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Which statement is wrong for viruses?

  • All are parasites

  • All of them have helical symmetry

  • They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins

  • They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins


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All of them have helical symmetry

The nucleocapsids of viruses are constructed in highly symmetric ways. Two types o symmetry are recognized in viruses, which correspond to the two primary shapes, rod and spherical. Rod-shaped viruses have helical symmetry and spherical viruses have icosahedral symmetry.

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How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Sacharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Walfia.

  • Four

  • Five

  • Six

  • Six

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Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group 

  • Fungi

  • Animalia

  • Monera

  • Monera

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Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant in a 

  • cattle yard

  • polluted stream

  • hot spring

  • hot spring

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Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?

  • Diplontic life style

  • Members of kingdom-Plantae

  • Mode of nutrition

  • Mode of nutrition

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The highest number of species in the world is represented by

  • fungi

  • mosses
  • algae

  • algae

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Continuous addition of sugars in 'fed-batch' fermentation is done to

  • obtain antibiotics 

  • purify enzymes

  • degrade sewage

  • degrade sewage

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In eubacteria, a cellular component that resembles eukaryotic cells is

  • nucleus

  • ribosomes

  • cell wall

  • cell wall

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Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?

  • Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class

  • Humans  - Primata, the family

  • Housefly - Musca, an order

  • Housefly - Musca, an order

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In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in

  • Protista

  • Algae

  • Plantae

  • Plantae

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