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The infective stage of Plasmodium to man, is
Trophozoite
Sporozoite
Merozoite
None of these
Which group of protists contributes significantly to the formation of red tides, often leading to marine animal mortality?
Diatoms
Dinoflagellates
Euglenoids
Ciliates
In which of the following organisms the cell wall is composed of two thin overlapping shells which fits together like a soap case
Diatoms
Golden algae
Slime moulds
Gonyaulax
Which parasitic protist causes sleeping sickness, a disease transmitted by the tsetse fly?
Plasmodium
Entamoeba
Trypanosoma
Paramecium
Which of the following characteristics is NOT common to all protists?
Eukaryotic cell structure
Presence of a nucleus
Membrane-bound organelles
Multicellularity
Consider the following statements
I. Kingdom-Protista forms a link between monerans and the other organisms like plants, animal and fungi
II. Protists reproduce asexually and sexually by a process involving cell fusion and zygote formation
III. Being eukaryotes, the protistan cell body contains a well defined nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles
Which of the statements given above are correct?
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II and III
Protists are
unicellular, prokaryote
multicellular, eukaryote
unicellular, eukaryote
multicellular β prokaryotic cell
Which of the following is NOT a reason Mendel chose pea plants for his genetic studies?
Easy to cultivate
Distinct traits
Self-pollination and cross-pollination
Complex genome
Plant like nutrition is present in
Amoeba
Paramecium
Euglena
Plasmodium
Diatoms are unique due to their cell walls being composed of:
Cellulose
Chitin
Silica
Peptidoglycan