17 Assorted questions on Protista.

It is a well noted trend that a lot of questions appearing for competitive medical exams are heavily imbibed from very old NCERT textbooks as well as out-of-syllabus. This series of questions are prepared keeping in mind the extra portions and one-words that frequently come up for the A.I.P.M.T. Prelims, Kerala P.M.T., J.I.P.M.E.R. and also for the A.I.I.M.S. Examinations. I hope this helps you to get some additional useful information.

Self evaluation M.C.Q. Examination:
One question carries 4 marks if correct. If wrong the examinee is awarded -1 marks. There will be no marks for unattempted questions.

Maximum Marks:68
Pass Marks :34
Total time :17 minutes

1. Protista is the connecting link between which groups?
a. Monera and Fungi
b. Monera and Animals
c. Monera and plants
d. Monera and virus

Ans: b

2. Which group is known as 'Jewels of Plant Kingdom'?
a. Chrysophytes
b. Fungi
c. Protists
d. Euglenoids

Ans: a

3. Which group has got lipids capable of storing light?
a. Protists
b. Sporozoans
c. Euglenoids
d. Diatoms

Ans: d

4. Which among the following indicates pertroleum presence?
a. dinoflagellates
b. Chrysophytes
c. Slime moulds
d. Protozoans

Ans: b

5. 'Whorling whips' are the nickname of which group?
a. Euglenoids
b. diatoms
c. Red algae
d. dinoflagellates

Ans: d

6. Which is the only colourless animal-parasite among dinoflagellates?
a. Notiluca
b. Ceraium
c. Gonyaulux
d. Blastodium

Ans: d

7. Which is known as 'Fire algae' due to the phosphoresence activity?
a. Notiluca
b. Gonyaulux
c. Plasmodium
d. Blastodium

Ans: a

8. The only dinoflagellate which shows sexual reproduction?
a. Notiluca
b. Nematodium
c. Ceratium
d. Blastodium

Ans: c

9. Pellicle is present in _______ andis made of ________.
a. Diatoms, sugars
b. Diatoms, proteins
c. Euglenoids, sugars
d. Euglenoids, proteins

Ans: c

10. The red pigment that represents the eyespot in Euglenoids is made of________
a. Astaxanthin
b. Protoxanthin
c. Xanthophyll
d. Chorophyll

Ans: a

11. Euglna stores carbohydrates in the form of______________?
a. Amylopectin
b. Paramylum bodies
c. Paramylon
d. both (b) and (c)

Ans:d

12. 'Palmella stage' is present in which of the following?
a. Algae
b. Euglena
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: c

13. Which group is known as the 'consumer-decomposer' protists?
a. Slime moulds
b. Euglenoids
c. Amoeboids
d. Sporozoans

Ans: a

14. The plasmodium of a slime mould secretes_______
a. lime
b. tanin
c. resin
d. silica

Ans: a

15. Macrocyst formation represents:
a. Asexual reproduction
b. Sexual reproduction
c. Vegetative reproduction
d. None of the above

Ans: b

16. Acellular Slime moulds mulitply by a method known as_______:
a. Plasmotomy
b. Binary fission
c. Spore formation
d. Non of the above

Ans: a

17. Cellular Slime moulds reproduce by________.
a. Plasmotomy
b. Binary fission
c. Spore formation
d. Non of the above

Ans: b