Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following statement about viruses is correct ?

  • Viruses are obligate parasites

  • Viruses contain both RNA and DNA

  • Nucleic acid of viruses is known as capsid

  • Viruses possess their own metabolic system


A.

Viruses are obligate parasites

Viruses produce characteristic symptoms on the host. They also behave as living organisms inside the host tissue. These are nucleoprotein particles having DNA or RNA as genetic material. Hence, they are known as they are called intra-cellular obligate parasite.


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The virus, that infects bacteria, are made up of:

  • Protein only

  • RNA and protein

  • DNA and lipid

  • DNA and protein


The usage of binomial names, for plant species, was accepted by all after the publication of the works by :

  • Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Bentham

  • Darwin


Name one disease of mulberry silkworm caused by Protozoa

  • pebrine

  • graseri

  • flacheri

  • muscardine


The cell organelles are found in

  • bacterial cells

  • cyanobacterial cells

  • prokaryotic cells

  • eukaryotic cells


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How many sub-phyla are available in Tracheata, according to Tippo's classification of kingdom Plantae ?

  • 4

  • 6

  • 8

  • 10


Viroids have

  • single stranded RNA not enclosed by protein coat

  • single stranded DNA not enclosed by protein coat

  • double stranded DNA enclosed by protein coat

  • double stranded RNA enclosed by protein coat


In which book, Bentham and Hooker proposed their classification?

  • Genera Plantarum

  • Species Plantarum

  • Historia Plantarum

  • Historia Naturae


Intracellular compartments are not found in the cells of

  • lower plants

  • prokaryotes

  • higher plants

  • eukaryotes


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Which one of the following is also called halophiles

  • Eubacteria

  • Actinomycetes

  • Archaebacteria

  • Cyanobacteria


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