Q1 MCQ Drill: 2025 Life Sciences P2 (2025 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

Life Sciences Past Paper Question 1 Drill Level 1: Knowledge & Recall

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8 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2025 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination Life Sciences Paper 2, auto-marked against the official marking guideline. Questions that rely on diagrams or graphs are excluded - see the full paper for those.

Question 1 of 8 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following characteristics do African apes and humans have in common?

A. Opposable thumbs

B. C-shaped spines

C. S-shaped spines

D. Short upper arms

Question 2 of 8 2 Marks

Meiosis is a biologically important process because it …

A. produces diploid gametes.

B. doubles the chromosome number from generation to generation.

C. produces genetically identical gametes.

D. produces haploid gametes.

Question 3 of 8 2 Marks

The reproductive isolation mechanism characterised by an animal displaying a specific action to attract a mating partner is known as …

A. breeding at different times of the year.

B. prevention of fertilisation.

C. infertile offspring.

D. species-specific courtship behaviour.

Question 4 of 8 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

A. RW

B. Rr

C. IB IB

D. ii

Question 5 of 8 2 Marks

How many alleles control blood groups in humans?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

Question 6 of 8 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following is an example of discontinuous variation in humans?

A. Blood groups

B. Height

C. Skin colour

D. Hair colour

Question 7 of 8 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following is a CORRECT description of stem cells?

A. Specialised cells that divide by mitosis to produce cells that may become further specialised for specific functions

B. Unspecialised cells that divide by mitosis to produce cells that may become specialised for specific functions

C. Unspecialised cells that divide by meiosis to produce cells that may become specialised for specific functions

D. Specialised cells that divide by meiosis to produce cells that may become specialised for specific functions

Question 8 of 8 2 Marks

A list of different lines of evidence to support evolution is given below. (i) Evidence from biogeography (ii) Fossil evidence (iii) Genetic evidence (iv) Cultural evidence Which ONE of the following options are used as evidence to support human evolution?

A. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

B. (iv) only

C. (ii), (iii) and (iv) only

D. (i) only

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2025 Life Sciences P2 (2025 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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