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Statement-1 : Linnaeus classified plants into trees, shrubs and herbs, on the basis of morphological characters.
Statement-2 : Aristotle divided animals into group - Anaima and Enaima.
1. Only statement-1 is correct
2. Only statement-2 is correct
3. Both statement-1 and statement-2 are correct
4. Both statement-1 and statement-2 are incorrect

In members of which kingdom, nuclear membrane is absent?
1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Fungi
4. Plantae

In five kingdom classification, the kingdom that includes the blue-green algae, nitrogen fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria, is
1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Fungi
4. Plantae

Which one of the following is not the basis of five kingdom classification?
1. Cell structure
2. Body organisation
3. Reproduction
4. Reserve food material

Position of bacteria in the kingdom system of classification proposed by Linnaeus is
1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Plantae
4. Animalia

Who was the founder of five kingdom system of classification?
1. C. Linnaeus
2. R.H. Whittaker
3. Aristotle
4. T.O. Diener

According to five kingdom system, gymnosperms and angiosperms are grouped under the kingdom
1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Fungi
4. Plantae

Which organisms are not included in the five kingdom system of classification?
1. Protozoans
2. Viruses
3. Lichens
4. Both (2) & (3)

Who for the first time classified organisms on the basis of scientific approach?
1. Aristotle
2. Linnaeus
3. Whittaker
4. Pasteur

Aristotle classified animals in two groups on the basis of presence or absence of RBC. The group which does not have RBCs is
1. Anaima
2. Enaima
3. Ovipera
4. Vivipera

Heterotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms lacking a cell wall are included in the kingdom.
1. Protista
2. Fungi
3. Plantae
4. Animalia

Match the following
    Column-I                              Column-II
(Group of bacteria)                  (Their shape)
a. Coccus                              (i) Rod-shaped
b. Bacillus                             (ii) Spherical
c. Spirillum                            (iii) Spiral
d. Vibrium                            (iv) Comma-shaped
1. a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)
2. a(ii), b(i), c(iii), d(iv)
3. a(i), b(ii), c(iv), d(iii)
4. a(ii), b(i), c(iv), d(iii)

During favourable conditions bacteria mainly reproduce by
1. Budding
2. Fragmentation
3. Sporulation
4. Fission

Select the correct statement.
1. Cholera, typhoid, tetanus are well-known diseases caused by viruses
2. Dinoflagellates, euglenoids and slime moulds are placed under kingdom Monera
3. Members of kingdom Protista are primarily aquatic
4. Dinoflagellates are the chief ‘producers’ in the oceans

Select the incorrect statement.
1. Nostoc and Anabaena have heterocysts for nitrogen fixation
2. Cyanobacteria often form blooms in polluted water bodies
3. Heterotrophic bacteria are more abundant in nature
4. The cell wall of Mycoplasma are made up of chitin

Heterocysts present in Anabaena is specialised for
1. Nitrogen fixation
2. Food storage
3. Fission
4. Sexual reproduction

Mark the odd one with respect to cell wall.
1. Halophiles
2. Methanogens
3. Thermoacidophiles
4. Cyanobacteria

Primitive bacteria living in salty areas are called as
1. Methanogens
2. Thermoacidophiles
3. Heliophytes
4. Halophiles

Select the non-protistan group.
1. Slime moulds
2. Dinoflagellates
3. Phycomycetes
4. Chrysophytes

Which of the following is correct?
1. All slime moulds are haploid
2. Protozoans lack cell wall
3. Dinoflagellates are non-motile
4. Pellicle is absent in Euglena

Which is not a feature of dinoflagellates?
1. They cause red tides
2. Their cell wall has stiff cellulose plates on the outer surface
3. They release toxins
4. These are mostly fresh water and non-photosynthetic

_________ are saprophytic protists, whose body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic material.
1. Euglenoids
2. Dinoflagellates
3. Chrysophytes
4. Slime moulds

Being photosynthetic, which organism in absence of sunlight behave like heterotrophs?
1. Slime moulds
2. Euglenoids
3. Sporozoans
4. Ciliated protozoans

Which is the incorrect statement regarding fungi?
1. Wheat rust causing agent is Puccinia
2. Penicillium is a source of antibiotic
3. The cell wall of fungi are composed of peptidoglycan
4. Fungi prefer to grow in warm and humid places

Statement-1 : Yeast is a multicellular fungus.
Statement-2 : Penicillium is an unicellular fungus.
Statement-3 : Albugo is a parasitic fungus on mustard.
1. Only statement-1 and statement-2 are correct
2. All the above statements are incorrect
3. Only statement-3 is correct
4. Both statement-1 and statement-3 are correct

Mark the correct statement.
1. Phycomycetes include mushrooms, bracket fungi or puff balls
2. The mycelium of basidiomycetes is branched and septate
3. Neurospora is used extensively in biochemical and genetic work, it belongs to group basidiomycetes
4. Morels and truffles are non-edible

With respect to fungal sexual cycle, choose the correct sequence of events.
1. Karyogamy, plasmogamy and meiosis
2. Meiosis, plasmogamy and karyogamy
3. Plasmogamy, karyogamy and meiosis
4. Meiosis, karyogamy and plasmogamy

Mark the odd one with respect to kingdom fungi.
1. They reproduce asexually and sexually
2. They show a great diversity in structure and habitat
3. Most of fungi are saprophytic in their mode of nutrition
4. They do not reproduce by zoospores

The sex organs are absent, but plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of two vegetative or somatic cells of different genotypes. It is the feature of
1. Phycomycetes
2. Basidiomycetes
3. Ascomycetes
4. All of these

The fungi form fruiting bodies in which _________ division occurs, leading to formation of _________ spores.
1. Mitotic, diploid
2. Reduction, haploid
3. Mitotic, haploid
4. Reduction, diploid

Which of the following statement is incorrect about viruses?
1. Viruses contain either RNA or DNA
2. Viruses do not have their own metabolic system
3. Bacteriophages are usually double stranded DNA viruses
4. TMV contains both RNA and DNA as its genetic material

Viruses that infect the bacteria are termed as
1. Cyanophages
2. Bacteriophages
3. Mycophages
4. Both (1) & (2)

Who demonstrated that the extract of the infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants?
1. Pasteur
2. M.W. Beijerinck 
3. D.J. Ivanowsky
4. W.M. Stanley

The protein coat called capsid made of small subunits called capsomeres are present in
1. Viruses
2. Bacteria
3. Fungi
4. Gymnosperms

Select the incorrect match with respect to genetic material.
1. Herpes virus – ssDNA
2. Bacteriophage – dsDNA
3. TMV – ssRNA
4. Influenza virus – ssRNA