Question

The chief advantage of encystment to an Amoeba is

A. the chance to get rid of accumulated waste products
B. the ability to survive during adverse physical conditions  
C. the ability to live for sometime without ingesting food
D. protection from parasites and predators
Answer :   the ability to survive during adverse physical conditions
Solution :
Encystment enables the zygote to survive under adverse or infavourable conditions wherein it lies dormant.

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Releted Question 1

Pick up the wrong statement

A. Protista have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
B. Some fungi are edible
C. Nuclear membrane is present in Monera
D. Cell wall is absent in Animalia
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Releted Question 2

Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on:

A. Presence or absence of a well defined nucleus
B. Mode of reproduction
C. Mode of nutrition
D. Complexity of body organisation
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Releted Question 3

In the five-kingdom system of classification, which single kingdom out of the following can include blue green algae, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria?

A. Fungi
B. Plantae
C. Protista
D. Monera
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Releted Question 4

In five kingdom system, the main basis of classification is

A. structure of nucleus
B. mode of nutrition
C. structure of cell wall
D. asexual reproduction
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