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Protista (Medical Entrance)

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Which organism has a blob-like appearance?

  1. Phytomonas

  2. Trypanosoma

  3. Foraminiferans

  4. Plasmodium


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Foraminiferans is a sacordinian. 

In which form is carbohydrate synthesised in euglena?

  1. Glycogen

  2. Pyrenoid

  3. Paramylon

  4. Maltose


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The chloroplasts found in euglena contain chlorophyll.

Which of the following is known as brain-eating amoeba?

  1. Entamoeba histolytica

  2. Amoeba proteus

  3. Dictyostelium discoideum.

  4. Naegleria fowleri


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Naegleria fowleri is called brain-eating amoeba. 

Which of the following sentences about chlamydomonas is untrue?

  1. Chlamydomonas is generally found in habitats rich in ammonium salt.

  2. Sexual reproduction is absent in chlamydomonas.

  3. Chlamydomonas possesses red eye spots for photosensitivity.

  4. Cell wall is made up of glycoprotein and non-cellulosic polysaccharides.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is untrue. Chlamydomonas reproduces both by sexual and asexual reproduction.

Which of the following processes takes place in the sexual reproduction of sporozoans?

  1. Gametic meiosis

  2. Zygotic meiosis

  3. Intermediary meiosis

  4. Double fertilisation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In sporozoans, zygotic meiosis occurs directly after fertilisation.

Which species of chlamydomonas is considered as a model organism?

  1. C. nivalis

  2. C. reinhardtii

  3. Chlamydomonas caudata Wille

  4. C. avoidae


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is considered as a biological model organism.

Foraminifera organisms are used in

  1. paleoclimatology

  2. petroleum exploration

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. food industry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Foraminifera organisms are used in paleoclimatology and petroleum exploration.

Which of the following organisms is/are characterised by needle-like pseudopodia supported by a bundle of microtubules?

  1. Marine benthos

  2. Amoeba

  3. Radiozoa

  4. Marine plankton


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Radiozoa have many needle-like pseudopodia.

Which endosymbioants are found in the body of mixotrophic paramecium?

  1. Spherical bacteria

  2. Chlorella algae

  3. Cyanobacterium

  4. Buchnera sp.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chlorella algae lives as an endosymbioant in mixotrophic paramecium.

Which protist causes wilt in coconut and oil palms?

  1. Phytomonas leptovasorum

  2. Phytomonas staheli

  3. Phytomonas serpens

  4. Phytomonas EM1


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

P. staheli causes wilt in coconut and oil palms.

Which member of class 'Euglenida' imparts red colour to ponds?

  1. Astasia

  2. Euglena sanguinea

  3. Euglena gracilis

  4. Euglena viridis


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Euglena sanguinea imparts red colour to ponds. 

Which type of chlorophyll is used by euglena to produce sugar?

  1. Chlorophyll C1

  2. Chlorophyll b

  3. Chlorophyll d

  4. Chlorophyll f


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chlorophyll b is a type of chlorophyll that is mostly found in plants. 

Which protist causes sleeping sickness?

  1. Giardia lamblia

  2. Trichomonas vaginilis

  3. Trypanosoma brucei

  4. Leishmania donovanii


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei.

Who coined the term protista?

  1. Leeuwenhoek

  2. Ernst Haeckel

  3. O. F. Muller

  4. George August Goldfuss


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The term protista was coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866.

Which protists move using pseudopods?

  1. Zooflagellates

  2. Sacordinians

  3. Ciliaphorans

  4. Sporozoans


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sacordinians move by extending lobes of cytoplasm.

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