Assertion (A): | Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma are kept in the fungal class- deuteromycetes. |
Reason (R): | Asexual and vegetative phases in the life cycle of these fungi are not known. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
1. | are pathogenic fungi causing rust and smut |
2. | do not reproduce sexually |
3. | do not produce asexual spores |
4. | are delicacies belonging to ascomycetes |
I. | He studied the tobacco mosaic virus. |
II. | He succeeded in extracting the virus in the form of pure crystals in 1935. |
III. | He was able to show that the tobacco mosaic virus is composed of protein and RNA. |
1. | D. J. Ivanovsky | 2. | W. M. Stanley |
3. | M. W. Beijerinck | 4. | Louis Pasteur |
Column I | Column II | ||
A | Amoeboid | P | They have a cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of the cell surface into which water laden food is steered |
B | Flagellated | Q | Marine forms have silica shells on their surface |
C | Ciliated | R | The parasitic forms cause diseases such as sleeping sickness |
D | Sporozoans | S | They have an infectious spore-like stage in their life cycles |
A | B | C | D | |
1 | R | Q | P | S |
2 | Q | R | P | S |
3 | Q | R | S | P |
4 | S | Q | R | P |
The vast majority of bacteria are:
1. | Heterotrophs | 2. | Photoautotrophs |
3. | Chemosynthetic autotrophs | 4. | Methanotrophs |
Cyanobacteria:
I. | are also referred to as ‘blue green algae’. |
II. | are photosynthetic autotrophs with chlorophyll a similar to green plants. |
III. | often form blooms in polluted water bodies. |
IV. | some of them can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called hetrocysts. |
In light of the above given statements:
1. | Only I, II and IV are correct | 2. | Only I, II and III are correct |
3. | All statements are correct | 4. | Only I and III are correct |
1. | They are important decomposers. |
2. | They are helpful in making curd from milk, production of antibiotics and fixing nitrogen in legume roots. |
3. | Some are pathogens causing damage to human beings, crops, farm animals and pets. |
4. | Almost all help in recycling nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and sulphur. |
In NCERT textbook which of the following are not included in Kingdom Protista?
1. | Chrysophytes | 2. | Dinoflagellates |
3. | Protozoa | 4. | Blue green algae |
Consider the given statements regarding slime moulds:
Statement I: | Under unfavourable conditions they form a plasmodium. |
Statement II: | During favourable conditions, the plasmodium differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing spores at their tips. |
Statement III: | The spores bear true walls. |
Statement IV: | The spores are dispersed by water. |
1. Only Statement I and Statement II are correct
2. Only Statement III is correct
3. All statements are incorrect
4. Only Statement III and Statement IV are correct