CBSE Questions for Class 11 Medical Biology Biological Classification Quiz 6 - MCQExams.com

Nucleus equivalent of bacteria and cyanobacteria is called
  • Genophore
  • Genotype
  • Incipient nucleus
  • All the above.
AIDS virus contains ____________.
  • DNA only
  • RNA only
  • DNA +protein
  • RNA + protein
T M V  has a size of  ________________.
  • $${50nm \times 10 nm}$$
  • $${100 nm\times 20 nm}$$
  • $${300\times 18 nm}$$
  • $${500 nm\times 24 nm}$$
In rous sarcoma virus, information flow is _____________.
  • DNA - Protein - RNA
  • DNA- RNA- Protein
  • RNA-DNA-Protein
  • RNA-DNA -RNA- Protein.
T-bacteriophages possess ___________.
  • Rounded shape
  • Tadpole shape
  • Irregular shape
  • Rhombiod shape
Virus was discovered by _____________.
  • Stanley
  • Ivanowaski
  • Herelle
  • Beijennck
A bacteriophage possesses an enzyme ________________.
  • Protease
  • Urease
  • Dehydrogenase
  • Lysozyme.
Protein cover of virus is __________.
  • Capsid
  • Virion
  • Viroid
  • Bacterial wall
Virus attacking blue-green algae is known as ______________.
  • Cyanophage
  • Coliphage
  • Bacteriophage
  • Zoophage
Tobacco mosaic virus was crystallised for the first time by ____________.
  • Edward Jenner
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Andre Lwoff
  • W.N. Stanley
Genetic material of influenza virus is _______________.
  • Single helix DNA
  • Double helix DNA
  • Double strand RNA
  • Single strand RNA
Cryptogram of TMV is _______________.
  • R/1, 1/a, S/S, S/Af
  • R/2, 1/5, E/P, P/S
  • R/1, 2/5, E/E, S/O
  • R/1, 2/7, E/E, S/O
Polio Virus has _________.
  • ss DNA
  • RNA
  • Both DNA and RNA
  • Coiled nucleolus
Common feature of Euglena, Amoeba, Trypanosoma and Entamoeba is.

  • binary fission
  • multiple fission
  • holozoic nutrition
  • contractile vacuole
Enzyme needed for production of DNA from RNA template in certain viruses is
  • RNA polymerase
  • Reverse transcriptase
  • DNA helicase
  • DNA polymerase
A polyhedral virus is ________.
  • TMV
  • Polio Virus
  • Adenovirus
  • Vaccinia Virus
Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome(SARS) ______________________.
  • Is caused by a variant of Pneumococcus virus(coronavirus)
  • Is caused by a variant of the common cold virus (corona virus)
  • Is an acute form of asthma
  • Affects non-vegetarians much faster than the vegetarians
Amoeba is a/an:
  • Mass of protoplasm
  • Complete organism
  • Acellular complete organism
  • Incomplete cell
Viruses are living because _______________.
  • They can reproduce
  • They have protein synthesizing machinery
  • Lack cellular machinery to use its genetic machinery
  • They are parasites
Amoeba consists of
  • Many cells
  • One cell
  • Two cells
  • Four cells
Which among the following is not a locomotory organ in protozoa?
  • Flagellum
  • Parapodia
  • Cilia
  • Pseudopodia
Which among the following is a good source of a natural dye of litmus? 
  • Algae
  • Fungi
  • Lichen
  • Mosses
Which of the following serves as indicator of atmospheric pollution? 
  • Liverworts
  • Hornworts
  • Epiphytic lichens
  • Ferns
Lichens are important in the studies on atmospheric pollution because they
  • Can also grow in greatly polluted atmosphere
  • Can readily multiply in polluted atmosphere
  • Are very sensitive to pollutants such as $$SO_2$$
  • Efficiently purify the atmosphere
Which one of the following is not true for lichens?
  • They can be used to produce litmus.
  • Some species can be used as pollution indicators.
  • They can grow very fast.
  • Their body is composed of both algae and fungal components.
Some reliable indicators of air pollutants (SO$$_2$$ and noxious gases) are
  • Lichens and mosses
  • Ferns and Cycas
  • Neem tree and Eichhornia
  • Green algae and aquatic liverworts
Lichens are best indicators of
  • Water pollution
  • Soil pollution
  • Air pollution
  • Noise pollution
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a virus?
  • It can be cultivated in lifeless media.
  • It cannot multiply by ordinary fission.
  • It can grow outside living cells.
  • It cannot be controlled by antibiotics.
  • Both A and C.
A particular city's air could be polluted with high concentrations of pollutants such as SO$$_2$$. The presence of which organism you will likely look for to predict whether the city's air is polluted or not?
  • Algae
  • Bacteria
  • Lichens
  • Virus
Lichens do not like to grow in cities because of
  • SO$$_2$$ pollution
  • Absence ofthe right type of algae and fungi
  • Absente of natural habitats
  • Lack of moisture
Biological weathering of rock is caused by 
  • Lichens
  • Mosses
  • Roots of plants
  • All of the above
A pathogen which cannot be cultured on nutrient medium is
  • Bacterium
  • Protozoan
  • Virus
  • Fungus
Diatomaceous earth is the wall deposition of
  • Chlorella
  • Spirulina
  • Blue green algae
  • Diatoms
Lichens show the symbiotic association between
  • Algae and fungi
  • Fungi and bacteria
  • Bacteria and virus
  • Fungi and roots of higher plants
Archaebacteria which are seen at extremely high temperature and acidic pH are
  • Methanogens
  • Thermoacidophiles
  • Halophiles
  • Ruminant symbionts
In fungi, mycelium breaks into fragments of hyphae and each broken fragment give rise to a new mycelium. Which of the following explains this process?
  • Fragmentation
  • Budding
  • Fermentation
  • Sedimentation
In a highly industrialised area, which of the following will be virtually absent?
  • Algae
  • Lichens
  • Ferns
  • Bryophytes
Pin mould reproduces by means of
  • Gametes
  • Spores
  • Seeds
  • Bulbils
In organisms like lichens, the number of partners are
  • Three
  • Two
  • Four
  • Six
Study of fungi is known as 
  • Phycology
  • Mycology
  • Palynology
  • Bryology
Which of the following is the use of lichens in case of pollution?
  • They treat the polluted water
  • They act as bioindicators of pollution
  • They promote pollution
  • Lichens are not related with pollution
Lichen is usually cited as an example of symbiosis in plants where an algal and fungal species live together for their mutual benefit. Which of the following will happen if algal and fungal partners are separated from each other in laboratory conditions?
  • Both will survive and grow normally and independent from each other.
  • Both will die.
  • Algal component will survive while the fungal component will die.
  • Fungal component will survive while the algal component will die.
Mushrooms are 
  • Fungi
  • Algae
  • Virus
  • Bacteria
Bread mould is a/an 
  • Algae
  • Fungus
  • Mosses
  • Fern
Which of the following is lichen?
  • Apple moss
  • Peat moss
  • Reindeer moss
  • Club moss
Viruses are non-cellular organisms but replicate themselves once they infect the host cell. To which of the following kingdom do viruses belong to?
  • Monera
  • Protista
  • Fungi
  • None of the above
Which of the following organisms cannot synthesise food on their own?
  • Ferns
  • Fungi
  • Algae
  • None of the above
If organisms on the earth start dying, which group of organisms will be the last to die?
  • Monera and Plantae
  • Mycota and Monera
  • Plantae and Protista
  • Animalia and Mycota
Myxomycetes are
  • Saprobes or parasites, having mycelium, asexual reproduction by fragmentation.
  • Slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm, having pseudopodia like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores
  • Prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprobes or autotrophic, reproduce by binary fission
  • Eukaryotic, single-celled or filamentous, saprobes or autotrophic, asexual reproduction by division of haploid individuals, sexual reproduction by fusion of two cells or their nuclei.
The system of classification based on evolutionary and genetic relationships among organisms, ignoring the morphological similarities or differences, is called as 
  • Cladistics
  • Phenetics
  • Classical systematics
  • New systematics
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