Chapter-2: Biological Classification

1. Carlous Linnaeus system is an artificial system because it is

(1) phylogenetic
(2) based on evolutionary trends.
(3) based on number of characters.
(4) based on a few characters of superficial similarities and dissimilarities on morphology.

2. Six-kingdom classification is based on the sequence of

(1) transfer RNA genes. (2) ribosomal RNA genes.
(3) messenger RNA genes. (4) nitrogenous bases in DNA.

3. Aristotle classified animals in two groups on the basis of presence or absence of RBC. The group which does
not have RBCs is
(1) anaima. (2) enaima. (3) ovipera. (4) vivipera.

4. In Whittaker’s five kingdom classification, eukaryotes were assigned to

(1) all the five kingdoms. (2) only four of the five kingdom.
(3) only three of the five kingdom. (4) only two of the five kingdom.

5. In Whittaker’s five kingdom classification, viruses were kept in

(1) Kingdom Monera. (2) Kingdom Mycota. (3) Kingdom Protista. (4) None of these.

6. Select correct match with respect to the Whittaker system of classification.

(1) Monera: Unicellular and multicellular, osmotrophs, producers and decomposers, true cellulosic cell wall
(2) Protista: Unicellular, eukaryotic, photoautotrophs and chemo-autotrophs
(3) Fungi: Multicellular/loose tissue, eukaryotic, osmotrophs, chitinous wall
(4) Animalia: Multicellular, eukaryotic, organ or organ system, holozoic, no saprobic and autotrophs.

7. Two kingdom classification does not distinguish between

(1) eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
(2) unicellular and multicellular organisms.
(3) photosynthetic (green algae) and non-photosynthetic (fungi) organisms.
(4) All of these.

8. What are the criteria used by Whittaker for classification?

(a) Cell structure
(b) Thallus organization
(c) Mode of nutrition
(d) Reproduction
(e) Phylogenetic relationship
(f ) Biochemical difference
(g) Physiological character
(1) All except (e) and (f) (2) All except (e) and (g)
(3) All except (f) and (g) (4) All except (c) and (d)

9. Domain Eukarya includes how many kingdoms (with respect to six kingdom system)?
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 4

10. Select the correct combination of statements (a)–(d) regarding the characteristics of certain organisms:
(a) Methanogens are archaebacteria which produce methane in marshy areas.
(b) Nostocis a filamentous blue-green algae which fixes atmospheric nitrogen.
(c) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria synthesize cellulose from glucose.
(d) Mycoplasma lacks a cell wall and can survive without oxygen.
(1) All except (2) All except (c) (3) Only (b) and (c) (4) All except (d)

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11. Heterocysts, specialized for nitrogen fixation, occur in certain
(1) red algae (Batrachospermum).
(2) blue-green algae (Anabaena).
(3) brown algae (Laminaria).
(4) green algae (Spirogyra).

12. A bacterium with flagella all around is

(1) amphitrichous. (2) lophotrichous.
(3) cepalotrichous. (4) peritrichous.

13. Botulism is due to contamination of

(1) E. coli. (2) Salmonella.
(3) Clostridium. (4) Pseudomonas.

14. Select the incorrect statement.

(1) Nostocand Anabaena have heterocysts for nitrogen fixation.
(2) Cyanobacteria often form blooms in polluted water bodies.
(3) Heterotrophic bacteria are more abundant in nature.
(4) The cell walls of mycoplasma are made up of chitin.

15. Select the correct statement.

(1) Cholera, typhoid, tetanus are well-known diseases caused by viruses.
(2) Dinoflagellates, euglenoids and slime moulds are placed under kingdom Monera.
(3) Members of kingdom Protista are primarily aquatic.
(4) Dinoflagellates are the chief producers in the oceans.

16. Membrane-bound organelles are absent in

(1) Plasmodium. (2) Saccharomyces. (3) Streptococcus. (4) Chlamydomonas.

17. Methanogens are most abundant in

(1) hot spring. (2) sulphur rock. (3) cattle yard. (4) polluted stream.

18. Which of the following is an example of budded bacterium?

(1) Diplococcus pneumoniae. (2) Caulobacter.
(3) Rhodomicrobium. (4) Spirochaete.

19. What is the percentage of iodine solution used in Gram’s staining?

(1) 0.1%. (2) 20%. (3) 0.5%. (4) 10%.

20. Which of the following statements are correct?

(a) Chlamydiae are energy parasites.
(b) Rickettsiae cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Q fever.
(c) BGA show chromatic adaptation.
(d) Endospores of bacteria are resistant due to calcium ions and dipicolinic acid.
(e) Black rot of crucifers is due to Xanthomonascampestris.
(1) Only (a), (c) and (e) (2) Only (b), (c) and (e)
(3) All except (b) (4) All of these

21. Archaebacteria can live in some of the harshest habitats because of

(1) presence of mesosome. (2) high power of multiplication.
(3) special cell wall structure. (4) all of the above.

22. Which of the following statements is true about cyanobacteria?

(1) It is found in fresh water only.
(2) It may be unicellular, colonial or filamentous.
(3) They often form bloom in non-polluted fresh water bodies.
(4) Colonies are not surrounded by gelatinous sheath.

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23. Select the total number of disease from the following caused by bacteria.
Mumps, Smallpox, Citrus canker, Cholera, Typhoid, Tetanus, Sleeping sickness, Malaria
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

24. Following features belong to

(a) Complete lack of cell wall
(b) Anaerobic
(c) Smallest living cell
(d) Many of them are pathogenic to plant and animals
(1) Chrysophytes. (2) Prions.
(3) Viroids. (4) Mycoplasma.

25. Which of the following statements is not correct about methanogens?

(1) They are archaebacteria.
(2) They live in marshy areas.
(3) Methane is their preferred carbon source.
(4) They are present in guts of several ruminant animals (cow, buffaloes) and they produce biogas (CH4) from
the dung of these animals.

26. Some of the cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialized cells called
(1) akinetes. (2) heterocyst. (3) homocyst. (4) nodule.

27. All of the following diseases are caused by bacteria except

(1) flu. (2) cholera. (3) tetanus. (4) typhoid.

28. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) Mycoplasma has no cell wall
(b) Mycoplasma is the smallest living organism.
(c) Mycoplasma cannot survive without O2.
(d) Mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals and plants.
(e) True sexuality is not found in bacteria.
(f) A sort of sexual reproduction by adopting a primitive DNA transfer from one bacterium to the other
occurs.
(1) All of these. (2) Only (c)
(3) All except (c). (4) Only (a), (c) and (f ).

29. Genophore is
(1) linear DNA of prokaryotes. (2) nuclear DNA of blue green algae.
(3) circular DNA of prokaryotes. (4) storage substance of prokaryotes.

30. A bacterial cell without a cell wall is called

(1) Protoplast. (2) Mesosome.
(3) Blepharoplast. (4) Lister form.

31. Bacteria are considered primitive organisms because they

(1) possess incipient nucleus.
(2) are small, microscopic plants, which are not seen by the naked eyes.
(3) cause serious diseases to human being, domesticated animals and crop plants.
(4) produce endospores which are very resistant to adverse conditions.

32. Thermoacidophiles are capable of withstanding extremely low pH and high temperature due to the
(1) presence of branched chain of lipid in cell membrane.
(2) presence of resistant enzyme which can operate in basic conditions.
(3) presence of higher concentration of KCl in their cells.
(4) more than one option is correct.

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33. Which of the following is not a feature of dinoflagellates?
(1) They cause red tides.
(2) Their cell wall has stiff cellulose plates on the outer surface.
(3) They release toxins.
(4) These are mostly fresh water and non-photosynthetic.

34. Which of the following statements are incorrect?

(a) Protista includechrysophytes, dinoflagellates, euglenoids and slime moulds.
(b) Protista are link between Monera and fungi, Animalia and Plantae.
(c) Dinoflagellates have cell wall made up two thin overlapping shells which fit together like a soap box.
(d) Diatoms are chief producer in the ocean.
(e) The pigments of euglenoids are different from those of higher plants.
(1) (a), (d) (2) (b), (c) (3) (c), (e) (4) (d), (e)

35. Which of the following statements are correct for protists?

(a) Unicellular prokaryotes
(b) Unicellular eukaryotes
(c) Multicellular eukaryotes
(d) Autotrophs and heterotrophs
(1) (a), (b), (c) (2) (b), (c), (d) (3) (b), (d) (4) (c), (d)

36. Which of the following structures of slime mould possess cell wall?
(1) Mycelium (2) Plasmodium (3) Spore (4) Fruiting

37. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) Slime moulds in vegetative phase are surrounded by cell wall.
(b) Slime moulds are obligate autotrophs.
(c) Euglena behaves like heterotroph in absence of light predating smaller organism.
(d) The fishes are killed by toxins released by slime moulds.
(e) Protists reproduce sexually by zygote formation.
(f )Euglena has resemblance with plant and animal both.
(1) (a), (b), (c) (2) (b), (c), (d) (3) (a), (c), (f ) (4) (a), (b), (d)

38. Two grooves are present in the cell structure of

(1) Paramecium. (2) Desmids. (3) Gonyaulax. (4) All of these

39. Which organisms are microscopic and float passively in water currents (fresh water as well as marine environ-
ment)?
(1) Chrysophytes (2) Dinoflagellates
(3) Euglenoids (4) Slime moulds

40. Select the statement that does not apply on diatoms.

(1) Cell wall may be impregnated with silicon.
(2) Cell wall is made up of two half-shells that fit tightly together.
(3) Diatom is the chief producer in ocean.
(4) Diatoms ismultiflagellate.

41. Which of the following is correct about chrysophytes?

(a) Found in fresh and marine water.
(b) Microscopic plankton.
(c) Cell walls are embedded with CaCO3.
(d) Most of them are photosynthetic.
(1) Only (a) and (c)
(2) All except (b)
(3) All except (d)
(4) Only (a) and (d).

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42. Following features belong to
(a) Appear yellow, green, brown, blue and red depending on pigment in cell.
(b) Stiff cellulosic plates forms the cell wall.
(c) One longitudinal and one transverse flagella present.
(d) Photosynthetic.
(1) diatoms. (2) desmids. (3) dianoflagellates. (4) euglenoids.

43. Which of the following characters belong to slime moulds?

(a) Saprophytes.
(b) Forms plasmodium under favorable condition.
(c) Spores possess true walls.
(d) Spores are dispersed by water.
(e) Body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic matter.
(1) All except (e) (2) All except (d)
(3) All except (c) and (e) (4) All except (b)

44. Based upon the mode of nutrition, protists are grouped into
(1) plant-like protists (algae) and ingestive, animal-like protists (protozoa); and absorptive, fungus like
protists.
(2) chrysophytes, dinoflagellates and euglenoids only.
(3) slimemoulds and fungi only.
(4) flagellated protozoans and sporozoans only.

45. Which of the following is not an example of dinoflagellate?

(1) Dictyostellium (2) Gymnodinium
(3) Gonyalaux (4) Ceratium

46. The diatoms do not easily decay like most of the other algae because
(1) they have highly siliceous wall. (2) they have water proof cells.
(3) their cell wall is mucilaginous. (4) cell wall is virus-resistant.

47. Chief producers in ocean are

(1) dinoflagellates. (2) diatoms.
(3) euglenoids. (4) green algae.

48. Dinoflagellates have

(1) a single flagellum in the transverse groove between the cell plates.
(2) a single flagellum in the longitudinal groove between the cell plates.
(3) two flagella one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates.
(4) no flagella.

49. The statements given below are assigned to

(a) Instead of a cell wall they have a protein rich pellicle making their body flexible.
(b) They have 2 flagella, a short and a long one.
(c) They have mixotrophic nutrition.
(d) In light they are photosynthetic, but act as heterotrophy (predating other smaller organism) when they are
in dark.
(e) They are connecting link between plants and animals.
(1) dinoflagellates.
(2) slimemoulds.
(3) desmids and diatoms.
(4) Euglena.

50. The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the body of slime mould is called
(1) plasmodium. (2) myxamoeba.
(3) sporocytes. (4) periplasmodium.

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51. Which of the following is correct about the slime mould?
(a) Its thalloid body, plasmodium, has pseudopodia for locomotion and ingulfing organic matter.
(b) During unfavourable conditions plasmodium differentiates and produces fruiting bodies called
sporangium.
(c) Spores possess no true cell wall.
(d) They are dispersed by air current.
(e) Being extremely resistant, spores survive for many years.
(f ) Plasmodium can grow up to several feet.
(1) All except (c) (2) (a), (b), (c)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (f ) (4) (b), (c), (f )

52. Paramecium
(1) is a ciliated protozoan.
(2) shows water current maintained by cilia which helps the food to be steered into gullet.
(3) has a cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of the cell surface.
(4) all of these.

53. Soap box like cell wall is a characteristic of

(1) archaebacteria. (2) diatoms.
(3) dinoflagellates. (4) englenoids.

54. ‘Keiselgurh’ a heat resistant material is obtained from

(1) Rhodophyta. (2) Phaephyta.
(3) Bacillariophyta. (4) Pyrrophyta.

55. Paramylum is the stored food of

(1) dinoflagellate. (2) euglenoid. (3) diatom. (4) slimemould.

56. ‘Fire algae’ belongs to group

(1) Pyrrophyta. (2) Bacillariophyta.
(3) Euglenophyta. (4) Rhodophyta.

57. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of dinoflagellates?

(1) Presence of siliceous cell wall. (2) A protein rich layer called Pellicle.
(3) Flagella absent throughout life. (4) Heterokont flagellation.

58. Leucosin (Chrysolaminarin) is a carbohydrate which is stored as reserve food in case of

(1) Diatom. (2) Euglena. (3) Dinoflagellates. (4) Paramecium.

59. ___________ are saprophytic protists, whose body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic
material.
(1) Euglenoids (2) Dinoflagellates
(3) Chrysophytes (4) Slime moulds

60. Which one is correctly matched?

(1) AgaricusSmut (2) UstilagoMushroom
(3) PucciniaInsectivorous plant (4) DeuteromycetesImperfect fungi

61. Make the correct statement.

(1) Phycomycetes include mushrooms, bracket fungi or puff balls.
(2) The mycelium of basidiomycetes is branched and septate.
(3) Neurosporais used extensively in biochemical and genetic work, it belongs to group basidiomycetes.
(4) Morels and truffles are non-edible.

62. With respect to fungal sexual cycle, choose the correct sequence of events.
(1) Karyogamy, plasmogamy and meiosis (2) Meiosis, plasmogamy and karyogamy
(3) Plasmogamy, karyogamy and meiosis (4) Meiosis, karyogamy and plasmogamy

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63. The sex organs are absent, but plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of two vegetative or somatic cells of
different genotypes. It is the feature of -
(1) phycomycetes. (2) basidiomycetes.
(3) ascomycetes. (4) All of these.

64. The fungi form fruiting bodies in which _______ division occurs, leading to formation of ________ spores.
(1) mitotic, diploid (2) reduction, haploid
(3) mitotic, haploid (4) reduction, diploid

65. Haploid sexual spore produced exogenously is

(1) ascospore (2) basidiospore. (3) oospore. (4) zygospore.

66. Coenocytic mycelium is found in

(1) Deuteromycetes. (2) Phycomycetes. (3) Ascomycetes. (4) All of these.

67. Which of the following environmental conditions are essential for optimum growth of Mucoron a piece of
bread?
(a) Temperature of about 25°C
(b) Temperature of about 5°C
(c) Relative humidity of about 5%
(d) Relative humidity of about 95%
(e) A shady place
(f )A brightly illuminated place
Choose the answer from following options.
(1) Only (b), (c) and (f ) (2) Only (a), (c) and (e)
(3) Only (a), (d) and (e) (4) Only (b), (d) and (e)

68. When there are two haploid nuclei per cell in some fungi before the formation of diploid, this stage is called
(1) diplotene. (2) diplophase. (3) dikaryophase. (4) dikaryote.

69. Which of the following pair is an odd pair?

(1) PhycomycetesAquatic fungi (2) Basidiomycetes Sac fungi
(3) Ascomycetes Penicillium (4) Basidiomycetes Puff balls

70. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

(a) Fungi are cosmopolitan in distribution.
(b) Bread mould, toadstool, yeast, Pucciniaall are fungi.
(c) Fungi mostly are unicellular and eukaryotes.
(d) Most of the fungi are saprophyte but a few are autotrophic and parasite also.
(e) Lichen is symbiotic association of fungi and higher green plants.
(f ) There is reduction in sexual reproduction as one moves from lower to higher forms of fungi.
(1) (a), (b), (c) (2) (c), (e), (f) (3) (b), (d), (f) (4) (c), (d), (e)

71. Pathogen of white rust disease belongs to

(1) ascomycetes. (2) basidiomycetes. (3) phycomycetes. (4) deuteromycetes.

72. The black rust of wheat is a fungal disease caused by

(1) Albugo candida. (2) Pucciniagraministritici.
(3) Ustilagonuda. (4) Clavicepspurpurea.

73. Which of the following eukaryote is extensively used in experimental genetics?

(1) E. coli (2) Alternaria (3) Ustilago (4) Neurospora

74. Fruiting bodies are produced by

(1) algal and sac fungi. (2) fungi and higher plants.
(3) sac and club fungi. (4) algal and fungi imperfecti.

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75. Which of the following does not belong to the same group?
(1) Rust (2) Ustilago (3) Puff ball (4) Trichoderma

76. Fungi in the group phycomycetes show

(1) motile 1-2 flagellated zoospores.
(2) cellulose in cell wall.
(3) asexual spores are endogenously produced.
(4) All of the above.

77. The name club fungi is given to basidiomycetes due to the presence of
(1) club-shaped basidia.
(2) sac-shaped basidia.
(3) hymenium of basidia.
(4) water droplet mechanism for dehiscene of basidiospores.

78. Cellulose is the major component of cell walls of

(1) Pseudomonas. (2) Saccharomyces.
(3) Pythium. (4) Puccinia.

79. Which of the following structure is not a characteristic feature of mushrooms?

(1) Basidiospore (2) Dikaryotic mycelium
(3) Ascospores (4) Clamp connections

80. Which of the following fungal characters is shown by slime moulds?

(1) Absence of cell wall in the adults. (2) Presence of two flagella attached laterally.
(3) Formation of fruiting bodies. (4) Absence of cell membrane.

81. Irish Famine of 1845 was caused by

(1) Alternariasolanii. (2) Sclerosporagraminicola.
(3) Phytophthorainfestans. (4) Fusarium oxysporum.

82. The characters given below are assigned to

(a) Mycelium is branched and septate.
(b) No asexual spores are generally formed.
(c) Vegetative reproduction by fragmentation is common.
(d) Sex organs are absent, but sexual reproduction takes place by somatogamy.
(e) Karyogamy and meiosis occur in basidium to form haploid exogenous four basidiospores.
(f )Basidia are arranged in basidiocarp.
(1) Penicillium. (2) Agaricus.
(3) algal fungi. (4) fungiimperfectii.

83. Somatogamy is the fusion of

(1) two vegetative/somatic cell, of different strain/ genotypes to form dikaryotic cell.
(2) sperm with egg.
(3) two somatic cells having identical strain.
(4) egg with egg.

84. If hyphae are continuous tube filled with multinucleated cytoplasm, it is known as
(1) septate hyphae. (2) coenocytic hyphae.
(3) mycelium. (4) none of these.

85. How many of the following fungus belong to class ascomycetes?

Rhizopus, Penicillium, Yeast, Mucor, Agaricus, Puccinia, Albugo, Claviceps, Neurospora, Alternaria,
Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Ustilago, Morels, Buffles, Colletotrichum, Toadstool
(1) Five (2) Seven (3) Nine (4) Ten

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86. Deuteromycetes are also known as imperfect fungi because
(1) only sexual phase is found.
(2) only asexual or vegetative phase are known.
(3) both asexual and sexual phase are known.
(4) reproduction in these fungi is absent.

87. Coprophilous fungi grows on

(1) bark of trees. (2) lignin of wood.
(3) leather and metal. (4) dung of mammals.

88. Which of the following is false about ascomycetes?

(1) Mode of nutrition saprophytic, decomposer, coprophilous (growing on dung) and parasitic.
(2) It includes unicellular (e.g. yeast) and multicellular forms.
(3) Its mycelum is coenocytic.
(4) Aspergillus, Clavicepsand Neurosporaare important members of ascomycetes.

89. The following characteristics are shown by

(a) It includes unicellular as well as multicellular fungi.
(b) In multicellular forms hyphae are branched and septate.
(c) Conidiophore produces conidia (spores) exogenously in chain.
(d) Sexual spores are ascopores produced endogenously in ascus.
(e) Fruiting body is called ascocarp.
(1) phycomycetes. (2) sac fungi.
(3) club fungi. (4) fungiimperfecti.

90. Basidiomycetes include

(1) mushroom, toadstool, puffball and bracket fungi.
(2) smut fungi and rust fungi.
(3) both (1) and (2).
(4) breadmould, sac fungi and algal fungi.

91. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(1) Ascospores- Exospores (2) Zoospores- motile endospores
(3) Conidia- Endospores (4) Basidiospores- non motile endospores

92. Read the following statements carefully and identify correct statements with respect to lichens.
(a) The association cannot tolerate air pollution, especially due to sulphur dioxide.
(b) Lichens are annuals and their growth is slow.
(c) The fungal partner mostly belongs to ascomycetes.
(d) Soredia are most efficient means of asexual reproduction.
(e) Orchids seldom occur without this association.
(f) Foliose lichens are pioneers of succession in a water body.
(1) (c), (d), (f) (2) (a), (c), (d), (f) (3) (a), (b), (e) (4) (a), (c), (d)

93. Select the correct statement.

(1) Viroids have double stranded RNA.
(2) RNA of viroids has higher molecular weight than viruses.
(3) Mumps and herpes are viral diseases.
(4) The name virus was given by D.J. Ivanowsky.

94. Who demonstrated that the extract of the infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants?
(1) Pasteur (2) M.W. Beijerink (3) D.J. Ivanowsky (4) W.M. Stanley

95. Select the incorrect match w.r.t. genetic material.

(1) Herpes virus ssDNA (2) Bacteriophage dsDNA
(3) TMV ssRNA (4) Influenza virus ssRNA

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96. Viruses are no more ‘alive’ than isolated chromosomes because
(1) they require both RNA and DNA.
(2) they both need food molecules.
(3) they both require oxygen for respiration.
(4) both require the environment of a cell to replicate.

97. Viruses are living, because they

(1) multiply themselves. (2) carry anaerobic respiration.
(3) carry metabolic activities. (4) cause infection.

98. Which one is incorrect?

(a) Viruses, viroids are classified by Whittaker in kingdom Monera.
(b) Viruses are non-cellular organisms.
(c) Virus-mean venom and name was coined by W.N. Stanley.
(d) ‘Contagiumvivumfluidum’ was called by D.J. Ivanosky
(e) Viruses are obligate parasite.
(f ) Virus contains either DNA or RNA.
(1) (a), (b) and (c) (2) (b), (d) and (f)
(3) (a), (c) and (d) (4) (d), (e) and (f )

99. The tailed bacteriophages are

(1) motile on surface of bacteria.
(2) non-motile.
(3) motile on surface of plant leaves.
(4) actively motile in water.

100. The viruses with nucleic acid but without protein coat are known as
(1) viron. (2) viroids. (3) capsomere. (4) prion.

101. T.O. Diener discovered a

(1) bacteriophage. (2) free infectious RNA.
(3) free infectious DNA. (4)infectious protein.

102. Lichens show symbiotic relationship between

(1) algae and fungi. (2) algae and bacteria.
(3) fungi and bacteriophage. (4) algae and bacteriophage.

103. Which organisms are not included in the five kingdom system of classification?
(1) Protozoans (2) Viruses (3) Lichens (4) Both (2) and (3)

104. Which of the following statement about lichens is wrong?

(1) These grow very rapidly (2 cm per day).
(2) They show fungal and algal symbiotic relationships.
(3) Some of its species are eaten by reindeers.
(4) These are symbiotic association of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organism.

105. Plant viruses mostly have

(1) DNA. (2) RNA. (3) Both (1) and (2). (4) coiled nucleolus.

106. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

(1) Viroid RNA (2) Chief producer in ocean Diatoms
(3) Cellulose plates Dinoflagellates (4) GonyaulaxRed sea

107. In plants viral symptoms can be

(1) mosaic formation, leaf rolling and leaf curling.
(2) yellowing and vein clearing in leaf.
(3) dwarfing and stunted growth. (4) All of these.

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108. Lichens are composite organism made up of a fungus and a photosynthetic alga. Which of the following
statements is wrong about lichen?
(1) Lichens are sensitive to air pollution because they have no way to excrete toxic substances.
(2) Algal partner (phycobiont) and fungal partner (mycobiont) live mutually.
(3) Algae prepare food for fungi and fungi provide shelter and absorb water + minerals for algal partner.
(4) None of these.

109. Chemically viruses are

(1) glycoproteins. (2) glycolipid
(3) nucleoproteins. (4) lipopolysaccharides

110. Which of the following is the best example of endomycorrhiza?

(1) Boletus fungus in the roots of Pinus. (2) Aspergillus nigerin roots of ferns
(3) Yeast in leaves of mango plant (4) Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM)

111. Viroids differ from viruses in being

(1) naked DNA molecules. (2) naked RNA molecules.
(3) proteinaceous particles. (4) None of these.

112. Which of the following is not a viral disease of plants?

(1) Red rot of sugarcane (2) Tobacco mosaic
(3) Leaf curl of tomato (4) Tristeza disease of citrus

113. Smallest plant virus is

(1) cauliflower mosaic virus. (2) citrustristeza virus.
(3) satellite of tobacco necrosis. (4) tobacco mosaic virus.

114. Select the incorrect statement.

(1) Cuscutais a parasitic plant.
(2) Bladderwort and Venus fly trap are examples of insectivorous plants.
(3) Plantae includes algae, bryophytes, pteriophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
(4) The mode of nutrition in plants is holozoic.

115. What is common to bacteria, mosses and fungus?

(1) Their mode of nutrition. (2) Presence of cell wall in all.
(3) They are autotrophic. (4) Their body organization.

116. Select from the following the total number of features that belong to animal kingdom.
(a) Multicellular, heterotrophic.
(b) Most of them capable of locomotion.
(c) Have definite shape and size
(d) Digestion of food in internal cavity.
(e) Holozoic mode of nutrition.
(f ) Stored food reserve as glycogen or fat.
(g) Higher forms show sensory and neuromotor mechanism.
(h) Some members are autotrophic.
(i) Presence of cellulose cell wall.
(j) Sexual reproduction generally by copulation of male and female.
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 10

117. How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma,
Porphyra, Wolfia
(1) Four (2) Five (3) Six (4) Three

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118. 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) Chlamydomonasexhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucusshow oogamy.

119. In which group of organisms, reserve food is stored in the form of glycogen and fat?
(1) Man and monkey
(2) Cuscutaand dog
(3) Bladderwort and Cuscuta
(4) Bladderwort and Venus fly trap

120. Difference between a red sea and red tide is

(1) red tide takes place in red sea.
(2) associated with a cyanobacteria and protist, respectively.
(3) one is by virus and other by bacteria.
(4) associated with Rhodophyceae and diatoms, respectively

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