Year : 
2006
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

51 - 60 of 64 Questions

# Question Ans
51.

Which of the following trait in humans is not a morphological variation?

A. Height

B. Shape of head

C. Colour of skin

D. Ability to roll the tongue

D

52.

The blood group in humans referred to as a universal recipient is

A. o

B. A

C. B

D. AB

D

53.

If a heterozygous red flowered plant, (Rr) was self-fertilized, the offspring would be expected to be

A. all red flowered plants

B. all white flowered plants

C. red flowered, white flowered plants

D. white flowered red flowered plants

C

54.

The contrasting pair of genes affecting a trait and located at the same position on homologous chromosomes is
referred to as

A. chromatids

B. mutants

C. alleles

D. chromatin

C

55.

The haploid number of chromosomes in humans is

A. 48

B. 46

C. 24

D. 23

D

56.

A pure breeding white cat (homozygous dominant) mates with a pure breeding black cat (recessive), what would be the fur colour of F1 generation

A. Homozygous white

B. Homozygous black

C. Heterozygous white

D. Heterozygous black

C

57.

Courtship behaviour in animals may include all of the following except

A. howling of a dog

B. dancing of the worker bee

C. croaking of a toad

D. basking in the sun by a lizard

D

58.

Honey-Bee workers carry out the following functions except

A. laying eggs

B. building nests

C. cleaning the nest

D. gathering food

A

59.

The long necks and legs of the present day giraffes were some of the basis of

A. Darwins’ theory of evolution

B. Mendel’s theory of inheritance

C. Lamarck’s theory of evolution

D. DeVries theory of evolution

C

60.

Which of the following vertebrae provide articulating surfaces for the ribs?

A. Thoracic

B. Lumbar

C. Cervical

D. Sacral

A

51.

Which of the following trait in humans is not a morphological variation?

A. Height

B. Shape of head

C. Colour of skin

D. Ability to roll the tongue

D

52.

The blood group in humans referred to as a universal recipient is

A. o

B. A

C. B

D. AB

D

53.

If a heterozygous red flowered plant, (Rr) was self-fertilized, the offspring would be expected to be

A. all red flowered plants

B. all white flowered plants

C. red flowered, white flowered plants

D. white flowered red flowered plants

C

54.

The contrasting pair of genes affecting a trait and located at the same position on homologous chromosomes is
referred to as

A. chromatids

B. mutants

C. alleles

D. chromatin

C

55.

The haploid number of chromosomes in humans is

A. 48

B. 46

C. 24

D. 23

D

56.

A pure breeding white cat (homozygous dominant) mates with a pure breeding black cat (recessive), what would be the fur colour of F1 generation

A. Homozygous white

B. Homozygous black

C. Heterozygous white

D. Heterozygous black

C

57.

Courtship behaviour in animals may include all of the following except

A. howling of a dog

B. dancing of the worker bee

C. croaking of a toad

D. basking in the sun by a lizard

D

58.

Honey-Bee workers carry out the following functions except

A. laying eggs

B. building nests

C. cleaning the nest

D. gathering food

A

59.

The long necks and legs of the present day giraffes were some of the basis of

A. Darwins’ theory of evolution

B. Mendel’s theory of inheritance

C. Lamarck’s theory of evolution

D. DeVries theory of evolution

C

60.

Which of the following vertebrae provide articulating surfaces for the ribs?

A. Thoracic

B. Lumbar

C. Cervical

D. Sacral

A