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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          Â
- Embryo
- Flagella          Â
- Parasites
2. Who amongst the followings formed group of prokaryotes within protista in 1861?
- John Hogg   Â
- Earnest Haeckel
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
3. Who amongst the followings did propose the formation of protista for microscopic organisms in 1866?
- Johan Hogg  Â
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland       Â
- Robert Whittaker
4. Who amongst the following separated the prokaryotes from the protista and gave it the status of kingdom?
- Johan Hogg  Â
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland       Â
- Robert Whittaker
5. Who amongst the following placed only unicellular eukaryotes in protista?
- Johan Hogg  Â
- Earnest Haekal
- Herbert Copland
- Robert Whittaker
6. How many phyla of protoctista formed by Margulis and Schwartz?
- 17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- 23
- 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- 29
7. Euglena belongs to phylum choose one:
- Zooflagellates          Â
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan    Â
- Foraminifer
8. Radiolarians belong to choose one:
- ZooflagellatesÂ
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan  Â
- Foraminifer
9. Vorticella belongs to choose one:
- Ciliates         Â
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan    Â
- Foraminifer
10. Amoebic dysentery is caused by choose one:
- Amoeba        Â
- Trypanosoma
- Entamoeba  Â
- Stentor
11. Which of the following is giant amoeba?
- Vorticella       Â
- Pelomyxa
- Stentor
- None of above
12. Which of the following Zooflagellates lives as symbionts in the gut of termites?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanflagellaes        Â
- None of above
13. Which of the following Zooflagellates are supposed to be the ancestors of the sponges?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanflagellaes      Â
- 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         Â
- Amoebas
- Actinozoan    Â
- Foraminifer
16. The shape of the ciliates is maintained by choose one:
- Cell wall         Â
- Cell membrane
- Pellicle          Â
- Cilia
17. Conjugation takes place in which of the following protozoans?
- Ciliates         Â
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda    Â
- 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 Â
- Calcium carbonate
- Spongin fibers
- None of above
20. Locomotory organs are absent in choose one:
- Ciliates
- Apicomplexans
- Actinopoda    Â
- Forminifera
21. In man, plasmodium first enters into the choose one:
- RBCÂ Â Â
- 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         Â
- Volvox
- See weed     Â
- Ceratium
25. Which of the followings is a red pigment?
- Xanthophyll   Â
- Phycoerythrin
- Phycocyanin Â
- Carotene
26. Ceratium belongs to which of the following groups of algae?
- Euqenophyta Â
- Phyrrophyta
- Chrysophyta Â
- 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  Â
- Flagella
- Cilia   Â
- Psuedopodia
29. Ulva belongs to which of the following groups?
- Chlorophyta  Â
- Phyrrophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
30. Flagella are absent in which of the following groups of algae?
- Eugenophyta Â
- Rhodophyta
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta
31. Which of the following pigments is absent in Dinoflagellates?
- Chlorophyll a Â
- Carotenes
- Xanthophyll Â
- Fucoxanthin
32. Which of the followings are called kelps?
- Diatoms         Â
- Brown algae
- Red algae      Â
- 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
- StipesÂ
- Kelps
35. Which of the followings is a colonial alga?
- Spirogyra
- Chlorella
- Volvox          Â
- Ulva
36. Which of the following is a unicellular alga?
- Spirogyra     Â
- Chlorella
- volvox
- Ulva
37. African sleeping sickness is caused by choose one:
- Entamoeba   Â
- Trypanosoma
- Vorticella       Â
- Pelomyxa
38. Which of the followings is not obtained from algae?
- Algin  Â
- Carrageenan
- Agar  Â
- None of above
39. The closest relative of fungi is probably choose one:
- Animals         Â
- Slime mold
- Brown Algae Â
- Vascular plants
40. Phytophthora causes which of the following diseases in potato?
- Fire blight      Â
- Late blight
- Red rots        Â
- 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    Â
- Ernst Heackel
- Herbert Copeland   Â
- 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       Â
- Actinopoda
- Forminifera   Â
- 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   Â
- None of above
49. Which of the following zooflagellates is the possible ancestor of sponge?
- Trichonymphas
- Trypanosoma
- Choanoflagellates   Â
- None of above
50. Micronuclei of ciliates are involved in choose one:
- Control of nutrition    Â
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproductionÂ
- Control of movement of cilia
51. Which of the followings is not the function of macronucleus?
- Control of nutrition    Â
- Sexual reproduction
- Control of metabolism
- Control of movement of cilia
52. Which group of the followings have outer shell or test?
- Amoebas       Â
- Actinopoda, Forminifera
- Apicomplexans         Â
- Ciliates
53. Which of the following take part in the formation of coral reefs?
- Amoebas       Â
- Forminifera
- Apicomplexans         Â
- Ciliates
54. Which group of the followings has no locomotory organs?
- Amoebas
- Actinopoda, Forminifera
- Apicomplexans       Â
- Ciliates
55. The coenocytes are choose one:
- An algae without nucleus      Â
- 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   Â
- Xanthophylls
- Ohycoerythrin
- Phycocyanin
58. Some biologists believe that Euglena is an animal, because choose one:
- It can move   Â
- It lack cell wall
- It reproduce like plants          Â
- It can ingest food like animal
59. Which of the following pigment is not present in dinoflagellates?
- Chlorophyll a Â
- Carotenes
- Fucoxanthin  Â
- 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         Â
- Large red algae
- Small brown algae    Â
- Large brown algae
62. The red algae have a red pigment called choose one:
- Chlorophyll a,Â
- 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   Â
- 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:
- TrypanosomaÂ
- 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     Â
- Parasites
- Green Algae  Â
- Red Algae
72. Who Proposed the Kingdom Protista for microscopic organisms?
- Haeckel         Â
- Copeland
- Whittaker       Â
- John Hogg
73. African sleeping sickness is caused by choose one:
- Pelomyxa      Â
- Stentor
- Entamoeba   Â
- Trypanosoma
74. These are unicellular organisms with a flexible flagella choose one:
- Actinopods    Â
- Foraminiferans
- Flagellates
- Ciliates
75. The cell wall consists of two over lapping shell in choose one:
- Euglenoids    Â
- Brown algae
- Dinoflagellates        Â
- Diatoms
76. Polysiphonia is a representative of choose one:
- Brown algae  Â
- Diatoms
- Green algae  Â
- Red algae
77. It has cells with two halves choose one:
- Desmid          Â
- Ulva
- Dinoflagellats          Â
- Volvox
78. It is a fungus like protist choose one:
- Chlorella        Â
- Physarum polycephalum
- Rhizopus       Â
- Penicillium
79. Oomycotes show close relation with fungi and their cell wall contains choose one:
- ChitinÂ
- Muramic acid
- Silica
- Cellulose
80. Amoeba moves and obtains food by means of choose one:
- Cilin   Â
- Flagella
- Pseudopodia
- Gametangia
81. The sexual process exhibited by most ciliates is called choose one:
- Oogamy        Â
- Fertilization
- Binary Fission
- Conjugation
82. Parasitic Protozoans that form spores at some stage in their life belong to choose one:
- Apicomplexans       Â
- Ciliates
- Actinopods    Â
- Diatoms
83. Algae in which body is differentiated into blade, stipe and hold fast belong to choose one:
- KelpsÂ
- Euglenoids
- Golden algae Â
- Green algae
84. The feeding stage of a slime mold is called choose one:
- Myceliun       Â
- Pseudopodium
- Hyphae
- Plasmodium
85. All protists have evolved from choose one:
- Protists          Â
- Prokaryotes
- Polyphyletic  Â
- Plants
86. Eukaryotic kingdom arose from choose one:
- Prokaryotes Â
- Polyphyletic
- Plasmodium
- Protists
87. The protists are choose one:
- Eukaryotic   Â
- Prokaryotic
- Subcellular    Â
- All of the above
88. Which one is not develop from a blastula?
- Protists        Â
- Prokaryotes
- Plasmodium  Â
- Polyphyletic
89. The kingdom protista contains how many major groups of eukaryotic organisms?
- Five   Â
- Three
- Two   Â
- Four
90. In which year Herbert Copeland elevated the prokaryotes to the status of kingdom?
- 1932Â Â Â
- 1938
- 1931Â Â Â
- 1929
91. Most biologists regard the Protists as a group of organism.
- Polyphyletic  Â
- Protists
- Prokaryotes
- Plasmodium
92. Which of these is an example of foraminifera?
- Plasmodium  Â
- Protists
- Limestone     Â
- Foramis
93. A common example of the group apicomplexans is choose one:
- Polyphyletic  Â
- Plasmodium
- Limestone     Â
- Prokaryotes
94. Paramecium, vorticella and stentor belong to the group choose one:
- Ciliata
- Silica
- Limestone     Â
- Tsetse
95. Which of these causes amoebic dysentery is human?
- ZooflagelatesÂ
- 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          Â
- Foramis
- CiliataÂ
- Plasmodium
98. Which of these live as symbionts in the guts of termites?
- Red   Â
- Trichonympha
- Tsetse
- Silica
99. Trypanosoma is trammitted by the bite of infected choose one:
- Entamoeba histolytica
- common fly
- Tsetse fly     Â
- Trichonymphus
100. Shells of actinopods are made of choose one:
- Silica Â
- Giant amoeba
- Ciliata
- Limestone