Q.1
Which one is not correctly matched … [ AIIMS 1998]
  • a) Root Knot Disease - Meloidogyne javanica
  • b) Smut of Bajra - Tolyposporium penicillariae
  • c) Covered Smut of Barley - Ustilago nuda
  • d) late Blight of Potato - Phytophthora infestans
Q.2
Slipper Animalcule is … [ Manipal 2005]
  • a) Chlamydomonas
  • b) Vorticella
  • c) Plasmodium
  • d) paramecium
Q.3
Among rust, smut and mushroom, all the three …. [ AIIMS 2006]
  • a) Are pathogens
  • b) Are saprobes
  • c) Bear ascocarps
  • d) Bear basidiocarps
Q.4
In Amoeba, pseudopodia are formed due to … [RPMT 1995]
  • a) Contact with food
  • b) Sol ⇋ gel change
  • c) Movement towards area of higher temperature
  • d) All the above
Q.5
Fungus used in genetic experiments is … [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) Rhizopus
  • b) Mucor
  • c) Neurospora
  • d) Claviceps
Q.6
Periodic appearance of malaria symptoms occur due to periodic …. [ AMU 1992]
  • a) Entry of merozoites into erythrocytes
  • b) Attack of liver cells by merozoites
  • c) Formation of signet ring
  • d) Release of pyrogen in blood
Q.7
Destruction of nucleus in Amoeba results in … [ RPMT 2006]
  • a) Immediate death
  • b) Slowing down of metabolic activity and ultimate death
  • c) Quick locomotion
  • d) No change
Q.8
Puccinia infection from Barberry to Wheat occurs through … [ CPMT 1999]
  • a) Teleutospores
  • b) Uredospores
  • c) Aeciospores
  • d) Pycnospores
Q.9
Trichoderma is an example of … [ JKCET 2012]
  • a) Zygomycetes
  • b) Ascomycetes
  • c) Basidiomycetes
  • d) Deuteromycetes
Q.10
Sporozoan protists are …[ CMC 2003]
  • a) Parasitic
  • b) Without locomotory organs
  • c) With pseudopodia
  • d) Both A and B
Q.11
Fungal hyphae are able to penetrate the host with the help of … [ CBSE 2001]
  • a) Mechanical pressure
  • b) Softening by enzymes
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) Suckers and hooks
Q.12
Auxospores and hormocysts are formed respectively by … [ AIIMS 2007]
  • a) Some diatoms and several cyanobacteria
  • b) Some cyanobacteria and several diatoms
  • c) Several cyanobacteria and several diatoms
  • d) Several diatoms and a few cyanobacteria
Q.13
Mycelium of Mucor/Rhizopus is …. [ MPPMT 2000]
  • a) Aseptate and unicellular
  • b) Septate and unicellular
  • c) Septate and multicellular
  • d) Coenocytic
Q.14
Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1902 for discovery of oocyst of Plasmodium …[ RPMT 1996]
  • a) Golgi
  • b) Ronald Ross
  • c) Laveran
  • d) Shortt
Q.15
“Torula condition” occurs in … [ MPPMT 2001]
  • a) Rhizopus
  • b) Ulothrix
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Riccia
Q.16
Microfossils often present in petroleum producing formations are those of … [ AMU 2001]
  • a) Radiolarians
  • b) Diatoms
  • c) Heliozoans
  • d) Foraminiferan
Q.17
An edible fungus is … [ MPPMT 1991]
  • a) Aspergillus
  • b) Ustilago
  • c) Polyporus
  • d) Morchella
Q.18
Single-celled eukaryotes are included in …[ BHU 2012]
  • a) Fungi
  • b) Archaea
  • c) Monera
  • d) Protista
Q.19
Pseudopodia occur in …. [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Sarcodina
  • b) Sporozoa
  • c) Ciliata
  • d) Mastigophora
Q.20
What is true? [ RPMT 2002]
  • a) Toadstool is an edible fungus
  • b) Rust fungi are homoecious
  • c) Parathecium is fruiting body
  • d) In Mushroom gills produce basidia
Q.21
Mycorrhiza, a relationship in between fungi and roots of higher plants is … [CBSE 1994]
  • a) Parasitic relationship
  • b) Saprophytic relationship
  • c) Symbiotic relationship
  • d) Epiphytic relationship
Q.22
What are the successive structures formed in course of sexual reproduction in Rhizopus?
  • a) Zygospore, progametangium, gametangium, zygophore
  • b) Progametangium, zygophore, gametangium, zygospore
  • c) Progametangium, gametangium, zygoapore, zygophore
  • d) Zygophore, progametangium, gametangium, zygospore
Q.23
Entamoeba histolytica excretes through …. [ MPPMT 1996]
  • a) Food vacuole
  • b) General surface
  • c) Contractile vacuole
  • d) Malpighian tubules
Q.24
Mycorrhiza represents … [ CBSE 1994]
  • a) Antagonism
  • b) Endemism
  • c) Symbiosis
  • d) Parasitism
Q.25
Diabetic patients are advised to take more mushrooms as they contain …. [ MHTCET 2010]
  • a) Low protein
  • b) High protein
  • c) More minerals
  • d) Low carbohydrates
Q.26
Leishmania tropica produces … [ AMU 1998]
  • a) Sleeping sickness
  • b) Kala-azar
  • c) Dysentery
  • d) Oriental sores
Q.27
Haemozoin is released into blood during infection of Plasmodium vivax every …
  • a) 24 hours
  • b) 48 hours
  • c) 72 hours
  • d) 12 hours
Q.28
Smut of Maize is due to … [ CBSE 1995]
  • a) Ustilago hordei
  • b) U. nuda
  • c) U.maydis
  • d) U. avenae
Q.29
What is common about Trypanosoma, Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia … [ AFMC 2008]
  • a) They are all parasites
  • b) They are all unicellular protists
  • c) They have flagella
  • d) They produce spores
Q.30
The rust are serious diseases of our economic plants. The disease is caused by the fungus … [ AMU 2001]
  • a) Rhizopus
  • b) Ustilago
  • c) Puccinia
  • d) Agaricus
Q.31
Conidia of Albugo are arranged …. [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Irregularly
  • b) Acropetally
  • c) Basipetally
  • d) Intercalary
Q.32
Trichoderma is an example of … [ JKCET 2012]
  • a) Zygomycetes
  • b) Ascomycetes
  • c) Basidiomycetes
  • d) Deuteromycetes
Q.33
Sprinkling oil over ponds would control malaria because … [ AFMC 2001]
  • a) Fishes die
  • b) Water gets polluted
  • c) Larvae are asphyxiated
  • d) Mosquitoes are repelled
Q.34
Fills are found in … [ BHU 1996]
  • a) Agaricus
  • b) Puccinia
  • c) Aspergillus
  • d) Deuteromycetes
Q.35
E. histolytica does not show …[CPMT 2010]
  • a) Binary fission
  • b) Encystation
  • c) Budding
  • d) Excystation
Q.36
Exo-erythrocytic cycle is absent in …. [ BHU 1997]
  • a) P. ovale
  • b) P.vivax
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) P.falciparum
Q.37
Common form of food stored in fungal cells is … [ AFMC 2007]
  • a) Starch
  • b) Sucrose
  • c) Glucose
  • d) Glycogen
Q.38
Characteristic spores of diatoms are … [ KCET 1999]
  • a) Ascospores
  • b) Basidiospores
  • c) Auxospores
  • d) Zoospores
Q.39
Infective stage of Trypanosoma gambiense is …. [ AIIMS 1999]
  • a) Metacyclic
  • b) Crithidial
  • c) Leptomonas
  • d) Leishmania
Q.40
Signet ring stage of Plasmodium represents. ….
  • a) Beginning of schizogony in liver cells
  • b) End of schizogony in RBC
  • c) Beginning of schizogony in RBC
  • d) Beginning of sprogony in humans
Q.41
Folding and unfolding of action and myosin leads to amoeboid movements. This was hypothesized by …
  • a) Allen
  • b) Goldacre and Larsch
  • c) Berthold
  • d) Jennings
Q.42
Lichens are described as indicators of … [ WB2010]
  • a) Soil pollution
  • b) Air pollution
  • c) Water pollution
  • d) Agricultural productivity
Q.43
Trypanosoma cruzi causes …[ AMU 2000]
  • a) Kala-azar
  • b) African Sleeping Sickness
  • c) Changes’ disease
  • d) American Sleeping Sickness
Q.44
Trichocysts occur in …. [ AMU 2000]
  • a) Liver Fluke
  • b) Bladder worm
  • c) Paramecium
  • d) Hydra
Q.45
Which is not correctly matched … [ CBSE 2004]
  • a) Glossina palpalis - Sleeping sickness
  • b) Aedes aegypti - Yellow fever
  • c) Anopheles culicifacies - Leishmaniasis
  • d) Culex pipiens - Filariasis
Q.46
Amoeba takes food through …. [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Phagocytosis
  • b) Pinocytosis
  • c) Endocytosis
  • d) All the above
Q.47
Which species of Paramecium contains only three nuclei? … [ BHU 1996]
  • a) P. caudatum
  • b) P. aurelia
  • c) P. multimicronucleatum
  • d) P. polycarpum
Q.48
What is not connected with reproduction of protozoans … [ Odisha 2004]
  • a) Cryptogamy
  • b) Schizogamy
  • c) Autogamy
  • d) Conjugation
Q.49
Sexual reproduction in protists with diploid chromosomes involves … [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) Cyst formation
  • b) Zygotic meiosis
  • c) Gametangial meiosis
  • d) Binary fission
Q.50
In malaria, which causes chills and fever …. [ BHU 2006]
  • a) Hematin
  • b) Haemozoin
  • c) Schuffner’s granules
  • d) Hematocrit
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