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ICSE Class 9 Diversity in Living Organisms — practice questions

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Who proposed the five-kingdom system of biological classification in 1969?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced the terms prokaryote and eukaryote in 1937?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1938, Herbert Copeland established which kingdom for prokaryotic forms?Read the answer and worked solution →In Whittaker's five kingdoms, Fungi are characterized nutritionally as:Read the answer and worked solution →Who proposed dividing prokaryotes into Eubacteria and Archaebacteria?Read the answer and worked solution →In Whittaker's five-kingdom classification, Kingdom Plantae comprises:Read the answer and worked solution →Spherical-shaped bacteria are scientifically termed:Read the answer and worked solution →Bacteria that have curved or comma-like shapes are designated as:Read the answer and worked solution →Bacterial cell walls are constructed primarily of which macromolecule?Read the answer and worked solution →The circular chromosome of bacteria is located in a region called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Small extra-chromosomal circular DNA molecules found in bacteria are:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dormant, highly resistant structures are formed by Bacillus species?Read the answer and worked solution →In Gram-staining, Gram-positive bacteria retain which color?Read the answer and worked solution →Bacteria capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen gas are designated as:Read the answer and worked solution →The standard mode of asexual reproduction in growing bacteria is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which structural polysaccharide is a distinctive component of fungal walls?Read the answer and worked solution →The branch of biological science devoted to the study of fungi is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tubular, thread-like filaments that form the fungal body are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The interconnected mass or network of fungal hyphae is termed a:Read the answer and worked solution →Cross walls that divide fungal hyphae into compartments are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Fungal hyphae that lack internal cross walls are described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Fungi acquire nutrition from their surroundings primarily by:Read the answer and worked solution →Which unicellular fungi reproduce asexually by budding?Read the answer and worked solution →The famous antibiotic penicillin is naturally produced by which fungus?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each of Whittaker's Five Kingdoms with its defining organism:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each plant kingdom division with its botanical hallmark:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each seed-bearing plant division with its reproductive trait:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each animal phylum with its distinctive anatomical feature:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who proposed the five-kingdom system of biological classification in 1969?

  1. Carl Richard Woese
  2. Robert Whittaker
  3. Herbert Copeland
  4. Ernst H. Haeckel
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Correct answer: B. Robert Whittaker

Robert Whittaker introduced the five-kingdom classification system in 1969 based primarily on nutritional modes.

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Who introduced the terms prokaryote and eukaryote in 1937?

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Édouard Chatton
  3. Herbert Copeland
  4. Carl Linnaeus
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Correct answer: B. Édouard Chatton

Édouard Chatton coined the terms prokaryote and eukaryote to distinguish cells with and without distinct nuclei.

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In 1938, Herbert Copeland established which kingdom for prokaryotic forms?

  1. Kingdom Eumycota
  2. Kingdom Monera
  3. Kingdom Protista
  4. Kingdom Archaea
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Correct answer: B. Kingdom Monera

Herbert Copeland created Kingdom Monera to classify bacteria and other prokaryotic organisms lacking distinct nuclei.

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