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SECTION – A : (Maximum Marks : 140) 109. Match the columns-I and II and choose the correct
 This section contains 35 questions. combination from the options given:
Column-I Column-II
 For each question, darken the bubble
(A) Cuscuta (i) Parasite
corresponding to the correct option in the ORS.
(B) Paramoecium (ii) Red tides
 For each question, marks will be awarded in one (C) Gonyaulax (iii) Co-ordinated
of the following categories : movement
Full Marks : +4 If only the bubble (D) Plasmodium (iv) Infectious spore
corresponding to the correct option is darkened. like stage
Zero Marks : 0 If none of the bubbles is (1) A - i, B - ii, C - iii, D - iv
darkened. (2) A - iv, B - iii, C - ii, D - i
Negative Marks : –1 In all other cases (3) A - i, B - iii, C - ii, D - iv
101. Outermost flexible layer in Euglenoids is called (4) A - i, B - iii, C - iv, D - ii
(1) Cell wall (2) Glycocalyx 110. All holophytic protistans are similar in the presence
of
(3) Pellicle (4) Plasma membrane
(1) Chlorophyll-a (2) Flagella
102. Photosynthetic protistans are
(3) Cell wall (4) Pellicle
(1) Slime moulds and Diatoms 111. Normally how many ascospores are formed in an
(2) Euglenoids and Dinoflagellates ascus:-
(3) Dinoflagellates and Protozoans (1) 4 - ascospores (2) 8 - ascospores
(4) Myxomycetes and Chrysophytes (3) 16 ascospores (4) 24 ascospores
103. Red tides are caused by 112. Edible part in mushrooms is:-
(1) Euglena (2) Gonyaulax (1) Basidiospores
(3) Physarum (4) Trichodesmium (2) Mycelium
104. The microscopic organisms float passively on water (3) Pseudomycellium
currents are (4) Complete basidiocarp
(1) Euglenoids (2) Dinoflagellates 113. Vegetative stage of slime mould in favourable
conditions is called
(3) Diatoms (4) Sporozoans
(1) Fruiting body (2) Auxospore
105. Chief producers in the oceans are (3) Pseudo plasmodium (4) Plasmodium
(1) Desmids (2) Diatoms 114. All of the following features are possible in
(3) Euglenoids (4) Whirling whips protozoans, except
106. Members of protists are primarily (1) Marine forms have silica shells
(1) Aquatic (2) Terrestrial (2) Either free living or parasitic
(3) Parasitic (4) Both (1) and (2) (3) Gullet opens to the inside of the cell surface
107. Which is incorrect about Dinoflagellates? (4) Some organism cause notarious diseases in
humans
(1) Most of them have two flagella
115. Silica shells of diatoms are indestructible, hence pile
(2) The cell wall has stiff cellulose plates on their up and form heaps in sea bed known as
inner surfaces (1) Diatoms (2) Red tides
(3) Red dinoflagellates release toxins (3) Water blooms (4) Diatomaceous earth
(4) These are mainly photosynthetic 116. Choose the incorrect match :
108. Which of the following is not present in Euglena? (1) Trypanosoma  sleeping sickness
(1) Chloroplasts (2) Entamoeba  Parasitic
(2) Two long flagella (3) Slime mould spores  Extremely resistant
(3) Proteinaceous pellicle (4) Euglena  Saprophytic
(4) Chlorophyll-b
117. Select the correct match: 125. Choose the incorrect statement w.r.t mycoplasma.
Column-I Column-II (1) Cell wall is absent in mycoplasma
(a) Plants (i) Prion (2) Mycoplasma are smallest living cells
Alternations of (3) Many mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals
(b) BSE (ii) and plants
generations
(c) Plant-animal (iii) Desmid (4) Mycoplasma cannot able to survive under
(d) Golden algae (iv) Euglena anaerobic conditions
(1) a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv 126. Identify the character shown by the following
(2) a - ii, b - i, c - iv, d - iii organism
(3) a - i, b - ii, c - iv, d - iii
(4) a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i
118. Most common method of reproduction in
prokaryotes
(1) Budding (2) Binary fission
(3) Conjugation (4) Transduction (1) It has pseudopodia (2) It has ciliated body
119. Statement-I: Protistan cell body contains a well
defined nucleus (3) It has chlorophyll (4) It causes malaria
Statement-II: Protista forms a link with the other 127. Choose the correct statement:
eukaryotic kingdoms. (1) Protistans are the 1st organisms with
(1) Only statement-I is correct ribosomes
(2) Only statement-II is correct (2) Protistans are the 1st organisms that have
(3) Both the statements are correct plasmids
(4) Both the statements are incorrect (3) All protistans have flagella
120. In diatoms the cell wall forms two
(4) True sexual reproduction was first of all seen
(1) Thick overlapping shells
in protists
(2) Silica cell walls embeded with cellulose
128. Which is commonly called “Drosophilla of plant
(3) Thin destructible shells
kingdom” ?
(4) Thin overlapping shells
121. Truffle fungi belongs to:- (1) Morchella (2) Neurospora
(1) Phycomycetes (2) Ascomycetes (3) Rhizopus (4) Claviceps
(3) Basidiomycetes (4) Deuteromycetes 129. A fungus ‘X’ with below given features should
122. Plasmids are belongs to
(1) Virus (a) Mycelium is aseptate
(2) New type of micro organism (b) Fruiting bodies are absent
(3) Extra chromosomal genetic material of bacteria (c) Endogenous asexual spores
(4) Essential bacterial genetic material
(1) Deuteromycetes (2) Ascomycetes
123. Wall less protist having pigments similar to higher
(3) Basidiomycetes (4) Phycomycetes
plants, shows
130. Gonyaulax follow biological clocks for two different
(1) Saprophytic nutrition
activities A and B in given graph.
(2) Mainly marine habit
Which of the following is correct representation for
(3) Predation during night A(day) and B(night)?
(4) Plasmodium during favourable conditions Y
124. If bacterial cell divides every 20 minutes, it takes Day Night
A B
Critical tim e

120 minutes a cup to be one-fourth full. How much A B

total time it will take to fill the cup?
(1) 480 minutes (2) 240 minutes
(3) 20 minutes (4) 160 minutes
X
Biological process
 (1) A – Photosynthesis, B – N-fixation SECTION – B : (Maximum Marks : 40)
(2) A – Bioluminescence, B – Photosynthesis  This section contains 15 questions.
(3) A – Photosynthesis, B – Bioluminescence  Attempt any 10 questions.
(4) A – Photosynthesis, B – Mixotrophy
 For each question, darken the bubble
131. Diatoms float passively on the surface of water due
to corresponding to the correct option in the ORS.
(1) Gas vacuole  For each question, marks will be awarded in one
(2) Low molecular weighted stored fats of the following categories :
(3) Cellulosic cell wall Full Marks : +4 If only the bubble
(4) Silica particles are embeded in at many places corresponding to the correct option is darkened.
Zero Marks : 0 If none of the bubbles is
132. Examine the figure given below and select the right
option giving two parts (A and B) correctly identified. darkened.
Negative Marks : –1 In all other cases
B 136. Find set of edible fruiting bodies
(1) Agaricus, Morels
(2) Agaricus, Puccinia
(3) Truffles and Penicillium
(4) Albugo and Mucor
A 137. Match the following:
(1) A - Bacilli, B - Cocci
List - I List - II
(2) A - Spore, B - Bacilli
I. Viroid A. Nucleoprotein containing
(3) A - Spirilla, B - Vibrio
intracellular parasite
(4) A - Bacilli, B - Spore
II. Virus B. Infectious protein
133. Which one of the following is not criteria of five
kingdom classification? III. Prion C. Infectious nucleic acid
(1) Cell structure IV. Virion D. Infectious viral particle
(2) Body organisation (1) I - C, II - A, III - B, IV - D
(3) Reproduction (2) I - A, II - B, III - C, IV - D
(4) Mode of spore formation (3) I - D, II - A, III - B, IV - C
134. Select the non-protistan group (4) I - B, II - C, III - A, IV - D
(1) Slime moulds (2) Whirling whips 138. ________ are very good pollution indicators and
(3) Chrysophytes (4) Halophiles act as pioneer community in ecological succession.
135. Virus possess all the following properties, except (1) Bacteria (2) Mass
(1) They are non-cellular organisms (3) Algae (4) Lichens
(2) Possess both DNA and RNA in one body 139. Viroids differ from viruses in having
(3) Capsid protects nucleic acid (1) DNA molecule with protein coat
(4) Obligate intracellular parasites (2) DNA molecule without protein coat
(3) RNA molecule with protein coat
(4) RNA molecule without protein coat
140. Identify A, B, C and D parts in this diagram of 145. The cell wall of fungi is composed of:-
bacteriophage.
(1) Chitin (2) Cellulose
(3) Mucopeptide (4) Pseudomurin
146. Statement-I: Plasmodium of slime mould is
parasitic.
Statement-II: Plasmodium of protozoan is
saprophytic.
(1) Both the statements I and II are correct
(2) Both the statements I and II are incorrect
(3) Statement I is correct and II is incorrect
(4) Statement I is incorrect and II is correct
147. In Whittaker’s five kingdom system of classification,
(1) A - Head, B - Sheath, C - Collar, D - Tail fibres
multicellular eukaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes
(2) A - Head, B - Collar, C - Sheath, D - Tail fibres are distributed among how many kingdoms
(3) A - Head, B - Collar, C - Tail fibres, D - Sheath respectively
(4) A - Head, B - Sheath,C - Tail fibres, D - Collar (1) 2 4
141. The chief characteristic of class ascomycetes is:- (2) 3 3
(1) Formation of spores (3) 3 4
(2) Hyphae
(4) 3 1
(3) Formation of ascospores
148. Match the following:
(4) Formation of zoospores
142. Dikaryon stage is seen in Column - I Column - II
(1) Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes A. Endogenously formed I. Ascospores
(2) Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes asexual spores
(3) Phycomycetes, Deuteromycetes B. Endogenously formed II. Basidiospores
(4) Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes sexual spores
143. Both autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition is C. Exogenously formed III. Conidiospores
observed in sexual spores
(A) Monera (B) Protista D. Exogenously formed IV. Aplanospores
(C) Fungi (D) Animalia asexual spores
(1) A and B only (2) B and C only Correct match is
(3) A, B, C, D (4) A, B, C only (1) A - IV, B - I, C - II, D - III
144. Match column-I with column-II and select the option (2) A - IV, B - II, C - I, D - III
from the given codes.
(3) A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV
Column-I Column-II (4) A - IV, B - II, C - III, D - I
(A) Monera (i) Cladophora 149. Coenocytic mycelium is found in:-
(B) Protista (ii) Bacillus, Oscillatoria (1) Rhizopus (2) Mucor
(C) Fungi (iii) Euglena, Trypanosoma (3) Penicillium (4) Both (1) and (2)
(D) Plantae (iv) Mucor, Penicillium 150. Stored food material of fungi:-
(1) A - iii, B - ii, C - iv, D - i (1) Cellulose (2) Starch
(2) A - ii, B - iii, C - iv, D - i (3) Glycogen and starch (4) Glycogen and oil
(3) A - ii, B - iii, C - i, D - iv
(4) A - i, B - ii, C - iii, D - iv