Worksheets Name

Biological classification
Class
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
Date
Instructor name: Ankita Tiwari Sharma

1. Which of the following are found in extreme saline conditions?

a) Mycobacteria b) Archaebacteria
c) Cyanobacteria d) Eubacteria

2. Viroids differ from viruses in having

a) DNA molecules with protein coat b) RNA molecules with protein coat
c) RNA molecules without protein d) DNA molecules without protein
coat coat

3. Which one of the following is wrong for fungi?

a) All fungi possess a purely cellulosic b) They are both unicellular and
cell wall multicellular
c) They are eukaryotic d) They are heterotrophic

4. Methanogens belong to

a) slime moulds b) eubacteria

c) dinoflagellates d) archaebacteria

5. Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a) Cyanobacteria are also called blue- b) Golden algae are also called
green algae desmids
c) Eubacteria are also called false d) Phycomycetes are also called algal
bacteria fungi
6. Which statement is wrong for viruses?

a) Antibiotics have no effect on them b) All of them have helical symmetry

c) They have ability to synthesize d) All are parasites
nucleic acids and proteins with the
help of host cell

7. Single-celled eukaryotes are included in

a) Archaea b) Fungi
c) Protista d) Monera

8. Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they:

a) have same number of b) look similar and possess identical

chromosomes secondary metabolites
c) can reproduce freely with each d) have more than 90 percent similar
other and form viable seeds genes

9. Pick up the wrong statement.

a) Nuclear membrane is present in b) Cell wall is absent in Animalia.

Monera.
c) Protista have photosynthetic and d) Some fungi are edible.
heterotrophic modes of nutrition.

10. Nuclear membrane is absent in

a) Penicillium b) Agaricus
c) Nostoc d) Volvox

11. Which of the following are heterotrophs and live as predators or parasites?

a) Euglenoids b) Chrysophytes
c) Slime moulds d) Protozoans
12.

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

a) Fungi b) Protist
c) Plant d) Animal
e) Bacteria

13. The two kingdom Classification was Proposed by

a) Bentham b) Hutchinson
c) Whittaker d) Linnaeus

14. The five kingdom classification includes the following kingdoms

a) Monera, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, b) Bacteria, Algae, Fungi, Plantae,

Animalia Animalia
c) Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, d) Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia Animalia

15. Fungi was separated from kingdom Plantae and introduced as a new
kingdom because fungi
i) have cell wall which is made of Chitin
ii) are mostly unicellular
iii) are prokaryotic
iv) have heterotrophic mode of nutrition

Chose the correct combination from below

a) i) and ii) b) i) and iv)

c) i) and iii) d) ii) and iv)
16. Which of the following is NOT the main criteria for classification proposed by
Whittaker?

a) Cell structure b) Locomotion

c) Phylogenetic Relationship d) Mode of nutrition

17.

What do viruses need to reproduce?

a) They need a host cell b) They need insulin

c) They need bacteria d) they need genetic material

18.

What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...

a) use glucose for cellular respiration b) store genetic information

c) have endoplasmic reticulum d) have chloroplasts
19. Organisms living in saline areas will be called

a) heliophytes b) methanogens
c) halophiles d) thermoacidophiles

20. Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by

a) Ivanowsky b) Beijerinck
c) Stanley d) Robert Hook

21. Which of the following organism is not an eukaryote?

a) Euglena b) Amoeba
c) Paramoecium d) Escherichia

22. The envelope of a virus is called

a) core b) virion
c) capsid d) cell envelope

23. The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral
cycling belong to

a) Deuteromycetes b) Phycomycetes
c) Basidiomycetes d) Ascomycetes

24. Viroids differ from viruses in having

a) RNA molecules with protein coat b) DNA molecules with protein coat
c) RNA molecules without protein d) DNA molecules without protein
coat coat

25. Methanogens belong to

a) archaebacteria b) dinoflagellates
c) slime moulds d) eubacteria
26.

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

a) Bacteria b) Fungi
c) Animal d) Plant
e) Protist

27.

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

a) Bacteria b) Animal
c) Protist d) Plant
e) Fungi

28. WHO SAID VIRUS MEANS POISONOUS FLUID

a) M BEIJERINEK b) PASTEUR
c) D J IVANOWSKY d) W M STANLEY
29. VIROID IS NOT HAVING

a) NONE OF THESE b) PROTEIN COAT

c) BOTH 1 AND 2 d) NUCLEIC ACID

30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

a) MYCORRHIZA b) Plasmodium in human host

c) ROOT NODULE WITH Rhizobium d) LICHEN

31.

What do viruses need to reproduce?

a) They need bacteria b) They need insulin

c) They need a host cell d) they need genetic material
32.

What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...

a) store genetic information b) use glucose for cellular respiration

c) have endoplasmic reticulum d) have chloroplasts

33. What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material
(DNA/RNA)?

a) nucleus b) capsid
c) glycoprotein d) tail

34. Identify the specimen Oscillatoria

a) b)

c)
35. Identify the specimen Riccia

a) b)

c)

36. WHO PROPOSED TWO KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION

a) HUXLEY b) WHITTAKER
c) ARISTOTLE d) LINNAEUS
37.

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

a) Animal b) Fungi
c) Bacteria d) Protist
e) Plant

38. The five kingdom classification includes the following kingdoms

a) Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, b) Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,

Animalia Animalia
c) Bacteria, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, d) Monera, Algae, Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia Animalia
39.

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

a) Plant b) Fungi
c) Animal d) Protist
e) Bacteria

40. Fungi was separated from kingdom Plantae and introduced as a new
kingdom because fungi
i) have cell wall which is made of Chitin
ii) are mostly unicellular
iii) are prokaryotic
iv) have heterotrophic mode of nutrition

Chose the correct combination from below

a) i) and iv) b) ii) and iv)

c) i) and iii) d) i) and ii)
41. Which of the following is not common characteristics of plants and animals
in Five kingdom classification
i) Eukaryotic cell type
ii) Presence of Cell wall
iii) Presence of Organ system
iv) Presence of Nuclear membrane
Chose the correct combination from below options

a) ii) and iv) b) i) and ii)

c) i) and iii) d) ii) and iii)

42. Which of the following is NOT the main criteria for classification proposed by
Whittaker?

a) Phylogenetic Relationship b) Cell structure

c) Locomotion d) Mode of nutrition

43. The Two Kingdom Classification was found to have certain drawbacks for
which other classifications emerged later. Which one of the following was
not a drawback of the two kingdom classification?

a) organism having cell wall b) Cyanobacteria was placed under

separated from organism lacking plant kingdom
cell wall
c) Unicellular amd multicellular d) Grouping of prokaryotes and
organisms were not separated eukaryotes together

44. All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong to

a) Fungi b) Bacteria
c) Monera d) Protista

45. Taxonomy hierarchical classification consist of how many taxon?

a) 9 b) 6
c) 8 d) 7
Answer Keys

1. b) Archaebacteria 2. c) RNA molecules 3. a) All fungi possess a

without protein purely cellulosic
coat cell wall

4. d) archaebacteria 5. c) Eubacteria are also 6. b) All of them have

called false helical symmetry
bacteria

7. c) Protista 8. c) can reproduce 9. a) Nuclear

freely with each membrane is
other and form present in Monera.
viable seeds

10. c) Nostoc 11. d) Protozoans 12. a) Fungi

13. d) Linnaeus 14. c) Monera, Protista, 15. b) i) and iv)

Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia

16. b) Locomotion 17. a) They need a host 18. b) store genetic

cell information

19. c) halophiles 20. b) Beijerinck 21. d) Escherichia

22. c) capsid 23. a) Deuteromycetes 24. c) RNA molecules

without protein
coat

25. a) archaebacteria 26. c) Animal 27. e) Fungi

28. b) PASTEUR 29. b) PROTEIN COAT 30. b) Plasmodium in

human host

31. c) They need a host 32. a) store genetic 33. b) capsid

cell information

34. a) 35. a) 36. d) LINNAEUS

37. b) Fungi 38. b) Monera, Protista, 39. a) Plant

Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia

40. a) i) and iv) 41. d) ii) and iii) 42. c) Locomotion

43. a) organism having 44. d) Protista 45. c) 8
cell wall
separated from
organism lacking
cell wall