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Biological Classification · Question 50

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1

Which one of the following fungi contains hallucinogens?

  1. Morchella esculenta
  2. Neurospora sp.
  3. Amanita muscaria
  4. Ustilago sp.

Answer

(3) Amanita muscaria

Solution

Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) is a poisonous mushroom (toadstool) that contains hallucinogenic compounds (muscimol, ibotenic acid).

⇒ Morchella esculenta (morel) is an edible ascomycete; Neurospora is used in genetic and biochemical work; Ustilago is the smut fungus (plant parasite).

∴ Amanita muscaria contains hallucinogens.

Answer: (3)

AIPMT 2014

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2

A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that the :

  1. trees are very healthy
  2. trees are heavily infested
  3. location is highly polluted
  4. location is not polluted
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2014
3

Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water?

  1. Blue-green algae
  2. Saprophytic fungi
  3. Archaebacteria
  4. Eubacteria
NEET 2013
4

Which one of the following is true for fungi?

  1. They lack a rigid cell wall.
  2. They are heterotrophs.
  3. They lack nuclear membrane.
  4. They are phagotrophs.
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
5

Satellite RNA are present in some :

  1. Prions
  2. Bacteriophages
  3. Plant viruses
  4. Viroids
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
6

Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in Nostoc are

  1. heterocysts
  2. hormogonia
  3. nodules
  4. akinetes
Out of syllabusNEET 2013 (Karnataka)
7

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

  1. protista
  2. algae
  3. plantae
  4. monera.
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
8

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)
9

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)
10

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)
11

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group

  1. fungi
  2. animalia
  3. monera
  4. plantae
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