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Algae and Their Economic Importance

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Which of the following is a pair of algae with multicellular filamentous thallus organisation?

  1. Chlamydomonas and Chlorella

  2. Volvox and Gonium

  3. Ulothrix and Spirogyra

  4. Gonium and Chlorella

  5. Chlamydomonas and Spirogyra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ulothrix and Spirogyra  both have multicellular filamentous thallus organisation.

Which of the following is a pair of larvicidal algae?

  1. Chara and Aulosira

  2. Chara and Chlorella

  3. Aulosira and Chlorella

  4. Pelvetia and Chlorella

  5. Pelvetia and Chara


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, this is correct answer. Chara and Aulosira are larivicidal algae. They do not allow mosquito larva to grow.

Which of the following is a pair of brown algae?

  1. Gelidium and Fucus

  2. Batrachospermum and Gelidium

  3. Vaucheria and Nostoc

  4. Laminaria and Fucus

  5. Nostoc and Laminaria


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Laminaria is a genus of several species of brown algae, all sharing the common name kelp. Fucus is a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world.

Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?

  1. Red colour of members of Rhodophyceae is due to presence of phycocyanin.
  2. In red algae food is stored in the form of Floridian starch.
  3. In pheophyceae flagella are inserted laterally.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 3

  4. Only 1 and 2

  5. Only 2 and 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Red colour of members of Rhodophyceae is due to presence of phycoerythrin. Phycocyanin is a pigment found in blue green algae.

Which of the following are used in long distance space travels?

  1. Chlorella
  2. Spirulina
  3. Synechococcus
  4. Chlamydomonas
  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 3

  3. Only 1 and 4

  4. Only 2 and 3

  5. Only 3 and 4


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, this is the correct answer. Algae like Chlorella and Synechococcus are used in long distance space travels. These have rapid rate of photosynthesis and are thus able to utilise all the CO2 released by astronauts and provide oxygen and food required by the travellers.

Which of the following algae is used in genetic researches?

  1. Acetabularia

  2. Anacystis

  3. Synechococcus

  4. Chlorella

  5. Spirulina


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Researches in genetics and cytology are carried out on Acetabularia.

Match column – I with column – II.

Column – I Column – II
P. Epiphytic algae 1. Occillatoria
Q. Endophytic algae 2. Anabaena
R. Epizoic algae 3. Oedogonium
S. Endozoic algae 4. Zoochlorella
  1. P - 1, Q - 2, R - 3, S - 4

  2. P - 2, Q - 1, R - 4, S - 3

  3. P - 3, Q - 2, R - 1, S - 4

  4. P - 4, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 1

  5. P - 1, Q - 2, R - 4, S - 3


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Oedogonium species are typically epiphytic and attached to aquatic vegetation or inorganic substratum by a basal holdfast cell. Nostoc is a species of endophytic algae that occurs in the thallus of Anthoceros. Oscillatoria is a species of epizoic algae living on bodies of turtles. Zoochlorella is a species of endozoic algae living in the body of Hydra.

Which of the following algae is used as surgical tool in the opening of wounds?

  1. Ulva

  2. Laminaria

  3. Spirogyra

  4. Digenia

  5. Sargassum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Laminaria is used as surgical tool in the opening of wound due to its gentle swelling property.

Which of the following algae are used as source of alginates?

  1. Gelidium
  2. Macrocystis
  3. Gloeopeltis
  4. Laminaria
  5. Ascophyllum
  1. Only 1, 2 and 3

  2. Only 1, 3 and 5

  3. Only 2, 3 and 4

  4. Only 2, 4 and 5

  5. Only 3, 4 and 5


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Certain algae like Macrocystis, Laminaria, Ascophyllum, Lessonia are used for alginates extraction.

Which of the following algae find application in sewage treatment?

  1. Acetabullaria
  2. Scenedesmus
  3. Chlorella
  4. Macrocystis
  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 4

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. Only 2 and 4

  5. Only 3 and 4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chlamydomonas, Scenedesmus, Chlorella, Pondorhina, Euridina, etc., are living in sewage water. They are mainly useful to clean the water by releasing oxygen.

Which of the following is a filamentous blue-green algae used as a human dietary supplement?

  1. Spirogyra

  2. Cladophora

  3. Hydrodictyon

  4. Spirulina

  5. Gracilaria


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Spirulina, filamentous blue-green algae, is cultivated around the world and used as a human dietary supplement, as well as a whole food.

Which of the following algae are rich sources of iodine?

  1. Laminaria
  2. Fucus
  3. Polysiphonia
  4. Chara
  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 3

  3. Only 1 and 4

  4. Only 2 and 3

  5. Only 3 and 4


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Laminaria is a rich source of iodine. Polysiphonia is a rich source of bromine.

Which of the following algae reproduce through anisogamous mode?

  1. Ulothrix

  2. Cladophora

  3. Oedogonium

  4. Pandoria

  5. Fucus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pandoria reproduce sexually through anisogamous mode.

Which of the following algae are used as source of bromine?

  1. Rhodomela
  2. Polysiphonia
  3. Vovox
  4. Ulothrix
  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 3

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. Only 2 and 4

  5. Only 3 and 4


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bromine is obtained from red algae like Rhodomela and Polysiphonia.

Match the Column – I (industrial product) with Column – II (obtained from) and select the correct option.

Column – I Column – II
A. Agar agar 1. Gloiopeltis
B. Algin 2. Gelidium
C. Funori 3. Laminaria
  1. A - 1, B - 2, C – 3

  2. A - 1, B - 3, C – 2

  3. A - 2, B - 1, C – 3

  4. A - 2, B - 3, C – 1

  5. A - 3, B - 1, C – 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Agar agar is a product obtained from numerous algae, mainly of the genus Gracilaria, Gelidium and Eucheuma. Algin strongly is produced commercially from a variety of species of Laminaria. Funori is a polysaccharide extracted from the mucilage of Gloiopeltis Furcata, G. Complanata and G. Tenax.

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