Mucor, Rhizopus [the bread mould] and Albugo [the parasitic fungi on mustard] belong to:

1.  Phycomycetes 2. Ascomycetes
3. Basidiomycetes 4. Deuteromycetes

Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Introduction |
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Which of the following is not true regarding members of Dueteromycetes?

1. Mycelium is septate and branched.
2. Many are decomposers and help in mineral cycling.
3. They reproduce only by asexual spores called as conidia.
4. They include Agaricus, Claviceps and Colletotrichum.
Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Deuteromycetes |
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Amongst the plants:
I: Bladderwort and Venus flytrap are insectivorous.
II: Cuscuta is parasitic.

1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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Which of the following will not be true for members of Kingdom Animalia?

1. They all are multicellular
2. Mode of nutrition is heterotrophic – holozoic
3. Most are capable of locomotion
4. They do not follow a definite growth plan
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The figure shows potato affected by certain disease. The affected plants are stunted, tubers may be small, elongated, cylindrical, spindle or dumb-bell-shaped, with prominent eyes evenly distributed over the tuber, and cracking. What will be true for the given figure?

I: The disease is Potato Spindle Tuber Disease.
II: It is caused by a pathogen that is high molecular weight double stranded RNA.
 
1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
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The given figure shows: a normally folded protein [A] and a misfolded protein [B]. What will be correct?
 

I: Prions are misfolded proteins that have the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein.
II: Prions cause scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle (commonly known as "mad cow disease") and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans.

1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
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Given below is a schematic representation of the events in the life cycle of a fungus belonging to Basidiomycetes. Identify the correct statements:
Statement I: A is karyogamy; B is plasmogamy and C is meiosis.
Statement II: Though not shown in the figure the fungi belonging to this class reproduced extensively by asexual methods involving conidia.
1. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Kingdom Fungi: Basidomycetes |

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Given below is a schematic representation of the events in the life cycle of a fungus belonging to Ascomycetes. Identify A-E:

1. A: Sporangiophore
B: Sporangia
C: Ascocarp
D: 4 Ascospores
E: Ascogonium
2. A: Sporangiophore
B: Sporangia
C: Ascocarp
D: 8 Ascospores
E: Ascogonium
3. A: Conidiophore
B: Conidia
C: Ascogonium
D: 4 Ascospores
E: Ascocarp
4. A: Conidiophore
B: Conidia
C: Ascogonium
D: 8 Ascospores
E: Ascocarp
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Given below is a schematic representation of the events in the life cycle of Rhizopus. Find the correct match for A-D:
A B C D
1. Plasmogamy Karyogamy Meiosis Sporangia
2. Karyogamy Plasmogamy Meiosis Sporangia
3. Plasmogamy Karyogamy Mitosis Conidiophores
4. Karyogamy Plasmogamy Mitosis Conidiophores
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The given figure shows the architecture of the cell wall of:

1. Archaebacteria
2. Gram positive bacteria
3. Diatoms
4. Dinoflagellates
Subtopic:  Kingdom Protista: Chrysophytes |
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