Classroom

Biology Past Questions

Study and practice Biology past questions with answers and detailed explanations. Then test your knowledge using our interactive CBT practice platform and prepare confidently for your upcoming examinations.

98 questions JAMB 2572 WAEC 2099 NECO 351 CUSTOM 10

Select subject

Download PHP app Ask a Question Check Syllabus Past Question Videos Topic Video Lessons

Take a test

Custom CBT

Create and set up a CBT environment with your preferred subjects.

JAMB CBT Simulator

Practice JAMB CBT with real UTME past questions in CBT format.

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

CB-WASSCE styled past question practice.

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

SSCE & GCE styled past question practice.

Past Questions

98 questions

Question 1 of 20 98 total questions

Question 21

waec 2017

The diagram above illustrates a part of the human skeleton. The labelled part that provides surface for the attachment of the triceps is

BII

CIII

DIV

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 22

waec 2017

Which of the labelled parts of the diagram of the part of the human skeleton articulates with the head of the trochlea to form a hinge joint?

BII

CIII

DIV

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 23

waec 2017

The diagram above illustrates a part of the human skeleton. It represents the bones of the

Aupper arm

Blower arm

Cupper leg

Dlower leg

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 24

waec 2017

The organism that can carry out both autotropic and heterotrophic modes of nutritions is

AChlamydomonas

BEudorina

CEuglena

DSpirogyra

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 25

waec 2017

An example of osmosis in plants is the

Amovement of water through the xylem

Bloss of water vapour from the stomata

Ctranslocation of food through the phloem

Dabsorption of water from the soil by the root

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 26

waec 2017

Which of the following cell organelles is the site for the production of ATP?

ALysosome

BNucleus

CMitochondrion

DRibosome

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 27

waec 2017

Which of the following organisms cannot exist freely on its own?

AChlamydomonas

BAmoeba

CParamecium

DPlasmodium

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 28

waec 2017

The structural similarities in Paramecium and Euglena are in the

Ashape of locomotory organs

Bblunt anterior and pointed posterior

Cpresence of micro and mega nuclei in both

Dpresence of anterior and posterior contractile vacuoles

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 29

waec 2017

Which of the following groups of animals do not possess a nervous system?

APorifera

BCnidaria

CPlatyheminthes

DNematoda

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 30

jamb 2017

Insects that goes through adult stage without becoming pupa are except ________

Acrickets

Bcockroach

Cgrasshopper

Dbees

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 31

jamb 2017

How does an enzyme affect the rate of a reaction?

AIt lowers the activation energy of the reaction, increasing the reaction rate.

BIt raises the activation energy of the reaction, decreasing the reaction rate.

CIt lowers the activation energy of the reaction, decreasing the reaction rate.

DIt raises the activation energy of the reaction, increasing the reaction rate.

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 32

jamb 2017

In mosses the structure which performs the function of water absorption is the _________?

Aroot hairs

Brhizoids

Ccapsule

Dhyphae

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 33

jamb 2017

Which of the following factors can reduce the population of a community?

AImmigration

Bedaphic

Cpredation

Dmutualism

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 34

jamb 2017

Use the diagram to answer the question that follows

The part labelled 1 is the ________

Acarpel

Bsepal

Cpetal

Dstigma

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 35

jamb 2017

The host of liver fluke are ______?

Apig and snail

Bpig and sheep

Csheep and snail

Dpig

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 36

jamb 2017

Carbon (iv) oxide is added to the atmosphere when ________?

Aplants build-up organic compounds

Bplants absorb mineral salts

Csugars are completely broken down in animals

Dthere is thunderstorm

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 37

jamb 2017

The most efficient respiratory structure used by free living protozoan is ________

Abody surface

Bgills

Cbuccal cavity

Dspiracle

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 38

jamb 2017

Gregor Mendel is regarded as the father of ______

Avariation

Bgenetics

Cmycology

Dnatural selection

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 39

jamb 2017

Erythrocytes are known as ________

Awhite blood cell

Bred blood cells

Cphagocytes

Dleucocytes

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 40

jamb 2017

The key event in the transition of the amphibians from water to land is the ________

Areplacement of the gills with lungs

Bpossession of webbed limbs

Climbs

Dpossession of tympanic membrane

View Explanation & Discuss

Question Navigator

Current

Biology Past Questions

Take a test

Custom CBT

JAMB CBT Simulator

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

Past Questions

Question Navigator

MathsFaculty