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Question 11 Mark
Euglena is both an autotroph and a heterotroph. Justify.
Answer
  • In the presence of sunlight, they are photosynthetic and autotrophs.
  • In the absence of sunlight, they are predators(heterotrophs) of other smaller organisms.
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Question 21 Mark
In the five-kingdom classification of Whittaker, some acellular organisms are not included. What are these organisms?
Answer
Viruses and viroids.
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Question 51 Mark
What are dolipores? In which class of fungi are these present?
Answer
Dolipores or central pores are barrel-shaped outgrowths present in septa of class-Basidiomycetes (club fungi).
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Question 81 Mark
Name the group of Monerans, which lacks a cell wall.

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Name the smallest known prokaryote.

Answer
Mycoplasma.
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Question 101 Mark
What is retting of fibres? Name a bacterium involved in it.
Answer
The separation of fibres from soft tissue is called retting of fibres, e.g., jute, flax. Bacterium used for this is Pseudomonas fluoroscens.
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Question 121 Mark
Name the sexual spores produced by the sac fungi. Name the structure in which they are formed.
Answer
 Ascospores; they are formed in asci (ascus-singular).
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Question 131 Mark
Which are the most advanced group of fungi?
Answer
Basidiomycetes (the club fungi) are the most advanced and most commonly seen fungi.
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Question 141 Mark
What kind of nutrition occurs in a parasite?
Answer
Parasites have phagotrophic and absorptive type of nutrition.
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Question 161 Mark
Name the kingdom under which cyanobacteria have been classified.
Answer
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic organisms belonging to kingdom-Monera.
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Question 171 Mark
Name the domains in the three-domain classification, which include prokaryotes.
Answer
Archaea and Bacteria.
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Question 181 Mark
How the Aristotle divided animals into two groups?
Answer
Aristotle divided animals in two groups. These are Enaima (with red blood) and Anaima (without red blood).
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Question 191 Mark
Which are the main groups of kingdom-Animalia?
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Sponges, coelenterates, helminthes, annelids, arthropods, molluscs, Echinodermata, amphibian, reptiles, ayes and mammals.
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Question 201 Mark
Flagellar locomotion can be observed in which protistans?
Answer
Euglena, dinoflagellates and zooflagellates.
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Question 211 Mark
Who proposed the two kingdom classification?
Answer
Linnaeus proposed the two kingdom classification in 1758.
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Question 221 Mark
Name the substance present in the cell wall of diatoms that makes them hard and indestructible.
Answer
Silica.
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Question 251 Mark
Give one evidence to show that viruses are smaller than bacteria.
Answer
Viruses pass through the bacteria-proof filters.
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Question 261 Mark
What is the body organisation in members of Kingdom-Animalia?
Answer
Body organisation in members of Kingdom-Animalia is cellular, tissue, organ and organ system level.
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Question 271 Mark
What are coprophilous fungi?
Answer
The fungi, which grow on the dung of animals, are called coprophilous fungi.
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Question 281 Mark
Mention two features in which the slime moulds resemble animals.
Answer
  1. They have no cell wall.
  2. They engulf/ingest organic food material.
  3. They exhibit amoeboid movement.
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Question 291 Mark
Who discovered viroids? Name a plant disease caused by viroids.
Answer
  • T.O. Diener discovered viroids.
  • Potato spindle tuber disease.
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Question 301 Mark
The two gametangia come in contact and fuse to form a zygote in which event? Give two examples.
Answer
Gametangial copulation, e.g., Rhizopus, Mucor, etc.
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Question 331 Mark
Who is credited with the discovery of viruses? Name the virus he discovered.
Answer
D.I. Ivanowsky discovered tobacoo mosaic virus.
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Question 341 Mark
What is diatomaceous earth? Mention any two economic uses of it.
Answer
Diatomaceous earth refers to the deposits of the nearly indestructible siliceous cell wall of diatoms in the ocean floor.
  • It is used in filtration of oils and syrups.
  • It is used in polishing of metals.
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Question 351 Mark
Mark the odd one in the following groups.
Entamoeba, Trypanosoma, Gonyaulax, Plasmodium.
Answer
Gonyaulax.
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Question 361 Mark
Mention any two cellular structures absent in kingdom-Animalia of four kingdom classification system of organisms that are present in kingdom-Protista.
Answer
Cell wall and chloroplasts are absent in cells of members of kingdom-Animalia.
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Question 371 Mark
Which of the organisms are called jewels of the plant world? Elaborate about them.
Answer
Diatoms are called the jewels of the plant kingdom because of cell wall ornamentation and presence of golden brown chromatophores.
There are two types of diatoms, i.e., the pennate diatom and centric diatom. Pennate diatoms are like small rectangular soap boxes. Centric diatoms are circular.
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Question 391 Mark
What are the modes of locomotion found in protists?
Answer
Wriggling, cilia, mucilage propulsion, pseudopodia.
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Question 401 Mark
Give the name of a fungus which causes rust diseases.
Answer
Puccinia graminis tritici causes black stem rust of wheat.
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Question 411 Mark
Define mixotrophic nutrition.
Answer
Mode of nutrition in which organism derive nourishment from both autotropic and heterotrophic mechanisms,e.g., Euglena.
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Question 421 Mark
Give the name of the classes of kingdom-Plantae.
Answer
Algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
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Question 431 Mark
Suppose you accidentally find an old preserved permanent slide without a label. In your effort to identify it, you place the slide under microscope and observe the following features :-
  1. Unicellular
  2. Well defined nucleus
  3. Biflagellate–one flagellum lying longitudinally and the other transversely.
What would you identify it as? Can you name the kingdom it belongs to?
Answer
Dinoflagellates are unicellular eukaryotes. Most of them have two flagella; one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates. Dinoflagellates belongs to kingdom protista.
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Question 451 Mark
Why do mosquito bites cause itching?
Answer
When female mosquitoes like Anopheles, suck human blood, it simultaneously injects a poisonous liquid containing the protozoan cells into our blood. This poison causes the itching and causes swelling of the area.
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Question 461 Mark
What are the types of mycorrhiza?
Answer
Mycorrhiza can be of two types:
  1. Ectomycorrhiza.
  2. Endomycorrhiza.
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Question 481 Mark
What is capsid and how is it useful for viruses?
Answer
Capsid is a proteinaceous covering around the virus. It protects the nucleoid from damage from physical and chemical agents.
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Question 491 Mark
In which kingdom of five kingdom classification, nuclear membrane is not present?
Answer
Bacteria are prokaryotes which belong to kingdom-Monera. Monerans do not have nuclear membrane enclosing the nucleus of the cell.
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Question 501 Mark
Why are cysts formed in protistans?
Answer
Cysts formation helps to overcome unfavourable condition for reproduction.
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