Biological Classification

Which kingdom serves as an important link between prokaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes?

1. Plantae
2. Animalia
3. Protista
4. Fungi

Which kingdom includes organisms with both autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition?

1. Monera only
2. Protista only
3. Protista and Monera
4. Fungi

Which of the following is NOT a criterion used by Whittaker in Five Kingdom Classification?

1. Cell structure
2. Mode of nutrition
3. Level of organization
4. Colour of organisms

Deuteromycetes are commonly known as:

1. Club fungi
2. Sac fungi
3. Imperfect fungi
4. Water molds

Which of the following is a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium?

1. Rhizopus
2. Nostoc
3. Amoeba
4. Yeast

Which kingdom consists entirely of heterotrophic organisms with absorptive nutrition?

1. Plantae
2. Animalia
3. Fungi
4. Protista

Which protist possesses both plant-like and animal-like characteristics?

1. Amoeba
2. Euglena
3. Paramecium
4. Plasmodium

Which fungal group produces zygospores?

1. Ascomycetes
2. Basidiomycetes
3. Deuteromycetes
4. Phycomycetes

The cell wall of fungi is primarily composed of:

1. Cellulose
2. Peptidoglycan
3. Chitin
4. Lignin

Which of the following causes malaria?

1. Amoeba
2. Euglena
3. Plasmodium
4. Chlamydomonas

Which kingdom includes unicellular eukaryotic organisms?

1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Fungi
4. Plantae

Cyanobacteria are also known as:

1. Blue-green algae
2. Green algae
3. Red algae
4. Brown algae

Which organism lacks a cell wall?

1. Nostoc
2. Escherichia coli
3. Mycoplasma
4. Anabaena

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of members of Kingdom Monera?

1. Membrane-bound nucleus
2. Cell wall made of chitin
3. Absence of membrane-bound organelles
4. Multicellular organization

Who proposed the Five Kingdom Classification system?

1. Carolus Linnaeus
2. Robert Whittaker
3. Ernst Haeckel
4. Carl Woese