JAMB Biology Past Questions & Answers - Page 277

1,381.

The richest source of vitamin A are

A.

palm oil and groundnut oil

B.

palm oil and carrot

C.

rice and groundnut oil

D.

oranges and carrot

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,382.

The modes of nutrition in Nitrobacter, Ascaris, and Homo sapiens respectively are

A.

photosynthetic , parasitic, and holozoic

B.

chemosynthetic, parasitic, and holozoic

C.

photosynthetic, parasitic, and heterophytic

D.

chemosynthetic, holophytic, and holozoic

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,383.

Mammals acclimatize to reduced oxygen content at high altitudes by

A.

the stimulation of marrow to reduce the amount of erythrocytes produced

B.

increasing the rate at which erythrocytes are destroyed

C.

the stimulation of marrow to produce more erythrocytes

D.

increasing the break down of the protein portion of the erythrocytes

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,384.

The dark reaction of photosynthesis involves

A.

fixation of carbon (IV) oxide to give six-carbon sugar

B.

fixation of carbon (IV) oxide with the help of oxygen

C.

use of carbon (IV) oxide to produce glucose using ATP

D.

fixation of carbon (IV) oxide on chlorophyll using hydrogen

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,385.

After a meal of yam has been digested, the highest concentration of glucose is to be found in the

A.

hepatic artery

B.

pulmonary vein

C.

hepatic portal vein

D.

posterior vena cava

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.