1 bacteria occurs everywhere.
2 Which of the following bacteria are comma-shaped -
(a) Coccus
*(b) Vibrio*
(c) Bacillus
(d) Clostridium
3 An archean that lives in extremely salty condition is referred to as a -
(a) Thermophile
*(b) Halophiles*
(c) Thermoacidophile
(d) Methanogen
4 Cyanobacteria / Blue green algae are -
(a) Filamentous only
(b) *Unicellular, Colonial or filamentous*
(c) Colonial only
(d) Unicellular only
4 Cynobacteria are
Right answer aquatic and terrestrial
5 Some of the Cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called -
(a) Akinetes
*(b) Heterocyst*
(c) Homocyst
(d) Nodule
6 Heterocystous cynobacteria
*Nostoc and anabaena*
7 All of the following diseases cause by bacteria except -
*(a) Flu*
(b) Cholera
(c) Tetanus
D typhoid
8 Citrus canker is disease-
*(a) Bacterial*
(b) Viral
(c) Fungal
(d) Mycoplasmal
9 Nearly all protists are -
*(a) Aerobic*
(b) Anaerobic
(c) Aerobic or anaerobic
(d) Photosynthetic
10 Which of the following are placed under Protista -
(a) Chryosophytes and Dinoflagellates
(b) Euglenoids
(c) Slime moulds and protozoans
*(d) All*
11 Locomotory structures in protists are -
(a) Flagella
(b) Cilia
(c) Pseudopodia
*(d) All*
12 Chrysophytes include
- *(a) Diatoms and desmids (golden algae)*
(b) Dinoflagellates
(c) Euglenoids
(d) Slime moulds
13 Select the following statement that does not apply to diatoms -
(a) Diatom cell wall may be impregnated with silicon
(b) Cell wall is made up of 2 half-shells fit tightly together
(c) Diatom is a chrysophyte
*(d) Diatom is multiflagellate*
14 Silica gel (Keieselghur) / Diatomite / Diatomaceous earth is obtained by -
*(a) Diatoms*
(b) Dinoflagellates
(c) Euglenoids
D
(d) Brown algae
15 Diatoms do not decay easily because
*A They have siliceous walls*
B Their body is impervious to water
C They are chitinous
D They are abundant in saline soil
16 Diatomaceous earth is used for all except -
(a) Polishing
(b) Sound and fire proof room
(c) Filteration of oils and syrups
*(d) Biogas*
17 Chrysophytes are -
*(a) Planktons*
(b) Nektons
(c) Benthonic
(d) Active swimmers
18 Chief producers in ocean are -
(a) Dinoflagellates
*(b) Diatoms*
(c) Euglenoids
D green algae
19 Photosynthetic protists are -
*(a) Euglenoids, Diatoms and Dinoflagellates*
(b) Diatoms and Zooflagellates
(c) Euglenoids and slime moulds
(d) Desmide + Ciliates
20 Dinoflagellates are mostly -
*(a) Marine*
(b) Fresh water
(c) terrestrial
(d) Saprophytes
21 Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to super abundance of -
(a) Diatoms and desmids (b) Chlamydomonas nivalis
(c) Euglenoid forms
*d Dinoflagellates*
22 Red tide is caused by -
(a) Ceretium
(b) Noctiluca
*(c) Gonyaulax*
(d) All of these
23 Dinoflagellates have -
(a) A single flagellum in the transverse groove between the cell plates
(b) A single flagellum in the longitudinal groove between the cell plates
(c) Two flagella one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall
plates*
(d) No flagella
24 In which of the following the cell wall has stiff cellulose plate on the outer surface -
*(a) Dinoflagellates*
(b) Desmids
(c) Diatoms
(d) Euglenoids
25 Euglenoids e.g Euglena are found-
A In fresh running water
B In fresh stagnant water
C In marine environment
D In both fresh and marine water
26 Which of the following statements about Euglena is true?
(a) Euglenoids are flagellates
(b) Euglena placed in continuous darkness lose their photosynthetic activity and die
(c) The pigments of Euglena are quite different from those of green plants
(d) Euglena is a marine protist
27 Which of the following statement is true about Euglena?
(a) They show flagellar locomotion
(b) They have a rigid cell wall
(c) They have no chloroplast
(d) They are obligate autotroph
28 Slime moulds -
(a) Are parasite
(c) Do not produce fruiting bodies
(b) Do not produce spores
(d) Saprophytic protists
29 The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the body of slime mould is called -
(a) Plasmodium
(b) Myxamoeba
(c) Sporocytes(d) Periplasmodium
30 All protozoans are
A Heterotrophs( parasites or predator)only
B Autotrophs
C Saprotrophs
D Parasites
31 Which of the following is considered to be primitive relatives of animals -
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Protozoa
(d) Protochordata
32 How many major groups protozoan have?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 8
33 Which of the following are protozoans?
(a) Diatoms, flagellates, ciliates
(b) Desmids, flagellates, ciliates
(c) Amoeboid, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans
(d) Amoeba, Paramecium, dinoflagellates, Plasmodium
34 Which of the following statements is wrong about the amoeboid protozoans?
(a) they live in freshwater, sea water or moist soil
(b) Amoeba has pseudopodia for locomotion and capture prey
(c) Entamoeba show holozoic nutrition
(d) Marine forms are shelled with silica
35 Flagellated protozoans are -
(a) Free living
(b) Either free living or parasites
(c) Parasites
(d) Pseudopodia
36 Which one is correct about Trypanosoma?
(a) They are flagellated protozoan
(b) They are parasite
(c) They cause sleeping sickness
(d) All
37 Plasmodium (malarial parasite) is -
(a) Sporozoan
(b) Ciliated protozoan
(c) Flagellated protozoan
(d) Amoeboid protozoan
38 Which of the following always produce an infectious spore like stage in their life cycles?
(a) Ciliated protozoans
(b) Flagellated protozoans
(c) Sporozoans
( d) None
39 Mode of nutrition in fungi is -
(a) Parasitic
(b) Saprophytic
(c) Autotrophic
(d) Heterotrophic
40 All of the following are fungi except -
(a) Yeast
(b) Penicillium
(c) Plasmodium
(d) Puccinia
41 Which of the following is odd?
(a) Toad stool
(b) Puccinia
(c) Alternaria
(d) Mushroom
42 Cell walls of all fungi consist of the polysaccharide
(a) Chitin
(b) Cellulose
(c) Silica
(d) pectin
43 Coenocytic hypha is -
(a) Uninucleate hypha
(b) Multicellular hypha
(c) Hypha in coelom
(d) Multinucleate hypha without septae
44 Fungi can be parasites on -
(a) Animals
(b) Human being
(c) Plants
(d) All
45 Fungi prefer to grow in -
(a) Cold and dry places
(b) Hot and dry places
(c) Sea water
(d) Warm and humid places
46 Fungi occur -
(a) in air and soil
(b) On plants and animals
(c) In water
(d) All
47 Sexual reproduction in fungi is by all of the following except -
(a) Oospores
(b) Ascopores
(c) Zoospores
(d) Basidiospores
48 Coenocytic, multinucleate and branched mycelial habit is found in -
(a) Basidiomycetes
(b) Phycomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes
(d) Deuteromycetes
49 Members of phycomycetes are found -
I. In aquatic habitat
II On decaying wood
III. On moist and damp places
IV. As obligate parasite on plants
D
(a) None of the above
(b) I and IV
(c) II and III
(d) All of the above
50 In phycomycetes asexual reproduction occurs by -
(a) Zoospores (motile)
(b) Aplanospores (non-motile)
(c) Both
(d) Aplanogamete
51 In Phycomycetes sexua! reproduction occurs by -
(a) Isogamy and Anisogamy
(b) Isogamy, oogamy
(c) Isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy
(d) Oogamy and anisogamy
52 All the following belong to phycomycetes except -
(a) Penicillium
(b) Rhizopus (bread mould)
(c) Mucor
(d) Albugo
53 Which of the following is parasite on mustard?
(a) Albugo
(b) Puccinia
(c) Yeast
(d) Ustilago
54 Which of the following ascomycetes is the source of antibiotic?
(a) Neurospora
(b) Penicillium
(c) Claviceps
(d) None
55 Which of the following are common parasite basidiomycetes
(a) Puccinia (rust) and Ustilago (smut)
(b) Bracket fungi
(c) Puffballs
(d) Agaricus (mushroom)
56 Where does meiosis occur in mushroom?
(a) Basidiospore
(b) Basidium
(c) Basidiocarp
(d) Ascus mother cell
57 Somatogamy is the fusion of -
(a) Two vegetative / somatic cell, of different strain / genotypes to form dikaryotic cell
(b) Sperm with egg
(c) 2 somatic cell having identical strain
(d) Egg with egg
58 Which of the following is false about deuteromycetes?
(a) They reproduce only by asexual spores (conidia) (b) Mycelium is branched and septate
(c) They have only parasitic forms
(d) They have no sexual stage (perfect stage)
59 Which of the following is correct about class Deuteromycetes?
(a) Some members are saprophytes or parasites
(b) A large number of members are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling
(c) Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma are deuteromycetes
(d) All
60 Sexual reproduction is found in all except-
A Deuteromycetes
B Ascomycetes
C Phycomycetes
D Basidiomycetes
61 If sexual stage is discovered in a member of deuteromycetes, it is moved to -
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Basidiomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes
(d) Both b and c
62 Which of the following pair(s) is false?
(a) Bladderwort - insectivorous
(b) Venus fly trap - insectivorous
(c) Cuscuta - Saprophytic
(d) Cell wall of plant cell - mainly cellulosic
63 In the five kingdom classification of Whittaker there is -
(a) No mention of viruses
(b) Mention of lichens
(c) No mention of viroids
(d) No mention of viruses, viroids and lichens
64 common cold/flu is viral disease
65 Which is absent in viruses?
(a) Nucleic acid
(b) Protoplasm
(c) Protein
(d) a and c
66 The viruses are non-cellular organisms that are characterised by -
(a) Having no nucleic acid
(b) Having an active structure outside the living cell
(c) Having an inert crystalline structure outside the cell
(d) Their hyperactivity outside the cell
67 the term virus means venom or poison
68 The scientist who first crystallized TMV was -
(a) Ivanowsky
(b) Pasteur
(c) Robertson
(d) Stanley
69 Chemically viruses are -
(a) Glycoproteins
(b) Glycolipid
(c) Nucleoproteins
(d) Lipopolysaccharides
70 TMV was discovered by -
(a) Mayer
(b) Ivanowsky
(c) Towrt
(d) Pasteur
71 The concept of Contagium vivum fluidum (infectious living fluid) for virus was given -
(a) Mayer
(b) Beijerinck
(c) Pasteur
(d) Ivanowsky
72 Which is the infectious component of the virus?
(a) Lipid
(b) Protein
(c) Nucleic acid
(d) b and c
73 In general plant viruses have-
(a) Single strand RNA
(b) dsRNA
(c) SsDNA
(d) dsRNS
74 Animal viruses have -
(a) SSRNA
(b) dsRNA
(c) dsDNA or ssDNA
(d) a or b or c
75 The genetic material for most of the bacteriophages is -
(a) SsRNA
(b) dsRNA
(c) dsDNA
(d) SSDNA
76 The subunit of capsid is called -
(a) Core
(b) Nucleotide
(c) Amino acid
(d) Capsomere
77 Which one among the following statements is NOT corręct?
(a) Contractile vacuoles regulate osmoregulation in marine protozoans
(b) Euglena is a holophytic protozoan
(c) Trypanasoma belongs to the class Mastigophora
(d) Class sporozoa includes plasmodium.
78 In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in :
(a) Protista
(b) Algae
(c) Plantae
(d) Monera
79 Cuscuta is an example of :
(a) Ectoparasitism
(b) Brood parasitism
(c) Predation
(d) Endoparasitism
80 The beautiful diatoms and desmids are placed under
(a) chrysophytes
(b) dinoflagellates
(c) euglenoids
(d) slime moulds.
81 The cyanobacteria are also referred to as
(a) proists
(b) golden algae
(c) Slime moulds
(d) blue green algae
82 Which statement is wrong for viruses?
a All are parasites.
b All of them have helical symmetry.
c They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids.
dAntibiotics have no effect on them
83 Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water?
(a) Eubacteria
(b) Blue-green algae
(c) Saprophytic fungi
(d) Archaebacteria
84 Select the wrong statement:
(a) Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour
(b) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behaviour
(c) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile.
(d) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
85 Pigment-containing membranous extensions in somo ryanobacteria are:
(a) Heterocysts
(b) Basal bodies
(c) Pneumatophores
(d) Chromatophores
86 Whittaker proposed -
(a) Two kingdom classification
(c) Four kingdom classification
(b) Five kingdom classification
(d) Three kingdom classification.
87 In Whittaker's classification, non-nucleated unicellular organisms/prokaryotes are included
under -
(a) Plantae
(b) Monera
(c) Protista
(d) Animalia.
88 In the five kingdoms of classification of R. H. Whittaker, how many kingdoms contain
eukaryotes?
(a)Four
(b)One
(c)Two
(d)Three
89 Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and capsomeres?
(a) Polip virus
(b) Tobacco mosaic virus (c) Measles virus
(d) Retrovirus
90 Viruses have :-
(a) DNA enclosed in a protein coat
(b) Single chromosome
(c) Prokaryotic nucleus
(d) Both DNA and RNA
91 The motile bacteria are able to move by :-
(a) Fimbriae
(b) Flagella
(c) Cilia
(d) Pili
92 Which is true for fungi?
A. They are heterotrophs B. They lack nuclear membrane
C. They are phagotrophs D. They lack rigid cell walls
93 Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in Nostoc are
(a) Akinetes
(b) Heterocysts
(c) Hormogonia
(d) Nodules
94 Phototrophs and chemotrophs are defined on the basis of their'
(a) energy source
(b) requirement of organic and inorganic substances
(c) metabolism
(d) structure
95 Multicellular organism with holophytic nutrition belong to how many kingdoms in Whittaker
system?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five
96 Multicellular with loose tissue body organisation is a characteristic feature of
A Monera
B Protista
C Plantae
D fungi
97 The Cyanobacteria of great nutritional value being marketed today is
(a)Serytonema
(b) Spirogyra
(c)Spirulina
(d) Stigonema
98 What is true for cyanobacteria?
(a) oxygenic with nitrogenase
(b) oxygenic without nitrogenase
(c) non oxygenic without nitrogenase.
(d) non oxygenic with nitrogenase
99 Select incorrect statement with respect to eubacteria.
A Have very simple structure
B Peptidoglycan nature of cell wall
C Heterotrophs and most abundant in nature
D Show most simple metabolic diversity
100 Archaebacteria do not show
A Peptidoglycan in cell wall
B Introns in DNA
C Branched chain lipids in cell membrane
D Ribosomal proteins with highly acidic nature
101 Thermoacidophiles are capable of withstanding extremely low pH and high temperature due
to the
(a) Presence of branched chain lipid in cell membrane
(b) Presence of resistant enzyme which can operate in basic condition
(c) Presence of higher concentration of KCl in their cell
(d) More than one option is correct
102 Decomposers (microconsumers) are assigned to how many kingdoms of Whittaker?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
103 chose the correct answer
Right ans is fusion of protoplasm b/w two motile or non motiles are plasmogamy
104 Which of the following characters belongs to the kingdom Monera?
(a) Eukaryotic
(b) Heterotrophic
(c) Multicellular
(d) Presence of cell walls made of cellulose
105 Which of the following is wrongly matched?
(a) T. O. Diener - Viroids are found to be a free DNA.
(b) W. M. Stanley - Crystallised proteins
(c) M. W. Beijerinck - Contagium vivum fluidum
(d) D. J. Ivanowsky - Microbes smaller than a bacteria cause mosaic disease of tobacco
106 The structure of E coli chromosomal DNA is
(a) Double stranded, right handed and circular
(b) Double stranded, lefth handed and linear
(c) Single stranded, right handed and circular
(d) Double stranded, left handed and circular
107 The organisms which completely lack a cell wall and can live without oxygen are
(a) Mycoplasmas
(b) Archaebacteria
(c) Methanogens
(d) Thermoacidophiles
108 Which one of the following cocci appears like grapes under miscroscope?
(a) Streptococci
(b) Diplococci
(c) Staphylococci
(d) Pneumococci
109 Green phytoplanktons are kept in which kingdom of five kingdom classification system?
(a) Kingdom - Monera
(b) Kingdom - Protista
(c) Kingdom - Plantae
(d) Kingdom - Fungi
110 True nucleus is absent in
(a) Vaucheria
(b) Volvox
(c) Anabaena
(d) Mucor
111 The guts of cow and buffalo possess
(a) Methanogens
(b) Cyanobacteria
(c) Fucus sp.
(d) Chlorella sp.
112 The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling belong to
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Ascomycetes
(c) Deuteromycetes
(d) Basidiomycetes
113 Select the wrong statement
(a) The term 'Contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by M. W. Beijerinck
(b) Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human being are caused by viruses
(c) The viroids were discovered by D. J. Ivanowsky
(d) W. M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallised
114 Choose the wrong statement.
(a) Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms
(b) Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation
(c) Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics
(d) Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics
115 Pick up the wrong statement.
(a) Some fungi are edible
(b) Nuclear membrane is present in Monera
(c) Cell wall is absent in Animals
(d) Protists have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
116 In which group of organisms the cell walls from two thin overlapping shells which fit
together?
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Chrysophytes
(d) Euglenoids
117 Fungi prefer to grow in
A. Warm and swampy places
B. Warm and salty places
C. Warm and humid places
D. Cold and moist places
118 Which of the following statements is wrong for viroids?
(a) They lack a protein coat
(b) They are smaller than viruses
(c) They cause infections
(d) Their RNA is of high molecular weight
119 One of the major components of cell wall of most fungi is :-
(a) Chitin
(b) Peptidoglycan
(c) Cellulose
(d) Hemicellulose
120 Which one of the following statements is wrong?
(a) Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green algae
(b) Golden algae are also called desmids
(c) Eubacteria are also called false bacteria
(d) Phycomycetes are also called algal fungi
121 The primitive prokaryotes responsible for the production of biogas from the dung of ruminant
animals, include the :-
(a) Halophiles .
(b) Thermoacidiophiles
(c) Methanogens
(d) Eubacteria
122 Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Ascomycetes - Sac fungi
(b) Neurospora - Drosophila of plant kingdom
(c) Claviceps purpurea - Ergotin drug
(d) Lycoperdon - Bracket fungi
123 Methanogens belong to :
(a) Dinoflagellates
(b) Slime moulds
(c) Eubacteria
(d) Archaebacteria
124 Select the wrong statement:
(a) Diatoms are chief producers in the oceans
(b) Diatoms are microscopic and float passively in water
(c) The walls of diatoms are easily destructible
(d) 'Diatomaceous earth' is formed by the cell walls of diatoms.
125 The genome of Influenza virus is a :
(a) Single-stranded RNA(-)
(b) Single-stranded RNA(+)
(c) Double-stranded RNA
(d) Single-stranded DNA
126 Viral genome incorporated into host DNA is called :
(a) Prophase
(b) Prophage
(c) Bacteriophage
d n.o.t
127 Production of zoospores is the characteristics of the members of
(a) Ascomycetes
(b) Phycomycetes
(c) Basiomycetes
(d) Deuteromycetes
128 The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell
(a) is greater than diploid cell
(b) is lesser than diploid cell
(c) is equal to diploid cell
(d) none of these
129 What is the exact name of the main primary pigment in all plant like protista?
(a) chlorophyll a
(b) chlorophyll b
(c) chlorophyll c
(d) chlorophyll d
Key points
Viruses have nucleic acid based genome inclosed in a protein coat or capsid
Viruses are obligate parasites
The infectious substance of prions is protein
Virus are non living but living in host
The only structural pattern that has been found among isometric viruses is icosahedral
_______are small naked fragments of RNA that infect plant cells
*Viroids*
An example of emerging virus is an ebola
Viruses are the most convently thought of as particles of genome
The first virus purified was TMV by ivanowasky
Ebola is the most lethal virus
Viruses have the overal stucture that is spherical,isometric icosahedron,helical
Viruses are the more closely related to chemical matter than to a living organisms
Most of the virua particles show cuboid and helical symetries
Archaebacteria found in extrem saline conditions
Virus different from viroids in having RNA molecules without protein coat
No virus can evolve to target mamalian red blood cells because of the lack of nuclear
material
Extremorphiles are characteristics of archaebacteria
Fungi show the great diversity in morphology and habitats
Fungi are cosmopolitan occur in air, water,soil and as parasites also
With the exception of yeast fungi are filamentous
The basidiocarp bearing saprophytic fungi are
amanita ,ganoderma
Nostoc ,mycobaterium,oscilatoria are prokaryotae
Sacchromayces are eukaryotes
Mushroom belongs to basidiomycetes
Cell wall is present in members of plant and fungi
Mitochondria are the power house of cell in all kingdoms except monera
After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in
*Agaricus
Ciliates differ from all other protozoans in
*Having two types of nuclei*
*Diatoms* are known as chief producers in the oceans
Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to Two sibling
species
Distinction of prokaryota and eukaryota is mainly based on
*Nucleus,Cell organelles Chromosomes*
virus do not have a nucleus so on the basis of nucleus it can not falls under prokaryotae
and eukaryotae
Which is incorrect about E coli
A It is diploid
B It is found in human intestine
C Transformation, Transduction,
Conjugation can show
D Can be used in Recombinant DNA technology
Methanobacterium feed cellulose in anaerobic condition
Prions — proteins
Viroids— free infectious RNA
Gemini viruses— single stranded DNA
Retroviruses— single stranded RNA
Cocci (rounded)– e.g micrococus-
Comma Shape — vibrio e.g vibrio cholerae
Ecoli — bicilus (spherical)
Mycoplasma also known as pplo
Mycoplasma are the smallest known cell
Bacteria reproduce by fission
Mycoplasma — lack cell wall
In Bacteria cell wall present and made up of peptidoglycen
Osciliatoria ,frankia ,nostoc ,rhizobium falls in bacteria kingdom monera
Euglena falls in protista kingdom
Golden algae , azolia falls in kingdom plantae
Ascobolus falls in fungi
Viruses are smaller than bacteria
Bacteriophage are made of nucleoprotein (nucleic acid+protein)
Members of protista are primarly aquatic e.g dinoflagelates , diatoms
,euglenoids,protozaons (amoeba)
Dinoflagellates have two flagella one lies longitutionally and other lies transversely
