Post Utme Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 556:

When the zygote of an organism continues to grow, it produces new cells by ____________

A. Meiosis
B. Crossing-over
C. Gestation
D. Mitosis
E. Metaphase

Question 557:

Good quality food will perform the following function in human except ____________

A. Supplying energy
B. Providing resistant against malaria
C. Sustaining growth
D. Maintaining health
E. Development of brain and bones

Question 558:

In the test for starch, the leaf is first placed in boiling water to ____________

A. Remove the chlorophyll
B. Dissolve the waxy cutide
C. Kill and make the leaf permeable
D. Turn it blue-black

Question 559:

The organic molecule(s) present in the nucleus is/are ____________

A. DNA
B. Protein, RNA and DNA
C. RNA and ATP
D. RNA E. RNA, DNA, ATP

Question 560:

Viruses are pathogens of the following diseases except ____________

A. Measles
B. Small pox
C. Poliomyelitis
D. Tuberculoses
E. Chicken pox