Post Utme Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 316:

To avoid over-fishing in a like the following measures may be helpful except ____________

A. Limiting fishing periods
B. Regulating the size of nets
C. Fishing throughout the yea
D. Fish breeding exercise

Question 317:

Filaments of Spirogyra placed in a beaker of tap water in a dark cupboard died because ____________

A. The filaments could not photosynthesize
B. The plant was overloaded
C. The temperature was too high
D. Conjugation could not take place

Question 318:

Shrubs do not survive on newly weathered soils because ____________

A. The top soil is shallow
B. Drainage on such soil is poor
C. Humus is absent from the soil
D. The soil tends to be sandy

Question 319:

The passage of nerve impulse across a synapse is facilitated by the secretion of ____________

A. Progesterone
B. Thyroxine
C. Insulin
D. Acetylcholine

Question 320:

What is the correct hierarchy in the classification of organisms?

A. Order, Family, Kingdom. Species, Class, Phylum. Genus
B. Kingdom Phylum Class, Family, Order. Genus. Species
C. Phylum, Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
D. Kingdom, Phylum. Class, Order, Family, Genus. Species