Q.1
Columella is a structure found in … [ CDSE 1999]
  • a) Ascus of Penicillium
  • b) Sporangium of Rhizopus
  • c) Pycnidia of Puccinia
  • d) None of the above
Q.2
Which is wrong ..
  • a) Contractile vacuoles regulate osmoregulation in marine protozoans
  • b) Euglena is holophytic protozoan
  • c) Trypanosoma belongs to class Mastigophora
  • d) Class sporozoa includes Plasmodium
Q.3
Identify the scientists who worked extensively on chlorophyllous and nonchlorophyllous thallophytes respectively ..Iyengar      SwaminathanMehta       Maheshwari
  • a) 1, 4
  • b) 2, 3
  • c) 3,4
  • d) 1,3
Q.4
Sir Ronald Ross is famous for discovery of … [ CPMT 1990]
  • a) malaria being due to protest
  • b) Species of Plasmodium
  • c) Malaria spread due to foul air
  • d) Malaria transmission through Anopheles
Q.5
Antibiotic is got from … [ Bih PMT 1995]
  • a) Penicillium
  • b) Mucor
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Gelidium
Q.6
Unlike other algae, diatoms do not readily decay due to …. [ BHU 1999]
  • a) Siliceous wall
  • b) Mucilaginous wall
  • c) Water proof cell wall
  • d) Non-living cells
Q.7
Sporozoites of malarial parasite enter … [ Bih PMT 1991]
  • a) Erythrocytes of humans
  • b) Liver cells of humans
  • c) Stomach of Mosquito
  • d) Salivary gland of Mosquito
Q.8
Which of the following can be used as bacteriological filter … [ JIPMER 2002]
  • a) Gelidium
  • b) batrachospermum
  • c) Oscillatoria
  • d) Cymbella
Q.9
What is correct … [ DPMT 2007]
  • a) Slime Mould are haploid
  • b) Protozoans lack cell wall
  • c) Pellicle is absent in Euglena
  • d) Dinoflagellates are immobile
Q.10
Choose the function of pseudopodia of Amoeba other than locomotion … [ RPMT 2006]
  • a) Regeneration
  • b) Excretion
  • c) Reproduction
  • d) Obtain various materials
Q.11
Which is not component of nutrition in Amoeba … [ Odisha 2003]
  • a) Phagocytosis
  • b) Intracellular digestion
  • c) Saprotrophy
  • d) Exocytosis
Q.12
The causal organism of Kala-azar is … [ CPMT 1993]
  • a) Plasmodium vivax
  • b) Leishmania donovani
  • c) Trypanosoma lewisi
  • d) Wuchereria bancrofti
Q.13
Cysts of Entamoeba histolytica have … [ Odisha 2003]
  • a) One nucleus
  • b) Two nuclei
  • c) Four nuclei
  • d) Many nuclei
Q.14
If all ponds and puddles are destroyed, the organism likely to be destroyed is … [ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Leishmania
  • b) Trypanosoma
  • c) Ascaris
  • d) Plasmodium
Q.15
Powdery mildew of wheat is caused by … [ RPMT 2011]
  • a) Ustilago
  • b) Erysiphe
  • c) Albugo
  • d) Puccinia
Q.16
What is not true of Euglena … [ Odisha 2004]
  • a) Presence of chlorophyll
  • b) Presence of proteinaceous pellicle
  • c) Presence of cellulose cell wall
  • d) Presence of flagellum
Q.17
Chemical used in National Malaria Eradication Programme has been …[BHU 2008]
  • a) 2-4D
  • b) DDT
  • c) BHC
  • d) Pyrethroid
Q.18
Malarial parasites with 48 hr cycle are … [ Odisha 2003]
  • a) Plasmodium malariae, P. falciparum and P, ovale
  • b) Plasmodium malariae, P. falciparum and P/ vivax
  • c) Plasmodium malariae, P. ovale and P. vivax
  • d) Plasmodium malariae, P.ovale and P. vivax
Q.19
Which is false of Amoeba … [ Odisha 2005]
  • a) Omnivory
  • b) Holozoic nutrition
  • c) Photoautotrophy
  • d) Pseudopodia feeder
Q.20
Quinine is got from bark of … [RPMT 2005]
  • a) Atropa belladonna
  • b) Ferula asafetida
  • c) Curcuma domestic
  • d) Cinchona officinalis
Q.21
Wheat develops brown pustules on leaf sheaths and stems which later grow and turn blackish. They are caused by … [ AMU 196]
  • a) Ustilago tritici
  • b) Puccinia striiformis
  • c) Puccinia recondita
  • d) Puccinia graminis
Q.22
The beautiful diatoms are placed under … [ AMU 2012]
  • a) Chrysophytes
  • b) Dinoflagellates
  • c) Euglenoids
  • d) Slime Mould
Q.23
Malaria is caused by … [ JKCMEE 2004]
  • a) Virus
  • b) Bacterium
  • c) Sporozoan
  • d) Helminths
Q.24
Protista contains … [ Odisha 2005]
  • a) Euglena, Dinoflagellates and Yeast
  • b) Amoeba, Paramaecium, Hydra
  • c) Euglena, Paramaecium, Mushroom
  • d) Amoeba, Paramaecium and Dinoflagellates / Diatoms.
Q.25
Food is stored in Rhizopus/Cystopus/ Fungi as … [ RPMT 2000]
  • a) Protein and steroids
  • b) Sugar and oil
  • c) Protein and Starch
  • d) Glycogen and oil
Q.26
Which is characteristic feature of Chrysophytes .. [ kerala 2011]
  • a) Parasitic forms causing diseases in animals
  • b) Have protein rich layer called pellicle
  • c) Commonly called dinoflagellates
  • d) Have indestructible wall layer deposited with silica
Q.27
Nitrogen waste product of Amoeba is … [ CPMT 1993]
  • a) Ammonia
  • b) Urea
  • c) Uric acid
  • d) None of the above
Q.28
In an ascus of ascomycetes, number and arrangement of ascospores are …… [ BHU 2000]
  • a) 8 in linear order
  • b) 4 in linear order
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) 8 or 4, linear order or unordered
Q.29
Which unicellular organism has a macronucleus for trophic function and one or more micronuclei for reproduction? [ CBSE 2005]
  • a) Euglena
  • b) Amoeba
  • c) Paramecium
  • d) Trypanosoma
Q.30
Choose the wrong pair … [ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Root knot of vegetables - eloidogyne species
  • b) Late blight of Potato - Alternaria solani
  • c) Black rust of Wheat - Puccinia graminis
  • d) Loose smut of Wheat - Ustilago nuda
Q.31
Cellulose digestion in termites is carried out by … [ Pb PMT 2005]
  • a) Monocystis
  • b) Trichomonas
  • c) Trichonympha
  • d) Lophomonas
Q.32
Agaricus is … [ MHTCET 2010]
  • a) Bread mould
  • b) Button Mushroom
  • c) Paddy Straw Mushroom
  • d) Oyster Mushroom
Q.33
Thalloid body of a slime mould ( myxomycetes) is known as …[ AFMC 2008]
  • a) Mycelium
  • b) Protonema
  • c) Plasmodium
  • d) Fruiting body
Q.34
Trypasosoma brucei produces … [ BHU 1998]
  • a) Sleeping sickness
  • b) Kala-azar
  • c) Dysentery
  • d) A disease of animals
Q.35
Which resemble photoautotroph? … [ RPMT 2005]
  • a) Sarcodines
  • b) Ciliate
  • c) Zooflagellata
  • d) Sporozoa
Q.36
The wall of Rhizopus hyphae is composed of … [ MPPMT 2001]
  • a) Cellulose
  • b) Chitin
  • c) Pectin
  • d) Hemicellulose
Q.37
Which is not parasitic protozoan … [ Manipur 2006]
  • a) Plasmodium vivax
  • b) Trypanosoma gambiense
  • c) Amoeba proteus
  • d) Entamoeba histolytica
Q.38
Type of nutrition present in Entamoeba is … [ Odisha 2010]
  • a) Saprozoic
  • b) Parasitic
  • c) Autotrophic
  • d) None of the above
Q.39
Chloroplasts of euglenophyceae are surrounded by … [ Odisha 2007]
  • a) Double membrane
  • b) Single membrane
  • c) Three layered membrane
  • d) Four layered membrane
Q.40
Which is associated with asexual reproduction in fungi … [ BHU 2012]
  • a) Ascospores
  • b) Basidiospores
  • c) Zygospores
  • d) Conidiospores
Q.41
A dikaryotic cell has … [ DPMT 1997]
  • a) Two haploid nuclei
  • b) Diploid zygotes
  • c) Two similar nuclei
  • d) Two dissimilar haploid nuclei
Q.42
In conjugation of Paramoecium .. [ AFMC 2012]
  • a) Out of the four micronuclei, three degenerate
  • b) Out of twelve micronuclei, four degenerate
  • c) Zygote nucleus undergoes ten divisions in each conjugant
  • d) Out of sixteen nuclei formed from zygote, twelve become macronuclei and four micronuclei
Q.43
Removal of micronucleus in Paramecium impairs … [ Manipur 2007]
  • a) Locomotion
  • b) Osmoregulation
  • c) Reproduction
  • d) Excretion
Q.44
Flagellum of Astasia/Euglena is …
  • a) Pantonematic
  • b) Acronematic
  • c) Pantachronematic
  • d) Stichonematic
Q.45
Fungi differ from algae in being … [ DPMT 2005]
  • a) Coenocytic
  • b) Without motile gametes
  • c) Without unicellular forms
  • d) Without chlorophyll and possessing chitinised walls
Q.46
Incubation period of Plasmodium vivax is ….[ DPMT 1999]
  • a) 14 days
  • b) 20 days
  • c) 30 days
  • d) 45 days
Q.47
Sexual reproduction in fungi can occur by means of …. [ AMU 2009]
  • a) Sporangiospore, oospore and ascospore
  • b) Zoospore, oospore and ascospore
  • c) Sporangiospore, ascospore and basidiospore
  • d) Oospore, ascospore and basidiospore
Q.48
Read the following statements and identify the correct option given …[ Kerala 2008] A) Sap vacuoles – Contain enzymes for digestion of nutrients B) Contractile vacuoles – Osmoregulation and excretion C) Food vacuoles – Store and concentrate minerals and nutrients D) Air vacuoles – Store metabolic gases and provide buoyancy
  • a) A and B correct
  • b) A and C correct
  • c) B and D correct
  • d) A and D correct
Q.49
Diatoms/Diatomaceous earth belong to class ..[ CPMT 2007]
  • a) Xanthophyceae
  • b) Bacillariophyceae
  • c) Phaeophyceae
  • d) Chlorophyceae
Q.50
Which of the following is not a character of protista … [ kerala 2010]
  • a) Membrane bound organelles are present in the cell
  • b) Protists are prokaryotic
  • c) Mode of nutrition is both autotrophic and heterotrophic
  • d) Body organization is cellular
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