WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 3637

18,181.

Which of the following is not a correct base pairing on the DNA strand?

A.

Adenine, Thymine

B.

Cytosine, Guanine

C.

Guanine, Cytosine

D.

Uracil, Thymine

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

18,182.

In a living cell, factors which are responsible for inheritance are located

A.

on the nuclear membrane

B.

on the nucleolus

C.

on the chromosomes

D.

in the nucleoplasm

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

18,183.

Which disease is sex-linked and mainly afflicts male offspring?

A.

Sickle cell anaemia

B.

Haemophilia

C.

Diabetes

D.

Malaria

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

18,184.

Malthus contention is that

A.

Population increase in arithmetic progression while food production increased in geometric progression

B.

Population increased in geometric progression whil food production increased in arithmetic progression

C.

Population and food growth rate will, in future, be at par

D.

Nations have to get enough manpower to cultivate available land for food

E.

Output from agriculture decreased as more and more of the poorer lands were brought into cultivation

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

18,185.

If two parents are sickle cell carriers then their genotypes would be

A.

HbA HbA and HbS HbS

B.

HbS BbS and HbS BbS

C.

HbA HbS and HbA HbS

D.

HbA HbA and HbA HbA

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.