Organisms - Jamb Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1979

Which of the following statements is not true of paramecium?

A. It is slipper-shaped
B. The anterior end is blunt
C. The gullet is lined with cilia
D. It has an anal pore
E. Its vacuole is stationary

Question 17:

• JAMB 1979

One of the following statement is not true of viruses

A. They are micro-organisms
B. They are smaller than bacteria
C. They can be seen with an ordinary light microscope
D. They cause tobacco disease
E. They cause polio and smallpox

Question 18:

• JAMB 1980

In Mucor or Rhizopus carbohydrate is absorb in the form of

A. Starch
B. Sucrose
C. Glucose
D. Glycogen
E. Arabinose

Question 19:

• JAMB 1980

One of the following statement is NOT true of spirogyra

A. It is a simple multicellular plant
B. During conjugation, its gametes, which are structurally and physiologically similar, fuses to form a zygote
C. It possesses spiral chloroplast which enables the plant to photosynthesize
D. Its cells are protected externally by layer of mucilage
E. There are pyrenoids along the chloroplast

Question 20:

• JAMB 1980

Which of the following spreads malaria in Nigeria?

A. Anopheles mosquito
B. Culex mosquito
C. Aedes mosquito
D. Tsetse fly
E. House fly