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Chapter 7
The Kingdom Protista (or Prototista)
Encircle the most appropriate answer from the following options
1. Which of the following is not present in protista?
- Photosynthesis
- Embryo
- Flagella
- Parasites
2. Who amongst the followings formed group of prokaryotes within protista in 1861?
- John Hogg
- Earnest Haeckel
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
3. Who amongst the followings did propose the formation of protista for microscopic organisms in 1866?
- Johan Hogg
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
4. Who amongst the following separated the prokaryotes from the protista and gave it the status of kingdom?
- Johan Hogg
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
5. Who amongst the following placed only unicellular eukaryotes in protista?
- Johan Hogg
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
6. How many phyla of protoctista formed by Margulis and Schwartz?
- 17
- 23
- 27
- 29
7. Euglena belongs to phylum choose one:
- Zooflagellates
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan
- Foraminifer
8. Radiolarians belong to choose one:
- Zooflagellates
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan
- Foraminifer
9. Vorticella belongs to choose one:
- Ciliates
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan
- Foraminifer
10. Amoebic dysentery is caused by choose one:
- Amoeba
- Trypanosoma
- Entamoeba
- Stentor
11. Which of the following is giant amoeba?
- Vorticella
- Pelomyxa
- Stentor
- None of above
12. Which of the following Zooflagellates lives as symbionts in the gut of termites?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanflagellaes
- None of above
13. Which of the following Zooflagellates are supposed to be the ancestors of the sponges?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanflagellaes
- None of above
14. Which of the following dose cause sleeping sickness?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanflagellaes
- None of above
15. Which of the following group have two nuclei?
- Ciliates
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan
- Foraminifer
16. The shape of the ciliates is maintained by choose one:
- Cell wall
- Cell membrane
- Pellicle
- Cilia
17. Conjugation takes place in which of the following protozoans?
- Ciliates
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda
- Formainifera
18. The shell of foraminiferans is made up of choose one:
- Silica
- Calcium carbonate
- Sponging fibers
- None of above
19. The shell of actinopoda is made up of choose one:
- Silica
- Calcium carbonate
- Spongin fibers
- None of above
20. Locomotory organs are absent in choose one:
- Ciliates
- Apicomplexans
- Actinopoda
- Forminifera
21. In man, plasmodium first enters into the choose one:
- RBC
- Liver
- Salivary gland
- None of above
22. 50 to 60% photosynthesis in the earth takes place by choose one:
- Plants
- Algae
- Photosynthetic bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
23. The filaments of algae which lack cross walls are called choose one:
- Thallus
- Coenocytes
- Colony
- Plant like
24. Which of the followings have thallus body?
- Euglena
- Volvox
- See weed
- Ceratium
25. Which of the followings is a red pigment?
- Xanthophyll
- Phycoerythrin
- Phycocyanin
- Carotene
26. Ceratium belongs to which of the following groups of algae?
- Euqenophyta
- Phyrrophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
27. Pinnularia is belonged to which of the following groups?
- Eugenophyta
- Phyrrophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
28. Amoeba move and obtain food by means of choose one:
- Plasmodium
- Flagella
- Cilia
- Psuedopodia
29. Ulva belongs to which of the following groups?
- Chlorophyta
- Phyrrophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
30. Flagella are absent in which of the following groups of algae?
- Eugenophyta
- Rhodophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
31. Which of the following pigments is absent in Dinoflagellates?
- Chlorophyll a
- Carotenes
- Xanthophyll
- Fucoxanthin
32. Which of the followings are called kelps?
- Diatoms
- Brown algae
- Red algae
- Green algae
33. Which of the followings is stem like?
- Blades
- Holdfast
- Stipes
- Kelps
34. The red algae attach with the rock by choose one:
- Blades
- Holdfast
- Stipes
- Kelps
35. Which of the followings is a colonial alga?
- Spirogyra
- Chlorella
- Volvox
- Ulva
36. Which of the following is a unicellular alga?
- Spirogyra
- Chlorella
- volvox
- Ulva
37. African sleeping sickness is caused by choose one:
- Entamoeba
- Trypanosoma
- Vorticella
- Pelomyxa
38. Which of the followings is not obtained from algae?
- Algin
- Carrageenan
- Agar
- None of above
39. The closest relative of fungi is probably choose one:
- Animals
- Slime mold
- Brown Algae
- Vascular plants
40. Phytophthora causes which of the following diseases in potato?
- Fire blight
- Late blight
- Red rots
- Mildew
41. Which of the following reasons is not valid reason for the formation of
Protista as a separate kingdom?
- None of them could fit themselves in any other kingdom
- They are unicellular organisms
- They are ancestors of all other kingdoms
- They do not produce blastula and embryo
42. Which of the following reasons seems to be most reasonable for not placing protista in other kingdom?
- None of them could fit themselves in any other kingdom
- Most of them are unicellular or have simple multi cellular body
- They are ancestors of all other kingdoms
- They do not produce blastula and embryo
43. Who from the following scientists proposed the formation of Monera as a separate kingdom?
- John Hogg
- Ernst Heackel
- Herbert Copeland
- Robert Whittaker
44. The difference between the kingdom Protista of Robert whittaker and Margulis and Schwartz is choose one:
- Whittaker placed simple organisms in Protista while Margulis and Schwartz placed complex organism in Protista
- Whittaker placed unicellular organism while Margulis and Schwartz placed unicellular, and simple multicellular organism
- Whittaker did not place fungi and fungi like protists while Margulis and Schwartz did
- None of above
45. In which character, protists do not show diversity?
- Ways of obtaining nutrients
- Interaction with other organisms
- Mode of reproduction
- None of the above
46. Which of following groups does not form pseudopodia?
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda
- Forminifera
- Apicomplexans
47. Which of following characters is not of zooflagellates?
- These protists are mostly unicellular. A few organisms are colonial
- They have spherical or elongated bodies
- They have single central nucleus
- They have pseudopodia
48. Which of following are free living zooflagellates?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanoflagellates
- None of above
49. Which of the following zooflagellates is the possible ancestor of sponge?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanoflagellates
- None of above
50. Micronuclei of ciliates are involved in choose one:
- Control of nutrition
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- Control of movement of cilia
51. Which of the followings is not the function of macronucleus?
- Control of nutrition
- Sexual reproduction
- Control of metabolism
- Control of movement of cilia
52. Which group of the followings have outer shell or test?
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda, Forminifera
- Apicomplexans
- Ciliates
53. Which of the following take part in the formation of coral reefs?
- Amoebas
- Forminifera
- Apicomplexans
- Ciliates
54. Which group of the followings has no locomotory organs?
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda, Forminifera
- Apicomplexans
- Ciliates
55. The coenocytes are choose one:
- An algae without nucleus
- An algae with many nuclei
- An algae with on nucleus
- None of above
56. A thallus is a body choose one:
- Having no specific structure
- Having roots, but stem and leaves are absent
- Having stem but no true leaves or roots
- Having no specific root, stem and leaves
57. Which of the following pigment is absent in algae choose one:
- Carotenoids
- Xanthophylls
- Ohycoerythrin
- Phycocyanin
58. Some biologists believe that Euglena is an animal, because choose one:
- It can move
- It lack cell wall
- It reproduce like plants
- It can ingest food like animal
59. Which of the following pigment is not present in dinoflagellates?
- Chlorophyll a
- Carotenes
- Fucoxanthin
- Phycoerythrin
60. Which characteristic of the following is not shown by Diatoms?
- They are usually unicellular
- The do not have cilia as locomotory organs
- Their pigments are chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, carotenes and fucoxanthin
- The cell wall of each diatom consists of two shells
61. The kelps are choose one:
- Small red algae
- Large red algae
- Small brown algae
- Large brown algae
62. The red algae have a red pigment called choose one:
- Chlorophyll a,
- Carotenes
- Fucoxanthin
- Phycoerythrin
63. Monophyletic lineage means choose one:
- Origin from one group
- Origin form one phylum
- Origin from one ancestor
- Origin from many ancestor
64. Green algae are supposed to be ancestor of plants because choose one:
- They perform photosynthesis like plants
- Their body is plant like
- Their pigments are plant like
- Some of them are multicellular like plants
65. Which of the following algae is used as food source?
- Volvox
- Spirogyra
- Ulva
- Chlorella
66. Fungus like protists is not placed in Fungi because choose one:
- Their body is not fungi like
- Their method of reproduction is not plant like
- Their cell wall is not plant like
- Their method of reproduction is not plant like
67. The feeding stage of slime mold is called choose one:
- Trypanosoma
- Plasmodium
- Volvox
- Swarm cells
68. Physarum polycephalum is used as model organism in biology for the study of choose one:
- Mitosis
- Streaming movement of cytoplasm
- Methods of reproduction
- Methods of locomotion
69. Phytophthora infestansi is notorious in human history because choose one:
- It has caused many disease in man
- It has caused famine for man
- It has destroyed many animals
- None of above
70. The kingdom Protista contain major groups of eukaryotic organisms.
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 5
71. Trichonymphas are choose one:
- Symbiont
- Parasites
- Green Algae
- Red Algae
72. Who Proposed the Kingdom Protista for microscopic organisms?
- Haeckel
- Copeland
- Whittaker
- John Hogg
73. African sleeping sickness is caused by choose one:
- Pelomyxa
- Stentor
- Entamoeba
- Trypanosoma
74. These are unicellular organisms with a flexible flagella choose one:
- Actinopods
- Foraminiferans
- Flagellates
- Ciliates
75. The cell wall consists of two over lapping shell in choose one:
- Euglenoids
- Brown algae
- Dinoflagellates
- Diatoms
76. Polysiphonia is a representative of choose one:
- Brown algae
- Diatoms
- Green algae
- Red algae
77. It has cells with two halves choose one:
- Desmid
- Ulva
- Dinoflagellats
- Volvox
78. It is a fungus like protist choose one:
- Chlorella
- Physarum polycephalum
- Rhizopus
- Penicillium
79. Oomycotes show close relation with fungi and their cell wall contains choose one:
- Chitin
- Muramic acid
- Silica
- Cellulose
80. Amoeba moves and obtains food by means of choose one:
- Cilin
- Flagella
- Pseudopodia
- Gametangia
81. The sexual process exhibited by most ciliates is called choose one:
- Oogamy
- Fertilization
- Binary Fission
- Conjugation
82. Parasitic Protozoans that form spores at some stage in their life belong to choose one:
- Apicomplexans
- Ciliates
- Actinopods
- Diatoms
83. Algae in which body is differentiated into blade, stipe and hold fast belong to choose one:
- Kelps
- Euglenoids
- Golden algae
- Green algae
84. The feeding stage of a slime mold is called choose one:
- Myceliun
- Pseudopodium
- Hyphae
- Plasmodium
85. All protists have evolved from choose one:
- Protists
- Prokaryotes
- Polyphyletic
- Plants
86. Eukaryotic kingdom arose from choose one:
- Prokaryotes
- Polyphyletic
- Plasmodium
- Protists
87. The protists are choose one:
- Eukaryotic
- Prokaryotic
- Subcellular
- All of the above
88. Which one is not develop from a blastula?
- Protists
- Prokaryotes
- Plasmodium
- Polyphyletic
89. The kingdom protista contains how many major groups of eukaryotic organisms?
- Five
- Three
- Two
- Four
90. In which year Herbert Copeland elevated the prokaryotes to the status of kingdom?
- 1932
- 1938
- 1931
- 1929
91. Most biologists regard the Protists as a group of organism.
- Polyphyletic
- Protists
- Prokaryotes
- Plasmodium
92. Which of these is an example of foraminifera?
- Plasmodium
- Protists
- Limestone
- Foramis
93. A common example of the group apicomplexans is choose one:
- Polyphyletic
- Plasmodium
- Limestone
- Prokaryotes
94. Paramecium, vorticella and stentor belong to the group choose one:
- Ciliata
- Silica
- Limestone
- Tsetse
95. Which of these causes amoebic dysentery is human?
- Zooflagelates
- Euglenoid
- Ciliates
- Entamoeba histolytica
96. The giant amoeba obtains its energy from choose one:
- Methanogenic bacteria
- Foramis
- Trichonympha
- Apicomplexans
97. Which of these has multiple membrane-bound nuclei but none of the other organelles?
- Giant amoeba
- Foramis
- Ciliata
- Plasmodium
98. Which of these live as symbionts in the guts of termites?
- Red
- Trichonympha
- Tsetse
- Silica
99. Trypanosoma is trammitted by the bite of infected choose one:
- Entamoeba histolytica
- common fly
- Tsetse fly
- Trichonymphus
100. Shells of actinopods are made of choose one:
- Silica
- Giant amoeba
- Ciliata
- Limestone