Question

Which one belongs to monera?

A. Amoeba
B. Escherichia  
C. Gelidium
D. Spirogyra
Answer :   Escherichia
Solution :
Whittaker (1969) divided organisms into five kingdoms : Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi and Animalia. Kingdom Monera includes all prokaryotes – Mycoplasma, bacteria, actinomycetes, blue-green algae, archaebacteria, methanogens. Escherichia is bacteria, Amoeba, Gelidium come under Protista, Spirogyra is algae.

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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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