| Items | Category | Exception | |
| 1. | Kangaroo, Koala, wombat |
Australian marsupials | Wombat |
| 2. | Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Trypanosoma |
Protozoan parasites | Cuscuta |
| 3. | Typhoid, Pneumonia, Diphtheria |
Bacterial diseases | Diphtheria |
| 4. | UAA, UAG, UGA | Stop codons | UAG |
In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in:
| 1. | Algae | 2. | Plantae |
| 3. | Monera | 4. | Protista |
Given below is the diagram of a bacteriophage. In which one of the options, all the four parts A, B, C and D are correct?
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | Sheath | Collar | Head | Tail fibres |
| 2. | Head | Sheath | Collar | Tail fibres |
| 3. | Collar | Tail fibres | Head | Sheath |
| 4. | Tail fibres | Head | Sheath | Collar |
Black (stem) rust of wheat is caused by:
1. Ustilago nuda
2. Puccinia graminis
3. Xanthomonas oryzae
4. Alternaria solani
Select the correct combination of the statements (a-d) regarding the characteristics of certain organisms:
| (a) | Methanogens are archaebacteria that produce methane in marshy areas |
| (b) | Nostoc is a filamentous blue-green alga that fixes atmospheric nitrogen |
| (c) | Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria synthesize cellulose from glucose |
| (d) | Mycoplasma lack a cell wall and can survive without oxygen |
The correct statements are:
| 1. | (a), (b) and (c) | 2. | (b), (c) and (d) |
| 3. | (a), (b) and (d) | 4. | (b) and (c) |
How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
| Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolfia |
1. Five
2. Six
3. Three
4. Four
| 1. | Heterocysts | 2. | Hormogonia |
| 3. | Nodules | 4. | Akinetes |
The causative agent of mad-cow disease is a:
1. bacterium
2. prion
3. worm
4. virus
Evolutionary history of an organism is known as:
1. Phylogeny
2. Ancestry
3. Palaeontology
4. Ontogeny