Biology questions and answers

Biology Questions and Answers

How well do you understand living things and their vital processes? Whether you are preparing for JAMB, WAEC, NECO and Post-UTME, these Biology past questions and answers cover such subjects as the chemistry of life, botany, evolution, genetics, ecology etc to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual aptitude test.

3,851.

A mammal with red fur and long ears was crossed with another having white fur and short ears. If the offspring have red fur and short ears, the

A.

characters are linked

B.

characters are not linked

C.

parents are related

D.

parents are not related

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,852.

If R and r, denotes the genes for a character, the offspring of the cross between RR and Rr are

A.

RR, 2Rr, rr

B.

2RR, 2rr, 2rr

C.

2RR, 2Rr

D.

4Rr

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,854.

Which of the following is true of the children of a heamophilic man who marries a woman that is not haemophilic and does not carry the trait?

A.

 All their sons will be haemophilic

B.

all their daughters will be haemophilic

C.

All their daughters will be carriers

D.

all their sons will be carriers

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,855.

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 sporozoites in the liver

C.

the invasion of the red blood cells by the trophozoites

D.

the development of merozoites into gametocytes

Correct answer is B

Once you're bitten by the female anopheles, the parasite enters the bloodstream and travels to the liver. The infection develops in the liver before re-entering the bloodstream and invading the red blood cells.