THE LIVING WORLD
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1. Which one is the most abundant microorganism?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Protozoan
(c) Viruses
(d) Protists
2. Bacteria occur -
(a) In water only
(b) In soil only
(c) As parasite
(d) Everywhere
3. Based upon the shape bacteria are grouped under how many categories?
(a) 2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)5
4. Which of the following bacteria are comma-shaped -
(a) Coccus
(b) Vibrio
(c) Bacillus
(d) Clostridium
5. Identify the names of the different bacteria according to the shapes –
(a) _A - Cocci, B - Bacilli, C - Spirilla, D – Vibrio
(b) A- Bacilli, B - Cocci, C - Spirilla, D - Vibrio
(c) A- Spirilla, B - Bacilli, C - Cocci, D – Vibrio
(d) A- Spirilla, B - Vibrio, C - Cocci, D – Bacilli
6. Which of the following statement is correct about bacteria?
(a) Bacteria are simple in both structure and behaviour
(b) Bacteria are complex in structure as well as behaviour
(c) Bacteria are complex in structure but simple in behaviour
(d) Bacteria are simple in structure but complex in behaviour
7. Which of the following organisms show the most extensive metabolic diversity?
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bacteria
(d) Bryophytes
8. Most of the bacteria are -
(a)Autotrophs
(b) Chemoautotrophs
(c) Heterotroph
(d) Parasites
9. Which of the following are autotrophs?
(a) Photosynthetic bacteria
(b) Chemosynthetic bacteria
(c) Archaebacteria
(d) Both a and b
10. Which of the following statements is wrong about Archaebacteria?
(a) They live in some of the harshest habitats
(b) They are recently evolved group
(c) Cell wall is peptidoglycan less
(d) They are unlike most other bacteria
11. Which of the following areas or conditions would be favoured by Thermoacidophiles?
(a) The stomach of many herbivores
(b) Hot, alkaline
(c) Hot, sulphurs rings
(d) Deep sea valconic.
12. Which is not correct about methanogens?
(a) They are Archaebacteria
(b) They live in marshy areas
(c) Methane is their preferred carbon source
(d) They are present in guts of several ruminant animals (cow, buffaloes) and they produce biogas (CH 4) from the dung of these animals
13. An Archean that lives in extremely salty condition is referred to as a -
(a) Thermophile
(b) Halophile
(c) Thermoacidophiles
(d) Methanogen
14. Eubacteria includes - .
(a) Bacteria and Archaebacteria
(b) Cyanobacteria + Archaebacteria
(c) Bacteria and Blue green algae
(d) Bacteria+ Eukaryote
15. All Eubacteria have -
(a) Cell wall
(b) Flagella
(c) Heterocyst
(d) All the above
16. Cyanobacteria I Blue green algae are
(a) Unicellular only
(b) Colonial only
(c) Filamentous only
(d) Unicellular, Colonial or filamentous
17. Cyanobacteria are -
(a) Only fresh water
(b) Only marine
(c) Only terrestrial
(d) Aquatic and terrestrial
18. Which ones forms bloom in polluted water mostly -
(a) Cyanobacteria
(b) Green algae
(c) Red algae
(d) Brown algae
19. Some of the Cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called -
(a)Akinetes
(b) Heterocyst
(c) Homocyst
(d) Nodule
20. Some of the Cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called -
(a)Akinetes
(b) Heterocyst
(c) Homocyst
(d) Nodule
21. The group of organisms oxidising various inorganic substances such as nitrate s, nitrites and ammonia using the released energy for their ATP production are-
(a) Chemoheterotrophic bacteria
(b) Chemosynthetic autotroph ic bacteria
(c) Photoautotrophic bacteria
(d) Saprophytic bacteria
22. Which of the following play a great role in recycling nutrients like N, P, and S?
(a) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
(b) Parasitic bacteria
(c) Photoautotrophic bacteria
(d) Cyanobacteria
23. Cyanobacteria have
(a) Chl- a similar to plant including green algae
(b) Distinct from chlorophyll of plants
(c) Bacteriochlorophyll
(d) Bacteriorhodopsin
24. The majority of bacteria are -
(a) Photoautotrophs
(b) Chemoautotrophs
(c) Chemo heterotrophs I decomposers
(d) Disease causing
25. Bacteria participate in -
(a) Many industrial and commercial processes
(b) N -fixation in legume roots
(c) Disease producing in plants, animals and human beings
(d)All
26. All of the following diseases cause by bacteria except -
(a)Flu
(b)Cholera
(c)Tetanus
(d) Typhoid
27. Citrus canker is a …………..disease
(a) Bacterial
(b) Viral
(c) Fungal
(d) Mycoplasmal
28. Bacteria reproduce mainly by -
(a) Endospores formation
(b) Zoospores formation
(c) Fission
(d) Sexual method
29. Identify the blanks in the following figures –Nostoc
(a) A- Cell wall, B - Cell membrane, C - Heterocyst, D - DNA, E - Mucilagenous sheath
(b) A- Cell wall, B - Cell membrane, C - DNA, D - Heterocyst, E - Mucilagenous sheath
(c) A- Mucilagenous sheath, B - Cell membrane, C - DNA, D - Heterocyst, E - Cell wall
(d) A- Cell membrane, B - Cell wall, C - DNA, D - Heterocyst, E - Mucilagenous sheath
30. Which of the following statements is correct -
I. Mycoplasma has no cell wall
II. Mycoplasma is the smallest living organism
Ill. Mycoplasma cannot survive without 02
IV. Mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals and plants
V. True sexuality is not found in bacteria
VI. A sort of sexual reproduction by adopting a primitive DNA transfer from one bacterium to the other occurs
(a)All
(b) Only Ill
(c) I, II, IV, V, VI
(d) I, Ill, VI
31. Protista includes -
(a) Unicellular prokaryotes
(b) Unicellular eukaryotes
(c) Bacteriophages
(d) B.G.A
32. Which of the following kingdoms has no well-defined boundaries?
(a) Monera
(b) Protista
(c) Fungi
(d) Metaphyta and Metazoa
33. Members of Protista are primarily -
(a) Parasites
(b) Terrestrial
(c) Aquatic
(d) Photosynthetic
34. Nearly all protists are -
(a) Aerobic
(b)Anaerobic
(c)Aerobic or anaerobic
(d) Photosynthetic
35. Nutritionally, protists are -
(a) Photoautotrophs
(b) Heterotrophs
(c) Mixotrophs
(d)photoautotrophs, heterotrophs or autotrophs
36. Based upon the modes of nutrition, protists are grouped into -
(a) Plant-like protists (algae) and ingestive, animal-like protists (protozoa); and absorptive, fungus like protists
(b) Chrysophytes, Dinoflagellates and Euglenoids only
(c) Slime moulds and fungi only
(d) Flagellated protozoans and sporozoans only
37. Which of the following are placed under Protista-?
(a) Chryosophytes and Dinoflagellates
(b) Euglenoids
(c) Slime moulds and protozoans
(d)All
38. Locomotory structures in protists are
(a) Flagella
(b) Cilia
(c) Pseudopodia
(d)All
39. Protista form a link with -
(a) Plants only
(b) Animals only
(c) Fungi only
(d) Plants, animals and fungi
40. Chrysophytes include -
(a) Diatoms and desmids (golden algae)
(b) Dinoflagellates
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Slime moulds
41. Which of the following modes of reproduction can be found in at least some protists?
(a) Binary fission
(b) Sexual reproduction
(c) Spore formation
(d) All
42. Which of the following modes of reproduction can be found in at least some protists?
(a) Binary fission
(b) Sexual reproduction
(c) Spore formation
(d) All
43. Silica gel (Keieselghur) I Diatomite I Diatomaceous earth is obtained by -
(a) Diatoms
(b) Dinoflagellates
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Brown algae
44. The diatoms do not easily decay like most of the other algae because -
(a) They have highly siliceous wall
(b) They have water proof cells
(c) Their cell wall are mucilaginous
(d) Cell wall is virus-resistant
45. Diatomaceous earth is used for all except -
(a) Polishing
(b) Filteration of oils and syrups
(c) Sound and fire proof room
(d) Biogas
46. Chrysophytes are -
(a) Planktons
(b) nektons
(c) Benthonic
(d)Active swimmers
47. Chief producers in ocean are -
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Diatoms
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Green algae
48. Photosynthetic protists are -
(a) Euglenoids, Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
(b) Euglenoids and slime moulds
(c) Diatoms and Zoo flagellates
(d) Desmide +Ciliates
49. Dinoflagellates are mostly-
(a) Marine
(b) Fresh water
(c) terrestrial
(d) Saprophytes
50. Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to super abundance of-
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Euglenoid forms
(c)Diatoms and desmids
(d) Chlamydomonas nivalis.
51. Red tide is caused by -
(a) Ceretium
(b) Noctiluca
(c) Gonyaulax
(d)All of these
52. Dinoflagellates have -
(a) A single flagellum in the transverse groove between the cell plates
(b) A single flagellum in the longitudinal groove between the cell plates
(c) Two flagella one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates
(d) No flagella
53. In which of the following the cell wall has stiff cellulose plate on the outer surface -
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Desmids
(c) Diatoms
(d) Euglenoids
54. Which of the following releases toxins that may even kill other marine animals like fishes -
(a) Gonyaulax
(b) Paramecium
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Sporozoans
55. Euglenoids e.g. Euglena are found -
(a) In fresh running water
(b) In fresh stagnant water
(c) In marine environment
(d) In both fresh and marine water
56. Which of the following statements about Euglena is true?
(a) Euglenoids are flagellates
(b) Euglena placed in continuous darkness loses their photosynthetic activity and die
(c) The pigments of Euglena are quite different from those of green plants
(d) Euglena is a marine Protista
57. Which of the following statement is true about Euglena?
(a) They show flagellar locomotion
(b) They have a rigid cell wall
(c) They have no chloroplast
(d) They are obligate autotroph
58. I. Instead of a cell wall they have a protein rich pellicle making their body flexible.
II. They have 2 flagella, a short and a long one.
Ill. They have mixotrophic nutrition
IV. In light they are photosynthetic, but act as heterotroph (predating other smaller organism) when they are in dark.
V. They are connecting link between plants and animals.
The above statements are assigned to -
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime mould
(c) Desmids and Diatoms
(d) Euglena
59. Slime moulds -
(a) Are parasite
(b) Do not produce spores
(c) Do not produce fruiting bodies
(d) Saprophytic protists
60. The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the body of slime mould is called -
(a) Plasmodium
(b) Myxamoeba
(c) Sporocytes
(d) Periplasmodium
61. Which of the following is correct about the slime mould?
I. Its thalloid body, plasmodium, has pseudopodia for locomotion and engulfing organic matter
II. During unfavourable conditions plasmodium differentiates and produces fruiting bodies, sporangium
III. Spores possess no true cell wall.
IV. They are dispersed by air current.
V. Being extremely resistant, spores survive for many years
VI. Plasmodium can grow upto several feet.
(a) I, 11, IV, V, VI
(b) I, II , Ill
(c) I, II , Ill , VI
(d)ll , 111 , VI
62. Protozoans are not included in kingdom Animalia because -
(a) Mostly asymmetrical
(b)Unicellular eukaryotes (c)"Heterotrophic nature
(d) Multicellular prokaryotes
63. All protozoans are -
(a) Saprophytes only
(b) Parasites only
(c) Predators only
(d) Heterotrophs (parasites or predator) only
64. Which of the following is considered to be primitive relatives of animals -
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Protozoa
(d) Protochordata
65. How many major groups protozoan have?
(a)3 (b)4
(c) 2 (d) 8
66. Which of the following are protozoans?
(a) Diatoms, flagellates, ciliates
(b) Desmids, flagellates, ciliates
(c)Amoeboid, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans
(d) Amoeba, Paramecium, dinoflagellates, Plasmodium
67. Which of the following statements is wrong about the amoeboid protozoans?
(a) They live in freshwater, sea water or moist soil
(b) Amoeba has pseudopodia for locomotion and capture prey
(c) Entamoeba show holozoic nutrition
(d) Marine forms are shelled with silica
68. Flagellated protozoans are -
(a) Free living (b) Parasites
(c) Either free living or parasites
(d) Pseudopodia
69. Which one is correct about Trypanosoma?
(a) They are flagellated protozoan
(b) They are parasite
(c) They cause sleeping sickness
(d)All
70. Paramecium-
(a) Is a ciliated protozoan
(b) Shows water current maintained by cilia which helps the food to be steered into gullet
(c) Has a cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of the cell surface
(d)All
71. Plasmodium (malarial parasite) is-
(a) Sporozoans
(b) Ciliated protozoan
(c) Flagellated protozoan
(d) Amoeboid protozoan
72. Which of the following always produce an infectious spore like stage in their life cycles?
(a) Ciliated protozoans
(b) Flagellated protozoans
(c) Sporozoans
(d) None
73. Mode of nutrition in fungi is -
(a) Parasitic
(b) Saprophytic
(c) Autotrophic
(d) Heterotrophic
74. All of the following are fungi except
(a) Yeast
(b) Penicillium
(c) Plasmodium
(d) Puccinia
75. Which of the following is odd?
(a) Toad stool
(b) Puccinia
(c) Alternaria
(d) Mushroom
76. Cell walls of all fungi consist of the polysaccharide -
(a) Chitin
(b) Cellulose
(c) Silica
(d) Pectin
77. The body of multicellular fungus is called a -
(a) Monokaryon
(b) Hyphae
(c) Rhizoids
(d) Dikaryon
78. The cells of the body of a multicellular fungus are organised into rapidly growing individual filaments called -
(a) Mycelium
(b) Rhizoids
(c) Hyphae
(d) Dikaryon
79. Which one is unicellular fungus?
(a) Puccinia
(b) Toad stool
(c) Penicillium
(d) Yeast
80. Coenocytic hypha is -
(a) Uninucleate hypha
(b) Multicellular hypha
(c) Multinucleate hypha without septae
(d) Hypha in coelom
81. Many fungi are _ _ _ _ associating with photosynthetic organisms to form mycorrhiza or lichens -
(a) Parasitic
(b) Symbiotic
(c) Photosynthetic
(d) Saprobic
82. Fungi can be parasites on -
(a) Animals
(b) Human being
(c) Plants
(d)All
83. Fungi prefer to grow in –
(a) Cold and dry places
(b) Hot and dry places
(c) Sea water
(d) Warm and humid places
84. Fungi occur-
(a) In air and soil
(b) In water
(c) On plants and animals
(d}All
85. Fungi show a great diversity in -
(a) Morphology (b) Habitat
(c) Both a and b (d) Nutrition
86. Reproduction in fungi can take place by all of the following vegetative methods except-
(a) Gemmae
(b) Fragmentation
(c) Fission
(d) Budding
87. Fungi show asexual reproduction by all of the following spores except -
(a) Conidia •
(b) Oospore
(c) Sporangiospore
(d) Zoospores
88. Sexual reproduction in fungi is by all of the following except -
(a) Oospores
(b) Ascospores
(c) Zoospores
(d) Basidiospores
89. Select the correct statements below that correctly apply to the Kingdom Fungi -
(a) Some fungi form beneficial interrelationships with plants
(b) Certain fungi are natural sources of antibiotics
(c) The fungal life cycle typically includes a spore stage
(d)All
90.
The above diagram shows a generalized life cycle of a fungus. The appropriate terms for A to E are –
91. When (a) Spores a moist are bread present is kept exposed in • air, it becomes mouldy and black because
(a) Spores are present
(b) Spores are present in the bread
(c) Spores are in the air
(d) The bread gets decomposed•
92. Which of the following is the correct sequence of 3 steps in the sexual cycle of fungi -
(a) Mitosis ----. Meiosis ----. Fertilization
(b) Plasmogamy----. Karyogamy----. Meiosis
(c) Meiosis ----. Plasmogamy----. Karyogamy
(d) Karyogamy----. Plasmogamy----. Meiosis
93. Fungi are classified on the basis of -
(a) Morphology of mycelium
(b) Mode of spore formation
(c) Development of fruiting bodies
(d)All
94. Dikaryophase I Dikaryon formation is a specific characteristic of-
(a) All fungi
(b) Phycomycetes and ascomycetes
(c) Only basidiomycetes
(d) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
95. Coenocytic, multinucleate and branched mycelial habit is found in -
(a) Basidiomycetes
(b) Phycomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes
(d) Deuteromycetes
96.
97. Members of phycomycetes are found
I. In aquatic habitat
II on decaying wood
III. On moist and damp places
IV. As obligate parasite on plants
(a) None of the above
(b) I and IV
(c) II and Ill
(d)All of the above
98. In phycomycetes asexual reproduction occurs by-
(a) Zoospores (motile)
(b)Aplanospores (non-motile)
(c) Both
(d)Aplanogamete
99. Which of the following spores are produced endogenously?
(a) Zoospores and Conidia
(b) Conidia and aplanospores
(c) Aplanospores and zoospores
(d)Aplanospores, zoospores andConidia
100. In Phycomycetes sexual reproduction occurs by-
(a) Isogamy and Anisogamy
(b) lsogamy, Oogamy
(c) lsogamy, Anisogamy and oogamy
(d) Oogamy and Anisogamy
101.All the following belong to phycomycetes except -
(a) Penicillium
(b) Rhizopus (bread mould)
(c) Mucor
(d) Albugo
102. Which of the following is parasite on mustard?
(a) Albugo
(b) Puccinia
(c) Yeast
(d) Ustilago
103. Which of the following is false about ascomycetes?
(a) Mode of nutrition saprophytic, decomposer, coprophilous (growing on dung) and parasitic
(b) Includes unicellular (e.g. yeast) and multicellular forms
(c) Mycelium is coenocytic
(d) Aspergillus, Claviceps, Neurospora are important members of Ascomycetes
104. I. It includes unicellular as well as multicellular fungi
II. In multicellular forms hyphae are branched and septate
Ill. Conidiophore produces conidia (spores) exogenously in chain
IV. Sexual spores are ascospores produced endogenously in Ascus
V. Fruiting body is called ascocarps
Which of the above characters are shown by -
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Sac fungi
(c) Club fungi
(d) Fungi imperfecti
105. Which of the following are edible ascomycetes delicacies?
(a) Morels+ Mushroom
(b) Truffles+ Toadstool
(c) Morels+ Trufles
(d) Puffball+ Mushroom
106. Which of the following is used extensively in biochemical and genetical work?
(a) Agaricus
(b) Alternaria
(c) Neurospora
(d) Mucor
107. Which of the following ascomycetes is the source of antibiotic?
(a) Neurospora
(b) Penicillium
(c) Claviceps
(d) None
108. Basidiomycetes include -
(a) Mushroom, Toadstool, Puffball and bracket fungi
(b) Smut fungi and rust fungi
(c) Both a and b
(d) Bread mould, sac fungi and algal fungi
109. Which of the following are common parasite basidiomycetes?
(a) Puccinia (rust) and Usti/ago (smut)
(b) Bracket fungi
(c) Puffballs
(d) Agaricus (mushroom)
110. Where does meiosis occur in mushroom?
(a) Basidiospores
(b) Basidium
(c) Basidiocarps
(d) Ascus mother cell
111. I. Mycelium is branched and septate
II. No asexual spores are generally formed
Ill. Vegetative reproduction by fragmentation is common
IV: Sex organs are absent but sexual reproduction takes place by somatogamy
V. Karyogamy and meiosis occur in basidium to form haploid exogenous 4 basidiospores
VI. Basidia are arranged in basidiocarps.
The above characters are assigned to -
(a) Sac fungi
(b) Club fungi
(c)Algal fungi
(d) Fungi imperfecti
112. Plasmogamy is the fusion of-
(a) 2 haploid cells including their nuclei
(b) 2 haploid cells without nuclear fission
(c) Sperm and egg
(d) Sperm with 2 polar nuclei
113. Somatogamy is the fusion of -
(a) Two vegetative I somatic cell, of different strain I genotypes to form dikaryotic cell
(b) Sperm with egg
(c) 2 somatic cell having identical strain
(d) Egg with egg
114. Which of the following is false about deuteromycetes?
(a) They reproduce only by asexual spores (conidia) (b) Mycelium is branched and septate
(c) They have only parasitic forms
(d) They have no sexual stage (perfect stage)
115. Which of the following is correct about class Deuteromycetes?
(a) Some members are saprophytes or parasites
(b) A large number of members are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling
(c) Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma are deuteromycetes
(d)All
116. Sexual reproduction is found in all except -
(a) Deuteromycetes
(b) Ascomycetes
(c) Phycomycetes
(d) Basidiomycetes
117. If sexual stage is discovered in a member of deuteromycetes, it is moved to-
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Basidiomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes
(d) Both band c
118. Select the false statement(s) -
(a) Kingdom Plantae includes multicellular chlorophyll containing organisms
(b) Plantae includes Bryophytes to Angiosperms; but not algae
(c) Plantae shows alternation of generation (between gametophytic [NJ phase and sporophytic phase [2N])
(d)All
119. Which of the following pair(s) is false?
(a) Bladderwort- insectivorous
(b) Venus fly trap - insectivorous
(c) Cuscuta - Saprophytic
(d) Cell wall of plant cell - mainly cellulosic
120. Kingdom Animalia is characterised by -
(a)Heterotrophic eukaryotic multicellular organisms having no cell wall in their cells
(b) Reserve food - glycogen or fat
(c) Holozoic nutrition
(d)All
121. In the five kingdom classification of Whittaker there is -
(a) No mention of viruses
(b) Mention of lichens
(c) No mention of. Viroids
(d) No mention of viruses, viroids and lichens
122. Viruses did not find a place in classification since –
(a) They are not truly living
(b) They are obligate parasite
(c) They are cellular
(d) They are hyper parasite
123. Common cold I flu is -
(a) A viral disease
(b) A bacterial disease
(c) A mycoplasmal disease
(d) A fungal disease
124. Which is absent in viruses?
(a) Nucleic acid
(b) Protoplasm
(c) Protein
(d) a and c
125. The viruses are non-cellular organisms that are characterised by-
(a) Having no nucleic acid
(b) Having an active structure outside the living cell
(c) Having an inert crystalline structure outside the cell
(d) Their hyperactivity outside the cell
126. Term virus means -
(a) Non-cellular
(b) A parasite
(c) A killer
(d) Venom or poison
127. Term virus was given by -
(a) D. J. Ivanowsky
(b) Pasteur
(c) Beijerinek
(d) Stanley
128. The scientist who first crystallized TMV was -
(a) Ivanowsky
(b) Pasteur
(c) Robertson
(d) Stanley
129. Chemically viruses are -
(a) Glycoproteins
(b) Glycolipid
(c) Nucleoproteins
(d) Lipopolysaccharides
130. TMV by-
(a) Mayer
(b) Ivanowsky
(c) Towrt
(d) Pasteur
131. The concept of Contagium vivum fluidum (infectious living fluid) for virus was given -
(a) Mayer
(b) Beijerinck
(c) Pasteur
(d) lvanowsky
132. Which of the following statements is false about viruses -
(a) Viruses are obligate parasites
(b) Viruses can multiply only when they are inside the living cells
(c) Viruses cannot pass bacterial proof filters
(d) Viruses are made up of protein+ DNA or RNA (nerver both DNA and RNA)
133. Which is the infectious component of the virus?
(a) Lipid
(b) Protein
(c) Nucleic acid
(d) b and c
134. Viruses have proteins and
(a) ds DNA or ssRNA
(b) ssRNA or ds RNA
(c) DNA and RNA
(d) ds or ss RNA I DNA
135. In general plant viruses’ have-
(a) Single strand RNA
(b) dsRNA
(c) ssDNA
(d) dsRNS
136. Animal viruses have -
(a) ssRNA
(b) dsRNA
(c) dsDNA or ssDNA
(d)a or b or c
137. The genetic material for most of the bacteriophages is -
(a) ssR.NA
(b) dsRNA
(c) dsDNA
(d) ssDNA
138. The protein of viruses is called -
(a) Capsid
(b) Capsomere
(c) Core
(d) Envelope
139. The subunit of capsid is called -
(a) Core
(b) Nucleotide
(c) Amino acid
(d) Capsomere
140. All are the viral diseases except -
(a) AIDS and mumps
(b) Small pox and herpes
(c) Influenza
(d) Cholera
141. In plants mosaic formation, leaf rolling and curling, yellowing and vein clearing dwarfing and stunted growth are symptoms of –
(a) Bacterial diseases
(b) Mycoplasmal diseases
(c) Viral diseases
(d) Fungal diseases
142. In1971 T. 0. Diener discovered a new infectious agent that was smaller than viruses -
I. It causes potato spindle tuber disease
II. It is free RNA
Ill. Molecular wt. of RNA is low
The above statements are assigned to -
(a) Viruses
(b) Viroids
(c) Virulent
(d) Mycoplasma
143. Lichens are composite organism made up of a fungus and a photosynthetic alga. Which of the following statements is wrong about Lichen?
(a) Lichens are sensitive toair pollution because they have no way to excrete toxic substances
(b) Algal partner (phycobiont) and fungal partner (mycobiont) live mutually
(c) Algae pre pare food for fungi and fungi provide shelter and absorb water+ minerals for algal partner-
(d) None
144. Given below is the diagram of a bacteriophage. In which one of the options all the four parts A, B, C and D are correct?
145. Given below is the diagram of a virus. In which one of the options A, Band Care correct?
146. Observe the following figures and identify them.
(a) A - Euglena, B - Paramecium, C - Agaricus
(b) A- Euglena, B - Planaria, C - Agaricus
(c) A- Planaria, B - Paramecium, C - Agaricus
(d) A- Euglena, B - Paramecium, C - Aspergillus
147. Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant in a
(a) Hot spring
(b) Sulphur rock
(c) Cattle yard
(d) Polluted stream
148. Which one among the following statements is NOT correct?
(a) Contractile vacuoles regulate osmoregulation in marine protozoans
(b) Euglena is a halophytic protozoan
(c) Trypanosoma belongs to the class Mastigophora
(d) Class Sporozoa includes plasmodium.
149. How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Sacharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolfia
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Three
150. In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in:
(a) Protista
(b)Algae
(c) Plantae
(d) Monera
151. Cuscuta is an example of:
(a) Ectoparasitism
(b) Brood parasitism
(c) Predation
(d) Endoparasitism
152. Which of the following option is correct:-
(A) In basidiomycetes class asexual spores are generally not found.
(B) Yeast is a unicellular fungus.
(C) Fungi are divided into different classes on the basis of morphology of mycelium and sexual reproduction.(0) Branched , aseptate and multinucleate mycelium are found in club fungi.
(a) B, C and Dare correct
(b) A, C and Dare incorrect
153. Consider the following statements.
A. Viruses are excluded from five kingdom classification of Whittaker.
B. Kingdom Protista of Whittaker’s classification seems to be unnatural.
C. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in Monera.
D. In five kingdom classification, Euglena is included under Protista.
E. Algae are distributed in five kingdom classification amongst Monera, Plantae and Protista.
Of the above statements
(a) A and Bare correct
(b) C and Dare correct
(c) Band E are correct
(d) All are correct
154. The beautiful diatoms and desmids are placed under
(a) Chrysophytes
(b) Dinoflagellates
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Slime moulds.
155. The cyanobacteria are also referred to as
(a) Protists
(b) Golden algae
(c) Slime moulds
(d) Blue green algae
156. Which statement is wrong for viruses?
(a) All are parasites
(b) All of them have helical symmetry
(c) They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins
(d) Antibiotics have no effect on them
157. Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water?
(a) Eubacteria
(b) Blue-green algae
(c) Saprophytic fungi
(d) Archaebacteria
158. Select the wrong statement:
(a) lsogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour
(b) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behaviour
(c) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile.
(d) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and Anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
159. Pigment-containing membranous extensions in some cyanobacteria are:
(a) Heterocysts
(b) Basal bodies
(c) Pneumatophores
(d) Chromatophores
160. Whittaker proposed -
(a) Two kingdom classification
(b) Five kingdom classification
(c) Four kingdom classification
(d) Three kingdom classification.
161. In Whittaker’s classification, non-nucleated unicellular organisms/prokaryotes are included under-
(a) Plantae (b) Monera
(c) Protista (d) Animalia.
162. In Whittaker’s. Five kingdom classification, eukaryotes are assigned to
(a) All the five kingdoms (b) Only four kingdoms
(c) Only three kingdoms (d) Only two kingdoms
163.
164. Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on:
(a) Presence or absence of a well-defined nucleus.
(b) Mode of reproduction.
(c) Mode of nutrition.
(d) Complexity of body organisation.
165. Agrobacteria differ from eubacteria in
(a) Cell membrane
(b) Mode of nutrition
(c) Cell shape
(d) Mode of reproduction
166. Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and capsomeres?
(a) Polio virus
(b) Tobacco mosaic virus
(c) Measles virus
(d) Retrovirus
167. Viruses have :-
(a) DNA enclosed in a protein coat
(b) Prokaryotic nucleus
(c) Single chromosome
(d) Both DNA and RNA
168. The motile bacteria are able to move by:-
(a) Fimbriae (b) Flagella
(c) Cilia(d) pili
169. Which one of the following is true for fungi?
(a) They are halotrophs
(b) They lack a rigid cell wall
(c) They are heterotrophs
(d) They lack nuclear membrane
170. Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in Nostoc are
(a)Akinetes
(b) Heterocysts
(c) Hormogonia
(d) Nodules
171. Phototrophs and chemotrophs are defined on the basis of their•
(a) Energy source
(b) Requirement of organic and inorganic substaflces
(c) Metabolism
(d) Structure
172. Multicellular organism with halophytic nutrition belongs to how many kingdoms in Whittaker system?
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Five
173. Multicellular with loose tissue body organization is a characteristic feature of
(a) Monera (b) Protista
(c) Plantae (d) Fungi
174. The Cyanobacteria of great nutritional value being marketed today is
(a)Serytonema
(b) Spirogyra
(c)Spirulina
(d) Stigonema
175. What is true for cyanobacteria?
(a) Oxygenic with nitrogenase
(b) Oxygenic without nitrogenase
(c) Non oxygenic with nitrogenase
(d) Non oxygenic without nitrogenase.
176. Select incorrect statement w. r.t eubacteria
(a) Have very simple structure
(b) Peptidoglycan nature of cell wall
(c) Heterotrophs are most abundant in nature
(d) Show most simple metabolic diversity
177.Archaeabacteria do not show
(a) Peptidoglycan in cell wall
(b) Intrans in DNA
(c) Branched chain lipids in cell membrane
(d) Ribosomal protein with high acidic nature
178. Thermoacidophiles are capable of withstanding extremely low pH and high temperature due to the
(a) Presence of branched chain lipid in cell membrane
(b) Presence of resistant enzyme which can operate in basic condition
(c) Presence of higher concentration of KCI in their cell
(d) More than one option is correct
179.The name of the class is based on sexual structure as the site of karyogamy an d meiosis in
(a) Phycomycetes and Actinomycetes
(b) Deuteromycetes and Zygomycetes •
(c) Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes
(d) Basidiomycetes and Actinomycetes
180.
(a) A- Mucor, B - Aspergillus; C - Agaricus.
(b) A- Mucor, B - Agaricus; C -Aspergillus.
(c) A- Agaricus; B - Mucor, C - Aspergillus.
(d) A-Agaricus; B - Aspergillus; C - Mucor.
181. Decomposers (micro consumers) are assigned to how many kingdoms of Whittaker?
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4
182. Go through the following characters. How many of them are used to classify the organisms according to five kingdomsystem of classification?
Cell structure, flagellation, mode of nutrition,reproduction, phylogenetic relationship, pigmentation.
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d ) 3
183. A study of diverse organisms like plants, animals or fungi show similar pattern regarding
(a) External morphology
(b) Internal structure
(c) Physiology
(d) Sexual mode of reproduction
184. Choose the correct statement.
a) All the members of Phycomycetes are facultative parasites on plants
b) Fusion of protoplasm between two motile or non-motile gametes is called plasmogamy
c) Kingdom Plantae includes all eukaryotic chlorophyll containing organisms and non-chlorophyll organisms and are called plants.
d) Trichoderma belongs to basidiomycetes
185. Which of the following characters belongs to the kingdom Monera?
a) Eukaryotic
(b) Heterotrophic
(c) Multicellular
(d) Presence of cell walls made of cellulose
186.match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given .
a. A- (i) , B - (ii) , C - (iii) , D - (iv)
b. A - (ii), B - (iii) , C - (iv) , D - (i)
c.A - (iv), B - (ii i), C - (ii) , D - (i)
d. A- (iii), B - (iv) , C - (ii) , D - (i)
187. Ofthe following statements which are not relevant to archaebacteria?
( a.)B and C (b) A, C and E
(c) C, D and E (d)A, C and D
188.Which of the following is wrongly matched?
a) Diener-Viroids are found to be a free DNA.
b)N. M. Stanley - Crystallised proteins
c) W. Beijerinck - Contagium vivum fluidum
d) J. J. lvanowsky- Microbes smaller than a bacteria cause mosaic disease of tobacco
189. Structure of E.coli chromosomal DNA is
(a) Double stranded, right handed and circular
(b) Single stranded, right handed and circular.
(c) Double stranded, left handed and linear
(d) Double stranded, left handed and circular
190.Organisms which completely lack a cell wall and can live without oxygen is
(a)Mycoplasmas (b) Archaebacteria
(c) Methanogens
(d) Thermoacidophiles
191.Which one of the following Cocci appears like grapes under microscope?
(a)Streptococci
(b) Diplococci
(c) Staphylococci
(d) Pneumococci
192. Green phytoplanktons are kept in which kingdom of five kingdom classification system?
(a)Kingdom - Monera
(b) Kingdom - Protista
(c) Kingdom - Plantae
(d) Kingdom – Fungi
193. True Nucleus is absent in .
(a) Vaucheria
{b) Volvox
(c) Anabaena
(d) Mucor
194.
195. The guts of cow and buffalo possess
(a) Methanogens
(b) Cyanobacteria
(c) Fucus sp.
(d) Chlorella sp.
196. The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling belong to
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Ascomycetes
(c) Deuteromycetes
(d) Basidiomycetes
197. Select the wrong statement
(a) The term ’Contagium vivum fluidum’ was coined by M. W. Beijerinck
(b) Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human being are caused by viruses
(c) The viroids were discovered by D. J. lvanowsky
(d) W. M. Stanle{showed that viruses could be crystallised
198. Choose the wrong statement.
(a) Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms ’
(b) Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation
(c) Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics
(d) Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics
199. Pick up the wrong statement.
(a) Some fungi are edible
(b) Nuclear membrane is present in Monera
(c) Cell wall is absent in Animals
(d) Protists have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
200. In which group of organisms the cell walls from two thin overlapping shells which fit together?
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Chrysophytes
(d) Euglenoids
201 .Fungus prefer to grow in
(a) Warm and humid places
(b) Cold and humid places
(c) Warm and cold places
(d) Warm, cold and humid places
202. Which of the following statements is wrong for viroids?
(a) They lack a protein coat
(b) They are smaller than viruses
(c) They cause infections
(d) Their RNA is of high molecular weight
203. One of the major components of cell wall of most fungi is:-
(a) Chitin
(b) Peptidoglycan
(c) Cellulose
(d) Hemicellulose
204. Which one of the following statements is wrong?
(a) Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green algae (b) Golden algae are also called desmids
(c) Eubacteria are also called, false bacteria
(d) Phycomycetes are also called algal fungi
205. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for the production of biogas from the dung of ruminant animals, include
(a) Halophiles (b) Thermoacidiophiles
(c) Methanogens (d) Eubacteria
206. Chrysophytes, Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates and Slime moulds are included in the kingdom:-
(a) Monera (b) Protista
(c) Fungi (d) Animalia
207. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Ascomycetes - Sac fungi
(b) Neurospora - Drosophila of plant kingdom
(c) Claviceps purpurea - Ergotin drug
(d) Lycoperdon - Bracket fungi
208. Which one of the following is wrong for fungi?
(a) They are heterotrophic
(b) They are both unicellular and multicellular.
(c) They are eukaryotic
(d) All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall
209. Methanogens belong to:
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Eubacteria
(d) Archaebacteria
210. Select the wrong statement:
(a) Diatoms are chief producers in the oceans
(b) Diatoms are microscopic and float passively in water
(c) The walls of diatoms are easily destructible
(d) ’Diatomaceous earth ’ is formed by the cell walls of diatoms.
211. The genome of Influenza virus is a:
(a) Single-stranded RNA
(b) Single-stranded RNA (+)
(c) Double-stranded RNA
(d) Single-stranded DNA
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