Year : 
2002
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 57 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

If the cerebellum of a person is slightly damaged, which of the following will be impaired?

A. vision

B. Walking

C. Breathing

D. Digestion

B

22.

The structure of the ear that is responsible for balancing is the

A. semi-circular carnals

B. pinna

C. auditory nerve

D. fenestra ovalis

A

23.

When a person moves from a darkroom into bright light, the pupil becomes

A. red

B. larger

C. white

D. smaller

D

24.

Which of the following is not an example of entomophilous flower?

A. Hibiscus

B. Flamboyant

C. Guinea grass

D. AlIamanda

C

25.

In flowering plants, fertilization would occur when

A. the pollen grows downwards penetrating the style

B. a pollen grain is transferred to the stigma

C. one of the nuclei inside the pollen tube fuses with the ovum

D. the nucleus of the pollen tube divides

C

26.

After fertilization in the flowering plants, the zygote develops into the

A. plumule

B. radicle

C. cotyledon

D. embryo

D

27.

Which of the following substances is contained in chloroplasts?

A. Starch

B. Sugar

C. Glycogen

D. Dextrin

D

28.

The structures labelled II are

A. groundnut seeds

B. underground root nuts

C. root Tubers

D. root nodules

D

29.

The structures labelled II are associated with

A. storage of plant nutrients

B. organic acids

C. nitrogen-fixing bacteria

D. putrefying microbes

C

30.

Using iodine solution, Biuret test, Benedict reagents and ethanol, respectively in testing for reducing
sugars, which of the following trends of colour changes would be observed?

A. Blue → black → blue → brown → clear

B. Brown → blue → brick red → clear

C. Brown → violet → blue → clear

D. Brown → blue → violet → milky

B

21.

If the cerebellum of a person is slightly damaged, which of the following will be impaired?

A. vision

B. Walking

C. Breathing

D. Digestion

B

22.

The structure of the ear that is responsible for balancing is the

A. semi-circular carnals

B. pinna

C. auditory nerve

D. fenestra ovalis

A

23.

When a person moves from a darkroom into bright light, the pupil becomes

A. red

B. larger

C. white

D. smaller

D

24.

Which of the following is not an example of entomophilous flower?

A. Hibiscus

B. Flamboyant

C. Guinea grass

D. AlIamanda

C

25.

In flowering plants, fertilization would occur when

A. the pollen grows downwards penetrating the style

B. a pollen grain is transferred to the stigma

C. one of the nuclei inside the pollen tube fuses with the ovum

D. the nucleus of the pollen tube divides

C

26.

After fertilization in the flowering plants, the zygote develops into the

A. plumule

B. radicle

C. cotyledon

D. embryo

D

27.

Which of the following substances is contained in chloroplasts?

A. Starch

B. Sugar

C. Glycogen

D. Dextrin

D

28.

The structures labelled II are

A. groundnut seeds

B. underground root nuts

C. root Tubers

D. root nodules

D

29.

The structures labelled II are associated with

A. storage of plant nutrients

B. organic acids

C. nitrogen-fixing bacteria

D. putrefying microbes

C

30.

Using iodine solution, Biuret test, Benedict reagents and ethanol, respectively in testing for reducing
sugars, which of the following trends of colour changes would be observed?

A. Blue → black → blue → brown → clear

B. Brown → blue → brick red → clear

C. Brown → violet → blue → clear

D. Brown → blue → violet → milky

B