Year : 
1985
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

In spirogyra, the pyrenoid

A. excretes waste products

B. is suspended by cytoplasmic strands

C. is mainly used for respiration

D. usually contains starch

E. makes the plants slimy to touch

D

2.

In which of the following groups of animals are flagella and cilia found?

A. Flatworms

B. Annelids

C. Coelenterates

D. protozoa

E. Nematodes

D

3.

Which of the following is seed bearing?

A. Mosses

B. Whistling pine

C. Algal filament

D. liverwort

E. Fern fronds

B

4.

Each of the following is an anthropod EXCEPT the

A. crab

B. spider

C. snail

D. milipede

E. cockroach

C

5.

In fish the sense organs which detect movements in water are located within the

A. gills

B. operculum

C. nostrils

D. median fin

E. lateral line

E

6.

Euglene is an autotrophic organism because it

A. has flagella

B. has plant and animal features

C. is found in water

D. can manufacture its food

E. move fast

D

7.

Which of the following is NOT true of mucor? it

A. contains chlorophll

B. grows saprophytically

C. bears spores in sporangium

D. consist of hypae

E. reproduces by conjugation

A

8.

Bryophtes are different from flower because they

A. live in moist habita

B. are small plants

C. reproduce sexually and asexually

D. have small leaves

E. have no vascular tissue

E

9.

At what stage in the life history of a toad is its mode of breathing similar to that of fish?

A. Tadpole stage

B. External gill stage

C. Adult stage

D. Internal gill stage

E. Larval stage

A

10.

In lower plants like mosses, the structure which performs the functions of roots of higher plants is called

A. root hairs

B. rootlets

C. hypae

D. rhizoids

E. thalli

D

1.

In spirogyra, the pyrenoid

A. excretes waste products

B. is suspended by cytoplasmic strands

C. is mainly used for respiration

D. usually contains starch

E. makes the plants slimy to touch

D

2.

In which of the following groups of animals are flagella and cilia found?

A. Flatworms

B. Annelids

C. Coelenterates

D. protozoa

E. Nematodes

D

3.

Which of the following is seed bearing?

A. Mosses

B. Whistling pine

C. Algal filament

D. liverwort

E. Fern fronds

B

4.

Each of the following is an anthropod EXCEPT the

A. crab

B. spider

C. snail

D. milipede

E. cockroach

C

5.

In fish the sense organs which detect movements in water are located within the

A. gills

B. operculum

C. nostrils

D. median fin

E. lateral line

E

6.

Euglene is an autotrophic organism because it

A. has flagella

B. has plant and animal features

C. is found in water

D. can manufacture its food

E. move fast

D

7.

Which of the following is NOT true of mucor? it

A. contains chlorophll

B. grows saprophytically

C. bears spores in sporangium

D. consist of hypae

E. reproduces by conjugation

A

8.

Bryophtes are different from flower because they

A. live in moist habita

B. are small plants

C. reproduce sexually and asexually

D. have small leaves

E. have no vascular tissue

E

9.

At what stage in the life history of a toad is its mode of breathing similar to that of fish?

A. Tadpole stage

B. External gill stage

C. Adult stage

D. Internal gill stage

E. Larval stage

A

10.

In lower plants like mosses, the structure which performs the functions of roots of higher plants is called

A. root hairs

B. rootlets

C. hypae

D. rhizoids

E. thalli

D