PROTOZON QUIZ | EXAMIANS

Which of the following is least likely to have a rigid cell wall?

Archaean

Fungus

Protozoan

Bacterium

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Organisms with complex life cycles which include a mammalian host and an insect host and involves schizogony as part of the cycle belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

Sarcomastigophora

Microspora

Apicomplexa

Myxozoa

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Number of motility structures on flagellated cells is

greater than ciliated cells

equal to ciliated cells

lesser than ciliated cells

none of these

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Which of the following is not a function of cysts for Protozoa?

Sites for nuclear reorganization and cell division

Protect against adverse environments

All of these

Serve as a means of transfer between hosts in parasitic species

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Members of which phylum of Protozoa are being considered as biological control agents for certain insects?

Microspora

Sarcomastigophora

all of these

Apicomplexa

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The numbers of nuclear divisions involved in a ciliate undergoing binary fission is

equal to conjugation

none of these

lesser than conjugation

greater than conjugation

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Members of the Protozoa may motile by all of the following methods except

flagella

pseudopodia

cilia

gliding by slime secretion

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Organisms with amoeboid cells that move within a network of mucous tracks using a typical gliding motion belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

Myxozoa

Microspora

Apicomplexa

Labyinthomorpha

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Holozoic nutrition is characterized by

pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

photosynthesis

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A protozoan is defined as

motile eukaryotic unicellular photosynthetic protist

motile eukaryotic multicellular protist

motile eukaryotic unicellular protist

motile prokaryotic unicellular protist

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