SUBJECT: BIOLOGY

DPT : 9
Syllabus:- The Living World, Biological Classification, Plant Kingdom
1) A… is the sum of total chemical reaction occurring within the cell, B…. is energy utilizing while C…. is
energy releasing process. Here A, B and C are

a) A = Catabolism, B = Metabolism, C = Anabolism

b) A = Anabolism, B = Catabolism, C = Metabolism

c) A = Metabolism, B = Anabolism, C = Catabolism

d) A = Metabolism, B = Catabolism, C = Anabolism

2) Match the species concept given in column –A with scientist given column- B

a) I=d, II= a, III= b, IV= c b) I=b, II= c, III= d, IV= a

c) I=c, II= d, III= a, IV= b d) I=a, II= b, III= c, IV= d

3) What is not true about “ Key stone” species

a) These are dominant species in a given biome

b) These are more sensitive species of a community

c) These are responsible for alteration and changing of a biome or community

d) Their critical impact on community and environment is more important than their abundance or
dominance

4) I.C.B.N is applicable for

a) All species of plants b) All wild taxon of plant

c) Wild varieties and species of plants d) All wild species of plants

5) Match the following

I) Copland a) Three kingdom system of classification

II) Linnaeus b) Tri- nomenclature

III) Haeckel c) Two kingdom system of classification

IV) Streakland d) four kingdom system of classification

a) I=d, II= c, III= a, IV= b b) I=c, II= a, III= d, IV= b

c) I=b, II= c, III= a, IV= d d) I=c, II= d, III= a, IV= b

6) Controversial position of which organism seen in five kingdom system of Whittaker’s classification

7) Which one of the following is true?

a) All tunicates are chordates

b) All chordates are vertebrate

c) All vertebrates contain amnion

d) Cephalochordates are characterized by the presence of a well defined skull

8) Choose the mismatch

a) Bilateral symmetry – Fish

b) First triploblastic – Flatworm

c) Free living flatworm – Planarian

d) Radial symmetry – larva of echinoderm

9) Match the following

Column – I Column – II

i) Transfusion tissue a) Fern

ii) Rhizophore b) Cephaleuros

iii) Protonema c) organ of sui-generis

iv) Circinate ptyxis d) Pinus

v) Red rust of tea e) Moss

a) i = d, ii = c, iii = e, iv = a, v = b b) i = b, ii = d, iii = a, iv = c, v = e

c) i = e, ii = a, iii = c, iv = b, v = d d) i = a, ii = d, iii = e, iv = c, v = b

10) Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong

A) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses

B) Salvinia is heterosporous

C) The life – cycle in all seed – bearing plants is diplontic

D) In pinus male and female cones are borne on different trees

The two wrong statements together are

a) Statement A and B b) Statement A and D

c) Statement A and C d) Statement B and C

11) Which one of the following is a correct statement

a) Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage

b) In gymnosperms female gametophyte is free living

c) Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes

d) origin of speed habit can be traced in pteridophytes

12) Diatoms do not decay as readily as most other algae because

a) They have mucilaginous cell walls b) They are non living cells

c) They have water proof cell walls d) They have siliceous cell walls
13) Match the following

a) a-ii,b-iv,c-iii,d-i b)a-iv,b-ii,c-i,d-iii c) a-i,b-ii,c-iii,d-iv d)a-iii,b-iv,c-ii,d-i

14) Which statement is wrong?

a) Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on
sheets

b) Monograph contains information of any taxon

c) Phenetic classification is based on observable characters of organisms

d) Both Ascospores and Basidiospores are sexual spores formed endogenously

15) Cryptogram of a virus (Gibbs and Harrison 1968) has 4 pairs of symbols to be used in virus
classification. The pair 1 indicates

a) Type of nucleic acid in virus/structure of nucleic acid

b) molecular weight of nucleic acid/percentage of nucleic acid

c) shape of virus particle/ shape of capsid

d) kind of host infected / kind of vector

16) Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS)

a) Is caused by a variant of pneumococcus virus (Corona virus)

b) Is an acute form of asthama

c) Affects non- vegetarians much faster than the vegetarians

d) Is caused by a variant of common cold virus (Corona virus)

17) The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchial level in
classification of plants

a) Family b) Division c) Order d) Class

18) Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms?

a) Growth b) Response to external stimuli

c) Ability to make sound d) Reproduction

19) Organisms living in salty areas are called as

a) heliophytes b) methanogens c) halophiles d) thermoacidophiles

20) If the diploid number of a flowering plant is 36. What would be the chromosomes number in its
endosperm?

a) 72 b) 54 c) 18 d) 36

21) ICBN stands for

a) International Code of Botanical Nomeclature

b) Indian congress of Biological Names

c) International congress of Biological Names

d) Indian code of Botanical Nomeclature

22) Phylogenetic system of classification is based on

a) morphological features b) evolutionary relationships

c) chemical constituents d) floral characters

23) Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro

b) Increase in mass from inside only.

c) increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally

d) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory.

24) Which one of the following statements about mycoplasma is wrong?

a) They are pleomorphic b) They are also called as PPLO

c) They cause disease in plants d) they are sensitive to penicillin

25) Which one of the following does not differ in E. coli and Chlamydomonas?

a) Ribosomes b) Chromosomal organization

c) Cell wall d) Cell membrane

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

a) Paramecium and plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium

b) Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista

c) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus

d) Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a
protozoan

27) Angiosperm have dominated the land flora primarily because of their

a) Domestication by man b) nature of self pollination

c) Power of adaptability in diverse habitat d) Property of producing large number of seeds

28) In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents

a) a cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination

b) an opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg

c) a cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed

d) the microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

29) Biosystematics aims at

a) the classification of organisms based on board morphological characters

b) the classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history & establishing their phylogeny
on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies

c) Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships

d) Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of their cytological characteristics

30) Match the following:

a) A-i, B-iii, C-v, D-ii, E-iv b) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv, E-v

c) A-ii, B-iv, C-v, D-iii, E-i d) A-iii, B-v, C-i, D-ii, E-iv

31) A bacteria undergoes binary fission in every minute. This bacterium can fill up a cup in 1 hour. In how
much time will the cup be half filled?

a) 55 minutes b) 59 minutes c) 25 minutes d) 30 minutes

32) Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobecaterium exemplify

a) archaebacteria that lack any histones resembling those found in eukaryotes but whose DNA is
negatively supercoiled

b) archaebacteria that contains proteins homologous to eukaryotes core histones

c) bacteria that contain a cytoskeleton and ribosomes

d) Bacteria whose DNA is relaxed or positively supercoiled but which have a cytoskeleton as well as
mitochondria

33) Both conifers and Cycas have

a) motile sperms b) non- motile sperms

c) motile & non- motile sperms respectively d) non- motile & motile sperms respectively

34) Match the following:

a) A-i, B-iii, C-v, D-ii, E-iv b) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv, E-v
 c) A-ii, B-iv, C-v, D-iii, E-i d) A-iii, B-i, C-v, D-ii, E-iv

35) Which rank of taxonomic hierarchy shows maximum similar characteristics?

a) Family b) Genus c) Order d) class

36) Booklet containing list of characters and their alternates for identification of various taxa is

a) flora b) key c) manual d) catalogue

37) Interspecific hybrid “Tigon” is

i)Sterile hybrid ii) Fertile hybrid iii) Male lion & female tiger iv) Male tiger & female lion

Choose the correct statements

a) i and iii b) ii and iii c) ii and iv d) i and iv

38) Albugo candida causes

a) yellow rust of wheat b) white rust of crucifer

c) green ear of bajra d) late blight of potato

39) From which of the following algae, agar-agar is commercially extracted?

I. Sargassum II. Gelidium III. Gracilaria IV. Polysiphonia V. Volvox

a) I and II b) II and III c) IV and V d) III and V

40) In flowering plants meiosis occurs at the time of

a) formation of pollen grains b) germination of speed

c) formation of buds d) formation of root primordial

 DPT - 9
1 C 11 D 21 A 31 B
2 B 12 D 22 B 32 A
3 B 13 D 23 D 33 D
4 C 14 D 24 D 34 D
5 A 15 A 25 D 35 B
6 D 16 B 26 C 36 B
7 B 17 B 27 C 37 C
8 C 18 B 28 D 38
9 A 19 C 29 B 39 B
10 B 20 B 30 C 40 A