Year : 
2007
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

51 - 60 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans
51.

Which of the following actions do not reflect the objectives of conservation of natural resources?

A. Protection of the ecosystem

B. Saving some species from extinction

C. Elimination of some wild animals to enable others survive

D. Prevention of indiscriminate killing of organism

C

52.

Which of the following forms of variation will give a normal distribution?

A. Blood groups

B. Tongue rolling

C. Body weight

D. Finger prints

C

53.

Two tall plants were crossed; some of their offsprings were tall and others short the possible genotypes of the parent plants were

A. TT and TT

B. TT and tt

C. Tt and Tt

D. Tt and TT

C

54.

The character that is manifested in an organism in the presence of a contrasting character is known as

A. genotype

B. phenotype

C. recessive

D. dominant

D

55.

What is the probability of producing a child of blood group O by a woman of blood group O and a man of blood group A?

A. 25%

B. 5 %

C. 75%

D. 100%

A

56.

An albino man marries a normal woman (homozygous for skin pigmentation). What is the probability that the people could have an albino child?

A. 0%

B. 0.5%

C. 25%

D. 60%

A

57.

If a cross between a red-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant produced red-flowered plants, the result can be described as an example of

A. partial recessiveness

B. dominance

C. incomplete dominance

D. out-breeding

B

58.

Which of the following inherited conditions usually shows incomplete dominance?

A. Sickle cell anaemia

B. Haemophilia

C. Tongue rolling ability

D. Baldness

D

59.

The theory of survival of the fittest was propounded by

A. Darwin

B. Lamarck

C. Linnaeus

D. Mendel

A

60.

A termite with a relatively large head and powerful jaws is likely to be a

A. king

B. queen

C. soldier

D. reproductive

C

51.

Which of the following actions do not reflect the objectives of conservation of natural resources?

A. Protection of the ecosystem

B. Saving some species from extinction

C. Elimination of some wild animals to enable others survive

D. Prevention of indiscriminate killing of organism

C

52.

Which of the following forms of variation will give a normal distribution?

A. Blood groups

B. Tongue rolling

C. Body weight

D. Finger prints

C

53.

Two tall plants were crossed; some of their offsprings were tall and others short the possible genotypes of the parent plants were

A. TT and TT

B. TT and tt

C. Tt and Tt

D. Tt and TT

C

54.

The character that is manifested in an organism in the presence of a contrasting character is known as

A. genotype

B. phenotype

C. recessive

D. dominant

D

55.

What is the probability of producing a child of blood group O by a woman of blood group O and a man of blood group A?

A. 25%

B. 5 %

C. 75%

D. 100%

A

56.

An albino man marries a normal woman (homozygous for skin pigmentation). What is the probability that the people could have an albino child?

A. 0%

B. 0.5%

C. 25%

D. 60%

A

57.

If a cross between a red-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant produced red-flowered plants, the result can be described as an example of

A. partial recessiveness

B. dominance

C. incomplete dominance

D. out-breeding

B

58.

Which of the following inherited conditions usually shows incomplete dominance?

A. Sickle cell anaemia

B. Haemophilia

C. Tongue rolling ability

D. Baldness

D

59.

The theory of survival of the fittest was propounded by

A. Darwin

B. Lamarck

C. Linnaeus

D. Mendel

A

60.

A termite with a relatively large head and powerful jaws is likely to be a

A. king

B. queen

C. soldier

D. reproductive

C