Jamb 2021 Biology Past Questions And Answers
The correct sequence of the movement of urea during urine formation is?
- A. glomerulus ---> Bowman's capsule -> convoluted tubule ---> Henle's loop -> collecting- tubule
- B. glomerulus -> Bowman's capsule -> convoluted tubule -> Henle's loop -> convoluted tubule -> collecting tubule
- C. convoluted tubule -> glomerulus --> Nettle's loop -> Bowman's capsule->collecting tubule
- D. convoluted tubule -> Bowman's capsule -> Henle's loop -7> glomerulus -> collecting tubule
The mutation theory of organic evolution was propounded by?
- A. Gregor Mendel
- B. Hugo de Vries
- C. Jean Lamarck
- D. Charles Darwin
The order of passage of food in the digestive system is
- A. ileum --> caecum ->large intestine -> rectum
- B. ileum --> colon --> caecum -> rectum
- C. large intestine --> ileum -> caecum -> rectum
- D. colon -> caecum -> ileum -> rectum
The plants that grow in deserts or very dry areas are referred to as?
- A. hydrophytes
- B. epiphytes
- C. xerophytes
- D. mesophytes
When a Spirogyra cell is immersed in a salt solution more concentrated than its cell sap, it?
- A. remains unchanged
- B. takes tip water and burst
- C. absorbs a little water
- D. loses water and shrivels
Mass of a crucible = 10g,
Mass of a crucible and soil before heating =29g
Mass of a crucible and soil after heating = 18g
From the information above, determine the percentage of water in the given soil sample?
- A. 20%
- B. 25%
- C. 40%
- D. 60%
Which of the statements below is not characteristic of wind-pollinated flowers?
- A. Stigmas are usually large and feathery
- B. Nectary is usually absent
- C. The pollen grains have rough spiny surfaces
- D. The flowers are not scented.
The sequence of the one-way gaseous exchange mechanism in a fish is?
- A. mouth --> operculum -> gills
- B. mouth -> gills > operculum
- C. operculum > gills -> mouth
- D. gills -> operculum --> mouth
When a marine fish was taken from the ocean and put in a tank of fresh water, it died after a short period because?
- A. the tank was too small compared to the large-ocean
- B. the body cells of the fish swelled and burst as a result of the hypotonic fresh water
- C. the body cells of the fish shrank as their sap was hypertonic to the freshwater
- D. there was no food in the tank, so the fish starved
Blood circulation in a mammal is said to be double because?
- A. it passes twice through the heart in a complete circuit
- B. it moves in both arteries and veins
- C. it circulates in both the heart and other organs
- D. the heart contains auricles and ventricles

