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Question 2501

jamb 1978

A spirogyra cell placed was placed in solution X after 1 minute the cell has been plasmolysed, solution X was

ATap water

Ba very strong sugar solution

Ca weak sugar solution

Da very weak salt solution

Edistilled water

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Question 2502

jamb 1978

The mammalian stomach can carry out a number of processes except

Aabsorption of glucose

Bsecretion of hydrochloric acid

Csecretion gastric juice

Dchurning of food

Eproduction of trypsin

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Question 2503

jamb 1978

A potometer was used to compare the rate of loss of the same volume of water from a plant under different environmental conditions as under a fan, at the sea shore, under the sun, in the airy laboratory and in cupboard. What time was likely to have been obtained in a cupboard?

A15 secs

B30secs

C25secs

D20secs

E28secs

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Question 2504

jamb 1978

which of these elements in plants is required in small quantities only

ABoron

BNitrogen

CPhosphorus

DMagnesium

EPotassium

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Question 2505

jamb 1978

Which of these is not a function of the mammalian skin/

AProtection against bacteria infection

BExcretion of waste and water

CProduction of vitamin d when exposed to sun light

Dproduction of pigments to reduce temperature

ERegulation of body temperature

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Question 2506

jamb 1978

Which of these is not a part of the feather of a bird?

AWing

Baftershaft

CInferior umblilicus

DVane

EBarbule

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Question 2507

jamb 1978

Which of these is not associated with the movement of the toad, reptile or bird?

AHopping

BBopping

CFlapping

DGliding

EPecking

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Question 2508

jamb 1978

Which of these is not associated with tadpole stages of toad or frog

AV-shaped gland

Boperculum

Cexternal gills

Djelly

Eshell

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Question 2509

jamb 1978

The feature that distinguish the toad or frog from the fish is the absence of

Ascales

Blungs

Cpaired appendages

Da tail

Eskin glands

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Question 2510

jamb 1978

Rhizopus (or mucor)obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

Aa facultative parasite

Bsaprophyte

Can obligate parasite

Da commensal

Ean autotroph

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Question 2511

jamb 1978

Which of these is not true of the insect? The possession of

Atwo pairs of antennae

Bjointed appendages

Cexoskeleton

Dthree pairs of legs

Esegmented body

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Question 2512

jamb 1978

The neck region of the tape worm, (taenia) is responsible for the

Aproduction of egg

Bstorage of egg

Cformation of new segment

Ddevelopment of the suckers

Efragmentaion of the body segment

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Question 2513

jamb 1978

At fertilization

Aone chromosome from the male joins another from the female

Bone gene from the male combines with another from the female

Cthe male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus

Done set of chromosome combines with another set from the female

Eone cell from the male fuses with another from the female

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Question 2514

jamb 1978

A potometer with a leafy shoot weighed 18.9g initially and weighed 17.9g after one hour. From this it follow that

Athe shoot absorbed 1g of water per hour

B1g of water per hour evaporates from the potometer

Cthe shoot lost 1g of water per hour

Dthe potometer water receded at the rate of 1g per hour

Ethe shoot was respiring and lost weight at rate of 1g per hour

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Question 2515

jamb 1978

The study of organism and the environment of an abandoned farmland is the ecology of?

Aa community

Ba population

Ca specie

Da habitat

Ean ecosystem

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Question 2516

jamb 1978

The hormone which tones up the muscles of a person in time of danger is from the

Athyroid gland

Bpancreas

Cadrenal gland

Dliver

Espleen

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Question 2517

jamb 1978

In which of the following groups of organisms do all the members have asexual method of reproduction?

AA geen filament algae, a flowering plant and a bird

BA toad (or frog) , ameoba and mucor ( penicillium)

CA flowering plant, tape worm (or ascaris) and a green filamentous algae

DMucor (or penicillium), a bird and a toad (or frog)

EAmeoba, mucor (or penicillium ) and a green filamentous algae

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Question 2518

jamb 1978

In the life history of schistosoma (Bilharzia), one of the following is intermediate host

Aman

Bsnail

Cmosquito larva

Dcrayfish

Efish

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Question 2519

jamb 1978

Nitrifying bacteria keep the soil fertile by

Aconverting nitrate to nitrogen

Bconverting ammonium salt to nitrate

Cconverting atmospheric nitrogen to plant nitrogen

Dconverting nitrate to nitrous oxide

Econverting atmospheric nitrogen to nitrates

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Question 2520

jamb 1978

Which of the following is a characteristic of animal cell?

APresence of chloroplast

Bpossession of cellulose cell-wall

Cabsence of large vacuoles

Dpresence of large vacuoles

Epresence of chromosome

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