Jamb 2018 Biology Past Questions And Answers
Evidence of evolution include the following except?
- A. fossil records
- B. comparative anatomy
- C. molecular records
- D. geographical distribution of organisms
An organism which exhibit extracellular digestion is
- A. Spirogyra
- B. Paramecium
- C. Amoeba
- D. Rhizopus
An accurate identification of a rapist can be carried out by conducting
- A. RNA analysis
- B. DNA analysis
- C. blood group test
- D. behavioural tests
The function of pith in plant is
- A. Absorb mineral salt and nutrient from the soil
- B. Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which store and transport nutrients throughout the plant.
- C. trap chlorophyll from the sunlight
- D. Removal of waste product from the plant
The overall reaction in glycolysis can be summarised as
- A. C6H12O6 -----> C3H4O3 + 4H + ATP
- B. C6H12O6 -----> 2C3H4O3 + 4H + 2ATP
- C. C6H12O6 -----> 2C3H4O3 + 4H + ADP
- D. C6H12O6 -----> 2C3H4O3 + 4H + 2ADP
A boy who is fond of swimming in a pond finds himself passing urine with traces of blood. He is like to have contracted?
- A. schistosomiasis
- B. onchocerciasis
- C. poliomyelitis
- D. salmonellosis
A beaker of pond water containing few specimens of Euglena was placed in a dark room for two weeks. At the end of this period, the specimens of Euglena were still alive because they were
- A. able to carry out holozoic nutrition
- B. able to carry out photosynthesis using carbon dioxide in the pond water
- C. better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light
- D. not overcrowded
The flippers of a whale and the fins of a fish are examples of
- A. divergent evolution
- B. co-evolution
- C. continuous variation
- D. convergent evolution
The immediate product of meiosis in flowering plants is the
- A. sporophyte
- B. gametophyte
- C. zygote
- D. endosperm
The part of the ear which contains nerve cells sensitive to sound vibrations is the
- A. cochlea
- B. ampulla
- C. tympanum
- D. malleus

