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

Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Zygomycetes |
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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
Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Ascomycetes |
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The saprophytic protists are:

1. Slime moulds 2. Protozoans
3. Desmids 4. Dinoflagellates
Subtopic:  Kingdom Protista: Slime Moulds |
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Rusts and Smuts are the fungi that belong to:

1. Phycomycetes 2. Ascomycetes
3. Basidiomycetes 4. Deuteromycetes
Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Basidomycetes |
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The major criteria used for classification of Protozoans is:

1. Nature of cell envelope 2. Mode of locomotion
3. Mode of heterotrophic nutrition 4. Habitat
Subtopic:  Protozoa |
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Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose the correct answer from the codes given:

 

Column I

 

Column II

A

Entamoeba

a

Flagellated protozoan

B

Trypanosoma

b

Amoeboid protozoan

C

Paramecium

c

Non motile protozoan

D

Plasmodium

d

Ciliated protozoan

Codes

A B C D
1. a b c d
2. b a c d
3. a b d c
4. b a d c
Subtopic:  Protozoa |
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Who, amongst the following, was the earliest to attempt a more scientific basis of classification?

1. Aristotle 2. John Ray
3. Tournefort 4. Linnaeus
Subtopic:  Different Classification Systems |
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Kingdom Monera in Whittaker’s Five Kingdom classification is not characterized by:
1. Prokaryote cell type
2. Cellulosic cell wall
3. Absence of nuclear membrane
4. Cellular body organization

Subtopic:  Different Classification Systems |
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Which of the following is not a feature of the members of the class Basidiomycetes?
1. Branched and septate mycelium
2. Asexual spores are generally not formed
3. Vegetative reproduction not seen
4. Dikaryon stage commonly seen

Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Basidomycetes |
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Phylogenetic classification is based on:

1. Morphological similarities 2. Physiological similarities
3. Reproductive similarities 4. Evolutionary relationships
Subtopic:  Different Classification Systems |
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