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Class 11th NEET

Biological Classification
Introduction & Kingdom Monera
1. ______ is the process by which new cells are formed
from pre-existing cells. 8. Which of the following statement is incorrect
Choose an appropriate option to fill the blank. regarding two kingdom system of classification?
(1) Cell division (1) Two kingdom system of classification was
(2) Cell growth given by Linnaeus.
(3) Cell elongation (2) Two kingdom system of classification includes
(4) None of these Plantae & Animalia.
(3) It could distinguish between Photosynthetic &
2. Five kingdom system of classification was given by non-photosynthetic organisms.
_____ in _____ (4) It could not distinguish between unicellular &
(1) Whittaker, 1822 (2) Aristotle, 1969 multicellular organisms.
(3) Aristotle, 1822 (4) Whittaker, 1969
9. Study the following table carefully and select the
3. ___P___ used ___Q___ characters to classify plants
correct
into trees, shrubs & herbs.
(1) P = Aristotle, Q = Anatomical
(2) P = Whittaker, Q = Morphological
(3) P = Aristotle, Q = Morphological
(4) P = Whittaker, Q = Anatomical

4. The kingdom present in both two kingdom & five

kingdom system of classification is
(1) Protista (2) Monera 1 2 3 4
(3) Fungi (4) Plantae (1) Prokaryotic Absent Absent Unicellular
(2) Prokaryotic Present Present
5. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched? Multicellular
(1) Fungi → Saprophytic/parasitic mode of (3) Eukaryotic Present Present
nutrition. Multicellular
(2) Monera → Nuclear membrane is present. (4) Eukaryotic Absent Absent Unicellular
(3) Plantae → Cell-wall is made up of cellulose.
10. Earlier classifications included bacteria, fungi,
(4) Animalia → Cell-wall is absent.
mosses, gymnosperms and angiosperms under plants
on the basis of
6. Which of the following criteria was not used by R.H (1) Nutrition
Whittaker in five kingdom system of classification? (2) Cell type
(1) Cell-structure (3) Presence of cell-wall
(2) body organisation (4) Body organisation
(3) Phylogenetic relationship
(4) Physiological character 11. Green plants have _____ cell wall, while the fungi
7. In Whittaker’s five kingdom system of classification, have _______ cell wall.
eukaryotes are distributed among (1) Chitinous, cellulosic
(1) Two kingdoms (2) Three kingdoms (2) Cellulosic, chitinous
(3) Four kingdoms (4) All the five (3) Cellulose, cellulosic
(4) Chitinous, chitinous
kingdoms
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12. How many are correct from the following statements 19. Following statements are given regarding
regarding bacteria? cyanobacteria. Choose the incorrect one
A. Bacteria are sole members of the kingdom (1) It is also called blue-green algae
Protista. (2) They are chemosynthetic autotrophs
B. They are most abundant micro-organisms. (3) It forms blooms in polluted water bodies
C. They also live in extreme habitats such as hot- (4) It is unicellular, colonial or filamentous
springs, deserts, snow and deep oceans.
D. Many of them live in or on other organisms as 20. Nostoc & Anabaena belong to _____ and have
parasites. specialised cells known as _____ for nitrogen
(1) One (2) Two fixation.
(3) Three (4) Four (1) Archaebacteria, Choanocytes
(2) Archaebacteria, Heterocysts
13. Bacteria whose cell has only a curve/comma is (3) Cyanobacteria, Choanocytes
(1) Vibrio (2) Cocci (4) Cyanobacteria, Heterocysts.
(3) Spirilla (4) Bacilli
21. _____ play great role in recycling of nutrients
14. Majority of bacteria are ____. (1) Archaebacteria
(1) Photosynthetic autotrophs (2) Chemosynthetic autotrophic
(2) Chemosynthetic autotrophs (3) Photosynthetic autotrophic
(3) Heterotrophs (4) Mycoplasmas bacteria
(4) Saprotrophs
22. Select the pair that consists of bacterial disease.
15. Though the bacterial structure is very ____ but they (1) Cholera and Typhoid
are very ____ in behavior. (2) Citrus Canker and Malaria
(1) Simple, complex (2) Complex, simple (3) Malaria and AIDS
(3) Simple, simple (4) Complex, complex (4) Citrus Canker and Influenza

16. Which of the following is found in harsh habitats 23. Choose the correct statement(s)
(1) Halophiles (2) Cyanobacteria A. Bacteria reproduce mainly by fission.
(3) Archaebacteria (4) None of these B. Under unfavourable conditions, bacteria
produce spores.
17. Match the following (1) Both (1) and (2) are correct.
Column-I Column-II (2) Both (1) and (2) are incorrect.
I Halophiles a Hot springs (3) Only (1) is correct.
II Thermoacidophiles b Marshy areas (4) Only (2) is correct.
III Methanogens c Salty areas
I II III 24. Recognise the figure & find out the correct match.
(1) b a c
(2) c a b
(3) b c a
(4) a b c

18. Primary function of heterocyst in Nostoc is

(1) Food storage
(2) Nitrogen fixation
(3) Reproduction
(4) Protection
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I II III IV 29. Who was the first person to classify organisms
(1) c b a d scientifically?
(2) d a c b (1) Linnaeus (2) Aristotle
(3) c b d a (3) Whittaker (4) Copeland
(4) c a d b
30. Animals with red blood were name enaima by
25. Recognise the figure and find out the suitable (1) Theophrastus (2) Linnaeus
matching. (3) Aristotle (4) Haeckel

31. Who gave two kingdom classification system?

(1) Copeland (2) Whittaker
(3) Haeckel (4) Linnaeus

32. Which kingdom was introduced by Haeckel?

(1) Animalia (2) Protista
(1) a- Nucleus, b- cell membrane, c- capsule (3) Plantae (4) Fungi
(2) a- DNA, b- cell membrane, c- cell wall
33. Which of the following statements is/are correct for
(3) a- DNA, b- cell wall, c- capsule bacteria?
(4) a- Nucleus, b- cell membrane, c- cell wall (1) They are the members of the kingdom Monera
(2) They live in extreme habitats such as hot
26. Match the column-I with column-II & choose the springs, deserts, snow and deep oceans
correct option (3) They show the most extensive metabolic
Column-I Column-II diversity
I Mycoplasma a Nitrogen fixing bacteria (4) All of the above
II Decomposers b Blue green algae
III Methanogens c Production of Methane 34. Kingdom with maximum nutrition diversity is
IV Heterocysts d Most abundant (1) Plantae (2) Animalia
heterotrophs (3) Fungi (4) Monera
V Cyanobacteria e Pathogenic in plants and
animals 35. Which kingdom was introduced by Whittaker?
I II III IV V (1) Plantae (2) Animalia
(1) a b c d e (3) Fungi (4) Protista
(2) c e b d a
(3) c a e b d 36. In which kingdom would we keep Chlorella as per 5
(4) e d c a b kingdom classification system?
(1) Monera (2) Protista
27. Which statement is incorrect regarding mycoplasma. (3) Fungi (4) Plantae
(1) They are smallest living cells
(2) They can survive without oxygen 37. In which kingdom would you keep Paramecium as
(3) They possess rigid cell-wall per 4 kingdom classification system?
(4) They are pathogenic in animals & plants (1) Monera (2) Protista
(3) Animalia (4) Plantae
28. The organisms that completely lack cell-wall are
(1) Mycoplasma 38. Which of the following are main basis for five
(2) Blue-green algae kingdom classification system?
(3) Cyanobacteria (1) Body organization
(4) None of these (2) Cell structure
(3) Phylogeny
(4) All of the above
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39. Who gave 3 domain system?
(1) Whittaker (2) Carl Woese 49. Which of the following have structurally simplest
(3) Copeland (4) Linnaeus organisms
(1) Plantae (2) Protista
40. Which of the following has branched plasma (3) Fungi (4) Monera
membrane lipids?
(1) Protista (2) Eubacteria 50. Which of the following is a facultative aerobe?
(3) Archaebacteria (4) Fungi (1) Mycoplasma (2) Bacillus
(3) Azotobacter (4) All
41. The basis for 3 domain system is
(1) 18S rRNA (2) 23S rRNA 51. Which of the following bacteria is chemoautotroph?
(3) 16S rRNA (4) All of the above (1) Bacillus (2) Nitrosomonas
(3) Mycoplasma (4) Anabaena
42. The main criteria used by Linnaeus for two Kingdom
classification system was? 52. Saprophytic bacteria show ….. type of digestion
(1) Cell membrane (1) intracellular (2) extracellular
(2) Cell wall (3) both (4) none
(3) Evolutionary relationship
(4) Response to external stimuli 53. Most abundant group of microbes belong to?
(1) Monera (2) Protista
43. How many kingdoms in five kingdom classification (3) Fungi (4) Algae
system have Eukaryotic organisms?
(1) 1 (2) 2 54. Which of the following is used as electron source by
(3) 3 (4) 4 BGA?
(1) Water (2) lipid
44. Sole members of Monera are? (3) protein (4) starch
(1) Bacteria
55. Find out the odd one with respect to mode of nutrition
(2) BGA
(1) Nitrosomonas (2) Nitrobacter
(3) Archaebacteria
(3) Nitrocystis (4) Anabaena
(4) Mycoplasma
56. Which of the following group of bacteria obtained
45. Who introduced the kingdom Monera? their nourishment from detritus
(1) Theophrastus (2) Copeland (1) parasitic (2) saprophytic
(3) Aristotle (4) Haeckel (3) symbiotic (4) all

46. Kingdom with chemoautotrophic nutrition is? 57. Which of the following is produced during bacterial
(1) Protista (2) Fungi photosynthesis?
(3) Monera (4) Animalia (1) NADPH (2) Water
(3) FADH (4) NADH
47. Which of the following was the first group of
organisms to show oxygenic photosynthesis? 58. Bacteria with rod shape are called?
(1) bacteria (2) angiosperms (1) Bacilli (2) Cocci
(3) diatoms (4) BGA (3) Vibrio (4) Spirilla

48. Which of the following compounds is used as 59. Which of the following is an obligate aerobe
electron source and proton source by most of (1) Azotobacter (2) Bacillus subtilis
bacteria? (3) Clostridium (4) more than one
(1) organic (2) inorganic
(3) water (4) both (2) and (3)
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60. Bacteria which use organic compounds as their
carbon source are called? 64. Which of the following Prokaryotes have histone?
(1) autotroph (2) heterotroph (1) Mycoplasma (2) Rhizobium
(3) parasite (4) none (3) Archaebacteria (4) Eubacteria

61. Bacteria are found in? 65. Find out the odd one with respect to archaebacteria:
(1) favorable habitat only (1) Methanogens (2) Halophiles
(2) harsh habitat only (3) Thermoacidophiles (4) Actinomycetes
(3) almost everywhere
(4) none 66. Archaebacteria are capable of surviving harsh
conditions due to their:
62. Kingdom with prokaryotic organisms is? (1) Plasmid (2) Cell wall
(1) Monera (2) Protista (3) Mesosome (4) Flagella
(3) Fungi (4) Animalia
67. Which of the following is associated with
63. The most primitive prokaryote are: reproduction in Mycoplasma?
(1) Eubacteria (2) Archaebacteria (1) Mesosome (2) Pili
(3) Actinomycetes (4) Rickettsia (3) Fimbriae (4) Elementary body
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Kingdom Protista
68. Kingdom of unicellular eukaryote is 76. Members of chryosphytes are ______and float _____
(1) Monera (2) Fungi in water currents.
(3) Plantae (4) Protista (1) Macroscopic, actively
(2) Macroscopic, passively
69. Kingdom Protista includes organism which are (3) Microscopic, actively
(1) unicellular but prokaryotic
(2) unicellular but eukaryotic (4) Microscopic, passively
(3) multicellular but prokaryotic
(4) multicellular but eukaryotic 77. Silica is embedded in the cell-walls of
(1) Desmids (2) Golden-algae
70. How many groups given below belongs to kingdom
Protista: (3) Diatoms (4) Both (1) & (2)
Mycoplasmas, Euglenoids, Protozoans, Diatoms,
Desmids, Phycomycetes, Cyanobacteria 78. Chrysophytes are found in
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5 (1) Fresh water
(2) Marine water
71. Protista include (3) Both (1) & (2)
(1) Bacteria, fungi, algae & Bryophytes
(2) Chrysophytes, euglenoids & dinoflagellates (4) terrestrial environment
(3) Vascular plants, Slime-moulds & fungi
(4) Bacteria, algae, protozoa & bryophyta 79. Chief producers in the oceans are
(1) Dinoflagellates
72. Members of ________are primarily aquatic (2) Euglenoids
(1) Monera (2) Protista
(3) Desmids
(3) Fungi (4) Both (1) & (2)
(4) Diatoms
73. Which of the following is are present in protistan cell
body 80. Accumulation of cell-wall deposits of diatoms in
(1) Mitochondria (2) Nucleus their habitat, over _____ of years lead to the
(3) Golgi apparatus (4) All of the above formation of diatomaceous earth.
(1) Hundreds (2) Millions
74. Choose the incorrect statement(s) regarding
(3) Billions (4) Thousands
Kingdom Protista
A. Kingdom Protista forms a link with the others
81. Diatomaceous earth is having cell-wall deposits
dealing with plants, animals & fungi
B. Some protists have flagella or cilia for of____.
movement. (1) Desmids (2) Diatoms
C. Boundaries of this kingdom are well defined. (3) Dinoflagellates (4) Euglenoids
D. Protists reproduce only asexually.
(1) A, C & D (2) B & C 82. Pick the wrong statement
(3) C & D (4) Only C (1) Diatoms are the chief producers in ocean
(2) Diatoms are microscopic & float passively in
75. Diatoms & desmids belongs to
(1) Chrysophytes water.
(2) Dinoflagellates (3) Walls of diatoms are destructible easily
(3) Euglenoids (4) Diatomaceous earth is formed by the cell-wall
(4) Protozoans of diatoms

83. Dinoflagellates are mostly

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(1) Marine and non-photosynthetic (1) Presence of cellulose cell-wall.
(2) Fresh water and photosynthetic (2) Presence of proteinaceous pellicle.
(3) Marine and photosynthetic (3) Presence of chlorophyll.
(4) Fresh-water and non-photosynthetic (4) Presence of flagellum.

84. Cell-wall of ‘x’ has stiff cellulose plates on the outer 90. Choose the incorrect statement about Euglena
surface. Then ‘x’ is the member of (1) Two, unequal flagella are found
(1) Dinoflagellates (2) Diatoms (2) it dies, when deprived of sunlight
(3) Golden algae (4) Desmids (3) Member of kingdom Protista
(4) Photosynthetic pigments are similar to those of
85. In dinoflagellates, the two flagella are higher plants.
(1) Anterior
(2) lateral 91. Match the following
(3) Posterior (A) Dinoflagellates (i) Pellicle
(4) one transverse & the other longitudinal (B) Euglenoids (ii) Siliceous cell-wall
(C) Diatoms (iii) Red-tides
86. A dinoflagellate which forms red-tides (1) A-ii, B-i, C-iii (2) A-iii, B-i, C-ii
(1) Nostoc (3) A-iii, B-ii, C-i (4) A-i, B-ii, C-iii
(2) Euglena
(3) Gonyaulax 92. Identify figure (a) and (b)
(4) Paramoecium

87. Members of which group release toxins which may

kill other marine animals like fishes
(1) Protozoans
(2) Slime-moulds
(3) Dinoflagellates
(4) Diatoms

88. Majority of euglenoids are ______organisms found (1) a is dinoflagellate & b is euglena
in _____water. (2) a is euglena and b is diatom
(1) Fresh water, running (3) a is desmid & b is slime mould
(2) Fresh water, Stagnant (4) a is euglena & b is Gonyaulax
(3) Marine water, running
(4) Marine water, Stagnant
89. What is not true of Euglena?
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Slime Moulds and Protozoans
93. Saprophytic protists are Column I Column II
(1) Euglenoids (2) Chrysophytes (A) Amoeboid protozoan (i) Plasmodium
(3) Dinoflagellates (4) Slime-moulds (B) Flagellated protozoans (ii) Amoeba
(C) Ciliated protozoan (iii) Trypanosoma
94. The body of ‘x’ moves along decaying twings & (D) Sporozoans (iv) Paramoecium
leaves engulfing organic material. Then ‘x’ is (1) A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii
(1) Slime moulds (2) Diatoms (2) A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii
(3) Amoeba (4) Euglenoids (3) A-iii, B-ii, C-iv, D-i
(4) A-ii, B-iii, C-iv, D-i

95. Under suitable conditions ______

'A' form an 102. False feet is present in
(1) Paramoecium (2) Plasmodium
aggregation called ______
'B' which may grow & (3) Amoeba (4) Trypanosoma

spread several ______

'C' . 103. The following features given below represents which
(1) A = Slime-mould, B = plasmodium, C = feet
group of protozoans:
(2) A = Slime-mould, B = pellicle, C = metres
(3) A = Protozoans, B = plasmodium, C = feet (i) Marine forms have silica shells
(4) A = Protozoans, B = pellicle, C = centimetres (ii) They move & capture their prey by putting out
pseudopodia
96. The spores produced in slime-moulds are dispersed (iii) They live in fresh water, Sea water or moist
by soil.
(1) water (2) air-currents (1) Amoeboid protozoans
(3) birds (4) Both (1) and (2)
(2) Flagellated protozoans
(3) Ciliated protozoans
97. Choose the correct combination of characters for
(4) Sporozoans
slime-moulds
(1) Parasitic, plasmodium with true walls, spores
104. Amoeboid protozoans like ______act as parasites
dispersed by air currents.
(1) Amoeba
(2) Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls,
(2) Trypanosoma
spores dispersed by water.
(3) Entamoeba
(3) Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores
(4) Paramoecium
dispersed by water.
(4) Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls,
105. Flagella is present in
spores dispersed by air currents.
(1) Plasmodium (2) Euglena
98. The spores produced in slime-moulds have (3) Trypanosoma (4) Both (2) & (3)
(1) true-walls & less resistant.
(2) true-walls & extremely resistant. 106. Sleeping sickness is caused by
(3) No-walls & less resistant. (1) Entamoeba
(4) No-walls & extremely resistant. (2) Plasmodium
(3) Slime-moulds
99. Primitive relatives of animals are
(4) Trypanosoma
(1) Euglenoids (2) Slime-moulds
(3) Protozoans (4) Dinoflagellates
107. How many statements are correct regarding
flagellated protozoans
100. All protozoans are ________
(i) Members of flagellated protozoans are fully
(1) Autotrophs (2) Saprotrophs
parasitic
(3) Heterotrophs (4) Mixotrophs
(ii) They have flagella.
101. Match the following
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(iii) They can cause sleeping sickness. (2) Slime-mould
(iv) Entamoeba belong to flagellated protozoan? (3) Paramoecium
(1) 1 (2) 2 (4) Plasmodium
(3) 3 (4) 4
112. Choose the correct statement
108. Gullet is present in (1) Paramoecium & Trypanosoma are ciliated
(1) Flagellated protozoans protozoans
(2) Ciliated protozoans (2) Gullet is present in Plasmodium and Amoeba
(3) Sporozoans (3) Cilia is present in Paramoecium
(4) Amoeboid protozoans (4) None of these

109. Ciliated protozoans are _______& move _______ 113. Identify figure (c) & figure (d)
because of the presence of thousands of cilia
(1) terrestrial passively
(2) aquatic, passively
(3) terrestrial, actively
(4) aquatic, actively

110. Malarial parasite belongs to which group of (1) c is slime mould & d is Euglena
protozoans (2) c is dinoflagellate & d is Plasmodium
(1) Amoeboid protozoan (3) c is Amoeba & d is trypanosoma
(2) Flagellated protozoans (4) c is slime mould & d is Paramoecium
(3) Ciliated protozoan
(4) Sporozoans
114. Most common mode of reproduction in bacteria is?
(1) binary fission (2) multiple fission
111. Infectious spore like state is present in the life-cycle (3) conjugation (4) endospore
of _________.
(1) Amoeba
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Kingdom-Fungi: Introduction and General Characteristics
115. Fungi are filamentous with the exception of “x” (2) Parasitic & Symbiotic
which is unicellular. identify x (3) Saprophytic & symbiotic
(1) Algae (2) Bacteria (4) Saprophytic, Parasitic & Symbiotic
(3) Yeast (4) Lichen
124. Which pair of spores represents asexual spores in
116. When your bread develops a mould or your orange fungi
rots it is because of________. (1) Conidia and oospores
(1) Cyanobacteria (2) Fungi (2) Zoospores and basidiospores
(3) Mycorrhizae (4) Protozoa (3) Sporangiospores and conidia
(4) Sporangiospores and ascospores
117. Wheat rust is caused by “x” and source of antibiotics
is “y”. x and y are respectively 125. (n + n) state represents ________state. And it is seen
in basidiomycetes & _______.
(1) Pencillium and Puccinia
(1) Diploid & phycomycetes
(2) Yeast and Pencillium (2) Dikaryotic & ascomycetes
(3) Puccinia and Pencillium (3) Diploid & ascomycetes
(4) Albugo and Mucor (4) Dikaryotic & deuteromycetes

118. Fungi are found in 126. Which of the following criteria is not used for
(1) Air (2) Water classifying kingdom fungi into various classes
(3) Soil (4) All of the above (1) Morphology of mycelium
(2) mode of nutrition
119. Chose the correct statements: (3) mode of spore formation
A. Fungi prefer to grow in warm & humid places. (4) Fruiting bodies
B. Toadstools are bacteria.
C. Yeast are used to make bread & beer. 127. Which of the following represents correct sequence
D. Fungi are chlorophyllous organisms. of events in sexual cycle of fungi
(1) A, B & C (1) Plasmogamy → Mitosis → Karyogamy
(2) C & D (2) Plasmogamy → Karyogamy → Mitosis
(3) A & C
(3) Plasmogamy → Meiosis → Karyogamy
(4) All statements are correct
(4) Plasmogamy → Karyogamy → Meiosis
120. __________ spots seen on mustard leaves are due to
a _________ fungus. 128. Few examples are given below, how many belongs to
(1) Blue, Saprophytic (2) White, Saprophytic phycomycetes
(3) Blue, Parasitic (4) White, Parasitic Albugo, Yeast, Truffles, Agaricus, Ustilago,
Trichoderma, Alternaria, Claviceps, Rhizopus,
121. Which of the following statement is correct? Mucor, Puccinia.
(1) Fungal body consists of long, slender thread
(1) Three (2) Four
like structures called hyphae.
(2) the network of hyphae is known as mycelium. (3) Six (4) Eight
(3) Coenocytic hyphae are continuous tubes filled
with multinucleated cytoplasm. 129. Asexual reproduction in ‘the bread mould’ takes
(4) All of these place by non motile spores known as ______ which
are produced_____.
122. Fungal cell-wall is composed of _________.
(1) Zoospores, exogenously
(1) Chitin and lignin
(2) Chitin and polysaccharides (2) Zoospores, endogenously
(3) Chitin and cellulose (3) Aplanospores, exogenously
(4) Lignin and suberin (4) Aplanospores, endogenously
123. Mode of nutrition in fungi is 130. Coprophilous means
(1) Saprophytic & parasitic (1) Growing on mud (2) Growing on dung
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(3) Growing on wood (4) Growing on plants 136. Fruiting body of Agaricus is known as
(1) Ascocarp (2) Basidiocarp
131. Sac-fungi & Bracket fungi are (3) Conidiophore (4) None of these
(1) Phycomycetes & Basidiomycetes respectively
(2) Deuteromycetes & Ascomycetes respectively 137. Following statements are given which are related to:
(3) Ascomycetes & Basidiomycetes respectively A. Asexual spores are generally not found but
(4) Basidiomycetes & Deuteromycetes vegetative reproduction occurs by
respectively fragmentation.
B. Sex-organs are absent.
132. Which of the following is incorrectly matched C. They grow in soil, on logs & tree stump.
(1) Yeast – unicellular D. Dikaryotic stage is present.
(2) Mucor – septate mycelium (1) Ascomycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
(3) Ustilago – Smut (3) Deuteromycetes (4) Phycomycetes
(4) Aspergillus – Conidia
138. Which of the following is incorrectly matched
133. In ascomycetes, sexual & asexual spores are (1) Puccinia – Rust fungus
produced (2) Agaricus – Mushroom
(1) Endogenously & endogenously respectively (3) Alternaria – Smut
(2) Exogenously & endogenously respectively (4) Saccharomyces – Yeast
(3) Endogenously & exogenously respectively
(4) Exogenously & exogenously respectively 139. The fungi in which only asexual or vegetative phases
are known represents
134. Morels & Truffles are _________ while Claviceps & (1) Ascomycetes (2) Deuteromycetes
Neurospora are ______. (3) Basidiomycetes (4) Phycomycetes
(1) Used in genetic work, edible
(2) Edible, used in making beer. 140. Mycelium of deuteromycetes is
(3) Edible, used in genetic work (1) Branched & aseptate
(4) Used in making beer, used in genetic work. (2) Branched with cross-walls
(3) Branched & septate
135. Match the following: (4) Both (2) & (3)
(A) Ascomycetes (i) Agaricus
(B) Basidiomycetes (ii) Colletotrichum 141. Large number of deuteromycetes are
(C) Deuteromycetes (iii) Penicillium (1) Saprophytes (2) Parasites
(D) Phycomycetes (iv) Albugo (3) Decomposers (4) Autotrophs
(1) A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii
(2) A-ii, B-iii, C-i, D-iv
142. Which of the following produce endospore?
(3) A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i
(1) Bacillus
(4) A-iii, B-i, C-ii, D-iv
(2) Clostridium
(3) Gram negative bacteria
(4) More than one
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Phycomycetes, Dueteromycetes, Ascomycetes and Basidomycetes.
Kingdom: Plantae and Animalia.
143. In-class Phycomycetes, the mycelium is (1) Ustilago (2) Colletotrichum
(1) Coenocytic and aseptate (3) Trichoderma (4) Alternaria
(2) Coenocytic and septate
(3) Unicellular and aseptate 151. Deuteromycetes reproduce only by asexual spores
(4) Multicellular and septate known as
(1) conidia (2) endospores
144. Members of phycomycetes are found in: (3) zoospores (4) heterocyst
(i) Aquatic habitats
(ii) On decaying wood 152. In fungi imperfecti, the mycelium is
(iii) Moist and damp places (1) septate and branched
(iv) parasites on plants (2) aseptate and unbranched
Choose from the following options. (3) coenocytic
(1) Only (i) (2) (i) and (iv) (4) multinucleated
(3) (ii) and (iii) (4) All of the above
153. Morels and Truffles are groups of fungi classified
145. Which of the following fungi does not belong to under:
Phycomycetes? (1) Phycomycetes (2) Deuteromycetes
(1) Rhizopus (2) Mucor
(3) Basidiomycetes (4) Ascomycetes
(3) Albugo (4) Agaricus

146. The asexual and sexual spores formed in bread mould 154. Drosophila of the plant kingdom is
are called respectively, (1) Alternaria (2) Aspergillus
(1) Zoospores and Aplanospores (3) Neurospora (4) Albugo
(2) Sporangiosphore and Zygospores
(3) Zygospores and Sporangiospores 155. The members of Ascomycetes are
(4) Sporangiospores and Zoospores
(1) saprophytic
147. Which of the following fungi is a parasite on the (2) decomposers
mustard plant and causes the disease white rust of (3) parasitic or coprophilous
crucifers? (4) All of the above
(1) Albugo candida
(2) Puccinia graminis tritici 156. Sac fungi are called
(3) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1) Basidiomycetes (2) Zygomycetes
(4) Ustilago hordei (3) Phycomycetes (4) Ascomycetes

148. The Imperfect fungi which are decomposer of litter 157. Claviceps purpurea is causal organism of
and help in mineral cycling belong to? (1) smut of barley
(1) Basidiomycetes (2) rust of wheat
(2) Deuteromycetes (3) ergot of rye
(3) Phycomycetes (4) powdery mildew of pea
(4) Ascomycetes
158. In basidiomycetes, karyogamy and meiosis take place
in
149. Deuteromycetes are known as fungi imperfecti (1) Basidium (2) Basidiocarp
because (3) Basidiospore (4) Dikaryon
(1) their zygote undergoes meroblastic and
holoblastic cleavage 159. Clamp connection is found in
(2) only asexual stage are known (1) Basidiomycetes (2) Ascomycetes
(3) they have aseptate mycelium (3) Saccharomycetes (4) Hyphomycetes
(4) they are autotrophic 160. The basidiocarp bearing saprophytic fungi are:
(1) Agaricus, Ganoderma
150. All the following fungi belong to Deuteromycetes (2) Albugo, Mucor
except
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(3) Aspergillus, Neurospora (1) Chitin
(4) Amanita, Puccinia (2) Cellulose
(3) Polysaccharides
161. In Basidiomycetes, the vegetative reproduction takes
(4) Lipids
place by
(1) endospore (2) conidia
(3) akinetes (4) fragmentation 165. Which of the following pair(s) is false?
(1) Bladderwort-insectivorous
162. In Ustilago, sexual reproduction occurs through (2) Venus fly trap - insectivorous
(1) oogamy (3) Cuscuta - Saprophytic
(2) spermatisation (4) Cell wall of plant cell – mainly cellulosic
(3) somatogamy
(4) Both (2) and (3) 166. The heterotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellular
organisms without cell wall is included in the
kingdom
163. Classification of kingdom Plantae includes
(1) Protista (2) Fungi
(1) Bryophytes, pteridophytes, angiosperms,
(3) Plantae (4) Animalia
gymnosperms
(2) Angiosperms, gymnosperms
167. In animals, the stored food reserve is in the form of
(3) Bryophytes, pteridophytes
(1) Glycogen (2) Cellulose
(4) Gymnosperms, pteridophytes
(3) Fat (4) Both (1) and (3)
164. Cell wall of kingdom Plantae organisms is made up
of
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Viruses, Viroids, Prions and Lichens
168. Viruses are non-cellular organisms but replicate 177. Which of the following statement is false about
themselves once they infect the host cell. To which viruses–
of the following kingdoms do viruses belong? (1) Viruses are obligate parasites
(2) Viruses can multiply only when they are inside
(1) Monera (2) Protista
the living cells
(3) Fungi (4) None of the above (3) Viruses cannot pass bacterial proof filters
(4) Viruses are made up of protein + DNA or RNA
169. Which of the following are called acellular (never both DNA and RNA)
organisms?
(1) Bacteria (2) Fungi 178. Chemically viruses are–
(3) Protozoa (4) Virus (1) Glycoproteins
(2) Glycolipid
170. Common cold/flu is– (3) Nucleoproteins
(4) Lipopolysaccharides
(1) A viral disease
(2) A bacterial disease 179. Which is the infectious component of the virus?
(3) A mycoplasmal disease (1) Lipid (2) Protein
(4) A fungal disease (3) Nucleic acid (4) Both (2) and (3)

171. Which is absent in viruses? 180. Viruses have proteins and

(1) Nucleic acid (2) Protoplasm (1) ds DNA or ssRNA
(2) ssRNA or dsRNA
(3) Protein (4) Both (1) and (3)
(3) DNA and RNA
(4) ds or ss RNA/DNA
172. Term virus means–
(1) Non-cellular (2) A parasite 181. The subunit of capsid is called–
(3) A killer (4) Venom or poison (1) Core (2) Nucleotide
(3) Amino acid (4) Capsomere
173. Term virus was given by–
182. The genetic material for most of the bacteriophages
(1) D.J. Ivanovsky (2) Pasteur is–
(3) M. W. Beijerinck (4) Stanley (1) ssRNA (2) dsRNA
(3) dsDNA (4) ssDNA
174. The scientist who first crystallized TMV was–
(1) Ivanovsky (2) Pasteur 183. The protein coat of viruses is called
(3) Robertson (4) Stanley (1) Capsid (2) Capsomere
(3) Core (4) Envelope
175. Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and 184. In plants mosaic formation, leaf rolling and curling,
capsomeres? yellowing and vein clearing dwarfing and stunted
(1) Retrovirus growth are symptoms of–
(2) Polio virus (1) Bacterial diseases
(3) Tobacco mosaic virus (2) Mycoplasmal diseases
(4) Measles virus (3) Viral diseases
(4) Fungal diseases
176. The concept of Contagium vivum fluidum (infectious
185. Which disease is caused by viroids?
living fluid) for virus was given–
(1) Leaf curling disease
(1) Mayer
(2) Potato spindle tuber disease
(2) Beijerinck
(3) Dwarfing disease
(3) Pasteur
(4) All of the above
(4) Ivanowsky
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186. In 1971 T.O. Diener discovered a new infectious (4) algae and bacteria
agent that was smaller than viruses– 193. Lichens are very good pollution indicator because
I. It causes potato spindle tuber disease they are sensitive to
II. It is free RNA (1) Sulfur trioxide (2) Sulfur dioxide
III. Molecular wt. of RNA is low (3) Carbon dioxide (4) Global warming
The above statements are assigned to–
(1) Viruses (2) Viroids 194. Lichens are well-known combination of an alga and
(3) Virulent (4) Mycoplasma a fungus where fungus has
(1) a saprophytic relationship with the alga
187. Viroids differ from viruses in having (2) an epiphytic relationship with the alga
(1) DNA molecules with protein coat (3) a parasitic relationship with the alga
(2) DNA molecules without protein coat (4) a symbiotic relationship with the alga
(3) RNA molecules with protein coat
(4) RNA molecules without protein coat 195. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(1) Lichens do not grow in polluted areas
188. What do we call a proteinaceous particle that can (2) Algal component of lichen is phycobiont
replicate inside a host cell and cause disease?
(3) Fungal component of lichen is mycobiont
(1) Virion (2) Prion
(4) Lichens are not good pollution indicator
(3) Viroid (4) Phage

196. The mycobiont in lichen

189. In modern medicine, certain infections, neurological
disease were found to be transmitted by an agent (1) provides protection, anchorage and absorption
consisted of abnormally folded protein called for the alga
(1) Viroids (2) Prions (2) provides food for the alga
(3) DNA (4) RNA (3) fixes the atmospheric nitrogen for the alga
(4) releases oxygen for the alga
190. BSE is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle
that results from infection by an unusual 197. Lichens are usually cited as an example of symbiosis
transmissible agent called a where an algal and a fungal species live together for
(1) Virus (2) Viroids their mutual benefit. Which of the following will
(3) Bacteria (4) Prions happen if algal and fungal partners are separated from
each other?
191. CJD appears to be caused by an abnormal infectious (1) Both will die
protein called
(2) Both will survive and grow normally and
(1) Capsid (2) Capsomeres
independent from each other
(3) Prions (4) Virus
(3) Algal component will survive while the fungal
component will die
192. Lichen is an association between
(1) fungi and bryophyte (4) Fungal component will survive while the algal
(2) fungi and algae partener will die
(3) algae and pteridophyte
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Previous Year Batch Questions
198. Find odd one out w.r.t phototrophic nutrition 207. Choose odd one out w.r.t anoxygenic photosynthesis
(1) Chromatium & Chlorobium (1) Chlorobium (2) Rhodospirillum
(2) Chloronema & Chloroflexus (3) Cyanobacteria (4) Nitrobacter
(3) Pseudomonas & Clostridium
(4) Rhodopseudomonas and Thiospirillum 208. Choose the odd one out w.r.t. Eubacteria
(1) All of them are prokaryotes
199. Endospores formed by certain bacteria are actually (2) Most of them are heterotrophs
means of (3) They live in aquatic habitats
(1) Reproduction (4) They all are non-motile
(2) Perennation
209. Select odd one out w.r.t. Eubacteria
(3) Bioluminescence
(1) Cell wall has muramic acid
(4) Red snow
(2) They have cilia and flagella for locomotion
(3) Some of them are nitrogen fixers
200. Cyclosis is absent in
(4) Some of them can form blooms in polluted
(1) Diatoms (2) Eubacteria water body
(3) Algae (4) Plantae
210. Select incorrect statement w.r.t. Heterocyst
201. Which category of bacteria is always non flagellated (1) Thick walled
(1) Bacillus (2) Coccus (2) Helps in CO2 fixation
(3) Spirillum (4) Vibrio (3) Has anaerobic condition
(4) Present in Nostoc
202. Choose odd one out w.r.t autotrophs.
(1) Nitrocystis (2) Beggiatoa 211. Select the correct option regarding Mycoplasma
(3) Thiospirillum (4) Pseudomonas (I) Smallest prokaryotes
(II) Double stranded circular DNA
203. Select odd one out w.r.t bacteria (III) Sensitive towards streptomycin
(1) Ribosome (2) Mesosome (1) I and II only (2) III only
(3) Centriole (4) Episome (3) I and III only (4) All are correct

204. Choose incorrect from the following 212. Choose incorrect statement from following
(1) Photosynthetic bacteria has chromatophores (1) Mycoplasma are pathogenic to plants and
(2) Bacteria show simple behavior and structure animals
(3) Bacteria also have aquatic habitat (2) Cyanobacteria can be filamentous
(3) Mycoplasma has ds linear RNA
(4) Frankia is heterotrophic in nature
(4) Sterols absent in cell membrane of bacteria
205. Which structure in bacteria aids in binary fission
213. Match the correct combination
(1) Centriole (2) Ribosome
(a) Mycoplasma (i) Rice fields
(3) Nucleoid (4) Mesosome
(b) Frankia (ii) Heterocyst
(c) Nostoc (iii) Symbiotic
206. Choose correct w.r.t source of proton during Nitrogen fixer
photosynthesis in bacteria (d) Tolypothrix (iv) Flagella absent
(1) It is always sulphur containing compound (1) a - (iv) b - (iii) c - (ii) d - (i)
(2) Always inorganic compound (2) a - (i) b - (ii) c - (iv) d - (iii)
(3) May be organic or inorganic compound (3) a - (iv) b - (iii) c - (i) d - (ii)
(4) Always non-sulphur compound (4) a - (iv) b - (ii) c - (iii) d - (i)
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214. Choose the incorrect regarding Archaebacteria (3) Fungi
(1) Living fossil (4) Mycoplasma
(2) Have different cell wall structure 221. Select the incorrect statement.
(3) All of them are obligate anaerobes (1) Nostoc and Anabaena have heterocysts for
(4) They are autotrophs as well as heterotrophic nitrogen fixation
(2) Cyanobacteria often form blooms in polluted
215. Choose the correct match water bodies
(a) Methanogen (i) Heterotrophic (3) Heterotrophic bacteria are more abundant in
(b) Halophiles (ii) Obligate nature
anaerobes (4) The cell wall of Mycoplasma are made up of
(c) Thermoacidophiles (iii) Chemosynthetic chitin
(1) a-(iii) b- (ii) c-(i)
(2) a-(ii) b- (i) c-(iii) 222. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for production
(3) a-(ii) b - (iii) c-(i) of biogas from dung of ruminant animals, include
(4) a-(i) b - (iii) c-(ii) (1) Halophiles (2) Eubacteria
(3) Methanogens (4) Thermoacidophiles
216. Choose incorrect for bacteria
(1) Reproduce mainly by fission 223. Which of the following plays a major role in
(2) Forms spores during unfavorable condition recycling of nutrients.
(3) Reproduce by sort of sexual reproduction (1) Archaebacteria
(4) Cause diseases like Hepatitis C (2) Mycoplasma
(3) Photosynthetic autotrophs
217. Choose odd one out w.r.t kingdom monera (4) Chemosynthetic autotrophs
(1) Only prokaryotes
(2) Was a separate kingdom in Linnaeus 224. Which category of bacteria is distinctively seen w.r.t.
classification cell wall structure.
(3) Most primitive (1) Halophiles (2) Thermoacidophiles
(4) Archaebacteria was excluded by Carl Woese (3) Methanogens (4) All of the above

218. Following features belong to 225. Which of the following is the only group of
(a) Complete lack of cell wall organisms capable of using inorganic compounds as
(b) Anaerobic source of energy?
(c) Smallest living cell (1) Methanogens (2) Chemoautotrophs
(d) Many of them are pathogenic to plants and (3) Both the above (4) None of the above
animals
(1) Chrysophytes (2) Prions 226. The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to humans in
(3) Viroids (4) Mycoplasma making curd from milk and in the production of
antibiotics are ones categorised as:
219. Which character indicates that Cyanobacteria are (1) Chemosynthetic autotrophs
similar to higher green plants? (2) Heterotrophic bacteria
(1) Type of cell wall (3) Cyanobacteria
(2) Nitrogen fixation ability (4) Archaebacteria
(3) Presence of chlorophyll 'a'
(4) Presence of gelatinous sheath 227. Choose the incorrect statement regarding
decomposer
220. Citrus canker disease is caused by:- (1) They may be prokaryotes or eukaryotes.
(1) Bacteria (2) They may be unicellular or multicellular.
(2) Virus
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(3) They convert inorganic into organic (4) All the above
compounds
(4) They play a great role in ecology 235. In how many kingdom show presence of
228. Carolus Linnaeus classified living organisms into Chemoautotrophic nutrition out of five kingdoms
two groups namely: proposed by Whittaker?
(1) Monera and protista (1) Three (2) Four
(2) Protista and plantae (3) Two (4) One
(3) Animalia and plantae
(4) All of these 236. A. Majority of bacteria are able to manufacture
their food from inorganic raw material
229. Kingdom of classification proposed by Linnaeus is B. The vast majority of bacteria are autotrophic
based on: Mark the correct.
(1) Phylogenetic system (1) A and B (2) A only
(2) Morphology of flowers (3) B only (4) Both wrong
(3) Cell wall
(4) Cell shape 237. Mark the correct statement-
(a) Bacteria are sole members of monera
230. Earlier classifications included bacteria, fungi, (b) Bacteria are simple in structure and complex in
mosses, gymnosperms and angiosperms under plants metabolic diversity
on the basis of (c) Some of the bacteria are autotrophic and
(1) Nutrition synthesize their own food from inorganic
(2) Cell type substrates
(3) Presence of cell-wall (d) The vast majority of bacteria are autotrophic
(4) Body organisation Mark the correct
(1) a, b and c (2) b, c and d
231. The five-kingdom classification was proposed by: (3) a, b and d (4) All four
(1) R. H. Whittaker
(2) C. Linnaeus 238. Based on their shape bacteria are grouped under?
(3) Ernst Haeckel (1) Two categories
(4) Virchow (2) Three categories
(3) Four categories
232. Whittaker’s kingdom are (4) five categories
(1) Plantae and Animalia
(2) Monera and Protista 239. Which of the following diseases caused by bacteria?
(3) Fungi (1) Cholera
(4) All of these (2) Typhoid
(3) Tetanus
233. All prokaryotic groups are put under ———— (4) All of these
kingdom.
(1) Monera (2) Plantae 240. Some primitive method of DNA transfer occurs as
(3) Fungi (4) Protista sexual reproduction method in:
(1) Bacteria (2) Fungi
234. Two kingdom classification does not distinguish (3) Protista (4) Plantae
between:
(1) Eukaryote and prokaryote 241. Sexual reproduction of bacteria have feature:
(2) Unicellular and multi-cellular organisms (1) Diploid zygote
(3) Photosynthetic (green algae) and non- (2) Some DNA transfer occur
photosynthetic (fungi) organisms (3) Gametes form
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(4) Mitosis occurs (3) Nuclear envelope (4) All of these

242. Most common method of reproduction in 250. An organism without a true nucleus is
prokaryotes: (1) Eubacterium (2) Archaebacterium
(1) Spore formation (3) Cyanobacterium (4) All of these
(2) Fission
(3) Transduction 251. Which is true for prokaryotes
(4) Conjugation (1) Presence of distinct nucleus
(2) Occurrence of 70S ribosomes
243. Mark the correct statement/s. (3) Occurrence of membrane bound cell
(A) Most extensive metabolic diversity is found in organelles
bacteria (4) Cell wall made of cellulose
(B) Chemosynthetic bacteria oxidises various
inorganic substance into simpler one. 252. Which one does not contain bacteria
(C) True sexual reproduction present in monera (1) Sea (2) Soil
(1) Both A and B correct (3) Distilled water (4) Ice
(2) Both B and C correct
(3) Only B correct 253. Match the columns and find the correct option.
(4) Only A correct Column-I Column-II
a. Coccus p. Comma-shaped
244. Which of the following is feature of cyanobacteria- b. Bacillus q. Spherical
(1) Presence of ‘Chl a’ c. Spirillum r. Rod-like
(2) Flagella d. Vibrio s. Spiral
(3) Presence only in fresh water (1) a − q, b − s, c − r, d − p
(4) Only unicellular form surrounded by
gelatinous sheath (2) a − q, b − r, c − p, d − s

(3) a − q, b − r, c − s, d − p
245. Chl a pigment is present in:
(1) Nostoc (4) a − r, b − q, c − s, d − p
(2) Anabaena
(3) Both (1) and (2) 254. Maximum nutritional diversity is found is
(4) Mycoplasma (1) Fungi (2) Monera
(3) Plantae (4) Animalia
246. Bacteria which live in most harsh habitats is called?
(1) Eubacteria (2) Archaebacteria 255. Prokaryotes belong to
(3) Cyanobacteria (4) All are correct (1) Protista (2) Fungi
(3) Plantae (4) Monera
247. On the basis of shape, Cohn (1872) divided bacteria
into ______ types. 256. Which is absent in monera
(1) Four (2) Three (1) Nucleoid (2) Nucleus
(3) Five (4) Six (3) Genophore (4) Cytoplasm

248. Shape of bacillus bacteria is 257. The term genophore is applied to

(1) Spherical (2) Comma-shaped (1) Ribosome (2) Mesosome
(3) Rod-like (4) Spiral (3) Nucleoid (4) Plasmid

249. Which is absent in prokaryotes? 258. Methanogens belong to

(1) Mitochondria (2) Golgi apparatus (1) Slime moulds (2) Eubacteria
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(3) Archaebacteria (4) Dinoflagellates 264. Biogas is produced from dung of
(1) Cat (2) Dog
259. Which of the following are found in extreme saline (3) Cattle (4) Elephant
conditions ?
(1) Archaebacteria (2) Eubacteria 265. What is absent in archaebacteria
(3) Cyanobacteria (4) Actinomycetes (1) Ribosomes (2) Peptidoglycan
(3) Cell wall (4) Nucleoid
260. Methanogens are most abundant in
(1) Cattle shed (2) Piggery shed 266. The most ancient living fossils are
(3) Poultry farm (4) Water blooms (1) Protobionts
(2) Archaebacteria
261. Which one belongs to Archaea (3) Rickettsia
(1) Methanogens (4) Chlamydia
(2) Halophiles
(3) Thermoacidophiles 267. Thermoacidophiles live in
(4) All of the above (1) Hot springs
(2) Hydrothermal vents
262. Bacteria found in hot acidic but aerobic conditions (3) Acidic medium
are (4) All of the above
(1) Halophiles
(2) Thermoacidophiles
(3) Nitrifying bacteria
(4) Rickettsiae

263. Which one is responsible for production of biogas

(1) Mycoplasma (2) Cyanobacteria
(3) Methanogens (4) Halophiles