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01.The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the
non-living things on the basis of their ability for
(a) being sterile

(b) reproduction

(c) movement

(d) extrinsic growth

02. Study of form and structure of organisms is
(a) Ecology

(b) Taxonomy

(c) Anatomy

(d) Morphology
03. Group of organisms that closely resemble each
other and freely interbreed in nature, constitute a–
(a) species

(b) genus

(c) family

(d) taxon
04. Which of the following statements regarding
nomenclature is correct?
(a) Generic name always begins with capital letter
whereas specific name with small letter

(b) Scientific name should be printed in italics

(c) Scientific name when typed or handwritten

should be underlined

(d) All of the above

05. Which of the following is a correct?
(a) Tamarindus

(b) Indicus

(c) Indica

(d) Tamarindus indicus

06. ICBN stands for
(a) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

(b) International Congress of Biological Names

(c) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature

(d) Indian Congress of Biological Names

07. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic
hierarchy, the number of common characteristics
(a) will decrease

(b) will increase

(c) remain same

(d) may increase or decrease

08. Genus represents
(a) an individual plant or animal

(b) a collection of plants or animals

(c) group of closely related species of plants or

animals

(d) None of these

09. Botanical gardens and zoological parks have
(a) Collection of endemic living species only

(b) Collection of exotic living species only

(c) Collection of endemic and exotic living

species

(d) Collection of only local plants and animals

10. Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in
the identificaton and classification of plants and
animals. It is used in the prepatation of
(a) monographs

(b) flora

(c) Both a & b

(d) None of these

11. An organism is in the same class but not in the
same family. It may belong to same
(a) Genus

(b) Species

(c) Variety

(d) Order
12. What is true for archaebacteria ?
(a) All halophiles

(b) All photosynthetic

(c) All fossils

(d) Oldest living beings

13. Mycorrhiza represents
(a) antagonism

(b) endemism

(c) symbiosis

(d) parasitism
14. Which one belongs to Monera?

(a) Amoeba

(b) Enterococcus

(c) Gelidium

(d) Spirogyra
15. Escherichia coli is used extensively in biological
research as it is
(a) easily cultured

(b) easily available

(c) easy to handle

(d) easily multiplied in host

16. Shell of Diatom is made up of :
(a) CaCO3

(b) silica

(c) magnesium carbonate

(d) calcium phosphate

17. Whittaker is famous for –
(a) two kingdom classification

(b) four kingdom classification

(c) five kingdom classification

(d) distinguishing in Bacteria & blue green Algae

18. Fungi are always
(a) autotrophic

(b) heterotrophic

(c) parasitic

(d) saprophytic
19. ‘Comma’ shaped bacteria are known as
(a) coccus

(b) spiral

(c) lophotrichus

(d) vibrio
20. When fungi feed on dead organic matter, they
are known as
(a) dimorphic

(b) parasites

(c) saprophytes

(d) None of these

21. What is true for cyanobacteria?
(a) Oxygenic with nitrogenase

(b) Oxygenic without nitrogenase

(c) Non-oxygenic with nitrogen

(d) Non-oxygenic without nitrogenase

22. Virus envelope is known as:
(a) capsid

(b) virion

(c) nucleoprotein

(d) core
23. Which of the following organism possesses
characteristics of both autotrophic and heterotrophic?
(a) Bacteria

(b) Euglena

(c) Mycoplasma

(d) Paramoecium
24. Which pair of the following belongs to
Basidiomycetes?
(a) Puffballs and Claviceps

(b) Peziza and stink borns

(c) Morchella and mushrooms

(d) Agaricus and Ustilago

25. Which one of the following organisms is not an
example of eukaryotic cells ?
(a) Paramoecium caudatum

(b) Escherichia coli

(c) Euglena viridis

(d) Amoeba proteus

26. In eubacteria, a cellular component that resembles
eukaryotic cells is :
(a) plasma membrane

(b) nucleus

(c) ribosomes

(d) cell wall

27. BGA refer to
(a) algae

(b) cyanobacteria

(c) bacteroids

(d) archaebacteria
28. An organism, which is a connective link between
animals and plants, is
(a) virus

(b) bacteria

(c) euglena

(d) amoeba
29. Which of the following does not contain
chlorophyll?
(a) Fungi

(b) Algae

(c) Bryophyta

(d) Pteridophyta
30. Protista contains
(a) Euglena, Dinoflagellates and Yeast

(b) Amoeba, Paramoecium, Hydra

(c) Euglena, Paramoecium, Mushroom

(d) Amoeba, Paramoecium and Dinoflagellates

31. Diatoms are
(a) Fungi

(b) Plantae

(c) Protista

(d) Protozoans
32. Both chlorophyll a and b are present in
(a) rhodophyceae

(b) phaeophyceae

(c) chlorophyceae

(d) None of these

33. Bryophytes can be separated from algae, because
they
(a) are thalloid forms

(b) have no conducting tissue

(c) possess archegonia

(d) contain chloroplast

34. Male reproductive part of bryophytes is
(a) Antheridium

(b) Oogonium

(c) Archegonium

(d) Sporangium
35. Which of the following do not form embryo in
plant kingdom ?
(a) Bryophytes

(b) Pteridophytes

(c) Gymnosperms

(d) Algae
36. Bryophytes are called____ of plant kingdom
(a) birds

(b) reptiles

(c) amphibians

(d) mammals
37. Common characteristic between bryophytes and
pteridophytes is
(a) vascularisation

(b) terrestrial habit

(c) water for fertilization

(d) independent sporophyte

38. The plant group that produces spores and
embryo but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is
(a) pteridophyta

(b) rhodophyta

(c) bryophyta

(d) phaeophyta
39. A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits
belongs to
(a) pteridophytes

(b) mosses

(c) ferns

(d) gymnosperms
40. Pteridophytes differ from mosses/bryophytes in
possessing
(a) independent gametophyte

(b) well developed vascular system

(c) archegonia

(d) flagellate spermatozoids

41. In Chlorophyceae, sexual reproduction occurs by
(a) isogamy and anisogamy

(b) isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy

(c) oogamy only

(d) anisogamy and oogamy

42. Bryophytes are dependent on water because
(a) water is essential for fertilization for their
homosporous nature
(b) water is essential for their sexual reproduction
(c) the egg can easily reach upto sperm in the
archegonium
(d) archegonium has to remain filled with water
for fertilization
43. Which of the following is without exception in
angiosperms?
(a) Presence of vessels

(b) Double fertilisation

(c) Secondary growth

(d) Autotrophic nutrition

44. Agar is commercially obtained from
(a) red algae

(b) green algae

(c) brown algae

(d) blue-green algae

45.Brown algae is characterised by the presence of
(a) phycocyanin

(b) phycoerythrin

(c) fucoxanthin

(d) haematochrome
46. Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is
(a) stellate

(b) cup-shaped

(c) collar-shaped

(d) spiral
47. Sexual reproduction involving fusion of two cells
in Chlamydomonas is
(a) isogamy

(b) homogamy

(c) somatogamy

(d) hologamy
48. Prothallus or gametophyte is main body in:
(a) angiosperms

(b) bryophytes

(c) gymnosperms

(d) wolfia
49. Moss have Which type of life cycle?
(a) haplodiplontic

(b) haplontic

(c) diplontic

(d) all of these

50. Which one of the following is a living fossil?
(a) Pinus

(b) Opuntia

(c) Ginkgo

(d) Thuja
51. Blue-green algae belong to
(a) eukaryotes

(b) prokaryotes

(c) rhodophyceae

(d) chlorophyceae
52. Dichotomous branching is found in
(a) Fern

(b) Funaria

(c) Liverworts

(d) Marchantia
53. Floridean starch is found in
(a) chlorophyceae

(b) phaeophyceae

(c) red algae

(d) cyanophyceae
54. Cycas have two cotyledons but not included in
angiosperms because of
(a) naked ovules

(b) seems like monocot

(c) circinate ptyxis

(d) compound leaves

55. Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending
flowers and live plants to distant places because
(a) it is cheap

(b) it reduces transpiration

(c) it serves as a hygroscopic material

(d) it is easily available

56. Conifers differ from grasses in the
(a) lack of xylem tracheids

(b) absence of pollen tubes

(c) formation of endosperm before fertilization

(d) production of seeds from ovules

57. If you are asked to classify the various algae into
distinct groups, which of the following characters
you should choose?
(a) Nature of stored food materials in the cell

(b) Structural organization of thallus

(c) Chemical composition of the cell wall

(d) Types of pigments present in the cell

58. Algae have cell wall made up of:
(a) cellulose, galactans and mannans

(b) hemicellulose, pectins and proteins

(c) pectins, cellulose and proteins

(d) cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins

59. In angiosperms, functional megaspore develops
into
(a) embryo sac

(b) ovule

(c) endosperm

(d) pollen sac

60. In gymnosperms like Pinus and Cycas, the
endosperm is
(a) triploid

(b) haploid

(c) diploid

(d) tetraploid
61. All chordates possess
(a) exoskeleton

(b) limbs

(c) skull

(d) axial skeletal rod of notochord

62. A common characteristic of all vertebrates is
(a) presence of back bone

(b) division of body into head, neck, trunk and

tail

(c) presence of two pairs of functional appendages

(d) body is covered with an exoskeleton

63. Pneumatic bones are expected to be found in
(a) pigeon

(b) house lizard

(c) frog’s tadpole

(d) flying fish

64. The long bones are hollow and connected by air
passages these are characteristics of
(a) mammals

(b) reptiles

(c) birds

(d) all land vertebrates

65. Ichthyophis is a limbless:
(a) amphibian

(b) mammal

(c) fish

(d) both (b) and (c)

66. Animals/organisms floating on the surface of
water are
(a) plankton

(b) pelagic

(c) benthos

(d) neritic
67. Earthworms are
(a) useful

(b) harmful

(c) more useless

(d) more harmful

68. A chordate character is
(a) gills

(b) spiracles

(c) postanal tail

(d) chitinous exoskeleton

69. Malpighian tubules are
(a) excretory organs of insects

(b) excretory organs of annelids

(c) respiratory organs of insects

(d) respiratory organs of annelids

70. Skin is a respiratory organ in
(a) lizards

(b) birds

(c) primitive mammals

(d) frog
71. Silk thread is obtained from silk moth during
(a) pupal state

(b) larval state

(c) nymph state

(d) adult state

72. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of
phylum annelida?
(a) Closed circulatory system

(b) Segmentation

(c) Pseudocoelom

(d) Ventral nerve cord

73. Which of the following is not a poriferan?
(a) Spongilla

(b) Sycon

(c) Euspongia

(d) Ctenoplana
74. Which one of the following groups of animals is
bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?
(a) Sponges

(b) Ctenophores

(c) Annelida

(d) Coelenterates (Cnidarians)

75. Which one occurs in adult Echinodermata ?
(a) Bilateral symmetry

(b) Radial symmetry

(c) Porous glands

(d) Soft skin

76. Sponges are characterized by
(a) amoeboid cells

(b) choanocytes cells

(c) pigmented cells

(d) gland cells

77. Bull Frog of India is
(a) Rana tigrina

(b) R. sylvatica

(c) R. ecutesbeiana

(d) R. esculenta
78. Member of Echinodermata has a specific system,
which is not found in other phylum, it is
(a) canal system

(b) water vascular system

(c) respiratory system

(d) reproductive system

79. What is common in whale, bat and rat ?
(a) Absence of neck

(b) Muscular diaphragm between thorax and

abdomen

(c) Extra-abdominal testes to avoid high temperature

of body

(d) Presence of external ears

80. Gorilla, chimpanzee, monkeys and humans belongs
to the same
(a) species

(b) genus

(c) family

(d) order
81. Which feature of Arthropoda renders them capable of being
cosmopolitan?
(a) paired ganglion

(b) exoskeleton

(c) ciliated inner lining of trachea

(d) endoskeleton
82. Budding is a normal mode of asexual reproduction
in
(a) starfish and Hydra

(b) Hydra and sponges

(c) tapeworm and Hydra

(d) sponge and starfish

83. Radial symmetry is often exhibited by
(a) Porifera

(b) Annelida

(c) Cnidaria

(d) Pisces
84. Which of the following is present in molluscs but
not in echinodermates ?
(a) Flame cells

(b) Malpighian tubules

(c) Radula

(d) None of these

85. Special character of Coelenterates is
(a) polymorphism

(b) nematocytes

(c) flame cells

(d) hermaphroditism
86. Point out the non-parasite
(a) Tapeworm

(b) Mosquito

(c) Leech

(d) Sea anemone

87. What is true about all sponges without exception ?
(a) They are all marine

(b) They have flagellated collar cells

(c) They have a mixed skeleton consisting of

spicules and spongin fibres

(d) They reproduce only asexually by budding

88. The methods of dispersal in Amoeba is
(a) locomotion

(b) sporulation

(c) encystment

(d) binary fission

89. In which of the following animal post anal tail is
found?
(a) Earthworm

(b) Lower invertebrate

(c) Scorpion

(d) Cobra
90. Which one of the following characters is not typical
of the class Mammalia?
(a) Thecodont dentition

(b) Alveolar lungs

(c) Ten pairs of cranial nerves

(d) Seven cervical vertebrae

 ANSWERS

01. B 11. D 21. A 31. C 41. B 51. B 61. D 71. A 81. B

02. D 12. D 22. A 32. C 42. B 52. D 62. A 72. C 82. B
03. A 13. C 23. B 33. C 43. B 53. C 63. A 73. B 83. C
04. D 14. B 24. D 34. A 44. A 54. A 64. C 74. C 84. C
05. D 15. A 25. B 35. D 45. C 55. C 65. A 75. B 85. B
06. A 16. B 26. A 36. C 46. B 56. C 66. A 76. B 86. D
07. A 17. C 27. B 37. C 47. A 57. D 67. A 77. A 87. B
08. C 18. B 28. C 38. C 48. B 58. A 68. C 78. B 88. B
09. C 19. D 29. A 39. D 49. A 59. A 69. A 79. B 89. D
10. C 20. C 30. D 40. B 50. C 60. B 70. D 80. D 90. C