Waec Biology 1996 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• WAEC 1996

Which of the following levels of organisation in living things is in the correct sequence, starting from the
most complex to me simplest?

A. Tissue → cell → organ → system
B. System → organ → tissue → cell
C. Cell → tissue → system → organ
D. Cell → tissue → organ → system
E. Organ → system → tissue → cell.

Question 2:

• WAEC 1996

Which of the following levels of organisation in living things is in the correct sequence, starting from the
most complex to me simplest?

A. Tissue → cell → organ → system
B. System → organ → tissue → cell
C. Cell → tissue → system → organ
D. Cell → tissue → organ → system
E. Organ → system → tissue → cell.

Question 3:

• WAEC 1996

A few drops of fehling’s solution was added to juice extracted from fresh maize grain and boiled. A red
recipitate was formed, indicating the presence of

A. Alcohol
B. Protein
C. Non-reducing sugar
D. Starch
E. Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 4:

• WAEC 1996

Which of the following is not a cell organelle?

A. Golgi body
B. Nucleus
C. Fat droplets
D. Ribosome
E. Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 5:

• WAEC 1996

One of the differences between plants and animals is that

A. Growth is indefinite in animals but definite in plants
B. Nutrition is autotrophic in plants but holophytic in animals
C. In plants there are excretory systems but in animals waste products are stored away
D. Plants react slowly to external stimuli while animals react more quickly
E. Respiration takes place in animals but does not take place in plants