Biological Classification

Multiple Choice Questions

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In Whittaker's system of classification, prokaryotes belong to the kingdom

  • Monera

  • Protista

  • Animalia

  • Fungi

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Monera

R H Whittaker (1969) proposed a Five Kingdom Classification; Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

All the prokaryotic organisms were grouped under Kingdom- Monera and unicellular organisms were grouped in Kingdom- Protista. The fungi were placed in Kingdom- Fungi and Kingdom- Plantae and Animalia commonly referred as plant and animal kingdoms.

 

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    Nucleic acid is absent in

    • Virus

    • Viroid

    • Prion

    • Mycoplasma

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    Which part of an animal virus is not reproduced in multiple copies?

    • Capsid

    • Protein

    • Envelope

    • Ribosome

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    Entamoeba histolytica differs from Amoeba in absence of 

    • pseudopodia

    • contractile vacuole

    • nucleus

    • ectoplasm

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    Most primitive member, in which roots are not present, is

    • Psilotum

    • Rhynia

    • Lycopodium

    • Selaginella

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    The process which cannot take place in the absence of viruses is

    • transformation

    • conjugation

    • translocation

    • transduction

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    Thigmotaxis is not shown by

    • Paramecium

    • Amoeba

    • Ascaris

    • Hydra

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    Polyp phase is absent in

    • Hydra

    • Aurelia

    • Physalia

    • Obelia

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    Contractile vacuole in protozoan Amoeba is meant for

    • respiration

    • excretion

    • locomotion

    • osmoregulation

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    Edible part of mushroom is

    • basidiocarp

    • secondary mycelium

    • primary mycelium

    • tertiary mycelium

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