KINGDOM PROTISTA

KINGDOM PROTISTA

1. The kingdom protista includes

a. Photosynthetic forms b. De composers c. Protozoans d. All the above

2. The group ofter referred to as the ‘garbage’ of classification, contains

a. Slime moulds b. Simple algae c. Simple animals

d. All organisms not placed in other groups

3. Which is not a locomotory organelle in protists

a. Flagella b. Seta c. Tentacle d. Cilia

4. The ‘fire’ algae responsible for red tides are the

a. Red dinoflagellates b. Euglenoids c. Dinoflagellates d. Diatoms

5. Oblique binary fission occurs in

a. Opalina b. Ceratium c. Plasmodium d. Amoeba

6. Plant like plankton are called

a. Zooplankton b. Phytoplankton c. Zooplankton and Phytoplankton

d. None of the above

7. A protistan which is commonly called plant animal is

a. Noctiluca b. Vorticella c. Euglena d. Navicula

8. Trichocysts are found in

a. Number of dinoflagellates b. All dinoflagellates c. Diatoms d. Euglenoids

9. Transverse groove present in dinoflagellates is

a. Sulcus b. Cingulum or girdle c. Annulus d. Both b and c

10. Which of the following locomotory organelle is not found in diatoms?

a. Flagella b. Cilia c. Pseudopodia d. All of these

11. The prostistans in which cell size decreases with each division are

a. Diatoms b. Dinoflagellates c. Slime moulds d. Euglenoids

12. Red tide is caused by

a. Noctiluca b. Gonyaulax c. Ceratium d. None of the above

13. Food of slime mouldsis

a. Food particles b. Bacteria c. Both a and b d. None as they are parasites

14. Cellular slime mould is

a. Fuligo b. Physarum c. Dictydium d. All the above

15. Kala-azar is caused by

a. Monocystis b. Trichonymopha c. Trichomonas d. Lophomonas

16. Pseudopodia of Amoeba are important for

a. Intake of food b. Locomotion c. Intake of food and locomotion d. Defence

17. Contractile vacuole is present in a. Paramecium b. Amoeba c. Euglena d. All

18. Excretory product of Amoeba is

a. Urea b. Uric Acid c. Ammonia d. All of these

19. During binary fission nucleus divides

a. Mitotically b. Meitically c. Amitotically d. None of the above

20. Amoeba has a. Lobopodia b. Filopodia c. Reticulopodia d. Axopodia

21. If pond of water becomes dry, Amoeba will

a. Enter in soil b. enter in body of vertebrates c. Attach with gills of fishes

d. Undergo encystment

22. Entamoeba histoytica belongs to the class

a. Sporozoa b. Zoomastigophora c. Rhizopoda d. Scyphozoa

23. Trypanoxoma shows the phenomenon of

a. Bimorphism b. Tetramorphism c. Polymorphism d. Amorphism

24. Who was the first to observe Plasmodium in the RBC of patient of malaria?

a. Edward Jenner b. Ronald Ross c. Laveran d. Louis Pasteur

25. Seeding ponds with Gambusia fish is an example of

a. Hyperparasitism b. Parasitism c. Biocontrol d. Both a and b


ANSWERS

1. d 2. d 3. b 4.a 5. b 6. b 7. c 8. a 9.d 10. d

11. b 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. c 16. c 17. d 18. c 19. a 20. a

21. d 22. c 23. c 24. c 25. c