JAMB UTME - Biology - 1981

The thoracic vertebrae of a mammal is characterized by the

Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver?

The hepatic portal vein is unique because it

Normally any character shown by an organism is due to the effects of

An instrument used in measuring the speed of wind is

Which of the following is NOT true of wind-pollinated flowers?

The functional unit of a mammalian kidney is the

What is the genetic ratio of a cross between homozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant?

Which of the following statement is NOT true of symbiosis?

What is the part marked X in the figure above called?

Which of the following insects has an incomplete metamorphosis during its life circle?

All the following are digestive enzymes except

Which of the following animals is cold blooded

Which of the following statements is NOT true of menstruation?

The bone labelled X in the figure above is the

The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under

The mushroom is an organism which feeds

A person whose blood can be donated to all other people, must have the blood group

Which of these substance is likely to be deficient in the diet of a person having goitre?

In a bakery, yeast is added to flour to make bread rise. This is possible because yeast produces

One common feature of the fungi, algae, mosses and ferns is that they

The correct figured sequence for the following labeled parts (stigma, ovary wall, embryo sac, integument and micropyle) is

Growing yam tendrils climb for support. This growth response is

Soil is said to be fertile if

What is name of the respiratory organ of the crab?

The kind of teeth used for tearing food materials is the

In which of the following plants is swollen shoot disease common?

The two types of human tapeworm can be distinguished by the presence or absence of

A surprising fact about sickle cell disease is that it

What would happen if solution Y is more concentrated than solution X in the figure above?

The deficiency of vitamin D leads to

The tissue which connects a muscle to a bone is a

which of the labelled tissues in the figure above is responsible for transport of mineral salts and water in living plants?

Which of the following instruments is used to demonstrate the response of roots and shoots to gravity?

Milk protein is hydrolyzed by

The correct route for a piece of bread eaten by a mammal is

If Benedict's solution gives a positive result in a food test, the food contains

Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the

Spirogyra reproduces vegetatively by

A fruit formed from a single flower having several free carpels is

Where is the food stored in yam plant?

Choose the sequence which represents the correct order of organisms in a food chain.

A plant which has a horizontal underground stem is

If the anthers of a flower mature before the stigma, the condition is termed

The joint at Y in the figure above is

Which of the structure becomes the seed coat after fertilization?

Nitrification means

Which of the following is the dental formula of man?

What is the function of the contractile vacuole in paramecium?