Multiple Choice Questions

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Name one disease of mulberry silkworm caused by Protozoa

  • pebrine

  • graseri

  • flacheri

  • muscardine


A.

pebrine

The protozoan Nosema bombycis infects the eggs of the silkworm and transmits the disease from one generation to other. This hereditary disease is known as pebrine.


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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


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

  • 4

  • 6

  • 8

  • 10


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

  • Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Bentham

  • Darwin


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


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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 cell organelles are found in

  • bacterial cells

  • cyanobacterial cells

  • prokaryotic cells

  • eukaryotic cells


Intracellular compartments are not found in the cells of

  • lower plants

  • prokaryotes

  • higher plants

  • eukaryotes


Which one of the following is also called halophiles

  • Eubacteria

  • Actinomycetes

  • Archaebacteria

  • Cyanobacteria


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In which book, Bentham and Hooker proposed their classification?

  • Genera Plantarum

  • Species Plantarum

  • Historia Plantarum

  • Historia Naturae


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