Q.1
Myxomycetes are … [ AIIMS 2006]
  • a) Saprobes or parasites having mycelia asexual reproduction by fragmentation, sexual reproduction by fusion of gametes
  • b) Slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm having pseudopodia-like structures for engulping food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores
  • c) Prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprobes or autotrophic, reproduce by dinary fission
  • d) Eukaryotic single-celled or filamentous saprobes or autotrophs, asexual reproduction by division of haploid individuals, sexual reproduction by fusion of two their nuclei
Q.2
Trypanosoma causes … [ AFMC 2003]
  • a) Dysentery
  • b) Sleeping sickness
  • c) Malaria
  • d) Plague
Q.3
Schizont stage of Plasmodium occurs in human cells …. [ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Erythrocytes
  • b) Liver cells
  • c) Erythrocytes and liver cells
  • d) Erythrocytes, liver cells and spleen cells
Q.4
Which one is spindle-shaped mobile with microtubules? … [ RPMT 1996]
  • a) Trophozoite
  • b) Gametocyte
  • c) Ookinete
  • d) Sporozoite
Q.5
Plasmodium is inoculated in humans by …[ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) Female Culex
  • b) Male Culex
  • c) Male and female Anopheles
  • d) Female Anopheles
Q.6
Protozoans are actually ..[ Odisha 2006]
  • a) Cellular
  • b) Acellular
  • c) Unicellular
  • d) Multicellular
Q.7
Amoeba is … [ CPMT 2003]
  • a) Unicellular
  • b) Multicellular
  • c) Plant
  • d) Moneran
Q.8
Sandfly is a causative agent of … [ AFMC 2010]
  • a) Kala-azar
  • b) Sleeping sickness
  • c) Typhoid
  • d) Dysentery
Q.9
All stages of Plasmodium are digested in stomach of female Anopheles except …[ CPMT 2002]
  • a) Sporozoites
  • b) Gametocytes
  • c) Erythrocytes
  • d) Merozoites
Q.10
A plant disease in which the pathogen is seen as a cottony growth on the surface of host is called … [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Rust
  • b) Smut
  • c) Powdery mildew
  • d) Downy mildew
Q.11
Common Bread Mould is … [ MPPMT 2010]
  • a) yeast
  • b) Rhizopus
  • c) Clostridium
  • d) Myxovirus
Q.12
Signet ring stage is found in …[ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Plasmodium
  • b) Pelomyxa
  • c) Paramoecium
  • d) Euglena
Q.13
Which pair belongs to basidiomycetes .. [ CBSE 2007]
  • a) Puffball and Claviceps
  • b) Peziza and Stink Horn
  • c) Morchella and Mushroom
  • d) Bird Nest Fungus and Puffball
Q.14
Centric discoid form of diatom is … [ HPPMT 2001]
  • a) Diploneis
  • b) Coscinodiscus
  • c) Stephanodiscus
  • d) Camphyloneis
Q.15
Which one of the following can photosynthesis its food? …[ JIPMER 1997]
  • a) Hydra
  • b) Paramoecium
  • c) Monocystis
  • d) Euglena
Q.16
Common trait between Amoeba and leucocyte is .. [ WB 2007]
  • a) Encystment
  • b) Pseudopodia
  • c) Sporulation
  • d) Contractile vacuole
Q.17
The part of life cycle of malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax that is passed in female Anopheles is …. .. [ CBSE 1992]
  • a) Sexual cycle
  • b) Pre-erythrocytic schizogony
  • c) Exoerythrocytic schizogony
  • d) Post-erythrocytic schizogony
Q.18
Some protists possess structures for regulation of their water content. They are … [ CET Chd. 1991]
  • a) Nuclei
  • b) Contractile vacuoles
  • c) Chromatophores
  • d) Membranes
Q.19
Oriental sore is caused by … ..[MPPMT 1998]
  • a) Bacterium
  • b) Virus
  • c) Protozoan
  • d) Fungus
Q.20
Claviceps purpurea grows as parasite … [ CPMT 2005]
  • a) In human gut
  • b) In sugarcane roots
  • c) One pine needles
  • d) On fruits of grasses
Q.21
After how many days could a patient commonly feel malaria from the time of biting of mosquito? [ CPMT 1998]
  • a) 2-8 days
  • b) 8-10 days
  • c) 10-20 days
  • d) 20-30 days
Q.22
Clamp connection occur in … [ MPPMT 2012]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Bryophytes
  • d) Pteridophytes
Q.23
Endoparasitic protistan protozoans belong to … [ CPMT 1998]
  • a) Sporozoa
  • b) Ciliate
  • c) Sarcodina
  • d) Mastigophora
Q.24
Lichens multiply by … [ Odisha 1995]
  • a) Conidia
  • b) Oidia
  • c) Ascospores
  • d) Soredia
Q.25
Malarial species found in South America and West Africa is … ..[ BHU 1996]
  • a) Plasmodium falciparum
  • b) P.vivax
  • c) P. malariae
  • d) P. ovale
Q.26
A person suffering from malaria runs fever when …[ AFMC 2001]
  • a) Exoerythrocytic cycle is completed
  • b) Signet ring stage is formed
  • c) RBCs rupture and haemozoin granules are released
  • d) All the above
Q.27
Diabetic patients are advised to take more of mushrooms as they contain … [ MHT CET 2010
  • a) Low protein
  • b) High protein
  • c) More minerals
  • d) Low carbohydrates
Q.28
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of an alga and … [ HPPMT2012]
  • a) Moss
  • b) Fungus
  • c) Protozoa
  • d) bacteria
Q.29
Euglena is a … [ CPMT 1998]
  • a) Ciliate
  • b) Sporozoan
  • c) Flagellate
  • d) Sarcodine
Q.30
Main component of fungal cell wall is … [ RPMT 2011]
  • a) Cellulose
  • b) Chitin
  • c) Pectin
  • d) Dextrin
Q.31
Malaria fever coincides with liberation of …. [ AFMC 2001]
  • a) Crytomerozoites
  • b) Metacryptomerozoites
  • c) Merozoites
  • d) Trophozoites
Q.32
When a fresh water protozoan is placed in marine water …[ KCET 2010]
  • a) The contractile vacuole disappears
  • b) The contractile vacuole becomes bigger size
  • c) The number of contractile vacuoles increases
  • d) The contractile vacuoles remain unchanged
Q.33
Which is useful as biological control … [ Pb PMT 2007]
  • a) Mucor mucedo
  • b) Trichoderma viride
  • c) Penicillium notatum
  • d) Phytophthora parasitica
Q.34
Trichonympha belongs to … [ MPPMT 2000]
  • a) Scyphozoa
  • b) Sporozoa
  • c) Calcarea
  • d) Zooflagellata/ Zoomastigophora
Q.35
In patient suffering from malaria, the cells having Schuffner’s granules are … [ CMC 2002]
  • a) Gametocytes
  • b) Signet ring trophozoites
  • c) Infected erythrocytes
  • d) Infected liver cells
Q.36
Fungi differ from slime mould in lacking … [ DPMT 2008]
  • a) Ascospores
  • b) Flagellated spores
  • c) Basidiospores
  • d) Zygospores
Q.37
Entamoeba histolytica resides in human alimentary canal … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Intestine
  • b) Rectum
  • c) Stomach
  • d) Oral cavity
Q.38
Tikka disease occurs in … [ Odisha 2006]
  • a) Rice
  • b) Groundnut
  • c) Wheat
  • d) Sugarcane
Q.39
Amoebiasis is prevented by … [ CPMT 1990]
  • a) Eating balanced food
  • b) Eating plenty of fruits
  • c) Drinking boiled water
  • d) Using mosquito net
Q.40
Match the items in the two columns .. [kerala 2008]
a)Chrysophytes; i. Paramecium
b) Dinoflagellates ii. Euglena
c)Euglenoid iii Gonyaulax
d)Protozoans iv) Diatoms
  • a) a –iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
  • b) a –ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
  • c) a –ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
  • d) a –iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
Q.41
Which of the following is not a locomotory organelle of protozoans … [ AFMC 2005]
  • a) Pseudopodia
  • b) Cilia
  • c) Flagella
  • d) Parapodia
Q.42
Bakane disease was caused by …
  • a) Fungal toxin
  • b) Growth hormone released by fungal infection
  • c) Change in photoperiod
  • d) Inadequate nutrients
Q.43
Diatoms stay afloat due to … [ AMU 2001]
  • a) Pseudopodia
  • b) Flagella
  • c) Stored lipids
  • d) All the above
Q.44
Characteristic of ciliate are … [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Cilia
  • b) Sexual reproduction
  • c) Free living
  • d) Two nuclei
Q.45
Amoeba moves when … [ RPMT 2002]
  • a) Upper part of plasma-gel changes to plasmasol
  • b) Lower part of plasmasol changes into gel
  • c) Upper part of plasmasol changes into plasma-gel
  • d) All the above
Q.46
VAM contains … [ CMC 2002]
  • a) Symbiotic bacteria
  • b) Saprophytic bacteria
  • c) Symbiotic fungi
  • d) Saprophytic fungi
Q.47
Red tide is caused by … .. [ BHU 1997]
  • a) Gonyaulax
  • b) Noctiluca
  • c) Ceratium
  • d) None of the above
Q.48
Plasmodium falciparum causes malaria …
  • a) Quartan
  • b) Benign tertian
  • c) Pernicious tertian
  • d) Pernicious quartan
Q.49
A harmful lichen is …. [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Umbilicaria
  • b) Letharia
  • c) Usnea
  • d) Cladonia
Q.50
Paramaecium ingests food through … [ CMC 2002]
  • a) Cytoproct
  • b) Cytopyge
  • c) Cytopharynx
  • d) Cytostome
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