1. Match the Characteristics (Column A) of Procaryotoic (Column B) and Eucaryotic cells (Column C):
| A: Characteristics | B: Procaryotoic cells | C: Eucaryotic cells |
| 1 Size of cell 2 Nucleus 3 Ribosomes | 1 Small – 70S 2 1-10 μm in diameter 3 No nuclear membrane or nucleoi | 1 Nucleus present, consisting of nuclear membrane or nucleoi 2 10-100 μm in diameter 3 Large – 80S Small – 70S in organelles |
- a) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:2 → C:3; A:3 → B:3 → C:1
- b) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:3
- c) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:2
- d) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:3; A:3 → B:2 → C:1
2. Match the Characteristics (Column A) of Procaryotoic (Column B) and Eucaryotic cells (Column C):
| A: Characteristics | B: Procaryotoic cells | C: Eucaryotic cells |
| 1 Flagella 2 Capsule or Glycocalyx 3 Cell wall | 1 Present – Chemically complex 2 Consisting of two protein building blocks 3 Extracelluar polymeric capsule present | 1 Not found / absent 2 Complex, consisting of multiple microtubules 3 Present – Chemically simple |
- a) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:2 → C:3; A:3 → B:3 → C:1
- b) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:3
- c) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:2
- d) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:3; A:3 → B:2 → C:1
3. Match the Characteristics (Column A) of Procaryotoic (Column B) and Eucaryotic cells (Column C):
| A: Characteristics | B: Procaryotoic cells | C: Eucaryotic cells |
| 1 Plasma membrane 2 Chromosome (DNA) arrangement 3 Cell division | 1 Binary fission 2 Lacks carbohydrates and sterols 3 Single – circular, no histomes | 1 Several – linear with histones 2 Carbohydrates and sterols found 3 Mitosis |
- a) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:2 → C:3; A:3 → B:3 → C:1
- b) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:3
- c) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:2
- d) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:3; A:3 → B:2 → C:1
4. Match the Characteristics (Column A) of Procaryotoic (Column B) and Eucaryotic cells (Column C):
| A: Characteristics | B: Procaryotoic cells | C: Eucaryotic cells |
| 1 Cytoplasm 2 Sexual reproduction streaming present 3 Membrane bounded organelles 4 Microorganisms | 1 Absent 2 No cytoskeleton or cytoplasmic streaming 3 No meiosis 4 All bacteria includes cyanobacteria and archaeobacteria | 1 Involves meiosis 2 Cytoskeleton and cytoplasmic 3 Present 4 Algae, fungi, protozoa |
- a) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:2 → C:3; A:3 → B:3 → C:1; A:4 → B:4 → C:4
- b) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:3; A:4 → B:4 → C:4
- c) A:1 → B:2 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:1; A:3 → B:1 → C:2; A:4 → B:4 → C:4
- d) A:1 → B:1 → C:2; A:2 → B:3 → C:3; A:3 → B:2 → C:1; A:4 → B:4 → C:4
5. Which of the following is false?
- a) Microorganisms are present everywhere on earth
- b) Microorganisms can be destroyed by heat
- c) Microorganisms can arise from non-living thing
- d) Microorganisms may be part of human normal flora
6. Which of the following is false?
- a) Microorganisms are present everywhere on earth
- b) Microorganisms can be destroyed by heat
- c) Microorganisms can arise from non-living thing
- d) Microorganisms may be part of human normal flora
7.Which kingdom is not included in five kingdom classification system?
- a) Animalia
- b) Monera
- c) Protista
- d) Algae
8.Out of the five kingdoms, microorganisms are represented by which three of them?
- a) Fungi, Protista, Plantae
- b) Fungi, Protista, Monera
- c) Protista, Monera, Animalia
- d) Animalia, Monera, Plantae
9.Which organisms have not been included in the five kingdom classification system?
- a) Algae
- b) Bacteria
- c) Virus
- d) Both b and c
10.Which organism is included in domain Eucarya?
- a) Protists
- b) Virus
- c) Bacteria
- d) All of the above
11.Domain Eucarya includes:
- a) Protists
- b) Fungi
- c) Animals and plants
- d) All of the above
12.Which one of the following is not included in protista?
- a) Slime molds
- b) Fungi
- c) Archaea
- d) Bacteria
13.Five kingdom classification was suggested by:
- a) R. H. Whittaker
- b) Carl Lenin
- c) Agostino Bassi
- d) M. J. Berkley
14.The five kingdom classification is based on which of the following three criteria?
- a) Cell type, Level of organization, Oxygen requirement
- b) Cell type, Level of organization, Mode of nutrition
- c) Enzyme production, Level of organization, Mode of nutrition
- d) Oxygen requirement, Enzyme production, Level of organization
15.The kingdom which contains multicellular animals with wall-less eukaryotic cells and primary ingestive nutrition is called:
- a) Plantae
- b) Animalia
- c) Protista
- d) Monera
16.The __ kingdom contains eucaryotic and predominantly multinucleated organisms with nuclei dispersed in a wall and often septate mycelium where nutrition is absorptive:
- a) Plantae
- b) Animalia
- c) Fungi
- d) Protista
17.The three kingdom classification system was proposed by:
- a) R. H. Whittaker
- b) Carl R Woese
- c) Carl Lenin
- d) Agostino Bassi
18.__ are eucaryotes with unicellular organization having ingestive, absorptive or photoauttrophic nutrition:
- a) Animalia
- b) Plantae
- c) Monera
- d) Protists
19.The eucaryotes, eubacteria and archaeobacteria are classified mainly on the basis of the sequence of nucleotides in:
- a) tRNA
- b) mRNA
- c) rRNA
- d) DNA
20.Archaeobacteria contain which three major groups of bacteria?
- a) Methanogens, Extreme halophiles, Alkalophiles
- b) Methanogens, Extreme halophiles, Psychrophiles
- c) Methanogens, Alkalophiles, Psychrophiles
- d) Methanogens, Extreme halophiles, Thermoacidophiles
21.Which of the following statement is true for Archaeobacteria?
- a) Their cells walls contain peptidoglycan, they live in extreme environment and carry out unusual metabolic process
- b) Their cells walls contain peptidoglycan, they do not live in extreme environment and carry out unusual metabolic process
- c) Their cells walls never contain peptidoglycan, they do not live in extreme environment and cannot carry out unusual metabolic process
- d) Their cell walls never contain peptidoglycan, they live in extreme environment and carry out unusual metabolic process