Delhi Public School, Rudrapur
Practice worksheet
Session 2024-2025
NAME: __________________ DATE:__________________
CLASS: XI SEC:______ ROLL NO.:_______________
TOPIC: Biological classification
A. Multiple choice questions (MCQs):
i) All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong to
a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. Bacteria
ii) The five kingdom classification was proposed by
a. R.H. Whittaker b. C.Linnaeus c. A. Roxberg d. Virchow
iii) Organisms living in salty areas are called as
a. Methanogens b. Halophiles c. Heliophytes d. Thermoacidophiles
iv) An association between roots of higher plants and fungi is called
a. Lichen b. Fern c. Mycorrhiza d. BGA
v) Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by
a. D.J. Ivanowsky b. M.W. Beijerinek c. Stanley d. Robert Hook
vi) Mycobiont and Phycobiont are found in
a. Mycorrhiza b. Root c. Lichens d. BGA
vii) Difference between Virus and Viroid is
a. Absence of protein coat in viroid but present in virus
b. Presence of low molecular weight RNA in virus but absent in viroid
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
viii) With respect to fungal sexual cycle, choose the correct sequence of events
a. Karyogamy, Plasmogamy and Meiosis
b. Meiosis, Plasmogamy and Karyogamy
c. Plasmogamy, Karyogamy and Meiosis
d. Meiosis, Karyogamy and Plasmogamy
ix) Which among the following are the smallest living cells, known without a definite cell wall,
pathogenic to plants as well as animals and can survive without oxygen?
a. Pseudomonas b. Mycoplasma c. Nostoc d. Bacillus
x) Chrysophytes, Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates and Slime moulds are included in the kingdom:
a. Fungi b. Animalia c. Monera d. Protista
B) Answer in brief (Short answer type questions):
i) Why are cyanobacteria used in agricultural fields for crop improvement?
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ii) Name the organism responsible for red tides.
iii) What is the nature of the cell wall in diatoms?
iv) Name the pathogen causing sleeping sickness.
v) Are chemosynthetic bacteria-autotrophic or heterotrophic?
C. Complete the following table: 5
CLASSES OF Phycomycetes Ascomycetes Basidiomycetes Deuteromycetes
FUNGI
CHARACTERISTICS
HYPHAE
ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION
SEXUAL
REPRODUCTION
EXAMPLES
