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 |
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 |
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 |
Who, amongst the following, was the earliest to attempt a more scientific basis of classification?
1. | Aristotle | 2. | John Ray |
3. | Tournefort | 4. | Linnaeus |
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
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
Phylogenetic classification is based on:
1. | Morphological similarities | 2. | Physiological similarities |
3. | Reproductive similarities | 4. | Evolutionary relationships |
The body of Euglenoids is flexible because of presence of:
1. | a cell wall made up of pseudopeptidoglycan |
2. | a protein rich pellicle and absence of cell wall |
3. | a phosphate ether bonding in phospholipids in cell membrane |
4. | lipopolysaccharide layer in the outer cell wall |
As a group the most extensive metabolic diversity is shown by:
1. | Bacteria | 2. | Protista |
3. | Fungi | 4. | Animals |