Jamb 1992 Biology Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following is true of the children of a heamophilic man who marries a woman that is not haemophilic and does not carry the trait?
- A. All their sons will be haemophlic
- B. all their daughters will be haemophilic
- C. All their daughters will be carriers
- D. all their sons will be carriers
A child with blood group genotype different from those of both parents and with a mother of genotype OO, can only have a father of genotype
- A. A
- B. B
- C. AB
- D. OO
Woman do not suffer from colour blindness because
- A. the trait is sex-linked
- B. only men are colour blind
- C. the genes are recessive and sex-linked
- D. the genes occur on both the X and Y chromosomes
Which of the following insects undergoes incomplete metamorphosis?
- A. Mosquito
- B. Termite
- C. Housefly
- D. Moth
If R and r, denotes the genes for a character, the offspring of the cross between RR and Rr are
- A. RR, 2Rr, rr
- B. 2RR, 2rr, 2rr
- C. 2RR, 2Rr
- D. 4Rr
A tissue can best be defined as
- A. an aggregate of similar cells
- B. an aggregate of cells performing a similar function
- C. an aggregate of similar cells performing the same function
- D. a mixture of different cells types performing the same function
A mammal with red fur and long ears was crossed with another having white fur and short ears. If the offspring had a red fur and short ears, the
- A. character are linked
- B. character are not linked
- C. parents are related
- D. parents are not related
Which of the following is true of climax community?
- A. it persists until the enviroment or climate changes
- B. it changes drastically from one year to the next
- C. it is first stage in succession
- D. It is made up of the tallest trees and the smallest
The blood vessel which carries blood from the alimentary canal to the liver is the
- A. hepatic artery
- B. hepatic vein
- C. hepatic portal vein
- D. mesenteric artery
Malaria symptoms are caused by
- A. toxins released into the blood as a result of the destruction of red blood cell
- B. the multiplication of the malaria sporozites in the liver
- C. the invasion of the red blood cells by the trophozoites
- D. the development of merozoites into gametocytes

