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Biological Classification · Question 70

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1

Virus envelope is known as

  1. capsid
  2. virion
  3. nucleoprotein
  4. core

Answer

(1) capsid

Solution

As per NCERT, a virus consists of a genetic material (RNA or DNA) enclosed in a protein coat called the capsid; the capsid is made of small subunits called capsomeres, arranged in helical or polyhedral geometric forms.

∵ The capsid is the coat (covering) that envelops the viral nucleic acid,

∴ the virus envelope referred to here is the capsid.

⇒ Virion is the complete infective virus particle, nucleoprotein is the nucleic acid–protein complex and core is the central nucleic acid.

Answer: (1)

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2

Single-celled eukaryotes are included in

  1. protista
  2. fungi
  3. archaea
  4. monera
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3

Some hyperthermophilic organisms that grow in highly acidic (pH 2) habitats belong to the two groups

  1. eubacteria and archaea
  2. cyanobacteria and diatoms
  3. protists and mosses
  4. liverworts and yeasts
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4

Infectious proteins are present in –

  1. Viroids
  2. Geminiviruses
  3. Satellite viruses
  4. Prions
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5

T.O. Diener discovered a

  1. free infectious DNA
  2. infectious protein
  3. bacteriophage
  4. free infectious RNA
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6

Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in

  1. Oscillatoria
  2. Rhodospirillum
  3. Chlorobium
  4. Chromatium
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7

Which one is the wrong pairing for the disease and its causal organism?

  1. Black rust of wheat – Puccinia graminis
  2. Loose smut of wheat – Ustilago nuda
  3. Root knot of vegetables – Meloidogyne sp.
  4. Late blight of potato – Alternaria solani
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8

Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of

  1. Alternaria
  2. Erwinia
  3. Xanthomonas
  4. Pseudomonas
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9

Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobacterium exemplify

  1. bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively supercoiled but which have a cytoskeleton as well as mitochondria
  2. bacteria that contain a cytoskeleton and ribosomes
  3. archaebacteria that contain protein homologous to eukaryotic core histones
  4. archaebacteria that lack any histones resembling those found in eukaryotes but whose DNA is negatively supercoiled
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10

In the light of recent classification of living organisms into three domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukarya), which one of the following statements is true about archaea?

  1. Archaea completely differ from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
  2. Archaea completely differ from prokaryotes.
  3. Archaea resemble eukarya in all respects.
  4. Archaea have some novel features that are absent in other prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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11

Cellulose is the major component of cell walls of

  1. Pseudomonas
  2. Saccharomyces
  3. Pythium
  4. Xanthomonas
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