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Biological Classification · Question 55

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1

Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in Nostoc are

  1. heterocysts
  2. hormogonia
  3. nodules
  4. akinetes

Answer

(1) heterocysts

Solution

As per NCERT, some cyanobacteria such as Nostoc and Anabaena can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called heterocysts.

Hormogonia are fragments for vegetative reproduction, akinetes are thick-walled resting spores, and nodules are formed on roots of legumes.

Answer: (1)

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2

In the five kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in

  1. protista
  2. algae
  3. plantae
  4. monera.
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
3

How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs? Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia

  1. Four
  2. Five
  3. Six
  4. Three
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
4

Which one of the following sets of items in the option A – D are correctly categorized with one exception in it ?

  1. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Kangaroo, Koala, Wombat & Australian marsupials & Wombat \ array
  2. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Typhoid, Pneumonia, Diphtheria & Bacterial diseases & Diphtheria \ array
  3. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ UAA, UAG, UGA & Stop codons & UAG \ array
  4. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Trypanosoma & Protozoan parasites & Cuscuta \ array
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
5

Which statement is wrong for viruses?

  1. All are parasites.
  2. All of them have helical symmetry.
  3. They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins.
  4. Antibiotics have no effect on them.
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
6

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group

  1. fungi
  2. animalia
  3. monera
  4. plantae
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
7

Nuclear membrane is absent in

  1. Penicillium
  2. Agaricus
  3. Volvox
  4. Nostoc
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
8

The cyanobacteria are also referred to as

  1. protists
  2. golden algae
  3. slime moulds
  4. blue green algae
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
9

The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to humans in making curd from milk and in production of antibiotics are the ones categorised as

  1. cyanobacteria
  2. archaebacteria
  3. chemosynthetic autotrophs
  4. heterotrophic bacteria
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
10

Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?

  1. Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium.
  2. Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an alga and a protozoan.
  3. Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus.
  4. Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista.
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
11

The pathogen Microsporum responsible for ringworm disease in humans belongs to the same kingdom of organisms as that of

  1. Taenia, a tapeworm
  2. Wuchereria, a filarial worm
  3. Rhizopus, a mould
  4. Ascaris, a round worm.
AIPMT 2011 (Mains)

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