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Assertion and Reason
1. Assertion: Trypanosoma is a parasitic
flagellated protozoa.
Reason: Trypanosoma causes sleeping
sickness disease.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
2. Assertion: Virus is an obligate parasite
Reason: Viruses are infectious agents
and host specific.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
3. Assertion: Penicillium contain conidia as
a means of asexual reproduction
Reason: They are endogenously formed
inside hyphae.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
4. Assertion: Chemosynthetic autotrophic
bacteria play a great role in recycling
nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, iron
and sulphur.
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Reason: Bacteria belonging to this
category obtain energy for the synthesis
of food by oxidizing various inorganic
substances.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
5. Assertion: Cell structure of protists is
eukaryotic type.
Reason: Protista cell body lacks well-
defined nucleus as well as membrane
bounded cell organelles.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
6. Assertion: The cell wall of diatoms is
easily destructible.
Reason: The cell wall of diatoms is
embedded with calcium carbonates.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
7. Assertion: Diatoms are the chief
producers in the oceans.
Reason: Mode of nutrition in Diatoms is
holophytic.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
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the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
8. Assertion: Euglenoids are
photoautotrophs.
Reason: They are capable to carry out
photosynthesis in the presence of
sunlight.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
9. Assertion: Slime moulds lacks
chlorophyll
Reason: Spores of slime moulds have
cell walls.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
10. Assertion :- Fungi are mostly found in
aquatic or fresh water.
Reason :- Food reserve in fungi is in the
form of laminarin starch.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
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False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
11. Assertion: Dikaryophase is seen in
ascomycetes and basidiomycetes during
their sexual life.
Reason: During sexual reproduction of
Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes
plasmogamy is not immediately followed
by karyogamy.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
12. Assertion: Neurospora is a pink mould.
Reason: Some species of Aspergillus
produces aflatoxin.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
13. Assertion: Archaebacteria can survive in
extreme conditions.
Reason: In archaebacteria, cell wall
structure is highly complex.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
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14. Assertion: According to Whittaker's
classification, diatoms are included in
kingdom Protista.
Reason: Reserve food material in
diatoms is chrysolaminarin.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
15. Assertion: Heterocysts are found in BGA
Reason: BGA are very useful nitrogen
fixers.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
16. Assertion: Mycorrhiza is parasitic
association.
Reason: In lichen, both partners are
affected.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
17. Assertion: Leguminous plants are an
example of symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Reason: Frankia inhabits root nodules of
leguminous plants.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
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(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If both Assertion & Reason are false.
18. Assertion: The two-kingdom was found
to be inadequate.
Reason: Two kingdom system of
classification did not distinguish
between the eukaryotes and prokaryotes,
unicellular and multicellular organisms
and green algae and fungi.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
19. Assertion: Methanococcus are obligate
anaerobes.
Reason: They respire only anaerobically
and generally get killed under aerobic
conditions.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
20. Assertion: Aseptate mycelium is called
coenocytic.
Reason: Bracket fungi shows such type
of mycelium.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
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(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
21. Assertion: Phycomycetes are commonly
known as sac fungi.
Reason: In phycomycetes, ascospore are
produced endogenously in sac like asci
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
22. Assertion: Viroids are infectious RNA
particles.
Reason: They are non-cellular
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
23. Assertion: Viruses have the properties of
both living and non-living things.
Reason: Viruses do not replicate outside
the host.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
24. Assertion: Bladderwort and Venus fly
trap are parasite.
Reason: Cuscuta is insectivorous plant.
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(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
25. Assertion: Cyanobacteria are gram
negative and have oxygenic
photosynthesis.
Reason: Heterocysts have PS-II
activities.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
26. Assertion: Kingdom-Plantae includes all
eukaryotic, chlorophyll containing
organisms.
Reason: Few of its members are partially
heterotrophic.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
27. Assertion: Mycoplasma is pleomorphic
(means can change their shape).
Reason: Cell wall is absent in
Mycoplasma.
(a) If both Assertion & Reason are True &
the Reason is a correct explanation of
the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion & Reason are True
but Reason is not a correct
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explanation of the Assertion.

(c) If Assertion is True but the Reason is
False.
(d) If Assertion is false but Reason is true
28. Assertion: TMV is a dsDNA virus which
causes mosaic disease
Reason: TMV was first crystallized by
M.W. Beijerinck.
(a) If both the assertion and the reason
are true and the reason is a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(b) If both the assertion and reason are
true but the reason is not a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(c) If the assertion is true but the reason
is false.
(d) If both the assertion and reason are
false.
30. Assertion: Deuteromycetes are referred
as imperfect fungi
Reason: Sexual stage is not known in
these fungi.
(a) If both the assertion and the reason
are true and the reason is a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(b) If both the assertion and reason are
true but the reason is not a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(c) If the assertion is true but the reason
is false.
(d) If both the assertion and reason are
false.

29. Assertion: Chitin is present in the fungal

cell wall.
Reason: Chitin is made of acetyl
glucossamine.
(a) If both the assertion and the reason
are true and the reason is a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(b) If both the assertion and reason are
true but the reason is not a correct
explanation of the assertion.
(c) If the assertion is true but the reason
is false.
(d) If both the assertion and reason are
false.

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Answer Key

S1. Ans. (b)

S17. Ans. (c)
S2. Ans. (b)
S18. Ans. (a)
S3. Ans. (c)
S19. Ans. (a)
S4. Ans. (a)
S20. Ans. (c)
S5. Ans. (c)
S21. Ans. (d)
S6. Ans. (d)
S22. Ans. (b)
S7. Ans. (b)
S23. Ans. (b)
S8. Ans. (a)
S24. Ans. (d)
S9. Ans. (b)
S25. Ans. (c)
S10. Ans. (d)
S26. Ans. (b)
S11. Ans. (a)
S27. Ans. (a)
S12. Ans. (b)
S28. Ans. (d)
S13. Ans. (a)
S29. Ans. (b)
S14. Ans. (b)
S30. Ans. (a)
S15. Ans. (b)

S16. Ans. (d)

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Statement Based
1. Statement-I: Viruses are facultative
parasites.
Statement-II: The RNA of the viroid was
of low molecular weight.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
2. Statement-I: In Alternaria, the
mycelium is septate and branched
Statement-II: Basidia are arranged in
fruiting bodies called basidiocarp
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
3. Statement-I: Bacteriophages are
usually single-stranded RNA viruses.
Statement-II: Penicillium yields the
antibiotic penicillin.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
4. Statement-I: Conidia are produced
exogenously and ascospores
endogenously.
Statement-II: Yeasts have filamentous
bodies with long thread-like hyphae
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
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5. Statement-I: Ascomycetes are
saprophytic, decomposer, coprophilous
(growing on dung) and parasitic
Statement-II: In puffballs, asexual
spores are aplanospores.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
6. Statement-I: In Nostoc, true sexual
reproduction is absent
Statement-II: Obligate anaerobe can
survive without 𝑂2 .
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
7. Statement-I: Sexual reproduction is
absent in all fungi.
Statement-II: Archaebacterial cell
membrane shows ester linkage.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
8. Statement-I: Streptomyces is a gram +ve
bacteria which shows fungi like
mycelium form.
Statement-II: Yeast is used to make
bread and beer.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
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9. Statement-I: Aspergillus is used
extensively in biochemical and genetic
work.
Statement-II: Gonyaulax proliferate in
large number and causes red tide of sea.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
10. Statement-I: Slime moulds have some
characteristics of fungi, plants and
animals.
Statement-II: Euglena lack cell wall but
a proteinaceous layer called pellicle is
present.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
11. Statement-I: Euglena has mixotrophic
mode of nutrition
Statement-II: Trypanosoma is a ciliated
protozoan.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
12. Statement-I: Morels and truffles are
edible and considered delicacies.
Statement-II: Lichens are very good
pollution indicators.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
13. Statement-I: Chromatophores are
present in Frankia.
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Statement-II: Nostoc and Anabaena
bears tuft of flagella
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
14. Statement-I: Spirulina is edible, non-
toxic and fast-growing cyanobacterium.
Statement-II: Spirulina is cultivated in
tanks as source of protein rich animal
food.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
15. Statement-I: Nitrosomonas and
Nitrococcus belongs to chemosynthetic
autotrophic bacteria.
Statement-II: Chemosynthetic
autotrophs utilize light as energy source
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
16. Statement-I: Chlorella and
Chlamydomonas, both lack cell walls
Statement-II: Paramecium and Amoeba,
both lack cell walls.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
17. Statement-I: Prions are free RNA that
lack protein coat.
Statement-II: The most notable diseases
caused by prions are bovine spongiform
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encephalopathy (BSE) commonly called
mad cow disease.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
18. Statement-I: Viruses are inert outside
their specific host cell.
Statement-II: Viruses have the ability to
get crystallized
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
19. Statement-I: Puccinia belongs to
basidiomycetes.
Statement-II: Puccinia causes rust
disease in wheat.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
20. Statement-I: Zoospore and
sporangiospore are features of
phycomycetes.
Statement-II: Basidiospore is an
asexual spore.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
21. Statement-I: M.W. Beijerinck
crystallized TMV for the first time.
Statement-II: A large number of
deuteromycetes are decomposers of litter
and help in mineral cycling.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
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statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
22. Statement-I: Viruses are exception to
the cell theory.
Statement-II: In plants, the symptoms
of virus causing disease can be mosaic
formation, leaf rolling and curling,
yellowing and vein clearing, dwarfing and
stunted growth.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
23. Statement-I: D.J Ivanowsky recognized
certain microbes as causal organism of
the mosaic disease of tobacco.
Statement-II: Sexual reproduction
involves sex organs in case of
basidiomycetes.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
24. Statement-I: Branched, aseptate and
multinucleate mycelium are found in
club fungi
Statement-II: The walls of diatoms are
easily destructible
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
25. Statement-I: Archaebacteria have
introns in their genetic sequence.
Statement-II: Methanococcus are
chemoautotrophs and aerobe.
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(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
26. Statement-I: Cyanobacteria are gram-
negative prokaryotes.
Statement-II: Cyanobacteria are the
most primitive to have oxygenic
photosynthesis.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
27. Statement-I: Dinoflagellates are
multicellular and non-motile.
Statement-II: Mode of nutrition in
diatoms is holophytic as they have
photosynthetic pigments.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
28. Statement-I: Ciliated protozoans have a
cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of
the cell surface.
Statement-II: Plasmodium, which
causes malaria belongs to flagellated
protozoans.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
29. Statement-I: Prions are similar in size to
viruses.
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Statement-II: No virus contains both
RNA and DNA.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
30. Statement-I: White spots seen on
mustard leaves are due to a bacteria.
Statement-II: Fungi are cosmopolitan
and occur in air, water, soil and on
animals and plants.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
31. Statement-I: All fungi are filamentous
except yeast which is unicellular.
Statement-II: Amoeba move and
capture their prey by putting out
pseudopodia.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
32. Statement-I: Two kingdom system of
classification was given by Aristotle.
Statement-II: Aristotle used simple
morphological characters to classify
plants into trees, shrubs and herbs
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
33. Statement-I: The main criteria for five
kingdom classification include cell
structure, body organization, mode of
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nutrition, reproduction and phylogenetic
relationships.
Statement-II: Bacterial structure is
simple but are complex in behaviour.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect

34. Statement-I: The two kingdom

classification does not distinguish
between photosynthetic and non-
photosynthetic organisms.
Statement-II: In the five kingdom
classification, Chlamydomonas and
Chlorella have been included in kingdom
protista.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct ut
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect

35. Statement-I: Pigments of euglenoids are

identical to those present in higher
plants.
Statement-II: Fungi prefer to grow in
warm and humid places.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but
statement II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
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S1. Ans. (c) S19. Ans. (a)

S2. Ans. (a) S20. Ans. (b)

S3. Ans. (c) S21. Ans. (c)

S4. Ans. (b) S22. Ans. (a)

S5. Ans. (b) S23. Ans. (b)

S6. Ans. (a) S24. Ans. (d)

S7. Ans. (d) S25. Ans. (b)

S8. Ans. (a) S26. Ans. (a)

S9. Ans. (c) S27. Ans. (c)

S10. Ans. (a) S28. Ans. (b)

S11. Ans. (b) S29. Ans. (a)

S12. Ans. (a) S30. Ans. (c)

S13. Ans. (d) S31. Ans. (a)

S14. Ans. (a) S32. Ans. (c)

S15. Ans. (b) S33. Ans. (a)

S16. Ans. (c) S34. Ans. (a)

S17. Ans. (c) S35. Ans. (a)

S18. Ans. (a)

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Match the Following
1. Match the following column: (a) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
A. M.W. 1. First crystallised (b) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
Beijerinek TMV (c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
B. T.O. 2. Viroids (d) A- 2, B-1, C-4, D-3
Diener
C. DJ 3. Contagium 5. Match the following column :
Ivanowsky vivum fluidum A. Blue- green 1. Cell
D. W.M 4. Mosaic disease algae membrane
Stanley of tobacco have ether
linkage
(a) A- 4, B-2, C-1, D-3 B. Heterotrophic 2. Helpful in
(b) A- 2, B-1, C-3, D-4 bacteria making
(c) A- 3, B-2, C-4, D-1 curd
(d) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 C. Archaebacteria 3. Algal
blooms
2. Match the following column :
A. Mycoplasma 1. Obligate (a) A-3, B-2, C-1
anaerobes (b) A-1, B-2, C-3
B. Anabaena 2. Lack cell wall (c) A-2, B-1, C-3
C. Frankia 3. Heterocysts (d) A-3, B-1, C-2

D. Methanobact 4. Symbiotic N2- 6. Match the following column :

erium fixation A. Desmids 1. Protein rich
layer pellicle
(a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 present
(b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 B. Gonyaulax 2. Walls are
(c) A- 2, B-4, C-3, D-1 indestructible
(d) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 C. Euglena 3. Causes red
tides
3. Match the following column: D. Sporozoans 4. Plasmodium
A. Phycomycetes 1. Alternaria
B. Ascomycetes 2. Agaricus (a) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
C. Basidiomycetes 3. Neurospora (b) A- 3, B-2, C-4, D-1
D. Deuteromycetes 4. Rhizopus (c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(b) A- 4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 7. Match the following column :
(d) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 A. Plant 1. Mad cow disease
virus
4. Match the following column : B. Animal 2. Potato spindle tuber
A. Coccus 1. Rod- shaped virus
C. Viroids 3. Small pox
B. Bacillus 2. Spherical D. Prions 4. Tobacco mosaic

C. Vibrio 3. Spiral-shaped
D. Spirillum 4. Comma-shaped (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
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(c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(d) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
8. Match the following column : 11. Match the following column:
A. Edible 1. Puccinia A. Chitin 1. Cell wall of
delicacies bacteria
B. Bread 2. Neurospora B. Puffballs 2. Cell wall of
mould fungi
C. Used in 3. Morels and C. Yeast 3. Basidiomycetes
genetic truffles
D. Peptidoglycan 4. Ascomycetes
work
D. Rust 4. Rhizopus
(a) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
disease
(b) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
(a) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 (c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
(b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 (d) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(d) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 12. Match the following column:
A. Source of 1. Agaricus
9. Match the following column : antibiotic
A. Phycomycetes 1. Algal fungi B. Edible 2. Penicillium
B. Ascomycetes 2. Imperfect basidiocarp
fungi C. Smut disease 3. Cuscuta
C. Basidiomycetes 3. Bracket D. Parasite 4. Ustilago
fungi
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
D. Deuteromycetes 4. Sac fungi
(b) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
(c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
(a) A- 1, B-4, C-3, D-2 (d) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
(b) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
(c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 13. Match the following column:
(d) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 A. Chief 1. Dinoflagellates
producers in
10. Match the following column : oceans
A. Amoeboid 1. Plasmodium B. Mixotrophic 2. Euglena
protozoans nutrition
B. Flagellated 2. Paramoecium C. Holophytic 3. Diatoms
protozoans nutrition
C. Ciliated 3. Trypanosoma
D. Saprophytic 4. Slime moulds
protozoans
protists
D. Sporozoans 4. Entamoeba

(a) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 (a) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
(b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 (b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (c) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
(d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 (d) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

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14. Match the following column:

A. Phycomycetes 1 Aplanospore
. s (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
B. Ascomycetes 2 Sex organs (b) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
. absent (c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
C. Basidiomycetes 3 Coprophilou (d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
. s
D Deuteromycete 4 Reproduce
. s . only by 17. Match the following column:
asexual A. Parasitic 1. Diatoms
spores fungi on
mustard
(a) A- 1, B-3, C-2, D-4 B. Soap box like 2. Bladderwort
(b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 structure
(c) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 C. Insectivorous 3. Albugo
(d) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3
15. Match the following column: (b) A-1, B-3, C-2
A. Aristotle 1. Used simple (c) A-2, B-1, C-3
morphological (d) A-3, B-1, C-2
characters to
classify plants 18. Match the following column:
into trees. A. Conidia 1. Sexual spores
B. R.H 2. Two kingdom of
Whittaker system of basidiomycetes
classification B. Ascospores 2. Asexual spores
C. Linnaeus 3. Five kingdom of ascomycetes
system of C. Basidiospores 3. Sexual spores
classification of ascomycetes
D. Zoospores 4. Asexual spores
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3 of
(b) A-1, B-3, C-2 phycomycetes
(c) A-2, B-1, C-3
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2 (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
16. Match the following column: (c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
A. Produce toxin 1. Halobacterium (d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
B. Connecting 2. Euglena
link between 19. Match the following column:
plant and A. Viroids 1. Infectious RNA
animal particles
C. Archaebacteria 3. Gonyaulax B. Prions 2. Symbiotic
D. Pleomorphic 4. Mycoplasma association of algae
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C. Lichens 3. Similar in size to B. Parasite 2. Symbiotic
viruses association of
fungi with plant
roots
C. Mycorrhiza 3. Decomposition of
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3 dead organic
(b) A-1, B-3, C-2 materials
(c) A-2, B-1, C-3
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3
20. Match the following column: (b) A-1, B-3, C-2
A. Photoautotrophic 1. Oxidize (c) A-2, B-1, C-3
bacteria various (d) A-3, B-1, C-2
inorganic
substance 23. Match the following column:
s A. Chrysophytes 1. Coloured
B Chemoautotrophi 2. Obtain pigments
. c bacteria organic present
food from B. Dinoflagellates 2. Diatomaceous
outside earth
C Heterotrophic 3. Uses light C. Euglenoids 3. Plasmodium
. bacteria as the D. Slime moulds 4. Lack cell wall
energy
source (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3 (c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
(b) A-1, B-3, C-2 (d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
(c) A-2, B-1, C-3
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2 24. Match the following column:
A. Trypanosoma 1. Malarial parasite
21. Match the following column: B. Plasmodium 2. Pseudopodia
A. Monera 1. Euglena C. Amoeba 3. Sleeping
B. Protista 2. Nostoc sickness
C. Fungi 3. Cuscuta D. Paramoecium 4. Movement by
D. Plantae 4. Mucor cilia

(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 (b) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
(c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 (c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 (d) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

22. Match the following column: 25. Match the following column:
A. Saprophyt 1. Living on living A. Mucor 1. Mycelium is
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B. Claviceps 2. Exogenously B. Halophile 2. Rumen of
sexual spores cattle
are formed C. Thermoacidophile 3. Grow in
C. Ustilago 3. Endogenously high salt
sexual spores areas
are formed
D. Trichoderma 4. Sexual (a) A-1, B-2, C-3
reproduction (b) A-3, B-2, C-1
absent (c) A-2, B-3, C-1
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2
(a) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 29. Match the following column:
(c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 A. Plasmogamy 1. Fusion of two
(d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 nuclei
B. Karyogamy 2. Karyogamy is
26. Match the following column: delayed after
A. Yeast 1. Thermoacidophiles plasmogamy
B. Methanoge 2. Marshy areas C. Meiosis 3. Fusion of
ns protoplasms
C. Hot 3. Unicellular D. Dikaryophase 4. Reduction
springs division in zygote
resulting in
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3 haploid spores.
(b) A-3, B-2, C-1
(c) A-2, B-1, C-3 (a) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2 (b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
(c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
27. Match the following column: (d) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
A. Cyanobacteria 1. Mucilaginous
sheath present 30. Match the following column:
B. Mycoplasma 2. Can survive A. Ascomycetes 1. Vibrio cholerae
without O2 B. Saprophytic 2. Dikaryon
C. Rhizobium 3. N2 fixation in bacteria phase
leguminous C. Parasitic 3. Zygospore is
plants bacteria formed in
sexual
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3 reproduction
(b) A-3, B-2, C-1 D. Phycomycetes 4. Streptomyces
(c) A-2, B-1, C-3
(d) A-3, B-1, C-2 (a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
28. Match the following column: (b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
A. Methanogen 1. Thermus (c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
aquaticus (d) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

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Answer Key

S1. Ans. (c) S17. Ans. (d)

S2. Ans. (a) S18. Ans. (b)

S3. Ans. (b) S19. Ans. (b)

S4. Ans. (d) S20. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (a) S21. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (a) S22. Ans. (d)

S7. Ans. (c) S23. Ans. (c)

S8. Ans. (b) S24. Ans. (b)

S9. Ans. (a) S25. Ans. (a)

S10. Ans. (d) S26. Ans. (b)

S11. Ans. (c) S27. Ans. (a)

S12. Ans. (b) S28. Ans. (c)

S13. Ans. (a) S29. Ans. (d)

S14. Ans. (a) S30. Ans. (c)

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NCERT Workbook

1. Aristotle used simple morphological 14. Maximum number of antibiotics are

characters to classify plants into produced by mycelial bacteria known as
………..A……….., ………..B……….. and ……………………
………...C……….
15. …………………. antibiotic prevent cross
2. ……………group is gram negative and in amino acid chain in peptidoglycan
oxygenic in monera
16. In ……………….monera Chla and PS II
3. Streptomycin and ……………. are gram present
positive and belong to actinomycetes
17. Mixotrophic type of nutrition is seen in
4. In heterocyst ……A………enzyme present protist ………………….
and ……B………structure/pigment
absent. 18. ………………….. dinoflagellates grown in
large number in the sea and make the
5. ………………linkage is present between water look red.
NAG and NAM.
19. The reserve food material found in
6. …………. Archaebacteria is obligate diatoms is …………………..
anaerobe
20. ……………………. protists do not possess
flagella except in reproductive stage
7. ………… is type of reproduction which is
sexual in which DNA enter from medium 21. ………………….protist is a connecting
link between plants and animals.
8. ……………. cyanobacteria fix 𝑁2 in rice
field as free living 22. …………………. protists are very good
indicators of water pollution.
9. Autotroph involve in conversion of nitrite
into nitrate are……………… 23. ………………….protist forms the
connecting link between plants, animals
10. ………A………. inclusion bodies are and fungi.
storage of carbohydrate and
………B……… for lipid in monera. 24. ……………… are unicellular flagellates
which posses pellicle instead of cell wall.
11. ……A…………. and …………B……….. are
gram positive bacteria which produces 25. ……………….group of protists have
endospores. phycoerythrin.

12. ……A…………….and…………B……….
bacteria obtain energy by oxidizing
ammonia to nitrite

13. …………………….. type of bacteria takes

part in the biodegradation of organic
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26. ……………protist is unicellular, motile 40. …………….are non-motile meiospores
having heterokont flagella. produced endogenously in an asci

27. Mode of nutrition in both diatoms and 41. In………………….,asexual reproduction

dinoflagellates is …………………. as well as sex organs are absent.

28. The protist that lack chlorophyll and 42. White rust of crucifers is caused by
have saprophytic mode of nutrition fungus……………..
is………………..

43. Dikaryon phase is seen in

29. Fungi prefer to grow in …………A…………and………B……..classe
………A…..and………B…..areas s of fungi.

30. The parasite responsible for causing 44. The similarity between ascomycetes and
sleeping sickness is ……………….. deuteromyctetes is that both
produces……………..
31. …………………..develop pseudopodia to
capture prey. 45. ………………genus of fungus contains
lysergic acid.
32. Malarial parasite have two
hosts………A……..and…………B……..res 46. ……………..are infectious RNA particles
pectively. which are devoid of protein coat.

33. ……………….protozoan shows nuclear 47. …………………causes mad cow disease.

dimorphism i.e., having two types of
nuclei. 48. ……………..are the viruses that infect
bacteria
34. ………A……..and………B……….are
unicellular fungi. 49. In………………cycle of viruses, the viral
genome does not integrate with host
35. ……………..is a main mineral which is DNA.
absorbed by fungus in mycorrhizal
association. 50. TMV is a ……………….. virus which was
crystallized by W.M Stanley.
36. …………….genus of fungus forms
mycorrhizal association.

37. Asexual spores in fungi

are………A…………and developed
on………B…….fruiting body.

38. Sexual reproduction in fungi occurs

through…………A……. , …………………
and…………B……….spores respectively.

39. Aspetate and coenocytic hyphae is

present in……………… fungi

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Answer Key

S1. Ans. A-trees, B-shrubs and C-herbs

S26. Ans. Euglena
S2. Ans. Cyanobacteria
S27. Ans. Holophytic (Photoautotrophs)
S3. Ans. Mycobacterium
S28. Ans. Slime moulds
S4. Ans. A- Nitrogenase, B- PS-II/Chl. A
S29. Ans. A- Warm, B- Humid
S5. Ans. Glycosidic
S30. Ans. Trypanosoma
S6. Ans. Methanogens
S31. Ans. Amoeba
S7. Ans. Transformation
S32. Ans. Mosquito and Human beings
S8. Ans. Aulosira
S33. Ans. Paramoecium
S9. Ans. Chemoautotrophic bacteria
S34. Ans. A-Monascus purpureus and B-
S10. Ans. A- Glycogen granules, B- Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Polyhydroxybutyrate S35. Ans. Phosphorus

S11. Ans. A- Bacillus, B- Clostridium S36. Ans. Glomus
S12. Ans. A- Nitrosomonas, B- Nitrococcus S37. Ans. Haploid, Haploid
S13. Ans. Saprophytic S38. Ans.A- Oospores, B-Ascospores and
C-Basidiospores.
S14. Ans. Actinomycetes
S39. Ans. Rhizopus/Mucor/Albugo
S15. Ans. Penicillin
S40. Ans. Ascospores
S16. Ans. Cyanobacteria
S41. Ans. Basidiomycetes
S17. Ans. Euglena
S42. Ans. Albugo candida
S18. Ans. Gonyaulax
S43. Ans. A-Ascomycetes, B- Basidiomycetes
S19. Ans. Chrysolaminarin starch
S44. Ans. Conidia
S20. Ans. Diatoms
S45. Ans. Claviceps
S21. Ans. Euglena
S46. Ans. Viroids
S22. Ans. Diatoms
S47. Ans. Prions
S23. Ans. Slime moulds
S48. Ans. Bacteriophage
S24. Ans. Euglena
S49. Ans. Lytic
S25. Ans. Dinoflagellates
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DURATION: 60 MINUTES Syllabus Topic Wise Test -01

Subject : Botany

Chapter : Biological classification

Topic : Monera and Protista

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1. In plants, structure which is similar to (c) Only S-II is correct

chromatophore is- (d) Both S-I and S-II are wrong
(a) Lysosomes 8. Which of the following is not related to
(b) Ribosomes cyanobacteria?
(c) Thylakoid (a) Gram negative
(d) Mitochondria (b) Non-motile
(c) 80s ribosome
2. The similarity between mycoplasma and (d) Gas vacuole
euglena is
(a) Lack of cell wall 9. The gram -ve bacteria which is resistant
(b) Well defined nucleus to antibiotic penicillin is-
(c) Presence of a cavity (a) Nostoc
(d) All of these (b) Spirulina
(c) Mycoplasma
3. Which of the following is (d) Bacillus
chemoautotrophs and an obligate
anaerobe? 10. The feature of slime moulds resembled
(a) Thermus aquaticus to fungi is
(b) Methanococcus (a) Mycelium
(c) Anabaena (b) Fruiting bodies
(d) Nostoc (c) Plasmodium
(d) Habitat
4. Which of the following shows
pleomorphism, i.e., can change their 11. Which of the following is the correct
shape option for diatoms?
(a) Mycoplasma (a) Pecto-cellulosic cell wall
(b) Amoeba (b) Silicified cell wall
(c) Paramoecium (c) Produces aflatoxin
(d) All of these (d) Holozoic nutrition

5. Nuclear dimorphism (two types of 12. Mark the mismatched pair:

nucleus) is seen in (a) Mycobacterium - Parasitic
(a) Amoeba (b) Diatoms - Oxygenic photosynthesis
(b) Dinoflagellates (c) Red Dinoflagellates - Phycoerythrin
(c) Paramoecium (d) Green sulfur bacteria - Oxygenic
(d) Diatoms
13. During favourable conditions, bacteria
6. Mark the correct pair: mainly reproduced by
(a) Heterocyst - PS-II present (a) Budding
(b) Dinoflagellates - Heterokont (b) Conjugation
flagella (c) Sporulation
(c) Spirulina - Eukaryote (d) Fission
(d) Nostoc - Non-filamentous
14. Which of the following is correct?
7. S-I: In bacteria, the cell division is (a) All protists lack cell wall
amitotic type. (b) Diatoms are motile
S-II: Diatoms and Nostoc, both shows (c) Protozoans lack cell wall
oxygenic photosynthesis. (d) Holozoic nutrition in all protists
(a) Both S-I and S-II are correct
(b) Only S-I is correct
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15. S-I: Nitrogen fixation takes place under
aerobic conditions.
S-II: Slime moulds have plant like
feature of having cell wall around
spores.
(a) Both S-I and S-II are correct
(b) Only S-I is correct
(c) Only S-II is correct
(d) Both S-I and S-II are wrong

16. Both plants and diatoms have similar

feature of-
(a) Presence of chl a
(b) Well defined nucleus
(c) Ribosome 80s
(d) All of these

17. Which one of the following is not

common between Nostoc and Diatom ?
(a) Non-motile
(b) Unicellular
(c) PS II present
(d) Nucleus present

18. Bacteria which do not retain any stain

when washed with absolute alcohol is
(a) Bacillus
(b) E. coli
(c) Nostoc
(d) Both (b) and (c)

19. Which of the following is not true for

anoxygenic bacteria?
(a) Not use water as a donar of hydrogen
(b) Bacteriophyll and Bacteriopurpurin
present
(c) Chlorophyll present
(d) No oxygen evolved

20. The diatoms do not easily decay like

most of the other Algae because:-
(a) Silica is metal
(b) No enzyme found in nature that can
degrade siliceous wall.
(c) They have thick siliceous wall
(d) Both (b) and (c)

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 Answer Key
S1. Ans. (c)

S2. Ans. (a)

S3. Ans. (b)

S4. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (b)

S7. Ans. (a)

S8. Ans. (c)

S9. Ans. (c)

S10. Ans. (b)

S11. Ans. (b)

S12. Ans. (d)

S13. Ans. (d)

S14. Ans. (c)

S15. Ans. (c)

S16. Ans. (d)

S17. Ans. (d)

S18. Ans. (d)

S19. Ans. (c)

S20. Ans. (b)

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DURATION: 60 MINUTES Syllabus Topic Wise Test -02

Subject : Botany

Chapter : Biological Classification

Topic : Fungi

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1. Mark the incorrectly matched pair 8. Mark the incorrect statement about
(a) Toad stool - Poisonous fungi Penicillium-
(b) Albugo - Aseptate (a) Conidia is formed
(c) Aspergillus - Delicacies (b) Dikaryon stage in life cycle
(d) Monascus - Non-filamentous (c) Saprophytic
(d) Aseptate hyphae
2. Which of the following have motile
asexual stage? 9. Mark the correct matching pair:
(a) Albugo (a) Albugo - Oospore
(b) Aspergillus (b) Puccinia - Aplanospore
(c) Ustilago (c) Alternaria - Conidia
(d) Trichoderma (d) Neurospora - Zygospore

3. Which of the following statement is 10. Which is correct about zoospores?

incorrect for phycomycetes? (a) Asexual spore and diploid
(a) Aseptate and coenocytic mycelium (b) Sexual spore and haploid
(b) Spores are exogenously produced (c) Haploid spore and endogenous
(c) Zygospore is a diploid spore (d) Non motile and sporangiospore
(d) Found in aquatic habitats
11. S-I: In Albugo, hyphal wall contains
4. Which of the following spores is product cellulose
of meiosis? S-II: Motile structure is formed in the life
(a) Conidia cycle of Penicillium
(b) Zygospore (a) Both S-I and S-II are correct
(c) Ascospores (b) Only S-I is correct
(d) Zoospores (c) Only S-II is correct
(d) Both S-I and S-II are wrong
5. Branched septate dikaryotic hyphae is
present in- 12. LSD is a hallucinogenic drug obtain
(a) Bread mould from fungus-
(b) Dung mould (a) Penicillium
(c) Puffball (b) Claviceps
(d) Pink mould (c) Aspergillus
(d) Neurospora
6. Which of the following statement is
incorrect? 13. In which of the following asexual spore
(a) Spore can be product of mitosis and is exogenous and sexual spore is
meiosis endogenous?
(b) Spore can undergo Mitosis (a) Rhizopus
(c) Spore can be endogenous and (b) Toad stool
exogenous in fungi (c) Truffles
(d) Spore can develop into diploid (d) Puff ball
fruiting body
14. The characteristics of class
7. Which of the following does not have Basidiomycetes is-
asexual fruiting bodies? (a) Motile structures are present
(a) Albugo (b) Primary mycelium is short lived
(b) Ustilago (c) Formation of aplanospores
(c) Claviceps (d) Basidiospores are endogenously
(d) All of these produced
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15. Puccinia causes wheat rust disease,
belongs to which class?
(a) Phycomycetes
(b) Ascomycetes
(c) Basidiomycetes
(d) Deuteromycetes

16. The incorrect statement about

Colletotrichum is-
(a) Reproduce only by conidia
(b) Fruiting bodies present
(c) Sexual spore absent
(d) Septate and branched mycelium

17. Which of the following fungus is known

as drosophila of plant kingdom-
(a) Toad stools
(b) Morels
(c) Neurospora
(d) Aspergillus

18. Which feature is common in both

Aspergillus and Trichoderma
(a) Conidia
(b) Hyphae
(c) Ascospores
(d) Both (a) and (b)

19. Coenocytic dimorphic vegetative

mycelium is seen in
(a) Neurospora
(b) Rhizopus
(c) Morchella
(d) Ustilago

20. In bracket fungi, clamp connections are

found in
(a) Primary mycelium
(b) Secondary mycelium
(c) Haploid mycelium
(d) Coenocytic mycelium

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 Answer Key
S1. Ans. (c)

S2. Ans. (a)

S3. Ans. (b)

S4. Ans. (c)

S5. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (d)

S7. Ans. (b)

S8. Ans. (d)

S9. Ans. (a)

S10. Ans. (c)

S11. Ans. (b)

S12. Ans. (b)

S13. Ans. (c)

S14. Ans. (b)

S15. Ans. (c)

S16. Ans. (b)

S17. Ans. (c)

S18. Ans. (d)

S19. Ans. (b)

S20. Ans. (b)

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DURATION: 60 MINUTES Syllabus Topic Wise Test -03

Subject : Botany

Chapter : Biological Classification

Topic : Virus, viroid, lichen, mycorrhiza , prions & Kingdom of classification

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1. The similarity in both viroids and TMV is 8. S-I: In lysogenic cycle, host cell does not
(a) Have protein coat get lysed
(b) Infect plants S-II: Viruses lacks protoplast
(c) Have ssRNA (a) Both S-I and S-II are correct
(d) Both (b) and (c) (b) Only S-I is correct
(c) Only S-II is correct
2. Which of the following has RNA as a (d) Both S-I and S-II are wrong
genetic material
(a) HIV 9. The main criteria for five kingdom
(b) Herpes classification is-
(c) Hepatitis (a) Reserve food material
(d) Chicken pox (b) Locomotion
(c) Phylogenetic relationship
3. All are the characteristics of TMV, except (d) Presence of central vacuole in the cell
(a) Parasite
(b) RNA genome 10. According to R.H Whitaker
(c) Helically arranged capsomeres classification, Chlamydomonas and
(d) Infect animals Chlorella are placed in protists because
(a) Both are multicellular
4. Which of the following pairs have DNA (b) Both lacks cell wall
genome (c) Both are heterotrophic
(a) Coliphage Φ × 174 and Herpes virus (d) Both are unicellular
(b) Herpes virus and TMV
(c) Influenza virus and viroid 11. In the kingdom system of classification
(d) Lambda phage and Hepatitis virus by Linnaeus, bacteria are placed under
(a) Monera
5. Which mineral is mainly absorbed and (b) Protist
related to mycorrhizal association? (c) Plantae
(a) Sulphur (d) Animalia
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Calcium 12. The most common phycobionts and
(d) Nitrogen mycobiots present in lichen body are
respectively
6. Mark the correct match pair: (a) Deuteromycetes, Cyanophyceae
(a) Herpes virus - RNA genome (b) Ascomycetes, Chlorophyceae
(b) Viroids - Mad cow disease (c) Basidiomycetes, Cyanophyceae
(c) Glomus - Endomycorrhiza (d) Deuteromycetes, Chlorophyceae
(d) Term ‘Virus’ - D.J. Iwanowsky
13. Mark the incorrect matched pair:
7. Lichens cannot tolerate pollution, (a) 𝑇4 bacteriophage - dsDNA
especially due to- (b) Mycophages - Viruses infecting fungi
(a) Carbon dioxide (c) Prions - Kuru disease
(b) Carbon monoxide (d) Phytophage- Viruses infecting animal
(c) Nitrous oxide
(d) Sulphur dioxide

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14. R.H. Whittaker included producer, 20. Linnaeus placed Chlamydomonas and
decomposer and consumer in which Spirogyra under kingdom
kingdom (a) Monera
(a) Plantae (b) Fungi
(b) Fungi (c) Plantae
(c) Protista (d) Animalia
(d) Animalia

15. Infectious RNA particles without protein

coat
(a) Have high molecular weight
(b) Causes diseases in plants
(c) Were discovered by Alper
(d) Facultative parasites

16. Who demonstrated that extract of the

infected plants of tobacco could cause
infection in healthy plants?
(a) Pasteur
(b) M.W. Beijerinck
(c) D.J. Ivanowsky
(d) W.M. Stanley

17. S-I: Viruses can grow on non-living

culture medium.
S-II: Endomycorrhizal association is
seen in orchid roots.
(a) Both S-I and S-II are correct
(b) Only S-I is correct
(c) Only S-II is correct
(d) Both S-I and S-II are wrong

18. Mark the correct match w.r.t to genetic

material
(a) Herpes virus - ssDNA
(b) Rhino virus - dsRNA
(c) HIV - dsDNA
(d) Hepatitis virus - dsDNA

19. Which statement is incorrect for prions?

(a) Accumulate in nervous tissue
(b) Have protein coat
(c) Larger than viroids
(d) Smaller than viruses

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 Answer Key
S1. Ans. (d)

S2. Ans. (a)

S3. Ans. (d)

S4. Ans. (a)

S5. Ans. (b)

S6. Ans. (c)

S7. Ans. (d)

S8. Ans. (a)

S9. Ans. (c)

S10. Ans. (d)

S11. Ans. (c)

S12. Ans. (b)

S13. Ans. (d)

S14. Ans. (c)

S15. Ans. (b)

S16. Ans. (b)

S17. Ans. (c)

S18. Ans. (d)

S19. Ans. (d)

S20. Ans. (c)

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DURATION: 60 MINUTES Syllabus Chapter Wise Test

Subject : Botany

Chapter : Biological classification

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1. Bacteria which fix N2 in Alnus plant is- Spirulina. How many shows oxygenic
(a) Azotobacter photosynthesis?
(b) E.coli (a) Two
(c) Rhizobium (b) Five
(d) Frankia (c) Four
2. Blue green algae are grown in paddy (d) Three
fields- 9. The Irish Famine disease of potato is
(a) For medicinal use caused by-
(b) To increases fertility of soil (a) Alternaria
(c) To serve as food for fishes (b) Albugo
(d) To pollute the water (c) Phytophthora
3. Crown gall disease in plants is caused by (d) Mucor
a bacterium- 10. The cell wall contains cellulose in-
(a) E.coli (a) Albugo
(b) Spirulina (b) Ustilago
(c) Agrobacterium (c) Aspergillus
(d) Oscillatoria (d) Saccharomyces
4. Murein is found in the cell wall of: - 11. Mark the incorrect matching pair:
(a) Diatoms (a) Mucor - Coenocytic
(b) Nostoc (b) Desmids - Freshwater and marine
(c) Methanogen (c) Bacillus - Endospore
(d) Mycoplasma (d) Anabaena - Gram +ve
5. The organism which is devoid of cell wall 12. The fungus that can cause disease in
in their vegetative phase but develop a humans-
wall in their reproductive stage like (a) Puccinia
spore- (b) Mushroom
(a) Nostoc (c) Aspergillus
(b) Slime moulds (d) Ustilago
(c) Euglena 13. Statement I: According to R.H
(d) Diatoms Whittaker, protist includes unicellular
6. Statement I: Coralloid roots of Cycas eukaryotes.
contains Nostoc and Anabaena. Statement II: Members of Protista are
Statement II: In puffballs, sexual primarily aquatic.
spores are formed endogenously.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(a) Both the statements are correct (b) Statement I is correct but statement
(b) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
II is incorrect (c) Statement II is correct but statement
(c) Statement II is correct but statement I is incorrect
I is incorrect (d) Both the statements are incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
14. Mark the incorrect statement related to
7. The similarity between Mycobacterium Nostoc-
and Trypanosoma is (a) Gram -ve bacteria
(a) Cellular organization (b) Chl a
(b) Parasite (c) Reproduces sexually
(c) Ribosome 80S (d) Filamentous
(d) Both (a) and (b) 15. All are the characteristics of Rhizopus,
8. Out of Nostoc, Nitrosomonas, Slime except
moulds, Dinoflagellates, Diatoms, (a) Multicellular

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 (b) Reproduce sexually by zygospores (c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
(c) Reproduce asexually by conidia (d) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
(d) Ribosome 80S
16. Penicillium roquefortii and P. 23. Choose correct match w.r.t. different
camembertii are used in the preparation classes of fungi
of cheese. These fungi belong to class :- (a) Deuteromycetes - zoospore – septate
(a) Zygomycetes mycelium
(b) Oomycetes (b) Basidiomycetes – zygospore – septate
(c) Deuteromycetes mycelium
(d) Ascomycetes (c) Ascomycetes - conidia - aseptate
17. Coenocytic mycelium is found in: - mycelium
(a) Mucor (d) Phycomycetes – aplanospores -
(b) Albugo coenocytic mycelium
(c) Both (a) and (b) 24. In which of the following, asci are not
(d) Penicillium organized into ascocarps-
18. Statement I: Dinoflagellates are mostly (a) Toadstools
marine and photosynthetic. (b) Monascus
Statement II: Fungi are cosmopolitan (c) Aspergillus
(d) Morels
(a) Both the statements are correct
25. In four kingdom classification,
(b) Statement I is correct but statement Aspergillus is placed under-
II is incorrect (a) Plantae
(c) Statement II is correct but statement (b) Animalia
I is incorrect (c) Protista
(d) Both the statements are incorrect (d) Fungi
26. The similarity in TMV and viriods is-
19. The feature that differentiates Diatoms (a) Genetic material
from other protists is- (b) Protein coat
(a) Pigments (c) Metabolic pathway
(b) Unicellular (d) Ribosomes
(c) Cell wall 27. Which is present in Virus
(d) Non oxygenic photosynthesis (a) Transcription
20. Mark the correct matching pair- (b) Cytoplasm
(a) Agaricus - Septate mycelium (c) Gene
(b) Herpes - ssDNA (d) DNA replication
(c) Virus - Kuru disease 28. Which of the following feature is not
(d) Claviceps - Zygospores related with prions?
(a) Similar size to virus
21. The flagella of E.coli is made of- (b) Causes disease in humans
(a) Polysaccharides (c) Abnormally folded protein
(b) Tubulin (d) Presence of respiration
(c) Flagellin 29. Select the correct statement
(d) Pillin (a) Viroids have double stranded RNA
22. Match the following columns: (b) RNA of viroids have high molecular
(A) Streptomycin 1. Dikaryon weight than viruses
(B) Spirulina 2. Edible (c) Mumps and herpes are viral diseases
(C) Toadstool 3. Antibiotic (d) The name virus was given by D.J.
(D) Trichoderna 4. Conidia lvanowsky
(a) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 30. Mark the incorrect matching pair-
(b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (a) Viroid - T.O Diener

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 (b) QB Bacteriophage - ssRNA 37. Under favorable conditions, slime
(c) T4 bacteriophage - dsDNA moulds form ___A___ while under
(d) Beijerinck - Term virus unfavorable conditions they from
31. Cyanobacteria are neither ___B____.
(a) Parasitic nor saprophytic (a) A- Plasmodium, B- Fruiting bodies
(b) Colonial nor filamentous (b) A- Spores, B- Plasmodium
(c) Aquatic nor terrestrial (c) A- Fruiting bodies, B- Spores
(d) Freshwater nor marine forms (d) A- Fruiting bodies, B-Plasmodium
32. Statement I: Motile asexual spore is 38. In Puccinia, karyogamy and meiosis
present in Albugo. take place in
Statement II: Viruses are similar to (a) Ascus
viroids in having nucleoprotein. (b) Basidium
(c) Zygospore
(a) Both the statements are correct
(d) Basidiospore
(b) Statement I is correct but statement 39. Mark the correct statement for prions-
II is incorrect (a) Causative agent of mad-cow disease
(c) Statement II is correct but statement (b) Proteinaceous infectious
I is incorrect (c) Symptom of disease is leaf curling
(d) Both the statements are incorrect (d) Both (a) & (b)
33. The flexibility in Euglena is due to the 40. Mycoplasma
presence of- (A) Lack cell wall
(a) Protein rich layer called pellicle (B) Facultative anaerobe
(b) Cell wall rich in polypeptides (C) Structure is complex
(c) Cilia all around the cell envelope (D) Are smallest living organisms
(d) Protein-less plasma membrane (a) Only (A) and (B) are correct
34. __A____ causes ergot disease and it (b) Only (A) & (D) are correct
produces sexual spores __B___ (c) Only (C) is incorrect
Select the correct option to fill the blanks (d) Only (A) & (D) incorrect
A and B. 41. Bacterial viruses
(a) A- Aspergillus, B- Endogenously (A) Infect the bacteria
(b) A- Claviceps, B- Endogenously (B) Usually have double stranded DNA
(c) A- Penicillium, B- Exogenously (C) Are also called bacteriophages
(d) A- Neurospora, B- Endogenously (D) Lack protein coat
(a) Only (A) is correct
35. According to three kingdom (b) Only (A) & (C) are correct
classification, Alternaria and Nostoc are (c) Only (B) is correct
placed under- (d) Only (D) is incorrect
(a) Plantae 42. Out of Mycobacterium, Nitrosomonas,
(b) Animalia Amoeba, Moss, Spirogyra,
(c) Protista Paramoecium, Anabaena.
(d) Monera How many have autotrophic nutrition?
36. Out of Nostoc, Alternaria, (a) Three
Dinoflagellates, Slime moulds, Euglena, (b) Four
Pinus, Cycas, Neem, Puccinia, Bacillus. (c) Five
How many are multicellular? (d) Six
(a) Five 43. Bacterial cell divides every one minute.
(b) Four It takes 10 minutes a cup to be half-
(c) Six filled. How much time will it take to fill
(d) Three the cup?
(a) 30 minutes

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 (b) 15 minutes
(c) 13 minutes
(d) 11 minutes
44. Branched chain lipids occur in the cell
membranes of
(a) Methanobacterium
(b) Mycobacterium
(c) Mycoplasma
(d) Streptomyces
45. Statement I: Common cold disease is
caused by dsDNA viruses.
Statement II: Both Aspergillus and
Alternaria reproduce asexually by
conidia.
(a) Both the statements are correct
(b) Statement I is correct but statement
II is incorrect
(c) Statement II is correct but statement
I is incorrect
(d) Both the statements are incorrect
46. Assertion: Morchella is an edible fungus
Reason: Morchella reproduces sexually
by ascospores.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason are
false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are
false.
47. Assertion: Meiotic spores are produced
by Aspergillus and Puccinia
Reason: Albugo and Alternaria
reproduces only by asexual spores
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason are
false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are
false.
48. Assertion: Protozoans shows
autotrophic nutrition.
Reason: Euglena and slime moulds
shows saprophytic nutrition.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason are
false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are
false.
49. Assertion: Photosynthesis is called
holophytic nutrition
Reason: Ingestive nutrition is called
holozoic nutrition
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason are
false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are
false.
50. Assertion: Yeast reproduces asexually
by budding.
Reason: Budding is similar to fission
process of bacteria
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason are
false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are
false.
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 Answer Key
S1. Ans. (d) S25. Ans. (a)

S2. Ans. (b) S26. Ans. (a)

S3. Ans. (c) S27. Ans. (c)

S4. Ans. (b) S28. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (b) S29. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (b) S30. Ans. (d)

S7. Ans. (d) S31. Ans. (a)

S8. Ans. (c) S32. Ans. (b)

S9. Ans. (c) S33. Ans. (a)

S10. Ans. (a) S34. Ans. (b)

S11. Ans. (d) S35. Ans. (c)
S12. Ans. (c) S36. Ans. (a)
S13. Ans. (a) S37. Ans. (a)
S14. Ans. (c) S38. Ans. (b)
S15. Ans. (c) S39. Ans. (d)
S16. Ans. (d) S40. Ans. (c)
S17. Ans. (c) S41. Ans. (d)

S18. Ans. (a) S42. Ans. (b)

S19. Ans. (c) S43. Ans. (d)

S20. Ans. (a) S44. Ans. (a)

S21. Ans. (c) S45. Ans. (c)

S22. Ans. (a) S46. Ans. (b)

S23. Ans. (d) S47. Ans. (c)

S24. Ans. (a) S48. Ans. (d)

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S49. Ans. (b)

S50. Ans. (c)