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EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) Build Up Your Understanding

NOMENCLATURE, CLASSIFICATION, SPECIES 8. Which book most impressed the opinion of
CONCEPT taxonomists ?
1. Mayr proposed which type of concept of (1) Enquiry into plants
species:-
(2) Origin of life
(1) Taxononic concept
(3) Genera plantarum
(2) Biological concept
(4) Origin of species
(3) Taxonomic and Biological concept
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(4) Genetic concept
9. The basic smallest unit of classifications is :-
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2. Artificial system of classification classifies (1) Genus (2) Species
plants on the basis of :- (3) Order (4) All of the above
(1) One or two characters DL0009
(2) Phylogenetic trends 10. Plant nomenclature means :-
(3) Many naturally existing characters (1) To give names to plants without any
(4) None of the above EN rules
DL0002 (2) Nomenclature of plants under the
3. The term systematics was introduced by :- international rules
(1) Mayr (2) Bentham (3) Nomenclature of plants in local
(3) Hutchinson (4) Linnaeus language
DL0003 (4) Nomenclature of plants in english
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4. Group of organisms that closely resemble language
each other and freely interbreed in nature, DL0010
constitute a:- 11. Taxonomy term was given by :-
(1) Species (2) Genus (1) Linnaeus (2) Mayr
(3) Family (4) Taxon
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(3) Haeckel (4) A.P. de. Candolle

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5. ICBN was first published in :-
12. Which of the following is a correct name ?
(1) 1961 (2) 1964 (3) 1975 (4) 1753
(1) Solanum tuberosum
DL0005
(2) Solanum Tuberosum
6. The term taxon refers to :-
(3) Solanum tuberosum Linn.
(1) Name of a species
(4) All the above
(2) Name of genus
(3) Name of family DL0012
(4) A taxonomic group of any rank 13. Systematics deals with :-
DL0006 (1) Classification
7. The scientific naming of plants began with (2) Nomenclature
publication of Linnaeus book :- (3) Identification
(1) Genera plantarum (2) Systema naturae (4) All of these
(3) Species plantarum (4) Charaka samhita DL0013
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14. Scientific name of Mango plant is 20. For higher plants, flowers are chiefly used
Mangifera indica Linn. in the above name as a basis of classification, because :–
Linn. refers to :- (1) These show a great variety in colour
(1) Variety of Mango (2) It can be preserved easily
(2) A taxonomist who proposed the (3) Reproductive parts are more
present nomenclature in honour of conservative than vegetative parts
Linnaeus (4) None of these
(3) A scientist who for the first time BC0820
described Mango plant 21. Who wrote species plantarum ?
(4) A scientist who changed the name (1) Linnaeus (2) Mayr
proposed by Linnaeus and proposed
(3) Bentham (4) Aristotle
present name
BC0821
DL0014
22. The binomial system of nomenclature was
15. Phylogeny refers to :-
given by:–
(1) Natural classification
(1) Magnus (2) Linnaeus
(2) Evolutionary classification
(3) Caesalpinno (4) Discorides
(3) Evolutionary history
(4) Origin of algae
EN 23. Who is regarded as "Darwin of 20th
BC0822
DL0015
century" ?
16. Biological concept of species is given by :- (1) John Ray (2) Lamarck
(1) Aristotle (2) Bentham (3) Ernst Mayr (4) Darwin
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(3) Koch (4) Mayr BC0823

DL0016 24. A division is formed by combining
17. In taxonomy the first step is :- several :–
(1) Identification (2) Nomenclature (1) Orders (2) Families
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(3) Classification (4) Affinities (3) Classes (4) Tribes

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18. A large number of unknown species of 25. For declaration of new species of higher
plants and animals are believed to be plants what characters are mainly used :–
present in :- (1) Floral character of new species
(1) Temperate forests (2) Anatomical characters of new species
(2) Antarctica (3) Physiological character of new species
(3) Taiga
(4) Character of endosperm
(4) Tropical forest DL0025
DL0018 26. The standared size of herbarium sheets
19. Who wrote Systema naturae ? is :–
(1) Linnaeus (2) Mayr (1) 11.5"  16.5" (2) 15.5"  16.5"
(3) John Ray (4) De Candolle (3) 18.5"  10.5" (4) 20.5"  21.5"
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27. Which statement is true ? 33. By Bentham-Hooker, how many families
(1) Tautonyms are not allowed in plants are placed in gymnospermae class :-
(2) Tautonyms are not allowed in animals (1) 86 (2) 88 (3) 45 (4) 3
(3) Tautonyms normally allowed in animals BC0825
and some time allowed in plants 34. "Genera Plantarum" was written by :-
(4) Tautonyms allowed only in bacteria (1) Engler and Prantal (2) Hutchinson
DL0027 (3) Bentham & Hooker (4) Bessey
BC0826
28. Book "Systema Naturae" was written by :-
35. Chief merit of Bentham and Hooker's
(1) Mayr (2) Linnaeus
classification is that :-
(3) John–Ray (4) Theophrastus
(1) It is a system mostly based on
DL0028 evolutionary concepts
29. Most of the botanical names are derived (2) It is a natural systems of classification of
from the following language :– all groups of plants
(1) German (2) Greek (3) The description of the taxa are based on
(3) Latin (4) Spanish actual observation of the specimen
ENDL0029 (4) It also considers the phylogenetic
30. Evolutionary classification is called :– aspects
(1) Artificial system BC0827
(2) Natural system 36. The system of classification proposed by
Bentham and Hooker is :-
(3) Phylogenetic system
(1) Artificial (2) Natural
(4) None of the above
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(3) Phylogenetic (4) Numerical

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DL0036
31. Which of the following statements 37. The classification of Linnaeus was mainly
regarding nomenclature is correct ? based on :-
(1) Generic name always begins with (1) Sepals (2) Stem
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capital letter whereas specific epithet (3) Petals (4) Stamens

with small letter DL0037
(2) Scientific nomenclature should be 38. Kingdom Monera comprises the :-
printed in italics (1) Plants of economic importance
(3) Scientific nomenclature when typed or (2) All the plants studied in botany
handwritten should be separately (3) Prokaryotic organisms
underlined (4) Plants of Thallophyta group
(4) All the above BC0828
DL0031 39. Whittaker is famous for :-
HISTORY OF TAXONOMY (1) Two kingdom classification
32. According to Whittaker, BGA are included (2) Four kingdom classification
in :- (3) Five kingdom classification
(1) Mycota (2) Protista (4) Distinguishing in Bacteria & blue gree
(3) Plantae (4) Monera Algae
BC0824 BC0829
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40. System of classification proposed by 46. First plant classification was given by :–
Linnaeus was:- (1) Linnaeus (2) John–Ray
(1) Artificial (2) Natural (3) Aristotle (4) Darwin
(3) Sexual (4) (1) and (3) both BC0836
BC0830 47. According to Benthum & Hooker total
41. The group "Plantae" proposed by families of real flowering plants :–
Whittaker includes:- (1) 202 (2) 199 (3) 34 (4) 85
(1) Pteridophytes (2) Gymnosperms BC0837
(3) Angiosperms (4) All the above 48. The word Cryptogamia was coined by :–
BC0831 (1) Theophrastus (2) Linnaeus
42. In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, (3) Bentham & Hooker (4) John–Ray
eucaryotes were assigned to :- BC0838
(1) All the five kingdom 49. "Systema Naturae" book was written by:-
(2) Only four of the five kingdoms (1) Angler and Prantle (2) Darwin
(3) Only three kingdom (3) Linnaeus (4) Oswald - Tippo
(4) Only one kingdom
43. The book genera plantarum which contains

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BC0832 50. According to Whittaker kingdom protista
BC0839
includes:-
the classification of seed plants was written (1) Prokaryotes
by :- (2) Unicellular eukaryotes
(1) Linnaeus
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(3) Slime molds & protozoa
(2) De jussieu (4) Multicellular & eukaryotes
(3) Bentham and Hooker BC0840
(4) Eichler KINGDOM – MONERA
BC0833 51. Infoldings of plasma membrane in bacteria
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44. "Theorie elementaire de la botanique" is are called as :-

the book written by :- (1) Episomes (2) Plasmid
(1) Takhtajan (3) Pili (4) Mesosomes
(2) De Candolle BC0841
(3) Eichler 52. The organisms participating most actively
(4) Linnaeus in nitrogen cycle in nature are :-
BC0834 (1) Bacteria (2) Legumes
45. Carolus Linnaeus classified plant kingdom (3) Parasitic algae (4) Fungi
on the basis of :- BC0842
(1) Floral morphology 53. Heterocyst is a structure which is
(2) Overall morphology of plants associated with
(3) Type of sexual reproduction (1) Reproduction (2) Respiration
(4) Anatomical character (3) Nitrogen fixation (4) Locomotion
BC0835 BC0843
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54. Trichodesmium erythraeum which imparts 61. Which of the following is the only group of
red colour to sea water of red sea is a : organisms capable of using inorganic
(1) Cyanobacterium (2) Red Algae compounds as source of energy ?
(3) Diatom (4) Red Coral (1) Fungi
BC0844 (2) Chemo autotrophs
55. Archaebacterial cell lacks :- (3) Both the above
(1) Peptidoglycan (4) None of the above
(2) DNA BC0851
(3) Ribosomes 62. Link between prokaryotes and multicellular
(4) Branched Chain Lipids eukaryotes :–
BC0845 (1) Cyanobacteria
56. Most common method of reproduction in
(2) Protista
prokaryotes :-
(3) Fungi
(1) Budding (2) Binary fission
(4) Plants
(3) Transduction (4) Conjugation
ENBC0846 BC0852
57. Harmful activity of Blue green algae is:- 63. Which structure of prokaryotes is
analogous to lysosome ?
(1) Denitrification
(2) Water - bloom (1) Mesosome
(3) Increase alkalinity of soil (2) Genophore
(4) Decrease fertility of soil (3) Periplasmic space
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BC0847 (4) Perinuclear space

58. The function of mesosome in prokaryotes BC0853
is:- 64. Which of the following performs
(1) Aerobic respiration respiration with the help of plasma
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(2) Cell wall formation membrane ?

(3) Both (1) and (2) (1) Bacteria (2) Algae
(4) N2 - fixation (3) Fungi (4) All the above
BC0848 BC0854
59. During rainy season ground surface 65. Richest source of bacteria is : -
become slippery due to:-
(1) Air (2) Soil
(1) Fungi (2) Blue green algae
(3) Water (4) Milk
(3) Bryophytes (4) Gymnosperm
BC0855
BC0849
66. The most primitive monerans are :-
60. Photosynthesis of Blue green algae is:-
(1) Oxygenic (1) Archaebacteria
(2) Non oxygenic (2) Eubacteria
(3) Both oxygenic and non oxygenic (3) Filamentous bacteria
(4) None (4) Cyanobacteria
BC0850 BC0856
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67. Organisms which obtain energy by the 73. Antibiotics are mostly obtained from :-
oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds (1) Bacteria (2) Viruses
are called (3) Fungi (4) Angiosperm
(1) Photo autotrophs BC0863
(2) Chemo autotrophs 74. The main difference between gram +ve and
(3) Saprozoic gram –ve resides in the composition of :-
(4) Heterotrophs (1) Cilia (2) Cell-wall
BC0857 (3) Cell-membrane (4) Cytoplasm
68. Which bacteria are utilized in Gobar gas BC0864
plant ? 75. Free living nitrogen-fixing bacteria are
(1) Methanogens found in-
(1) Air (2) Soil
(2) Nitrifying bacteria
(3) Root nodules (4) None of above
(3) Ammonifying bacteria
BC0865
(4) Denitrifying bacteria
76. Cell membrane of bacteria is made up of -
BC0858
(1) Cellulose and lipid
69. Plasmid are
(2) Chitin
(1) Virus
(2) New types of micro organism
EN (3) Lipid + Protein
(4) Protein and Cellulose
(3) Extra chromosomal genetic material of BC0866
bacteria 77. Which organism is most useful for soil
(4) Essential bacterial genetic materials fertility ?
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BC0859 (1) Bryophyta (2) Fungi

70. A free living aerobic bacteria capable of (3) Bacteria (4) Bacteriophage
fixing nitrogen is BC0867
(1) Azotobactor 78. Bacterial flagella are made of-
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(2) Rhizobium (1) Carbohydrate (2) Lipid

(3) Clostridium botulinum (3) Protein (4) Amide
(4) Streptomyces BC0868
BC0860 79. The mode of the nutrition of bacteria is
71. Wine turns sour becasue of :- usually-
(1) Heat (1) Photo autotrophic
(2) Chemo autotrophic
(2) Aerobic bacteria
(3) Heterotrophic and autotrophic
(3) Anaerobic bacteria
(4) None
(4) Exposure to the light
BC0869
BC0861
80. Fertility of soil is increased by-
72. Which one of the following fixes CO2 in to
(1) Nitrogen - fixing bacteria
carbohydrates ?
(1) Rhizobium (2) E.coli
(3) Plasmalemma
(3) Bacillus (4) Rhodospirillum (4) Cell membrane
BC0862 BC0870
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81. Plant pathogenic bacteria are :- 89. "Keiselgurh" a heat resistant material is
(1) Gram  (2) Gram  obtained from :-
(3) Both (4) None (1) Red Algae (2) Brown Algae
BC0871 (3) Diatoms (4) Fungi
82. Souring of milk is due to - BC0879
(1) Aerobic bacteria 90. The diatomaceous earth is used to insulate
(2) Anaerobic bacteria boilers and steam pipes because:-
(3) Both (1) The wall of diatoms is deposited with
(4) None calcium
BC0872
(2) The diatomaceous earth is cheap
83. At which place bacteria are not found
(3) It is a good conductor of heat
(1) Soil (2) Ice
(4) The wall of diatoms is made of silica
(3) Sea (4) Distilled water
BC0880
BC0873
KINGDOM-PROTISTA 91. Shell of diatoms is made up of :–
84. "Golden Algae" is the common name of EN (1) Silica
Algae belonging to :- (2) Calcium carbonate
(1) Chrysophyta (2) Pyrrophyta (3) Keratin
(3) Euglenophyta (4) Cyanophyta (4) Calcium oxalate
BC0874 BC0881
85. Armoured cell wall and biflagellated cells 92. "Diatomite" (Keiselgurh) is obtained from:–
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are characteristic of :-
(1) Myxophyceae (2) Chrysophyta
(1) Chrysophyta (2) Pyrrophyta
(3) Phaeophyceae (4) Rhodophyceae
(3) Euglenophyta (4) Cyanophyta
BC0882
BC0875
86. Oils and Leucosine are characteristic stored 93. Most characteristic feature of diatoms is :–
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food in :- (1) Pigments

(1) Dinoflagellates (2) Euglenoids (2) Stored food
(3) Diatoms (4) None (3) Cell wall
BC0876 (4) Non oxygenic photosynthesis
87. Armoured algae are :- BC0883
(1) Dinoflagellates (2) Euglenoids 94. Taxonomically the most controversial
(3) Red algae (4) Cyanobacteria group is :–
BC0877 (1) Dinoflagellates (2) Diatoms
88. The diatoms do not easily decay like most
(3) Euglenoids (4) Prokryote
of the other Algae because:-
BC0884
(1) They have water proof cells
(2) Their walls are mucilagenous 95. Decomposer protists are :-
(3) They have highly siliceous wall (1) Diatoms (2) Dinoflagellates
(4) They are non living (3) Slime moulds (4) Euglenoid
BC0878 BC0885
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96. The dead remains of diatoms are known 103. Slime mould is known as naked fungi.
as:- (1) Cell membrane absent
(1) Coenobium (2) Sporangia (2) Cell wall absent
(3) Kieselgurh (4) Sporocarp (3) Cell wall and cell membrane absent
BC0886 (4) Never naked
97. Taxonomists feel difficulty in classification BC0893
of :- 104. Dinoflagellates are called fire algae due to
(1) Procaryotes which character :-
(2) Unicellular eucaryotes (1) They appear like fire due to pigments
(3) Plants (2) They produce fire due to friction
(4) Animals (3) They occur on burnt places
BC0887 (4) They show bioluminescence
98. Which of the following unicellular algae BC0894
reproduce by auxospores, have silicified
105. Toxins (Saxitoxins) secreted by some
cell wall and store food in the form of fats, dinoflagellates enter the body of human
leucosine and chrysolaminarin ?
beings through food chain and result in :-
(1) Diatoms
(3) Dinoflagellates
(2) Red algae
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(4) Euglenoids
(1) Madness
(3) Syphilis
(2) Paralysis
(4) Plague
BC0888
BC0895
99. Paramylum is stored food of :-
106. Stored food of Diatoms :-
(1) Dinoflagellate (2) Euglenoid
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(1) Leucosin (2) Starch
(3) Diatom (4) Slime mould
(3) Floridian starch (4) Glycogen
BC0889
BC0896
100. The most efficient locomotion in protists is
107. Dead remains of diatoms at sea bed are
through :-
called:-
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(1) Pseudopodia (2) Flagella

(1) Keiselgurh (2) Peat
(3) Cilia (4) Tentacles
(3) Coral reefs (4) Sporopollenin
BC0890
BC0897
101. Organism of which kingdom feed like
108. Protists include :
animals and perform photosynthesis like
plants :- (1) Unicellular Eukaryotes
(1) Monera (2) Protista (2) Prokaryotes
(3) Mycota (4) Animalia (3) Multicellular eukaryotes
BC0891 (4) Multicellular prokaryotes
102. "Fire algae" belongs to group :- BC0898
(1) Pyrrophyta 109. Which of the following eukaryotes are
devoid of histone proteins ?
(2) Chrysophyta
(1) Golden algae (2) Euglenoids
(3) Euglenophyta
(3) Fire algae (4) Slime Mould
(4) Rhodophyta
BC0892 BC0899
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110. Diatoms perform which type of movement 118. Which of the following characters indicate
in water :- similarity between fungi and animals ?
(1) Swimming (2) Amoeboid (1) Heterotrophic nutrition
(3) Floating (4) Ciliary (2) Type of stored food
BC0900 (3) Presence of chitin
111. Protist used for the construction of sound (4) All the above
proof rooms, is - BC0908
(1) Dinoflagellate (2) Diatoms 119. The sac fungi belongs to :-
(3) Euglenoids (4) Zooflagellates (1) Ascomycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
BC0901 (3) Phycomycetes (4) Deuteromycetes
112. Auxospores are formed by - BC0909
(1) Diatoms (2) Euglenoids 120. Neurospora, which is popularly known as
(3) Dinoflagelates (4) bacteria Drosophilla of plant kingdom, belongs to :-
BC0902 (1) Phycomycetes (2) Ascomycetes
113. Protists which are diploid reproduce (3) Basidiomycetes (4) Deuteromycetes
sexually by the process of -
(1) Zygotic meiosis
(3) Binary fission
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(2) Cyst formation
(4) Gametic meiosis
121. The basidiomycetes includes :-
BC0910
(1) Rusts (2) Smuts

BC0903 (3) Mushrooms (4) All the above
114. 'Red tides' are produced by - BC0911
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(1) Red algae (2) Dinoflagellates 122. Which of the following causes wheat rust
(3) Diatoms (4) Brown algae disease?
BC0904 (1) A red alga (2) A green alga
KINGDOM – FUNGI (3) A fungus (4) Mycoplasma
115. Fungal hyphae penetrate hard cell walls of BC0912
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their hosts with the help of:- 123. Sexual cycle is absent in :-
(1) Enzymes (2) Hormones (1) Phycomycetes
(3) Sharp tips (4) Sugar Exudates (2) Deuteromycetes
BC0905 (3) Ascomycetes
116. A fungus completing its life cycle on a (4) Basidiomycetes
single host is known as:- BC0913
(1) Dikaryotic (2) Autoecious 124. Penicillium fungi belong to class :-
(3) Heterocious (4) Heterothallic (1) Zygomycetes (2) Oomycetes
BC0906 (3) Deuteromycetes (4) Ascomycetes
117. Which of the following secretes toxins BC0914
during storage conditions of crop plants ? 125. The fungi are :-
(1) Aspergillus (2) Penicillium (1) Autotrophic (2) Holotrophic
(3) Fusarium (4) Colletotrichum (3) Chemotrophic (4) Heterotrophic
BC0907 BC0915
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126. All fungi are :- 133. Normally how many ascospores are formed
(1) With chlorophyll in an ascus :-
(2) Without chlorophyll (1) 4 - ascospores (2) 8 - ascospores
(3) With carotene (3) 16 ascospores (4) 24 ascospores
(4) Wall less BC0923
BC0916 134. Edible part in mushrooms is :-
127. In class phycomycetes the mycelium is :- (1) Basidiospores
(1) Coenocytic and aseptate (2) Mycelium
(2) Coenocytic and septate (3) Pseudomycelium
(3) Uninucleate and aseptate (4) Complete basidiocarp
(4) Multinucleate and septate BC0924
BC0917 135. Which scientist did work on rust disease ?
128. Coenocytic mycelium is found in :- (1) Lederberg and tatum
(1) Rhizopus (2) Mucor (2) K.C. Mehata
(3) Penicillium (4) Both 1 and 2 (3) Blakeslee
(4) Wollman
129. Stored food material of fungi :-

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BC0918
136. Penicillin is obtained from:-

BC0925
(1) Cellulose
(1) Chara (2) Penicillium
(2) Starch
(3) Aspergillus (4) Albugo
(3) Glycogen and starch
BC0926
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(4) Glycogen and oil

137. Cell wall of Chitin is found in :-
BC0919
(1) Fungi (2) Bryophyta
130. The cell wall of Fungi is composed of:-
(3) Bacteria (4) Angiosperms
(1) Chitin (2) Cellulose
BC0927
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(3) Mucopeptide (4) Pseudomurein

138. The fungus without mycelium is :-
BC0920
(1) Phytophthora (2) Rhizopus
131. The chief characteristic of class
(3) Saccharomyces (4) Microsporum
Ascomycetes is :-
BC0928
(1) Formation of spores
139. Indian scientist who worked on Puccinia :–
(2) Hyphae
(1) J.C. Luthra
(3) Formation of ascospores
(2) K.C. Mehta
(4) Formation of zoospores
(3) C.V. Subramanian
BC0921
(4) K.G. Mukherji
132. Which is commonly called "Drosophilla of
BC0929
plant kingdom" ?
140. Pseudomycelium occurs in :–
(1) Morchella (2) Neurospora
(1) Muschroom (2) Mucor
(3) Rhizopus (4) Claviceps
(3) Bread mold (4) Yeast
BC0922
BC0930
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141. Occurence of dikaryotic mycelium mainly is 148. Which of the following is a form class ?
the characteristic of :– (1) Deuteromycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
(1) Myxomycetes (2) Phycomycetes (3) Rhodophyceae (4) Euglenophyceae
(3) Deuteromycetes (4) Basidiomycetes BC0938
BC0931 149. Ergot fungi belongs to :–
142. Deuteromycetes are called 'Imperfect (1) Ascomycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
fungi' as :– (3) Phycomycetes (4) Deuteromycetes
(1) They have no cell wall BC0939
(2) No mycelium
150. Professor K.C. Mehta is known for his
(3) No sexual reproduction contribution in:-
(4) No asexual reproduction (1) Bryology (2) Plant physiology
BC0932 (3) Virology (4) Plant pathology
143. Fungi which requires two different hosts to BC0940
complete it's life cycle is called as :–
151. Fungi are ecologically important because :-
(1) Homothallic (2) Heterothallic
(1) They yield antibiotics
(3) Heteroecious (4) Autoecious
EN (2) They are used in genetic studies
BC0933
(3) They function as decomposers
144. Aeciospores of Puccinia are produced on :–
(4) All the above
(1) Berberis leaves
BC0941
(2) Wheat leaves
152. Citric acid is obtained from
(3) Mustard leaves
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(1) Streptomyces
(4) Raphanus leaves
(2) Aspergillus
BC0934
(3) Penicillium
145. Absorptive mode of nutrition is found in :–
(1) Algae (2) Fungi (4) Albugo
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(3) Bryophytes (4) Euglenoids BC0942

BC0935 153. In fungi lump of hyphae is referred to as :-
146. Which of the following is called 'toad (1) Thallus (2) Haustorium
stools' ? (3) Mycelium (4) Archegonia
(1) All mushrooms BC0943
(2) Edible mushrooms 154. Plant group which shows Heterotrophic
(3) Poisonous mushrooms mode of nutrition is :-
(4) None (1) Algae (2) Fungi
BC0936 (3) Bryophytes (4) Pteridophytes
147. Yeast grows more quickly in :– BC0944
(1) Salt water 155. Sexual reproduction is absent in :-
(2) Sugar solution (1) Phycomycetes (2)Deuteromycetes
(3) Double distilled water (3) Zygomycetes (4) Basidiomycetes
(4) Marine water BC0945
BC0937
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156. Non-septate mycelium occurs in :- 164. No zoospore formation has been observed
(1) Phycomycetes in the algal members belonging to:-
(2) Ascomycetes (1) Chlorophyceae
(3) Basidiomycetes (2) Brown algae
(4) Deuteromycetes (3) Phaeophyceae
BC0946 (4) Cyanophyceae
157. Basidiocarp is present in:- PD0164
(1) Basidiomycetes (2) Ascomycetes 165. Which pigment is found in phaeophyceae?
(1) Chl. a, c and fucoxanthin
(3) Deuteromycetes (4) Phycomycetes
(2) Chl. a, d and violaxanthin
BC0947
(3)  Carotene and phycocyanin
158. All fungi are:-
(4) None of these
(1) Symbionts (2) Parasites
PD0165
(3) Saprophytes (4) Heterotrophs
166. Food reserve in Rhodophyta is :-
BC0948
(1) Floridean starch (2) Mannitol
159. Aspergillosis is caused by :– EN (3) Leucosin (4) All of the above
(1) Virus (2) Bacteria
PD0166
(3) Fungi (4) Mycoplasma
167. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of :-
BC0949
(1) Procaryotes
KINGDOM – PLANTAE – ALGAE
(2) Thallophyta
160. Which algal groups have similarity in
LL
(3) Bryophyta
pigment composition ?
(4) Spermatophyta
(1) Red algae and brown algae
PD0167
(2) Green algae and blue green algae
168. Photosynthetic pigments common to all
(3) Kelps and diatoms
algae :-
A
(4) Diatoms and euglenoids

(1) Chlorophyll 'b' and carotene
PD0160 (2) Chlorophyll 'a' and 'b'
161. Autotrophic thallophytes are called as :- (3) Chlorophyll 'a' and carotene
(1) Fungi (2) Lichens (4) Chlorophyll and xanthophyll
(3) Algae (4) Microbes PD0168
PD0161 169. Chlorella, a very good source of protein,
162. Parasitic algae is :- belongs to:-
(1) Laminaria (2) Fucus (1) Chlorophyta (2) Rhodophyta
(3) Sargassum (4) Cephaleuros (3) Pyrrophyta (4) Phaeophyta
PD0162 PD0169
163. "Red rust of tea" is caused by parasitic:- 170. Deepest algae in sea are :-
(1) Algae (2) Fungi (1) Red Algae (2) Brown Algae
(3) Bacteria (4) Bryophyta (3) Green Algae (4) Golden Algae
PD0163 PD0170
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171. Phycobilins are characteristic pigments of :- 178. Unique character of Thallophyta is :-
(1) Rhodophyta and phaeophyta (1) Thalloid body
(2) Rhodophyta and Pyrophyta (2) Absence of vascular tissue
(3) Pyrophyta and Cyanophyta (3) Zygotic meiosis
(4) Rhodophyta and Cyanophyta (4) All the above
PD0171 PD0178
172. Which of the following plant groups have 179. In thallophyta main plant body is:-
similar pigment composition ?
(1) Gametophyte (2) Sporophyte
(1) Rhodophyta and phaeophyta
(3) Diploid plant body (4) Leafy plant body
(2) Chlorophyta and phaeophyta
PD0179
(3) Rhodophyta and cyanophyta
180. Sexual reproduction in Thallophyta takes
(4) All of the above
place by:-
PD0172
(1) Isogamy (2) Anisogamy
173. Globule and nucule are sex organs of :–
(1) Chara (2) Chlorella (3) Oogamy (4) Any of the above
(3) Laminaria (4) Polysiphonia PD0180
174. Flagellated cells are absent in :-

ENPD0173 181. Most advanced group of Algae is :-
(1) Myxophyta (2) Chlorophyta
(1) Red algae (2) Blue green algae (3) Brown algae (4) Phaeophyta
(3) Higher seed plants (4) All the above PD0181
PD0174 182. "Agar-agar" is obtained from :-
LL
175. Green algae are considered as ancestors of (1) Green Algae
higher plants due to their resemblance (2) Red Algae
with higher plants in :- (3) Brown Algae
(1) Pigments (2) Cell wall
(4) Yellow green Algae
(3) Stored food (4) All the above
A
PD0182
PD0175
183. Motile stages are not found in life cycle of:-
176. Pyrenoids are characteristically found in
(1) Red Algae & green Algae
algae. A pyrenoid consists of :-
(1) Core of starch surrounded by protein (2) Red Algae & brown Algae
(2) Core of protein surrounded by starch (3) Red Algae & blue green Algae
(3) Core of fatty acids covered by starch (4) Green Algae & brown Algae
(4) Nucleic acid and protein PD0183
PD0176 184. Embryo is not formed in thallophyta due
177. In chlorophyta the mode of sexual to:-
reproduction is :- (1) Zygotic meiosis
(1) Isogamy (2) Zygotic mitosis
(2) Anisogamy (3) Sporangial meiosis
(3) Oogamy (4) Gametic meiosis
(4) Isogamy, Anisogamy and oogamy PD0184
PD0177
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185. Oogonia of Thallophyta differs with 192. In which plant group reproductive organs
archegonia of bryophyta :- are not enclosed in a layer of sterile cells?
(1) Being multicellular (1) Pteridophyta (2) Thallophyta
(2) Being jacketed (3) Angiosperm (4) Gymnosperm
(3) Being stalked PD0192
(4) Being unicellular and jacket less 193. Classification of algae is mainly based on :-
PD0185 (1) Reproductive organs
186. Which of the following best explains the (2) Structure of spores
evolution of sexual reproduction ? (3) Pigments
(1) Chlamydomonas (2) Ulothrix (4) Stored food
PD0193
(3) Puccinia (4) Albugo
194. "Carrageenin" is obtained from :-
PD0186
(1) Chondrus crispus (2) Laminaria
187. Cephaleuros, which causes "Red rust of
(3) Gelidium (4) Macrocystis
tea" is a :-
PD0194
(1) Red Algae (2) Brown Algae
195. Female sex organ of algae is called :-
(3) Dinoflagellate (4) Green Algae
188. Volvox belongs to :-

EN
PD0187
(1) Carpel
(3) Archegonia
(2) Oogonium
(4) Oosphere
PD0195
(1) Brown Algae (2) Red Algae 196. Which of the following is not correctly
(3) Golden Algae (4) Green Algae matched ?
LL
PD0188 (1) Heterocyst = N2-fixation structure of
189. Gametes are non-motile in :- B.G.A.
(1) Blue green Algae (2) Red Algae (2) Hormogonia= Reproductive structure of
(3) Both 1 and 2 (4) Green Algae B.G.A
PD0189 (3) Floridean starch = Stored food of brown
A
190. Blue - green algae resembles more closely algae

to:- (4) Cyanophycean starch = Stored food of
B.G.A.
(1) Green Algae
PD0196
(2) Brown Algae
197. Cilia & flagella are absent in life cycle of :–
(3) Red Algae and bacteria
(1) Red algae
(4) Slime molds
(2) Brown algae
PD0190
(3) Green algae
191. Which of the following statement is true (4) Red algae & B.G.A.
for algae ?
PD0197
(1) Algae have root, stem and leaves 198. Which algae best explains the evolution of
(2) Algae have true roots but lack leaves sexual reproduction ?
(3) Algae have rhizoides and leaves (1) Green algae (2) Red algae
(4) Body of algae is thallus (3) Brown algae (4) B. G. Algae
PD0191 PD0198
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KINGDOM–PLANTAE – BRYOPHYTA 205. A leafy gametophyte plant with
199. Embryo is present but true vasculature is multicellular rhizoids and sporophyte
absent in the group :- differentiated in foot, seta and capsule
(1) Cyanophyta (2) Tracheophyta should belong to :-
(1) Psilopsida (2) Hepaticopsida
(3) Bryophyta (4) Chlorophyta
(3) Bryopsida (4) Lycopsida
PD0199
PD0205
200. The unique feature of bryophytes 206. Bryophytes differ from thallophytes in
compared to other green plant groups is having:-
that:-
(1) Embryo
(1) They produce spores (2) Rhizoids
(2) They lack vascular tissue (3) Sterile jacket around sex organs
(3) They lack root (4) All the above
(4) Their sporophyte is attached to PD0206
gametophyte 207. Spores do not form protonema but directly
PD0200 grow into flat branching thallus in :-
(1) Liverworts (2) Mosses
201. In bryophytes diploid
chromosomes occur in:-
number
EN of
(3) Ferns (4) Gymnosperms
PD0207
(1) Gametes
208. In bryophyta, simplest sporophyte occur
(2) Spores in:-
(3) Spore mother cells (1) Riccia (2) Marchantia
LL
(4) Nuclei of gametes (3) Funaria (4) Anthoceros

PD0201 PD0208
202. The group bryophyta includes :- 209. In which of the following bryophytes there
are gemmae, the means of vegetative
(1) Liverworts and ferns
A
reproduction?
(2) Liverworts and club moss
 (1) Riccia (2) Marchantia
(3) Moss and ferns (3) Sphagnum (4) Anthoceros
(4) Liverworts and moss PD0209
PD0202 210. In Bryophytes what is absent :-
203. A leafy non vascular plant with dependent (1) Embryo formation
sporophytic generation should properly be (2) Fertilization
classified in (3) Motile gametes
(1) Thallophyta (2) Bryophyta (4) True roots and vascular tissue
PD0210
(3) Pteridophyta (4) Spermatophyta
211. In bryophytes fertilization takes place:-
PD0203
(1) At low temp.
204. Bryophyta includes :- (2) In dry condition
(1) Mosses (2) Psilopsida (3) In presence of water
(3) Horse tails (4) All the above (4) In above all situation
PD0204 PD0211
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212. Which statement is true about bryophytes? 218. Leaves of Mosses and Ferns are :-
(1) They are non photosynthetic (1) Analogous and homologous both
(2) Zygote produces gametophyte on (2) Analogous but not homologous
germination (3) Homologous but not analogous
(3) Spores form gametophyte plant on (4) None of the above
germination PD0218
(4) They have vascular tissues 219. Which of the following plants are similar in
PD0212 requirement of water for fertilisation ?
213. Which bryophyte is of economic (1) Bryophyta
importance ? (2) Pteridophyta
(1) Funaria (2) Marchantia (3) Angiosperm
(3) Riccia (4) Sphagnum (4) (1) and (2) both
PD0213 PD0219
214. Mosses are gregarious because they :- 220. The bryophyte which have great water
(1) Have vascular tissue holding capacity :-
(2) Have indirect germination of spores
(3) Have direct germination of spores
(4) Have spore mother cells
EN (1) Anthoceros
(3) Funaria
(2) Sphagnum
(4) Marchantia
PD0220
PD0214 221. In which of the following zygote further
215. Aquatic ancestry of bryophytes is develops to form a diploid structure ?
evidenced by:-
LL
(1) Thallophyta (2) Bryophyta
(1) Their green colour (3) Algae (4) Fungi
(2) Algae like protonema PD0221
(3) Many aquatic bryophytes 222. Bryophytes are :–
(4) Flagellated male gametes (1) First successful land plant
A
PD0215 (2) Vascular cryptogames

216. Moss sporophyte is diffrentiated in :- (3) Non vascular cryptogames
(1) Stem & leaves (4) Vascular embryophytes
(2) Root, stem and leaves PD0222
(3) Rhizoids, stem & leaves 223. Sex organ in bryophytes are :–
(4) None of these (1) Unicellular and jacketed
PD0216 (2) Unicellular and non-jacketed
217. Oblique septa are found in which part of (3) Multicellular and jacketed
moss :- (4) Multicellular and non jacketed
(1) Rhizoids of sporophyte PD0223
(2) Rhizoids of gametophyte 224. Fossilised fuel obtained from bog is:-
(3) Leaves (1) Tar (2) Peat
(4) Stem (3) Bio-gas (4) Petrol
PD0217 PD0224
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225. Which structure produces the gamete 233. Bryophyta are not tall plants due to:-
bearing plant of moss ? (1) Absence of meristem
(1) Spore (2) Bud (2) Absence of vascular tissues
(3) Protonema (4) Zygote (3) Presence of root system
PD0225 (4) All the above
226. Bryophytes show an advancement over
PD0233
algae in:-
234. The first cell of sporophytic generation in
(1) Having multicellular sporophytic
bryophyta is:-
generation
(1) Spore
(2) Having parasitic sporophyte
(2) Spore mother cell
(3) Having zygotic meiosis
(3) Zygote
PD0226 (4) Protonema
227. Which bryophyte is known as Peat moss ? PD0234
(1) Riccia (2) Riella 235. Structures for dispersal of spores in
(3) Sphagnum (4) Marchantia bryophyta are :-
228. Leafy gametophyte occurs in:-

EN
PD0227 (1) Elaters
(3) Peristomial teeth
(2) Pseudoelaters
(4) All the above
(1) Liver worts (2) Horn worts PD0235
(3) Moss (4) Fern 236. Oblique septa in rhizoids are characteristic
PD0228 of :-
LL
229. Sporophyte with indefinite growth occurs (1) Liverworts (2) Hornworts
in:- (3) Mosses (4) Ferns
(1) Liver worts (2) Horn worts PD0236
(3) Mosses (4) Algae 237. In which bryophyta germination of spore is
PD0229 indirect:-
A
230. Sphagnum may be used as a substitute of :- (1) Riccia (2) Rhizopus

(1) Absorbent cotton (3) Puccinia (4) Funaria
(2) Non absorbent cotton PD0237
(3) Plastic
238. Male gametes of bryophytes are :-
(4) Polythene
(1) Uniflagellate (2) Multiflagellate
PD0230
(3) Biflagellate (4) Triflagellate
231. Non vascular embryophyta are :-
PD0238
(1) Thallophyta (2) Bryophyta
239. Rhizoids of hepaticopsida and
(3) Pteridophyta (4) (1) and (2) both
anthocerotopsida are :-
PD0231
(1) Multicellular and branched
232. The water conducting tissue in bryophyta
is:- (2) Unicellular and unbranched
(1) Parenchyma (2) Sclerenchyma (3) Unicellular and branched
(3) Tracheids (4) Sieve tubes (4) Multicellular and unbranched
PD0232 PD0239
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240. The vascular tissue is absent in :- 247. Which group includes green leaf
(1) Algae, fungi and pteridophytes microphyllous plants:-
(2) Thallophytes and bryophytes (1) Lycopsida (2) Sphenopsida
(3) Bryophytes and pteridophytes (3) Psilotopsida (4) Pteropsida
(4) Angiosperm and gymnosperm PD0247
PD0240 248. Roots first originated in :-
241. The sporophyte of bryophyte is :- (1) Algae (2) Fungi
(3) Bryophyta (4) Pteridophyta
(1) Parasitic
PD0248
(2) Autotrophic
249. Pteridophyta differs from bryophyta in
(3) Saprophytic
having:-
(4) Semiparasitic or parasitic
(1) Vascular tissue
PD0241
(2) Archegonia
242. Non vascular land plants are called:-
(3) Alternation of generations
(1) Bryophtyes (2) Pteridophytes
(4) Motile sperm
(3) Fungi (4) Algae EN PD0249
PD0242 250. In pteridophyta, reduction division occurs
KINGDOM–PLANTAE – PTERIDOPHYTA when:-
243. Vascular cryptogams or seed less vascular (1) Prothallus is formed
plants belongs to:- (2) Spores are formed
LL
(3) Sex organs are formed
(3) Thallophyta (4) Spermatophyta (4) Gametes are formed
PD0243 PD0250
244. Seed habit first established in:- 251. The main plant body of pteridophytes is:-
(1) Pteridophytes (1) Sporophyte
A
(2) Gymnosperms (2) Gametophyte

(3) Angiosperms (3) Haploid
(4) None of the above (4) None of the above
PD0244 PD0251
245. Most conspicuous alternation of 252. Cryptogamic plants are:-
generation occurs is:- (1) Seedless (2) Embryoless
(1) Thallophyta (2) Bryophyta (3) Leafless (4) Rootless
(3) Pteridophyta (4) Spermatophyta PD0252
PD0245 253. Adiantum is called "walking fern" due to :-
246. Rhizoids containing sporophytic plants are (1) Power of locomotion
characteristic of:- (2) Vegetative reproduction
(1) Bryopsida (2) Spenopsida (3) Motile antherozoites
(3) Cycadophyta (4) Psilopsida (4) All the above
PD0246 PD0253
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254. Plants having vascular tissues but lacking 261. Presence of motile stage in life cycle &
seeds are :- requirement of water as a medium to
(1) Bryophyta complete life cycle is diagnostic characters
(2) Pteridophyta of :–
(3) Gymnosperms (1) Thallophyta (2) Bryophyta
(4) Angiosperms (3) Pteridophyta (4) Cryptogams
PD0254 PD0261
255. Heterospory occurs in :- 262. Evolution of seed habit first started in :-
(1) Selaginella (2) Pteridium (1) Selaginella like ancestral pteridophytes
(3) Funaria (4) Riccia (2) Psilotum like ancestral pteridophytes
PD0255 (3) Gymnosperms
256. Sporangia are found in fruiting structures (4) Mosses
called sporocarps in aquatic ferns, which of PD0262
the following is aquatic fern :– 263. Which is an aquatic fern
(1) Salvinia (2) Selaginella (1) Psilotum (2) Salvinia
(3) Pteridium (4) Equisetum (3) Chara (4) Lycopodium
257. The antherozoids of fern are :–

EN
PD0256
264. In ferns, the permanent roots are :-
PD0263
(1) Uniflagellate (2) Biflagellate (1) Tap root

(3) Quadriflagellate (4) Multiflagellate (2) Adventitious roots
LL
PD0257 (3) Tuberous roots
258. In pteridophytes the spores germinate to (4) Rhizome
form:- PD0264
(1) Protonema (2) Prothallus 265. Independent alternation of generation is
(3) Sporophyte (4) Archegonium found in-
A
PD0258 (1) Pteridophyta (2) Spermatophyta

259. Aquatic fern which supports the growth of (3) Thallophyta (4) Bryophyta
blue green algae, Anabaena, and used to PD0265
increase the yield of paddy crop is :- 266. Stem distinctly differentiated in to node
(1) Salvinia (2) Marsilea and internode in :-
(3) Selaginella (4) Azolla (1) Psilopsida (2) Lycopsida
PD0259 (3) Sphenopsida (4) Pteropsida
260. Most distinct type of alternation of PD0266
generations is demonstrated by :– 267. Spore producing part of pteridophytes is:-
(1) Angiosperms (1) Sporangia of gametophytes
(2) Ferns (2) Capsule of sporophytes
(3) Gymnosperms (3) Sporangia of sporophytes
(4) Bryophytes (4) Capsule of gametophytes
PD0260 PD0267
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268. In pteridophytes, reduction division takes 275. Cones in gymnosperm plants are usually :-
place in :- (1) Bisexual
(1) Zygote (2) Unisexual
(2) Spore mother cells (3) Sterile
(3) Gametangia (4) Any of the above
(4) Prothallus
PD0275
PD0268
276. Double fertilization and triple fusion are
KINGDOM–PLANTAE – GYMNOSPERM
characteristic of:-
269. Most advanced Gymnosperm belongs to:-
(1) Spermatophyta
(1) Cycadales
(2) Gymnosperms
(2) Coniferales
(3) Pteridophyta
(3) Gnetales
(4) Cycadofillicales (4) Angiosperms
PD0269 PD0276
270. Which of the following is called father of 277. In which of the following characters, the
forest? EN angiosperms resemble gymnosperms ?
(1) Pinus (2) Banyan (1) Presence of ovule
(3) Sequoia (4) Cedrus (2) Absence of endosperm
PD0270 (3) Presence of vessels
271. All Gymnosperms are:- (4) Mode of fertilisation by zoidogamy
(1) Heterosporous PD0277
LL
(2) Arborescent/Woody 278. Which character most differentiates

(3) Seed plants angiosperms from gymnosperms ?
(4) All the above (1) Triploid endosperm
PD0271 (2) Vessels in xylem
A
272. Gymnosperm plants lack :-

(3) Seeds enclosed in fruits
(1) Vessels (2) Fruits
(4) Attractive petels
(3) Companion cells (4) All the above
PD0278
PD0272
279. Gametophyte depends on sporophyte in:-
273. Gymnosperm plants do not produce fruits
because they do not have:- (1) Bryophyta
(1) ovary (2) gametes (2) Pteridophyta
(3) fertilization (4) None of these (3) Cryptogams
PD0273 (4) Spermatophyta
274. Ovule is morphologically equivalent to:- PD0279
(1) Megaspore 280. Antheridia and archegonia are absent in :-
(2) Megasporangium (1) Bryophyta (2) Pteridophyta
(3) Microspore (3) Gymnosperms (4) Angiosperms
(4) Megasporophyll PD0280
PD0274
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281. Ephedrine is obtained by :- 289. Which plant group is exclusively perennial ?
(1) Ephedra (2) Gnetum (1) Dicots (2) Ferns
(3) Pinus (4) Cycas (3) Gymnosperms (4) Monocots
PD0281 PD0289
282. Resin turpentine is obtained from:- 290. In Ginkgo, male gametes are :-
(1) Pinus (2) Adiantum (1) Motile
(3) Club mosses (4) Sequoia (2) Non-motile
PD0282 (3) Amoeboid
283. Which group is largest in gymnosperms ? (4) Absent
(1) Cycadales (2) Gnetales PD0290
(3) Coniferales (4) Cordaitales 291. Male gamete of Cycas is largest in plant
PD0283 kingdom, is :-
284. Spore bearing tracheophytes (Vascular (1) Non motile
plants) :- (2) Biflagellate
(1) Pteridophyta (3) Multiciliate
(2) Gymnosperms
(3) Angiosperms
EN (4) Uniflagellate
PD0291
(4) All the above 292. The mode of pollination in gymnosperme
PD0284 is:-
285. Which of the following Gymnospermic (1) Anemophily
LL
orders resembles with angiosperms ? (2) Entomophily
(1) Cycadales (2) Coniferales (3) Hydrophily
(3) Gnetales (4) Ginkgoales (4) Any of the above
PD0285 PD0292
286. Living fossil:- 293. Which of the following order of
A
(1) Cycas gymnosperme is totally become extinct ?

(2) Ginkgo (1) Cycadales (2) Ginkgoales
(3) Psilotum (3) Gnetales (4) Cycadofilicales
(4) All the above PD0293
PD0286 294. Which of the following remained
287. Sequoia belongs to:- unchanged for last many million years ?
(1) Cycadofillicales (2) Gnetales (1) Pinus (2) Rice
(3) Coniferales (4) Dicots (3) Cedrus (4) Ginkgo
PD0287 PD0294
288. Which of the following are absent in group 295. Life cycle of gymnosperm is :-
gymnosperm ? (1) Haplontic (2) Haplodiplontic
(1) Trees (2) Shrubs (3) Diplontic (4) Diplohaplontic
(3) Liana (4) Herbs PD0295
PD0288
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296. Which of the following is commonly known 303. Most gymnosperms have :–
as "Chilgoza pine" ? (1) Both archegonia and antheridia
(1) Cycas (2) Cedrus (2) Antheridia but no archegonia
(3) Pinus (4) Ginkgo (3) Archegonia but no antheridia
PD0296 (4) No antheridia or archegonia
297. The gymnosperm resembles with PD0303
angiosperm in having :- 304. The "endosperm" of a gymnosperm
(1) Ciliated sperms represent :–
(2) Presence of ovary (1) Gametophytic tissue
(3) Presence of seed (2) Sporophytic tissue
(4) Presence of fruit (3) Tissue formed by double fertilization
PD0297 (4) Polyploid tissue
298. In pteridophytes and gymnosperm PD0304
sporangia are born on which side of 305. Vessels occur in the following gymnosperm
sporophyll :– plant:–
(1) Adaxial (2) Abaxial EN (1) Ginkgo
(3) Lateral (4) Terminal (2) Taxus
PD0298 (3) Gnetum
299. Vessels and companion cells are found in :– (4) All the above
(1) Pteridophyta (2) Gnetum PD0305
(3) Ephedra (4) Angiosperm 306. In gymnosperm endosperm is :–
PD0299
LL
(1) Triploid (2) Diploid
300. Fruits are not formed in gymnosperm (3) Haploid (4) Tetraploid
because :– PD0306
(1) Fertilization is absent 307. Which of the following is not
(2) Pollination is absent heterosporous ?
A
(3) Seeds are not formed (1) Selaginella (2) Pinus

(4) Ovary is absent (3) Pteridium (4) Cycas
PD0300 PD0307
301. Which one have maximum power of 308. Multiciliate male gametes are found in :–
adaptation ?
(1) Pinus (2) Cycas
(3) Gnetum (4) Mango
(3) Gymnosperm (4) Angiosperm
PD0308
PD0301
309. Which of the following plant form seed and
302. Gymnosperms differ from pteridophytes in
have pollen tube ?
having–
(1) Angiosperm
(1) Presence of tracheids
(2) Pteridophytes
(2) Presence of embryo
(3) Gymnosperm
(3) Presence of ovule
(4) Siphonogamous plants
(4) Companian cell
PD0309
PD0302
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310. Modern day (Advanced) plants are:- 315. Which of the followings is/are symbiotic
(1) Monocots (2) Dicots associations between autotrophic and
(3) Gnetales (4) Ferns heterotrophic organisms only
PD0310 (A) Mycorrhiza between fungi and roots of
311. Which group of plants is exclusively higher plants
arborescent (woody) ? (B) Lichen between phycobiont and
(1) Pteridophyta (2) Dicots mycobiont.
(3) Gymnosperms (4) Monocots (C) Coralloid roots of Cycas having
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VIRUS, VIROIDS, LICHEN, MYCORRHIZA, (D) Obligate association between Pinus
LIVING WORLD roots and fungi making mycorrhizae.
312. Find the incorrect statements from the (1) A & B (2) B & C
followings:- (3) A, B & C (4) A, B & D
(1) Growth, reproduction and BC0951
consciousness are unique features of 316. Bacteriophages are made of both proteins
living organisms and genetic material. Their genetic material
(2) Growth and reproduction are defining
EN is generally-
characteristics of living organisms (1) ss DNA (2) ds DNA
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(3) Metabolism, cellular organisation and (3) ss RNA (4) ds RNA
consciousness are defining characters BC0952
of livings 317. Find the correct from the followings.
(4) Living organisms are self replicating, (1) T.O. Diener discovered a new infectious
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evolving and self regulating. agent, smaller than virus and named
them as prions.
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(2) Viroids lack the protein coat and made
313. Which is a group of organisms in which
of only free RNA
reproduction is synonymous with growth :-
(3) The RNA of viroids is of high molecular
(1) Amoeba, bacteria and unicellular algae
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(2) Algae, fungi and lichen 
(4) Lichens are very good pollution
(3) Lower organisms
indicators as they grow only in polluted
(4) Higher multicellular organisms
areas.
LW0717 BC0953
314. Why viruses did not find a place in 318. Reproduction can not be taken as defining
classification? property of living because -
(1) They are obligate parasities, cannot (1) Unicellular organisms reproduce by cell
surive without host. division.
(2) Viruses are unicellular organisms so can (2) Multicellular organisms reproduce by
not be included in livings. both, asexual and sexual methods.
(3) They are not truly living because they (3) Few organisms on the earth are of
don't have cell structure. sterile nature also
(4) They can pass through the bacteria (4) Reproduction property is present in all
proof filter living organisms
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319. Metabolism can be exhibited by ? 324. Match the column A with column B and
(1) Only plant find out the correct as shown ?
Column-A Column-B
(2) Plant and animal both
a. Pollution indicator p. Fungal
(3) Plant, animal and fungi only
component
(4) Plant animal, fungi and microbes
b. Mycobiont q. Viroid
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c. Potato spindle r. Lichen
320. Metabolism can be defined as ? tuber disease
(1) Sum total of all chemical reactions d. Obligate parasite s. Virus
hapens out side the body. (1) a - r, b - p, c - s, d - q
(2) Chemical reactions take place in (2) a - r, b - s, c - p, d - q
particular cells. (3) a - s, b - r, c - p, d - q
(3) Sum total of all chemical reactions (4) a - r, b - p, c - q, d - s
occurring in living body. BC0954
(4) Sum total of all chemical reactions EN 325. In lichen fungal component is responsible
occurring outside the cells. to provide?
LW0724 (1) Shelter to phycobiont
321. Stimulus can be ? (2) Mineral absorption
(1) Only physical type (3) Water absorption
(2) Only chemical type (4) All of the above
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(3) Only biological type
326. Consider the following characteristics :-
(4) All of the above
(A) Growth
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(B) Reproduction
A
322. Living organisms can respond against ?

(C) Consciousness
(1) Physical and chemical stimuli (D) Cellular Organisation
(2) Chemical and biological stimuli Which of the above feature is/ are not the
(3) Both (1) and (2) defining properties of are living organisms?
(4) None of these (1) A, B, C, D (2) A, B, C
(3) C, D (4) A, B
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323. The property of self conscionsness can be
observed? 327. Which of the following can grow but
cannot reproduce ?
(1) In non vertebrates
(1) Single celled organisms
(2) In vertebrates
(2) Living organisms
(3) In human beings (3) Non-livings only
(4) In all mammals (4) Both (1) & (3)
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328. Twin characters of growth in organisms are 333. Choose the incorrect pair :-
(1) Increase in mass (1) Virus – Nucleocapsid
(2) Increases in number (2) Viroids – Only RNA
(3) Increases in height (3) Lichen – Algae and fungi
(4) Both (1) & (2)
(4) Mycorrhiza – BGA and higher plants
LW0732
BC0960
329. The protein coat of viruses is called :
334. Which of the given organism(s) belong to
(1) Capsomeres (2) Capsid
kingdom protista according to five kingdom
(3) Sheath (4) Envelope
system?
BC0956
330. Lichens are : (A) Virus (B) Euglena
(1) Symbiotic association between algae (C) Viroids (D) Lichen
and fungi (1) A and B
(2) Pollution indicators (2) C and D
(3) Not placed in any kingdom by R.H. (3) Only B
Whittaker (4) A and C
(4) All of these are correct EN BC0961
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335. The transfer of genetic material from one
331. Phycobiont is a :
bacterium to other bacterium from virus, is
(1) algal, autotrophic component of
called:-
mycorrhiza
(1) Conjugation
(2) fungal, heterotrophic component of
(2) Transduction
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lichen
(3) fungal component of mycorrhiza (3) Transformation
(4) algal, autotrophic component of lichen (4) Crossing over
BC0958 BC0962
336. Read the following statements :
A
332.
(i) Mycorrhiza is the symbiotic association
between roots of higher plants and
fungus.
(ii) Lichens are biological indicator for
Identify the (a) & (b) figure and their (P) water pollution.
and (Q) part. (iii)Viroids contain only low molecular
(1) a - Tobacco Mosaic virus P  RNA weight DNA and protein.
b - Bacteriophage Q Head (iv) W.M. Stanley crystallised TMV
(2) a - Bacteriophage P  RNA Which of the above statements are correct:
b - Tobacco Mosaic virus Q Head (1) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(3) a - Potato Mosaic virus P  Head
(2) (i) and (iv)
b - Cyanophage Q RNA
(3) (ii) and (iii)
(4) a - Smallpox virus P  RNA
(4) (i) and (ii)
b - Influenza virus Q Head
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EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) AIPMT/NEET

AIPMT 2006 6. The bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that
1. Conifers differ from grasses in the causes botulism is :
(1) absence of pollen tubes (1) a facultative aerobe
(2) formation of endosperm before (2) an obligate aerobe
fertilization (3) a facultative anaerobe
(3) production of seeds from ovules (4) an obligate anaerobe
(4) lack of xylem tracheids BC0966
PD0312 7. Evolutionary history of an organism is
2. The thalloid body of a slime mould known as :
(Myxomycetes) is known as : (1) Paleontology (2) Ontogeny
(1) Fruiting body (3) Phylogeny (4) Ancestry
(2) Mycelium DL0318
(3) Protonema 8. Two microbes found to be very useful in
(4) Plasmodium EN genetic engineering are :
BC0964 (1) Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.
3. Moss peat is used as a packing material for (2) Crown gall bacterium and
sending flowers and live plants to distant Caenorhabditis elegans
places because : (3) Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium
(1) it reduces transpiration tumefaciens
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(2) it serves as a disinfectant (4) Vibrio cholerae and a tailed

bacteriophage
(3) it is easily available
BC0967
(4) it is hygroscopic
AIPMT 2007
PD0314
A
9. Which one of the following is a slime

4. In a moss the sporophyte :
mould?
(1) arises from a spore produced from the
(1) Anabaena (2) Rhizopus
gametophyte
(3) Physarum (4) Thiobacillus
(2) manufactures food for itself, as well as
for the gametophyte BC0968
(3) is partially parasitic on the gametophyte 10. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam,
the antherozoids and eggs mature at
(4) produces gametes that give rise to the
different times. As a result :
gametophyte
(1) Self fertilization is prevented
PD0315
(2) There is no change in success rate of
5. Curing of tea leaves is brought about by the
fertilization
activity of :
(3) There is high degree of sterility
(1) viruses (2) fungi
(4) One can conclude that the plant is
(3) bacteria (4) mycorrhiza
apomictic
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11. Two plants can be conclusively said to 16. Which pair of the following belongs to
belong to the same species if they : Basidiomycetes ?
(1) Have same number of chromosomes (1) Morchella and Mushrooms
(2) Can reproduce freely with each other (2) Birds' nest fungi and Puffballs
and form seeds (3) Pufballs and Claviceps
(3) Have more than 90 percent similar (4) Peziza and Stinkhorns
genes
BC0969
(4) Look similar and possess identical
17. ICBN stands for :
secondary metabolites.
(1) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
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12. If you are asked to classify the various algae (2) Indian Congress of Biological Names
into distinct groups, which of the following (3) International Code of Botanical
characters you should choose ? Nomenclature
(1) Chemical composition of the cell wall (4) International Congress of Biological
(2) Types of pigments present in the cell Names
(3) Nature of stored food materials in the DL0332
cell 18. Ergot of rye is caused by a species of :-
13.
(4) Structural organization of thallus
EN
PD0327
Flagellated male gametes are present in all
(1) Claviceps
(3) Uncinula
(2) Phytophthora
(4) Ustilago
BC0970
the three of which one of the following
19. One gene - one enzyme relationship was
sets?
established for the first time in :-
(1) Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
(1) Diplococcus pneumoniae
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(2) Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra

(2) Neurospora crassa
(3) Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
(4) Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis (3) Salmonella typhimurium
PC0328 (4) Escherichia Coli
14. In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber BC0971
A
represents: 20. Which of the following is a flowering plant

(1) The microsporangium in which pollen with nodules containing filamentous
grains develop nitrogen-fixing microorganism ?
(2) A cell in the pollen grain in which the (1) Cicer arietinum
sperms are formed (2) Casuarina equisetifolia
(3) A cavity in the ovule in which pollen (3) Crotalaria juncea
grains are stored after pollination (4) Cycas revoluta
(4) An opening in the megagametophyte BC0972
through which the pollen tube
21. Which one of the following pairs is wrongly
approaches the egg
matched?
PD0329
(1) Coliforms – Vinegar
15. Spore dissemination in some liverworts is
(2) Methanogens – Gobar gas
aided by:
(1) Peristome teeth (2) Elaters (3) Yeast – Ethanol
(3) Indusium (4) Calyptra (4) Streptomycetes – Antibiotic
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AIPMT 2008 26. In the light of recent classification of living
22. Thermococcus, Mtehanococcus and organisms into three domains of life
Methanobacterium exemplify :- (bacteria, archaea and eukarya), which one
of the following statements is true about
(1) Bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or
archaea ?
positively supercoiled but which have a
(1) Archaea completely differ from both
cytoskeleton as well as mitochondria
prokaryotes and eukaryotes
(2) Bacteria that contain a cytoskeleton and
(2) Archaea completely differ from
ribosomes
prokaryotes
(3) Archaebacteria that contain protein
(3) Archaea resemble eukarya in all
homologous to eukaryotic core histones
respects
(4) Archaebacteria that lack any histones (4) Archaea have some novel features that
resembling those found in eukaryotes are absent in other pyokaryotes and
but whose DNA is negatively eukaryotes
supercoiled.
BC0975
BC0974 27. Cellulose is the major component of cell
23. Select one of the following pairs of
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important features distinguishing Gnetum
from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinities
walls of:-
(1) Pseudomonas
(3) Pythium
(2) Saccharomyces
(4) Xanthomonas
with angiosperms :-
BC0976
(1) Perianth and two integuments 28. Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a
(2) Embryo development and apical species of :-
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meristem (1) Alternaria (2) Erwinia

(3) Absence of resin duct and leaf venation (3) Xanthomonas (4) Pseudomonas
(4) Presence of vessel elements and BC0977
absence of archegonia 29. Nitrogen flxation in root nodules of Alnus is
A
PD0338 brought about by :-

24. In which one of the following, male and (1) Frankia (2) Azorhizobium
female gametophytes do not have free (3) Bradyrhizobium (4) Clostridium
living independent existence? BC0978
(1) Polytrichum (2) Cedrus
(3) Pteris (4) Funaria AIPMT 2009
30. Which one of the following has haplontic
PD0339
life cycle:-
25. Which one of the following is
(1) Wheat (2) Funaria
heterosporous ?
(3) Polytrichum (4) Ustilago
(1) Adiantum
BC0979
(2) Equisetum
31. Mannitol is the stored food in :-
(3) Dryopteris
(1) Gracillaria (2) Chara
(4) Salvinia
(3) Porphyra (4) Fucus
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32. Which one of the following is a vascular 39. Which one of the following is commonly
cryptogam used in transfer of foreign DNA into crop
(1) Cedrus (2) Equisetum plants ?
(3) Ginkgo (4) Marchantia (1) Penicillium expansum
PD0347 (2) Trichoderma harzianum
33. Phylogenetic system of classification is (3) Meloidogyme incognita
based on:-
(4) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(1) Floral characters
BC0982
(2) Evolutionary relationships
AIPMT 2010
(3) Morphological features
40. Some hyperthermophilic organisms that
(4) Chemical constituents
grow in highly acidic (pH2) habitats belong
DL0348
to the two groups:
34. Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in :-
(1) Liverworts and yeasts
(1) Chlorobium (2) Chromatium
(3) Oscillatoria (4) Rhodospirillum (2) Eubacteria and archaea
BC0980
EN (3) Cyanobacteria and diatoms
35. Which one of the following is considered (4) Protists and mosses
important in the development of seed BC0983
habit ? 41. Male and female gametophytes are
(1) Free-living gametophyte independent and free-living in :-
(2) Dependent sporophyte (1) Sphagnum (2) Mustard
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(3) Heterospory
(3) Castor (4) Pinus
(4) Haplontic life cycle
PD0356
PD0350
42. Single-celled eukaryotes are included in :-
36. Which one of the following plants is
monoecious? (1) Monera (2) Protista
A
(1) Papaya (2) Marchantia (3) Fungi (4) Archaea

(3) Pinus (4) Cycas BC0984
PD0351 43. Algae have cell wall made up of :
37. Which one is the wrong pairing for the (1) Cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins
disease and its causal organism ? (2) Cellulose, galactans and mannans
(1) Root-knot of vegetables – Meloidogyne sp (3) Hemicellulose, pectins and proteins
(2) Late blight of potato – Alternaria solani (4) Pectins, cellulose and proteins
(3) Black rust to wheat – Puccinia graminis PD0358
(4) Loose smut of wheat – Ustilago nuda
44. Membrane-bound organelles are absent in:
PD0352
(1) Plasmodium
38. Which of the following is a symbiotic
(2) Saccharomyces
nitrogen fixer?
(3) Streptococcus
(1) Azolla (2) Glomus
(4) Chlamydononas
(3) Azotobacter (4) Frankia
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45. The chief water conducting elements of Options :
xylem in gymnosperms are : A B C D
(1) Tracheids
(1) Equisetum Ginkgo Selaginella Lycopodium
(2) Vessels
(3) Fibres (2) Selaginella Equisetum Salvinia Ginkgo
(4) Transfusion tissue (3) Funaria Adiantum Salvinia Riccia
PD0360 (4) Chara Marchantia Fucus Pinus
46. One of the free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-
PD0364
fixer is:
(1) Azotobacter 50. Which one of the following is monoecious ?
(2) Beijernickia (1) Cycas
(3) Rhodospirillum (2) Pinus
(4) Rhizobium
(3) Date plam
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(4) Marchantia
47. Ringworm in humans is caused by :
PD0365
(1) Viruses
(3) Fungi
(2) Bacteria
(4) Namatodes
EN 51. Examine the figures (A-D) given below and
BC0987 select the right option out of 1–4, in which
48. The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields all the four structures A, B, C and D are
is : identified correctly:-
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(1) Frankia Structures :
(2) Rhizobium
A B
(3) Azospirillum
(4) Oscillatoria
BC0988
A
49. Examine the figure A, B, C and D. In which

C
one of the four options all the items A, B, C
and D are correct ?
D
A B C D
(1) Runner Archegoniophore Synergid Antheridium
A
B (2) Offset Antheridiophore Antipodals Oogonium
(3) Sucker Seta Megaspore Gemma cup
mother cell
(4) Rhizome Sporangiophore Polar cell Globule
C D
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52. Black (stem) rust of wheat is caused by : 57. Ethanol is commercally produced through a
(1) Ustilago nuda particular species of :-
(2) Puccinia graminis (1) Saccharomyces
(3) Xanthomonas oryzae (2) Clostridium
(4) Alternaria solani (3) Trichoderma
BC0989
(4) Aspergillus
53. Select the correct combination of the
BC0993
statement (a-d) regarding the
characteristics of certain organisms : 58. Nitrifying bacteria :-
(a) Methanogens are Archaebacteria which (1) Oxidize ammonia to nitrates
produce methane in marshy areas (2) Convert free nitrogen to nitrogen
(b) Nostoc is filamentous blue-green alga compounds
which fixes atmospheric nitrogen (3) Convert proteins into ammonia
(c) Chemoysynthetic autotrophic bacteria (4) Reduce nitrates to free nitrogen
synthesize cellulose from glucose
BC0994
(d) Mycoplasma lack a cell wall and can EN
survive without oxygen 59. Archegoniophore is present in :-
The correct statements are : (1) Marchantia
(1) (a), (b), (c) (2) Chara
(2) (b), (c), (d) (3) Adiantum
(3) (a), (b), (d) (4) Funaria
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(4) (b), (c) PD0377

BC0990
60. Compared with the gametophytes of the
AIPMT 2011 bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular
54. A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing
plants tend to be :-
A
symbiont is found in :-
(1) Smaller but to have larger sex organs
(1) Alnus (2) Cycas
(3) Cicer (4) Pisum (2) Larger but to have smaller sex organs
PD0372 (3) Larger and to have larger sex organs
55. Which one of the following is not a (4) Smaller and to have smaller sex organs
biofertilizer ? PD0378
(1) Agrobacterium (2) Rhizobium 61. The gametophyte is not an independent,
(3) Nostoc (4) Mycorrhiza free living generation in:-
BC0991 (1) Polytrichum
56. An organism used as a biofertilizer for
(2) Adiantum
raising soyabean crop is :-
(3) Marchantia
(1) Azotobacter (2) Azospirillum
(3) Rhizobium (4) Nostoc (4) Pinus
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62. Examine the figure given below and select (d) In Pinus male and female cones are
the right option giving all the four parts (a, borne on different trees.
b, c, d) correctly identified. The two wrong statements together are :
(1) Statements (a) and (b)
(a)
(b) (2) Statements (a) and (c)
(3) Statements (a) and (d)
(c)
(4) Statements (b) and (c)
PD0382
65. Which one of the following is a wrong
(d) matching of a microbe and its industrial
(a) (b) (c) (d) product, while the remaining three are
(1) Antherid Male Globule Roots correct ?
iophore thallus (1) Aspergillus niger - citric acid
(2) Archego- Female Gemma- Rhizoids (2) Yeast - Statins
niophore thallus cup (3) Acetobacter aceti - acetic acid
(3) Archego- Female Bud Foot
EN (4) Clostridium butylicum - lactic acid
niophore thallus BC0995
(4) Seta Sporo- Proto- Rhizoids 66. The pathogen Microsporum responsible for
phyte nema ringworm disease in humans belongs to the
PD0380 same Kingdom of organisms as that of :
63. Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to (1) Ascaris, a round worm
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represent a significant step toward (2) Taenia, a tapeworm

evolution of seed habit because :- (3) Wuchereria, a filarial worm
(1) Embryo develops in female (4) Rhizopus, a mould
gametophyte which is retained on BC0996
A
parent sporophyte AIPMT 2012

(2) Female gametophyte is free and gets 67. Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other
dispersed like seeds. in having :-
(3) Female gametophyte lacks archegonia (1) Cambium
(4) Megaspores possess endosperm and (2) Vessels
embryo surrounded by seed coat. (3) Seeds
PD0381 (4) Motile sperms
64. Consider the following four statements PD0386
whether they are correct or wrong : 68. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in
(a) The sporophyte in liverworts is more the group :-
elaborate than that is mosses. (1) Monera
(b) Salvinia is heterosporous (2) Plantae
(c) The life-cycle in all seed-bearing plants (3) Fungi
is diplontic. (4) Animalia
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69. Which one of the following is common to 74. Yeast is used in the production of :-
multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and (1) Bread and beer
protonema of mosses :-
(2) Cheese and butter
(1) Mode of Nutrition
(3) Citric acid and lactic acid
(2) Multiplication by fragmentation
(4) Lipase and pectinase
(3) Diplontic life cycle
(4) Members of kingdom Plantae BC1001
LW0388 75. A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with
70. Which one of the following is a correct Azolla in rice-fields is :-
statement ? (1) Frankia
(1) Antheridiophores and archegoniophores (2) Tolypothrix
are present in pteridophytes (3) Spirulina
(2) Origin of seed habit can be traced in (4) Anabaena
pteridophytes
BC1002
(3) Pteridophyte gametophyte has a
protonemal and leafy stage 76. The cyanobacteria are also referred to as :-
(4) In gymnosperms female gametophyte is (1) Slime moulds (2) Blue green algae
71.
free living
Nuclear membrane is absent in :-

PD0389
EN (3) Protists (4) Golden algae
BC1003
77. Which one single organism or the pair of
(1) Volvox (2) Nostoc organisms is correctly assigned to its or
(3) Penicillium (4) Agaricus their named taxonomic group ?
BC0998
LL
(1) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a
72. Which one of the following does not differ fungus
in E.coli and Chlamydomonas ?
(2) Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of
(1) Cell wall
protista
(2) Cell membrane
(3) Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to
A
(3) Ribosomes
the same kingdom as that of Penicilium
(4) Chromosomal Organization
(4) Lichen is a composite organism formed
BC0999
from the symbiotic association of an
73. Which one of the following is wrong
algae and a protozoan
statement ?
(1) Phosphorus is a constituent of cell BC1004
membranes, certain nucleic acids and 78. Them most abundant prokaryotes helpful
to humans in making curd from milk and in
all proteins
production of antibiotics are ones
(2) Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are
categorised as:
chemoautotrophs
(1) Chemosynthetic autotrophs
(3) Anabaena and Nostoc are capable of (2) Heterotrophic bacteria
fixing nitrogen in free-living state also (3) Cyanobactaria
(4) Root nodule forming nitrogen fixers live (4) Archaebacteria
as aerobes under free-living conditions BC1005
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79. Monascus purpureus is a yeast used 83. In the five-kingdom classification,
commercially in the production of :- Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been
(1) citric acid included in :
(2) blood chlolestrol lowering statins (1) Plantae (2) Monera
(3) ethanol (3) Protista (4) Algae
(4) streptokinase for removing clots from BC1009
the blood vessels. NEET-UG 2013
BC1006 84. Which of the following are likely to be
80. Read the following five statements (A – E) present in deep sea water ?
and answer as asked next to them :- (1) Saprophytic fungi
(A) In Equisetum the female gametophyte (2) Archaebacteria
is retained on the parent sporophyte (3) Eubacteria
(B) In Ginkgo male gametophyte is not (4) Blue-green algae
independent BC1010
(C) The sporophyte in Riccia is more 85. Megasporangium is equivalent to :
developed than that in Polytrichum EN (1) Ovule (2) Embryo sac
(D) Sexual reproduction in - Volvox is (3) Fruit (4) Nucellus
isogamous PD0406
(E) The spores of slime molds lack cell walls 86. Isogamous condition with non-flagallated
How many of the above statements are gametes is found in :
correct ? (1) Fucus (2) Chlamydomonas
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(1) Four (2) One (3) Spirogyra (4) Volvox

(3) Two (4) Three PD0407
BC1007 87. Monoecious plant of Chara shows
81. Which one of the following pairs is wrongly occurrence of:
A
matched? (1) upper oogonium and lower antheridium

(1) Viroids – RNA on the same plant
(2) Mustard - Synergids (2) antheridiophore and archegoniophore
(3) Ginkgo – Archegonia on the same plant
(4) Salvinia - Prothallus (3) stamen and carpel on the same plant
PC0400 (4) upper antheridium and lower oogonium
82. How many organisms in the list given on the same plant
below are autotrophs? PD0408
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, 88. A good producer of citric acid is :
Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, (1) Saccharomyces
Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, (2) Aspergillus
Wolfia
(3) Pseudomonas
(1) Six (2) Three
(4) Clostridium
(3) Four (4) Five
BC1011
BC1008
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89. Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are 93. Read the following statements (A – E) and
also found inside vegetative part of : answer the question which follows them.
(1) Psilotum (a) In liverworts, mosses and ferns
(2) Pinus gametophytes are free living
(b) Gymnosperms and some ferns are
(3) Cycas
heterosporous
(4) Equisetum
(c) Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox
PD0410 and Allbugo is oogamous
90. Select the wrong statement : (d) The sporophyte in liverworts is more
(1) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy elaborate than that in mosses
and anisogamy and Fucus shows (E) Both, Pinus and Marchantia are
oogamy dioecious
(2) Isogemetes are similar in structure, How many of the above statements are
function and behaviour correct ?
(3) Anisogametes differ either in structure, (1) Four (2) One
function or behaviour EN (3) Two (4) Three
(4) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller PD0414
and motile, while male gamete is larger 94. Pigment-containing membranous
and non-motile extensions in some cyanobacteria are :
PD0411 (1) Chromatophores
91. Which one of the following is not a correct (2) Heterocysts
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statements ? (3) Basal bodies

(1) Key is taxonomic aid for identification of (4) Pneumatophores
specimens BC1013
(2) Herbarium houses dried, pressed and 95. Which of the following is not correctly
A
preserved plant specimens matched for the organism and its cell wall
(3) Botanical gardens have collection of degrading enzyme?
living plants for reference (1) Fungi – Chitinase
(4) A museum has collection of (2) Bacteria – Lysozyme
photographs of plants and animals (3) Plant cells – Cellulase
DL0412 (4) Algae – Methylase
92. Which of the following represents BC1014
maximum number of species among global AIPMT 2014
biodiversity ? 96. Which one of the following shows isogamy
with non-flagellated gametes?
(1) Mosses and Ferns
(1) Sargassum
(2) Algae
(2) Ectocarpus
(3) Lichens
(3) Ulothrix
(4) Fungi (4) Spirogyra
BC1012 PD0421
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97. Five kingdom system of classification 102. Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic
suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based of :
on : (1) Rhodospirillum (2) Spirogyra
(1) Presence or absence of a well defined (3) Chlamydomonas (4) Ulva
nucleus. PD0427
(2) Mode of reproduction. 103. Male gametophyte with least number of
(3) Mode of nutrition. cell is present in :
(4) Complexity of body organisation. (1) Pteris (2) Funaria
BC1015 (3) Lilium (4) Pinus
98. Which one of the following fungi contains PD0428
hallucinogens ? 104. Which of the following shows coiled RNA
(1) Morchella esculenta strand and capsomeres?
(1) Polio virus
(2) Amanita muscaria
(2) Tobacco masaic virus
(3) Neurospora sp.
(3) Measles virus
(4) Ustilago sp.
(4) Retrovirus
BC1016
EN BC1018
99. Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in :
105. Transformation was discovered by :-
(1) Cell membrane (1) Meselson and Stahl
(2) Mode of nutrition (2) Hershey and Chase
(3) Cell shape (3) Griffith
(4) Mode of reproduction
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(4) Watson and Crick
BC1017 BC1019
100. Which one of the following is wrong about 106. Viruses have :-
Chara? (1) DNA enclosed in a protein coat
(1) Upper oogonium and lower round (2) Prokaryotic nucleus
A
antheridium. (3) Single chromosome

(2) Globule and nucule present on the (4) Both DNA and RNA
same plant. BC1020
(3) Upper antheridium and lower 107. An alga which can be employed as food for
oogonium human being is :-
(4) Globule is male reproductive structure (1) Ulothrix (2) Chlorella
(3) Spirogyra (4) Polysiphonia
PD0425 PD0432
101. Which of the following is responsible for 108. Which one of the following living organisms
peat formation ? completely lacks a cell wall?
(1) Marchantia (1) Cyanobacteria
(2) Riccia (2) Sea – fan(Gorgonia)
(3) Funaria (3) Saccharomyces
(4) Sphagnum (4) Blue–green algae
PD0426 BC1021
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AIPMT 2015 113. Male gemetes are flagellated in :
109. Which one one of the following matches is (1) Anabaena (2) Ectocarpus
correct ? (3) Spirogyra (4) Polysiphonia
PD1024
(1) Altemaria Sexual Deuteromycetes
114. Which one of the following is not an
reproduction
inclusion body found in prokaryotes ?
absent
(1) Cyanophycean granule
(2) Mucor Reproduction Ascomycetes
by Conjugation
(2) Glycogen granule
(3) Polysome
(3) Agaricus Parasitic Basidiomycetes
fungus (4) Phosphate granule
(4) Phytophthora Aseptate Basidiomycetes BC0443
mycelium 115. The guts of cow and buffalo possess:
(1) Chlorella spp. (2) Methanogens
BC1022
(3) Cyanobacteria (4) Fucus spp.
110. In which of the following gametophyte is BC1025
not independent free living ? 116. Which one of the following statements is
(1) Marchantia (2) Pteris EN wrong?
(3) Pinus (4) Funaria (1) Agar - agar is obtained from Gelidium
and Gracilaria
PD0439
(2) Chlorella and Spirulina are used as
111. Read the following five statements (A to E)
space food
and select the option with all correct
(3) Mannitol is stored food in
statements :-
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Rhodophyceae
(A) Mosses and Lichens are the first (4) Algin and carragen are products of
organisms to colonise a bare rock. algae
(B) Selaginella is a homosporous PD0445
pteridophyte Re-AIPMT 2015
A
(C) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM 117. Which one is a wrong statement ?
(1) Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c,
(D) Main plant body in bryophytes is
and fucoxanthin
gametophytic, whereas in
(2) Archegonia are found in Bryophyta,
pteridophytes it is sporophytic
Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms
(E) In gymnosperms, male and female
(3) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
gametophytes are present within
(4) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of
sporangia located on sporophyte
gymnosperms
(1) (B), (C) and (D) (2) (A), (D) and (E) PD0446
(3) (B), (C) and (E) (4) (A), (C) and (D) 118. Which of the following structures is not
PD0440 found in prokaryotic cells?
(1) Plasma membrane
112. True nucleus is absent in :-
(2) Nuclear envelope
(1) Mucor (2) Vaucheria
(3) Ribosome
(3) Volvox (4) Anabaena (4) Mesosome
BC1023 BC1026
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119. Choose the wrong statement : 124. Chromatophores take part in :
(1) Yeast is unicellular and useful in (1) Respiration
fermentation (2) Photosynthesis
(2) Penicillium is multicellular and produces (3) Growth
antibiotics
(4) Movement
(3) Neurospora is used in the study of
BC1032
biochemical genetics
(4) Morels and truffles are poisonous 125. The structures that help some bacteria to
mushrooms attach to rocks and/or host tissues are :
BC1027 (1) Holdfast
120. Which of the following are not membrane- (2) Rhizoids
bound? (3) Fimbriae
(1) Mesosomes (2) Vacuoles (4) Mesosomes
(3) Ribosomes (4) Lysosomes BC1033
BC1028 126. The imperfect fungi which are
121. Cell wall is absent in : decomposers of litter and help in mineral
(1) Nostoc
(3) Funaria
(2) Aspergillus
(4) Mycoplasma
BC1029
EN cycling belong to :
(1) Ascomycetes
(2) Deuteromycetes
122. In which group of organisms the cells walls
(3) Basidiomycetes
form two thin overlapping shells which fit
(4) Phycomycetes
together ?
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(1) Slime moulds (2) Chrysophytes BC1034

(3) Euglenoids (4) Dinoflagellates 127. Pick up the wrong statement :
BC1030 (1) Nuclear membrane is present in
123. Match the following list of microbes and Monera
A
their importance : (2) Cell wall is absent in Animalia

(a) Saccharornyces (i) Production of (3) Protista have photosynthetic and
cerevisiae imm unosuppr e ssive heterotrophic modes of nutrition
agents
(4) Some fungi are edible
(b) Monascus (ii) Ripening of Swiss
pur pure us cheese BC1035
(c) Trichoderma (iii) Commercial NEET-I 2016
pofysporurn production of ethanol 128. Which one of the following statements is
(d) Propioni ba cteri urn (iv) Production of blood wrong ?
sharmanii cholesterol lowering
agents (1) Cyanobacteria are also called blue-
green algae
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (2) Golden algae are also called desmids
(2) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (3) Eubacteria are also called false bacteria
(3) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (4) Phycomycetes are also called algal fungi
(4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) BC1036
BC1031
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129. Select the correct statement :- 134. Which of the following is wrongly matched
(1) Gymnosperms are both homosporous in the given table ?
and heterosporous Microbe Product Application
(2) Salvinia, Ginkgo and Pinus all are (1) Trichoderrna Cyclosporin A immunosup-
gymnosperms polysporum pressive drug
(3) Sequoia is one of the tallest trees (2) Monascus Statins lowering of
(4) The leaves of gymnosperms are not well pur pure us blood
adapted to extremes of climate cholesterol
PD0462
(3) Streptococcus Streptokinase removal of
130. In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport clot from
of male gametes requires :- blood vessel
(1) Wind (2) Insects (4) Clostridium Lipase removal of
(3) Birds (4) Water bufylicum oil stains
PD0463 BC1039
131. Which of the following would appear as the 135. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for
pioneer organisms on bare rocks? EN the production of biogas from the dung of
ruminant animals, include the :-
(1) Lichens
(1) Halophiles
(2) Liverworts
(2) Thermoacidiophiles
(3) Mosses (3) Methanogens
(4) Green algae (4) Eubacteria
BC1037 BC1040
LL
132. Nomenclature is governed by certain NEET-II 2016

universal rules. Which one of the following 136. The ovule of an angiosperm is technically
equivalent to :
is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
(1) megaspore mother cell
(1) Biological names can be written in any (2) megaspore
A
language (3) megasporangium

(2) The first word in a biological name (4) megasporophyll
represents the genus name, and the PD0469
second is a specific epithet 137. Methanogens belong to :
(3) The names are written in Latin and are (1) Dinoflagellates (2) Slime moulds
italicised (3) Eubacteria (4) Archaebacteria
(4) When written by hand, the names are BC1041
138. Select the wrong statement :
to be underlined
(1) Diatoms are chief producers in the
DL0465 oceans
133. Chrysophytes, Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates (2) Diatoms are microscopic and float
and Slime moulds are included in the passively in water
kingdom :- (3) The walls of diatoms are easily
(1) Monera (2) Protista destructible
(3) Fungi (4) Animalia (4) 'Diatomaceous earth' is formed by the
cell walls of diatoms.
BC1038
BC1042
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139. The lable of a herbarium shet does not 144. Match Column–I with Column–II and select
carry information on : the correct option using the codes given
(1) Local names below
(2) height of the plant Column-I Column-II
(3) date of collection (a) Citric acid (i) Trichoderma
(4) name of collector (b) Cyclosporin A (ii) Clostridium
DL0472
(c) Statins (iii) Aspergillus
140. Conifers are adapated to tolerate extreme
(d) Butyric acid (iv) Monascus
environmental conditions because of :
(1) thick cuticle Codes :
(2) presence of vessels a b c d
(3) broad hardy leaves (1) i iv ii iii
(4) superficial stomata (2) iii iv i ii
PD0473 (3) iii i ii iv
141. Which one of the following statements is (4) iii i iv ii
wrong? EN BC1045
(1) Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium 145. Which of the following sets of diseases is
and Gracilaria caused by bacteria?
(2) Laminaria and Sargassum are used as (1) Tetanus and mumps
food (2) Herpes and influenza
(3) Algae increase the level of dissolved (3) Cholera and tetanus
LL
oxygen in the immediate environment (4) Typhoid and smallpox

(4) Algin is obtained from red algae, and BC1046
carrageenan from brown algae.
146. Match Column–I with Column–II for
PD0474 housefly classification and select the
A
142. Select the mismatch :- correct option using the codes given below:
(1) Protists-Eukaryotes Column-I Column-II
(2) Methanogens-Prokaryotes
a Family (i) Diptera
(3) Gas vacuoles-Green bacteria
b Order (ii) Arthropoda
(4) Large central vacoules - Animal cells
c Class (iii) Muscidae
BC1043
d Phylum (iv) Insecta
143. Select the wrong statement :-
(1) Cyanobacteria lack flagellated cells. Codes :
(2) Mycoplasma is a wall-less a b c d
microorganism (1) iv iii ii i
(3) Bacterial cell wall is made up of (2) iv ii i iii
peptidoglycan. (3) iii i iv ii
(4) Pilli and fimbriae are mainly involved in (4) iii ii iv i
motility of bacterial cells DL0479
BC1044
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147. Study the four statements (A–D) given 152. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of;
below and select the two correct ones out (1) Fucus (2) Funaria
of them : (3) Chlamydomonas (4) Marchantia
(A) Definition of biological species was
PD0492
given by Ernst Mayr.
153. Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus
(B) Photoperiod does not affect
respectively are:
reproduction in plants.
(C) Binomial nomenclature system was (1) Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
given by R.H. Whittaker. (2) Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
(D) In unicellular organisms, reproduction is (3) Haplodiplontic, Haplontic
synonymous with growth. (4) Haplontic, Diplontic
The two correct statements are PD0493
(1) A and D (2) A and B 154. Viroids differ from viruses in having;
(3) B and C (4) C and D (1) DNA molecules without protein coat
LW0480 (2) RNA molecules with protein coat
NEET(UG) 2017 EN (3) RNA molecules without protein coat
148. Which of the following are found in
(4) DNA molecules with protein coat
extreme saline conditions ?
BC1050
(1) Eubacteria (2) Cyanobacteria
(3) Mycobacteria (4) Archaebacteria 155. Which of the following is correctly matched
for the product produced by them ?
BC1047
LL
149. Select the mismatch : (1) Methanobacterium : Lactic acid

(1) Rhodospirillum - Mycorrhiza (2) Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid
(2) Anabaena - Nitrogen fixer (3) Sacchromyces cerevisiae : Ethanol
(3) Rhizobium - Alfalfa (4) Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics
A
(4) Frankia - Alnus BC1051

BC1048 156. Which among the following are the
150. An example of colonial alga is : smallest living cells, known without a
definite cell wall, pathogenic to plants as
(1) Volvox (2) Ulothrix
well as animals and can survive without
(3) Spirogyra (4) Chlorella
oxygen ?
PD0490
(1) Pseudomonas (2) Mycoplasma
151. Which of the following components
(3) Nostoc (4) Bacillus
provides sticky character to the bacterial
BC1052
cell ?
157. Select the mismatch
(1) Nuclear membrane (1) Cycas – Dioecious
(2) Plasma membrane (2) Salvinia – Heterosporous
(3) Glycocalyx (3) Equisetum – Homosporous
(4) Cell wall (4) Pinus – Dioecious
BC1049 PD0497
155
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NEET(UG) 2018 162. Match the items given in Column I with
158. Which among the following is not a those in Column II and select the correct
prokaryote? option given below:-
Column-I Column-II
(1) Saccharomyces
(a) Herbarium i. It is a place having a
(2) Mycobacterium collection of preserved
(3) Nostoc plants and animals.
(4) Oscillatoria (b) Key ii. A list that enumerates
methodically all the
BC1053
species found in an area
159. Which of the following statement is with brief description
correct? aiding identification.
(1) Ovules are not enclosed by ovary wall in (c) Museum iii. Is a place where
gymnosperms dried and pressed plant
(2) Selaginella is heterosporous, while specimens mounted on
Salvinia is homosporous EN sheets are kept.
(3) Horsetails are gymnosperms (d) Catalogue iv. A booklet containing
a list of characters and
(4) Stems are usually unbranched in both
their alternates which
Cycas and Cedrus
are helpful in
PD0506 identification of various
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160. Select the wrong statement : taxa.

(1) Cell wall is present in members of fungi a b c d
and plantae (1) i iv iii ii
(2) iii ii i iv
(2) Mushrooms belong to basidiomycetes
A
(3) ii iv iii i
(3) Pseudopodia are locomotory and (4) iii iv i ii
feeding structures in sporozoans
DL0509
(4) Mitochondria are the powerhouse of 163. After karyogamy followed by meiosis,
the cell in all kingdoms except monera spores are produced exogenously in
BC1054 (1) Neurospora (2) Alternaria
(3) Agaricus (4) Saccharomyces
161. Which one is wrongly matched ?
BC1055
(1) Uniflagellate gametes - Polysiphonia
164. Oxygen is not produced during
(2) Biflagellate zoospores - Brown algae photosynthesis by
(3) Gemma cups - Marchantia (1) Green sulphur bacteria
(2) Nostoc
(4) Unicellular organism - Chlorella
(3) Cycas
PD0508 (4) Chara
BC1056
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165. Which of the following organisms are 170. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks :
known as chief producers in the oceans ? (1) Albuminous cells and sieve cells
(1) Dinoflagellates (2) Sieve tubes only
(2) Diatoms (3) Companion cells only
(3) Cyanobacteria (4) Both sieve tubes and companion cells
(4) Euglenoids PD0744
BC1057 171. Match Column - I with Column - II.
166. Winged pollen grains are present in Column - I Column - II
(1) Mustard (2) Cycas (a) Saprophyte (i) Symbiotic association
of fungi with plant roots
(3) Mango (4) Pinus
(b) Parasite (ii) Decomposition of dead
PD0513
organic materials
NEET(UG) 2019
(c) Lichens (iii) Living on living plants
167. Which of the following statements is
or animals
incorrect?
(d) Mycorrhiza (iv) Symbiotic association
(1) Morels and truffles are edible
EN of algae and fungi
delicacies.
Choose the correct answer from the
(2) Claviceps is a source of many alkaloids
options given below :
and LSD.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(3) Conidia are produced exogenously and
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
ascospores endogenously.
(2) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
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(4) Yeasts have filamentous bodies with
(3) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
long thread-like hyphae.
(4) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
BC1058
BC1061
172. Select correctly written scientific name of
incorrect ?
A
Mango which was first described by

(1) Viroids lack a protein coat
Carolus Linnaeus:
(2) Viruses are obligate parasites (1) Mangifera indica Car. Linn.
(3) Infective constituent in viruses is the (2) Mangifera indica Linn.
protein coat
(3) Mangifera indica
(4) Prions consist of abnormally folded (4) Mangifera Indica
proteins
DL0746
BC1059 173. From evolutionary point of view, retention
169. Thiobacillus is a group of bacteria helpful in of the female gametophyte with
carrying out : developing young embryo on the parent
(1) Nitrogen fixation sporophyte for some time, is first observed
(2) Chemoautotrophic fixation in :
(3) Nitrification (1) Liverworts (2) Mosses
(4) Denitrification (3) Pteridophytes (4) Gymnosperms
BC1060 PD0747
157
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NEET(UG) 2019 (ODISHA) 178. Among the following pairs of microbes,
174. Match the organisms in column-I with which pair has both the microbes that can
habitats in column-II be used as biofertilizers?
Column-I Column-II (1) Aspergillus and Rhizopus
(a) Halophiles (i) Hot springs (2) Rhizobium and Rhizopus
(b) Thermoacidophiles (ii) Aquatic environment (3) Cyanobacteria and Rhizobium
(c) Methanogens (iii) Guts of ruminants (4) Aspergillus and Cyanobacteria
(d) Cyanobacteria (iv) Salty area BC1066
Select the correct answer from the options 179. Which of the following statements about
given below :- methanogens is not correct?
(1) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii) (1) They can be used to produce biogas.
(2) They are found in the rumen of cattle
(2) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
and their excreta
(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(3) They grow aerobically and breakdown
(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)
cellulose-rich food.
BC1062
EN (4) They produce methane gas.
175. Mad cow disease in catttle is caused by an BC1067
organism which has :-
180. Which of the following is against the rules
(1) inert crystalline structure of ICBN?
(2) abnormally folded protein (1) Hand written scientific names should be
(3) free RNA without protein coat underlined.
LL
(4) free DNA without protein coat (2) Every species should have a generic
BC1063 name and a specific epithet.
176. Which of the following statements is (3) Scientific names are in Latin and should
correct ? be italicized.
(1) Lichens do not grow in polluted areas. (4) Generic and specific names should be
A
(2) Algal component of lichens is called written starting with small letters.
mycobiont. DL0754
(3) Fungal component of lichens is called 181. The contrasting characteristics generally in
phycobiont a pair used for identification of animals in
taxonomic key are referred to as :
(4) Lichens are not good pollution
indicators. (1) Lead (2) Couplet
BC1064 (3) Doublet (4) Alternate
177. Which of the following bacteria reduce DL0755
nitrate in soil into nitrogen ? NEET(UG) 2020
182. Floridean starch has structure similar to:
(1) Nitrobacter
(1) Laminarin and cellulose
(2) Nitrococcus
(2) Starch and cellulose
(3) Thiobacillus
(3) Amylopectin and glycogen
(4) Nitrosomonas (4) Mannitol and align
BC1065 PD1144
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183. Match the following columns and select the 187. Which of the following statements about
correct option. inclusion bodies is incorrect ?
Column - I Column - II (1) These represent reserve material in
(a) Clostridium (i) Cyclosporin - A cytoplasm.
butylicum (2) They are not bound by any membrane.
(b) Trichoderma (ii) Butyric Acid (3) These are involved in ingestion of food
polysporum particles.
(c) Monascus (iii) Citric Acid
(4) They lie free in the cytoplasm.
purpureus BC1149
(d) Aspergillus niger (iv) Blood cholesterol
NEET(UG) 2020 (COVID-19)
lowering agent
188. Phycoerythrin is the major pigment in :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) Red algae
(1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(2) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (2) Blue green algae
(3) Green algae
(3) (ii)
(4) (i)
(i)
(ii)
(iv)
(iv)
(iii)
(iii)
EN (4) Brown algae
BC1145
PD1150
184. Which of the following is correct about
viroids ?
incorrect about gymnosperms ?
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(1) They have free DNA without protein
(1) They are heterosporous
coat. (2) Male and female gametophytes are free
(2) They have RNA with protein coat. living
(3) They have free RNA without protein (3) Most of them have narrow leaves with
coat. thick cuticle
A
(4) They have DNA with protein coat. (4) Their seeds are not covered
BC1146 PD1151
185. Which of the following pairs is of
190. Inclusion bodies of blue- green, purple and
unicellular algae?
(1) Chlorella and Spirulina green photosynthetic bacteria are :
(2) Laminaria and Sargassum (1) Contractile vacuoles
(3) Gelidium and Gracilaria
(2) Gas vacuoles
(4) Anabaena and Volvox
PD1147 (3) Centrioles
186. Strobili or cones are found in : (4) Microtubules

(1) Equisetum (2) Salvinia BC1152
(3) Pteris (4) Marchantia
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191. Which of the following is incorrect about 196. Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia
Cynobacteria ? produce two kinds of spores. Such plants
(1) They are photoautotrophs are known as :
(2) They lack heterocysts (1) Homosorus (2) Heterosorus
(3) They often form blooms in polluted (3) Homosporous (4) Heterosporous
water bodies PD1158
(4) They have chlorophyll A similar to green 197. Which of the following plants is
plants monoecious?
BC1153 (1) Carica papaya
192. Male and female gametophytes do not (2) Chara
have an independent free living existence (3) Marchantia polymorpha
in :- (4) Cycas circinalis
(1) Pteridophytes (2) Algae PD1159
(3) Angiosperms (4) Bryophytes 198. Which of the following algae contains
PD1154 mannitol as reserve food material ?
193. For the commercial and industrial

production of Citric Acid, which of the
EN (1) Ectocarpus
(3) Volvox
(2) Gracilaria
(4) Ulothrix
following microbes is used ? PD1160
(1) Aspergillus niger 199. Which of the following algae produce

Carrageen ?
(2) Lactobacillus sp
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(1) Green algae (2) Brown algae
(3) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(3) Red algae (4) Blue-green algae
(4) Clostridium butylicum PD1161
BC1155 200. Which of the following statements is correct ?
194. Cyclosporin A, used as immuno suppression
A
(1) Fusion of two cells is called Karyogamy.

agent, is produced from : (2) Fusion of protoplasms between two
(1) Monascus purpureus motile on non-motile gametes is called
(2) Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasmogamy.
(3) Penicillium notatum (3) Organisms that depend on living plants
(4) Trichoderma polysporum are called saprophytes.
BC1156 (4) Some of the organisms can fix
atmospheric nitrogen in specialized
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cells called sheath cells.
195. Gemmae are present in :
BC1162
(1) Mosses
201. Which one of the following belongs to the
(2) Pteridophytes family Muscidae ?
(3) Some Gymnosperms (1) Fire fly (2) Grasshopper
(4) Some Liverworts (3) Cockroach (4) House fly
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202. Match List - I with List - II.
List-I List-II
(a) Aspergillus niger (i) Acetic Acid
(b) Acetobacter aceti (ii) Lactic Acid
(c) Clostridium butylicum (iii) Citric Acid
(d) Lactobacillus (iv) Butyric Acid
Choose the correct answer from the
options given below.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(3) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
BC1164
EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) ANSWER KEY

EN
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EXERCISE-III Master Your Understanding

EXERCISE-III(A) NCERT BASED QUESTIONS 7. Why the determination of relationship
1. The number and types of organisms becomes more complex in higher
present on earth make :- taxonomic categories ?
(1) Taxonomy (2) Plant diversity (1) Number of common characters goes on
(3) Animal diversity (4) Biodiversity decreasing in lower taxa
DL0527 (2) Number of common characters goes on
2. The process by which anything is grouped decreasing in higher taxa
into convinient categories based on some (3) Because classification itself is very
easily observable characters is called as:- difficult process
(1) Biodiversity (2) Classifications (4) Number of common characters goes on
(3) Identification (4) Nomenclature increasing in higher taxa
DL0528
DL0533
3. The process in which biologists follow
8. Which of the following is not a correct
universally accepted principles to provide
statement?
name of any organism is called as :-
(1) Identification
EN
(2) Classification (1) Order is the assemblage of families
(3) Nomenclature (4) Systematics which exhibit a few similar characters in
DL0529 comparisation to families
4. What are the essential basis of modern (2) Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae families
taxonomic studies ? are included in order polymoniales
(1) External and internal structure mainly on the basis of floral characters
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(2) Structure of cell (3) In hierarchy both broad categories and

(3) Developmental process and ecological sub categories are used
information (4) Class is a sub category which includes
(4) All of these related order
DL0530
A
DL0534
5. Characterisation of families is done on the 9. Which of the following is not used as
basis of:- taxonomic aid?
(1) Vegetative feautres
(1) Zoological park (2) Soil
(2) Reproductive features
(3) Herbarium (4) Museum
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) None of them DL0535
DL0531 10. In which group of taxonomic aids only the
6. In the names Mangifera indica, Solanum means of taxonomic literature are
tuberosum and Panthera leo, the words included:-
indica, tuberosum and leo represent :- (1) Botanical gardens, Museum, Keys
(1) Generic name (2) Botanical Gardens, Herbarium, Keys
(2) Generic epithet (3) Flora, Manual, Monograph
(3) Name of species (4) Botanical Garden, Museum,
(4) Specific epithet Monographs
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11. Taxonomists use to prepare and 17. The vast majority of bacteria are :-
disseminate taxonomic informations by :- (1) Symbiotic (2) Autotrophic
(1) Manuals and monographs (3) Heterotrophic (4) Nitrogen fixing
(2) Museum and herbarium BC1070
(3) Zoological park and herbarium 18. Which character indicates that
(4) Keys and herbarium Cyanobacteria are similar to higher green
DL0537 plants ?
12. Largest Botanical garden, Indian Botanical (1) Type of cell wall
Garden and National Botanical Research (2) Nitrogen fixation ability
Institute are situated respectively at :- (3) Presence of chlorophyll 'a'
(1) Kew, Lucknow, Howrah (4) Presence of gelatinous sheath
(2) Kew, Howrah, Lucknow BC1071
(3) Lucknow, Howrah, Kew 19. Typhoid and tetanus are caused by :-
(4) Howrah, Lucknow, Kew
(1) Bacteria (2) Virus
DL0538
(3) Viroids (4) Fungi
13. Which of the following taxonomic aid is
EN BC1072
useful only in case of animals ?
20. Which one of the following prokaryotes
(1) Botanical gardens (2) Museum
lack cell wall?
(3) Keys (4) Zoological parks
(1) Virus (2) Cyanobacteria
DL0539
(3) Mycoplasma (4) Protozoa
14. All the categories used in classification of
BC1073
organism constitute :-
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21. According to five kingdom classification

(1) Taxonomy
protista includes :-
(2) Systematics
(1) Chrysophytes, Dinoflagellates,
(3) Taxonomic hierarchy
Protozoans
(4) Taxonomic affinity
A
(2) Diatoms, Euglenoids, Virus

DL0540
(3) Dinoflagellates, Protozoans, Red algae
15. Archaebacteria differ from other bacteria
in having a:- (4) Chrysophytes, Bryophytes, Protozoans,
(1) Different cell wall and cell membrane Slime mould
structure BC1074
(2) Different cellular organization 22. Which organisms have silica in their cell
(3) Parasitic nature wall ?
(4) Both (2) and (3) (1) Dinoflagellates (2) Slime mould
BC1068 (3) Diatoms (4) Euglenoids
16. Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria are :- BC1075
(1) Rhizobium, Nostoc 23. Which organism is responsible for red
(2) Rhizobium, Anabaena surface of sea?
(3) Nostoc, Anabaena (1) Euglena (2) Gonyaulax
(4) Anabaena, Azolla (3) Amoeba (4) Paramecium
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24. Which unicellular, photosynthetic 31. Septate and branched mycelium is found
eukaryote lacks cell wall ? in:-
(1) Mycoplasma (2) Amoeba (1) Basidiomycetes (2) Deuteromycetes
(3) Euglena (4) Slime mould (3) Ascomycetes (4) All the above
BC1077 BC1084
25. Orange rots (Rotten fruit) disease is caused 32. Select correct matched pair / pairs :-
by :- (1) Claviceps – Ascomycetes
(1) Bacterium (2) Fungi (2) Morels – Ascomycetes
(3) Citrus (4) Mycoplasma (3) Agaricus – Basidiomycetes
BC1078 (4) All the above
26. Select incorrect statement about fungi ? BC1085
(1) The cell walls are composed of chitin 33. Asexual reproduction takes place by
and polysaccharides conidia formation in :-
(2) These are heterotrophic organisms (1) Aspergillus (2) Penicillium
(3) They are autotrophic organsism (3) Colletotrichum (4) All the above
(4) They are absorptive in nature
27. In fungi, vegetative reproduction takes

EN
BC1079 34. Which of the following are examples of
unicellular algae ?
BC1086
place by :- (1) Chlamydomonas (2) Riccia

(1) Fragmentation (2) Conidia (3) Chlorella (4) Both (1) & (3)
(3) Zygospore (4) Oospore
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BC1087
BC1080 35. Which of the following are not considered
28. In ascomycetes and basidomycetes, the in five kingdom system of classification ?
dikaryotic cell is :- (1) Lichen (2) Virus
(1) Haploid (2) Diploid (3) Viroid (4) All the above
A
(3) Triploid (4) Polyploid BC1088

BC1081 36. The name virus that means venom or
29. Which of the following is not a member of poisonous fluid was given by :-
class phycomycetes ? (1) Pasteur (2) Ivanowsky
(1) Albugo (2) Mucor (3) Stanley (4) Both (2) & (3)
(3) Rhizopus (4) Neurospora BC1089
BC1082 37. Viroid was discovered by :-
30. The mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic (1) Haeckel (2) Pasteur
in:- (3) T.O. Diener (4) Theophrastus
(1) Phycomycetes BC1090
(2) Basidiomycetes 38. Bacteriophages are generally :-
(3) Deuteromycetes (1) ss DNA virus (2) ds DNA virus
(4) Ascomycetes (3) ss RNA virus (4) ds RNA virus
BC1083 BC1091
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39. Select true statement :- 46. The plant body of liverworts is :-
(1) Viruses are obligate parasites (1) Sporophyte (2) Thalloid
(2) In Lichens, algal component is called (3) With roots (4) Xerophytic
phycobiont PD0572
(3) In Lichens, Fungal component is called 47. Vegetative reproduction in mosses is by :-
mycobiont (1) Fragementation (2) Budding
(4) All the above (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) By spore
BC1092 PD0573
40. Algae reproduce by :- 48. Marchantia is an example of :-
(1) Asexual (2) Sexual (1) Mosses (2) Liver worts
(3) Vegetative (4) All the above (3) Sphenopsida (4) Lycopsida
PD0566 PD0574
41. Stored food in Phaeophyceae is :- 49. In Mosses creeping, green, branched and
(1) Laminarin or manitol frequently filamentous stage is called :-
(2) Starch (1) Protonema (2) Rhizome
(3) Cellulose
(4) Algin
EN (3) Rhizophore (4) All of these
PD0575
PD0567 50. The leaves of Pteridophyta are :-
42. Asexual reproduction in maximum brown (1) Microphylls (2) Macrophylls
algae is by :- (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these
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(1) Biflagellated zoospore PD0576
(2) Single flagellated zoospore 51. In majority of the Pteridophytes all the
(3) Aplanospore spores are of similar kind such plants are
(4) None of these called :-
PD0568 (1) Homosporous (2) Heterosporous
A
43. Pigments in Phaeophycae :- (3) Prothallus (4) Protanema

(1) Chlorophyll a (2) Chlorophyll c PD0577
(3) Fucoxanthin (4) All the above 52. Which is the dominant phase of
PD0569 Pteridophytes ?
44. Generally red algae do not form :- (1) Gametophyte
(1) Zoospore (2) Sporophyte
(2) Non - motile spore (3) Spores
(3) Non- motile gamete (4) Gametes
(4) None of these PD0578
PD0570 53. In Pteridophytes, sporophylls may form
45. The main plant body of bryophyte is :- distinct compact structure, called :-
(1) Haploid (2) Diploid (1) Strobili or cones (2) Microphyll
(3) Haplo-diploid (4) Diplo-haploid (3) Macrophyll (4) Tropophyll
PD0571 PD0579
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54. Pteridophytes are classified in to :- 61. Branch of biology, which deals with study
(1) Three classes (2) Two classes of evolutionary relationship between
(3) Four classes (4) Five classes organism:-
PD0580 (1) Plant anatomy (2) Systematics
55. Gymnospermic plants are :- (3) Ecology (4) Physiology
(1) Homosporous DL1166
(2) Heterosporous 62. In botanical gardens various plant species
are grown for which purpose?
(3) Both
(1) Identification
(4) Without spores
PD0581 (2) Nomenclature
56. The nucellus is protected by envelopes and (3) Classification

the composite structure is called :- (4) Both 2 and 3
(1) Megaspore (2) Microspore DL1167
(3) Ovule (4) Cone 63. Taxonomical aid which contain actual
PD0582 account of habitat and distribution of
EN plants of a given area :
57. In Cycas specialised roots are associated
with N2 fixing cyanobacteria, called :- (1) Flora (2) Fauna
(1) Tap root (2) Coralloid root (3) Manual (4) Monograph
(3) Adventitious root (4) All the above DL1168
PD0583 64. The taxonomic aid, which is useful in

providing information for identification of
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58. Gymnosperms include :-
names of species found in an area, called :
(1) Medium sized trees
(1) Flora
(2) Tall tree
(2) Museum
(3) Shrubs
(3) Manual
(4) All the above
A
(4) Monograph
PD0584
DL1169
59. In Gymnosperm which is not found :-
65. Monographs are concerned with :
(1) Antheridia
(1) Information of any species only
(2) Archegonia
(2) Information of any genus only
(3) Both
(3) Information of any family only
(4) None of these
(4) Information of any one taxon
PD0585
DL1170
60. The number of species that are known and
66. ICZN is used for
described ranges between :
(1) Virus
(1) 1-2 million
(2) Bacteria
(2) 1.7 - 1.8 billion
(3) Cultivated plants
(3) 1.7 - 1.8 million
(4) Animals
(4) 7 million
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67. Which group shows the most extensive 73. Which process is not performed by
metabolic diversity ? bacterial activity?
(1) Plantae (2) Animalia (1) Production of antibiotics
(3) Monera (4) Fungi (2) Fixing nitrogen in legumes
BC1172 (3) Making curd from milk
68. Archaebacteria differ from other bacteria (4) Production of pseudomycelium
in:- BC1178
(1) Nucleoid 74. Choose the incorrect statement regarding
(2) Composition of cell wall Mycoplasma :-
(3) Composition of cytoplasm (1) They lack cell wall
(2) They are smallest living cell
(4) Composition of genetic material
(3) They can survive without oxygen
BC1173
(4) They have mesosome for respiration
69. Which group of organisms is responsible
BC1179
for the production of biogas from the dung
of cows and buffaloes ? 75. Which are chief producers of oceans ?
(1) Diatoms (2) Dinoflagellates
(1) Methanomonas (2) MethanogensEN (3) Euglenoid (4) Green algae
(3) Cyanobacteria (4) Mycoplasma
BC1180
BC1174
76. Which organism is responsible for making
70. Choose the correct statement :-
the sea appear red by rapid multiplication ?
(1) Most of the bacteria are autotrophs
(1) Euglena (2) Paramoecium
(2) All bacteria are heterotrophs
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(3) Gonyaulax (4) Trypanosoma
(3) Some bacteria are heterotrophs BC1181
(4) Most of the bacteria are heterotrophs 77. Euglenoids have a protein rich layer instead
BC1175 of a cell wall. This layer is called as :-
71. Which of the following character is (1) Epidermis (2) Skin
A
common in both cyanobacteria and green (3) Pellicle (4) Middle layer
plants ? BC1182
(1) Cell wall composition 78. Choose the incorrect statement from
(2) Presence of chlorophyll 'a' following:
(3) Presence of heterocyst (1) Dinoflagellates have stiff cellulosic
(4) Presence of 80s ribosome plates on the outer surface
BC1176 (2) Euglenoids have two flagella, one lies
72. Nostoc can fix atmospheric nitrogen in longitudinally and the other
specialised cell, called :- transversely
(1) Chromotophore (3) Slime mould spores are dispersed by air
currents
(2) Zoospore
(4) In diatoms, the cell walls form two thin
(3) Heterocyst
overlapping shells, which fit together as
(4) Oospore in a soap box.
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79. Which group of organisms is used to make 85. Which fungus is used extensively in
bread and beer ? biochemical and genetic work ?
(1) Rhizopus (2) Yeast (1) Agaricus (2) Aspergillus
(3) Albugo (4) Neurospora (3) Claviceps (4) Neurospora
BC1184 BC1190
80. Fungus prefers to grow in :- 86. Choose the incorrect statement about
(1) Warm and humid places ascomycetes :-
(2) Cold and humid places (1) Mycelium is branched and septate
(3) Warm and cold both (2) Sexual spores are produced
(4) Warm, cold and humid places endogenously
BC1185 (3) They have sac like structure in which
81. In fungi when the hyphae are continuous karyogamy takes place
and branched tubes and fibled with (4) Reduction division occurs in fruiting
multinucleated cytoplasm, these are bodies and form conidia
called:- BC1191
(1) Unicellular hyphae 87. Which group of organism is related with
(2) Coenocytic hyphae basidiomycetes ?
(3) Multicellular hyphae
(4) Both 1 and 3
ENBC1186
(1) Mushroom, Ustilago, Aspergillus
(2) Puffballs, Agaricus, Aspergillus
(3) Mushroom, Ustilago, Agaricus
82. In fungi sexual reproduction is by :-
(4) Ustilago, Aspergillus, Agaricus
(1) Fragmentation, Ascospores and
BC1192
Basidiospores
88. Which set of diseases is caused by
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(2) Budding, Conidia, and Basidiospores

members of basidiomycetes ?
(3) Oospores, Ascospores and
(1) Rust and smut
Basidiospores
(2) Ergot and smut
(4) Fission, Zoospores, Oospores
(3) Ergot and rust
BC1187
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(4) Citrus canker and rust

83. Mycelium of members of phycomycetes is:-
BC1193
(1) Septate and coenocytic
89. Fungi imperfacti are called,
(2) Aseptate and coenocytic
(1) members of phycomycetes
(3) Septate and multicellular
(2) members of ascomycetes
(4) Septate and unicellular
BC1188 (3) members of basidiomycetes
84. Choose the incorrect statement about (4) members of deuteromycetes
phycomycetes :- BC1194
(1) Members are found in aquatic habitats 90. Which is not found in members of
(2) Spores are endogenously produced in deuteromycetes ?
sporangium (1) Asexual reproduction
(3) Zygospore is formed by reduction (2) Mode of nutrition
division (3) Structure of mycelium
(4) Its members reproduce sexually may be (4) Sexual reproduction
isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous.
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91. Which of the following are noncellular 97. In which group the male and female sex
organisms that are characterized by having organs are called antheridia and
an inert crystalline structure outside the archegonia, respectively ?
living cell:- (1) Blue green algae (2) Eubacteria
(1) Bacteria (2) Mycoplasma (3) Protista (4) Bryophyta
(3) Virus (4) Lichen PD1202
BC1196 98. The group of plants, in which body is
92. Select false statement :- differentiated into root, stem and leaf :-
(1) Lichens are symbiotic association (1) Chlorophyceae (2) Phaeophyceae
between algae & fungi (3) Lycopsida (4) Hepaticopsida
(2) Viruses are smaller than bacteria PD1203
(3) Virus name are obligate parasites 99. Which is not an example of moss plants ?
(4) Viruses are facultative parasite (1) Funaria (2) Polytrichum
BC1197 (3) Sphagnum (4) Colletotrichum
93. Select incorrect statement about viroid :- PD1204
(1) Free infectious RNA EN 100. Strobilli or cones are not formed in :-
(2) It was discovered by T.O. Diener (1) Lycopods (2) Sphenopsids
(3) It causes potato spindle tuber disease (3) Conifers (4) Ferns
(4) It contains high molecular weight RNA PD1205
BC1198 101. In which group of plants both male and
female gametophytes do not have an
94. Which is incorrect statement ?
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independent free living existence ?
(1) The Mycoplasma are organisms that
(1) Bryophytes (2) Pteridophytes
completely lack a cell wall
(3) Gymnosperms (4) Both 1 and 2
(2) Mycoplasma can survive without
PD1206
oxygen
102. The gametophyte of pteridophytes require
A
(3) Mycoplasma are the smallest living

to grow :-
cells.
(1) Warm, damp, and shady place
(4) Mycoplasma can cause disease only in
plants (2) Cool, damp, and shady place
(3) Warm, dry, and shady place
BC1199
(4) Cool, dry, and place of well sunshine
95. Generally plant viruses are :-
PD1207
(1) Double stranded DNA viruses
103. Zygotic meiosis occurs in :-
(2) Single stranded RNA viruses
(1) Pinus (2) Funaria
(3) Single stranded DNA viruses
(3) Pteridium (4) Chara
(4) Double stranded RNA viruses
PD1208
BC1200
104. The megaspore mother cell in
96. Which group does not produce embryo ?
gymnosperms is differentiated from :-
(1) Algae (2) Moss
(1) Integument (2) Embryosac
(3) Liverworts (4) Club moss
(3) Nucellus (4) Endosperm
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105. A group of algae, having following (D) Retention of megaspore inside the
characters:- megasporangium
(a) Chlorophyll a and b are present These were very essential events occurred
(b) Chloroplast has one or many pyrenoids during the course of evolution for the
(c) Cell wall made of cellulose and pectose phenomenon of:-
(d) Reserve food material is starch (1) Heterospory
Which one of the following is also a very (2) Seed habit
important character including above (3) Fruit formation
characters to call it as a member of (4) Covered seed formation
chlorophyceae ? PD1213
(1) Plant body colonial only 109. In gymnosperms, the megaspore forms :-
(2) Plant body is made of haploid cells (1) Endosperm (2) Female gamete
called as gametophyte (3) Male gamete (4) Male cone
(3) Its flagellar character may be 2–8 in PD1214
number, equal and apical
110. Find the odd one with respect to ploidy?
(4) It may occur in fresh water, brackish
(1) Spore (2) Sporophyte
water or salt water
EN
PD1210
(3) Archegonium (4) Antheridium
PD1215
106. Integumented megasporangia are formed
111. Which of the following is odd one from the
in:-
following about liverworts ?
(1) Phanerogames
(1) Foot, Seta, Capsule
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(2) Cryptogames only

(2) Spore, Archegonium, Antheridium
(3) Gymnosperms only
(3) Multicellular rhizoids, Protonema
(4) Pteridophytes only
(4) Rhizoids, Gemmae
PD1211
PD1216
A
107. Needle like leaves to reduce the surface

112. Which is not true about fern plants ?
area, thick cuticle, and sunken stomata to
(1) They produce sori on sporophylls
reduce water loss etc. are the xerophytic
characters present in :- (2) They produce male and female cone by
spiral arrangement of sporophylls
(1) Pteridophytes (2) Gymnosperms
(3) Some fern plants are heterosporous
(3) Angiosperms (4) Sphenopsida
also
PD1212
(4) Some ferns are aquatic also
108. Consider the following characters :-
PD1217
(A) Formation of only one functional
113. Which group of plants is of less economic
megaspore in a megasporangium
importance but have great ecological
(B) Formation of hard covering around
importance?
megasporangium
(1) Gymnosperms (2) Angiospems
(C) Development of embryo from zygote
within the female gametophyte
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114. Normally in gymnosperms how many 120. Walking fern name of Adiantum is due to :-
archegonia are produced in an ovule ? (1) Dispersal by animals
(1) One (2) Two (2) Reproduction by spores
(3) Two or more (4) Always one (3) Vegetative reproduction
PD1219 (4) Power of locomotion
115. Fusion between a large, nonmotile (static) BC1094
female gamete and a smaller, motile male 121. Modern farmer's can increase the yield of
gamete is termed as :- Paddy upto 50% by the use of :-
(1) Isogamy (2) Oogamy (1) Cyanobacteria
(3) Anisogamy (4) Autogamy (2) Rhizobium
BC1220 (3) Cyanobacteria in Azolla pinnata
116. Vascular plants producing integumented (4) Farm yard manure
megasporangia but not ovary are :- BC1095
(1) Pteridophytes (2) Gymnosperms 122. Practical purpose of taxonomy or
(3) Angiosperms (4) Bryophytes classification :-
PD1221
EN (1) Facilitate the identification of unknown
EXERCISE-III(B) ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS species.
117. Water is essential in bryophyta :- (2) Explain the origin of organisms.
(1) For fertilization and homosporous (3) To know the evolutionary history
nature (4) Identification of medicinal plants
(2) Water should be filled in archegonium DL0591
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for fertilization 123. Plant pathogenic bacteria are mostly :-

(3) Water is necessary for movement of (1) Gram + Non spore forming
sperm (2) Gram - Negative non spore forming
(4) For dissemination spores (3) Gram + spore forming
A
PD0586 (4) Gram (-) spore forming

118. Which statement is wrong for Cycas ? BC1096
(1) Xylem have vessels 124. Which of the following statement is true
for bryophyta ?
(2) Male cones are well developed
(1) Along with water absorption roots also
(3) It has coralloid roots
provide anchorment to plants
(4) Circinate ptyaxis/Circinate vernation
(2) Sporophyte is dominant
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(3) Gametophyte is dominant and
119. What is correct for stages of Puccinia ?
sporophyte is mostly parasitic
(1) Telia and aecia on wheat
(4) Gametophyte is parasitic
(2) Telia and uredo stage on wheat PD0593
(3) Telia and aecia on barberry 125. Nitrogen fixing bacteria convert :-
(4) None (1) N2 NH3 (2) NH4+ Nitrates
BC1093 (3) NO2 NO3 (4) NO3 N2
BC1097
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126. Which arrangement is in correct ascending 132. Plant Decomposers belong to :-
order ? (1) Monera and fungi
(1) Species < genus < order < family (2) Fungi and plants
(2) Genus < species < family < order (3) Protista and Animalia
(3) Order < family < Genus < species (4) Animalia and Monera
(4) Species < genus < family < order BC1102
DL0595 133. What is true for cyanobacteria ?
127. Main reason of water bloom in rivers, (1) Oxygenic with nitrogenase
lakes, sea etc. is:- (2) Oxygenic without nitrogenase
(1) Brown algae and green algae (3) Non oxygenic with nitrogenase
(2) Cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates (4) Non oxygenic without nitrogenase
(3) Eichornia BC1103
(4) Fishes 134. Which of the following more similar in
BC1098 characters as compared to genus ?
128. Genetic material of prokaryotic cell:- (1) Species
(1) Non histonic double stranded DNA
(2) Histonic double stranded DNA
EN (2) Division
(3) Class
(3) Histone & DNA both are absent (4) Family
(4) Histone without DNA DL0603
BC1099 135. Adhesive pad (Haustoria) of fungi
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129. Diatomaceous earth is used as heat penetrate the host with the help of :-
insulator in boilers and steam pipes (1) Mechanical pressure and enzymes
because the cell wall of diatom - (2) Hooke and suckers
(1) Composed of Iron (3) Softening by enzymes
(2) Composed of Silicon dioxide (4) Only by mechanical pressure
A
(3) Is conductor of heat BC1104

(4) Is bad conductor of electricity 136. Reason of diversity in living being :-
BC1100 (1) Mutation
130. Enzymes are not found in- (2) Long term evolutionary change
(1) Fungi (2) Algae (3) Gradual change
(3) Virus (4) Cyanobacteria (4) Short term evolutionary change
BC1101 DL0605
131. Cycas have two cotyledons but not 137. Which fungal disease spreads by seed and
included in angiosperms because of :- flowers ?
(1) Naked ovules (1) Loose smut of Wheat
(2) Seems like monocot (2) Corn stunt
(3) Circinate ptyxis (3) Covered smut of Barley
(4) Compound leaves (4) Soft rot of Potato
PD0600 BC1105
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138. Which bacteria is utilized in Gober gas 144. Which one of the following bacteria has
plant ? found extensive use in genetic engineering
(1) Methanogens work in plants:-
(2) Nitrifying bacteria (1) Clostridium septicum
(3) Ammonifying bacteria (2) Xanthomonas citri
(3) Bacillus coagulens
(4) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
BC1106
BC1112
139. In bacteria, plasmid is :-
145. In which kingdom would you classify the
(1) Extra chromosomal material archaea and nitrogen-fixing organisms, if
(2) Main DNA the five-kingdom system of classification is
(3) Non functional DNA used :-
(4) Repetative gene (1) Plantae (2) Fungi
BC1107 (3) Protista (4) Monera
140. Vessels are found in :– BC1113
(1) All angiosperms and some gymnosperm 146. Which one pair of examples will correctly
(2) Most of the angiosperms and few represent the grouping Spermatophyta
gymnosperms
EN
(3) All angiosperms, all gymnosperms and
according to one of the schemes of
classifying plants :-
(1) Acacia, Sugarcane (2) Pinus, Cycas
some pteridophyta
(3) Rhizopus, Triticum (4) Ginkgo, Pisum
(4) All pteridophyta
BC1114
BC1108 147. Plants reproducing by spores such as
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141. Sequence of which of the following is used mosses and ferns are grouped under the
to know the phylogeny :- general term:-
(1) m-RNA (2) r – RNA (1) Cryptogams (2) Bryophytes
(3) t - RNA (4) DNA (3) Sporophytes (4) Thallophytes
BC1109 BC1115
A
142. In five kingdom system, the main basis of 148. Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the :-
classification :- (1) Cytoplasm of Chlorella
(1) Structure of nucleus (2) Mycelium of a green mould such as
Aspergillus
(2) Nutrition
(3) Spore capsule of a moss
(3) Structure of cell wall
(4) Pollen tube of Pinus
(4) Asexual reproduction
PD0617
BC1110 149. Phenetic classification is based on :-
143. Organisms which obtain energy by the (1) The ancestral lineage of existing
oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds organisms
are called (2) Observable characteristics of existing
(1) Photo autotrophs organisms
(2) Chemo autotrophs (3) Dendograms based on DNA
(3) Saprozoic characteristics
(4) Coproheterotrophs (4) Sexual characteristics
BC1111 DL0618
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150. Which one of the following pairs of plants 155. If by radiation all nitrogenase enzyme are
are not seed producers ? inactivated, then there will be no :-
(1) Fern and Funaria (1) Conversion from ammonium to nitrate
(2) Funaria and Ficus in soil
(3) Ficus and Chlamydomonas (2) Fixation of nitrogen in legumes
(4) Punica and Pinus (3) Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
PD0619 (4) Conversion from nitrate to nitrite in
151. Species are considered as :- legumes
(1) Real basic units of classification BC1117
(2) The lowest units of classification 156. Which one of the following pairs is not
(3) Artificial concept of human mind correctly matched ?
(1) Rhizobium – Biofertilizer
(4) Biggest units of classification devised by
(2) Streptomyces – Antibiotic
taxonomists
(3) Serratia – Drug addiction
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(4) Spirulina – Single cell protein
152. In oogamy, fertilization involves :-
BC1118
(1) A large motile female gamete and a
157. A free living nitrogen–fixing
small
non–motile male gamete
EN
(2) A small non–motile female gamete and
cyanobacterium which can also form
symbiotic association with the water fern
Azolla is :-
a large motile male gamete
(1) Anabaena (2) Tolypothrix
(3) A large non–molile female gamete and
(3) Chlorella (4) Nostoc
a small motile male gamete
BC1119
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(4) A large non–motile female gamete and

158. The most thoroughly studied of the known
a large non–motile male gamete
bacteria–plant interactions is the
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(1) Plant growth stimulation by phosphate–
153. Flagella of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells solubilising bacteria
differ in :-
A
(2) Cyanobacterial symbiosis with some

(1) Microtubular organization and function aquatic ferns
(2) Type of movement and placement in (3) Gall (swelling) formation on certain
cell angiosperms by Agrobacterium
(3) Location in cell and mode of functioning (4) Nodulation of Sesbania stems by
(4) Microtubular organization and type of nitrogen fixing bacteria
movement BC1120
BC1116 159. Top-shaped multiciliate male gemetes, and
154. Angiosperms have dominated the land the mature seed which bears only one
flora primarily because of their :- embryo with two cotyledons, are
(1) Domestication by man characteristic features of :
(2) Power of adaptability in diverse habitat (1) Cycads
(3) Property of producing large number of (2) Gamopetalous angiosperms
seeds (3) Conifers
(4) Nature of self pollination (4) Polypetalous angiosperms
PD0623 PD0628
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160. Carbohydrates, the most abundant 163. Auxospores and hormocysts are formed,
biomolecules on earth, are produced by : respectively, by :
(1) some bacteria, algae and green plant (1) Several diatoms and a few
cells cyanobacteria
(2) all bacteria, fungi and algae (2) Some diatoms and several
(3) fungi, algae and green plant cells cyanobacteria
(4) viruses, fungi and bacteria (3) Several cyanobacteria and several
diatoms
PD0629
(4) Some cyanobacteria and many diatoms
161. Match items in Column-I with those in
Column-II: BC1122
Column-I Column-II 164. Which of the following is not true for a

species ?
(A) Peritrichous (J) Ginkgo
(1) Variations occur among members of a
flagellation
species
(B) Living fossil (K) Macrocystis
EN (2) Gene flow does not occur between the
(C) Rhizophore (L) Escherichia coli populations of a species
(D) Smallest (M) Selaginella (3) Each species is reproductively isolated
flowering plant from every other species
(E) Largest (N) Wolffia (4) Members of a species can interbreed
perennial alga DL0633
LL
Select the correct answer from the 165. Study the following statements carefully
following : and give the answer :-
(1) A–L ; B–J ; C–M; D–N ; E–K A. Biological names are generally in Latin
(2) A–J ; B–K ; C–N; D–L ; E–K and printed in italics.
A
(3) A–N ; B–L ; C–K; D–N ; E–J B. The first word in biological names
represents the genus.
(4) A–K ; B–J ; C–L; D–M ; E–N
C. Both the words in a biological name are
PD0630
separately underlined when printed.
162. Barophilic prokaryotes :
D. The first word of biological name starts
(1) occur in water containing high with capital letter when given in
concentrations of barium hydroxide. memory of a person otherwise with
(2) readily grow and divide in sea water small letter.
enriched in any soluble salt of barium (1) A, D – correct B, C – correct
(3) grow and multiply in very deep marine (2) A, C – correct B, D – incorrect
sediments
(3) A, B – correct C, D – incorrect
(4) grow slowly in highly alkaline frozen
(4) A, B – incorrect C, D – correct
lakes at high altitudes
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166. How many are the incorrect statements Identify A and B and select the right option
from the followings ? giving their some of the features correctly ?
(A) In museum insects are preserved in I II III
insect boxes after collecting and killing.
Plant Help in
(B) Monkey, gorilla and gibbon are placed (1) (A) is Herbarium specimens are identification
in class mammalia. stored alive of plant
(C) In an order similar characters are more Animal
Help in studying
as compared to different genera (2) (B) is Herbarium specimens are
anatomy
included in a family. stored alive
(D) Three pairs of jointed legs are present (B) is zoological Living animals Help in studying
(3) park are kept there animal behaviour
in all chordates.
(A) is zoological Living plant Help to study
(1) Two (2) Three (3) One (4) Four
(4) park parts are kept plant physiology
DL0635
DL0638
167. Which of the following is / are not correctly
match? 170. How many are the incorrect statements
from the followings ?
Common Genus Family
(A) Lower the taxa, more are the
Name EN characteristics that the members within
(i) Man Homo Hominidae the taxon share
(ii) Housefly Musa Muscidae (B) Higher the taxonomic category, greater
(iii) Mango Mangifera Anacardiaceae is the difficulty of determining the
(iv) Wheat Triticum Poaceae relationships to other taxa at the same
(1) i & ii (2) only i level
LL
(3) only ii (4) iii & iv (C) In lower taxa the problems of
DL0636 classification becomes more complex
168. How many of the followings are taxa ? (D) As we go higher from species to
Dogs, Cats, Mammals, Wheat, Rice, Plants, kingdom, the number of common
A
Wood, Mango, Leaves, Jointed legs. characters increases

(1) Eight (2) Six (3) Seven (4) One (1) One
DL0637
(2) Two
169. (3) Three
(4) Four
DL0639
(A)
171. Some taxonomical aids are given in the
following options; which option is correct
to be used as quick referral system ?
(1) Herbarium and books
(2) Botanical garden and Zoological park
(B)
(3) Zoological park and Herbarium
(4) Biological museum and Zoological park
DL0640
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172. Nomenclature is very must in taxonomy 175. In potato, brinjal, lion, leopard, and tiger,
which of the following is not correct about how many species and genera are there
scientific nomenclature ? respectively ?
(1) They ensure that each organism has (1) 4 & 2 (2) 5 & 3
only one name (3) 5 & 4 (4) 5 & 2
(2) They also ensure that such a name has DL0644
not been used for any other known 176. The correct sequence of evolution is :-
organism (1) Bryophyta Pteridophyta
(3) Scientific nomenclature is a Gymnosperms Dicots 
standardised naming system Monocots
(4) Different countries of the world use (2) Pteridophyta  Gymnosperms 
different kinds of scientific Dicots  Monocots  Bryophyta
nomenclature system (3) Bryophyta  Gymnosperms  Dicots
DL0641  Monocots  Angiosperms
173. The relation of solanaceae and (4) Bryophyta
convolvulaceae with polymoniales is similar
EN PteridophytaGymnosperms
to the relation occuring in:- Monocots  Dicots
(1) Felidae and canidae with carnivora PD0645
(2) Primata and carnivora with mammalia 177. Suffix is not used for :-
(3) Amphibia and reptilia with chordata (1) Genus
(4) Solanum and Petunia with solanaceae (2) Species
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DL0642 (3) Kingdom

174. Classification system are changing every (4) All of them
now and then because an attempt has DL0646
been made to evolve such a system 178. Some characters are given below. Which of
A
ultimately which is able to explain them are true for the cyanobacteria ?
evolutionary relations in organisms. What (a) Oxygenic photosynthesis
was the correct sequence of these types of (b) Non-oxygenic chemotrophism
classification systems with respect to their (c) Oxygenic chemotrophism
evolution :-
(d) Ability of N2 fixation
(1) Practical  Artificial  Natural
(1) a and b (2) a and c
 Phylogenetic  Numerical
(3) a and d (4) b and d
(2) Artificial  Practical  Numerical 
BC1123
Phylogenetic
179. Which of the following is non-cellular
(3) Practical  Artifical Natural  organism?
Numerical  phylogenetic (1) Bacteria (2) Fungi
(4) Numerical  Artifical  Natural  (3) Algae (4) Virus
Practical  phylogenetic BC1124
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180. Find the incorrect match :- 184. With respect to fungal sexual cycle, what is
Column-I Column-II the correct sequence ?
(1) Ustilago belongs to class (1) Karyogamy, plasmogamy & meiosis
basidiomycetes (2) Meiosis, plasmogamy & karyogamy
(2) Agaricus belongs to class (3) Plasmogamy, karyogamy & meiosis
basidiomycetes (4) Meiosis, karyogamy & plasmogamy
(3) Trichoderma sexual cycle is BC1129
found 185. For Bryophytes, select the incorrect
statement in the followings :-
(4) Alternaria sexual cycle is not
(1) The plant body of liverworts is thalloid
found
& erect.
BC1125 (2) Mosses have upright, slender axis
181. Find the incorrect statement about fungi :- bearing spirally arranged leaves.
(1) They show a great diversity in (3) Spores germinate to form gametophyte
morphology and habitats (4) The zygote produces a sporophyte
(2) Fungi are cosmopolitan and occur in air, PD0654
water, soil and as parasites also 186. Which of the following is not a character
(3) They prefer to grow in cold and dry
places
EN
(4) With the exception of yeasts, fungi are
related to Red Algae ?
(1) Sexual reproduction is oogamous.
(2) They occur in both well lighted areas
filamentous and great depths of oceans.
BC1126 (3) The food stored in them is
182. Find the correct statements about fungi :- cyanophycean starch, very similar to
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(A) Most of the fungi are saprophytes amylopectin and glycogen.

(B) Fungi can also survive as symbionts (4) They reproduce asexually by non motile
(C) Sexual reproduction in fungi involves spores.
three steps PD0655
(D) Reduction division in fungi occurs in 187. Find the incorrect from the following :-
A
fruiting bodies which forms haploid (1) Sporophyte of moss is more elaborate
spores than that in liver worts
(1) A, B are correct (2) Gemmae are asexual buds formed in
(2) C, D are correct moss only.
(3) A, B & C are correct (3) Funaria, Polytrichum & Sphagnum are
(4) A, B, C & D are correct moss plants
BC1127 (4) After meiosis spores are produced
183. Choose the incorrect statement regarding within the capsule of bryophytes
decomposer :- PD0656
(1) They may be prokaryotes or 188. Oogamous type of sexual reproduction is
eukaryotes. found in :-
(2) They may be unicellular or multicellular (1) Chlamydomonas & Spirogyra
(3) They convert inorganic into organic (2) Chlamydomonas & Ulothrix
compounds (3) Spirogyra & Ulothrix
(4) They play a great role in ecology (4) Volvox & Fucus
BC1128 PD0657
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189. A plant shows sporophyte as a main 192. In prokaryotes, chromatophores are –
generation. Its gametophyte shows rhizoids (1) Specialized granules responsible for
and is haploid. It needs water to complete colouration of cells
its life cycle because the male gametes are (2) Structures responsible for organizing
motile. Identify the group to which it the shape of the organism
belongs to :- (3) Inclusion bodies lying free inside the
(1) Pteridophytes cells for carrying out various metabolic
(2) Gymnosperms activities
(4) Internal membrane systems that may
(3) Monocots
become extensive and complex in
(4) Bryophytes photosynthetic bacteria
PD0658 BC1130
190. A protonema is ? 193. As we go from species to kingdom in a
taxonomic hierarchy, the number of
(1) A structure in pteridophytes formed
common characteristics
before the thallus develops
(1) Will decrease
(2) A sporophytic free living structure
EN (2) Will increase
formed in pteridophytes
(3) Remain same
(3) A creeping, green, filamentous and (4) May increase or decrease
gametophytic structure produced in
DL0756
bryophytes.
194. Which of the following ‘suffixes’ used for
(4) A primitive structure formed after units of classification in plants indicates a
LL
fertilization in pteridophytes taxonomic category of ‘family’.
PD0659 (1) Ales (2) Onae (3) Aceae (4) Ae
191. Read the following statements & select the DL0757
correct option : 195. The term ‘systematics’ refers to:
(A) Gymnosperms do not show xerophytic (1) Identification and classification of plants
A
characters. and animals

(B) In Cycas coralloid roots are associated (2) Nomenclature and identification of
with mycorrhiza plants and animals
(3) Diversity of kinds of organisms and their
(C) In conifers needle like leaves reduce the
relationship
surface area.
(4) Different kinds of organisms and their
(D) All gymnosperms are heterosporous classification
How many above statements are correct & DL0758
incorrect? 196. Genus represents
(1) 2 - correct, 2 - incorrect (1) An individual plant or animal
(2) 3 - correct, 1 - incorrect (2) A collection of plants or animals
(3) 1 - correct, 3 - incorrect (3) Group of closely related species of
plants or animals
(4) 0 - correct, 4 - incorrect
(4) None of these
PD0660
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197. The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the 202. Match the following and choose the correct
classification of animals is equivalent to option:
which hierarchial level in classfication of A. Family i. Solanum tuberosum
plants B. Kingdom ii. Polymoniales
(1) Class (2) Order C. Order iii. Solanum
D. Species iv. Plantae
(3) Division (4) Family
E. Genus v. Solanaceae
DL0760 Options
198. Botanical gardens and zoological parks (1) i-D, ii-C, iii-E, iv-B, v-A
have (2) i-E, ii-D, iii-B, iv-A, v-C
(1) Collection of endemic living species only (3) i-D, ii-E, iii-B, iv-A, v-C
(2) Collection of exotic living species only (4) i-E, ii-C, iii-B, iv-A, v-D
DL0765
(3) Collection of endemic and exotic living
203. All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong
species
to
(4) Collection of only local plants and (1) Monera (2) Protista
animals (3) Fungi (4) Bacteria
DL0761
EN BC1131
199. Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic 204. The five kingdom classification was
tools in the identification and classification proposed by
of plants and animals. It is used in the (1) R.H. Whittaker (2) C.Linnaeus
preparation of (3) A. Roxberg (4) Virchow
BC1132
(1) Monographs
205. Organisms living in salty areas are called as
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(2) Flora (1) Methanogens
(3) Both 1 & 2 (2) Halophiles
(4) None of these (3) Heliophytes
DL0762 (4) Thermoacidophiles
200. All living organisms are linked to one BC1133
A
another because 206. Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated and

saprophytic are the characteristics of
(1) They have common genetic material of
(1) Monera (2) Protista
the same type
(3) Fungi (4) Slime molds
(2) They share common genetic material BC1134
but to varying degrees 207. An association between roots of higher
(3) All have common cellular organization plants and fungi is called
(4) All of above (1) Lichen (2) Fern
LW0763 (3) Mycorrhiza (4) BGA
BC1135
201. Which of the following is a defining
208. A dikaryon is formed when
characteristic of living organisms?
(1) Meiosis is arrested
(1) Growth (2) The two haploid nuclei do not fuse
(2) Ability to make sound immediately
(3) Reproduction (3) Cytoplasm does not fuse
(4) Response to external stimuli (4) None of the above
BC1136
LW0764
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209. Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by 215. Cyanobacteria are classified under
(1) D.J. Ivanowsky (2) M.W. Beijerinek (1) Protista (2) Plantae
(3) Stanley (4) Robert Hook (3) Monera (4) Algae
BC1137 BC1143
210. Mycobiont and Phycobiont are found in 216. Fusion of two gametes which are dissimilar
(1) Mycorrhiza (2) Root in size is termed as
(3) Lichens (4) BGA (1) Oogamy (2) Isogamy
BC1138 (3) Anisogamy (4) Zoogamy
211. Difference between Virus and Viroid is
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(1) Absence of protein coat in viroid but
217. Holdfast, stipe and frond constitutes the
present in virus
plant body in case of
(2) Presence of low molecular weight RNA
(1) Rhodophyceae (2) Chlorophyceae
in virus but absent in viroid
(3) Phaeophyceae (4) All of the above
(3) Both a and b
PD0780
BC1139 218. A plant shows thallus level of organization.
It shows rhizoids and is haploid. It needs
the correct sequence of events
EN
212. With respect to fungal sexual cycle, choose
water to complete its life cycle because the
male gametes are motile. Identify the
(1) Karyogamy, Plasmogamy and Meiosis
group to which it belongs to
(2) Meiosis, Plasmogamy and Karyogamy
(1) Pteridophytes (2) Gymnosperms
(3) Plasmogamy, Karyogamy and Meiosis
(3) Monocots (4) Bryophytes
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(4) Meiosis, Karyogamy and Plasmogamy
BC1140 PD0781
213. Viruses are non-cellular organisms but 219. A Prothallus is
replicate themselves once they infect the (1) A structure in pteridophytes formed
host cell. To which of the following before the thallus develops
A
kingdom do viruses belong to? (2) A sporophytic free living structure

(1) Monera formed in pteridophytes
(2) Protista (3) A gametophyte free living structure
(3) Fungi formed in pteridophytes
(4) None of the above (4) A primitive structure formed after
BC1141 fertilization in pteridophytes
214. Members of phycomycetes are found in PD0782
i. Aquatic habitats 220. Plants of this group are diploid and well
ii. On decaying wood adapted to extreme conditions. They grow
iii. Moist and damp places bearing sporophylls in compact structures
iv. As obligate parasites on plants called cones. The group in reference is
Choose from the following options (1) Monocots (2) Dicots
(1) None of the above (2) i and iv (3) Pteridophytes (4) Gymnosperms
(3) ii and iii (4) All of the above PD0783
BC1142
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221. Protonema is 222. The giant Redwood tree (Sequoia
(1) Haploid and is found in mosses sempervirens) is a/an
(2) Diploid and is found in liverworts (1) Angiosperm
(3) Diploid and is found in pteridophytes (2) Free fern
(4) Haploid and is found in pteridophytes (3) Pteridophyte
PD0784 (4) Gymnosperm
PD0785
EXERCISE-III ANSWER KEY

EN
LL
3
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
2 1 1 3 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 4 1
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
3 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 1 4 4
A
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105

3 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 3
106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
1 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2
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® Biology : Diversity in the living world

EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) Build Up Your Understanding

(3) Haeckel (4) A.P. de. Candolle

(3) Koch (4) Mayr BC0823

(3) Classification (4) Affinities (3) Classes (4) Tribes

(3) Phylogenetic (4) Numerical

capital letter whereas specific epithet (3) Petals (4) Stamens

43. The book genera plantarum which contains

44. "Theorie elementaire de la botanique" is are called as :-

BC0847 (4) Perinuclear space

(2) Cell wall formation membrane ?

BC0859 (1) Bryophyta (2) Fungi

(2) Rhizobium (1) Carbohydrate (2) Lipid

food in :- (1) Pigments

(1) Pseudopodia (2) Flagella

(1) Rusts (2) Smuts

129. Stored food material of fungi :-

136. Penicillin is obtained from:-

(4) Glycogen and oil

(3) Mucopeptide (4) Pseudomurein

(3) Bryophytes (4) Euglenoids BC0942

(4) Diatoms and euglenoids

174. Flagellated cells are absent in :-

188. Volvox belongs to :-

190. Blue - green algae resembles more closely algae

(4) Nuclei of gametes (3) Funaria (4) Anthoceros

PD0215 (2) Vascular cryptogames

228. Leafy gametophyte occurs in:-

230. Sphagnum may be used as a substitute of :- (1) Riccia (2) Rhizopus

(2) Gymnosperms (2) Gametophyte

257. The antherozoids of fern are :–

(1) Uniflagellate (2) Biflagellate (1) Tap root

PD0258 (1) Pteridophyta (2) Spermatophyta

(2) Arborescent/Woody 278. Which character most differentiates

272. Gymnosperm plants lack :-

(1) Cycas gymnosperme is totally become extinct ?

(3) Seeds are not formed (1) Selaginella (2) Pinus

322. Living organisms can respond against ?

EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) ANSWER KEY

EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) AIPMT/NEET

(2) it serves as a disinfectant (4) Vibrio cholerae and a tailed

9. Which one of the following is a slime

(2) Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra

represents: 20. Which of the following is a flowering plant

meristem (1) Alternaria (2) Erwinia

PD0338 brought about by :-

(1) Papaya (2) Marchantia (3) Fungi (4) Archaea

49. Examine the figure A, B, C and D. In which

(4) (b), (c) PD0377

represent a significant step toward (2) Taenia, a tapeworm

parent sporophyte AIPMT 2012

Nuclear membrane is absent in :-

(1) Four (2) One (3) Spirogyra (4) Volvox

matched? (1) upper oogonium and lower antheridium

statements ? (3) Basal bodies

antheridium. (3) Single chromosome

(1) Slime moulds (2) Chrysophytes BC1034

their importance : (2) Cell wall is absent in Animalia

132. Nomenclature is governed by certain NEET-II 2016

language (3) megasporangium

oxygen in the immediate environment (4) Typhoid and smallpox

149. Select the mismatch : (1) Methanobacterium : Lactic acid