30 BIOLOGY
1. In Whittaker's system of classification, prokaryotes are placed 12. An organism having cytoplasm i.e. DNA and RNA but no
in the kingdom cell wall is
(a) Protista (b) Monera (a) Cyanobacterium (b) Mycoplasma
(c) Plantae (d) Animalia (c) Bacterium (d) Virus
2. In the five kingdom system of classification, which single 13. Kingdom monera comprises the –
kingdom out of the following can include blue-green algae, (a) Plants of economic importance
nitrogen fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria ? (b) All the plants studied in botany
(a) Monera (b) Fungi (c) Prokaryotic organisms
(c) Plantae (d) Protista (d) Plants of Thallophyta group
3. Which of the following kingdom does not have nuclear 14. The cell wall of green plants is made up of
membrane? (a) Pectin (b) Suberin
(a) Protista (b) Fungi (c) Cellulose (d) Chitin
(c) Monera (d) Plantae 15. Which of the following is not a blue-green algae ?
4. What type of mode of nutrition is found in the kingdom (a) Nostoc (b) Anabaena
Animalia? (c) Lichen (d) Aulosiras
(a) Autotrophic and heterotrophic 16. During rainy seasons, the ground becomes slippery due to
(b) Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic dense growth of
(c) Saprophytic and parasitic (a) Lichens (b) Bacteria
(d) Holozoic and saprophytic (c) Green algae (d) Cyanobacteria
5. The separation of living beings into five kingdoms is based 17. Paramecium is a
on – (a) Protozoan (b) Bacterium
(a) Complexity of cell structure (c) Virus (d) Annelid
(b) Complexity of organism's body 18. Protists are
(c) Mode of obtaining nutrition (a) single-celled eukaryotes (b) multicellular eukaryotes
(d) All of the above (c) single-celled prokaryotes (d) single-celled akaryote
6. The chief component of bacterial cell wall is 19. Total parasites belong to protozoan group
(a) Cellulose and chitin (a) Sporozoa (b) Ciliata
(b) Cellulose and pectin (c) Sarcodina (d) Zooflagellata
(c) Amino acids and polysaccharides 20. The cilia in Paramecium are
(d) Cellulose and carbohydrates (a) All equal (b) All unequal
7. Bacteria whose cell has only a curve/comma is (c) Longer at posterior end (d) Longer at anterior end
(a) Vibrio (b) Cocci 21. Plasmodium, the parasite, belongs to class
(c) Spirilli (d) Bacilli (a) Sarocodina (b) Ciliata
8. The main difference between Gram positive and Gram (c) Sporozoa (d) Dinophyceae
negative bacteria lies in the composition of 22. Which of the following organisms were never included in
(a) Cilia (b) Cell wall protista ?
(c) Nucleolus (d) Cytoplasm (a) Bacteria (b) Red algae
9. Helically coiled shaped bacteria are called (c) Slime moulds (d) Mosses
(a) Spirilla (b) Coed 23. Which of the following does not contain chlorophyll ?
(c) Bacilli (d) Vibrio (a) Fungi (b) Algae
10. Cell wall is absent in (c) Bryophyta (d) Pteridophyta
(a) bacteria (b) fungi 24. Which of the following statements are true about bacteria?
(c) plants (d) animals (a) They are the sole members of the kingdom Monera.
11. Which one of the following organisms may respire in the (b) They live in extreme habitats such as hot springs, deserts,
absence of oxygen ? snow and deep oceans
(a) Azotobacter (b) Clostridium (c) They show the most extensive metabolic diversity
(c) Rhizobium (d) Lactobacillus (d) All of these
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25. The cell wall of fungi is made up of 39. Members of phycomycetes are found in
(a) Chitin (b) Cellulose (a) aquatic habitats (b) on decaying wood
(c) Pectin (d) Suberin (c) moist and damp places (d) all of these
26. The disease of potato responsible for famous famine of Europe 40. 'Mycorrhizae' are useful for plants mainly due to their
was caused by or late blight of potato is caused by following attribute
(a) Colletotrichum falcatum (a) Fixing atmospheric nitrogen
(b) Phytophthora infestans (b) Enhanced absorption of nutrients from soil
(c) Potato mosaic virus (c) Killing insects and pathogens
(d) Alternaria solani (d) Providing resistance against abiotic stresses
27. Ergot is caused by 41. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by –
(a) Claviceps (b) Penicillium (a) Puccinia (b) Albugo
(c) Aspergillus (d) Rhizobium (c) Ustilago (d) Colletotrichum
28. When fungi feed on dead organic matter, they are known as 42. Fungi are always –
(a) Dimorphic (b) Parasites (a) Autotrophs (b) Heterotrophs
(c) Saprophytes (d) None of these (c) Saprophytes (d) Parasites
29. Which of the following divisions of fungi includes Club fungi ? 43. Which of the following option is true for methanogens?
(a) Zygomycota (b) Ascomycota (i) They are eukaryotes.
(c) Deuteromycota (d) Basidiomycota (ii) They live in marshy areas.
30. Which of the following fungi are edible ? (iii) They are also present in the guts of several ruminant
(a) Agaricus campestris (b) Morchella esculenta animals such as cows and buffaloes.
(c) Podaxon prodaxis (d) All of these (iv) They are responsible for the production of methane
31. Gametangial copulation (conjugation) is common in (biogas)
(a) Zygomycetes (b) Ascomycetes (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) Phycomycetes (d) Deuteromycetes (c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these
32. Dikaryon formation is characteristic of 44. Pseudomycelium is characteristic feature of –
(a) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes (a) Mushroom (b) Mucor
(b) Phycomycetes and basidiomycetes (c) Bread mould (d) Yeast
(c) Ascomycetes and phycomycetes 45. Common form of food stored in a fungal cell is –
(d) Phycomycetes and zygomycetes (a) Glycogen (b) Starch
33. Plasmogamy is fusion of (c) Glucose (d) Sucrose
(a) Two haploid cells including their nuclei 46. Which of the following pigment present in cyanobacteria?
(b) Two haploid cells without nuclear fusion (a) Chlorophyll ‘a’ (b) Chlorophyll ‘b’
(c) Sperm and egg (c) Chlorphyll ‘c’ (d) Chlorophyll ‘d’
(d) Sperm and two polar nuclei 47. Rhizopus belongs to the class –
34. Clamp connection is found in (a) Ascomycetes (b) Phycomycetes
(a) Basidiomycetes (b) Ascomycetes (c) Basidiomycetes (d) Deuteromycetes
(c) Saccharomycetes (d) Haplomycetes 48. Which one of the following is smallest living cell and live
35. Difference between virus and viroid is without oxygen?
(a) absence of protein coat in viroid but present in virus (a) Mycoplasma (b) Mycorrhiza
(b) presence of low molecular weight RNA in virus but (c) Euglena (d) Trypanosoma
absent in viroid 49. The Tobacco mosaic virus was crystallized for first time by
(c) both (a) and (b) (a) W. M. Stanley (b) E . C. Stackman
(d) None of these (c) A. K. Smith (d) Ivanowski
36. Common bread mould is 50. The genetic material in viruses is
(a) Yeast (b) Rhizopus (a) Only RNA
(c) Bacteria (d) Virus (b) Only DNA
37. Branched, aseptate, coenocytic mycelium is present in (c) RNA and DNA both
(a) Aspergillus (b) Albugo (d) RNA or DNA i.e. one nucleic acid in a virus
(c) Penicillium (d) Erysiphae 51. Which of the following pair comes under the group
38. In manufacture of bread, it becomes porous due to release of chrysophytes?
CO2 by the action of (a) Diatoms and Euglena
(a) Virus (b) Yeast (b) Euglena and Trypanosoma
(c) Bacteria (d) Protozoans (c) Diatoms and desmids
(d) Gonyaulax and desmids
1. In Whittaker's system of classification, prokaryotes are placed 12. An organism having cytoplasm i.e. DNA and RNA but no
in the kingdom cell wall is
(a) Protista (b) Monera (a) Cyanobacterium (b) Mycoplasma
(c) Plantae (d) Animalia (c) Bacterium (d) Virus
2. In the five kingdom system of classification, which single 13. Kingdom monera comprises the –
kingdom out of the following can include blue-green algae, (a) Plants of economic importance
nitrogen fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria ? (b) All the plants studied in botany
(a) Monera (b) Fungi (c) Prokaryotic organisms
(c) Plantae (d) Protista (d) Plants of Thallophyta group
3. Which of the following kingdom does not have nuclear 14. The cell wall of green plants is made up of
membrane? (a) Pectin (b) Suberin
(a) Protista (b) Fungi (c) Cellulose (d) Chitin
(c) Monera (d) Plantae 15. Which of the following is not a blue-green algae ?
4. What type of mode of nutrition is found in the kingdom (a) Nostoc (b) Anabaena
Animalia? (c) Lichen (d) Aulosiras
(a) Autotrophic and heterotrophic 16. During rainy seasons, the ground becomes slippery due to
(b) Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic dense growth of
(c) Saprophytic and parasitic (a) Lichens (b) Bacteria
(d) Holozoic and saprophytic (c) Green algae (d) Cyanobacteria
5. The separation of living beings into five kingdoms is based 17. Paramecium is a
on – (a) Protozoan (b) Bacterium
(a) Complexity of cell structure (c) Virus (d) Annelid
(b) Complexity of organism's body 18. Protists are
(c) Mode of obtaining nutrition (a) single-celled eukaryotes (b) multicellular eukaryotes
(d) All of the above (c) single-celled prokaryotes (d) single-celled akaryote
6. The chief component of bacterial cell wall is 19. Total parasites belong to protozoan group
(a) Cellulose and chitin (a) Sporozoa (b) Ciliata
(b) Cellulose and pectin (c) Sarcodina (d) Zooflagellata
(c) Amino acids and polysaccharides 20. The cilia in Paramecium are
(d) Cellulose and carbohydrates (a) All equal (b) All unequal
7. Bacteria whose cell has only a curve/comma is (c) Longer at posterior end (d) Longer at anterior end
(a) Vibrio (b) Cocci 21. Plasmodium, the parasite, belongs to class
(c) Spirilli (d) Bacilli (a) Sarocodina (b) Ciliata
8. The main difference between Gram positive and Gram (c) Sporozoa (d) Dinophyceae
negative bacteria lies in the composition of 22. Which of the following organisms were never included in
(a) Cilia (b) Cell wall protista ?
(c) Nucleolus (d) Cytoplasm (a) Bacteria (b) Red algae
9. Helically coiled shaped bacteria are called (c) Slime moulds (d) Mosses
(a) Spirilla (b) Coed 23. Which of the following does not contain chlorophyll ?
(c) Bacilli (d) Vibrio (a) Fungi (b) Algae
10. Cell wall is absent in (c) Bryophyta (d) Pteridophyta
(a) bacteria (b) fungi 24. Which of the following statements are true about bacteria?
(c) plants (d) animals (a) They are the sole members of the kingdom Monera.
11. Which one of the following organisms may respire in the (b) They live in extreme habitats such as hot springs, deserts,
absence of oxygen ? snow and deep oceans
(a) Azotobacter (b) Clostridium (c) They show the most extensive metabolic diversity
(c) Rhizobium (d) Lactobacillus (d) All of these
, Biological Classification 31
25. The cell wall of fungi is made up of 39. Members of phycomycetes are found in
(a) Chitin (b) Cellulose (a) aquatic habitats (b) on decaying wood
(c) Pectin (d) Suberin (c) moist and damp places (d) all of these
26. The disease of potato responsible for famous famine of Europe 40. 'Mycorrhizae' are useful for plants mainly due to their
was caused by or late blight of potato is caused by following attribute
(a) Colletotrichum falcatum (a) Fixing atmospheric nitrogen
(b) Phytophthora infestans (b) Enhanced absorption of nutrients from soil
(c) Potato mosaic virus (c) Killing insects and pathogens
(d) Alternaria solani (d) Providing resistance against abiotic stresses
27. Ergot is caused by 41. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by –
(a) Claviceps (b) Penicillium (a) Puccinia (b) Albugo
(c) Aspergillus (d) Rhizobium (c) Ustilago (d) Colletotrichum
28. When fungi feed on dead organic matter, they are known as 42. Fungi are always –
(a) Dimorphic (b) Parasites (a) Autotrophs (b) Heterotrophs
(c) Saprophytes (d) None of these (c) Saprophytes (d) Parasites
29. Which of the following divisions of fungi includes Club fungi ? 43. Which of the following option is true for methanogens?
(a) Zygomycota (b) Ascomycota (i) They are eukaryotes.
(c) Deuteromycota (d) Basidiomycota (ii) They live in marshy areas.
30. Which of the following fungi are edible ? (iii) They are also present in the guts of several ruminant
(a) Agaricus campestris (b) Morchella esculenta animals such as cows and buffaloes.
(c) Podaxon prodaxis (d) All of these (iv) They are responsible for the production of methane
31. Gametangial copulation (conjugation) is common in (biogas)
(a) Zygomycetes (b) Ascomycetes (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) Phycomycetes (d) Deuteromycetes (c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) (d) None of these
32. Dikaryon formation is characteristic of 44. Pseudomycelium is characteristic feature of –
(a) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes (a) Mushroom (b) Mucor
(b) Phycomycetes and basidiomycetes (c) Bread mould (d) Yeast
(c) Ascomycetes and phycomycetes 45. Common form of food stored in a fungal cell is –
(d) Phycomycetes and zygomycetes (a) Glycogen (b) Starch
33. Plasmogamy is fusion of (c) Glucose (d) Sucrose
(a) Two haploid cells including their nuclei 46. Which of the following pigment present in cyanobacteria?
(b) Two haploid cells without nuclear fusion (a) Chlorophyll ‘a’ (b) Chlorophyll ‘b’
(c) Sperm and egg (c) Chlorphyll ‘c’ (d) Chlorophyll ‘d’
(d) Sperm and two polar nuclei 47. Rhizopus belongs to the class –
34. Clamp connection is found in (a) Ascomycetes (b) Phycomycetes
(a) Basidiomycetes (b) Ascomycetes (c) Basidiomycetes (d) Deuteromycetes
(c) Saccharomycetes (d) Haplomycetes 48. Which one of the following is smallest living cell and live
35. Difference between virus and viroid is without oxygen?
(a) absence of protein coat in viroid but present in virus (a) Mycoplasma (b) Mycorrhiza
(b) presence of low molecular weight RNA in virus but (c) Euglena (d) Trypanosoma
absent in viroid 49. The Tobacco mosaic virus was crystallized for first time by
(c) both (a) and (b) (a) W. M. Stanley (b) E . C. Stackman
(d) None of these (c) A. K. Smith (d) Ivanowski
36. Common bread mould is 50. The genetic material in viruses is
(a) Yeast (b) Rhizopus (a) Only RNA
(c) Bacteria (d) Virus (b) Only DNA
37. Branched, aseptate, coenocytic mycelium is present in (c) RNA and DNA both
(a) Aspergillus (b) Albugo (d) RNA or DNA i.e. one nucleic acid in a virus
(c) Penicillium (d) Erysiphae 51. Which of the following pair comes under the group
38. In manufacture of bread, it becomes porous due to release of chrysophytes?
CO2 by the action of (a) Diatoms and Euglena
(a) Virus (b) Yeast (b) Euglena and Trypanosoma
(c) Bacteria (d) Protozoans (c) Diatoms and desmids
(d) Gonyaulax and desmids
