Biology Assessment | Daniel Kalu | Time: 75mins

1. The cilia in paramecium are use for

(Jamb 1978) 6. Which of the following sequences
 A. respirating best illustrates a food chain in an
 B. locomotion aquatic habitat? (Neco 2000)
 C. protection  A. algae → fungi → toad → snake
 D. regulating food intake  B. diatoms → tadpole → fish →
 E. excretion kingfisher
 C. grass → grasshopper → toad →
2. Euglena may be classified as a plant whale
because it  D. phytoplankton → fish → snake
 A. has chloroplast → kingfisher
 B. has a gullet  E. zooplankton → tadpoles → fish
 C. lives in a pond → kingfisher
 D. possesses a flagellum
 E. has pellicle 7. A food chain always begins with a?
(Jamb 2010)
3. Which of the following is a  A. consumer
characteristic of animal cell?  B. decomposer
 A. Presence of chloroplast  C. producer
 B. possession of cellulose cell-wall  D. primary consumer
 C. absence of large vacuoles
 D. presence of large vacuoles 8. After 30 minutes, the level of sugar
 E. presence of chromosome solution in the above figure will?
 A. rise in x only
4. Which of these food chains is NOT  B. rise in Y only
possible in a terrestrial habitat?  C. be the same in X and Y
 A. Diatom → fly → toad → snake  D. fall in Y
 B. Fly → toad → snake→ hawk
 C. Leaves → antelope → man →
lion
 D. Leaves → caterpillar → bird →
lion
 E. Leaves →goat → man→ lion

5. Choose the sequence which

represents the correct order of
organisms in a food chain(Jamb 9. Use the diagram above to answer this
2021) question. The movement of material
 A. Grass, snake, toad, grasshopper, in the xylem and phloem tissues of
hawk the plant are represented by the
 B. Grass, grasshopper, toad, snake, arrows labeled? (Jamb 2010)
hawk
 C. Grass, grasshopper, snake, toad,
hawk.
 D. Grass, snake, grasshopper, toad,
hawk
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 A. lV and III respectively

 B. ll and l respectively 13. A phenotypic character with
 C. l and ll respectively intermediate forms that can be
 D. l and lll respectively graded from one extreme to the other
is referred to as?(Jamb 2009)
10. Which one of the following is not an  A. discontinuous variation
excretory product?  B. continuous variation
 A. Urine  C. a mutant
 B. Sweat  D. a genome
 C. Faeces
 D. Salts 14. During the dry season in the tropics,
 E. Carbon-dioxide the body metabolism of some
 animals slow to a minimal level in a
11. The correct sequence of the process referred to as?
movement of urea during urine  A. hibernation
formation is?  B. aestivation
 A. glomerulus ---> Bowman's  C. dormancy
capsule -> convoluted tubule --->  D. senescense
Henle's loop -> collecting- tubule
 B. glomerulus -> Bowman's capsule 15. Evidence for evolution include the
-> convoluted tubule -> Henle's loop following except? (WAEC 2009)
-> convoluted tubule -> collecting  A. fossil records
tubule  B. Comparative anatomy
 C. convoluted tubule -> glomerulus  C. Molecular records
--> Nettle's loop -> Bowman's  D. geographical distribution of genes
capsule->collecting tubule
 D. convoluted tubule -> Bowman's 16. A dilute solution of
capsule -> Henle's loop -7> phenylthiocarbamide tastes bitter to
glomerulus -> collecting tubule some people and is tasteless to
others. This is an example of?( Jamb
12. If the blood is too concentrated, 2010)
more water is absorbed from?  A. taste bud variation
 B. discontinuous variation
 A. 5  C. morphological variation
 B. 4  D. continuous variation
 C. 3
 D. 1
17. In the diagram, which of the animals
represents the oldest creatures in
terms of evolutionary history?
 A. iii
 B. ii
 C. i
 D. iv
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18. A health condition that is known to

have resulted from gene mutation is? 24. Which of the following structure is
(Jamb 2009) associated with aerobic respiration?
 A. typhoid (Jamb 1991)
 B. rabies  A. 1
 C. sickle-cell anaemia  B. 2
 D. sleeping sickness  C. 3
 D. 4
19. If a child can receive blood from all
donors, he belongs to the blood
group?
 A. O
 B. AB
 C. A
 D. B

20. Individuals with blood group AB can

donate blood to individuals with 25. The organelle involved in the
blood group(s)? (WAEC 2009) transport of substances within a cell
 A. A and B is? (WAEC 2010)
 B. A and O  A. Golgi body
 C. AB only  B. endoplasmic reticulum
 D. O only  C. ribosome
 D. mitochondrion
21. The development of big muscles by a
wrestler is an example of? 26. Which of the following is NOT a
 A. acquired characteristics function of the nucleus of a cell?
 B. inherited characteristics (Jamb 2010)
 C. mutation  A. it translates genetic information
 D. atrophication for the manufacture of proteins
 B. it stores and carries hereditary
22. In genetic counseling, a man with information
hemoglobin  formation HbA HbS is  C. it is reservoir of energy for the
most preferred to marry a woman of? cell
(WAEC 2018)  D. it controls the life processes of the
 A. HbA HbA cell
 B. HbC HbH
 C. HbM HbF 27. When a Spirogyra cell is immersed
 D. HbS HbS in a salt solution more concentrated
than its cell sap, it? (Jamb 2021)
23. The sum total of all observable  A. remains unchanged
features of an organism is?  B. takes tip water and burst
 A. phenotype  C. absorbs a little water
 B. heterozygous  D. loses water and shrivels
 C. genotype
 D. homozygous
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28. Which of the following groups of

cells is devoid of true or definite THEORY
nuclei? (Jamb 2010)
 A. algae 1. Draw a food chain in a forest
 B. monera habitat
 C. fungi
 D. mammals 2. List 3nutrient cycles and
explain one
29. Flatworms and roundworms are said
to be invertebrates because? (Jamb 3. Explain Larmack or Charles
2021) Darwin’s theory of evolution
 A. they are small animals
 B. they can live inside the
vertebrates
 C. some of them are unicellular
 D. they have no backbones

30. The system of classification in which

there are seven hierarchies from
kingdom to species was introduced
by? (WAEC 2022)
 A. Felix Dujardin
 B. Carolus Linneus
 C. Theodore Schwann
 D. Charles Darwin