Multiple Choice Questions

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Polyp phase is absent in

  • Hydra

  • Aurelia

  • Physalia

  • Obelia


B.

Aurelia

Polyp and medusa are the asexual and sexual phases present respectively in coleoptiles.

Aurelia (jelly fish) belongs to Class- Scyphozoa, in which medusoid phase is dominant and polypoid phase is absent.

HydraObelia, Physalia are the members of Class- Hydrozoa, in which, medusoid and polypoid both phases are present.

Metridium, Tubiporia etc are the members of Class- Anthozoa, with only polyps.


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

  • Monera

  • Protista

  • Animalia

  • Fungi


Edible part of mushroom is

  • basidiocarp

  • secondary mycelium

  • primary mycelium

  • tertiary mycelium


Thigmotaxis is not shown by

  • Paramecium

  • Amoeba

  • Ascaris

  • Hydra


Entamoeba histolytica differs from Amoeba in absence of 

  • pseudopodia

  • contractile vacuole

  • nucleus

  • ectoplasm


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Nucleic acid is absent in

  • Virus

  • Viroid

  • Prion

  • Mycoplasma


Contractile vacuole in protozoan Amoeba is meant for

  • respiration

  • excretion

  • locomotion

  • osmoregulation


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

  • Capsid

  • Protein

  • Envelope

  • Ribosome


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

  • transformation

  • conjugation

  • translocation

  • transduction


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

  • Psilotum

  • Rhynia

  • Lycopodium

  • Selaginella


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