Kingdom Monera

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Important Questions on Kingdom Monera

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Consider the following statements and state true (T) and false (F):

(a) Bacteria cannot live in snow and deep oceans.

(b) Halophiles are found in marshy habitat and are nutritionally heterotrophs.

(c) Under unfavourable conditions bacteria produce several types of spores.

(d) Bacteria show autotrophic or heterotrophic nutrition.

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Select the features true for Mycoplasma:

(a) Has double-stranded circular DNA.

(b) Cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.

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How many statements are correct for the given organism in figure?

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(i) Filamentous cyanobacteria as oxygenic photoautotroph.

(ii) Surrounded by mucilaginous sheath.

(iii) Heterocyst are specialized for N2 fixation.

(iv) Reproduce by hormogonia formation.

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Read the following statements and select the correct options that are true for cyanobacteria:

(a) The colonies are generally surrounded by a gelatinous sheath.

(b) They form blooms in polluted water bodies.

(c) They show nitrogenase activity in heterocyst.

(d) They perform oxygenic photosynthesis in a vegetative cell only.

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Match the column I and column II and select the correct option:

Column -1 Column - II
(a) Cholera (ii)  Clostridium
(b) Diphtheria (ii) Salmonella
(c) Tetanus (iii) Vibrio
(d) Typhoid (iv) Corynebacterium

**Two genera names were same, so one was changed.**

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Out of the total, ___ (A)___ bacteria are photolithotrophic and they synthesize their food from ____(B)_____ substances.

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The cyanobacteria have chlorophyll-a similar to green plants. These organisms

(a) are unicellular, colonial or filamentous, marine or terrestrial algae

(b) are surrounded by gelatinous sheath

(c) perform both carbon and nitrogen reduction

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Which of the following bacteria are able to synthesize their food from inorganic raw material with the help of energy derived from oxidation of an inorganic substance?