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.
Which of the following is an example of reproductive adaptation?
Succulent stems of a cactus plant
Changing colour of chameleon
Possession of spines by desert plants
Neck colouration in Agama lizard
Leaf-shedding in trees
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Charles Darwin
Jean Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Wallace
Louis Pasteur
Correct answer is B
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Which of the following is not true about a bacterial colony growing on an agar plate?
They are visible without the aid of the microscope
Bacterial cells found in one colony often belong to one species
Different colonies have different colours
Only one species of bacterial colony can grow on a culture at any time
Colonies growing on an agar plate under the same conditions must belong to one species
Correct answer is C
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The scientist who discovered the honey-comb structure of the cell was
Robert Hooke
Felix Dujardin
Mathias Schleiden
Theodore Schwann
Louis Pasteur
Correct answer is A
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The autonomic nervous system comprises
sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
cranial and sacral nerves
brain and cranial nerves
spinal cord and spinal nerves
brain and spinal nerves
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.