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Gram staining was introduced by_______________.

a. Christian gram
b. Alfred Gram
c. Robertcook
d. Louis Pasteur

Which of the following is considered the most unifying concept in biology?

a. Taxonomy    
b. Anatomy
c. Genetics      
d. Evolution

Various bacterial species can be subdivided into_______________.

a. subspecies
b. biovarieties
c. serovarieties
d. all of these

Mycoplasmas are different from the other prokaryotes by_______________.

a. presence of chitin in cell walls
b. presence of murrain in cell walls
c. presence of proteins in cell walls
d. absence of cell wall itself

Evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms are determined using which of the following type of information?

a. Comparisons of nucleotide sequences
b. Comparisons of biochemical pathways
c. Comparisons of structural features
d. All of the above

Which of the following is not true for eukaryotic cells?

a. Nucleus is bounded by nuclear membrane
b. Chromosomes contain histones
c. Chloroplasts and mitochondria contains 70S ribosomes
d. Gas vacuoles are present

Which of the following is not true for prokaryotic organism?

a. Nucleus is not bounded by nuclear membrane
b. Chromosomes does not contain histones
c. 80S ribosomes are distributed in cytoplasm
d. Cell wall contains peptidoglycan as one of the major component

The phospholipids present in cytoplasm membrane of the archaeo-bacteria is_______________.

a. phosphoglycerides
b. polyisoprenoid
c. polyisoprenoid branched chain lipids
d. none of the above

The oldest eukaryotic organisms are considered to be_______________.

a. diplomonads like Giardia
b. archaea
c. fungi
d. animals

The phospholipids present in cytoplasm membrane of eubacteria is mainly_______________.

a. phosphoglycerides
b. polyisoprenoid
c. phospholipoprotein
d. none of these

Which were the investigators lived at the same time?

a. Koch and Pasteur
b. Darwin and Woese
c. Van Leeuenhoek and Ricketts
d. Berg and Hooke

The unifying feature of the archaea that distinguishes them from the bacteria is_______________.

a. habitats which are extreme environments with regard to acidity
b. absence of a nuclear membrane temperature
c. presence of a cell wall containing a characteristic outer membrane
d. cytoplasmic ribosomes that are 70S

Living organisms have many complex characteristics. Which one of the following is shared by non-living matter as well?

a. Homeostasis
b. Tissues
c. Reproduction           
d. Molecules

A newly discovered microscopic structure is hypothesized to be a living organism. Which of the following lines of evidence would support the contention that this organism may be alive?

a. It contains DNA
b. It is made of a single cell
c. It utilizes energy
d. All of these

Mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, and chlamydiae are_______________.

a. types of fungi
b. small bacteria
c. species of protozoa
d. forms of viruses

Which of the following structure is absent in eukaryotic cells?

a. Mitochondria
b. Chloroplasts
c. Golgi structure
d. Mesosome

Who was the inventor of the Petri dish?

a. R.J. Petri, an assistant of R. Koch
b. A famous French cook
c. Italian glass blower from Petri, Italy
d. None of the above

The five-kingdom system of classification was set up by_______________.

a. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Whittaker
c. Robert Koch
d. Masaki Ogata

The membranes of which domains are chemically the most similar?

a. Archaea and Bacteria
b. Bacteria and Eukarya
c. Eukarya and Archaea
d. membranes of all three domains are chemically identical

Primary differences between cilia and flagella are_______________.

a. arrangement of microtubules
b. length and location of basal bodies
c. how the microtubules are fused to each other
d. number, length and direction of force

All membranes of free-living organisms have phospholipid bilayers, but exception is_______________.

a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. archaea       
d. protozoa

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