Humans and Environment - Jamb Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1990

which of the following disease is rarely spread by a housefly?

A. Yellow fever
B. Dysentry
C. Typhoid fever
D. Poliomyelitis

Question 27:

• JAMB 1990

Which set of disease is spread mainly by insect vectors?

A. Cholera, tenia and gonorrhoea
B. Poliomyelitis, tuberculosis and syphilis
C. Cholera, malaria and tuberculosis
D. Malaria, cholera and river blindness

Question 28:

• JAMB 1990

Which of the following constitute pollution?

A. Droppings from birds
B. Loud disco sound
C. A pack of cigarettes
D. Refuse in an incinerator

Question 29:

• JAMB 1991

Which of the following diseases can be prevented by innoculation?

A. Syphilis
B. Malaria fever
C. Tuberculosis
D. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom

Question 30:

• JAMB 1992

Malaria symptoms are caused by

A. Toxins released into the blood as a result of the destruction of red blood cell
B. The multiplication of the malaria sporozites in the liver
C. The invasion of the red blood cells by the trophozoites
D. The development of merozoites into gametocytes