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Biological Classification

Multiple Choice Questions

41.

Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the seed of

coconut
castor
pea
pea

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42.

Which one of the following is linked to the discovery of Bordeaux mixture as a popular fungicide?

Bacterial leaf blight of rice
Downy mildew of grapes
Loose smut of wheat
Loose smut of wheat

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43.

Replum is present in the ovary of flower of

lemon
Mustard
Sunflower
Sunflower

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44.
Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendril of Cucurbita are examples of

analogous organs

homologous organs

vestigial organs

vestigial organs

homologous organs

Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita are homologous organs. These are modified branches and are axillary in position. It means axillary branches in Bougainvillea are modified into thorns for protection from burrowing animals and in Cucurbita into tendrils for climbing.

The analogous organs have the almost similar appearance and perform the same function but t these develop in totally different groups and are totally different in their basic structure and development origin. The phyllode of Ruscus or cladode of Asparagus is analogous to leaves of other plants.

The vesigial or rudimentary organs are useless remnants of structures of organs. which might have been large and functional in ancestors, eg, cutin covered stomata on the stem of cactiplants.

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45.

In the light of recent classification of living organisms into three domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukarya), which one of the following statement is true about archaea?

Archaea resemble eukarya in all respects
Archaea have some novel features that are absent in other prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Archaea completely differ from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Archaea completely differ from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes

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46.

Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobacterium emplify

archaebacteria that contain protein homologous to eukaryotic core histones
archaebacteria that lack any histones resembling those found in eukaryotes but DNA is negatively supercoiled
bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively supercoiled but which have cytoskeleton as well as mitochondria
bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively supercoiled but which have cytoskeleton as well as mitochondria

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