JAMB Biology 1985 past questions

Viruses are regarded as non-living because they

Which of the following pairs are fully adapted to terrestrial life?

Semipermeable 4. Freely permeable 5. Dry

Which of these animals is radically symmetrical?

Which of the following has cones?

For effective functioning of a bird's quill feather, hooks fit on the ridges of the

Which of the following is NOT true of Spirogyra?

Which of the following lacks chaetae, tentacles and antennae?

Incomplete metamorphosis in the

Fishes are cold-blooded because their body temperature is

Which of the following is common to a dicotyledonous stem and a monocotyledonous root?

Which of the following represents the sequence of protein hydrolysis? 1.Polypeptides 2.Amino acids 3. Proteins 4. Peptones

If calcium is deficient in food this may cause

Partially digested food ready to leave the stomach is referred to as

The function of lymph nodes is to

The vein which returns blood from the head and arms to the heart is called

Blood platelets are important because they

If a child can receive blood from all donors, he belongs to the blood group

Which of the following events does NOT occur during anaerobic respiration of glucose?

In mammals, the function of the sebaceous gland is to

Which of the following organs regulates the amount of amino acids and glucose in the body?

Bowman's capsules are located in the part labelled

Re-absorption of useful materials takes place in the parts labeled.

Movements and positions of the head in man are detected by the

The appendicular skeleton is made up of the

The maize grain is a fruit and not a seed because it

If a flower is protandrous then it

For pollen to be released in Crotalaria the insect must depress the

Irish potato is a

The characters by which an organism is recognized are termed its

The hereditary material in a cell is known as

Germination which results in the cotyledons being brought above ground is called

The mammalian endocrine system is responsible for

An old man is likely to be long-sighted because age effects the

In a mammal, stimulus is transferred from the receptor muscle to the central nervous system through the

Which of the following food chains is in the correct sequence?

The primary and secondary hosts respectively of bilharzia are

Which of the following is NOT caused by bacteria?

Tsetse fly is harmful to man because it is associated with the spread of

Soil erosion CANNOT be controlled by

Water retention is highest in soils which are rich in

The origin of mineral particles in the soil is

Atmospheric nitrogen is directly replenished in nature through

The initial volume of water poured into a bag of dry soil was 50ml and the amount that drained through was 35ml. The percentage water content of the fully soaked soil is therefore