TS EAMCET Biological Classification — practice questions
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Practice TS EAMCET Biological Classification in the app →Whittaker (1969) proposed how many kingdoms in biological classification?Halophiles thrive in:Who proposed the Five Kingdom Classification in 1969?Which list names the five kingdoms of Whittaker?A rod-shaped bacterium is called aWhich bacteria live in marshy areas and produce methane?Archaebacteria survive extreme conditions because of their differentCyanobacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells calledWhich organisms completely lack a cell wall and are the smallest living cells known?Bacteria mainly reproduce byWhich disease is caused by a bacterium?Cell walls of diatoms are embedded with which substance, making them indestructible?Red tides in the sea are caused by rapid multiplication ofThe cell wall of dinoflagellates has stiff plates ofEuglenoids have a flexible protein-rich layer calledWithout sunlight, Euglena behaves like aSlime moulds form an aggregation called aAmoeboid protozoans capture prey by putting outSleeping sickness is caused by the flagellated protozoanThe malarial parasite Plasmodium belongs to which protozoan group?Paramoecium steers water laden with food into a cavity called theThe network of hyphae in a fungus is known asHyphae that are continuous tubes with multinucleated cytoplasm areThe cell walls of fungi are composed of chitin andFungi that absorb soluble organic matter from dead substrates are calledFusion of two nuclei in the sexual cycle of fungi is calledPhycomycetes have a mycelium that isWhich fungus is the bread mould?Sac fungi are placed in the classSexual spores of ascomycetes are produced endogenously insideWhich ascomycete is used extensively in biochemical and genetic work?Asexual conidia of ascomycetes are borne on special mycelium calledMushrooms, bracket fungi and puffballs belong toMeiosis in a basidium produces how many basidiospores?Fungi known only by asexual or vegetative phases are calledWhich of these is an insectivorous plant?Alternation of haploid and diploid phases in a plant life cycle is calledAnimals store food reserves as glycogen orWho first recognised that a microbe caused the mosaic disease of tobacco in 1892?Beijerinck called the infectious extract of tobacco plantsWho showed that viruses could be crystallised in 1935?Viruses areThe genetic material of a virus isThe protein coat of a virus is the capsid, made of subunits calledBacteriophages are usuallyViruses that infect plants generally haveViroids, discovered by T.O. Diener in 1971, consist ofMad cow disease (BSE) is caused byIn a lichen, the algal partner is called theLichens are very good indicators of