1) Which of the following is incorrect for Nostoc?

A. Heterocystous cyanobacteria

B. Presence of mucilagenous sheath

C. Presence of flagella

D. Fixes atmospheric nitrogen

2) Cr -Jacob disease (CJD) in humans is caused by:

A. viruses

B. prions

C. viroids

D. protozoans

3) Which one of the following is a slime mould?

(a) Physarum

(b) Anabaena

(c) Thiobacillus

(d) Rhizopus

4) Which of the following organism possesses characteristics of both a plant and an animal?

(a) Bacteria

(b) Euglena

(c) Mycoplasma

(d) Paramecium

5) Match List-I with List-II:

List I List II
A. Amoeboid protozoan 1. Plasmodium
B. Ciliated protozoan 2. Trypanosoma
C. Sporozoan 3. Entamoeba
D. Flagellated protozoan 4. Paramoecium

A-1,B-2,C-3,D-4

A-2,B-4,C-1,D-3

C-3,B-4,C-1,D-2

A-2,B-3,C-1,D-4
6) Correct option for the organism given:

I. Possess gullet

II. Food steered into gullet

III. Aquatic, passively moving

IV. Form infectious spore

7)Choose the correct option w.r.t. TMV:

A. Capsomeres are arranged in polyhedral form

B. Possess non-infectious RNA

C. Beijerinerk found that they pass through bacteria-proof filters

D. Single stranded RNA is present

8) State whether the given statements are true or false

S-1) Five kingdom system of classification did not differentiated between the heterotrophic group,

fungi and the autotrophic green plants, through they showed a characteristic difference in their walls

composition.

S-II) Fungi wall contains chitin, while the green plants has a cellulosic cell wall

(a) S-I and S-II both correct

(b) S-I correct and S-II wrong

(c) S-I wrong and S-II correct

(d) S-I and S-II both wrong

9) Consider the following statements

I. In this group, the Plasmodium differentiates and forms fruiting bodies, bearing spores at their

tips

II. Spores possess true walls

III. The spores are dispersed by air currents

IV. The spores are extremely resistant and survive for many years even under adverse

conditions
The above statements are assigned to

a) Euglenoid

b) Slime moulds

c) Dinoflagellates

d) Chrysophytes

10) The non-living characteristic of viruses is

a) Ability to multiply only inside the host

c) Ability to undergo mutation

b) Ability to cause diseases in the host

d) Ability to be crystallize

11) Yeast is not included in protozoans but in fungi because

a) It has no chlorophyll

b) Some fungal hyphae grow in such a way that they give the appearance of psuedomycelium

c) It has eukaryotic organisation

d) Cell wall is made up of cellulose and reserve food material as starch

12) The genetic material of AIDS virus is

a) Double stranded DNA

b) Double stranded RNA

c) Single stranded RNA

d) Single stranded DNA

13) Read the following statement about bacteria and select the correct option

a) Bacteria are simple in structure but complex in behavior

b) Bacteria are complex in structure but simple in behavior

c) Bacteria are simple in both structure and behavior

d) Bacteria are complex in both structure and behavior

14) Which of the following class of fungi helps in mineral cycling?

a) Deuteromycetes

b) Ascomycetes

c) Basidiomycetes
d) Phycomycetes

15) Potato leaf roll or leaf curl of papaya are caused by

a) Fungi

b) Viruses

c) Bacteria

d) Nematodes

16) The given statements describes a group of organism

I. Instead of a cell wall, they have a protein rich layer called pellicle which makes their body

flexible

II. They have two flagella a short and a long one

III. They are photosynthetic in the presence of sunlight, when deprived of sunlight they behave

like heterotrophs by predating on other smaller organism

Which of the following group is referred here?

a) Slime moulds

b) Dinoflagellates

c) Euglenoids

d) Protozoans

17) Artificial system of classification was first used by

(a) Linnaeus

(b) De Candolle

(c) Pliny the Flder

(d) Rentham and Hooker

18) Which one one of the following matches is correct?

(a)Alternaria Sexual reproduction absent Deuteromycetes

19) Which pair of the following belongs to Basidiomycetes?

(b) peziza and stink borns

(c) Morchella and mushrooms

(d) birds nest fungi and puffballs.

20) Trypanosoma belongs to class

(a) Sarcodina

(b) Zooflagellata

(c) Ciliata

(d) Sporozoa

21) Which of the following represents the order of ‘Horse’?

(a) Perissodactyla

(b) Equidae

(c) Caballus

(d) Ferus

22) Two organisms are from the same phylum, but different family. They may belong

to the same

(a) Genus

(b) Species

(c) Division

(d) Order

23) In Mangifera Indica Linn, what does Linn stand for?

(a) Latin

(b) Lamarck

(c) Linnaeus

(d) lower organism

24) The suffix of family ends with

(1) eae

(2) aceae

(3) ieae
(4) oideae

25) The branch of biology that deals with the study of fossils is called:
a) Paleontology
b) Genetics

c) Biotechnology

d) Ecology

26)Genus represents aggregate of closely related species. Which of the following group of species
does not belong to same genus?

1 Potato, Brinjal

2 Brinjal, makoi

3 Lion, Leopard

4 Potato, Sweet potato

27) Which one of the following categories of taxonomic hierarchy will have maximum number of
common characters?

1 Family

2 Order

3 Division

4 Class

28)Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events in

1 Unicellular organisms only

2 Higher animals and lowe plants

3 Majority of higher animals and plants

4 Some bacteria and lower animals

29) Select the incorrect statement w.r.t. taxonomic hierarchy

1. Family has fewer common characters than species

2 Variety is lowermost rank of Linnaeus hierarchy

3 Order is a group of closely related classes, with few general characters

4 It consists of seven obligate categories and about 21 intermediate categories

30) Read the following four statements(a-d)

b. Higher the category, lower is the number of organisms in it.

c. Class is a group of related division.

d. Families are characterised mainly on the basis of reproductive features of plants.

Select the incorrect statements.

1. a,b & c

2 . b,c & d

3 . a, b & d

4 . a, c & d

31) In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents

a) A cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed

b) A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination

c) An opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg

d) The microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

32) Which of the following characteristics does not occur in Pinus?

a) The number of needles in a spur of Pinus roxbur ghii is three

b) Each vascular bundle in the long shoot of Pinus consists of xylem facing towards the centre

of the shoot

c) Microsporophyll of Pinus bears two microsporangia

d) Pinus is a homosporous gymnosperm

33) Study the following and identify two characters found in both Cycas and Pteris.

I. Formation of motile male gametes.

II. Formation of haploid endosperm.

III. Formation of sporophyte directly from gametophyte without gametic union.

IV. Formation of archegonia in female gametophyte.

34) In Funaria, the stomata are found of

a) Foot

b) Seta

c) Capsule
d) All of these

35) Which of the following gymnosperm coralloid roots are associated with N2-fixing

cyanobacteria?

a) Pinus

b) Cycas

c) Cedrus

d) Ginkgo

36) Chlamydomonas occurs in

a) Freshwater

b) Ponds and lake

c) River

d) Ocean

37 Oogamous type of fusion is found in

a) Volvox and Fucus

b) Chlamydomonas

c) Spirogyra

d) All of these

38) Pteridophytes differ from bryophytes in the

a) Motility of sperms

b) Vasculature

c) Archegonia

d) Alternation of generation

39) In brown algae asexual reproduction takes place by

a) Aplanospores (apple-shaped and non-motile)

b) Biflagellate gametes (pear-shaped and have two unequal flagella)

c) Endospores (round and have one flagella)

d) Multiflagellate gametes and are sickle-shaped

40) In gymnosperms, pollination takes place by

a) Water
b) Air

c) Insects

d) Animals

41) Which of the following group of marine algae are used as food?

a) Chlamydomonas, Volvox and Gracilaria

b) Porphyra, Laminaria and Sargassum

c) Laminaria and Gracilaria

d) Porphyra and Chlamydomonas

41) The site of photosynthesis in blue-green algae is

a) Chromatophores

b) Mitochondria

c) Chloroplast

d) Root hair

42) In mosses vegetative reproduction takes place by

a) Fragmentation and budding in the secondary protonema

b) Gemmae formation and endospore formation

c) Gemmae and tubers formation

d) Protonema

43) Which of the following statement is true about the sporophytic stage in plant life cycle?

a) The haploid generation

b) Generation that produces the gametes

c) Generation that produces the spores

d) Generation that produces vascular

44) Heterosporous pteridophytes always produce

a) Monoecious gametophytes

b) Homothallic gametophytes

c) Dioecious gametophytes

d) None of the above

45) Select the correct sequential arrangement of reproductive structures for pteridophytes
a) Sporophyll → Strobilli Sporangia → Spore mother cell → Spores

b) Strobilli Sporophyll Sporangia → Spores

c) Spores → Sporophyll → Sporangia → trobili

d) Spores → Sporangia → Sporophyll → Strobili

46) Read carefully the following statements about pteridophytes

1. They are called vascular cryptogams

II. They produce spores rather than seeds

IIII. They are used for medicinal purposes

IV. They are used as soil binders

V. They are frequently grown as ornaments

Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) I, II and V

b) II, IV and V

c) II, III, IV and V

d) I, II, III, IV and V

47) Consider the following statements about bryophyte plants

1. The tea prepared from polytrichum commune is used to dissolve kidney and gall bladder stones

II. Many chemical products such as alcohol, ammonium sulphate, paraffin, brown dye, etc., can be
obtained from peat

Choose the correct option

a) I is true, Il is false

b) Both I and II are true

c) II is true, I is false

d) Both I and II are false

48) Double fertilisation involves

a) Syngamy and triple fusion

b) Development of antipodal cell

c) Biciliated and coiled

c) Double fertilisation
d) Development of synergids

49) The only positive evidence of aquatic ancestry of bryophyte is

a) Thread like protonema

b) Some forms are still aquatic

c) Green colour

d) Ciliated sperms

50) In pteridophytes, gametophytes require ...... to grow

a) Cool, damp and shady places

b) Terrestrial area

c) Dry places

d) Water

TWO MARKS QUESTIONS(2*5=10)