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ologi
calCl
assi
fi
cat
ion

Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions

Si
ngl
eCor
rectAnswerTy
pe

1.Al
leukar
yot
icuni
cel
l
ularor
gani
smsbel
ongt
o

(
A)Moner
a

(
B)Pr
oti
sta

(
C)Fungi

(
D)Bact
eri
a

Ans.
(B)

Moner
a-ki
ngdom ofpr
okar
yot
esAl
leukar
yot
icuni
cel
l
ularor
gani
smsbel
ongt
opr
oti
sta.
2.Thef
iveki
ngdom cl
assi
fi
cat
ionwaspr
oposedby

(
B)C.Li
nnaeus

(
C)Roxber
g

(
D)Vi
rchow.

Ans.
(A)

Thi
sphylogeneticclassi
fi
cat
ionwasproposedbyR.H.Whi t
taker(
1969).Hecreatednew
ki
ngdom 'Fungi'
.5kingdomsoff i
veki
ngdom cl
assi
ficat
ionareasfol
lows: 1.Pl
antae,2.
Ani
mali
a, 3.Proti
sta,4.Moneraand5.Fungi
.Whit
takerhasused5cr i
teri
afor5kingdom
cl
assi
fi
cation,asfoll
ows:

1.Repr
oduct
ion,

2.Cel
lst
ruct
ure,

3.Phy
logenet
icr
elat
ionshi
ps,

4.Modeofnut
ri
ti
on,

5.Thal
l
usor
gani
sat
ion.

3.Or
gani
smsl
i
vingi
nsal
tyar
easar
ecal
l
edas

(
A)Met
hanogens

(
B)Hal
ophi
l
es

(
C)Hel
i
ophy
tes
(
D)Ther
moaci
dophi
l
es.

Ans.
(B)

Hal
ophi
l
es:
Bact
eri
ali
vi
ngi
next
remel
ysal
tyar
eas.

Ther
moaci
dophi
l
es:
Bact
eri
ali
vi
ngi
nhotspr
ings/
deepseawat
er.eg.
:Ther
mococcus

Met
hanogens:
Bact
eri
ali
vi
ngi
nmar
shyar
eas.andpr
oducemet
hanegas.

Hel
i
ophy
tes:
Sunl
ovi
ngpl
ant
s

4.Nakedcy
topl
asm,
mul
ti
nucl
eat
edandsapr
ophy
ticar
ethechar
act
eri
sti
csof

(
A)Moner
ans

(
B)Pr
oti
stst
s

(
C)Fungi

(
D)Sl
i
memoul
ds.

Ans.
(D)

Sli
memoul dsaresaprophyti
cproti
sts,
withoutcel
lwal
l
s.Thespor
esofsli
memoul dspossess
tr
uewalls.Thalloi
dmul t
inucl
eatebodyofasl i
memouldiscal
l
edplasmodium.Spor
esare
di
spersedbyai rcurr
ents.eg.
:Acel
lul
arsli
memoul d-
Physar
um,Cel
l
ularsl
i
memoul d-
Dict
yostel
ium.
5.Anassoci
ati
onbet
weenr
oot
sofhi
gherpl
ant
sandf
ungi
iscal
l
ed

(
A)Li
chen

(
B)Fer
n

(
C)My
cor
rhi
za

(
D)BG

Ans.
(C)

Li
chensar
esy mbi
oti
cassociat
ionsi
.e.mutual
l
yusef
ulassoci
ati
ons,
bet
weenal
gaeandf
ungi
.
Thi
srel
ati
onshipi
sbestknownashel ot
ism.

6.Adi
kar
yoni
sfor
medwhen

(
A)Mei
osi
sisar
rest
ed

(
B)Thet
wohapl
oidcel
l
sdonotf
usei
mmedi
atel
y

(
C)Cy
topl
asm doesnotf
use

(
D)Noneoft
heabov
e.

Ans.
(B)
I
nsomef ungi
thef usionoftwohaploidcell
simmediatel
yresult
sindipl
oidcells(2n)
.However,
i
notherfungi(ascomy cet
esandbasidiomycet
es)
,aninterveni
ngdikary
oticstage(n+n,i
.e.
,two
nucl
eipercell
)occur s;suchacondi
tioniscall
edadikaryonandthephasei scall
ed
di
karyophaseoffungus.Adi kar
yoti
ccel l
has2dissi
mi l
arhaploi
dnuclei.

7.Cont
agi
um v
ivum f
lui
dum waspr
oposedby

(
A)D.J.I
vanowsky

(
B)M.W.Bei
j
eri
nck

(
C)St
anl
ey

(
D)Rober
tHooke

Ans.(
B)

(b)D.J.Iv
anowsky( 1892)recognisedcer t
ainmicrobesascausalorgani
sm ofthemosaic
diseaseoftobacco.M. W.Bei j
eri
nck(1898)demonst rat
edthatt
heext r
actoftheinf
ect
edplant
s
oftobaccocouldcausei nfectioninhealt
hyplantsandcall
edtheflui
das
Contagiumvivumfl
uidum (infecti
ousliv
ingflui
d).W.M.Stanl
ey(1935)fir
stti
meshowedt hat
vir
usescouldbecr ystal
li
sedandcr y
stalsconsi
stlargel
yofprot
eins.

8.Associ
ati
onbet
weenmy
cobi
ontandphy
cobi
ontar
efoundi
n

(
A)My
cor
rhi
za

(
B)Root

(
C)Li
chens
(
D)BGA

Ans.(
C)

Associ
ati
onbet
weenmy
cobi
ontandphy
cobi
ontar
efoundi
nli
chens.

9.Di
ff
erencebet
weenv
irusandv
iroi
dis

(
A)Absenceofpr
otei
ncoati
nvi
roi
dbutpr
esenti
nvi
rus

(
B)Pr
esenceofl
owmol
ecul
arwei
ghtRNAi
nvi
rusbutabsenti
nvi
roi
d

(
C)Bot
h(a)and(
b)

(
D)Noneoft
heabov
e.

Ans.(
A)

Viroi
dsaresmallert
hanvi
rusesandcausedpotat
ospi
ndletuberdi
sease,chr
ysant
hemum stunt
disease.I
twasfoundtobeaf r
eeRNA;itl
ackedthepr
otei
ncoatthatisfoundinvi
ruses,
hence
thenamev ir
oid.

10.Wi
thr
espectt
othef
ungal
sexual
cycl
e,chooset
hecor
rectsequenceofev
ent
s

(
A)Kar
yogamy
,pl
asmogamyandmei
osi
s

(
B)Mei
osi
s,pl
asmogamyandkar
yogamy
(
C)Pl
asmogamy
,kar
yogamyandmei
osi
s

(
D)Mei
osi
s,kar
yogamyandpl
asmogamy

Ans.(
C)

Thesexual
cycl
einv
olv
est
hef
oll
owi
ngt
hreest
eps:

1.Fusi
onofpr
otopl
asmsbet
weent
womot
il
eornon-
mot
il
egamet
escal
l
edpl
asmogamy
.

Pl
asmogamyi
sfusi
onoft
wohapl
oidcel
l
swi
thoutnucl
earf
usi
on.

2.Fusi
onoft
wonucl
eical
l
edkar
yogamy
.

3.Mei
osi
sinzy
got
eresul
ti
ngi
nhapl
oidspor
es.

11.Vi
rusesarenon-cel
lul
arorgani
smsbutrepl
icatethemsel
vesoncet
heyi
nfectt
hehostcel
l
.
Towhichofthefol
lowingkingdom dov
irusesbelongto?

(
A)Moner
a

(
B)Pr
oti
sta

(
C)Fungi

(
D)Noneoft
hese.
Ans.(
D)

Vir
usesdidnotf i
ndaplaceinclassif
icati
onsincetheyarenottr uly‘
li
ving’,i
fweunder stand
l
ivi
ngast hoseorgani
smst hathaveacel lst
ructur
e.Vir
usar enei t
herpr okar
y ot
esnor
eukary
otes.Theyareiner
toutsidetheirspeci
fi
chostcellandcannotmul ti
plyofthei
rown
becuasetheylackcel
lul
armachi ner
yt ouseitsgeneti
cmat eri
al.Virusescanonl ymultiplyi
n
hostorli
vingcell
.

12.Member
sofPhy
comy
cet
esar
efoundi
n

(
i)Aquat
ichabi
tat
s

(
ii
)Ondecay
ingwood

(
ii
i)Moi
standdamppl
aces

(
iv)Asobl
i
gat
epar
asi
tesonpl
ant
s

Choosef
rom t
hef
oll
owi
ngopt
ions.

(
A)Noneoft
heabov
e

(
B)(
i)and(
iv)

(
C)(
ii
)and(
ii
i)

(
D)Al
loft
heabov
e.
Ans.(
D)

MembersofPhycomycet
esarefoundinaquat
ichabi
tat
s,ondecay
ingwood,
moi
standdamp
pl
acesandasobli
gat
eparasi
tesonplant
s.