Year : 
1991
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 57 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The part of the brain responsible for the control the controls of voluntary movement and interpretation of sensation is the

A. cerebrum

B. cerebellum

C. optic lobe

D. medulla oblongata

E. olfactory lobe

A

22.

Which part of the ear is responsible for the maintenance of balance?

A. Ossicles

B. Tympanic membrane

C. Eustachian tube

D. semicircular canals

E. Cochlea

D

23.

Which of the following is not part of the female reproductive system?

A. Ovary

B. Seminal vessicles

C. Uterus

D. Vagina

E. Fallopian tube

B

24.

Which of the following substance from the mother's blood diffuse through the placenta into the blood vessels of the feotus?

A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen

B. Glycogen and starch

C. Urea and carbon dioxide

D. Glucose and oxygen

E. Digested food and carbon dioxide

D

25.

Which of the following is not seen in the transverse section of a young monocotyledonous stem?

A. Parenchyma

B. Phloem

C. Xylem

D. Cambium

E. Sclerenchyma

D

26.

The bicuspid valve is located between

A. left auricle and left ventricle

B. right auricle and right ventricle

C. left and right ventricle

D. left and right auricle

E. left auricle and right ventricle

A

27.

During which o the following processes is food for animals produced?

A. Photosynthesis

B. Respiration

C. Nutrition

D. Digestion

E. Transportation

A

28.

Pellagra can be prevented by taking food rich in

A. vitamin A

B. vitamin B

C. Vitamin D

D. calcium

E. iodine

B

29.

In testing for a reducing sugar, the food substance is usually warmed with

A. sulphuric acid

B. million's reagent

C. sudan III

D. Benedicts's solution

D

30.

Which of the following adapts the aorta to the high pressure of the blood from the heart?

A. Thin walls

B. Fragile membrane

C. Thick elastic walls

D. stiff walls

E. Narrow lumen

C

21.

The part of the brain responsible for the control the controls of voluntary movement and interpretation of sensation is the

A. cerebrum

B. cerebellum

C. optic lobe

D. medulla oblongata

E. olfactory lobe

A

22.

Which part of the ear is responsible for the maintenance of balance?

A. Ossicles

B. Tympanic membrane

C. Eustachian tube

D. semicircular canals

E. Cochlea

D

23.

Which of the following is not part of the female reproductive system?

A. Ovary

B. Seminal vessicles

C. Uterus

D. Vagina

E. Fallopian tube

B

24.

Which of the following substance from the mother's blood diffuse through the placenta into the blood vessels of the feotus?

A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen

B. Glycogen and starch

C. Urea and carbon dioxide

D. Glucose and oxygen

E. Digested food and carbon dioxide

D

25.

Which of the following is not seen in the transverse section of a young monocotyledonous stem?

A. Parenchyma

B. Phloem

C. Xylem

D. Cambium

E. Sclerenchyma

D

26.

The bicuspid valve is located between

A. left auricle and left ventricle

B. right auricle and right ventricle

C. left and right ventricle

D. left and right auricle

E. left auricle and right ventricle

A

27.

During which o the following processes is food for animals produced?

A. Photosynthesis

B. Respiration

C. Nutrition

D. Digestion

E. Transportation

A

28.

Pellagra can be prevented by taking food rich in

A. vitamin A

B. vitamin B

C. Vitamin D

D. calcium

E. iodine

B

29.

In testing for a reducing sugar, the food substance is usually warmed with

A. sulphuric acid

B. million's reagent

C. sudan III

D. Benedicts's solution

D

30.

Which of the following adapts the aorta to the high pressure of the blood from the heart?

A. Thin walls

B. Fragile membrane

C. Thick elastic walls

D. stiff walls

E. Narrow lumen

C