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This section includes 27 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following statement about Kingdom Protista is incorrect? |
| A. | Their members have characteristics which separate them from other kingdoms |
| B. | They only include unicellular aquatic eukaryotic organisms. |
| C. | They do not develop from Blastula or embryo. |
| D. | They contain ancestors for fungi plants & animals |
| Answer» C. They do not develop from Blastula or embryo. | |
| 2. |
Who first separated bacteria from other protists as a group? |
| A. | John Hogg |
| B. | Ernst Haeckel |
| C. | Margulis and Schwartz |
| D. | Herbert Copeland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which of the protozoa has a striking resemblance to collar cells in sponges? |
| A. | Zooflagellates |
| B. | Choanflagellates |
| C. | Trypanosomoa |
| D. | Trichonymphas |
| Answer» C. Trypanosomoa | |
| 4. |
Radiolarians belong to which of the following protozoal group? |
| A. | Zooflagellates |
| B. | Actinopods |
| C. | Foraminifera |
| D. | Apicomplexans |
| Answer» C. Foraminifera | |
| 5. |
Which of the following statement about eiliates in incorrect? |
| A. | Contain mainly unicellular organisms. |
| B. | Their contractile vacoule is respobsible for water regulation. |
| C. | They are even capable of sexual reproduction. |
| D. | Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in sexual process. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Lime stone deposits are formed from |
| A. | Zooflagellates |
| B. | Foraminferans |
| C. | Aetinopods |
| D. | Apicomplexans |
| Answer» C. Aetinopods | |
| 7. |
Plasmodium belongs to |
| A. | Ciliates |
| B. | Apicomplexans |
| C. | Actinopods |
| D. | Foraminferans |
| Answer» C. Actinopods | |
| 8. |
Kingdom protista includes ______ phyla |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 28 |
| C. | 26 |
| D. | 29 |
| Answer» B. 28 | |
| 9. |
Stentor is a/an |
| A. | Ciliate |
| B. | Foraniniferan |
| C. | Actinopods |
| D. | Apicomplexan |
| Answer» B. Foraniniferan | |
| 10. |
Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are |
| A. | Trichonymphas |
| B. | Trypanosoma |
| C. | Euglena |
| D. | Radiolarians |
| Answer» B. Trypanosoma | |
| 11. |
The drfinite shape to ciliates is given by |
| A. | Pellicle |
| B. | Penicle |
| C. | Calcium |
| D. | Cell wall |
| Answer» B. Penicle | |
| 12. |
Chalk is gradually formed of dead |
| A. | Actinopods |
| B. | Foraminiferans |
| C. | Apicomplexans |
| D. | Radiolarians |
| Answer» C. Apicomplexans | |
| 13. |
Of the following which one has glassy shells? |
| A. | Radiolarians |
| B. | Forams |
| C. | Both of these |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Forams | |
| 14. |
Most of the photosynthesis on earth is carried by |
| A. | Kelps |
| B. | Gymnosperms |
| C. | Angiosperms |
| D. | Algae |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Which of the following statement is incorrect about algae? |
| A. | Their zygote unlike plants is protected by parental tissue. |
| B. | Their classification is based on pigment composition. |
| C. | Most of them have different morphological forms in-different stages of their life cycle. |
| D. | Almost all of them are aquatic. |
| Answer» B. Their classification is based on pigment composition. | |
| 16. |
The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage is : |
| A. | Chrysophyta |
| B. | Phaeophyta |
| C. | Pyrrophyta |
| D. | Rhodophyta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Brown algae are also known as |
| A. | Phaeophyta |
| B. | Rhodophyta |
| C. | Pyrrophyta |
| D. | Chrysophyta |
| Answer» B. Rhodophyta | |
| 18. |
Golden algae are also known as |
| A. | Chrysophyta |
| B. | Phaeophyta |
| C. | Pyrrophyta |
| D. | Rhodophyta |
| Answer» B. Phaeophyta | |
| 19. |
Based on molecular data euglenoids are thought to be closely related to |
| A. | Dinoflagellates |
| B. | Zooflagellates |
| C. | Protozoans |
| D. | Algae |
| Answer» C. Protozoans | |
| 20. |
All phostosynthetic euglenoids lose their chlorophyll when grown in dark and obtain their nutrients heterotrophically this statement is |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be true may be false |
| D. | Unpredictable |
| Answer» C. May be true may be false | |
| 21. |
Most dinoflagellates are |
| A. | Unicellular |
| B. | Multicellular |
| C. | Both of these |
| D. | Zooflagellates |
| Answer» B. Multicellular | |
| 22. |
The most important group of producers in marine ecosystem is of |
| A. | Diatoms |
| B. | Euglenoids |
| C. | Dinoflagellates |
| D. | Brown algae |
| Answer» B. Euglenoids | |
| 23. |
Of the following which one is not the characteristic of dinoflagellates |
| A. | Most of them are unicellular |
| B. | They have blooms |
| C. | Their cells are often covered with shells of interlocking cellulose plates impregnated with calcium |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 24. |
Examples of Rhodophytes are |
| A. | Chondrus |
| B. | Polysiphonia |
| C. | Both of these |
| D. | Pinnularia |
| Answer» D. Pinnularia | |
| 25. |
In chlorophytes the main energy stores are |
| A. | Cellulose |
| B. | Starch |
| C. | Glycogen |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Glycogen | |
| 26. |
In slime molds spores develop into |
| A. | Swarm cells |
| B. | Biflagellated cells |
| C. | Amoeboid reproductive cells |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Spores produced by slime molds are |
| A. | Haploid |
| B. | Diploid |
| C. | Triploid |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Diploid | |