JAMB Biology 1978 Past Questions

A plant which grows on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called

Given the equation:
6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ {Under sunlight & Chlorophyll)

The process represented by the above equation is

Given the equation:
6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ {Under sunlight & Chlorophyll)
The oxygen given off during the above process is derived from

One of the function of xylem is

People suffering from myopia

The cilia in paramecium are use for

Euglena may be classified as a plant because it

A trawler on a fishing trip caught a type of animal with hairs on its body. This animal could have been

which of these type of skeleton is most appropriate for a cockroach?

when protein are broken down they also provide

the function of lenticels is

The following events take place during conjugation in spirogyra 1. The protoplasm of each of the conjugating cell separate from the cell wall to form a Gamete; the gamete of one filament passes through the conjugation tube to meet the gamete of the other filament 2. The zygote soon become surrounded by thick brown wall to become zygospore which burst after a short rest and germinate to produce a new filament 3. The nuclei of the gametes fuse to form a zygote 4. The protuberance meet and where they touch the cell-wall disappear so that a conjugation tube joining the two cell is formed 5. protuberance appear on the wall of the cell of two filament of spirogyra lying side by side opposite one another. Now what is the correct sequence in which the above sequence occur?

Which of the following is a characteristic of animal cell?

Nitrifying bacteria keep the soil fertile by

In the life histroy of schistosoma (Bilharzia), one of the following is intermediate host

In which of the following groups of organisms do all the members have asexual method of reproduction?

The hormone which tones up the muscles of a person in time of danger is from the

The study of organism and the environment of an abandoned farmland is the ecology of?

A potometer with a leafy shoot weighed 18.9g initially and weighed 17.9g after one hour. From this it follow that

At fertilization

The neck region of the tape worm, (taenia) is responsible for the

Which of these is not true of the insect? The possession of

Rhizopus (or mucor)obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

The feature that distinguish the toad or frog from the fish is the absence of

Which of these is not associated with tadpole stages of toad or frog

Which of these is not associated with the movement of the toad, reptile or bird?

Which of these is not a part of the feather of a bird?

Which of these is not a function of the mammalian skin/

which of these elements in plants is required in small quantities only

a potometer was used to compare the rate of loss of the same volume of water from a plant under different environmental conditions as under a fan, at the sea shore, under the sun, in the airy laboratory and in cupboard. What time was likely to have been obtained in a cupboard?

The mammalian stomach can carry out a number of processes except

A spirogyra cell placed was placed in solution X after 1 minute the cell has been plasmolysed, solution X was

A farmer x working in a swamp did not eat any food nor drink any water. Which of this diseases can he not contact

A carbohydrate molecule in the blood in the right ventricles of the heart is pumped into the cell of the toe of a man. Which of these structure is it unlikely to pass through en-route

In a photo-tropic experiment, young seedlings in a box were subjected to light from one direction. The seedling continue to grow erect. Which of the following statement is correct

Which of these is not a characteristics of a wind pollinated flowers?

A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for

Which of these products obtained from analyzing sweat from skin is not an excretory product?

In a breeding program a cross was made between two true breeding cow-pea types: one with round seeds and the other with wrinkled seed. If roundness is dominant why wrinkleness is recessive, in the first filial generation all the seeds produced will be

During reproduction of the organism in figure above the first structure to divide is

The part numbered 12 is

During the movement of the fish from point A to target B, one of these parts is not involved

The number shown as 8 refers to

The structure responsible for trapping the sun's energy during photosynthesis is

Which of these plays no role in photosynthesis?

THE figure above shows diagram for the correction of shortsightedness. If the unbroken lines represents light rays from the object and the broken lines the refracted rays through the lens, which of these is correct

The figure above represents an experiment with two types of soil. The experiment demonstrates

Which one of the following statements about the mammalian kidney is false?

Which of these is a direct photosynthetic product?

A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for