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The Biological Classification (SAS)

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The book ‘Origin of Species’ was written by

  1. Lamarck

  2. Darwin

  3. Wallace

  4. Oparin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“Origin of Species” is a world of scientific literature. The book ‘Origin of Species’ was written by Charles Darwin. 

Which among the following statements is correct about blue-green algae?

  1. They are photosynthetic autotrophic bacteria.

  2. They are chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria.

  3. They are heterotrophic bacteria.

  4. They are considered as archaebacteria.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

They are unicellular, colonial or filamentous, marine or terrestrial algae. Blue-green algae have chlorophyll, similar to green plants and hence, are photosynthetic autotrophs.

Which of the following options is not included in the five kingdom classification?

  1. Monera

  2. Virus

  3. Fungi

  4. Protista


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the five kingdom classification of Whittaker, there is no mention of these acellular organisms called virus.

Protists are useful in various manners. Which among the following is not a use of protists?

  1. Primary producer of aquatic ecosystem

  2. Commercial production

  3. Medicine production

  4. Biological pest control


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bacteria can also be used in the place of pesticides in the biological pest control. This commonly uses Bacillus thuringiensis (also called BT), a Gram-positive, soil dwelling bacterium. This bacteria is used as a Lepidopteran-specific insecticide under trade names such as Dipel and Thuricide.

Which among the following can be excluded from the general characteristics of the kingdom Monera?

  1. The gram negative bacteria have an extra layer of glycol on the outside of the cell wall.

  2. Sexual reproduction is also seen in the kingdom Monera.

  3. Monerans may be obligate aerobes or obligate anaerobes.

  4. Their DNA is in double stranded form.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The gram negative bacteria has an extra layer of lipid on the outside of the cell wall and appears pink during the Gram staining procedure.

_______ are associated with defense in protozoans.

  1. Nematocysts

  2. Statocysts

  3. Trichocysts

  4. Otocysts


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A stinging or grasping organ in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, especially ciliates.

The five kingdom classification of living organisms was proposed by

  1. Engler and Prantl

  2. Whittaker

  3. Linnaeus

  4. Bentham and Hooker


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Whittaker (1969) gave the five kingdom classification based on which he classified living organisms in five groups: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Gymnosperms - Cycas, Ginkgo

  2. Red algae - Gelidium, Polysiphonia

  3. Bryophytes - Funaria, Marchantia

  4. Angiosperms - Adhatoda, Cedrus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Angiosperms are so named because the seeds are enclosed within a flower, which has male and female reproductive structures. Gymnosperms are plants in which the ovules are not enclosed by any ovary wall and remain exposed or naked both before and after fertilisation. Adhatoda is an angiosperm, but cedrus belongs to gymnosperm.

Presence of a bladder is the common feature of

  1. teleostomi

  2. agnathostomes

  3. holocephali

  4. elasmobranchii


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Teleost fishes (are bony fishes) have developed an air bladder attached to the digestive system. It helps to give buoyancy.

Which of the following is a doughnut-shaped virus?

  1. Calicivirus

  2. Cytomegalovirus

  3. Torovirus

  4. Astrovirus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

These viruses are pathogens for both humans and animals. They are pleiomorphic, coated, single positive strand RNA viruses. In the electron microscope, they have a doughnut shape.

Which of the following are not the locomotory organelles in protozoans?

  1. Setae

  2. Cilia

  3. Flagella

  4. Pseudopodia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Setae is a hair like structure that is seen in insects and arthopods possessing locomotory organelles.

Tube feet are the locomotory organs of

  1. spider

  2. catfish

  3. reptiles

  4. starfish


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In starfish, locomotion is done by tube feet.

Which of the following is a fish?

  1. Antfish

  2. Cuttlefish

  3. Silverfish

  4. Flying fish


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Flyingfish or exocoetus is a fish.

Bryophytes resemble algae in most of the aspects, except in the

  1. presence of thalloid plant body

  2. presence of vegetative reproduction

  3. independence on water for fertilisation

  4. presence of jacketed and multicellular sex organs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sex organs are well developed and multicellular. Sexual reproduction is not well organized in algae and sex organs are not complex but unicellular.

Which of the following is an obligate aerobe?

  1. Clostridium botulinum

  2. Rhodopseudomonas

  3. Bacillus subtilis

  4. Halophile


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is an obligate aerobe.

Locomotory organelles are absent in

  1. sarcodina

  2. flagellate

  3. ciliate

  4. sporozoa


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In sporozoa, locomotory organ is absent.

An internal shell is found in

  1. pila

  2. unio

  3. oyster

  4. sepia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sepia has an internal shell.

What is the process of fusion of protoplasm between two motile or non-motile gametes called?

  1. Karyogamy

  2. Xenogamy

  3. Plasmogamy

  4. Autogamy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The process of fusion of protoplasms between two motile or non-motile gametes is called plasmogamy.

Which of the following types of organisms completely lack(s) cell wall?

  1. Cyanobacteria

  2. Heterocysts

  3. Eubacteria

  4. Mycoplasma


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mycoplasma are organisms that completely lack a cell wall. They are the smallest living cells known and can survive without oxygen.

In fungi, the reproductive structures of Collybia are called

  1. conidia

  2. basidiospores

  3. ascospores

  4. oidia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Oidia - These are the asexual reproductive spores of Collybia ( a mushroom) formed by the fragmentation of fungal hypha Kingdom Plantae.

A virus is a small infectious agent capable of replicating only inside living cells. Which of the following viruses contain(s) a single linear double-stranded segment of DNA as its genome?

  1. Adenoviruses

  2. Epstein-Barr virus

  3. Poxviruses

  4. Parvovirus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Poxviruses viruses can infect both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The virion is exceptionally large, and carries its genome in a single, linear, double-stranded segment of DNA.

Which of the following statements regarding HIV is INCORRECT?

  1. HIV is a complex RNA virus.

  2. The lipid bilayer is studded with a number of host cell lipids and proteins.

  3. HIV has a characteristic dense, cone-shaped nucleocapsid.

  4. HIV has genes whose products contribute to the complex regulation and replication of the virus.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The lipid bilayer of HIV is studded with a number of host-cell proteins only during the budding process.

Which of the following statements is correct about the action of the given drugs on pathogens?

  1. Tetracycline acts on the pili of bacteria.

  2. Sulphonamide affects protein synthesis.

  3. Penicillin acts on the cell wall of the pathogens.

  4. Chloramphenicol acts by competitive antagonism.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Penicillin acts on the cell wall of the pathogens and precipitates them, thereby inhibiting the growth of bacterial colony.

Which of the following pairs of fungi belong to basidiomycetes?

  1. Penicillium and Sachharomyces

  2. Alternaria and Mucor

  3. Penicillium and Agaricus

  4. Agaricus and Calvatia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The class basidiomycetes includes those members that produce their basidia and basidiospores on or in a basidiocarp.

Which of the following microorganisms is a bioluminescent fungus?

  1. Mycena asterina

  2. Aequorea victoria

  3. Armillaria

  4. Bolitaenidae


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mycena asterina is a species of agaric fungus. It grows singly or scattered on fallen leaves in Atlantic forests. The fruit bodies of the fungus are bioluminescent.

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