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 major criteria used for classification of Protozoans is:
1. | Nature of cell envelope | 2. | Mode of locomotion |
3. | Mode of heterotrophic nutrition | 4. | Habitat |
African sleeping sickness is caused by a/an:
1. | Amoeboid protozoan | 2. | Flagellated protozoan |
3. | Ciliated protozoan | 4. | Sporozoan |
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 |
As a group the most extensive metabolic diversity is shown by:
1. | Bacteria | 2. | Protista |
3. | Fungi | 4. | Animals |
Halophiles are archaebacteria adapted to extreme:
1. | Hot habitats | 2. | Saline habitats |
3. | Marshy habitats | 4. | Cold habitats |