Biology Past Questions And Answers
a. Complete the following Punnett squares of a dihybrid cross between two rats. One has black fur (BB) and short tail (tt), the other has brown fur (bb) and long tail (TT).
| X | Bt | • | • | • |
| • | • | • | • | • |
| bT | • | • | • | • |
| • | • | • | • | • |
| • | • | • | • | • |
(b)i.How many of the offspring will have black fur and short tail?
ii. How many of the offspring will have brown fur and long tail?
iii. How many of the offspring will have black fur and long tail?
iv. How many of the offspring will have brown fur and short tail?
(c)
i.If there were twenty (20) chromosomes in the leaf cell of a plant, how many chromosomes would be in each of the following cells of the plant?pollen grain.
ii. If there were twenty (20) chromosomes in the leaf cell of a plant, how many chromosomes would be in each of the following cells of the plant? guard cell.
iii. If there were twenty (20) chromosomes in the leaf cell of a plant, how many chromosomes would be in each of the following cells of the plant? ovule.
iv. If there were twenty (20) chromosomes in the leaf cell of a plant, how many chromosomes would be in each of the following cells of the plant? root cell
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2023 THEORYThe barrier between maternal and fetal blood is the?
- A. placenta
- B. liver
- C. umbilical cord
- D. uterine wall
In a soil sample, the relative amouunts of the different soil particles can best be determined by the process of
- A. filtration
- B. centrifugation
- C. precipitation
- D. sedimentation
Which of the following statements about enzymes is true?
- A. Enzymes will work at any pH value.
- B. Enzymes are lipids.
- C. Enzymes work best only at certain temperatures.
- D. Enzymes are useful for slowing down reactions in living things.
Of the following, which one lacks chaetae, tentacles and antennae?
- A) snail
- B) earthworm
- C) millipede
- D) Snake
The importance of the mouth-brooding behaviour in Tilapia is that it
- A. helps in keeping the young fish warm
- B. affords protection from predation for the young fish
- C. helps the fish to live in a social group
- D. provides regurgitated nourishment to the young fish
An interlocking form/pattern of feeding relationship is called
- A) food chain
- B) nutrition
- C) consumer
- D) food web
Which of the following groups of compounds are products of the light stage of photosynthesis?
I. Ribulose bi-phosphate (RuBP)
II. Nicotin amide di-phosphorous (NADPH2)
III. Oxygen (O2)
IV. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
- A. I,II and lll
- B. l, lll and lV
- C. ll,lll and lV
- D. l, ll, lll and IV
Which of the following is used mainly for balancing in fish?
- A) the caudal fin
- B) The pectoral fin
- C) The anal fin
- D) The dorsal fin
Which of the following combinations differentiates a bony fish from a cartilaginous fish? I. Presence of gills II. Absence of gill slits III. Possession of bony skeleton IV. Possession of laterally compressed body V. Possession of dorso-ventrally compressed body
- A. I, II and III
- B. I, III and IV
- C. II, III and IV
- D. II, III and V

