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Diversity in Living Organisms

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The diversity in living organisms deals with the classification of life forms into various kingdoms and phyla. This topic covers specific traits of bacteria, animal body cavities, and structural adaptations for survival. These fundamentals are crucial for biology sections in medical entrance and state board exams.

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Diversity in Living Organisms Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Green algae, brown algae and red algae

  2. Yeasts and other fungi

  3. Mycoplasma, bacteria and cynobacteria

  4. Bacteria, yeast and virus

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Prokaryotes are organisms without a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, including bacteria and cyanobacteria. Algae and fungi are eukaryotes. Viruses are not cellular and do not fit either category. The option has a typo: cynobacteria should be cyanobacteria.

Multiple choice
  1. Reproduction

  2. Nutrition

  3. Excretion

  4. Movement

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Movement is a physical phenomenon that can be observed in both living things (like animals) and non-living things (like cars or clouds). The other options are biological processes exclusive to living organisms.

Multiple choice
  1. bilaterally

  2. unilaterally

  3. non symmetrical

  4. straight

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Arthropods, like most complex animals, exhibit bilateral symmetry, meaning their bodies can be divided into two similar halves along a single plane.

Multiple choice
  1. precise nutritional and environmental requirements

  2. any nutritional medium

  3. lipid containing media

  4. None of the above

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A Correct answer
Explanation

A fastidious organism is one that has complex or specific nutritional requirements for growth. It cannot grow on simple or general-purpose media.

Multiple choice
  1. locomotory organs

  2. mode of nutrition

  3. mode of reproduction

  4. shape of the cell

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A Correct answer
Explanation

 Classification of kingdom protista is mainly based on locomotory organs. Flagella and cillia are the locomotory organs of protistans.

Multiple choice
  1. fungi

  2. viruses

  3. bacteria

  4. slime molds

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 The thylakoid lipid bilayer shares characteristic features with prokaryotic membranes and the inner chloroplast membrane. For example, acidic lipids can be found in thylakoid membranes, cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic bacteria and are involved in the functional integrity of the photosystems.

Multiple choice
  1. Mucor

  2. Rhizopus

  3. Penicillium

  4. Rhizobium

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D Correct answer
Explanation

 Dictyosomes are not present in Rhizobium. 

Multiple choice
  1. sarcodina

  2. zooflagellata

  3. sporozoa

  4. ciliata

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 Nuclear dimorphism is a term referred to the special characteristic of having two different kinds of nuclei in a cell. This feature is observed in protozoan ciliates.