Multiple Choice Questions

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Medicine for curing respiratory problems is obtained from

  • Ephedra

  • Calotropis

  • Eucalyptus

  • Cannabis


A.

Ephedra

Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Ephedrine is obtained from the green stems of Ephedra plant. It is used in the treatment of cold and asthma.

The oil obtained from the leaves of Eucalyptus is used in the treatment of nose and throat infections as well as in malarial infection.


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The slime moulds are characterized by the presence of :

  • elaters

  • pseudoelaters

  • capillitium

  • capitulum


Dikaryon formation is characteristic of :

  • ascomycetes and basidiomycetes

  • phycotnycetes and basidiomycetes

  • ascomycetes and phycomycetes

  • phycomycetes and zygomycetes


Trochophore is the larva of :

  • Neopilina

  • Chiton

  • Pila

  • all of these


In the sporogonium of which plant, columella is present ?

  • Penicillium

  • Spirogyra

  • Rhizopus

  • Ulothrix


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Which of the following taxonomist described classification of plant kingdom in "Families of flowering plants" ?

  • Cronquist

  • Takhtajan

  • Benson

  • Hutchinson


Which of the following fungi is found useful in the biological control of plant disease ?

  • Penicillium notatum

  • Phytophthora parasitica

  • Mucor mucido

  • Trichoderma viridae


Which of the following structures helps in the respiration of lichens?

  • Soredia

  • lsidia

  • Cyphella

  • Cephalodia


In Entamoeba histolytica, the presence of chromatid bodies is characteristic of

  • precystic stage

  • mature quadrinucleate stage

  • trophozoite stage

  • mature binucleate stage


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The protists have

  • only free nucleic acid aggregates

  • membrane bound nucleoproteins lying embedded in the cytoplasm

  • nucleoprotein in direct contact with the rest of the cell substance

  • none of these


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