Identify the correct statement:
1. No known member of Kingdom Fungi is unicellular
2. No known member of Kingdom Fungi has polysaccharide in cell wall of its cells
3. No known member of Kingdom Fungi has chlorophyll pigment in its cells
4. No known member of Kingdom Fungi is capable of living as a symbiont

Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Introduction |
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Asexual reproduction can take place in some fungi with the help of spores called:
1. conidia
2. oospores
3. ascospores
4. basidiospores
Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Sexual Reproduction in Fungi |
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Amongst the given statements, the number of correct statements regarding viruses will be:
I: Viruses are inert outside their specific host cell.
II: Viruses are obligate parasites.
III: All viruses contain both RNA and DNA.
IV: A virus is a nucleoprotein.
V: Viruses are smaller than bacteria.
 
1. 2 2. 3
3. 4 4. 5
Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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The vast majority of bacteria:
1. are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen.
2. are photosynthetic autotrophs and have gas vacuoles.
3. do not have peptidoglycan in their cell walls.
4. depend on other organisms or on dead organic matter for food.
Subtopic:  Kingdom Monera: Bacterial Classification |
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Study the Assertion statement followed by the Reason statement given below:
Assertion (A): Diatoms have left behind large amount of cell wall deposits in their habitat.
Reason (R): Diatoms are the chief ‘producers’ in the oceans.
 
1. (A) is True; (R) is False.
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).
3. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) does not correctly explain (A).
4. (A) is False; (R) is True.
Subtopic:  Kingdom Protista: Chrysophytes |
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Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select the correct match from the codes given:
COLUMN I
[Organism]
COLUMN II
[Cell wall]
A Diatoms P Not present
B Dinoflagellates Q Composed of peptidoglycan
C Euglenoids R Cellulose plates on the outer surface
D Eubacteria S Embedded with silica
Codes:
A B C D
1. R S P Q
2. S R P Q
3. Q R P S
4. S R Q P
Subtopic:  Kingdom Protista: Chrysophytes | Kingdom Protista: Dinoflagellates | Kingdom Protista: Euglenoids |
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The organism shown in the given figure:
             
1. is amongst the chief producers in oceans.
2. is capable of heterotrophic nutrition when deprived of sunlight.
3. causes red tide that releases harmful toxins.
4. is an extremophile living in hydrothermal vents.
Subtopic:  Kingdom Protista: Dinoflagellates |
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The phrase ‘Contagium vivum fluidum’ is associated with:
1. M.W. Beijerinck 2. W.M. Stanley
3. Louis Pasteur 4. Dmitri Ivanowsky
Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Viroid is an infectious agent that:
1. is larger than viruses.
2. was found to be a free DNA.
3. lacks the protein coat that is found in viruses.
4. has RNA of a very high molecular weight.
Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Regarding the bacteria shown in the given figure:
           
I: A is a bacillus and an example is a bacterium that adds cyanocobalamin to curd during fermentation.
II: B is a coccus and an example of bacterium that was used by Griffith in his experiments.
1. I is correct; II is incorrect
2. I is correct; II is correct
3. I is incorrect; II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect; II is correct
Subtopic:  Kingdom Monera: Bacterial Classification |
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