Chapter 2 13.

An archean that lives in extremely salty condition is

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION referred to as a -
(1) Thermophile
1. Which one is the most abundant microorganism? (2) Halophiles
(1) Bacteria (2) Protozoan (3) Thermoacidophile
(3) Viruses (4) Protists (4) Methanogen

2. Bacteria occur - 14. Eubacteria include -

(1) In water only (2) In soil only (1) Bacteria and Archaebacteria
(3) As parasite (4) Everywhere (2) Cyanobacteria + Archaebacteria
(3) Bacteria and Blue green algae
3. Based upon the shape bacteria are grouped under (4) Bacteria + Eukaryote
how many categories?
(1) 2 (2) 3 15. All Eubacteria have -
(3) 4 (4) 5 (1) Cell wall (2) Flagella
(3) Heterocyst (4) All the above
4. Which of the following bacteria are comma - shaped
(1) Coccus (2) Vibrio 16. Cyanobacteria/ Blue green algae are -
(3) Bacillus (4) Clostridium (1) Unicellular only
(2) Colonial only
5. Identify the names of the different bacteria (3) Filamentous only
according to the shapes - (4) Unicellular, Colonial or filamentous
(1) A - Cocci, B - Bacilli, C - Spirilla, D - Vibrio
(2) A - Bacilli, B - Cocci, C - Spirilla, D - Vibrio 17. Cyanobacteria are -
(3) A - Spirilla, B - Bacilli, C - Cocci, D - Vibrio (1) Only fresh water
(4) A - Spirilla, B - Vibrio, C - Cocci, D - Bacilli (2) Only marine
(3) Only terrestrial
6. Which of the following statement is correct about (4) Aquatic and terrestrial
bacteria?
(1) Bacteria are simple in both structure and 18. Which ones forms bloom in polluted water mostly -
behaviour (1) Cyanobacteria (2) Green algae
(2) Bacteria are complex in structure as well as (3) Red algae (4) Brown algae
behaviour
(3) Bacteria are complex in structure but simple in 19. Some of the Cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric
behaviour nitrogen in specialised cells called -
(4) Bacteria are simple in structure but complex in (1) Akinetes (2) Heterocyst
behaviour (3) Homocyst (4) Nodule

7. Which of the following organisms show the most 20. Heterocystous cyanobacteria -
extensive metabolic diversity? (1) Only Nostoc
(1) Algae (2) Fungi (2) Only Anabaena
(3) Bacteria (4) Bryophytes (3) Both Nostoc and Anabaena
(4) Vibrio
8. Most of the bacteria are -
(a)Autotrophs 21. The group of organisms oxidising various inorganic
(2) Chemoautotrophs substances such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonia
(3) Heterotroph using the released energy for their ATP production
(4) Parasites are -
(1) Chemoheterotrophic bacteria
9. Which of the following are autotrophs? (2) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
(1) Photosynthetic bacteria (3) Photoautotrophic bacteria
(2) Chemosynthetic bacteria (4) Saprophytic bacteria
(3) Archaebacteria (4) Both a and b
22. Which of the following play a great role in recycling
10. Which of the following statements is wrong about nutrients like N, P, and S -
Archaebacteria ? (1) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
(1) They live in some of the most harsh habitats (2) Parasitic bacteria
(2) They are recently evolved group (3) Photoautotrophic bacteria
(3) Cell wall is peptidoglycanless (4) Cyanobacteria
(4) They are unlike most other bacteria
23. Cyanobacteria have
11. Which of the following areas or conditions would be (1) Chl a similar to plant including green algae
favoured by thermoacidophiles ? (2) Distinct from chlorophyll of plants
(1) The stomach of many herbivores (3) Bacteriochlorophyll
(2) Hot, alkaline (4) Bacteriorhodopsin
(3) Hot, sulphur springs
(4) Deep sea valconic 24. The majority of bacteria are -
(1) Photoautotrophs
12. Which is not correct about methanogens? (2) Chemoautotrophs
(1) They are archaebacteria (3) Chemoheterotrophs /decomposers
(2) They live in marshy areas (4) Disease causing
(3) Methane is their preferred carbon source
(4) They are present in guts of several ruminant 25. Bacteria participate in -
animate (cow, buffaloes) and they produce (1) Many industrial and commercial processes
biogas (CH4) from the dung of these animals (2) N2 - fixation in legume roots
(3) Disease producing in plants, animals and human
beings
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 (4) All (2) Euglenoids
(3) Slime moulds and protozoans
26. All of the following diseases cause by bacteria except (4) All
-
(1) Flu (2) Cholera 38. Locomotory structures in protists are -
(3) Tetanus (4) Typhoid (1) Flagella (2) Cilia
(3) Pseudopodia (4) All
27. Citrus canker is ____________ disease -
(1) Bacterial (2) Viral 39. Protista form a link with -
(3) Fungal (4) Mycoplasmal (1) Plants only
(2) Animals only
28. Bacteria reproduce mainly by - (3) Fungi only
(1) Endospores formation (4) Plants, animals and fungi
(2) Zoospores formation
(3) Fission 40. Chrysophytes include -
(4) Sexual method (1) Diatoms and desmids (golden algae)
(2) Dinoflagellates
29. Bacteriophage are similar to fungi (3) Euglenoids
(1) In having cell wall of chitin (4) Slime moulds
(2) In mode of reproduction
(3) In having DNA as genetic material 41. Which of the following modes of reproduction can
(4) In having RNA as genetic material be found in at least some protists ?
(1) Binary fission
30. Which of the following statements is correct - (2) Sexual reproduction
I. Mycoplasma has no cell wall (3) Spore formation
II. Mycoplasma is the smallest living organism (4) All
III. Mycoplasma cannot survive without O2
IV. Mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals and 42. Select the following statement that does not apply to
plants diatoms -
V. True sexuality is not found in bacteria (1) Diatom cell wall may be impregnated with
VI. A sort of sexual reproduction by adopting a silicon
primitive DNA transfer from one bacterium to (2) Cell wall is made up of 2 half - shells fit tightly
the other occurs together
(1) All (2) Only III (3) Diatom is a chrysophyte
(3) I, II, IV, V, VI (4) I, III, VI (4) Diatom is multiflagellate

31. Protista includes - 43. Silica gel (Keieselghur)/ Diatomite/ Diatomaceous

(1) Unicellular prokaryotes earth is obtained by -
(2) Unicellular eukaryotes (1) Diatoms (2) Dinoflagellates
(3) Bacteriophages (3) Euglenoids (4) Brown algae
(4) B.G.A
44. The diatoms do not easily decay like most of the
32. Which of the following kingdoms has no well other algae because -
defined boundaries? (1) They have highly siliceous wall
(1) Monera (2) They have water proof cells
(2) Protista (3) Their cell wall are mucilaginous
(3) Fungi (4) Cell wall is virus - resistant
(4) Metaphyta and Metazoa
45. Diatomaceous earth is used for all except -
33. Members of Protista are primarily - (1) Polishing
(1) Parasites (2) terrestrial (2) Filteration of oils and syrups
(3) Aquatic (4) Photosynthetic (3) Sound and fire proof room
(4) Biogas
34. Nearly all protists are -
(1) Aerobic 46. Chrysophytes are -
(2) Anaerobic (1) Planktons (2) Nektons
(3) Aerobic or anaerobic (3) Benthonic (4) Active swimmers
(4) Photosynthetic
47. Chief producers in ocean are -
35. Nutritionally, protists are - (1) Dinoflagellates (2) Diatoms
(1) Photoautotrophs (3) Euglenoids (4) Green algae
(2) Heterotrophs
(3) Mixotrophs 48. Photosynthetic protests are -
(4) Photoautotrophs, heterotrophs or autotrophs (1) Euglenoids, Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
(2) Euglenoids and slime moulds
36. Based upon the modes of nutrition, protists are (3) Diatoms and Zooflagellates
grouped into - (4) Desmide + Ciliates
(1) Plant - like protists (algae) and ingestive, animal
- like protists (protozoa); and absorptive, fungus 49. Dinoflagellates are mostly -
like protists (1) Marine (2) Fresh water
(2) Chrysophytes, Dinoflagallates and Euglenoids (3) terrestrial (4) Saprophytes
only
(3) Slime moulds and fungi only 50. Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to
(4) Flagellated protozoans and sporozoans only super abundance of -
(1) Dinoflagellates
37. Which of the following are placed under Protista - (2) Euglenoid forms
(1) Chryosophytes and Dinoflagellates (3) Diatoms and desmids
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 (4) Chlamydomonas nivalis II. During unfavourable conditions palsmodium
differentiates and produces fruiting bodies,
51. Red tide is caused by - sporangium
(1) Ceretium (2) Noctiluca III. Spores possess no true cell wall
(3) Gonyaulax (4) All of these IV. They are dispersed by air current.
V. Being extremely resistant, spores survive for
52. Dinoflagellates have - many years
(1) A single flagellum in the transverse groove VI. Plasmodium can grow upto several feet.
between the cell plates (1) I, II, IV, V, VI (2) I, II, III
(2) A single flagellum in the longitudinal groove (3) I, II, III, VI (4) II, III, VI
between the cell plates
(3) Two flagella one lies longitudinally and the other 62. Protozoans are not included in kingdom Animalia
transversely in a furrow between the wall plates because -
(4) No flagella (1) Mostly asymmetrical
(2) Unicellular eukaryotes
53. In which of the following the cell wall has stiff (3) Heterotropnic nature
cellulose plate on the outer surface - (4) Multicellular prokaryotes
(1) Dinoflagellates (2) Desmids
(3) Diatoms (4) Euglenoids 63. All protozoans are -
(1) Saprophytes only
54. Which of the following releases toxins that may even (2) Parasites only
kill other marine animals like fishes - (3) Predators only
(1) Gonyaulax (2) Paramecium (4) Heterotrophs (parasites or predator) only
(3) Euglenoids (4) Sporozoans
64. Which of the following is considered to be primitive
55. Euglenoids e.g. Euglena are found - relatives of animals -
(1) In fresh running water (1) Dinoflagellates (2) Slime moulds
(2) In fresh stragnant water (3) Protozoa (4) Protochordata
(3) In marine environment
(4) In both fresh and marine water 65. How many major groups protozoan have ?
(1) 3 (2) 4
56. Which of the following statements about Euglena is (3) 2 (4) 8
true?
(1) Euglenoids are flagellates 66. Which of the following are protozoans ?
(2) Euglena placed in continuous darkness lose their (1) Diatoms, flagellates, ciliates
photosynthetic activity and die (2) Desmids, flagellates, ciliates
(3) The pigments of Euglena are quite different from (3) Amoeboid, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans
those of green plants (4) Amoeba, Paramecium, dinoflagellates,
(4) Euglena is a marine protist Plasmodium

57. Which of the following statement is true about 67. Which of the following statements is wrong about
Euglena ? the amoeboid protozoans?
(1) They show flagellar locomotion (1) they live in freshwater, sea water or moist soil
(2) They have a rigid cell wall (2) Amoeba has pseudopodia for locomotion and
(3) They have no chloroplast capture prey
(4) They are obligate autotroph (3) Entamoeba show holozoic nutrition
(4) Marine forms are shelled with silica
58. I. Instead of a cell wall they have a protein rich
pellicle making their body flexible. 68. Flagellated protozoans are -
II. They have 2 flagella, a short and a long one. (1) Free living
III. They have mixotrophic nutrition. (2) Parasites
IV. In light they are photosynthetic, but act as (3) Either free living or parasites
heterotroph (predating other smaller organism) (4) Pseudopodia
when they are in dark.
V. They are connecting link between plants and 69. Which one is correct about Trypanosoma ?
animals. (1) They are flagellated protozoan
The above statements are assigned to - (2) They are parasite
(1) Dinoflagellates (3) They cause sleeping sickness
(2) Slime mould (4) All
(3) Desmids and Diatoms
(4) Euglena 70. Paramecium -
(1) Is a ciliated protozoan
59. Slime moulds - (2) Shows water current maintained by cilia which
(1) Are parasite helps the food to be steered into gullet
(2) Do not produce spores (3) Has a cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of
(3) Do not produce fruiting bodies the cell surface
(4) Saprophytic protists (4) All

60. The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the 71. Plasmodium (malarial parasite) is -
body of slime mould is called – (1) Sporozoan
(1) Plasmodium (2) Myxamoeba (2) Ciliated protozoan
(3) Sporocytes (4) Periplasmodium (3) Flagellated protozoan
(4) Amoeboid protozoan
61. Which of the following is correct about the slime
mould ? 72. Which of the following always produce an infectious
I. Its thylloid body, plasmodium, has pseudopodia spore like stage in their life cycles ?
for locomotion and ingulfing organic matter. (1) Ciliated protozoans
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 (2) Flagellated protozoans (1) Oospores (2) Ascopores
(3) Sporozoans (3) Zoospores (4) Basidiospores
(4) None
89. Select the correct statements below that correctly
73. Mode of nutrition in fungi is - apply to the Kingdom Fungi -
(1) Parasitic (2) Saprophytic (1) Some fungi form beneficial interrelationships
(3) Autotrophic (4) Heterotrophic with plants
(2) Certain fungi are natural sources of antibiotics
74. All of the following are fungi except - (3) The fungal life cycle typically includes a spore
(1) Yeast (2) Penicillium stage
(3) Plasmodium (4) Puccinia (4) All
90. Perfect spores seen in Sac fungi
75. Which of the following is odd ? (1) Oospores (2) Ascospores
(1) Toad stool (2) Puccinia (3) Zoospores (4) Basidiospores
(3) Alternaria (4) Mushroom
91. When a moist bread is kept exposed in air, it
76. Cell walls of all fungi consist of the polysaccharide - becomes mouldy and black because -
(1) Chitin (2) Cellulose (1) Spores are present
(3) Silica (4) Pectin (2) Spores are present in the bread
(3) Spores are in the air
77. The body of multicellular fungus is called a - (4) The bread gets decomposed
(1) Mycellium (2) Hyphae
(3) Rhizoids (4) Dikaryon 92. Which of the following is the correct sequence of 3
steps in the sexual cycle of fungi -
78. The cells of the body of a multicellular fungus are (1) Mitosis Meiosis Fertilization
organised into rapidly growing individual filaments (2) Plasmogamy Karyogamy Meiosis
called - (3) Meiosis Plasmogamy Karyogamy
(1) Mycelium (2) Rhizoids
(4) Karyogamy Plasmogamy Meiosis
(3) Hyphae (4) Dikaryon
93. Fungi are classified on the basis of -
79. Which one is unicellular fungus ?
(1) Morphology of mycelium
(1) Puccinia (2) Toad stool
(2) Mode of spore formation
(3) Penicillium (4) Yeast
(3) Development of fruiting bodies
(4) All
80. Coenocytic hypha is -
(1) Uninucleate hypha
94. Dikaryophase / Dikaryon formation is a specific
(2) Multicellular hypha
characteristic of -
(3) Multinucleate hypha without septae
(1) All fungi
(4) Hypha in coelom
(2) Phycomycetes and ascomycetes
(3) Only basidiomycetes
81. Many fungi are ____ associating with photosynthetic
(4) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
organisms to form mycorrhizae or lichens -
(1) Parasitic (2) Symbiotic
95. Coenocytic, multinucleate and branched mycelial
(3) Photosynthetic (4) Saprobic
habit is found in -
(1) Basidiomycetes (2) Phycomycetes
82. Fungi can be parasites on
(3) Ascomycetes (4) Deuteromycetes
(1) Animals (2) Human being
(3) Plants (4) All
96. Column I Column II
A. Phycomycetes I. Sac fungi
83. Fungi prefer to grow in -
B. Ascomycetes II. Algal fungi
(1) Cold and dry places
C. Basidiomycetes III. Fungi imperfecti
(2) Hot and dry places
D. Deuteromycetes IV. Club fungi
(3) Sea water
The correct matching is -
(4) Warm and humid places
(1) A - II, B - I, C - IV, D - III
(2) A - II, B - IV, C - I, D - III
84. Fungi occur -
(3) A - IV, B - I, C - II, D - III
(1) in air and soil
(4) A - IV, B - III, C - II, D - I
(2) In water
(3) On plants and animals
97. Members of phycomycetes are found -
(4) All
I. In aquatic habitat
II. On decaying wood
85. Fungi show a great diversity in -
III. On moist and damp places
(1) Morphology (2) Habitat
IV. As obligate parasite on plants
(3) Both a and b (4) Nutrition
(1) None of the above
(2) I and IV
86. Reproduction in fungi can take place by all of the
(3) II and III
following vegetative methods except -
(4) All of the above
(1) Gemmae (2) Fragmentation
(3) Fission (4) Budding
98. In phycomycetes asexual reproduction occurs by -
(1) Zoospores (motile)
87. Fungi show asexual reproduction by all of the
(2) Aplanospores (non - motile)
following spores except -
(3) Both
(1) Conidia (2) Oospore
(4) Aplanogamete
(3) Sporangiospore (4) Zoospores
99. Which of the following spores are produced
88. Sexual reproduction in fungi is by all of the following
endogenously ?
except -
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 (1) Zoospores and Conidia 111. I. Mycelium is branched and septate
(2) Cornelia and aplanospores II. No asexual spores are generally formed
(3) Aplanospores and zoospores III. Vegetative reproduction by fragmentation is
(4) Aplanospore, zoospores and conidia common
IV. Sex organs are absent but sexual reproduction
100. In Phycomycetes sexual reproduction occurs by - takes place by somatogamy
(1) Isogamy and Anisogamy V. Karyogamy and meiosis occur in basidium to
(2) Isogamy, oogamy form haploid exogenous 4 basidiospores
(3) Isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy VI. Basidia are arranged in basidiocarp.
(4) Oogamy and anisogamy The above characteris are assigned to -
(1) Sac fungi (2) Club fungi
101. All the following belong to phycomycetes except - (3) Algal fungi (4) Fungi imperfecti
(1) Penicillium
(2) Rhizopus (bread mould) 112. Plasmogamy is the fusion of -
(3) Mucor (1) 2 haploid cells including their nuclei
(4) Albugo (2) 2 haploid cells without nuclear fission
(3) Sperm and egg
102. Which of the following is parasite on mustard ? (4) Sperm with 2 polar nuclei
(1) Albugo (2) Puccinia
(3) Yeast (4) Ustilago 113. Somatogamy is the fusion of -
(1) Two vegetative / Somatic cell, of different
103. Which of the following is false about ascomycetes strain / genotypes to form dikaryotic cell
(1) Mode of nutrition saprophytic, decomposer, (2) Sperm with egg
coprophilous (growing on dung) and parasitic (3) 2 somatic cell having identical strain
(2) Includes unicellular (e.g. yeast) and multicellular (4) Egg with egg
forms
(3) Mycelium is coenocytic 114. Which of the following is false about
(4) Aspergillus, Claviceps, Neurospora are important deuteromycetes ?
members of Ascomycetes (1) They reproduce only by asexual spores (conidia)
(2) Mycelium is branched and septate
104. I. It includes unicellular as well as multicellular (3) They have only parasitic forms
fungi (4) They have no sexual stage (perfect stage)
II. In multicellular forms hyphae are branched and
septate 115. Which of the following is correct about class
III. Conidiophore produces conidia (spores) Deuteromycetes?
exogenously in chain (1) Some members are saprophytes or parasites
IV. Sexual spores are ascopores produced (2) A large number of members are decomposers of
endogenously in Ascus litter and help in mineral cycling
V. Fruiting body is called ascocarp (3) Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma are
Which of the following characters are shown by - deuteromycetes
(1) Phycomycetes (2) Sac fungi (4) All
(3) Club fungi (4) Fungi imperfecti
116. Sexual reproduction is found in all except -
105. Which of the following are edible ascomycetes (1) Deuteromycetes
delicacies? (2) Ascomycetes
(1) Morels + Mushroom (3) Phycomycetes
(2) Truffles + Toadstool (4) Basidiomycetes
(3) Morels + Trufles
(4) Puffball + Mushroom 117. If sexual stage is discovered in a member of
deuteromycetes, it is moved to -
106. Which of the following is used extensively in (1) Phycomycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
biochemical and genetical work ? (3) Ascomycetes (4) Both (2) and (3)
(1) Agaricus (2) Alternaria
(3) Neurospora (4) Mucor 118. Select the false statement(s) -
(1) Kingdom Plantae includes multicellular
107. Which of the following ascomycetes is the source of chlorophyll containing organisms
antibiotic ? (2) It includes Bryophytes to Angiosperms; but not
(1) Neurospora (2) Penicillium algae
(3) Claviceps (4) None (3) They show alternation of generation (between
gametophytic [N) phase and sporophytic phase
108. Basidiomycetes include - [2N])
(1) Mushroom, Toadstool, Puffball and bracket fungi (4) All
(2) Smut fungi and rust fungi
(3) Both a and b 119. Which of the following pair(s) is false?
(4) Bread mould, sac fungi and algal fungi (1) Bladderwort - insectivorous
(2) Venus fly trap - insectivorous
109. Which of the following are common parasite (3) Cuscuta - Saprophytic
basiomycetes (4) Cell wall of - mainly cellulosic
(1) Puccinia (rust) and Ustilago (smut) plant cell
(2) Bracket fungi
(3) Puffballs 120. Kingdom Animalia is characterised by -
(4) Agaricus (mushroom) (1) Heterotrophic eukaryotic multicellular
organisms having no cell wall in their cells
110. Where does meiosis occur in mushroom? (2) Reserve food - glycogen or fat
(1) Basidiospores (2) Basidium (3) Holozoic nutrition
(3) Basidiocarp (4) Ascus mother cell (4) All

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121. In the five kingdom classification of Whittaker there (3) ssDNA (4) dsRNS
is -
(1) No mention of viruses 136. Generally Animal viruses have -
(2) Mention of lichens (1) ssRNA (2) dsRNA
(3) No mention of viroids (3) Only nucleic acids (4) only proteins
(4) No mention of viruses, viroids and lichens
137. The genetic material for most of the bacteriophage is
122. Viruses did not find a place in classification since - (1) ssRNA (2) dsRNA
(1) They are not truely living (3) dsDNA (4) ssDNA
(2) They are obligate parasite
(3) They are cellular 138. The protein of viruses is called -
(4) They are hyperparasite (1) Capsid (2) Capsomere
(3) Core (4) Envelope
123. Common cold / flu is -
(1) A viral disease (2) A bacterial disease 139. The subunit of capsid is called -
(3) A mycoplasmal disease (4) A fungal disease (1) Core (2) Nucleotide
(3) Amino acid (4) Capsomere
124. Which is absent in viruses ?
(1) Nucleic acid (2) Protoplasm 140. All are the viral diseases except -
(3) Protein (4) a and c (1) AIDS and mumps (2) Small pox and herpes
(3) Influenza (4) Cholera
125. The viruses are non - cellular organisms that are
characterised by - 141. In plants mosaic formation/leaf rolling and curling,
(1) Having no nucleic acid yellowing and vein clearing dwarfing and stunted
(2) Having an active structure outside the living cell growth are symptoms of -
(3) Having an inert crystalline structure outside the (1) Bacterial diseases
cell (2) Mycoplasmal diseases
(4) Their hyperactivity outside the cell (3) Viral diseases
(4) Fungal diseases
126. Term virus means -
(1) Non - cellular (2) A parasite 142. In 1971 T.O. Diener discovered a new infectious
(3) A killer (4) Venom or poison agent that was smaller than viruses -
I. It causes potato spindle tuber disease
127. Term virus was given by - II. It is free RNA
(1) D.J.Ivanowsky (2) Pasteur III. Molecular wt. of RNA is low
(3) Beijerinek (4) Stanley The above statements are assigned to -
(1) Viruses (2) Viroids
128. The scientist who first crystallized TMV was - (3) Virulent (4) Mycoplasma
(1) Ivanowsky (2) Pasteur
(3) Robertson (4) Stanley 143. Lichens are composite organism made up of a
fungus and a photo synthetic alga. Which of the
129. Chemically viruses are - following statements is wrong about lichen?
(1) Glycoproteins (1) Lichens are sensitive to air pollution
(2) Glycolipid (2) Algal partner (phycobiont) and fungal partner
(3) Nucleoproteins (mycobiont) live mutually
(4) Lipopolysaccharides (3) Algae prepare food for fungi and fungi provide
shelter and absorb water + minerals for algal
130. TMV was discovered by - partner
(1) Mayer (2) Ivanowsky (4) None
(3) Towrt (4) Pasteur
144. Virus is chemically
131. The concept of Contagium vivum fluidum (infectious (1) Lipid (2) Protein
living fluid) for virus was given - (3) Nucleic acid (4) (2) and (3)
(1) Mayer (2) Baijerinck
(3) Pasteur (4) Iwanowski 145. Actual credit of discovery of virus (TMV) goes to -
(1) W.M stanley (2) Baijerinck
132. Which of the following statements is false about (3) Pasteur (4) Iwanowski
viruses -
(1) Viruses are obligate parasites 146. Observe the following figures and identify them.
(2) Viruses can multiply only when they are inside (1) A - Euglena, B - Paramecium, C - Agaricus
the living cells (2) A - Euglena, B - Planaria, C - Agaricus
(3) Viruses cannot pass bacterial proof fitters (3) A - Planaria, B - Paramecium, C - Agaricus
(4) Viruses are made up of protein + DNA or RNA
(nerver both DNA and RNA) (4) A - Euglena, B - Paramecium, C - Aspergillus

133. Which is the infectious component of the virus ? 147. Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant
(1) Lipid (2) Protein in a
(3) Nuclei acid (4) (2) and (3) (1) Hot spring (2) Sulphur rock
(3) Cattle yard (4) Polluted stream
134. Viruses have proteins and
(1) ds DNA or ssRNA 148. Which one among the following statements is NOT
(2) ssRNA or ds RNA correct ?
(3) DNA and RNA (1) Contractile vacuoles regulate osmoregulation in
(4) ds or ss RNA / DNA marine protozoans
(2) Euglena is a holophytic protozoan
135. In general plant viruses have - (3) Trypanasoma belongs to the class Mastigophora
(1) Single strand RNA (2) dsRNA (4) Class sporozoa includes plasmodium
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 (1) Heterocysts
149. How many organisms in the list given below are (2) Basal bodies
autotrophs ? (3) Pneumatophores
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, (4) Chromatophores
Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Sacharomyces,
Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolfia
(1) Four (2) Five
(3) Six (4) Three

150. In the five - kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas

and Chlorella have bean included in:
(1) Protista (2) Algae
(3) Plantae (4) Monera

151. Cuscuta is an example of :

(1) Ectoparasitism (2) Brood parasitism
(3) Predation (4) Endoparasitism

152. Which one of the following sets of items in the

options 1 - 4 are correctly categorised with one
exception in it ?
ITEMS CATEGORY EXCEPTION
a) UAA, UAG, Stop codons UAG
UGA
b) Kangaroo, Australian Wombat
Koala, marsupials
Wombat
c) Plasmodium, Protozoan Cuscuta
Cuscuta, parasites
Trypanosoma
d) Typhoid, Bacterial Diphtheria
Pneumonia, diseases
Diphtheria

153. The innermost fall layer of microsporangium

nourishing the developing pollen grains is known as
(1) endodermis
(2) endothecium
(3) tapetum
(4) sporogenous tissue

154. The beautiful diatoms and desmids are placed under

(1) chrysophytes (2) dinoflagellates
(3) euglenoids (4) slime moulds

155. The cycanobacteria are also referred to as

(1) proists (2) golden algae
(3) Slime moulds (4) blue green algae

156. Which statement is wrong for viruses.

(1) All are parasites
(2) All of them have helical symmetry
(3) They have ability of synthesize nucleic acids and
Proteins
(4) Antibiotics have no effect on them

157. Which of the following are likely to be present in

deep sea water?
(1) Eubacteria
(2) Blue - green algae
(3) Saprophyte fungi
(4) Archaebacteria

158. Select the wrong statement :

(1) Isogametes are similar in structure, function and
behaviour
(2) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function
or behaviour
(3) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and
motile, while male gamete is larger and non-
motile.
(4) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and
anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy

159. Pigment - containing membranous extensions in

some cyanobacteria are :

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