In the Two Kingdom classification, the Kingdom Plantae was erroneous with some major issues that include:
I: | Placing bacteria and blue green algae with eukaryotic groups |
II: | Grouping together the unicellular organisms with multicellular ones |
III: | Placing heterotrophic fungi with autotrophic plants |
1. | I and II only | 2. | I and III only |
3. | II and III only | 4. | I, II and III |
What is not true regarding sexual reproduction in basidiomycetes?
1. | Sex organs are well developed |
2. | Plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or genotypes |
3. | Karyogamy and meiosis take place in basidium, producing four basidiospores |
4. | Basidiospores are produced exogenously on the basidium |
The cell walls of diatoms are ‘indestructible’ as they are embedded with:
1. | Silica | 2. | Chitin |
3. | Calcium | 4. | Raphides |
Yeast is unique amongst the members of Kingdom Fungi because it:
1. reproduces by ascospores
2. is unicellular
3. does not have a chitinous cell wall
4. does not have a sexual mode of reproduction
The phenomenon of red tides is associated with blooms of:
1. | Zooxanthelle | 2. | Gonyaulax |
3. | Blue green algae | 4. | Ctenoplana and Beroe |
Identify the incorrect statement regarding Euglenoids:
1. | Majority are found in fresh stagnant water |
2. | Presence of two flagella |
3. | Behave as heterotrophs when deprived of sunlight |
4. | Pigments entirely different from those found in higher plants |
Which of the following is not true for fungi belonging to the class phycomycetes?
1. | Aseptate and coenocytic mycelium |
2. | Spores endogenously produced in sporangium |
3. | Asexual reproduction by nonmotile zoospores or motile aplanospores |
4. | Found in aquatic habitats, decaying wood or as obligate parasites on plants |
Which of the following is not a character of Ascomycetes?
1. | Mycelium is unbranched and septate |
2. | Asexual spores conidia are produced exogenously |
3. | Sexual spores called ascospores are produced endogenously |
4. | Conidia on germination produce mycelium |
The saprophytic protists are:
1. | Slime moulds | 2. | Protozoans |
3. | Desmids | 4. | Dinoflagellates |
Rusts and Smuts are the fungi that belong to:
1. | Phycomycetes | 2. | Ascomycetes |
3. | Basidiomycetes | 4. | Deuteromycetes |