Concise JAMB Biology Syllabus With Number Of Question Analysis
Jan 18, 2018
JAMB Syllabus
The aim of the 2018 JAMB Biology Syllabus for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), is to prepare the candidates for the Board's examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:
1. Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the concepts of the diversity interdependence and unity of life;
2. Account for continuity of life through reorganization, inheritance and evolution;
3. Apply biological principles and concepts to everyday life, especially to matters affecting living things, individual, society, the environment, community health and the economy.
We provide a summary of JAMB Biology Syllabus with an average percentage of the number of question in each year. TestDriller team has analyzed questions from 17 years to come up with these statistics. You can only get such rare statistics from TestDriller. This information should guide you on topics you should give more attention to. More questions will come out from topics with higher percentages.
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| Rank | Topic | % Number Of Question |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FUNCTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATION | 8.83 |
| 2 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : NUTRITION | 8.83 |
| 3 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : TRANSPORT | 6.48 |
| 4 | HEREDITY AND VARIATIONS : HEREDITY | 6.37 |
| 5 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : REPRODUCTION | 6.37 |
| 6 | ECOLOGY : THE ECOLOGY OF POPULATION | 6.37 |
| 7 | VARIETY OF ORGANISMS : STRUCTURAL | 5.92 |
| 8 | VARIETY OF ORGANISMS : LIVING ORGANISMS | 5.92 |
| 9 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : CO-ORDINATION AND CONTROL | 5.81 |
| 10 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : EXCRETION | 4.25 |
| 11 | VARIETY OF ORGANISMS : EVOLUTION | 3.8 |
| 12 | ECOLOGY : HUMANS AND ENVIRONMENT | 3.58 |
| 13 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : RESPIRATION | 3.35 |
| 14 | HEREDITY AND VARIATIONS : VARIATION IN POPULATION | 3.35 |
| 15 | ECOLOGY : SOIL | 2.91 |
| 16 | ECOLOGY : NATURAL HABITATS | 2.68 |
| 17 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : SUPPORT AND MOVEMENT | 2.68 |
| 18 | ECOLOGY : LOCAL (NIGERIAN) BIOMES | 2.57 |
| 19 | ECOLOGY : SYMBIOTIC INTERACTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS | 1.9 |
| 20 | EVOLUTION : THEORIES OF EVOLUTION | 1.79 |
| 21 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : GROWTH | 1.79 |
| 22 | EVOLUTION : EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION | 1.34 |
| 23 | ECOLOGY : FACTORS AFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS | 1.12 |
| 24 | ECOLOGY: NUTRIENT CYCLING IN NATURE | 1.01 |
| 25 | FORMS AND FUNCTIONS : INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF A FLOWERING PLANT | 1.01 |
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