Past Questions And Answers
Fruit enlargement can be induced by spraying young ovary with
- A) gibberellins, ethylene and abssisic acid
- B) auxin, abscisic acid and ethylene
- C) auxin, cytokinin and gibberellins
- D) auxin, kinin and gibberelin
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'You just wait, I'll tell you more
But let me first sell my tomatoes'.
These two lines from Theo Luzuka's 'The Motoka' reveal the poet's true state of
- A. delight
- B. reality
- C. fear
- D. dream
The process of crossing two pure lines of plants of the same species is called
- A. selection
- B. genotype improvement
- C. hybridization
- D. inbreeding
Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.
Emeka is now a ..... student but it took him years to .......?
- A. matured / mature
- B. mature / mature
- C. mature / matured
- D. matured / matured
The diagram below are illustrations of two different cells involved in biological processing in mammals. Study them and answer this question.
Which parts of P and Q fuse to complete the biological process?

- A. III and I
- B. IV and I
- C. III and II
- D. IV and II
Red-tapism is one of the shortcomings of
- A. private enterprise
- B. public service
- C. non-governmental organisation
- D. pressure group
From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
If I have erred, I hope the error is pardonable
- A. excusable
- B. intelligible
- C. reparable
- D. redeemable
Naboth would not give the vineyard to Ahab because it was
- A. under cultivation
- B. inherited from his father
- C. better than Ahab's offer
- D. undervalued by the king
In the diagram, WXYZ is a rectangle with diamension 8cm by 6cm. P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the rectangle as shown. Using this information calculate the area of the part of the rectangle that is not shaded

- A. 25cm2
- B. 24cm2
- C. 16cm2
- D. 12cm2
(a)(i) What is placentation?
(ii) Name two organs associated with the human placenta.
(b) State five functions of the human placenta.
(c) Write short notes on the following:
(i) viviparity
(ii) territoriality
(iii) seasonal migration
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