What is common about Trypanosoma, Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia?
- These are all parasites
- These are all unicellular protists
- They have flagella
- They produce spores
Answer
(2) These are all unicellular protists
Solution
As per NCERT, all single-celled eukaryotes are placed under Protista.
∵ Trypanosoma and Giardia are flagellated protozoans, Noctiluca is a dinoflagellate and Monocystis is a sporozoan ⇒ all are unicellular protists.
∵ Noctiluca is free-living (not a parasite), Monocystis has no flagella, and only the sporozoan forms spores ⇒ options (1), (3) and (4) are wrong.
Answer: (2)