Biology Past Questions And Answers
Assuming that a period of stable population size is followed by a period when natality increases by ten (1O) per cent and immigration increases by twenty (20) percent of population size. The population size will
- A. be at equilibrium
- B. increase by forty (40) per cent
- C. begin to increase
- D. begin to decrease
The surest way to combine the best qualities of both parents in the offspring is by
- A. cross-breeding
- B. inbreeding
- C. selective breeding
- D. pure breeding
Proboscis is a structure that is mostly found in
- A. insects
- B. tapeworms
- C. amphibians
- D. molluses
One of these is not a major biome in West Africa
- A) Rain forest
- B) Savanna
- C) Coniferous forest
- D) Mangrove
In DNA molecules, Adenine pairs with which of the following nucleic acid bases?
- A. Guanine
- B. Thymine
- C. Cytosine
- D Uracil
The type of nutrition in which two organisms of different species live together and derive nutrients from each other is
- A. symbiotic nutrition
- B. saprophytic nutrition
- C. holozoic nutrition
- D. holophytic nutrition
The condition known as cretinism is caused by the deficiency of
- A) Vitamin A
- B) insulin
- C) thyroxin
- D) vitamin C
Which of the following features are all associated with monocots?
- A. Fibrous root system, branched network of veins and one seed leaf
- B. Fibrous root system, two seed leaves and floral parts in threes
- C. One seed leaf, petals in threes or group of thees and parallel venation of leaves
- D. One seed leaf, net-veined leaves and petals in threes or multiple of three
The illustration above is a genetic diagram. Study it and answer the question
What's the genotypic ratio?

- A. 1:1
- B. 4:0
- C. 1:3
- D. 1:2:1
A mayor difference between plants and animals is that
- A. there is free movement in animals while this is limited in plants
- B. there is indefinite growth in animals only
- C. animals consume inorganic materials as food, while plants consume organic materials
- D. animals give up carbon-dioxide as a waste product of respiration while plants do not

