WORK SHEET
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Two-Kingdom classification was based on
(1) Cell structure (2)Cell wall
(3) Cell wall composition (4) Both(2) and (3)
2. How many criteria were used in five-Kingdom classification?
(1) 2 (2)4 (3) 5 (4) 3
3. Who was the earliest to attempt a more scientific basis for classification?
(1) R.H. Whittaker (2)Linnaeus (3)Aristotle (4) Bentham and
Hooker
4. The boundaries of kingdom 'x' is not well-defined. Which of the following organism belongs to
kingdom 'x'?
(1) Amoeba (2)Anabaena (3)Yeast (4) Halobacterium
5. Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on
(1) Complexity of body organisation (2)Presence or absence of locomotion
(3) Mode of reproduction (4) Mode of nutrition
6. In two-Kingdom classification, Euglena was placed in
(1) Plantae (2)Animalia (3) Protista (4) Monera
7. Three domains of life include how many kingdoms?
(1) 3 (2)4 (3) 5 (4) 6
8. According to Whittaker, BGA are included in :-
(1) Mycota (2) Protista (3) Plantae (4) Monera
KINGDOM MONERA
9. Which of the pigment present in cyanobacteria?
(1) Chlorophyll a (2)Chlorophyll b (3) Chlorophyll c (4) Xanthophylls
10. Which bacteria are most abundant in nature?
(1)Archaebacteria (2)Photosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
(3) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria (4) Heterotrophic bacteria
11. Some of cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called heterocysts. Examples
of such cyanobacteria are:
(1)Nostoc (2)Gonyaulax
(3) Chlamydomonasnousoil (4)Both(2) and (3)
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12. Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering experiments are
(1)Escherichia and Agrobacterium (2)Nitrobacter and Azotobacter
(3)Rhizobium and Diplococus (4)Nitrosomonas and Klebsiella
13. Chemosynthetic bacteria obtain energy from
(1)Sunlight (2)UV rays (3) Organic substances (4)Inorganic substances
14. Which among the following are the smallest living cells, known without a definite cell wall,
pathogenic to plants as well as animals and can survive without oxygen?
(1)Bacillus (2)Pseudomonas (3) Mycoplasma (4)Nostoc
15. The bacteria forming blooms in polluted water bodies are nutritionally
(1)Photosynthetic autotrophs (2)Chemosynthetic autotrophs
(3) Heterotrophs (4)Saprophytic
16. Which types of bacteria play a great role in recycling nutrients?
(1)Archaebacteria (2)Photosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
(3) Chemosyntheitic autotrophic bacteria (4)Heterotropic bacteria
17. Nuclear membrane is absent in:
(1)Nostoc (2)Penicillium (3) Agaricus (4)Volvox
18. Pigment-containing membranous extensions in somecyanobacteria are:
(1)Chromatophores (2)Heterocyst's (3) Basal bodies (4)Pneumatophores
KINGDOM PROTISTA
19. Most characteristic feature of diatoms is :–
(1) Pigments (2) Stored food (3) Cell wall (4) Non oxygenic photosynthesis
20. During unfavourable conditions, slime moulds
(1)Form fruiting bodies bearing spores at their tip(2)Form an aggregation called plasmodium
(3) Form an aggregation called pseudoplasmodium (4)Both(1) and (2) are correct
21. Most of them have two flagella; one lies longitudinally the other transversely in a furrow between the
wall plates. Here we are talking about
(1)Euglenoids (2)Paramoecium groups (3) Gonyaulax groups (4)Golden brown algae
22. Which of the following is not present in Euglena?
(1)Chloroplasts (2)Flagella (3) Cellulosic cell wall (4)Proteinaceous
pellicle
23. Which organism have an infectious spore like stage in their life cycle?
(1)Amoeboid protozoans (2)Flagellated protozoans
(3) Ciliated protozoans (4)Sporozoans
24. Which are believed to be primitive relative of animals?
(1) Protozoans (2)Poriferans (3) Euglenoids (4)Archaebacteria
25. Which is not the locomotory organ of protozoa?
(1)Cilia (2)Flagella (3) Pseudopodia (4)Parapodia
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26. Diatomaceous earth used in polishing, filtration of oils and syrups due to its
(1)Slimy nature (2)Gritty nature (3) Dusty nature (4)Hard nature
27. Common feature of Amoeba, Euglena, ParamoeciumandTrypanosoma is
(1)Being eukaryotic (2)Holozoic nutrition (3) Multiple fission (4)Contractile vacuole
28. Which of the following combination of characters is true for slime moulds?
(1)Parasitic, plasmodium with true walls, spores dispersed by air currents
(2)Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
(3) Parasitic, plasmodium without wall, spores dispersed by water
(4)Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents
29. The chief advantage of encystment to an Amoeba is:
(1)The ability to survive during adverse physical conditions
(2)The ability to live for some time without ingesting food
(3) Protection from parasites and predators
(4)The chance to get rid of accumulated waste products
30. Decomposer protists are :-
(1) Diatoms (2) Dinoflagellates (3) Slime moulds (4) Euglenoid
31. The most efficient locomotion in protists is through :-
(1) Pseudopodia (2) Flagella (3) Cilia (4) Tentacles
32. Slime mould is known as naked fungi.
(1) Cell membrane absent (2) Cell wall absent
(3) Cell wall and cell membrane absent (4) Never naked
KINGDOM FUNGI
33. The members of which of the following are litter decomposers and aid in mineral cycling?
(1)Deuteromycetes (2) Ascomycetes (3) Basidiomycetes (4) Phycomycetes
34. Which one of the following is sac fungi
(1) Basidiomycetes (2) Ascomycetes (3) Deuteromycetes (4)Phycomycetes
35. The edible ascomycetous fungus/fungi is/are
(1) Morels (2) Agaricus (3) Truffels (4)Both(1) and (3)
36. A dikaryon is formed when
(1)Meiosis is arrested (2) The two haploid nuclei do not fuse immediately
(3) Cytoplasm does not fuse (4)None of the above
37. A fungus contains cells with two nuclei from different genomes. The nuclei do not fuse but divide
independently and simultaneously as new cells are formed. It belongs to
(1)Phycomycetes (2) Zygomycetes (3) Deuteromycetes (4)Basidiomycetes
38. Wheat rust is due to
(1)Albugo (2) Ustilago (3) Puccinia (4)Puffball
39. Rust and smut disease caused by
(1)Phycomycetes (2) Deuteromycetes (3) Basidiomycetes (4)Ascomycetes
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40. Some hyphae are continuous tube filled with multinucleated cytoplasm. These are called
(1)Syncytial hyphae (2) Dikaryon (3) Mycelium (4) Coenocytic hyphae
41. Dikaryophase does not occur in
(1) Ascomycetes (2) Phycomycetes (3) Basidiomycetes (4)Both (1) and (2)
42. In Mucor, asexual reproduction takes place by non-motile spores named as
(1)Conidia (2) Zoospores (3) Aplanospores (4) None of the above
43. Asexual spores are generally absent in
(1)Ustilago (2) Trichoderma (3) Neurospora (4)Alternaria
VIRUS, VIROIDS,PRIONS AND LICHENS
44. Who prepare food in lichens?
(1)Mycobiont (2) Fungi (3)Phycobiont (4) All of the above
45. Arrangement of capsomeres is in the form of
(1)Helical (2) Polyhedral geometric (3)Either(1) or (2)
(4)No definite form
46. Potato Spindle Tuber disease is caused due to:
(1)Viroid (2) Virus (3) Bacterium (4) Nematode
47. Viruses and chloroplasts behave alike in that they
(1)Replicatein living cells only (2) Consist of DNA
(3)Live saprophytically (4)Reproduce in a cell-free medium
48. Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by:
(1)DJ Ivanowsky (2) MW Beijernck (3)Stanley (4)Robert Hook
49. That part of the virus which gives it hereditary integrity
(1) Capsomere (2) Capsid (3) Nucleic acid (4) Nucleotide Too
50. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy commonly known as
(1)Cr-Jacob disease (2) Potato spindle tuber disease
(3)Mad cow disease (4)Tobacco mosaic disease
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