JAMB Biology 2016 Past Questions

Which of the following conditions is NOT necessary for photosynthesis to take place?

The insects in which the maxillae are modified into a long coiled proboscis is

When a cell is placed in solution and the size of the cell increases, the concentration of solution is said to be

Which of the following plant hormone is responsible for ripening of fruits?

The ability of a living organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment is referred to as

An example of an endospermous seed is

Which of the following theories was NOT considered by Darwin in his evolutionary theory?

Which of the following protects the essential parts of the flower at bud stage?

which of the following is an agent of a sexually transmitted disease?

Which of the following animals has homodont dentition?

The movement of blood between the heart and all other parts of the body besides the lung is known as

If the cross of a red-flowered plant with a white flowered plant produces a pink flowered plant, this is an example of

The largest amount of yolk is found in the egg of

Fibrinogen and prothrombin play important roles in the

The pathogen that cause smallpox is

The vector for the malaria parasite is a

Which of the following pairs are social insects?

Which of the following is NOT a method of conserving wild life?

The importance of the mouth-brooding behaviour in Tilapia is that it

The type of asexual reproduction that is common to both Paramecium and Protists is

The micro-organisms that causes Typhoid disease is

A collection of population of all living organisms that exist in a habitat is referred to as

The theory of natural selection was postulated by

The movement response of a cockroach away from a light source is

Which of the following can cause shrinkage of living cells?

The ability of chemelon to change its colour rapidly is an adaptation for

The function of the red head in male Agama lizards is to

The activity of ptyalin is likely to decrease with an increase in the concentration of

Seed plants are divided into

The adaptive importance of the nuptial flight from termite colonies is to

The sequence of the one-way gaseous exchange mechanism in a fish is

In the nitrogen cycle, the nitrates in the soil are converted to atmospheric nitrogen by

The relationship between a termite and the protozoam in its intestine is described as

Exo-erythrocytic phase of the life cycle of malaria parasite occurs in the

Which of the following organs regulates the levels of water. salts, hydrogen ions, and urea in the mammals?

The rate of transpiration is NOT affected by

The crossing of individuals of the same species with different genetic characters is

The hereditary characters in plants and animals are located on the

The arrangement of ovules attached to the sides of a syncarpous ovary with a single chamber is referred to as

When sickle cell carrier marries a normal woman, the probability of them having a normal offspring is

In which of the following groups of vertebrates is parental care mostly exhibited?

An example of a non-bio degrable pollutants is

The bacteria that is found in the root nodules of leguminous plants is

Which of these organisms partly digest its food extracellularly?

Strong short and concical beak to pick and crush seeds is an adaptive feature of

The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals is

In which of the following species is the biomass of an individual the smallest?

The path followed by air as it passes through the lungs in mammals

The part of the mammalian ear responsible for the maintenance of balance is the