UTME 2019/2020
SUBJECT: BIOLOGY
TIME: 7:00AM
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2019/2020 JAMB Past Questions and Answers on Biology
1. The biome that is characterized by large herbivores, few and scattered fire-resistant trees is called ___
Ans: savanna
2 Nephridium is a structure that removes waste product from the body of ___
Ans: an earthworm
3. The joint between the femur and tibia is known as
Ans: hinge joint
4. The part that attracts insects for pollination is
Ans: II (what is represented by "II"?)
5. An example of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis is
Ans: butterfly
6. The structure is adapted for
Ans: omnivores
7. The lung of the lungfish is an adaption for respiration
Ans: to compliment gills while in water
8. Which of the following is an adaption of grassland vegetation
Ans: possession of fewer tree branches bearing large-sized numbers of leaves
9. The protists that is a producer in an aquatic food chain is
Ans: Chlamydomonas
10. The diagram represents a (diagram not added yet)
Ans: wind vane
11. An example of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis is
Ans: butterfly
12. The feeding relationship among a set of members of a community is referred to as
Ans: food web
13. The colour of the left eye of two out of three newly born kittens of the same parents is different from the right eyes because of
Ans: mutation
14. The ability to taste PTC in some individuals is a characteristic that is
Ans: heritable
15. The part labeled III [diagram missing] is
Ans: guinea savanna
16. Red blood cells are also known as
Ans: erythrocytes
17. The dentition [diagram missing] is found in
Ans: man
18. The bacteria that is spherically shaped is called
Ans: coccus
19. The excretory products common to both plants and animals are
Ans: water and carbon(iv) oxide
20. The continuous absence of iron in a diet of man result to
Ans: anemia
21. Epiphytic plants are more abundant in the part labeled [diagram missing]
Ans: IV
22. The level of organization of Amoeba and Eagle a cell is
Ans: cell
23. The instrument is used to measure
Ans: direction of wing
25. The soil component which has the ability to retain a high amount of water is
Ans: clay
26. The modification in structure physiology and behaviour of plant and animals is called
Ans: adaption
27. Agglutination can occur during blood transmission when
Ans: blood of incompatible blood groups is mixed
28. The host of Taenia solium is
Ans: pig
30. When an ovary is placed on the receptacle above the other floral parts is referred to as
Ans: superior ovary
31. An example of an organism which exists as a colony is
Ans: volvox
32. Size, colour, and fingerprints are examples of
Ans: morphological variation
33. The allele which phenotypically expresses itself from heterogeneous pairing is said to be
Ans: a hybrid
34. Which of the following is a characteristic of fungus? C
Ans: they are both saprophytic and parasitic
35. Carbon(iv) oxide is added to the atmosphere when
Ans:
36. The soil type which when present in high proportion will not support the cultivation of vegetable is
Ans: clay
37. In mosses, the structure which performs the function of water absorption is the
Ans: rhizoids
38. The matured sex cell which takes place in sexual reproduction is referred to as
Ans: gamete
39. The most efficient respiratory structure used by free-living protozoan is
Ans: body surface
40. Which of the following factors can reduce the population of a
community?
Ans: emigration
More JAMB BIOLOGY 2019 questions and answers
1. Movement of manufactured food from the leaves to other parts of the plant is
Ans: translocation
2. The part where fertilization takes place is labeled [diagram missing]
Ans: III
3. The level of organization in onion bulb is
Ans: organ
4. The possession of short string and conical beak for picking and cracking seed is an adaptive feature of
Ans: weaver bird
5. Gaseous exchange in plants takes place through the
Ans: stomata
6. The part labeled ii is the [diagram missing]
Ans: suture
7. The predominance of grasses with scattered trees are characteristics features of
Ans: grassland
8. In plants, auxin is produced in the
Ans: apices
9. The blood group AB is called
Ans: universal acceptor
10. A diploid individual carrying two different alleles if a gene on its two homologous chromosomes is referred to as
Ans: heterozygote
11. Photosynthesis, respiration, and decay are important processes which bring about the recycling of
Ans: carbon(iv)oxide
12. The illustration represents [diagram missing]
Ans: mitosis
13. Which of the following structural feature is involved in regulating heat loss from the body
Ans: body size and shape
14. Dissolved gasses, turbidity, and density are ecological that effect
Ans: aquatic habitat
15. Under secretion of pituitary hormones in children lead to
Ans: dwarfism
16. The law of the inheritance of acquired traits was postulated by
Ans: Lamarck
17. A trait that is expressed in an offspring when two individuals with contrasting characters are crossed is
Ans: dorminant
18. Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem
Ans: predation
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