Question

Which of the following organism possesses characteristics of both a plant and an animal?

A. Bacteria
B. Euglena  
C. Mycoplasma
D. Paramecium
Answer :   Euglena
Solution :
The Euglena is an organism, which possesses both the characteristics of plants and animals, as it can move with a flagella and also contains chlorophyll. Its nutrition is mixotrophic.
Notes : Euglena is a genus of single cell flagellate eukaryotes. It is the best known and most widely studied member of the class Euglenoidea. Species of Euglena are found in both freshwater and salt water.

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Botany >> Biological Classification

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
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
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
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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