The major criteria used for classification of Protozoans is:
| 1. | Nature of cell envelope | 2. | Mode of locomotion |
| 3. | Mode of heterotrophic nutrition | 4. | Habitat |
What would be true for the pathogen seen in the given slide of peripheral blood from a patient suffering from a certain disease?
I: The pathogen is Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
II: It causes African Sleeping Sickness.
III: It is an amoeboid protozoan.
| 1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III 3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III |
African sleeping sickness is caused by a/an:
| 1. | Amoeboid protozoan | 2. | Flagellated protozoan |
| 3. | Ciliated protozoan | 4. | Sporozoan |
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose the correct answer from the codes given:
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|
Column I |
|
Column II |
|
A |
Entamoeba |
a |
Flagellated protozoan |
|
B |
Trypanosoma |
b |
Amoeboid protozoan |
|
C |
Paramecium |
c |
Non motile protozoan |
|
D |
Plasmodium |
d |
Ciliated protozoan |
Codes
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | a | b | c | d |
| 2. | b | a | c | d |
| 3. | a | b | d | c |
| 4. | b | a | d | c |
Protists that do not include any photosynthetic members are:
| I: Euglenoids | II: Slime moulds | III: Protozoans |
| 1. | Only I | 2. | Only II |
| 3. | Both II and III | 4. | I, II and III |