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Kingdom Fungi
1. The highest number of species in the world
is represented by
(a) fungi
(c) algae
[2012]
(b) mosses
(d) lichens
[2009]
(b) Polytrichum
(d) Wheat
[2009]
(a) Late blight of potato
Alternaria solani
(b) Black rust of wheat
Puccinia graminis
(c) Loose smut of wheat
Ustilago nuda
(d) Root-knot of vegetables Meloidogyne sp
[2008]
(a) bioremediation of contaminated soils
(b) reclamation of wastelands
(c) gene transfer in higher plants
(d) biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens
[2008]
(b) Xanthomonas
(d) Saccharomyces
(b) Physarum
(d) Anabaena
[2007]
(b) Uncinula
(d) Claviceps
Basidiomycetes?
[2007]
walls of
(a) Plasmodium
(c) mycelium
[2006]
18
(d) protozoans
[2002]
[2001]
[2001]
[2000]
(c) sucrose (d) glucose
[2000]
(b) Mucor
(d) Rhizopus
[1999]
[1998]
(b) pathogen
(d) hormone
(a) Claviceps
(c) Phytophthora
[1995]
(b) Alternaria
(d) Albugo candida
[1994]
(a) they parasitise cereals
(b) mycelium is black
(c) they develop sooty masses of spores
(d) affected parts become completely black
(b) tetracycline
(d) butanol
(a) phytotoxin
(c) phytoalexins
smuts because
[1995]
(a) Root knot disease Meloidogyne javanica
(b) Smut of bajra Tolysporium penicillariae
(c) Covered smut of barley Ustilago nuda
(d) Late blight of potato Phytophthora infestans
matched?
[1997]
(a) Puccinia
(c) Aspergillus
lichens?
[1998]
[1994]
(a) Elaborate chemical substances, causing death
of tissues
(b) operate in living body and simplifying organic
substances of cells step by step
(c) attack and kill plants as well as animals
(d) operate in relay terms, simplifying step by step
the organic constituents of dead body
Kingdom Fungi
30. Mycorrhiza represents
(a) antagonism
(c) symbiosis
31. Absorptive
heterotrophic
nutrition
exhibited by
(a) algae
(c) bryophytes
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is
[1990]
(b) fungi
(d) pteridophytes
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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9.
10.
11.
12.
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14.
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KingdomMonera
and Viruses
1. Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in
(a) cell membrane structure
(b) mode of nutrition
(c) cell shape
(d) mode of reproduction
[2014]
the group
(a) Fungi
[2014]
(b) Tobacco mosaic virus
(d) Retrovirus
[ 2012]
(a) heterocysts
(b) basal bodies
(c) pneumatophores
(d) chromatophores
[2012]
(b) Eubacteria
(d) Saprophytic fungi
[2011]
(a) nucleus
(b) ribosomes
(c) cell wall
(d) plasma membrane
[2012]
(a) Penicillium
(b) Agaricus
(c) Volvox
(d) Nostoc
[2012]
abundant in a
[2011]
[2010]
(b) virion
(d) core
[2009]
15. Thermococcus,
Methanococcus
Methanobacterium exemplify
[2008]
(a) Xanthomonas
(b) Pseudomonas
(c) Alternaria
(d) Erwinia
[2003]
[2003]
(a) can be circular as well as linear within the
same cell
(b) are always circular
(c) are always linear
(d) can be either circular or linear, but never both
within the same cell
[2003]
(b) 300 10 nm
(d) 300 18 nm
[2002]
25. Plasmid is
chromosomes because
(a) 700 30 nm
(c) 300 5 nm
[2004]
(a) DNA is not present at any stage in the life cycle
of retroviruses
(b) Retroviruses carry gene for RNA dependent
DNA polymerase
(c) The genetic material in mature retroviruses is
RNA
(d) Retroviruses are causative agents for certain
kinds of cancer in man
[2008]
(a) archaebacteria that contain protein
homologous to eukaryotic core histones
(b) archaebacteria that lack any histones
resembling those found in eukaryotes but
whose DNA is negatively supercoiled
(c) bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively
supercoiled but which have a cytoskeleton as
well as mitochondria
(d) bacteria that contain a cytoskeleton and
ribosomes
(a) lysozymes
(b) lytic
(c) lipolytic
(d) lysogenic
(a) B and C
(c) C and D
[2004]
[2000, 01]
(a) fragment of DNA which acts as vector
(b) fragment which joins two genes
(c) mRNA which acts as carrier
(d) autotrophic fragment
(b) bacteria
(d) fungi
[2001]
[2001]
(a) episome
(c) ribosome
[2001]
(b) dsRNA
(d) ssDNA
[2001]
[1998]
(a) photosynthesis
(b) chemosynthesis
(c) digestion or breakdown of organic compounds
(d) assimilation of nitrogenous compounds
[1997, 98]
[1996]
(a) DNA
(b) RNA
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Only proteins and no nucleic acids
(a) immunoglobulins
(c) antitoxins
(b) mesosome
(d) microsome
[1997]
(a) Viruses possess their own metabolic system
(b) Viruses contain either DNA or RNA
(c) Viruses are facultative parasites
(d) Viruses are readily killed by antibiotics
[1996]
[1996]
[1996]
[1995]
43. Temperature
tolerance
blue-green algae is due to
[1994]
of
thermal
[1994]
[1993]
[1993]
[1991, 92]
(a) neither syngamy nor reduction division
(b) distinct chromosomes are absent
(c) no conjugation
(d) no exchange of genetic material
[1990]
(a) Amoeba
(b) Escherichia
(c) Gelidium
(d) Spirogyra
10
Eukarya
Prokaryotic cell
Yes
Yes
No
Circular DNA
Yes
Yes
No
Histone proteins No
Yes
Yes
Membrane
bound nucleus
No
No
Yes
Ribosome
70S
70S
80S and
70S
Causing Organism
Xanthomonas oryzae
Pseudomonas
cane rubrilineans
Fire blight of apple Erwinia amylovora
Early blight of potato Alternaria solani
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41. (d)
12
5
Plant Kingdom
1. Which one of the following shows isogamy
with non-flagellated gametes?
[2014]
(a) Sargassum
(b) Ectocarpus
(c) Ulothrix
(d) Spirogyra
[2014]
Upper oogonium and lower round antheridium
Globule and nucule present on the same plant
Upper antheridium and lower oogonium
Globule is male reproductive structure
[2014]
(a) Marchantia
(b) Riccia
(c) Funaria
(d) Sphagnum
[2014]
(b) Chlorella
(d) Polysiphonia
[2014]
(d) Pinus
[2013]
[2013]
(a) Isogametes are similar in structure, function
and behaviour
(b) Anisogametes differ either in structure,
function and behaviour
(c) In oomycetes female gamete is smaller and
motile, while male gamete is larger and
non-motile
(d) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and
anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
[2013]
22
[2013]
Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal
and leafy stage
In gymnosperms female gametophyte is
free-living
Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are
present in pteridophytes
Origin of seed habit can be traced in
pteridophytes
[2012]
(a) cambium
(b) phloem fibres
(c) thick-walled tracheids
(d) xylem fibres
[2009]
(a) Chara
(b) Porphyra
(c) Fucus
(d) Gracilaria
[2009]
(b) Ginkgo
(d) Cedrus
[2009]
[2011]
(b) Marchantia
(d) Polytrichum
monoecious?
[2009]
(a) Marchantia
(b) Pinus
(c) Cycas
(d) Papaya
24. Which
[2011]
(a) Chara
(b) Adiantum
(c) Funaria
(d) Marchantia
(b) Funaria
(d) Cedrus
one
of
heterosporous?
the
following
(a) Dryopteris
(c) Adiantum
(b) Salvinia
(d) Equisetum
is
[2008]
(a) mustard
(b) castor
(c) Pinus
(d) Sphagnum
(a) Cycas
(a) Equisetum
(c) Marchantia
(a) Adiantum
(c) Pinus
18. Male
(c) Pisum
[2011]
(d) Alnus
[2010]
(b) mustard
(d) pea
[2008]
Plant Kingdom
27. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam,
the antherozoids and eggs mature at
different times, as a result
[2007]
(a) there is no change in success rate of fertilisation
(b) there is high degree of sterility
(c) one can conclude that the plant is apomictic
(d) self fertilisation is prevented
[2007]
(a) elaters
(b) indusium
(c) calyptra
(d) peristome teeth
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[2005]
[2005]
(a) several diatoms and a few cyanobacteria
(b) several cyanobacteria and several diatoms
(c) some diatoms and several cyanobacteria
(d) some cyanobacteria and many diatoms
Column II
A. Peritrichous flagellation
1. Ginkgo
B. Living fossil
2. Macrocystis
C. Rhizophore
3. Escherichia coli
D. Smallest flowering
4. Selaginella
[2007]
[2007]
(a) a cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms
are formed
(b) a cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are
stored after pollination
(c) an opening in the megagametophyte through
which the pollen tube approaches the egg
(d) the microsporangium in which pollen grains
develop
[2006]
(a) lack of xylem tracheids
(b) absence of pollen tubes
(c) formation of endosperm before fertilisation
(d) production of seeds from ovules
plant
E. Largest perennial alga
5. Wolffia
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 1
[2005]
[2004]
[2004]
24
40. A
free
living
nitrogen-fixing
cyanobacterium which can also form
symbiotic association with the water fern
Azolla is
[2004]
(a) Tolypothrix
(c) Nostoc
(b) Chlorella
(d) Anabaena
[2004]
[2003]
[2000]
in the sporangium of
(a) Ulothrix
(c) Spirogyra
[2000]
[1999]
(b) Rhizopus
(d) None of these
[1999]
(b) biflagellated
(d) monociliated
[2003]
in angiosperms?
(a) fern
(c) liverworts
(b) Funaria
(d) Marchantia
[1999]
(a) sporophyte of longer duration
(b) dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic
(c) dominant phase of gametophyte which
produces spores
(d) small sporophyte phase generally parasitic on
gametophyte
[2002]
(b) Mint
(d) Pinus
in angiosperms because of
[1999]
(b) Bacillariophyceae
(d) Phaeophyceae
(a) Maize
(c) Peepal
[2001]
Plant Kingdom
57. Largest sperms in the plant world are found
in
(a) Pinus
(c) Cycas
[1998]
(b) Banyan
(d) Tsuja
[1998]
(a) It does not have a well organised female flower
(b) It has circinate vernation
(c) Its xylem is mainly composed of xylem vessels
(d) Its roots contain some blue-green algae
[1998]
(a) non-motile colonial alga lacking zoospores
(b) filamentous alga lacking flagellated
reproductive stages
(c) membranous alga producing zoospores
(d) filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive
stages
[1997]
(a) isogametes
(b) anisogametes
(c) heterogametes
(d) basidiospores
(a) Spirogyra
(b) Ulothrix
(c) Oscillatoria
(d) Chlorella
because they
[1997]
(a) are thalloid forms
(b) have no conducting tissue
(c) possess archegonia with outer layer of sterile cells
(d) contain chloroplasts in their cells
[1997]
(b) some bryophytes
(d) some pteridophytes
[1996]
(b) prokaryotes
(d) Chlorophyceae
[1996]
(b) certain pines
(d) primitive dicots
(b) Marchantia
(d) Sphagnum
[1997]
(a) phycocyanin
(b) phycoerythrin
(c) fucoxanthin
(d) haematochrome
25
73. The
absence of chlorophyll,
lowermost cell of Ulothrix, shows
in
the
[1995]
[1994]
26
[1994]
[1994]
[1993]
(b) cup-shaped
(d) spiral
[1993]
mosses/
[1993]
[1993]
[1993]
[1992]
(b) Selaginella
(d) Dryopteris
88. In
(b) 18
(d) 24
(b) Pinus
(d) Abies
[1992]
(b) Angiosperm
(d) Moss
[1991]
(a) zygospore
(c) oospore
[1991]
(b) zoospore
(d) carpospore
(b) Funaria
(d) Pinus
(b) enzymes
(d) starch
(a) Pinus
(c) Chlamydomonas
fertilisation of Chlamydomonas is
represented by zygote is
[1992]
(a) Archegonium
(b) Embryo
(c) Flagellate sperms
(d) Roots
(a) Cycas
(c) Cedrus
differ
from
bryophytes in possessing
81. Pteridophytes
[1992]
(b) mosses
(d) gymnosperms
(b) Azotobacter
(d) Anabaena
(a) Nostoc
(c) Spirogyra
[1992]
[1990]
[1990]
(b) photosynthesis
(d) absorption
[1990, 93]
Plant Kingdom
96. Sperms of both Funaria and Pteris were
released together near the archegonia of
Pteris. Only Pteris sperms enter the
archegonia as
[1989]
(a) Pteris archegonia repel Funaria sperms
(b) Funaria sperms get killed by Pteris sperms
(c) Funaria sperms are less mobile
(d) Pteris archegonia release chemical to attract its
sperms
97. Evolutionary
important
character
Selaginella is
of
[1989]
98. In
Pinus/gymnosperms,
structure are
the
haploid
[1989]
27
[1988]
(a) triploid
(b) haploid
(c) diploid
(d) tetraploid
[1988]
[1988]
(a) isogamy
(b) homogamy
(c) somatogamy
(d) hologamy
(a)
Conjugation tube
Zygospore (c)
28
Phase
Gametop
hyte (%)
90
75
50
25
10
Sporop
hyte (%)
10
25
50
75
90
Plant Kingdom
21. (b) Heterospory is the production of spores of two
different sizes and of two different developmental
patterns. Heterospory is an expression of sex
determining spores of the plant. It is the most
important evolutionary development in the vascular
plants because it has ultimately lead to seed
development, which is seen in, Selaginella, Salvinia,
Azolla, etc.
29
25. (b)
30
symbiotic
Ectophloic siphonostele
37. (a)
Column I
Column II
A. Peritrichous flagella
(flagella all over the
body)
Escherichia coli
(a bacterium)
B. Living fossil
Ginkgo biloba
(maiden hair tree)
C. Rhizophore
(a form of aerial
adventitious roots)
Selaginella
(a pteridophyte)
D. Smallest flowering
plant
Wolffia
E. Largest perennial
algae
Macrocystis
identical
dissimilar
primitive
known as
Plant Kingdom
31
Antherozoids (Funaria)
64. (d) Dried Chlorella pyrenoidosa contains approximately 50-55% crude protein (more than that in
dried beef, soyabean meal and dried yeast).
32
Gram
negative,
aerobic,
photoautotrophic,
nitrogen-fixing, simplest chlorophyll containing
thallophytes/ prokaryotes. They neither have a
definite nucleus nor definite plastid with grana.
They also lack flagella, chlorophyll-b, mesosome,
meiosis and membrane bound organelles (except
ribosome of 70S type).
72. (a)
Agar
is
a
gelatinous,
sulphated
non-nitrogenous,
tasteless,
odourless
mucopolysaccharide obtained from middle lamella
of cell wall of marine red algae like Gracillaria,
Gelidium, Gigartina, etc; commonly known as
agarophytes. It is used as solidifying agent in the
culture medium, as luxative stabilizer or thickener
in preparing jams, jellies, creams, ice creams,
bakery products and as luxative in drug industry.
Plant Kingdom
81. (b) Pteridophytes are most primitive vascular
flowerless, spore producing cryptogamic land
plants,
commonly
called
vascular
amphibians/botanical snakes/spore producing
seedless trachaeophytes. They are first vascular
land plants to have independent sporophyte diploid
plant body with true root, stem and leaves. In
contrast bryophytes, the amphibians of plant
kingdom are devoid of true roots, stem and leaves,
with no vascular supply but root like, non-vascular
rhizoids, leaf-like and stem like structures are
present.
33
34
3
KingdomProtista
1. What is common about Trypanosoma,
Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia?
[2006]
[2003]
(a) the chance to get rid of accumulated waste
products
(b) the ability to survive during adverse physical
conditions
(c) the ability to live for some time without
ingesting food
(d) protection from parasites and predators
[2001]
and
micronucleus
are
the
characteristic feature of
[1995, 2002, 05]
(a) Paramecium and Vorticella
(b) Opelina and Nictothirus
(c) Hydra and Ballantidium
(d) Vorticella and Nictothirus
6. Macro
[1994]
(a) membrane bound nucleoproteins embedded in
cytoplasm
(b) free nucleic acid aggregates
(c) gene containing nucleoproteins condensed
together in loose mass
(d) nucleoprotein in direct contact with cell
substance
[1994]
(a) pyorrhoea
(b) diarrhoea
(c) dysentery
(d) None of the above
[1994]
(a) photosynthesisers, symbionts and holotrophs
(b) photosynthesisers
(c) chemosynthesisers
(d) holotrophs
[1993]
14
14. In
Amoeba
and
Paramecium
osmoregulation occurs through
[1991, 95, 2002]
[1991]
[1990]
[1990]
(a) Polymorphic
(b) Monogenetic
(c) Facultative parasite
(d) Non-pathogenic
(a) Sarcodina
(c) Ciliata
[1989]
(b) Zooflagellata
(d) Sporozoa
[1989]
[1990]
(a) Sarcodina
(b) Ciliata
(c) Sporozoa
(d) Dinophyceae
to class
(a) pseudopodia
(b) nucleus
(c) contractile vacuole
(d) general surface
[1990]
[1989]
[1989]
16
15. (c)
17. (a)
Ciliates
(Paramecium)
show
nuclear
dimorphism, large macronucleus controls metabolic
activities and growth. It is called vegetative
nucleus.
Micronucleus
contains
genetic
informatioin and thus, takes part in reproduction.
are
small,
spindle-shaped,
uninucleate organisms present in the salivary
glands of the mosquito. Sporozoites represent the
infective stage, which along with saliva inoculates
into the blood stream of human and undergo
schizogony.
1
The Living World
1. Which one of the following scientists name
is correctly matched with the theory put
forth by him?
[2008]
(a) Weismann Theory of continuity of germplasm
(b) Pasteur Inheritance of acquired characters
(c) De Vries Natural selection
(d) Mendel Theory of pangenesis
[2007]
[2006]
[2005]
9. Carbohydrates
the
most
abundant
biomolecules on earth, are produced by
(a) all bacteria, fungi and algae
[2005]
(b) fungi, algae and green plant cells
(c) some bacteria, algae and green plant cells
(d) viruses, fungi and bacteria
[2005]
(a) grow slowly in highly alkaline frozen lakes at
high altitudes
(b) occur in water containing high concentrations
of barium hydroxide
(c) grow and multiply in very deep marine
sediments
(d) readily grown and divides in sea water
enriched in any soluble salt of barium
[2005]
(a) antarctica
(b) greenland
(c) glaciers and mountains
(d) polar ice
(b) Oxygen
(d) Water vapour
[2003, 04]
(b) Pinus
(d) Metasequoia
(b) water
[2002]
(d) temperature
(b) chemoautotrophs
(d) coproheterotrophs
(b) cellulose
(d) steroids
[2001]
[2001]
(a) Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen
from organic compounds
(b) Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen
from inorganic compounds
(c) Obtain energy from organic compounds
(d) Obtain energy from inorganic compounds
[2001]
(a) cyanobacteria
(b) chemoheterotrophs
(c) autotrophs
(d) photoautotrophs
[2000]
(b) high temperature
(d) radiation
[2000]
(a) utilise oxygen to generate energy
(b) replicate the genetic information
(c) produce gametes
(d) utilise solar energy for metabolic activities
[1998]
[1997]
(b) 0.34%
(d) 4%
[1992]
[1992]
(a) purine
(c) nucleoside
(a) galactose
(c) fructose
[1991]
(b) soil
(d) pollution
[1991]
(a) tendency to change with change in environment
(b) tendency to resist change
(c) disturbance in regulatory control
(d) plants and animals extracts used in
homeopathy
(b) glucose
(d) sucrose
[1991]
(b) Herpetology
(d) Organic evolution
(b) pyrimidine
(d) nucleotide
(a) Palaeontology
(c) Saurology
34. Homeostasis is
(b) guanine
(d) uracil
29. Adenine is
[1991]
[1990]
(a) Euthenics
(b) Eugenics
(c) Euphenics
(d) Ethnology
(b) mimicry
(d) analogy
Theory
Weismann
Theory of continuity of
germplasm
Pasteur
Charles Darwin
Theory of natural
selection
Lamarck
Inheritance of acquired
characters
Hugo de Vries
Mutation theory
Mendel
Laws of inheritance
Darwin
Theory of pangenesis
2. (a) Biological
organization
starts
with
sub-microscopic molecular level, where four types of
molecules, i.e. carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and
nucleic acids are organised into organelles of cell.
3. (c) All living things reproduce passing on traits from
one generation to next. Non-living things cannot
reproduce.
9. (c)
30. (b)