BIOLOGICAL

CLASSIFICATION

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01. Which of the following statement is correct about bacteria?
a) Bacteria are simple in both structure and behaviour
b) Bacteria are complex in structure as well as behaviour
c) Bacteria are complex in structure but simple in behaviour
d) Bacteria are simple in structure but complex in behaviour
02. Some of the cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in
specialized cells called
a) Akinetes
b) Heterocyst
c) Homocyst
d) Nodule
03. Most of the bacteria are
a) Autotrophs
b) Chemoautotrophs
c) Heterotroph
d) Parasites
04. Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R. H. Whittaker
is not based on
a) Presence or absence of a well defined nucleus
b) Mode of reproduction
c) Mode of nutrition
d) Complexity of body organisation
05. Cell walls of all fungi consist of the polysaccharide
a) Chitin
b) Cellulose
c) Silica
d) Pectin
06. Which one is the most abundant microorganism?
a) Bacteria
b) Protozoan
c) Viruses
d) Protists
07. Protista form a link with
a) Plants only
b) Animals only
c) Fungi only
d) Plants, animals and fungi
08. Based upon the shape bacteria are grouped under how many
categories?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
09. Which of the following kingdoms has no well defined boundaries?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Metaphyta and Metazoa
10. Circular DNA molecule occurs in
a) Viruses and bacteria
b) Bacteria, chloroplasts and mitochondria
c) Bacteria, peroxisomes and chloroplasts
d) Bacteria only
11. Which of the following bacteria are comma-shaped?
a) Coccus
b) Vibrio
c) Bacillus
d) Clostridium
12. In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, eukaryotes are
assigned to
a) All the five kingdoms
b) Only four kingdoms
c) Only three kingdoms
d) Only two kingdoms
13. Which of the following organisms show the most extensive
metabolic diversity?
a) Alga
b) Fungi
c) Bacteria
d) Bryophytes
14. Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water?
a) Eubacteria
b) Blue-green algae
c) Saprophytic fungi
d) Archaebacteria
15. Eubacteria include
a) Bacteria and Archaebacteria
b) Cyanobacteria and Archaebacteria
c) Bacteria and Blue green algae
d) Bacteria and Eukaryotes
16. Identify the names of the different bacteria according to the
shapes.

A B C D
a) A - Cocci, B - Bacilli, C - Spirilla, D - Vibrio
b) A - Bacilli, B - Cocci, C - Spirilla, D - Vibrio
c) A - Cocci, B - Bacilli, C - Vibrio, D - Spirilla
d) A - Spirilla, B - Vibrio, C - Cocci, D - Bacilli
17. Viruses did not find a place in classification since
a) They are not truly living
b) They are obligate parasite
c) They are cellular
d) They are hyperparasite
18. Which of the following groups of plants are highly useful in
increasing soil fertility?
a) Red algae
b) Fungi
c) Bacteria
d) Bryophytes
19. Which of the following statement is wrong about Archaebacteria?
a) They live in some of the most harsh habitats
b) They are recently evolved group
c) Cell wall is peptidoglycanless
d) Methanogens are Archaebacteria
20. Why is a capsule advantageous to a bacterium?
a) It protects the bacterium from desiccation
b) It provides means of locomotion
c) It allows bacterium to hide from host's immune system
d) It allows the bacterium to attach to the surface
21. Bacterial cell divides in every minute it takes one hour to fill up a
cup. How much time will be taken to fill half the cup?
a) 59 minutes
b) 30 minutes
c) 60 minutes
d) 29 minutes
22. Viral genome incorporated and integrates with bacterial genomes
is refer to as
a) Prophages
b) RNA
c) DNA
d) Both (b) and (c)
23. All of the following diseases cause by bacteria except
a) Flu
b) Cholera
c) Tetanus
d) Typhoid
24. Basidiospores are borne on the tip of
a) Mycelium
b) Ascocarp
c) Flagella
d) Aplanospore
25. The scientist who first crystallized TMV was
a) Ivanowsky
b) Pasteur
c) Robertson
d) Stanley
26. In which group of organisms the cell walls from two thin
overlapping shells which fit together?
a) Dinoflagellates
b) Slime moulds
c) Chrysophytes
d) Euglenoids
27. The highest number of species in the world is represented by
a) Fungi
b) Mosses
c) Lichens
d) Algae
28. Mycology is a branch which deals with the study of
a) Viruses
b) Algae
c) Bacteria
d) Fungi
29. Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobacterium
exemplify?
a) Bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively supercoiled but which
have a cytoskeleton as well as mitochondria
b) Bacteria that contain a cytoskeleton and ribosomes
c) Archaebacteria that contain protein homologous to eukaryotic core
histones
d) Cyanobacteria that lack any histones resembling those found in
eukaryotes but whose DNA is negatively supercoiled
30. Citrus canker is a
a) Bacterial disease
b) Viral disease
c) Fungal disease
d) Mycoplasmal disease
31. Which is not correct about methanogens?
a) They are archaebacteria
b) They live in marshy areas
c) Methane is their preferred carbon source
d) They are present in gut of sevral ruminant animals
32. The concept of contagium vivum fluidum (infectious living fluid)
for virus was given?
a) Mayer
b) Beijerinek
c) Pasteur
d) Ivanowsky
33. An archean that lives in extremely salty condition is referred to as a
a) Thermophile
b) Halophiles
c) Thermoacidophile
d) Methanogen
34. Chemically viruses are
a) Glycoproteins
b) Glycolipid
c) Nucleoproteins
d) Lipopolysaccharides
35. Bacteria reproduce mainly by
a) Endospores formation
b) Zoospores formation
c) Fission
d) Sexual method
36. A group of fungi with septate mycelium in which sexual
reproduction is either unknown or lacking are classified under
a) Phycomycetes
b) Deuteromycetes
c) Ascomycetes
d) Basidiomycetes
37. The part labelled X represents
a) Spirilla X
b) Flagella
c) Sex pili of bacteria
d) Stereocilia
38. Fungal spores produced asexually at the tips of hyphae are called
a) Sporangiospore
b) Anthospores
c) Conidia
d) Meiospores
39. Cyanobacteria (blue green algae) are
a) Unicellular only
b) Colonial only
c) Filamentous only
d) Unicellular, Colonial or filamentous
40. Choose the wrong statements.
a) Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics
b) Morels and truffles are poisnous mushroon
c) Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation
d) Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics
41. Which one of the following is true for fungi?
a) They are phagotrophs
b) They lack a rigid cell wall
c) They are heterotrophs
d) They lack nuclear membrane
42. The cyanobacteria of the great nutritional valve being marketed
today is
a) Scytonema
b) Spirogyra
c) Spirulina
d) Stigonema
43. How many bacteria are produced in four hours if a bacterium
divides once in half an hour?
a) 128
b) 64
c) 32
d) 256
44. The infectious substance of prions is
a) Protein
b) Glycophosphate
c) RNA
d) DNA
45. Bacteria reproduce sexually by
a) Endospores
b) Transformation
c) Conidia
d) Exospores
46. Multicellular with loose tissue body organization is a characteristic
feature of
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Plantae
d) Fungi
47. The hyphae of Aspergillus are
a) Aseptate and multinucleate
b) Branched and septate
c) Aseptate and Branched
d) Septate and uninucleate
48. Cyanobacteria have
a) Chlorophyll a similar to plants including green algae
b) Distinct form of chlorophyll as compare to plants
c) Bacteriochlorophyll
d) Bacteriorhodopsin
49. Bacteria participate in
a) Many industrial and commercial processes
b) N₂-fixation in legume roots
c) Disease producing in plants, animals and human beings
d) All of these
50. Dikaryon formation is characteristic of
a) Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
b) Phycomycetes and basidiomycetes
c) Ascomycetes and phycomycetes
d) Phycomycetes and zygomycetes
51. A free living anaerobic bacterium capable of N₂-fixation in soil is
a) Rhizobium
b) Azotobacter
c) Streptococcus
d) Clostridium
52. Fungus used in genetic experiments is
a) Rhizopus
b) Mucor
c) Neurospora
d) Claviceps
53. Thermoacidophiles are capable of with standing extremely low pH
and high temperature due to the
a) Presence of branched chain lipid in cell membrane
b) Presence of resistant enzyme which can operate in basic condition
c) Presence of higher concentration of KCl in their cell
d) Both (a) and (c)
54. Black rust of wheat is caused by
a) Puccinia graminis
b) Ustilago
c) Pythium
d) None of these
55. The pathogen Microsporum responsible for ringworm disease in
humans belongs to the same Kingdom of organisms as that of
a) Rhizopus, a mould
b) Ascaris, a round worm
c) Taenia, a tapeworm
d) Wuchereria, a filarial worm
56. Which of the following is an edible fungi?
a) Mucor
b) Penicillium
c) Agaricus
d) Rhizopus
57. No virus can evolve to target mammalian red blood cells because
of the
a) Small size with a biconcave shape
b) High concentration of oxygen
c) Lack of aerobic pathway to generate ATP
d) Lack of nuclear material & protein synthesizing machinery
58. Find the incorrect statement about fungi.
a) They show a great diversity in morphology and habitats
b) Fungi are cosmopolitan and occur in air, water and soil
c) They prefer to grow in cold and dry places
d) With few exceptions, fungi are filamentous
59. Which option shows incorrectly matched group?
a) Pseudopodiospore - Plasmodium - Sporulation
b) Gemmules - Spongila - Budding
c) Zygospores - Aspergillus - Sporulation
d) Conidia - Penicillium - Asexual reproduction
60. Fungus without any mycelium is
a) Albugo
b) Agaricus
c) Puccinia
d) Saccharomyces
61. In addition to absence of chlorophyll what is the other difference
between fungi and higher plants?
a) Type of nutrition and composition of cell wall
b) Cell type
c) Nucleus
d) Reproduction
62. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Rhizobium - Parasite in the roots of leguminous plants
b) Mycorrhizae - Mineral uptake from soil
c) Yeast - Production of biogas
d) Myxomycetes - The disease ring worm
63. Torula condition occurs in
a) Rhizopus
b) Ulothrix
c) Spirogyra
d) Riccia
64. Multicellular organism with holophytic nutrition belong to how
many kingdoms in Whittaker's system?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Five
65. Which of the following play a great role in recycling nutrients like
N, P, and S?
a) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
b) Parasitic bacteria
c) Photoautotrophic bacteria
d) Cyanobacteria
66. Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated annd saprophytic are the
characteristics of
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Slime molds
67. Which of the following is free-living aerobic non-photosynthetic
nitrogen fixing bacterium?
a) Rhizobium
b) Azotobacter
c) Nostoc
d) Azospirillum
68. Mad cow disease in cattle is caused by
a) Bacteria
b) Prions
c) Virus
d) Viroids
69. Which of the followig is wrong about lichens?
a) Algae prepare food for fungi
b) Fungi provide shelter and absorb mineral nutrients and water
c) Lichens are very good pollution indicators
d) They grow in polluted areas
70. Sea appear red due to
a) Euglena
b) Gonyaulax
c) Entamoeba
d) Paramoecium
71. Plasmodium belongs to
a) Ciliated protozoans
b) Amoeboid protozoans
c) Sporozoans
d) Euglenoids
72. The smallest living cells known that completely lack cell wall and
can survive without oxygen are
a) Anabaena
b) Dinoflagellates
c) Mycoplasma
d) Nostoc
73. Phototrophs and chemotrophs are defined on the basis of their
a) Energy source
b) Requirement of organic and inorganic substances
c) Metabolism
d) Structure
74. The motile bacteria are able to move by
a) Fimbriae
b) Flagella
c) Cilia
d) Pili
75. Cyanobacteria are
a) Only fresh water
b) Only marine
c) Only terrestrial
d) Aquatic and terrestrial
76. The most notable disease caused by prions is
a) Typphoid
b) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
c) Plague
d) Common cold
77. Lichens
a) are very good pollution indicators
b) do not grow in polluted areas
c) grow only in polluted areas
d) both (a) and (b)
78. Potato spindle tuber disease is caused by
a) Virus
b) Bacteria
c) Viroids
d) Prions
79. Term "virus" means
a) Non-cellular
b) A parasite
c) A killer
d) Venom or poison
80. Which ones forms bloom in polluted water?
a) Cyanobacteria
b) Green algae
c) Red algae
d) Brown algae
81. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
a) T. O. Diener - Viroids are found to be a free DNA.
b) W. M. Stanley - Crystallized proteins
c) M. W. Beijerinck - Contagium vivum fluidum
d) D. J. Ivanowsky - Microbes smaller than bacteria cause mosaic
disease of tobacco
82. Which is absent in viruses?
a) Nucleic acid
b) Protoplasm
c) Protein
d) (a) and (c)
83. The symbiotic association of fungi and algae is called
a) Lichen
b) Mycorrhiza
c) Either (a) or (b)
d) Mycoplasma
84. Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in
a) Cell membrane
b) Mode of nutrition
c) Cell shape
d) Mode of reproduction
85. Mycorrhizae are useful for plants mainly due to which of their
attribute?
a) Fixing atmospheric nitrogen
b) Enhance absorption of nutrients from soil
c) Kill insects and pathogen
d) Provide resistance against abiotic stresses
86. Fungal partner of a lichen is commonly
a) Ascomycetes
b) Basidiomycetes
c) Phycomycetes
d) Deuteromycetes
87. Heterocystous cyanobacteria is
a) Only Nostoc
b) Only Anabaena
c) Both Noctoc and Anabaena
d) Vibrio
88. The group of organisms oxidising various inorganic substances
such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonia using the released energy for
their ATP production are
a) Chemoheterotrophic bacteria
b) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
c) Photoautotrophic bacteria
d) Saprophytic bacteria
89. Which of the following is a unicellular sac fungus?
a) Claviceps
b) Saccharomyces
c) Penicillium
d) Neurospora
90. Lichens are ecologically important as they
a) Purify air
b) Are pioneers of barren rocks
c) Are symbionts of algae and fungi
d) Are associated with mycorrhizal roots
 ANSWERS

01. D 11. B 21. A 31. C 41. C 51. D 61. A 71. C 81. A

02. B 12. B 22. A 32. B 42. C 52. C 62. B 72. C 82. B
03. C 13. C 23. A 33. B 43. D 53. A 63. A 73. A 83. A
04. B 14. D 24. A 34. C 44. A 54. A 64. A 74. B 84. A
05. A 15. C 25. D 35. C 45. B 55. A 65. A 75. D 85. B
06. A 16. A 26. C 36. B 46. D 56. C 66. D 76. B 86. A
07. D 17. A 27. A 37. B 47. B 57. D 67. B 77. D 87. C
08. C 18. C 28. D 38. C 48. A 58. C 68. B 78. C 88. B
09. B 19. B 29. C 39. D 49. D 59. C 69. D 79. D 89. B
10. B 20. C 30. A 40. B 50. A 60. D 70. B 80. A 90. B