Year : 
1989
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 68 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Maize is best stored against insect attack

A. on raised platforms

B. in fumigated silos

C. in a sunny area

D. while still on the cob

E. in humid metal tanks

B

42.

Which of the following is not an effect of overcrowding on a population?

A. Death

B. Competition

C. Commensalism

D. Aggression

E. Cannibalism

C

43.

The term used in describing the effective management of national resources by man is

A. preservation

B. utilization

C. economics

D. development

E. conservation

E

44.

Breathing roots are characteristic structures of plants growing in

A. mangrove swamp

B. desert

C. shrub biome

D. savannah

E. tropical rain forest

A

45.

At which of the following stages of cell division can the cell be said to be resting

A. Anaphase

B. Telophase

C. Prophase

D. interphase

E. Metaphase

D

46.

Which of the following represents the phenotypic ratio, when a plant Rr is crossed with another plant Rr,
assuming that the gene R for round seed is dominant and wrinkled r is recessive?

A. 1:2:1

B. 2:2:1

C. 3:2

D. 3:1

E. 4:1

D

47.

All hereditary characters in a cell are passed on from parent-cell to daughter-cell through the process of

A. mitosis

B. meiosis

C. fertilization

D. implantation

E. gestation

A

48.

What stage is illustrated by the diagram?

A. lnterphase

B. Prophase

C. Metaphase

D. Anaphase

E. Telophase

C

49.

What is the name given to the structure labelled A at this stage of cell division?

A. Chromatin

B. Chromosome

C. Chromatid

D. Gene

E. Daughter-chromosome

B

50.

The evidence for evolution can be obtained from the following except

A. fossil

B. anatomy

C. history

D. embryology

E. taxonomy.

C

41.

Maize is best stored against insect attack

A. on raised platforms

B. in fumigated silos

C. in a sunny area

D. while still on the cob

E. in humid metal tanks

B

42.

Which of the following is not an effect of overcrowding on a population?

A. Death

B. Competition

C. Commensalism

D. Aggression

E. Cannibalism

C

43.

The term used in describing the effective management of national resources by man is

A. preservation

B. utilization

C. economics

D. development

E. conservation

E

44.

Breathing roots are characteristic structures of plants growing in

A. mangrove swamp

B. desert

C. shrub biome

D. savannah

E. tropical rain forest

A

45.

At which of the following stages of cell division can the cell be said to be resting

A. Anaphase

B. Telophase

C. Prophase

D. interphase

E. Metaphase

D

46.

Which of the following represents the phenotypic ratio, when a plant Rr is crossed with another plant Rr,
assuming that the gene R for round seed is dominant and wrinkled r is recessive?

A. 1:2:1

B. 2:2:1

C. 3:2

D. 3:1

E. 4:1

D

47.

All hereditary characters in a cell are passed on from parent-cell to daughter-cell through the process of

A. mitosis

B. meiosis

C. fertilization

D. implantation

E. gestation

A

48.

What stage is illustrated by the diagram?

A. lnterphase

B. Prophase

C. Metaphase

D. Anaphase

E. Telophase

C

49.

What is the name given to the structure labelled A at this stage of cell division?

A. Chromatin

B. Chromosome

C. Chromatid

D. Gene

E. Daughter-chromosome

B

50.

The evidence for evolution can be obtained from the following except

A. fossil

B. anatomy

C. history

D. embryology

E. taxonomy.

C