Biological Classification · Question 68

Given below is the diagram of a bacteriophage. In which one of the options all the four parts A, B, C and D are correct? [Figure]

1. A Collar, B Tail fibres, C Head, D Sheath
2. A Tail fibres, B Head, C Sheath, D Collar
3. A Head, B Sheath, C Collar, D Tail fibres
4. A Sheath, B Collar, C Head, D Tail fibres

Virus envelope is known as

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

Single-celled eukaryotes are included in

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

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

Infectious proteins are present in –

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

T.O. Diener discovered a

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

Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in

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

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

Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of

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

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