Year : 
2015
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 48 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Which of the following organisms is not a protozoan?

A. Amoeba

B. Ascaris

C. Plasmodium

D. Paramecium

B

2.

The structure of the cell membrane is a

A. double layer and a double protein layer

B. middle bi-layer of protein with a lipid layer on either surface

C. middle bi-layer of lipid with a protein layer on either surface

D. protein layer with two inner lipid layers

C

3.

Which of the following cells is a specialized cell?

A. Amoeba

B. Plasmodium

C. Guard cell

D. Meristematic cell

C

4.

When a Spirogyra filament is placed in a concentrated salt solution for 30 minutes, the cell would become

A. plasmolysed

B. turgid

C. shortened

D. elongated

A

5.

Water and salts are both lost from the human body in

A. breath and sweat

B. breath and Urine

C. breath, urine and sweat

D. sweat and urine

D

6.

Which of the following features could be used to determine the growth of a seedling?

A. Number of flowers

B. Number of leaves

C. Length of flowers

D. Length of radicle

D

7.

A plant that commonly undergoes vegetative propagation by means of leaves is

A. Hibiscus

B. Bryophylum

C. Crotalaria

D. Spirogyra

B

8.

Blood pressure is higher in the arteries as a result of

A. stree

B. contraction and relaxation

C. blockage in the arteries

D. presence of valves

B

9.

A farmer who wants to keep seeds for three years before planting and wants to prevent them from sprouting uses

A. auxin

B. gibberellins

C. abscisin

D. cytokinins

C

10.

A person had an accident that affected the skull but not the nose and later lost the sense of smell. The accident must have a affected the

A. nose by extension

B. olfactory lobes of the brain

C. passage from the nose to the brain

D. part of the skull near the nose

B

1.

Which of the following organisms is not a protozoan?

A. Amoeba

B. Ascaris

C. Plasmodium

D. Paramecium

B

2.

The structure of the cell membrane is a

A. double layer and a double protein layer

B. middle bi-layer of protein with a lipid layer on either surface

C. middle bi-layer of lipid with a protein layer on either surface

D. protein layer with two inner lipid layers

C

3.

Which of the following cells is a specialized cell?

A. Amoeba

B. Plasmodium

C. Guard cell

D. Meristematic cell

C

4.

When a Spirogyra filament is placed in a concentrated salt solution for 30 minutes, the cell would become

A. plasmolysed

B. turgid

C. shortened

D. elongated

A

5.

Water and salts are both lost from the human body in

A. breath and sweat

B. breath and Urine

C. breath, urine and sweat

D. sweat and urine

D

6.

Which of the following features could be used to determine the growth of a seedling?

A. Number of flowers

B. Number of leaves

C. Length of flowers

D. Length of radicle

D

7.

A plant that commonly undergoes vegetative propagation by means of leaves is

A. Hibiscus

B. Bryophylum

C. Crotalaria

D. Spirogyra

B

8.

Blood pressure is higher in the arteries as a result of

A. stree

B. contraction and relaxation

C. blockage in the arteries

D. presence of valves

B

9.

A farmer who wants to keep seeds for three years before planting and wants to prevent them from sprouting uses

A. auxin

B. gibberellins

C. abscisin

D. cytokinins

C

10.

A person had an accident that affected the skull but not the nose and later lost the sense of smell. The accident must have a affected the

A. nose by extension

B. olfactory lobes of the brain

C. passage from the nose to the brain

D. part of the skull near the nose

B