REINFORCEMENT SHEET
CHAPTER: BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Grade: 11C
1. Nostoc and Anabaena have specialised cells called heterocysts. What is the function of these cells? (1 mark)
2. Which ascomycetes have been used extensively in biochemical and genetic work. (1 mark)
3. How is the five-kingdom classification advantageous over the two kingdom classification? (2 marks)
4. Identify the group of protists.
(i) Saprophytic protist
(ii) Under suitable condition, they form an aggregation called plasmodium. (2 marks)
5. How are viroids different from viruses? (2 marks)
6. What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont signify? (2 marks)
7. Name the fungus which causes disease in wheat (i)rust (ii) Smut. (2 marks)
8. Give a comparative account of classes of kingdom fungi on the basis of mode of nutrition &
modes of reproduction. (3 marks)
9. Diatoms are also called as ‘pearls of ocean’, why? What is diatomaceous earth? (2 marks)
10. What is the sexual cycle in kingdom fungi? (2 marks)
1. All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong to
a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. Bacteria
2. The five kingdom classification was proposed by
a. R.H. Whittaker b. [Link] c. A. Roxberg d. Virchow
3. Organisms living in salty areas are called as
a. Methanogens b. Halophiles c. Heliophytes d. Thermoacidophiles
4. Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated and saprophytic are the characteristics of
a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. Slime molds
5. An association between roots of higher plants and fungi is called
a. Lichen b. Fern c. Mycorrhiza d. BGA
6. A dikaryon is formed when
a. Meiosis is arrested b. The two haploid cells do not fuse immediately
c. Cytoplasm does not fuse d. None of the above
8. Associations between Mycobiont and Phycobiont are found in
a. Mycorrhiza b. Root c. Lichens d. BGA
9. Difference between Virus and Viroid is
a. Absence of protein coat in viroid but present in virus
b. Presence of low molecular weight RNA in virus but absent in viroid
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
10. With respect to fungal sexual cycle, choose the correct sequence of events
a. Karyogamy, Plasmogamy and Meiosis
b. Meiosis, Plasmogamy and Karyogamy
c. Plasmogamy, Karyogamy and Meiosis
d. Meiosis, Karyogamy and Plasmogamy
11. Viruses are non-cellular organisms but replicate themselves once they infect
the host cell. To which of the following kingdom do viruses belong to?
a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. None of the above
12. Members of phycomycetes are found in
i. Aquatic habitats
ii. On decaying wood
iii. Moist and damp places
iv. As obligate parasites on plants
Choose from the following options
a. None of the above
b. i and iv
c. ii and iii
d. All of the above