1. According to Linnaeus plants are those who have?
(a) Cell wall
(b) Ability to eat
(c) Ability to move
(d) Ability to respire
2. How many kingdoms were assigned to prokaryotes in Whittaker’s classification?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
3. Richest source of bacteria is__
(a) Air
(b) Soil
(c) Water
(d) Milk
4. Cell membrane of bacteria is made up of -
(a) Cellulose and lipid
(b) Chitin
(c) Lipid and Protein
(d) Protein and Cellulose
5. Infoldings of plasma membrane in bacteria are called?
(a) Episomes
(b) Plasmid
(c) Pili
(d) Mesosomes
6. The function of mesosome in prokaryotes is:-
(a) Respiration
(b) Cell wall formation
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) N2 – fixation
7. The mode of the nutrition of bacteria is usually
(a) Photo autotrophic
(b) Chemo autotrophic
(c) Heterotrophic
(d) None
8. Fertilit of soil is increased by-
(a) Nitrogen - fixing bacteria
(b) Denitrifying bacteria
(c) Parasitic bacteria
(d) Parasitic fungi
9. Branched chain lipids occur in the cell membranes of_______
(a) Archaebacteria
(b) Mycoplasma
(c) Actinomycetes
(d) Streptomyces
10. Which of the following group includes extreme halophiles and thermophiles
(a) Protista
(b) Cyanobacteria
(c) Archaebacteria
(d) Fungi
11. Kingdom protista includes organisms like: -
(a) Amoeba, Euglena and Diatoms
(b) Amoeba, Euglena and Penicillium
(c) Amoeba, Spirogyra and Penicillium
(d) Euglena, Spirogyra and Albugo
12. Smallest living cells with cell wall are
(a) Mycoplasma
(b) Blue green Algae
(c) Bacteria
(d) Virus
13. Dinoflagellates are called fire algae due to which character
(a) They appear like fire due to pigments
(b) They produce fire due to friction
(c) They occur on burnt places
(d) They show bioluminescence
14. Cell wall of diatoms has___
(a) Silica
(b) Calcium carbonate
(c) Keratin
(d) Calcium oxalate
15. Thread like filaments of fungi are known as
(a) Conidia
(b) Mycorrhiza
(c) Sporangium
(d) Hyphae
16. The cell wall of fungi is made up of
(a) Chitin
(b) Cellulose
(c) Pectin
(d) Suberin
17. Plasmogamy is fusion of
(a) Two haploid cells including their nuclei
(b) Two haploid cells without nuclear fusion
(c) Sperm and egg
(d) Sperm and two polar nuclei
18 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
19. ‘Virus’, the name means
(a) Venom or poisonous fluid
(b) Acellular form
(c) Non-cellular form
(d) The connecting link between living and non-living
20. The disease produced by fungus Ustilago is
(a) Rust
(b) Smut
(c) Crown gall
(d) leaf spot
21. Mycorrhiza is correctly described as
(a) parasitic association between roots and some fungi
(b) symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of some higher plants
(c) symbiosis of algae and fungi
(d) relation of ants with the stem of some trees.
Answers Key
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. a
10 c
11. a
12 c
13. d
14. a
15. d
16. a
17. b
18. c
19. a
20. b
21. b
