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Kingdom Monera

This quiz covers key characteristics and functions of bacteria, including cell structure, shapes, staining techniques, nitrogen fixation, flagellation patterns, spores, and bacterial reproduction.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The plants symbiotically associated with nitrogen fixers belong to

  1. mosses
  2. legumes
  3. prokaryotes
  4. fungi
  5. ferns
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a free living aerobic nitrogen fixer?

  1. Staphylococcus
  2. Azotobacter
  3. Streptococcus
  4. Nitrobacter
  5. Penicillium
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an autotroph?

  1. Rhizobium
  2. Bacillus
  3. Nitrosomonas
  4. Salmonella
  5. Corynebacterium
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the unique chemical found in bacterial cell wall?

  1. Chitin
  2. Cellulose
  3. Murein
  4. Lignin
  5. Purine
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the bacterium called, which bears flagella all over its surface?

  1. Atrichous
  2. Lophotrichous
  3. Peritrichous
  4. Polytrichous
  5. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following represents the smallest bacteria?

  1. Bacilli
  2. Spirilli
  3. Vibrio
  4. Cocci
  5. Clostridium botulinum
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The staining principle in gram-stain is

  1. basic fuchsin
  2. haematoxylin
  3. carmine
  4. crystal violet
  5. methyl orange
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The resting spores of bacteria are called

  1. akinete
  2. chlamydospores
  3. endospores
  4. cysts
  5. oospores
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are the most important sources of antibiotics?

  1. Viruses
  2. Angiosperms
  3. Bacteria
  4. Fungi
  5. Algae
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a symbiotic N2 fixer?

  1. Clostridium
  2. Nitrosomonas
  3. Nitrobacter
  4. Rhizobium
  5. Streptococci
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a bacterial cell called that contains viral genome attached to its DNA?

  1. Prophage
  2. Lysogenic
  3. Transduced
  4. Recombinant
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following microbes reduces soil fertility?

  1. Nitrosomonas
  2. Nitrobacter
  3. Bacillus denitrificans
  4. Azotobacter
  5. Streptococcus
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The spherical bacteria are represented by which of the following?

  1. Bacilli
  2. Actinomycetes
  3. Spirilli
  4. Cocci
  5. Palisade
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Bacteria lack which of the following processes?

  1. Conjugation
  2. Transformation
  3. Genetic recombination
  4. Sexual reproduction
  5. Asexual reproduction
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the respiratory organelle in bacteria?

  1. Mitochondrion
  2. Dictyosome
  3. Mesosome
  4. Vacuole
  5. Lysosome
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