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1 In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas 7 Mad cow disease in cattle is caused by an organism
and Chlorella have been included in: which has:
1. Algae 2. Plantae 1. Inert crystalline
3. Monera 4. Protista 2. Abnormally folded protein
3. Free RNA without protein coat
4. Free DNA without protein coat
2 Five kingdom system of classification suggested by
R.H. Whittaker is based on:
8 Which of the following statements is correct?
1. Complexity of body organisation
2. Mode of reproduction 1. Organisms that depend on living plants are called
3. Mode of nutrition saprophytes.
4. All of the above 2. Some of the organisms can fix atmospheric nitrogen
in specialized cells called sheath cells.
3 A virus consists of a 3. The fusion of two cells is called Karyogamy.
1. cell membrane and chromosome. 4. Fusion of protoplasms between two motile or non-
2. protein coat and nucleic acid molecules. motile gametes is called plasmogamy.
3. lipid coat (the capsid), genes, and ribosomes.
4. protein coat, gens, and mitochondria. 9 In which group of organisms the Cell walls form
two thin overlapping shells which fit together?
4 Which of the following statements is correct? 1. Chrysophytes 2. Euglenoids
1. Lichens do not grow in polluted areas. 3. Dinoflagellates 4. Slime moulds
2. Algal component of lichens is called mycobiont.
3. Fungal component of lichens is called phycobiont. 10 The motile bacteria are able to move by:
4. Lichens are not good pollution indicators. 1. fimbriae
2. flagella
5 Match the Column-I with Column-II 3. cilia
Column-I Column-II 4. pili
Symbiotic association of fungi with
(a) Saprophyte (i)
plant roots 11 Pick up the wrong statement.
Decomposition of dead organic 1. Cell wall is absent in Animalia.
(b) Parasite (ii) Protista have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes
materials 2.
(c) Lichens (iii) Living on living plants or animals of nutrition
Symbiotic association of algae and 3. Some fungi are edible
(d) Mycorrhiza (iv) 4. Nuclear membrane is present in Monera.
fungi
Choose the correct answer from the options given
below: 12 Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Options: (a) (b) (c) (d) Yeasts have filamentous bodies with long thread-like
1.
1. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) hyphae.
2. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 2. Morels and truffles are edible delicacies.
3. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) 3. Claviceps is a source of many alkaloids and LSD.
4. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) Conidia are produced exogenously and ascospores
4.
endogenously.
6 Identify the fungi which do not belong to the group
of other fungi among the following:
1. Sac-fungi 2. Puffballs
3. Mushrooms 4. Bracket Fungi

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13 Select the wrong statement: 20 Which among the following is not a prokaryote?
1. Cell wall is present in members of Fungi and Plantae. 1. Saccharomyces
2. Mushrooms belong to Basidiomycetes. 2. Mycobacterium
3. Nostoc
Pseudopodia are locomotory and feeding structures in
3. 4. Oscillatoria
Sporozoans.
Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell in all
4. 21 Viral genes are made of
kingdoms except Monera.
1. RNA only.
2. DNA only.
14 Choose the wrong statement: 3. either RNA or DNA.
1. Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics. 4. either proteins or nucleic acids.
Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical
2.
genetics. 22 Which one of the following sets of items in options
3. Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms. 1 – 4 are correctly categorized with one exception in it?
4. Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation. ITEMS CATEGORY EXCEPTION
Kangaroo, Koala, Australian
Which of the following are most suitable indicators 1. Wombat
15 wombat marsupials
of SO2 pollution in the environment? Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Protozoan
2. Cuscuta
1. Lichens Trypanosoma parasites
2. Conifers Typhoid, Pneumonia, Bacterial
3. Diphtheria
3. Algae Diphtheria diseases
4. Fungi 4. UAA, UAG, UGA Stop codons UAG

16 A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the 23 Which one of the following is true for fungi?
trees indicates that the: 1. They lack a rigid cell wall
1. Trees are very healthy 2. They are heterotrophs
2. Trees are heavily infested 3. They lack nuclear membrane
3. Location is highly polluted 4. They are phagotrophs
4. Location is not polluted
24 Which one of the following matches is correct?
17 Cell wall is absent in: (a)Phytophthora Aseptate Mycelium Basidiomycetes
1. Nostoc
Sexual reproduction
2. Aspergillus (b) Alternaria Deuteromycetes
Absent
3. Funaria
4. Mycoplasma Reproduction by
(c) Mucor Ascomycetes
conjugation
18 Which of the following statements is incorrect? (d) Agaricus Parasitic fungus Basidiomycetes
1. Prions consist of abnormally folded proteins
1. a
2. Viroids lack a protein coat
2. b
3. Viruses are obligate parasites 3. c
4. Infective constituent in viruses is the protein coat 4. d

19 Which of the following organisms are known as 25 Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in
chief producers in the oceans? Nostoc are:
1. Dinoflagellates 1. Heterocysts
2. Diatoms 2. Hormogonia
3. Cyanobacteria 3. Nodules
4. Euglenoids 4. Akinetes

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26 Select the wrong statement: 33 Which of the following is correct about viroids?
1. The viroids were discovered by D.J lvanovsky. 1. They have free RNA without protein coat.
W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be 2. They have DNA with protein coat.
2. 3. They have free DNA without protein coat.
crystallized.
4. They have RNA with protein coat.
The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by
3.
MW Beijerinck.
34 The guts of a cow and a buffalo possess:
Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human beings
4. 1. Fucus sp
are caused by viruses.
2. Chlorella sp
3. methanogens
27 After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are 4. cyanobacteria
produced exogenously in?
1. Neurospora 2. Alternaria 35 The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter
3. Agaricus 4. Saccharomyces and help in mineral cycling belong to?
1. Deuteromycetes
28 Viroids differ from viruses in having; 2. Basidiomycetes
1. DNA molecules without protein coat 3. Phycomycetes
4. Ascomycetes
2. RNA molecules with protein coat
3. RNA molecules without protein coat
36 Match the organisms in Column I with habitats in
4. DNA molecules with protein coat Column II.
Column I Column II
29 Viruses have: (a) Halophiles (i) Hot springs
1. DNA enclosed in a protein coat
(b) Thermoacidophiles (ii) Aquatic environment
2. Prokaryotic nucleus
3. Single chromosome (c) Methanogens (iii) Guts of ruminants
4. Both DNA and RNA (d) Cyanobacteria (iv) Salty areas
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
30 Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
and capsomeres? 1. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
1. Poliovirus 2. Tobacco mosaic virus 2. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
3. Measles virus 4. Retrovirus 3. (iii) (iv) (i) (i)
4. (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
31 Which of the following is a correct statement?
1. Mycoplasma have DNA, Ribosome and cell wall. 37 Match List - I with List - II
Cyanobacteria are a group of autotrophic organismsList - I List - II
2.
classified under Kingdom Monera. (a) Puccinia (i) Parasitic fungus on mustard
3. Bacteria are exclusively heterotrophic organisms. (b) Neurospora (ii) Dead substrates
Slime moulds are saprophytic organisms classified (c) Saprophytes (iii) Wheat rust
4.
under Kingdom Monera.
(d) Albugo (iv) Biochemical and Genetic Work
Choose the correct answer from the option given below :
32 Mad cow disease in cattle and Cr Jacob disease in (a) (b) (c) (d)
humans are due to infection by__________________ .
1. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
1. Bacterium
2. Virus 2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
3. Viroid 3. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4. Prion 4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

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38 A bacteriophage is a
1. virus that parasitizes a bacterium.
2. bacterium with a lysed membrane.
3. tiny bacterium.
4. unusually large bacterium

39 Which one of the following living organisms

completely lacks a cell wall?
1. Cyanobacteria
2. Sea- fan (Gorgonia)
3. Saccharomyces
4. Coelenterata algae

40 Which of the following is incorrect about

Cyanobacteria?
1. They are photoautotrophs
2. They lack heterocysts
3. They often form blooms in polluted water bodies
4. They have chlorophyll similar to green plants

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