Year : 
1993
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 58 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The organ which is sensitive to light in Euglena is the

A. gullet

B. chloroplast

C. eye spot

D. contractile vacuole

E. flagellum

C

2.

Which of the following is a similarity between a typical animal cell and a typical plant cell? Presence of

A. cellulose cell wall

B. chlorophyll

C. centrally-placed nucleus

D. cell membrane

E. cell membrane

D

3.

The first scientist to describe the cell was

A. Theodor Schwann

B. Felix Dujardin

C. Robert Hooke

D. Charles Darwin

E. Matthias Schleiden

C

4.

In which of the following parts of a cell is the chromosome found

A. Nucleus

B. Golgi body

C. Cytoplasm

D. Cell membrane

E. Cell wall

A

5.

The part labelled VII is the

A. pleural cavity

B. lung

C. rib

D. diaphragm

E. intercostal muscle.

D

6.

The part labelled I is the

A. epiglottis

B. larynx

C. oesophagus

D. trachea

E. bronchus

B

7.

Exchange of gases takes place in the air sacs contained in the

A. I

B. II

C. IV

D. V

E. VI

C

8.

During the process of breathing, volume and pressure changes occur as a result of the movement of the parts labelled

A. I and II

B. II and IV

C. III and VII

D. IV and V

E. VI and VII

C

9.

Which of the following diseases is caused by deficiency of insulin in the body?

A. Malaria

B. Diabetes mellitus

C. Hepatitis

D. Gonorrhoea

E. Cholera

B

10.

Which of the following is the medium of transportation of nutrients within unicellular organisms?

A. Blood

B. Serum

C. Protoplasm

D. Plasma

E. Lymph

C

1.

The organ which is sensitive to light in Euglena is the

A. gullet

B. chloroplast

C. eye spot

D. contractile vacuole

E. flagellum

C

2.

Which of the following is a similarity between a typical animal cell and a typical plant cell? Presence of

A. cellulose cell wall

B. chlorophyll

C. centrally-placed nucleus

D. cell membrane

E. cell membrane

D

3.

The first scientist to describe the cell was

A. Theodor Schwann

B. Felix Dujardin

C. Robert Hooke

D. Charles Darwin

E. Matthias Schleiden

C

4.

In which of the following parts of a cell is the chromosome found

A. Nucleus

B. Golgi body

C. Cytoplasm

D. Cell membrane

E. Cell wall

A

5.

The part labelled VII is the

A. pleural cavity

B. lung

C. rib

D. diaphragm

E. intercostal muscle.

D

6.

The part labelled I is the

A. epiglottis

B. larynx

C. oesophagus

D. trachea

E. bronchus

B

7.

Exchange of gases takes place in the air sacs contained in the

A. I

B. II

C. IV

D. V

E. VI

C

8.

During the process of breathing, volume and pressure changes occur as a result of the movement of the parts labelled

A. I and II

B. II and IV

C. III and VII

D. IV and V

E. VI and VII

C

9.

Which of the following diseases is caused by deficiency of insulin in the body?

A. Malaria

B. Diabetes mellitus

C. Hepatitis

D. Gonorrhoea

E. Cholera

B

10.

Which of the following is the medium of transportation of nutrients within unicellular organisms?

A. Blood

B. Serum

C. Protoplasm

D. Plasma

E. Lymph

C