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Diversity in Living Organisms (Class - IX)

Diversity in Living Organisms

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Whittaker classified living organisms into five kingdoms. Which of the following organisms come under the kingdom Protista?

  1. Prokaryotic bacteria
  2. Multicellular animals
  3. Multicellular green plants
  4. Unicellular eukaryotic organisms
  5. Multinucleate higher fungi
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The locomotory organ of which of the following organisms of phylum Protozoa is flagella?

  1. Amoeba
  2. Paramecium
  3. Volvox
  4. Arcella
  5. Opalina
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following have heterotrophic mode of nutrition?

a. Unicellular algae
b. Diatoms
c. Protozoa

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following grow in very salty environments such as the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea, where the environments are extremely alkaline?

a. Methanogens
b. Halophiles
c. Thermoacidophiles

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fungi are simple non-green plants that are not photosynthetic. Which of the following fungi draw their nutrients from the dead remains of plants and animals?

a. Mucor
b. Puccinia
c. Albugo
d. Penicillium

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and d
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only a and d
  5. Only b and c
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a property of Dicotyledonae?

  1. The plants have tap root system.
  2. The embryo bears one cotyledon in the seeds.
  3. Leaves have parallel venation.
  4. Secondary growth does not occur.
  5. Flowers are trimerous, i.e. they have three of each floral part.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green algae, red algae and brown algae are a few types of autotrophic algae. Which of the following are examples of green algae?

a. Batra
b. Chara
c. Fucus
d. Ulva

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only a and d
  5. Only b and d
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The life history of which of the following organisms includes both polypoid as well as medusoid forms?

a. Aurelia
b. Hydra
c. Obelia
d. Pennatula

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only a and c
  3. Only a and d
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only b and c
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:
a. Bread mould 1. Peziza
b. Pink bread mould 2. Neurospora
c. Cup fungus 3. Mucor
  1. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  3. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  4. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
  5. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The organisms of which of the following classes of phylum Protozoa lack any locomotory organelles?

a. Sarcodina
b. Mastigophora
c. Sporozoa
d. Suctoria

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only a and d
  5. Only c and d
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of plants of division Pteridophyta?

  1. Plant body is gametophytic.
  2. Pteriodophytes are non-vascular in nature.
  3. Real stem and leaves are always absent.
  4. Fixation of a plant's body is carried out by rhizoids.
  5. The gametophyte is small and independent.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes?

  1. Planaria
  2. Cestum
  3. Fasciola
  4. Taenia solium
  5. Dugesia
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:
a. Kingdom 1. It is a group of species that are related and have less characters in common as compared to species.
b. Genus 2. It is an assemblage of families resembling one another in a few characters.
c. Order 3. It includes all organisms that share a set of distinguishing common characters.
  1. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  3. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  4. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
  5. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Coniferae and Cycadae are two groups of Gymnospermae. Which of the following belong to the group Coniferae?

a. Cycas
b. Pinus
c. Cedrus
d. Ginkgo

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only a and c
  3. Only a and d
  4. Only b, c and d
  5. Only b and c
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following belong(s) to the class Hexactinellida of phylum Porifera?

a. Euplectella
b. Sycon
c. Cliona
d. Hyalonema

  1. Only a and c
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and d
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only a and b
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms of phylum Mollusca have shells consisting of two lateral valves hinged together mid-dorsally?

a. Unio
b. Mytilus
c. Chiton
d. Dentalium

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only a and d
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following belongs to the class Amphibia?

  1. Exocoetus
  2. Kachuga
  3. Gallus gallus domesticus
  4. Macropus
  5. Rana tigrina
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. In organisms of phylum Annelida, locomotion is by segmentally-arranged parapodia having numerous setae.
b. Parapodia and setae are absent in Hirudinaria.
c. Centipede, crab and cockroach are a few examples of Annelids.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

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Names of parasitic nematodes Diseases
a. Ascaris 1. Elephantiasis
b. Wuchereria bancrofti 2. Ascariasis
c. Enterobius 3. Enterobiasis
  1. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  3. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  4. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  5. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following eubacteria belong to the group Chemoautotrophs?

a. Nitrobacter
b. Streptomyces
c. Rhizobium
d. Nostoc

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only a and d
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of organisms of phylum Protozoa of kingdom Protista?

  1. The organisms are unicellular and mostly aquatic.
  2. The organisms reproduce asexually and sexually.
  3. The organisms have their body naked or covered by pellicle or hard shells.
  4. The locomotion of these organisms is by using finger-like pseudopodia, flagella or cilia.
  5. Body is only long, coil-shaped.
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:
Name Class Order
a. Potato 1. Monocotyledonae p. Polemoniales
b. Wheat 2. Dicotyledonae q. Holotricha
c. Paramecium 3. Ciliata r. Germinales
  1. a - 1 - p, b - 3 - r, c - 2 - q
  2. c - 2 - p, b - 1 - r, a - 3 - q
  3. a - 2 - p, b - 1 - r, c - 3 - q
  4. a - 2 - r, b - 1 - p, c - 3 - q
  5. a - 2 - p, b - 1 - q, c - 3 - r
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