JAMB UTME - Biology - 1982

Roots of plants are normally

If a tall man (TT) maries a dwarf woman (gg) and they have four male children, the offspring will be

when an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the

Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells?

In an epigeal germination, it is the

Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells?

The absence of stomata shows that a leaf may be

If a 26 year old blind man married a young one-eyed woman and they had four children, how many of them would be blind like there father?

In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called

A tapeworm has no alimentary canal because

The main function of the swim-bladder is for

An onion bulb stores its food in the

Which of the following statements is TRUE of inhalation of air by man?

Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of

In man, identical twins occur when

Which of the vertebra has a projection called odontoid process?

Where is the energy produced in a cell?

Which of the parts are used to recognize the bone in the figure above?

Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a

Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest?

A married couple has 10 children and they are all girls. Which of the following is the CORRECT explanation?

Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies

The glottis is the opening which leads to the

Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood?

If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected?

The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the

Refrigeration, as a method of preservation, has ONE of the following characteristics:

A pyramid of numbers can be defined as

In the enzyme (amlyase) reactions of starch → sugar
starch is referred to as the

In the figure above the structured labelled X is the

Which of these statements is NOT true of insects?

Some of the major elements required by plants are

A population is defined as the collection of

When a person with blood belonging to group O has lost much blood due to an accident, he can be given blood from persons who have blood belonging to

ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of

If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising

Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because

Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance?

The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are

The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because

A grass hopper respires by the means of its

The mammalian pancreas is involved with the

Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis?

In man, spermatozoa are never found in the

Which of the following is not associated with excretion in mammals

Which of these animals is NOT metamerically segmented?

An hormoiothermic animal kept in a room where the temperature is lower than the body temperature may lose heat by four physical process. Which of the following processes is NOT connected with the body temperature regulation ?

External ears of mammals consist of

When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to

In which part of a leguminous plant can you find bacteria like Azotobacter?