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1. Which one is the most abundant microoganism ? 11. Which of the following is not correct about
(a) Bacteria (b) Protozoan methanogens?
(c) Viruses (d) Protists (a) They are archaebacterial
2. Bacteria occur (b) They live in marshy areas
(a) In water only (b) In soil only (c) Methane is their preferred carbon source
(c) As parasite (d) Everywhere (d) They are present in guts of several ruminant animals
3. Based upon the shape, bacteria are grouped and they produce biogas from dung of these animals
under how many categories
12. An archean that lives in extremely salty condition
(a) 2 (b) 3
is referred to as a
(c) 4 (d) 5
(a) Thermophile (b) Halophiles
4. Which of the following bacteria are comma shaped?
(c) Thermoacidophile (d) Methanogen
(a) Coccus (b) Vibrio
13. Eubacteria include
(c) Bacillus (d) Clostridium
(a) Bacteria and archaebacterial
5. Which of the following statement is correct
about bacteria? (b) Cyanobacteria and archaebacteria
(a) Bacteria are simple in both structure and behaviour (c) Bacteria and blue green algae
(b) Bacteria are complex in structure as well as behaviour (d) Bacteria and eukaryote
(c) Bacteria are complex in structure but simple in behaviour 14. All eubacteria have
(d) Bacteria are simple in structures but complex in behaviour (a) Cell wall (b) Flagella
6. Which of the following organisms show the most (c) Heterocyst (d) All of the above
extensive metabolic diversity? 15. Cyanobacteria/blue green algae are
(a) Algae (b) Fungi (a) Unicellular only
(c) Bacteria (d) Bryophytes (b) Colonial only
7. Most of the bacteria are (c) Filamentous only
(a)Autotrophs (b)Chemoautotrophs (d) Unicellular, colonial, filamentous
(c)Heterotrophs (d)Parasites 16. Cyanobacteria are
8. Which of the following are autotrophs? (a) Only fresh water (b) Only marine
(a) Photosynthetic bacteria (b) Chemosynthetic bacteria (c) Only terrestrial (d) Aquatic and terrestrial
(c) Archaebacteria (d) Both (a) and (b)
17. Which one forms bloom in polluted water mostly?
9. Which of the following statements is wrong about
(a) Cyanobacteria (b) Green algae
archaebacteria?
(c) Red algae (d) Brown algae
(a) They live in some of the most harsh habitats
18. Some of the cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric
(b) They are recently evolved group
nitrogen in specialised cells called
(c) Cell wall is peptidoglycan less
(d) They are unlike most other bacteria (a) Akinetes (b) Heterocyst
10. Which of the following area or conditions would be (c) Homocysts (d) Nodule
favoured by thermacidophiles? 19. Heterocystous cyanobacteria
(a) The stomach of many herbivores (a) Only nostoc
(b) Hot, alkaline (b) Only anabaena
(c) Hot, sulphur springs (c) Both nostoc and anabaena
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20. The group of organisms oxidising various inorganic 29. Protists includes
substances such as nitrates,nitrites and ammonia (a) Unicellular prokaryotes
using released energy for their ATP production are (b) Unicellular eukaryotes
(a) Chemoheterotrophic bacteria (c) Bacteriophages
(b) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria (d) B.G.A
(c) Photoautotrophic bacteria 30. Which of the following kingdoms has no well
(d) Saprophytic bacteria defined boundaries?
21. Which of the following play a great role in recycling (a) Monera (b) Protists
nutrients like N,P,S? (c) Fungi (d) Metaphyta and metazoan
(a) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria 31. Members of protista are primarily
(b) Parasitic bacteria (a) Parasites (b) Terrestrial
(c) Photoautotrophic bacteria (c) Aquatic (d) Photosynthetic
(d) Cyanobacteria 32. Nutritionally, protists are
22. Cyanobacteria have (a) Photoautotrophs
(a) Chlorophyll similar to plant including green algae (b) Heterotrophs
(b) Distinct from chlorophyll of plants (c) Mixotrophs
(c) Bacteriochlorophyll (d) Photoautotrophs, heterotrophs, autotrophs
(d) Bacteriorhodopsin 33. Nearly all protists are
23. The majority of bacteria are (a) Aerobic (b) Anaerobic
(a) Photoautotrophs (c) Aerobic or anaerobic (d) Photosynthetic
(b) Chemoautotrophs 34. Based upon the modes of nutrition, protists are
(c) Chemoheterotrophs/decomposers grouped into
(d) Disease causing (a) Plant-like protists and ingestive, animal-like protists
24. Bacteria participate in are grouped and absorptive,fungus like protists
(b) Chrysophytes, dinoflagellates and euglenoids only
(a) Many industrial and commercial (b)N 2-fixation in
(c) Slime moulds and fungi only
legume roots processes
(d) Flagellated protozoans and sporozoans only
(c) Disease producing in plants, animals and human beings
35. Which of the following are placed under protists?
(d) All
(a) Chrysophytes and dinoflagellates
25. All of the following disease caused by bacteria
(b) Euglenoids
(a) Flu (b) Cholera
(c) Slime moulds and protozoans
(c) Tetanus (d) Typhoid
(d) All
26. Citrus canker is _____ disease
36. Locomotory structures in protists are
(a)Bacterial (b)Viral
(a)Flagella (b)Cilia
(c)Fungal (d)Mycoplasmal
(c)Pseudopodia (d)All
27. Bacteria reproduce mainly by
37. Protista form link with
(a) Endospores formation (b) Zoospores formation
(a) Plants only (b) Animals only
(c) Fission (d) Sexual method
(c) Fungi only (d) Plants, animals, fungi
28. Which of the following statement is correct?
38. Chrysophytes include
A. Mycoplasma has no cell wall
(a) Diatoms and desmids (b) Dinoflagellates
B. Mycoplasma is the smallest living organism
(c) Euglenoids (d) Slime moulds.
C. Mycoplasma cannot survive without O2 39. Lichens are composite organism made up of a
D. Mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals and plants fungus and a photosynthetic alga. Which of the
E. True sexual reproduction is not found in bacteria following statement is wrong about lichens?
F. A sort of sexual reproduction by adopting a primitive (a) Lichens are sensitive to air pollution
DNA transfer from one bacterium to the other occurs (b) Algal partner and fungal partner live mutually
Options : (c) Algae prepares food for fungi and fungi provides
(a) All (b) only C shelter and absorb minerals for algal partner
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40. Select the statement that is not applicable to diatoms (d) No flagella
(a) Diatoms cell wall may be impregnated with silicon 51. In which of the following the cell wall has stiff
(b) Cell wall is made up of 2 half shells fit tightly together cellulose plate on the outer surface?
(c) Diatoms is a chrysophyte (a) Dinoflagellates (b) Desmids
(d) Diatoms are multiflagellate (c) Diatoms (d) Euglenoids
41. Silica gel is obtained by 52. Which of the following releases toxins that may even
(a) Diatoms (b) Dinoflagellates kill other marine animal like fishes?
(c) Euglenoids (d) Brown algae (a) Gonyaulax (b) Paramecium
42. The diatoms do not easily decay like most of the (c) Euglenoids (d) Sporozoans
other algae because 53. Euglenoids are found
(a) They have higly siliceous wall (a) In fresh running water
(b) They have water proof cells (b) In fresh stagnant water
(c) Their cell wall are mucilaginous (c) In marine environment in both fresh and marine water
(d) Cell wall is virus resistant (d) None of the above
43. Diatomaceous earth is used for all except 54. Which of the following statements about euglena is true?
(a) Polishing (a) Euglena placed in continuous darkness lose their
(b) Filteration of oils and syrups photosynthetic activity and die
(c) Sound and fire proof room (b) The pigments of euglena are quite different from
(d) Biogas those of green plants
44. Chrysophytes are (c) The pigments of euglena are quite similar to those
(a) Planktons (b) Necton of green plants
(c) Benthonic (d) Active swimmers (d) Euglena is a marine protista
45. Chief producers in ocean are 55. Which of the following statement is true about
(a) Dinoflaggellates (b) Diatoms Euglena?
(c) Euglenoids (d) Green algae (a) They show flagellar locomotion
46. Photosynthetic protists are (b) They have a rigid cell wall
(a) Euglenoids, diatoms, dinoflagellates (c) They have no chloroplast
(b) Diatoms (d) They are obligate autotroph
(c) Euglenoids 56. A. Instead of cell wall they have a protein rich pel-
(d) Green algae licle making their body flexible
47. Dianoflagellates are mostly B. They have 2 flagella, a short and long one
(a) Marine (b) Fresh water C. They have mixotrophic nutrition
(c) Terrestrial (d) Saprophytes D. In light they are photosynthetic, but acts as
48. Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to heterotrophs when they are in dark
super abundance of E. They are connecting link between plants and animals
(a) Dinoflagellates (b) Euglenoid forms The above statements are assigned to
(c) Diatoms and desmids (d) Chlamydomonas nivalis (a) Dinoflagellates (b) Slime mould
49. Red tide is caused by (c) Desmids and diatoms (d) Euglena
(a) Ceretium (b) Noctiluca 57. Slime moulds
(c) Gonyaulax (d) All of these (a) Are parasite
50. Dinoflagellates have (b) Do not produce spores
(a) A single flagellum in the transverse groove between (c) Do not produce fruiting bodies
cell plates (d) Saprophytic protists
(b) A single flagellum in the longitudinal groove 58. The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the
between cell plates body of slime mould is called
(c) Two flagella one lies longitudinally and the other (a) Plasmodium (b) Myxamoeba
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59. Which of the following is correct about slime mould? 70. All of the following are fungi except
A. Its thalloid body, plasmodium, has pseudopodia (a) Yeast (b) Penicillium
for locomotion and engulfing organic matter (c) Plasmodium (d) Puccinia
B. During unfavourable conditions plasmodium 71. Which of the following is odd?
differentiates and produce fruiting bodies,sporangium (a) Toad stool (b) Puccinia
C. Spores possess no true cell wall (c) Alternaria (d) Mushroom
D. They are dispersed by air current 72. Cell walls of all fungi consists of polysaccharide
E. Being extremely resistant, spores survive for many (a) Chitin (b) Cellulose
years (c) Silica (d) Pectin
F. Plasmodium can grow upto several feet 73. The body of multicellular fungus is called a
Options : (a) Monocarion (b) Hyphae
(a) A,B,D,E,F (b) A,B,C (c) Rhizoids (d) Dikaryon
(c) A,B,C,D (d) B,C,D 74. Which one is unicellular fungus?
60. Protozoans are not included in kingdom Animalia because (a) Puccinia (b) Toad stool
(a) Mostly asymmetrical (b) Unicellular eukaryotes. (c) Penicillium (d) Yeast
(c) Heterotrophic nature (d) Multicellular prokaryotes
75. Coenocytic hypha is
61. All protozoans are
(a) Uninucleate hypha
(a) Saprophytes only (b) Parasites only
(b) Multicellular hypha
(c) Predators only (d) Heterotrophs only
(c) Multinucleate hypha without separate
62. Which of the following is considered to be primitive
(d) Hypha in coelom
relatives of animals?
76. Fungi occur
(a) Dinoflagellates (b) Slime moulds
(a) In air and soil (b) In water
(c) Protozoa (d) Protochordata
(c) On plants and animals (d) All
63. How many major groups protozoan have?
77. Fungi show a great diversity in
(a) 3 (b) 4
(a) Morphology (b) Habitat
(c) 2 (d) 8
64. Flagellated protozoans are (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Nutrition
(a) Free living 78. Reproduction in fungi can take place by all of the
(b) Parasites following vegetative methods except
(c) Either free living or parasites (a) Gammea (b) Fragmentation
(d) Pseudopodia (c) Fission (d) Budding
65. Which one is correct about trypanosoma? 79. Fungi show asexual reproduction by all of the
(a) Flagellated protozoans (b) Parasite following spores except
(c) Cause sleeping sickness (d) All (a) Conidia (b) Oospore
66. Paramoecium (c) Sporangiospore (d) Zoospore
(a) Is a ciliated protozoan 80. Sexual reproduction in fungi is by all of the following
(b) Shows water current maintained by cilia whch helps except
the food to be steered into gullet (a) Oospores (b) Ascospores
(c) Has a cavity that opens to the outside of the cell surface (c) Zoospores (d) Basidiospores
(d) All 81. When a moist bread is kept exposed in air, it
67. Plasmodium (malarial parasite)is becomes mouldy and black because?
(a) Sporozoan (b) Ciliated protozoan (a) Spores are present
(c) Flagellated protozoan (d) Amoeboid protozoan (b) Spores are present in the bread
68. Which of the following always produce an infectious (c) Spores are in the air
spore like stage in their cycles? (d) The bread gets decomposed
(a) Ciliated protozoan (b) Flagellated protozoan 82. Fungi are classified on the basis of
(c) Sporozoans (d) None (a) Morphology of mycelium
69. Mode of nutrition in fungi is (b) Mode of spore formation
(a) Parasitic (b) Saprophytic (c) Development of fruiting bodies
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83. Dikaryon formation is a specific characteristic of 92. Which of the following is false about ascomycetes?
(a) All fungi (a) Mode of nutrition saprophytic, decomposer,
(b) Phycomycetes and ascomycetes coprophilous and parasitic
(c) Only basidiomycetes (b) Includes unicellular and multicellular forms
(d) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes (c) Mycelium is coenocytic
84. Coenocytic, multinucleate and branched mycelial (d) Aspergillus, claviceps, neurospora are important
habit is found in members of ascomycetes
(a) Basidiomycetes (b) Phycomycetes 93. Which of the following are edible ascomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes (d) Deuteromycetes delicacies?
85. Match the following (a) Morels and mushrooms (b) Truffles and toadstool
Column – I Column – II (c) Morels and truffles (d) Puffball and mushroom
A. Phycomycetes I. Sac fungi 94. Which of the following is used in biogenetics?
B. Ascomycetes II. Algal fungi (a) Agaricus (b) Alternaria
C. Basidiomycetes III. Fungi imperfecti (c) Neurospora (d) Mucor
D. Deuteromycetes IV. Club fungi 95. In 1971, T.O. diener discovered a new infectious
Options : agent that was smaller than viruses
(a) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III A. It causes potato spindle tuber disease
(b) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III B. It is free RNA
(c) A-IV, B-1, C-II, D-III C. Molecular wt of RNA is low
(d) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I The above statement is in regard to
86. Members of phycomycetes are found (a) Viruses. (b) Viroids.
A. In aquatic habitat (c) Virulent (d) Mycoplasma
B. On decaying wood 96. Basidiomycetes include
C. In moist and damp places (a) Mushroom, toadstool,puffball and bracket fungi
D. As obligate parasite on plants (b) Smut fungi and rust fungi
Options :
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(a) None of the above (b) A and D
(d) Bread mould, sac fungi, and algal fungi
(c) B and C (d) All of the above
97. Which of the following are common parasite
87. In phycomycetes asexual reproduction occurs by
basidiomycetes?
(a) Zoospores (b) Aplanospores
(a) Puccinia and ustilago (b) Brecket fungi
(c) Both (d) Aplanogamete
(c) Puffballs (d) Agaricus
88. Which of the spores are produced endogenously?
98. Where does meiosis occur in mushroom?
(a) Zoospores and conidia
(a) Basidiospore (b) Basidium
(b) Conidia and aplanospores
(c) Basidiocarp (d) Ascus mother cell
(c) Aplanospores, zoospores
99. The characters below are assigned to
(d) Aplanospores, zoospores, conidia
A. Mycelium is brached and septate
89. In phycomycetes sexual reproduction occurs by
B. No sexual spores are generally formed
(a) Isogamy and anisogamy
C. Vegetative reproduction by fragmentation is common
(b) Isogamy, oogamy
D. Sex organ are absent but sexual reproduction takes
(c) Isogamy, anisogamy, oogamy
place by somatogamy
(d) Oogamy and anisogamy
E. Karyogamy and meiosis occur in basidium to form
90. All of the following belong to ascomycetes except
haploid exogenous 4 basiospores
(a) Pencillium (b) Rhizopus
F. Basidia are arranged in basidiocarp
(c) Yeast (d) Clavicep
Options :
91. Which of the following is parasite on mustard?
(a) Albugo (b) Puccinia (a) Sac fungi (b) Club fungi
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100. Which of the following is false about deuteromycetes?
(a) They reproduce only by asexual spores
(b) Mycelium is branched and septate
(c) They have only parasitic forms
(d) They have no sexual stage
101. Sexual reproduction is found in all except
(a) Deuteromycetes (b) Ascomycetes
(c) Phycomycetes (d) Basidiomycetes
102. If sexual stage is discovered in a member of
Deuteromycetes , it is moved to
(a)Phycomycetes (b)Basidiomycetes
(c)Ascomycetes (d)Both b and c
103. Which of the following pair is false?
(a) Bladderwort-insectivorous
(b) Venus fly trap-insectivorous
(c) Cuscuta-saprophytic
(d) Cell wall of plant cell- mainly cellulosic
104. Viruses did not find place in classification since
(a) They are not truly living
(b) They are obligate parasite
(c) They are cellular
(d) They are hyperparasite
105. Common cold/flu is a
(a) A viral disease (b) A bacterial disease
(c) A mycoplasmal disease (d) A fungal disease
106. Which is absent in viruses?
(a) Nucleic acid (b) Protoplasm
(c) Protein (d) (a) and (c)
107. Term virus means
(a) Non cellular (b) A parasite
(c) A killer (d) Venom or poisonous
108. Term virus was given by
(a) D.J Iwanowksy (b) Pasteur
(c) Beijerinek (d) Stanley
109. The scientist who first crytallized TMV was
(a) Ivanovksy (b) Pasteur
(c) Robertson (d) Stanley
110. Chemically viruses are
(a) Glycoproteins (b) Glycolipid
(c) Nucleoproteins (d) Lipopolysaccharide
111. TMV was discovered
(a) Mayer (b) Towrt
(c) Pasteur (d) Ivanowksy
112. The concept of “Contagium vivum fluidium” for
viruses was given by
(a) Mayer (b)Beijerinck
(c) Pastor (d)Ivanowksy
113. Viruses have protein and
(a) DsDNA or ssRNA (b) SsRNA or ds RNA
(c) DsDNA or ssDNA (d) Ds or ssRNA/DNA

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