Biological Classification MCQ Solved Paper for LIC AAO

1. Ustilago causes plant diseases (called smuts) because
A. they parasitize on cereals.
B. they lack mycelium.
C. they develop sooty masses of spores.
D. their affected parts becomes completely black.
Answer : D

2. The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to humans in making curd from milk and in production of antibiotics are the ones categorised as
A. cyanobacteria
B. archaebacteria
C. chemosynthetic autotrophs
D. heterotrophic bacteria
Answer : D

3. Which of the following characteristic(s) is used by Whittaker for the classification of organisms ?
A. Mode of nutrition
B. Thallus organisation
C. Phylogenetic relationships
D. All of the above
Answer : D

4. Which of the following pigment is present in cyanobacteria?
A. Chlorophyll a
B. Chlorophyll b
C. Chlorophyll c
D. Chlorophyll d
Answer : A

5. Which of the following is a parasitic fungi on the mustard plant ?
A. Albugo
B. Puccinia
C. Yeast
D. Ustilago
Answer : A

6. Which group of fungi is commonly known as imperfect fungi ?
A. Phycomycetes
B. Ascomycetes
C. Basidiomycetes
D. Deuteromycetes
Answer : D

7. Which of the following statement is correct for both bluegreen algae and bacteria ?
A. Both show anaerobic respiration.
B. Both have chlorophyll pigment.
C. Both are devoid of true nucleus.
D. None of the above
Answer : C

8. Identify the following figures A, B and C. 

A. A – Euglena, B – Paramecium, C – Agaricus
B. A – Euglena, B – Planaria, C – Agaricus
C. A – Planaria, B – Paramecium, C – Agaricus
D. A – Euglena, B – Paramecium, C – Aspergillus
Answer : A

9. Match the scientists given in column I with their discovery given in column II and choose the correct option.

Column-I	Column-II
(Scientists)	(Discovery)
A. Ernst Mayr	I. Discovered Viroids
B. Whittaker	II. Gave the name virus
C. Pasteur	III. Proposed five kingdom classification
D. Diener	IV. Darwin of the 20th century

A. A IV, B III, C II, D I
B. A III, B IV, C II, D I
C. A II, B III, C IV, D I
D. A I, B II, C III, D IV
Answer : A

10. Which of the following is the correct sequence of three steps in the sexual cycle of fungi?
A. Mitosis -> Meiosis -> Fertilization
B. Plasmogamy -> Karyogamy -> Meiosis
C. Mitosis -> Plasmogamy -> Karyogamy
D. Karyogamy -> Plasmogamy -> Meiosis
Answer : B

11. Which of the following is smallest living cell and can live without oxygen ?
A. Mycoplasma
B. Mycorrhiza
C. Euglena
D. Trypanosoma
Answer : A

12. T. O. Diener discovered a new infectious agent that was smaller than viruses and have the following characteristics.
(i) It causes potato spindle tuber disease.
(ii) It has free RNA.
(iii) Molecular weight of RNA is low.
Identify the infections agent.
A. Viruses
B. Viroids
C. Virion
D. Mycoplasma
Answer : B

13. Which of the following class of fungi is being described by the given statements ?
(i) They are found in aquatic habitats and on decaying wood in moist and damp places.
(ii) Mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic.
(iii) Asexual reproduction takes place by zoospores (motile) or by aplanospores (non-motile).
(iv) Some common examples are Mucor, Rhizopus and Albugo.
A. Ascomycetes
B. Phycomycetes
C. Basidiomycetes
D. Deuteromycetes
Answer : B

14. Which statement is not correct for viruses ?
A. Viruses are obligate parasites.
B. Viruses can multiply only when they are inside the living cells.
C. Viruses cannot pass through bacterial filters.
D. Viruses are made up of protein and DNA or RNA (never both DNA and RNA).
Answer : C

15. A fungus contains cells with two nuclei from different genomes. The nuclei do not fuse but divide independently and simultaneously as new cells are formed. This fungus belongs to
A. phycomycetes
B. zygomycetes
C. deuteromycetes
D. basidiomycetes
Answer : D

16. How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs? Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosomes, Porphyra, Wolffia
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Three
Answer : C

17. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about class basidiomycetes ?
(i) They are commonly known as imperfect fungi because only the asexual or vegetative phases of these fungi are known.
(ii) They grow in soil, on logs and tree stumps and in living plant bodies as parasites, e.g., rusts and smuts.
(iii) The mycelium is branched and septate.
(iv) Some common members are Agaricus, Ustilago and Puccinia.
A. Only (i)
B. Both (ii) and (iii)
C. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
D. All of these
Answer : C

18. Match column-I (Charactrs/feature) with column-II (examples) and choose the correct option.

Column-I	Column-II
(Characters/features)	(Examples)
A. Red dinoflagellates	I. Rhizopus
B. Unicellular fungi used to	II. Gonyaulax make bread and beer
C. Source of antibiotics	III. Yeast
D. Bread mould	IV. Penicillium

A. A III; B II; C I; D IV
B. A II; B III; C I; D IV
C. A II; B III; C IV; D I
D. A II; B IV; C III; D I
Answer : C

19. Lichens indicate SO2 pollution because they
A. show association between algae and fungi.
B. grow faster than others.
C. are sensitive to SO2.
D. flourish in SO2 rich environment.
Answer : C

20. The subunit of capsid is called
A. core
B. nucleotide
C. amino acid
D. capsomere
Answer : D

21. Match the characters given in column I with their examples given in column II.

Column I	Column II
A. Long slender thread	(i) Lichen like structures
B. Association of fungi with	(ii) Mycorrhiza roots of higher plants
C. Parasitic fungi on mustard	(iii) Neurospora
D. Fungi extensively used in	(iv) Albugo biochemical and genetic work
E. An association in which	(v) Hyphae algal component is called phycobiont

A. A-(v) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(iii) E-(i)
B. A-(iii) B-(i) C-(iv) D-(ii) E-(v)
C. A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iii) D-(v) E-(iv)
D. A-(iii) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(i) E-(v)
Answer : A

22. A virus can be considered a living organism because it
A. responds to touch stimulus
B. respires
C. reproduces (inside the host)
D. can cause disease
Answer : C

23. When a moist bread is kept exposed in air, it becomes mouldy and black because
A. spores are present in the water.
B. spores are present in the bread.
C. spores are present in the air.
D. the bread decomposes.
Answer : B

24. Which one of the following statement is correct for archaea?
A. Archaea resemble eukaryotes in all respects.
B. Archaea have some novel features that are absent in other prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
C. Archaea completely differ from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
D. Archaea completely differ from prokaryotes.
Answer : B

25. Yeast is not included in protozoans but in fungi because
A. it has no chlorophyll.
B. some fungal hyphae grow in such a way that they give the appearance of pseudomycelium.
C. it has eukaryotic organization.
D. cell wall is made up of cellulose and reserve food material is starch.
Answer : B

26. Refer the given figure of bacteria cell and Nostoc and choose the option which shows correct label for the structure marked as A, B, C, D and E ? 

A. A – Cell wall, B – Cell membrane, C – Heterocyst, D – DNA, E – Mucilagenous sheath
B. A – Cell wall, B – Cell membrane, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Mucilagenous sheath
C. A – Mucilagenous sheath, B – Cell membrane, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Cell wall
D. A – Cell membrane, B – Cell wall, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Mucilagenous sheath
Answer : B

27. Match the class of fungi given in column-I with their common name given in column-II and select the correct option.

Column-I	Column-II
(Class of fungi)	(Common name)
A. Phycomycetes	I. Sac fungi
B. Ascomycetes	II. Algal fungi
C. Basidiomycetes	III. Fungi imperfecti
D. Deuteromycetes	IV. Club fungi

A. A II, B I, C IV, D III
B. A II, B IV, C I, D III
C. A IV, B I, C II, D III
D. A IV, B III, C II, D I
Answer : A

28. Match the class of fungi given in column I with their examples given in column II and choose the correct option

Column-I	Column-II
(Class of fungi)	(Examples)
A. Ascomycetes	I. Rhizopus
B. Basidiomycetes	II. Penicillium
C. Deuteromycetes	III. Ustilago
D. Phycomycetes	IV. Alternaria

A. A IV, B III, C I, D II
B. A II, B III, C IV, D I
C. A IV, B I, C II, D III
D. A III, B IV, C II, D I
Answer : B

29. Which of the following kingdom does not have nuclear membrane ?
A. Protista
B. Fungi
C. Monera
D. Plantae
Answer : C

30. The bacteria which oxidize various inorganic substances and use the released energy for their ATP production are called _______________.
A. Archaebacteria
B. Heterotrophic bacteria
C. Photosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
D. Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
Answer : D

31. How many bacteria are produced in four hours if a bacterium divides once in half an hour ?
A. 8
B. 64
C. 16
D. 256
Answer : D

32. Why food can be kept for a longer time in cold house than in normal conditions ? Because,
A. insect cannot enter.
B. bacterial multiplication stops.
C. bacterial multiplication is reduced.
D. there is plasmolysis at low temperature.
Answer : C

33. Protozons are not included in kingdom animalia beause they are
A. mostly asymmetrical.
B. unicellular eukaryotes.
C. heterotrophic in nature.
D. multicellular prokaryotes.
Answer : B

34. Choose the correct names of the different bacteria given below according to their shapes. 

A. A – Cocci, B – Bacilli, C – Spirilla, D – Vibrio
B. A – Bacilli, B – Cocci, C – Spirilla, D – Vibrio
C. A – Spirilla, B – Bacilli, C – Cocci, D – Vibrio
D. A – Spirilla, B – Vibrio, C – Cocci, D – Bacilli
Answer : A

35. Consider the following statements with respect to characteristic features of the kingdom.
(i) In animalia, the mode of nutrition is autotrophic.
(ii) In monera, the nuclear membrane is present.
(iii) In protista, the cell type is prokaryotic.
(iv) In plantae, the cell wall is present.
Of the above statements, which one is correct ?
A. (i) only
B. (ii) only
C. (iii) only
D. (iv) only
Answer : D

36. Which of the following processes involved in the reproduction of protists ?
A. Binary fission and budding
B. Cell fusion and zygote formation
C. Spore formation and cyst formation
D. All of the above
Answer : D

37. Which of the following group of kingdom protista is being described by the statements given below ?
(i) This group includes diatoms and golden algae.
(ii) They are microscopic and float passively in water currents (plankton).
(iii) Most of them are photosynthetic.
(iv) They have deposits in their habitat; this accumulation over billion of years is referred to as diatomaceous earth.
A. Dinoflagellates
B. Chrysophytes
C. Euglenoids
D. Slime moulds
Answer : B

38. Which of the following pairs comes under the group chrysophytes ?
A. Diatoms and Euglena
B. Euglena and Trypanosoma
C. Diatoms and Desmids
D. Gonyaulax and Desmids
Answer : C

39. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
A. Anabaena Cyanobacteria
B. Amoeba Protozoa
C. Gonyaulax Dinoflagellates
D. Albugo Chrysophytes
Answer : D

40. The given statements are some characters of a particular group of Kingdom protista.
(i) Most of them are fresh water organisms found in standing water.
(ii) They have a protein rich layer (called pellicle) which makes their body flexible.
(iii) They have two flagella, a short and a long one.
(iv) Though they are photosynthetic in the presence of sunlight, but in the absence of sunlight they behave like heterotrophs by predating on other smaller organisms.
Identify the correct group on the basis of these characters.
A. Protozoans
B. Chrysophytes
C. Slime moulds
D. Euglenoids
Answer : D

41. The figure given below shows the structure of a bacteriophage. Identify its parts labelled as A, B, C and D. 

A. A - Tail fibres B - Head C - Sheath D - Collar
B. A - Sheath B - Collar C - Head D - Tail fibres
C. A - Head B - Sheath C - Collar D - Tail fibres
D. A - Collar B - Tail fibres C - Head D - Sheath
Answer : C

42. Bacteria are found to be primitive organisms because they
A. are small, microscopic which are not seen with naked eye.
B. cause serious diseases to human being, domesticated animals and crop plants.
C. produce endospores which are very resistant to adverse conditions.
D. possess incipient nucleus and show amitotic division.
Answer : D

43. Which of the following is used extensively in biochemical and genetic work ?
A. Agaricus
B. Alternaria
C. Neurospora
D. Mucor
Answer : C

44. Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria are named so because
A. they oxidize various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonia and use the released energy for their ATP production.
B. they oxidize various organic substances and use the released energy for their ATP production.
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these
Answer : A

45. Which of the following is an example of amoeboid protozoans ?
A. Trypanosoma
B. Paramecium
C. Gonyaulax
D. Entamoeba
Answer : D

46. Select the correct match from the given option.
A. Occurrence of dikaryotic stage - ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.
B. Saprophytes - They are autotrophic and absorb soluble organic matter from dead substrates.
C. Vegetative mean of reproduction in fungi - fragmentation, budding and sporangiophores.
D. Steps involved in asexual cycle of fungi - plasmogamy, karyogamy and meiosis in zygote resulting in haploid spores.
Answer : A

47. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about ascomycetes ?
(i) Neurospora, which is used in biochemical and genetic work is a member of this class.
(ii) They are mostly multicellular, e.g., Yeast, or rarely unicellular, e.g., Penicillium.
(iii) They are saprophytic, decomposers, parasitic or coprophilous.
(iv) Some examples are Aspergillus, Claviceps and Neurospora.
A. Both (i) and (ii)
B. Only (ii)
C. (i), (iii) and (iv)
D. All of these
Answer : C

48. Protists are
A. single-celled eukaryotes.
B. multicellular eukaryotes.
C. single-celled prokaryotes.
D. single-celled akaryote.
Answer : A

49. The given figure shows some labelled structure as A, B, C and D. In which structure the protein coat that encloses the nucleic acid is present? 

A. A
B. B
C. C sheath
D. D tail fibres
Answer : A

50. Which class of fungi lacks sex organs but the process of plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or genotypes?
A. Sac fungi
B. Bracket fungi
C. Imperfect fungi
D. Phycomycetes
Answer : B