1000+ Phylum - Protozoa Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. Which of the following is a correct matching ?
A. Yellow fever mosquitoes toga virus B
B. Rabies saliva myxomavirus
C. Poliomyelitis fleas poliovirus
D. Tobacco mosaic disease aphids tobacco mosaic virus
Answer : A

2. Golgi cycle in Plasmodium occurs in man, in
A. blood
B. RBC
C. liver cells
D. stomach
Answer : B

3. Down stroke and recovery stroke are characteristic of
A. movement of pseudopodia
B. movement of flagella
C. movement of cilia
D. none of these
Answer : C

4. The number of daughter paramecia produced following conjugation is
A. 8 from one conjugant
B. 8 from two conjugants
C. 16 from two conjugants
D. 8-16 from two conjugants
Answer : B

5. Under unfavourable conditions, the Amoeba reproduces by
A. binary fission
B. conjugation
C. encystment
D. endomixis
Answer : C

6. African sleeping sickness or Gambiense fever is caused by
A. Entamoeba
B. Trypanosma
C. Leishmania
D. Trichomonas
Answer : B

7. The sporozoites of Plasmodium first attack
A. RBC
B. liver cells
C. muscles
D. intestine
Answer : B

8. The life cycle of Plasmodium in human blood is called
A. schizogony
B. syngamy
C. exo-erythro cytic schizogony
D. sporogony
Answer : A

9. Mild tertian malaria is caused by
A. Plasmodium vivax
B. Plasmodium falciparum
C. Plasmodium ovale
D. Plasmodium malariae
Answer : A

10. The Trx/panosoma causes sleeping sickness in man. It finally involves
A. liver
B. blood
C. brain
D. cerebro-spinal fluid
Answer : D

11. Encystment in Amoeba serves for
A. perennation
B. reproduction
C. dispersal
D. all of these
Answer : D

12. Quinine, utilised in the treatment of malaria, is extracted from
A. cinnamom
B. cinchona
C. blister flies
D. red ants
Answer : B

13. A food vacuole develops in Paramecium at the distal end of
A. cytopharynx
B. oral grove
C. cytostome
D. oesophagus
Answer : D

14. The trophozoite of Entamoeba histolytica reproduces by
A. binary fission
B. sporulation
C. amitosis
D. mitosis
Answer : A

15. Erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium produces
A. schizonts
B. sporozoites
C. merozoites
D. metacryptomerozoites;
Answer : A

16. If an Amoeba is placed in salt water, its contractile vacuole will
A. enlarge
B. disappear
C. multiple
D. burst
Answer : B

17. In a Paramecium, the trichocysts are used for
A. fight or flight response
B. defence
C. offense
D. both (b) and (c)
Answer : B

18. The path followed by a food vacuole in Paramecium is referred to as
A. cycloid
B. cyclic vascular path
C. cyclosis
D. cyclosphere
Answer : C

19. N.M.E.P is the abbreviation of
A. Naitonal Mosquito Eridication Programme
B. National Malaria Elimination Programme
C. National Malaria Eradication Programme
D. National Malaria Elimination Process
Answer : C

20. The cilia in Paramecium are
A. all equal
B. all unequal
C. longer at posterior side
D. longer at anterior side
Answer : C

21. The only stage of malarial parasite that can survive in the stomach of mosquito is
A. ookinate
B. oocyst
C. gametocytes
D. sporozoites
Answer : C

22. According to Whittaker's system of classification, all the living organisms are classifed into 5 kingdoms and Viruses are placed under
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Protoctista
D. None of these
Answer : D

23. Which day is celebrated as Malaria day ?
A. 20th August
B. 15th August
C. 26th Janurary
D. 5th June
Answer : A

24. In the life cycle of Plasmodium, man is the
A. primary host
B. intermediate host
C. secondary host
D. alternative host
Answer : A

25. The cysts of E.histolytica develop in an infected individual in the
A. intestinal wall
B. lumen of intestine
C. tissues of man
D. areas of metastatic inversion
Answer : B