Question Bank No: 1

1. Milk is spoiled/ fermented by

 a)Rhizobium
 b)Lactobacilius
 c)Azotobacter
 d)Clostridium

2. The main difference in Gram(+)ve and Gram (-)ve bacteria resides in their

 a)cell wall
 b)cell membrane
 c)cytoplasm
 d)flagella

3. Vinegar is fermented from alcohol by

 a)Azotobacter
 b)Clostridium
 c)Acetobacter aceti
 d)Bacillus subtilis

4. Chloramphenicol/ Chloromycetin produced by

 a)Streptomyces rimosus
 b)Streptomyces venezuelae
 c)Streptomyces griseus
 d)Streptomyces scoleus

5. maximum number of antibiotics got from any group is

 a)Actinomycetes
 b)fungi
 c)Eubacteria
 d)Viruses

6. In bacteria, respiration takes place through

 a)cell wall
 b)nucleoid
 c)mesosome
 d)mitochondria

7. Hydrogen donor in photosynthesis of purple sulphur bacteria is

 a)H2S
 b)H2O
 c)NH3
 d)H2SO3

8. Which one converts nitrite to nitrate?

 a)Nitrosomonas
 b)Nitrobacter
 c)Azotobacter
 d)Rhizobium

9. Which one of the following sets includes the bacterial diseases?

 a)Cholera,typhoid,mumps
 b)Tetanus, tuberculosis, measles
 c)Malaria, mumps, poliomyelitis
 d)Diptheria, leprosy, plague

10. In bacteria the respiratory enzymes are located on

 a)Plasmid
 b)Episome
 c)Mesosome
 d)Nuclcoid

11. Mycoplasmas differ from viruses in that they are sensitive to

 a)Penicillin
 b)Tetracyclines
 c)Sugars
 d)Amino acids

12. Blue-green algae living endophytically in protozoan protists are known as

 a)Plasmids
 b)Cyanophages
 c)Cyanellae
 d)Bacteriophages

13. Nitrogen fixing organism which can be symbiotic is

 a)Anabanea
 b)Azotobacter
 c)Liverworts
 d)Mosses

14. A true species consists of a population

 a)sharing the same niche
 b)Interbreeding
 c)feeding over the same food
 d)reproductively isolated

15. Which one is not a category?

 a)species
 b)class
 c)phylum
 d)glumaceae

16. Nicotiana is

 a)variety
 b)subspecies
 c)species
 d)genus

17. Descending arrangement of categories is called

 a)Classification
 b)taxonomy
 c)hierarchy
 d)key

18. Find out the correct sequences in hirerarchy

 a)Phylum,class, family, species, order
 b)Species, genus, family, order, class
 c)Species, genus, phylum. family, class
 d)Class, family, species, genus, order

19. Which covers the largest number of organisms

 a)genus
 b)family
 c)phylum
 d)class

20. Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus

 a)species
 b)family
 c)class
 d)division

21. On which of the following five kingdom classification is based

 a)cell wall
 b)genetic material
 c)types of organelles
 d)mode of nutrition

22. Feeding on dead and decaying organisms is a nutrition called

 a)Autotrophic
 b)Saprotrophic
 c)Parasitic
 d)Holozoic

23. A system of classification that is based on evolution, order and ancestry is known as

 a)Natural system
 b)Analogous system
 c)Phylogenetic system
 d)Homologous system

24. Floral features are commonly used for identification of angiosperms because

 a)reproductive parts are more conservative
 b)flowers can be safely pressed
 c)flowers are nice to work with
 d)flowers have various colours and scents

25. Blue-green algae are placed in the kingdom

 a)Plantae
 b)Protista
 c)Fungi
 d)Monera

26. Specimen used for original publication by the author is

 a)Holotype
 b)Isotype
 c)Syntype
 d)Lactotype

27. Distinction of procaryota and eucaryota is mainly based on

 a)nucleus only
 b)cell organelles only
 c)chromosomes only
 d)all the above

28. Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to

 a)one species
 b)two biospecies
 c)two sibling species
 d)none of the above

29. Mitochondria probably originated from bacteria because both have

 a)similar type of circular DNA
 b)similar pigments
 c)same function
 d)all the above

30. In Whittaker's classification, non-nucleated unicellular organisms/procaryotes are included under

 a)Plantae
 b)Monera
 c)Protista
 d)Animalia

31. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is

 a)species
 b)subgenus
 c)subspecies
 d)ecotype

32. Linnaeus is credited with

 a)Bionomial nomencluture
 b)Theory of biogenesis
 c)Discovery
 d)Discovery of blood circulation

33. A unicellular organism often considered connecting link between plants and animals is

 a)Monocystis
 b)Paramecium
 c)Euglena
 d)Entamoeba

34. A taxon is

 a)a group of related families
 b)a group of related species
 c)a type of living organisms
 d)a taxonomic group of any ranking

35. Taxonomy based on determination of genetic relationship is

 a)Cytotaxonomy
 b)Numerical taxonomy
 c)Biochemical taxonomy
 d)Experimental taxonomy

36. First act in taxonomy is

 a)Description
 b)Identification
 c)Naming
 d)Classification

37. The term "New Systematics" was introduced by

 a)Bentham and Hooker
 b)Linnaeus
 c)Julian Huxley
 d)A.P.de Candolle

38. Father of taxonomy is

 a)De Candolle
 b)Hooker
 c)Linnaeus
 d)Aristotle

39. Binomal nomenclature means

 a)One name given by two scientists
 b)One scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet
 c)Two names, one latinised other of a person
 d)Two names, one scientific, other local

40. Phylogenetic system brings out

 a)Reproductive similarities
 b)Grouping according to morphological characters
 c)Grouping on the basis of increasing complexities
 d)Grouping according to evolutionary trends

41. A bacterium with flagella all around is

 a)Amphitrichous
 b)Lophotrichous
 c)Cephalotrichous
 d)Peritrichous

42. Plasmid is

 a)Small extrachromosomal circular self replicating DNA that can carry genes into host organism
 b)Bacteriophage
 c)DNA found in mitochondria
 d)DNA incorporated in bacterial chromosome

43. Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter convert

 a)Carbon dioxide to carbohydrates
 b)Ammonium ion into nitrate
 c)Nitrate ion into nitrogen molecule
 d)Nitrogen into nitrate

44. Bacteria that convert nitrates in to free nitrogen are

 a)Ammonifying
 b)Nitrifying
 c)Denitrifying
 d)Nitrogen fixing bacteria

45. Transfer of genetic material with the help of a virus is called

 a)Transference
 b)Transformation
 c)Transduction
 d)Transcription

46. Heterocytes, specialised for nitrogen fixation, occur in certain

 a)Red algae (Batrochospermum)
 b)Green algae (Spirogyra)
 c)Blue-green algae (Anabaena)
 d)Brown algae (Laminaria)

47. Which one of the following can fix nitrogen?

 a)Oscillatoria
 b)Spirogyra
 c)Nostoc
 d)None of these

48. Bacteria were discovered by

 a)Robert Koch
 b)Robert Hooke
 c)A.V.Leeuwenhoek
 d)Louis Pasteur

49. The bacteria that commonly live in animal and human intestine is

 a)Vibrio cholerae
 b)Bacillus anthracis
 c)Corynebacterium
 d)Escherichia coli

50. When milk is heated at 62C for 30 minutes and then cooled, the process is called

 a)Sterilization
 b)Pasteurisation
 c)Nitrification
 d)Freezing