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VIDYAPEETH/Assignment /2024

Assignment Dr. Abhishek Bhardwaj

Choose the correct Option
TOPIC-BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
1. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for (c) Mode of locomotion
production of biogas from the dung of ruminant (d) Mode of nutrition
animals, include the: 12. African sleeping sickness is caused by:
a. Thermoacidophiles b. Methanogens (a) Giardia intestinalis
c. Eubacteria d. Halophiles. (d) Trypanosoma gambiense
2. Which of the following are found in extreme (c) Leishmania donovani
saline conditions? (d) Entamoeba histolytica
(a) Archaebacteria (b) Eubacteria 13. Which organism behaves like plants in the
(c) Cyanobacteria (d) Mycobacteria presence of light and absence of organic food,
3. Select the wrong statement. but in reserve conditions behaves like
(a) The walls of diatoms are easily destructible animals?
(b) 'Diatomaceous earth' is formed by the cell (a) Archaebacteria (b) Paramecium
walls of diatoms (c) Nostoc (d) Euglena
(c) Diatoms are chief producers in the oceans 14. Euglena is:
(d) Diatoms are microscopic and float passively (a) Ciliated organism (b) Sarcodine
in water (c) Flagellated organism (d) Sporozoan
4. Chrysophytes, euglenoids, dinoflagellates and 15. The storage product in Euglena is:
slime moulds are included in the kingdom: (a) Glycogen (b) Oil
(a) Protista (b) Fungi (c) Paramylum (d) Starch
(c) Animalia (d) Monera 16. Golden brown algae belong to:
5. Which one of the following statements is (a) Bacillariophyta
wrong? (b) Dinoflagellates
(a) Golden algae are also called desmids (c) Euglenophyceae
(b) Eubacteria are also called false bacteria (d) Sarcodina
(c) Archaebacteria are the primitive bacteria 17. “Trypanosomiasis” is transmitted by an insect
(d) Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green carrier of Trypanosoma in man. The insect
algae carrier is:
6. One of the major components of cell wall of (a) Fruit fly (b) Tse-tse fly
bacteria is: (c) Housefly (d) Mayfly
(a) Peptidoglycan (b) Cellulose 18. Sexual reproduction in Plasmodium (malarial
(c) Hemicelluloses (d) Chitin parasite) takes place in:
7. The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to (a) Human beings
human in making curd from milk and in (b) Male Anopheles mosquito
production of antibiotics are the ones (c) Female Anopheles mosquito
categorized as: (d) Both, ‘a’ and ‘c’
(a) Cyanobacteria (b) Archaebacteria 19. Choose the incorrect statement from the
(c) Chemosynthetic autotrophs following.
(d) Heterotrophic bacteria a. Paramecium is called the “slipper of the
8. Single-celled eukaryotes are included in: animal kingdom”
(a) Protista (b) Fungi b. Paramecium is characteristically composed
(c) Archaea (d) Monera of two nuclei, i.e., macronucleus and
9. Which of the following are likely to be present in micronucleus.
deep sea water? c. Plasmodium is the cause of African sleeping
(a) Archaebacteria (b) Eubacteria sickness
(c) Blue-green algae (d) Saprophytic fungi d. Amoeba is characteristically composed
10. In which group of organisms the cell walls form plasma-gel and plasma-sol.
two thin overlapping shells which fit together? 20. Gonyaulax belongs to which of the following
(a) Chrysophytes (b) Euglenoids phyla in the classification of kingdom Protista?
(c) Dinoflagellates (d) Slime moulds a. Euglenophyta b. Chrysophyta
11. The primary grouping of Protozoan protists is c. Dinoflagellata d. None of above
based upon their: 21. Match the items given in column I with those in
(a) Feeding habits column ii and select the correct option given
(b) Mode of reproduction below.

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b. Locomotion is case of Amoeba is with help

Column I Column II of pseudopodia.
A. Gonyaulax 1. Ciliata c. Diatoms lead to the formation of
B. Diatoms 2. Dinoflagellata diatomaceous earth in oceans because of
C. Paramecium 3. Chrysophyta the presence of indestructible cell wall due
D. Plasmodium 4. Sporozoa to the deposition of calcium.
(Apicomplexia) d. Morels and truffles are the edible types of
a. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 Ascomycetes.
b. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 28. The dikaryophase (dikaryotic cell/dikaryon; 2
c. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 nuclei per cell) is involved in which of the
d. A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 following group of fungi during their sexual
22. Diatomaceous earth is a result of deposition of reproduction?
which of the following in the cell-wall of a. Ascomycetes and Deuteromycetes
diatoms? b. Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes
a. Phosphorus b. Magnesium c. Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes
c. Calcium d. Silica d. Deuteromycetes and Zygomycetes
23. Which of the following statement is incorrect 29. Which of the following statements is incorrect
about Euglena? about Phycomycetes group of fungi?
a. The “red eye spot” is composed of the a. Coenocytic condition
pigment astaxanthin which helps in b. Asexual reproduction absent
detection of the source of light inside water c. Lower fungi
body. d. Aseptate hyphae.
b. Food is stored in form of paramylum starch 30. Choose the incorrect statement from the
granules in its cytoplasm. following.
c. Mode of nutrition is autotrophic as well as a. The fungi having septate hyphae are called
heterotrophic. as “lower fungi”
d. A layer of proteins (called “pellicle”) is b. The fungi having cells with multicucleate
present inside the cell wall, which acts as a hyphae are called as coenocytic
replacement of the cell membrane. c. Zygomycetes is a group of fungi also called
24. Pellicle, a protein layer as a replacement of cell- as “conjugation fungi”
wall is present in which of the following d. Zygomycetes is a group of fungi which
organisms: characteristically undertake sexual
(a) Amoeba (b) Diatoms reproduction with formation of “zygospores”.
(c) Gonyaulax (d) Euglena 31. After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores
25. Kappa particles are related to which of the are produced endogenously in sac-like structure
following: called ascus in:
(a) Euglenoids (b) Actinomycetes a. Agaricus b. Alternaria
(c) Cilliated protozoans (d) Mycoplasma c. Neurospora d. Rhizopus
26. Match the column to find the correct option: 32. Which of the following statement is incorrect
about Lichens?
a. Lichens are symbiotic associations between
1-
I Mycoplasma algae and fungi.
Bioluminescence
b. The algal and fungal components are called
II Antinomycetes 2-Cell wall absent as Phycobiont and Mycobiont, respectively.
III Dinoflagellates 3-Antibiotics c. Lichens are very good pollution indicators
(they do not grow in polluted waters).
IV Nostoc 4-Heterocyst
d. Algae provides shelter, absorbs mineral
nutrition and water for fungi, whereas fungi
(a) I-2, II-3, III-1, IV-4 provides food for it’s partner.
(b) I-1, II-2, III-4, IV-3 33. Viroids are composed of:
(c) I-1, II-2, III-1, IV-4 a. Linear ss DNA b. Linear ds RNA
(d) I-4, II-3, III-2, IV-1 c. Circular ds DNA d. Circular ss RNA
27. Select the incorrect statement from the 34. The small subunits which makes up the capsid
following. (coat protein) of viruses in order to protect their
a. Ustilago and Puccinia are commonly called nucleic acid are called:
as the smut and rust fungus, respectively. a. Homomers b. Akinetes

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c. Capsomeres d. Heterocysts.
35. The 1st viroid was discovered by Diener and
Raymer in 1971, which was:
a. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
b. Tobacco mosaic spindle virus (TMSV)
c. Potato spindle mosaic virus (PSMV)
d. Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV)
36. Select the incorrect statement from the
following
a. The viroids were discovered by D.J.
Ivanowsky
b. W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be
crystallised
c. The term ‘Contagium vivum fluidum’ was
coined by M.W. Beijerinck
d. Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in
human beings are caused by viruses
37. Assertion: Plasmodium is a Sporozoan.
Reason: These species have an infectious
spore-like stage in their life cycle.
a. Assertion and reason both are true and the
reason is correct explanation of assertion.
b. Assertion and reason both are true but
reason is not correct explanation of
assertion.
c. Assertion is true but reason is wrong.
d. Assertion and reason both are wrong.
38. What is the origin of asexual spore and sexual
spores produced in members of ascomycetes
respectively?
a. Exogenous, Endogenous
b. Endogenous, Exogenous
c. Exogenous, Exogenous
d. Endogenous, Endogenous.
39. Which one of the following is not a part of
sexual cycle in fungi?
a. Formation of dikaryon b. Fusion of nuclei
c. Formation of conidia d. Meiosis in zygote.
40. Association between mycobiont and phycobiont
are found in:
a. Mycorrhiza b. Roots
c. Lichens d. BGA.

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ANSWERS
Topic- THE LIVING WORLD & BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

1. B. 2. A. 3. A. 4. A. 5. B. 6. A.
7. D. 8. A. 9. A. 10. A. 11. C. 12. B.
13. D. 14. C. 15. C. 16. A. 17. B. 18. C.
19. C. 20. C. 21. A. 22. D. 23. D. 24. D.
25. C. 26. A. 27. C. 28. B. 29. B. 30. A.
31. C. 32. D. 33. D. 34. C. 35. D. 36. A
37. A. 38. A. 39. C. 40. C.

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