Biology Past Questions And Answers
The function of the epididymis in mammals is the
- A. expulsion of urine
- B. storage of sperms
- C. circulation of blood
- D. activation of sperms
Steepness of slope generally affect
- A) Rainfall
- B) Drainage
- C) Sunlight
- D) All of the options
Which of the following statements is not true of osmotic process?
- A) There must be a selectively permeable membrane
- B) The two solutions must be of different concentrations initially
- C) It involves only the movement of water molecules
- D) The two solutions are of equal concentration at the beginning of the experiment
Which of the following organisms exhibits both plant and animal characteristics?
- A. Amoeba
- B. Spirogyra
- C. Mucor
- D. Euglena
Which of the following animals can exist solely on the water they get from food and metabolic reactions?
- A. forest arboreal dweller
- B. Desert dwellers
- C. forest-ground dweller
- D. rainforest dwellers
The dentition of a herbivore is distinct from that of other animals due to the presence of
- A. diastema
- B. cusps on molar teeth
- C. canines
- D. ridges on molar teeth
Which of the following has the most primitive respiratory system?
- A. snail
- B. fish
- C. insect
- D. mouse
Which bone is called the bone of the digits?
- A) humerus
- B) femur
- C) sacrum
- D) phalanges
The sign + is used to indicate an association where an organism gains, while 0 is used where an organism is unaffected. An association indicated as +0 is known as
- A. predation
- B. commensalism
- C. parasitism
- D. competition
Eukaryotic cells are able to modify the primary mRNA transcript in a number of different ways. Which of the following answer choices is an advantage of post-transcriptional modification?
- A. The primary transcript can be modified by a spliceosome, which can remove the mRNA's exons and shuffle the introns in a way that can produce multiple different protein products.
- B. The primary transcript can be modified by a spliceosome, which can remove the mRNA's introns and shuffle the exons in a way that can produce multiple different protein products.
- C. The 5' poly-A tail and 3' methyl cap help the mRNA transcript find and bind to the ribosome, and as such increase speed of translation.
- D. The 5' poly-A tail and 3' methyl cap help resist degradation of the mRNA transcript.

