Biology questions and answers

Biology Questions and Answers

How well do you understand living things and their vital processes? Whether you are preparing for JAMB, WAEC, NECO and Post-UTME, these Biology past questions and answers cover such subjects as the chemistry of life, botany, evolution, genetics, ecology etc to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual aptitude test.

2,046.

 Crossing individuals of the same species with different genetic characters is known as

A.

cross breeding

B.

polygenic inheritance

C.

non-disjunction

D.

inbreeding

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,047.

Which of the following theories was NOT considered by Darwin in his evolutionary theory?

A.

Variation

B.

Survival of the fittest

C.

Use and disuse

D.

Competition

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,048.

If the cross of a red-flowered plant with a white-flowered plant produces a pink-flowered plant, it is an example of

A.

codominance

B.

incomplete dominance

C.

mutation

D.

linkage

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,049.

Lack of space in a population could lead to an increase in

A.

water scarcity

B.

birth rate

C.

disease rate

D.

dought

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,050.

The inheritable characters that are determined by a gene located on the X-chromosome is

A.

recessive

B.

sex-linked

C.

homozygous

D.

dominant

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.