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BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

Assertion - Reasoning Type

This section contain(s) 0 questions numbered 1 to 0. Each question contains STATEMENT 1(Assertion) and
STATEMENT 2(Reason). Each question has the 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

a) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d) Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

Statement 1: The fungi are widespread in distribution and they even live on or inside other plants and
animals
Statement 2: Fungi are able to grow anywhere on land, water or on other organisms because they have
a variety of pigments, including chlorophyll, carotenoids fucoxanthin and phycoerythrin.
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Statement 1: 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎is a plant due to presence of chlorophyll.

Statement 2: 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎cannot be classified on the basis of two kingdom system.

Statement 1: Gram negative bacteria do not retain the stain when washed with alcohol

Statement 2: The outer face of the outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria contains
lipopolysaccharides, a part of which is integrated into the membrane lipids.
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Statement 1: The true nucleus is generally absent in 𝐸. 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑖 and other prokaryotes.

Statement 2: An undifferentiated, unorganized fibrillar nucleus without any limiting membrane is

observed in prokaryotic cells.
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Statement 1: In fungi, sexual apparatus decreases in complexity from lower to higher forms.

Statement 2: In algae, sexual apparatus increases in complexity from simple to the higher forms.

Statement 1: Viruses cause diseases and replicate when they are in the host

Statement 2: Viruses do not replicate outside the host but they remain alive.

Statement 1: 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎 is a plant due to the presence of chlorophyll

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Statement 2: 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎 can not be classified on the basis of two kingdom system

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: ANSWER KEY :

1) c 2) b 3) c 4) a
5) b 6) c 7) d

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: HINTS AND SOLUTIONS :

ER, Golgi body, etc. There is an undifferentiated,

1 (c)
Fungi are widespread in distribution, which may
be epiphytic, saprophytic, symbiotic and parasitic.
Fungi lack chlorophyll pigments and autotrophic
mode of nutrition
5 (b)
2 (b)
𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎is a green coloured, single celled
organism, which moves like animals. Some
taxonomists considered it as a plant and included
it in the plant kingdom on the basis of chlorophyll,
while others included it in the animal kingdom
alongwith the protozoans because of the
locomotion by flagella.
6 (c)
3 (c)
Gram staining technique was developed by the
Danish Bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram in
1884. It is a very useful procedure and on the
basis of it bacteria can be classified into :
7 (d)
(i) Gram positive, 𝑖. 𝑒., those, which give positive
test with Gram stain.
(ii) Gram negative, 𝑖. 𝑒., those, which give negative
test with Gram stain.
4 (a)
𝐸. 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑖is a well studied prokaryotic cell.
Prokaryotic cell lacks true nucleus and membrane
bound organelles like mitochondria, chloroplast,
unorganized fibrillar nucleus without any nuclear
membrane in prokaryotic cells. The genetic
material of prokaryotic cell is disperse in
cytoplasm and is known as nucleoid.
In fungi reproduction is of three types, 𝑖. 𝑒.,
vegetative, asexual and sexual. There is gradual
and progressive simplification and ultimate
elimination of the sexual apparatus from the
lower to higher forms of fungi. In case of algae, the
sexual apparatus increases in complexity from the
simple to higher forms.
The genetic material of virus is either DNA or
RNA. Both DNA and RNA are never present in a
single virus. Generally plant virus contains RNA
and animals viruses DNA as genetic material.
Euglena is a green coloured, single celled
organism, which moves like animals. Some
taxonomists considered it as a plant and included
it in the plant kingdom on the basis of chlorophyll,
while others, included it in the animal kingdom
along with the flagellated protozons because of
the locomotion by flagella

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