Biology Past Questions And Answers
The diagram below is an illustration of the longitudinal section of a mammalian organ. Study it and answer this question.
Which of the labeled parts is the cortex?

- A. I
- B. II
- C. III
- D. IV
Which of the following cells are not regarded as specialized?
- A. Sperm cells
- B. Root up cells
- C. Muscle cells
- D. somatic cells
Which of the following movement is seen in hydra?
- A) Swimming
- B) Gliding
- C) Looping
- D) Crawling
The most common substrate of respiration is
- A) Fats
- B) Amino acids
- C) Glucose
- D) Sucrose
Which of the following organelles is found only in plant cells?
- A. Mitochondria
- B. Ribosomes
- C. Lysosomes
- D. Plastids
Allele is
- A) an alternate form of a gene
- B) a unit of inheritance
- C) the position or location of the gene on a chromosome
- D) number of chromosomes in the gamete
The maintenance of a constant internal environment in an organism is known as
- A. homeostasis
- B. homoiothermy
- C. diuresis
- D. dialysis
The artery supplying the liver with blood is called
- A. hepatic
- B. mesenteric
- C. renal
- D. subclavian
The teeth which are absent in the young of the organism whose dentition is shown above is labelled
- A. W
- B. X
- C. Y
- D. Z
In the gene locus for eye colour in humans, the allele for brown eye is dominant over the allele for blue eyes. If a homozygous brown-eyed girl has a brother with blue eyes, what are the likely phenotypes of there parents'eye colour (Eye colour is not a sex linked trait)
- A. Both parents have blue eyes
- B. Their father has blue eyes and their mother has brown eyes
- C. both parents have brown eyes
- D. Their mother has the blue eyes and their father has the brown eyes

