration
monohybrid cross and the gene G
for grey head is dominant over as 49. The structure labelled I is
allele g, the individual whose _____
A. tactile
B. radiosensitive
C. photosensitive
D. chemoreceptive
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PAPER TYPE: C C. Spirogyra sp.

A. Type A A. tracheophytes and ferns

A. II and IV A. disperse the reproductives in

8. The adult form of iii is a vector

A. carbon (IV) oxide

Use the following information 21. The part of the mammalian

28. In nature, plants and animals A. 16.7%

Weight of the evaporating A. long lifespan

33. The vector of the malaria 36. Habitats are generally

A. female Aedes mosquito A. biotic and abiotic

A. Hydrometer A. eating contaminated food

45. The crossing of individuals of 48. The fallacy in Lamarck's

A. cross breeding A. traits are acquired through

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PAPER TYPE: RED 3. The part labelled IV is the ____

1. Which Question Paper Type of A. mitochondrion

Use the diagram below to A. Liver fluke

5. Which of the following is the

2. The organelle responsible for C. Family

heredity is labelled _____ D. Genus

A. l 6. Plants that show secondary

B. ll growth are usually found among

C. lll the _____

14. In the mammalian male 17. A function of the hydrochloric

A. urethra A. neutralise the effect of bile

22. Which of the following is

31. The presence of stilt roots, 34. The carrying capacity of a

36. An indigenous method of

A. clearing farms by burning 38. The graph illustrates _____

B. planting one crop type

yearly height of 2 metres

D. crop rotation and shifting B. a discontinuously varying

37. The diseases caused by character

water-borne pathogens include D. total yield in a cassava farm

A. gonorrhoea and poliomyelitis cassava plants has an

B. typhoid and syphilis approximate height of _____

C. tuberculosis and cholera

Use the diagram below to C. 1.8m

answer question 38 and 39. D. 2.0m

40. Which of the following is true

42. When a colour-blind man

A. interspecific competition A. change the colour of their body

50. From his study of Galapagos

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PAPER TYPE: B 4. The organelles present in cells

2. The process in which complex 5. Taenia solium can be found in

A. The organism finds it easy to

14. The structural adaptation of 17. Movement of minerals and

A. broad leaves with numerous A. osmosis

20. The process of transforming A. Phagoecytes

A. autotropism 24. The blood circulatory system

26. Which of the following helps in A. Alkaloids

33. The male reproductive organ A. cone

35. The most important plant A. ovaries