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2651.

What is not true for Dryopteris

A.                    Mature archegonia secretes maleic acid
B.                    Antherozoids are sickle shaped and multi flagellate       
C.                    Archegonia has one binucleate neck canal cell
D.                    Antheridia develop on ventral surface of prothallus
Answer» C.                    Archegonia has one binucleate neck canal cell
2652.

The site  of spore formation in Dryopteris is

A.                    Sorus                                
B.                    Sporophyll
C.                    Sporophore                     
D.               Sporangium
Answer» E.
2653.

Brown hair found at the base of Pteris leaves are [APMEE 2002]

A.                    Modified stipules             
B.                    Modified leaflets
C.               Ramenta                           
D.                    Spines
Answer» D.                    Spines
2654.

Neck canal cells in Dryopteris are [JIPMER 1990; Orissa 2002; MP PMT 1990; CPMT 1989; RPMT 1985]

A.               One with two nuclei       
B.                    Two
C.                    One with one nucleus     
D.                    Four
Answer» B.                    Two
2655.

Presence of ciliated antherozoids in Dryopteris indicates  [CPMT 1995]

A.                    Terrestrial habit                
B.               Aquatic ancestry
C.                    Both (a) and (b)               
D.                    None of these
Answer» C.                    Both (a) and (b)               
2656.

Which one controls dehiscence of sporangium in Dryopteris [CBSE PMT 1995]

A.               Annulus                            
B.                    Tapetum
C.                    Sorus                                
D.                    Indusium
Answer» B.                    Tapetum
2657.

In Dryopteris, the antherozoids are  [CPMT 1987, 89; BHU 1990]

A.                    Biflagellate sickle-shaped
B.                    Multiflagellate sickle shaped
C.                    Multiflagellate spirally coiled
D.                    Biflagellate spirally coiled
Answer» D.                    Biflagellate spirally coiled
2658.

Monoecious condition is found in

A.                    Cycas                                
B.                    Selaginella
C.                    Pinus                                 
D.               Pteridium
Answer» E.
2659.

Infection of Entamoeba histoloytica is preveneted by [CPMT 1996]

A.            Avoiding kissing
B.            Avoiding clothes of patient
C.          Uncontaminated food
D.            None of the above
Answer» D.            None of the above
2660.

Which one is spindle-shaped mobile with microtubules  [RPMT 1996]

A.            Sporont                                    
B.            Ookinete
C.            Cryptozoite                              
D.          Sporozoite
Answer» E.
2661.

Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1902 for discovery of oocyst of Plasmodium                                          [RPMT 1996]

A.            Golgi                                         
B.          Ronald Ross
C.            Laveran                                    
D.            Shortt
Answer» C.            Laveran                                    
2662.

Development and functioning of gametocytes of Plasmodium in the body of Mosquito are dependent upon [RPMT 1996]

A.          Temperature                            
B.            Food
C.            Position                                    
D.            All the above
Answer» B.            Food
2663.

In malaria, which causes chills and fever  [BHU 1995]

A.            Hematinj                                  
B.          Haemozoin
C.            Schuffner?s granules               
D.            Hematocrit
Answer» C.            Schuffner?s granules               
2664.

Which does not occur in sporozoa           [Bihar MDAT 1995]

A.            Cilia                                          
B.            Pseudopodia
C.            Flagella                                     
D.          None of the above
Answer» E.
2665.

Amoeba touched with needle will            [RPMT 1995]

A.            Die 
B.            Divide quickly
C.            Develop pseudopodia           
D.          Move away
Answer» E.
2666.

Which one is monogenetic parasite  [RPMT 1995]

A.            Plasmodium                            
B.            Liver Fluke
C.            Taenia solium                          
D.          Entamoeba histolytica
Answer» E.
2667.

Which one does not spread disease [RPMT 1995; Pb. PMT 2000]

A.          Entamoeba coli                       
B.            Entamoeba histolytica
C.            E. gingivalis                             
D.            Plasmodium ovale
Answer» B.            Entamoeba histolytica
2668.

Which one resides in the mouth of human beings [MP PMT 1995]

A.            Entamoeba coli                       
B.            Entamoeba histolytica
C.          Entamoeba gingivalis             
D.            Amoeba proteus
Answer» D.            Amoeba proteus
2669.

Presence of two types of nuclei, micronucleus and macronucleus, is characteristic of protistan group [BHU 1994]

A.            Sporozoa                                 
B.          Ciliata
C.            Flagellata                                  
D.            Sarcodina
Answer» C.            Flagellata                                  
2670.

Erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium occurs in               [CPMT 1993]

A.            Liver                                         
B.            Spleen
C.          RBC                                          
D.            Gut
Answer» D.            Gut
2671.

The secondary host of Plasmodium is   [MP PMT 1994; Orissa 2002]

A.            Male Anopheles                      
B.          Female Anopheles
C.            Female Culex                          
D.            Male Culex
Answer» C.            Female Culex                          
2672.

The part of life cycle of malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax, that is passed in female Anopheles is           [CBSE PMT 1992]

A.          Sexual cycle
B.            Pre-erythrocytic schizogony
C.            Exoerythrocytic schizogony
D.            Post-erythrocytic schizogony
Answer» B.            Pre-erythrocytic schizogony
2673.

Schuffner?s dots observed in erythrocytes are due to  [CPMT 1992]

A.            Filaria                                       
B.          Malaria
C.            Kala-azar                                  
D.            Giardia
Answer» C.            Kala-azar                                  
2674.

Erythrocytic phase of Plasmodium vivax is completed in  [CPMT 1987, 92; Bihar PMT 2000]

A.            24 hours                                  
B.            72 hours
C.            36 hours                                  
D.          48 hours
Answer» E.
2675.

Entamoeba histolytica infection occurs through          [BHU 1991]

A.          Contaminated water and food
B.            Sweat
C.            Bird droppings
D.            Mosquito bites
Answer» B.            Sweat
2676.

Malarial parasite is                               [CPMT 1992; Bihar PMT 2000]

A.            Polygenetic                              
B.          Digenetic
C.            Monogenetic                            
D.            Monomorphic
Answer» C.            Monogenetic                            
2677.

Monocystis belongs to the order               [MP PMT 2002]

A.            Gregarinida                              
B.            Coccidia
C.            Microsporidia                          
D.            Sarcosporidia
Answer» B.            Coccidia
2678.

The disease caused by Entamoeba gingivalis is spread through                                    [DPMT 1985]

A.            Housefly                                   
B.            Anopheles
C.            Air  
D.          Kissing
Answer» E.
2679.

Male mosquito (Anopheles) does not transmit malarial parasite because                                     [BHU 1987]

A.          It lacks blood sucking mouth parts
B.            It catches fever
C.            It is too small to carry parasite
D.            The parasite is killed in its stomach
Answer» B.            It catches fever
2680.

Quartan malaria is due to[CPMT 1990; Orissa JEE 1995, 2005;  RPMT 1995; BHU 1996]

A.            Plasmodium falciparum         
B.            P. vivax
C.            P. ovale                                    
D.          P. malariae
Answer» E.
2681.

Cerebral malaria is due to                                         [APMEE 1987]

A.          Plasmodium falciparum
B.            P. vivax
C.            P. malariae
D.            P. ovale
Answer» B.            P. vivax
2682.

Malaria fever coincides with liberation of        [CBSE PMT 1989; AFMC 2001; RPMT 2002]

A.            Cryptomerozoites                    
B.            Metacryptomerozoites
C.          Merozoites                       
D.            Trophozoites
Answer» D.            Trophozoites
2683.

Paramecium moves about by                                      [CPMT 1988]

A.            Pseudopodia                           
B.          Cilia
C.            Llagella                                     
D.            Looping and crawling
Answer» D.            Looping and crawling
2684.

Discovery of Amoeba was made by  [CPMT 1989]

A.            Jenner                                      
B.            Rosenhof
C.            Hofkins                                     
D.            Twait
Answer» C.            Hofkins                                     
2685.

Amoebiasis is prevented by                                        [CPMT 1990]

A.            Eating balanced food              
B.            Eating plenty of fruits
C.          Drinking boiled water             
D.            Using mosquito nets
Answer» D.            Using mosquito nets
2686.

Which is not the locomotory organ of protozoa  [AFMC 2003, 05; MP PMT 2003]

A.            Cilia                                          
B.            Flagella
C.            Pseudopodia                           
D.            Parapodia
Answer» E.
2687.

Which of the following can start erythrocytic cycle  [DPMT 1985]

A.          Metacryptomerozoite              
B.            Merozoite
C.            Sporozoite                               
D.            Schizont
Answer» B.            Merozoite
2688.

Living Amoeba is                                                          [CPMT 1988]

A.            Pale blue                                  
B.            Transparent
C.            Light green                               
D.          Transluscent
Answer» E.
2689.

The causal organism for African sleeping sickness is  [CBSE PMT 1989, 91; CPMT 2000; KCET 2000; MP PMT 2002; Bihar MDAT 2002]

A.            Trypanosoma cruzi                 
B.            T. rhodesiense
C.            T. tangela                                 
D.          T. gambiense
Answer» E.
2690.

The cilia in Paramecium are                                        [AFMC 1987]

A.            All equal
B.            All unequal
C.          Longer at posterior end
D.            Longer at anterior end
Answer» D.            Longer at anterior end
2691.

Entamoeba differs from Amoeba is not having [DPMT 1985; CPMT 1991; RPMT 1995; AMU 2002; MP PMT 2004; BHU 2005]

A.            Nucleus                                    
B.            Pseudopodia
C.            Ectoplasm                                
D.          Contractile vacuole
Answer» E.
2692.

The poisonous substance released as a result of ruputring of schizont in R.B.C. of malarial patient is [CPMT 1977; AFMC 1985]

A.            Haematin                                 
B.            Haemoglobin
C.          Haemozoin                              
D.            Haem
Answer» D.            Haem
2693.

Amoebic dysentery is caused by [CPMT 1987, 91; Orissa JEE 1995; MP PMT 1993, 95; RPMT 1995]

A.          Entamoeba histolytica            
B.            Entamoeba gingivalis
C.            Entamoeba coli                       
D.            Amoeba proteus
Answer» B.            Entamoeba gingivalis
2694.

Paramecium feeds through                                          [CPMT 1986]

A.            Undulating membrane           
B.            General body surface
C.          Oral groove                              
D.            Cytopyge
Answer» D.            Cytopyge
2695.

Which of the following organelles are associated for defence in protozoans

A.            Nematocysts                            
B.            Statocysts
C.          Trichocysts                               
D.            Otocysts
Answer» D.            Otocysts
2696.

An intracellular parasite is [MP PMT 1987; CPMT 1978; MH-CET 2001]

A.            Entamoeba                              
B.            Ascaris
C.          Plasmodium                            
D.            Both (a) and (b)
Answer» D.            Both (a) and (b)
2697.

The causal organism of Kala-azar is  [CPMT 1993; MP PMT 1986; Bihar PMT 1989]    

A.            Plasmodium vivax                  
B.          Leishmania donovani
C.            Trypanosoma lewsii               
D.            Wuchereria bancrofti
Answer» C.            Trypanosoma lewsii               
2698.

If a pond dries, Amoeba                                              [CPMT 1978]

A.            Reproduces                             
B.            Encysts
C.            Degenerates                             
D.            Behaviour is uncertain
Answer» C.            Degenerates                             
2699.

Which one carries malarial parasite to the host         [AFMC 1985]

A.            Male Culex                              
B.            Male Anopheles
C.            Male Aedes                              
D.          None of the above
Answer» E.
2700.

In Paramecium, both autogamy and conjugation are sexual processes because of                      [MP PMT 1987]

A.          Gene recombination               
B.            Involvement of two individuals
C.          Fusion of two haploid nuclei 
D.            Rejuvenation
Answer» D.            Rejuvenation