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Consider the following features:
I. Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll c
II. Fucoxanthin
III. Floridean starch
IV. Flagella 2 in number, unequal and lateral
Which of these are seen in Phaeophyceae?
(1) I, II, III
(2) I, II, IV
(3) II, III, IV
(4) I, II, III, IV

The Indian Botanical Garden and the National Botanical Research Institute are located respectively at:
(1) Pune and Howrah
(2) Howrah and Lucknow
(3) Darjeeling and Lucknow
(4) Shimla and Dehradun

Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

The suffix that denotes the taxonomic category 'Family' in plants would be
(1) -ae
(2) -aceae
(3) -ales
(4) -nae

All the following differentiate gymnosperms from the higher cryptogams except:
(1) Presence of an independent green gametophyte
(2) development of an ovule
(3) Formation of the pollen tube
(4) Presence of cambium

Heterosporous pteridophyte includes both:
1. Lycopodium and Equisetum
2. Selaginella and Salvinia
3. Psilotum and Phylloglossum
4. Selaginella and Equisetum

The life cycle is not haplo-diplontic in:
1. Bryophytes
2. Pteridophytes
3. Polysiphonia
4. Fucus

Match the Scientists in Column I with their contribution in the field of virology given in Column II and select your answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

Cells in some filamentous cyanobacteria that are specialized for nitrogen fixation are called:
1. Phycobilisomes
2. Chromatophores
3. Grana
4. Heterocysts

What is true for both (a) and (b)?
 
1. RNA is the genetic material
2. Capability to infect bacteria
3. Being obligate endoparasites
4.Can be killed by antibiotics

Archegoniophore is present in
(1) Chara
(2) Adiantum
(3) Funaria
(4) Marchantia

Male gametes are flagellated in
1. Polysiphonia
2. Anabaena
3. Ectocarpus
4. Spirogyra

Which of the following is correct?
(1) All fungi are filamentous.
(2) Transfer of DNA from one bacteria to another bacteria cannot take place.
(3) Virus cannot have both DNA and RNA.
(4) Protists reproduce asexually only.

In the given diagrams, some of the algae have been labelled as A, B, C, D and E. Choose the correct option to identify these algae.

Read the following statements reagrding bryophytes and choose the incorrect option.
(1) Gametophytic phase is dominant in life cycle
(2) Fertilisation takes place in presence of water
(3) Zygote undergoes meiosis to produce sporophyte
(4) Sporophyte isphysiologically dependent on gametophyte

Phylogenetic system of classification includes
(1) evolutionary trends only
(2) genetic trends only
(3) evolutionary trend as well as morphology
(4) behavioural trends in environment

Fragmentation is a method of asexual repoduction in
(1) Annelida
(2) Platyhelminthes
(3) Aschelminthes
(4) Porifera

Which of the following is not an excretory structure found in invertebrates?
1. Flame cells
2. Malpighian tubules
3. Nephridia
4. Kidney

Which of the following is dioecious?
(1) Taenia
(2) Fasciola
(3) Ascaris
(4) Earthworm

Dry, cornified skin along with epidermal scales or scutes is found in
(1) Tortoise
(2) Hyla
(3) Bufo
(4) All of the above

Increase in number can be-
a. Growth
b. Reproduction
c. Both a and b
d. Accumulation

If we define coma patient under living category, which of the following will not be a supporting feature to him or her?
a. Metabolism
b. Self-consciousness
c. Cellular organization
d. Both a and c

Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a) Biology is the story of evolution of living organism on Earth
b) All living organisms are related to each other by sharing common Genetic material with no variation.
c) The interactions among cells at tissue level and among tissues at organ level give rise to an emergent property at higher level of organization.
d) Interactions among molecular components is true in the hierarchy of organizational complexity at all levels.

Classification is not associated with
a. Grouping into convenient categories
b. Based on easily observable characters
c. Purpose is to study all the living organisms
d. Writing scientific names in impressive and understandable way.

What is not true with respect to Systematics
a. Systematic arrangement of organisms
b. Derived from latin word systema
c. The study of relationships among different organisms
d. Does not account any kind of evolutionary relationships.

What does not hold true with Species?
a. Group of individual organisms
b. Having Fundamental similarities
c. Having morphological differences
d. Each Genus has only one specific epithet

Which of the following set is not correct?
a. Potato and Brinjal
b. Lion, leopard and cat
c. Tigris, pardus and leo
d. Nigrum and melongena

Cats come under Felis. Which taxon are we talking about?
a. Class
b. Order
c. Genus
d. Species

Felidae does not have
a. Dogs
b. Cats
c. Tiger
d. Leopard

Classes’ together form……...in plants.
a. Phylum
b. Division
c. Kingdom
d. Order

Which of the following match is incorrect with respect to museum?
a. Insects: Collected, Killed and Pinned
b. Birds and mammals: stuffed and preserved
c. Animal specimen: jars filled with preservative solution
d. Plants: always live form

Zoological Parks do not hold true with
a. Protected environment
b. Learning food habits and behaviour of animals
c. Conditions similar to natural habitat
d. Pet animals are also kept there under human care

For the identification of the name of species found in an area, one would use

Euglenoids can be/have

The primitive relative of animals are

Characteristic features of yeast are –
a. Unicellular
b. Reproduce by budding
c. Chitinous cell wall
d. All of the above

Parasitic fungi of mustard is-
a. Mucor
b. Albugo
c. Puccinia
d. Rhizopus

Which of the following does not belong to the class basidiomycetes?
a. Agaricus
b. Ustilago
c. Alternaria
d. Puccinia

Identify the correct labellings.

a. A- head, B- Collar, C- Sheath, D- Tail
b. A- head, B- Collar, C- Neck, D- Tail fibre
c. A- head, B- Collar, C- Sheath, D- Tail fibre
d. A- head, B- Neck, C- Sheath, D- Tail fibre

The spreading of living pteridophyte is limited and is restricted to narrow geographical region because of
1. Growth requirements of gametophyte (cool, damp and shady places).
2. Requirement of water for fertilisation.
3. Absence of stomata in leaf and absence of vascular tissue.
4. Both 1. and 2..

Choose the correct statement.
1. Many species of Porphyra, Laminaria and Sargassum and among 70 species of marine algae used as food.
2. Agar is used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice creams and jellies.
3. Algae are useful to man in a variety of ways.
4. All of these.

Identify the chordates in which the notochord persists in the adult?
(1) Tunicates
(2) Lancelets
(3) Cyclostomata
(4) Bony fishes

Study the diagram given below, and find out how many of the statements given below is related to this diagram.

I. It is source of food.
II. Its wall has poly sulphated esters.
III. Its reserve food is similar to glycogen in structure.
IV. There is no motile stage in its life – cycle.
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Study the diagram given below and find out incorrect statement related to this

1. It has macrophytes
2. It is heterosporous
3. Its gametophyte is independent
4. It lacks vascular tissue
 

Which of the following are true for cyanobacteria?

1. I, III, IV
2. I, II, III, IV
3. II, III, IV
4. I, II, IV

In the following diagram A, B, C and D represent

1. A - Seta, B - Leaves, C- Rhizoids, D - Capsule
2. A - Leaf, B - Rhizoids, C- Scales, D - Root hair
3. A - Capsule, B - Seta, C- Leaves, D - Rhizoids
4. A - Capsule, B - Foot, C- Leaves, D - Rhizoids

Under natural system of classification which of the following cahracter is not considered?

Vegetative reproduction occurs by

Isogamous means

Which of the following is an example of isogamous reproduction?

Carrageen

Vegetative reproduction in chlorophyceae takes place by

Asexual reproduction in chlorophyceae is by

Which among the following is not a prokaryote?
1. Saccharomyces
2. Mycobacterium
3. Nostoc
4. Oscillatoria

After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in?

The minute pores in the  body wall of the sponges is known as
1.spongocoel
2.Ostia
3.Osculum
4.Spicules

Which of the following cell of sponges contains flagella
1. Nematocyst
2. Spongioblast
3. Amoebocyte
4. Choanocytes

Which of the following is true about the given organism?
         
1.It is a medusa form of Aurelia
2.It is Fresh water sponge
3.Central canal system is present in it
4.It’s mouth is formed first

Stinging capsule present in Cnidarians is called
1.Nematocysts
2.Choanocytes
3.Cnidocytes
4.Both 2 and 3

Which of the following germinal layer is absent in Cnidarians
1.Ectoderm
2.Endoderm
3.Mesoderm
4.Both 2 and 3

Which is true for flatworms?
1.Bilaterally symmetrical
2.Triploblastic body plan
3.Acoelomate animals
4.All of these

Which is true for roundworms?
1.Organ-system level of body organisation
2.Tube within tube plan
3.Pseudo-coelomate animals
4.All of these

Which of the following is Mollusc?
1. Cuttle fish
2. Chiton
3. Cucumaria
4. More than one option is correct

The distinctive features of the Echinoderms are
1. Spines on body
2. Radial symmetry
3. Water vascular System
4. Both 2 and 3

How many of the following is the member of Echinodermata?
Sea hare, Sea cucumber, Sea lily, Sea urchin, Sea-pen, Sea fan, Sea anemone
1. 7
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2

Which of the following is true for Hemichordata?
1. Earlier placed under phylum of Chordata
2. Now placed under Non- Chordata
3. Notochord is absent
4. All of these

The given diagram shows:

Select incorrect option with respect to given diagram

Some plant groups exhibit intermediate condition with respect to
life cycle pattern. Which characteristic will not be
exhibited by such kind of plant?
1. Haplodiplontic life cycle pattern.
2. Both phases are multicellular and often free living.
3. They can differ in their dominant phase.
4. Meiosis takes place in the zygote

Animals without excretory system, separate sexes,
and calcareous endoskeleton are applicable for
1. Chaetopeura 
2. Ophiura
3. Limulus 
4. Spongilla

Which of the following structure is associated with
locomotion ?
(i) Parapodia.
(ii) Water vascular system.
(iii) Radula.
(iv) Proboscis.
1. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 
2. (i) only
3. (i), (ii) only
4. (i), (iii) only

Which of the following is a disease caused by
prion?
1. Kala-azar
2. Parkinson’s disease
3. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
4. Gas gangrene

Read the following statements :
A. Mouth is located ventrally.
B. Notochord is persistent throughout life.
C. Gill slits are seperate and with operculum.
D. Air bladder are absent.

How many of the above statements are correct for given
figure :
1. Four.
2. Three.
3. Two.
4. One

Mark the correct match with the group and its
characteristic?
1. Arthropoda $\to$ Compound eye and wings.
2. Mammalia $\to$ Viviparity.
3. Echinodermata $\to$ Calcareous endoskeleton.
4. Annelida $\to$ Fresh water and segmented body.

Which of the following statement is correct for Deuteromycetes?

Mycoplasma are similar to Euglenoids in that both:
1. are obligate aerobes
2. are heterotrophs
3. lack a cell wall
4. cause harmful blooms in water bodies

Which of the following can't be taken as a typical character of echinoderms?
1. Adult anus derived from the embryonic blastopore
2. Enterocoelous coelom
3. Mesodermal endoskeleton
4. Well developed excretory system

Sponge cells, separated by straining pieces of sponge through a fine net, can reaggregate and grow into a sponge. This experiment indicates that sponges have
1. Acellular level of organisation
2. Tissue grade level of organisation
3. Cellular level of organisation
4. Organ level of organisation

Mark the characters which are not exclusively found in all flat worms
1. Dorsoventrally flattened body and acoelomate
2. Both hooks and suckers are present
3. Bilateral symmetry and triploblastic
4. Flame cells for osmoregulation and excretion

Which of the following is a worm like, limbless amphibian with scales embedded into skin and eyes covered by an opaque skin cover?
1. Proteus
2. Ichthyophis
3. Alytes
4. Bombinator

Asexual reproduction by conidia formation is quite common in
1. Oomycetes
2. Zygomycetes
3. Ascomycetes
4. Basidiomycetes

${\mathrm{SO}}_2$ pollution indicator is
1. Fungi
2. Diatoms
3. Lichen
4. Mycorrhiza

The pathogen of potato spindle tuber disease
1. In infectious RNA with a high molecular weight
2. In infectious to both plants and animals
3. Is a tightly folded RNA with low molecular weight
4. Has protein coat as well as genetic material

Choose the odd one out with respect to slime moulds

Which of the following character is related with kingdom fungi?
1. Presence of chemosynthetic autotrophic nutrition
2. Absence of nuclear membrane
3. Body organisation is multicellular/loose tissue type
4. They prefer to grow in warm and dry places

Sole members of the kingdom Monera
1. Are very simple in behaviour and metabolic diversity
2. Have been grouped under two categories based on their shape
3. Occur almost everywhere and characterised by a rigid cell wall
4. Have loose tissue type of body organisation

Which of the following feature(s) is/are exclusive in angiosperms :-
a. Presence of fruit
b. Double fertilization
c. Female gametophyte
d. Presence of flowers
e. Formation of endosperm
f. Presence of vessels and companion cells
Tick the right one :-
1. a, b, c, e
2. b, c, d, e
3. b, d, e, f
4. a, b, d, f

Reproduction is a character of living organism but it cannot be regarded as defining property because:-
1. Sexual reproduction involves only a single parent
2. Lower organism do not reproduce under stressful environment
3. All living beings do not have the capacity to reproduce
4. For lower plants, growth and reproduction are mutually inseparable phenomenon

The highest category in the taxonomic hierarchy is
1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Species

Which of the following is a correct match with respect to members listed and corresponding taxon?
1. Earthworm, silkworm, hookworm – Annelida
2. Sea hare, sea lily, sea urchin – Echinodermata
3. Cuttle fish, devil fish, apple snail – Mollusca
4. Sea horse, flying fish, dog fish – Chondrichthyes