Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

1. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens

2. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference

3. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals

4. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens

The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to human in making curd from milk and in production of antibiotics are the ones categorized as

1. cyanobacteria

2. archaebacteria

3. chemosynthetic autotrophs

4. heterotrophic bacteria

Which one of the following does not differ in E.coli and Chlamydomonas?

(1) Ribosomes

(2) Chromosomal organization

(3) Cell wall

(4) Cell membrane

The cyanobacteria are also referred to as

(1) protists

(2) golden algae

(3) slime moulds

(4) blue-green algae

Which statement is wrong for viruses?

(1) All are parasites

(2) All of them have helical symmetry

(3) They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins with the help of host cell 

(4) Antibiotics have no effect on them

Nuclear membrane is absent in

(1) Penicillium

(2) Agaricus

(3) Volvox

(4) Nostoc

Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?

(1) Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium

(2) Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a protozoan

(3) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus

(4) Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of Protista

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group

(1) Fungi

(2) Animalia

(3) Monera

(4) Plantae

Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant in a

(1) cattle yard

(2) polluted stream

(3) hot spring

(4) sulphur rock

Which one of the following organisms is not an example of eukaryotic cells?

(1) Escherichia coli

(2) Euglena viridis

(3) Amoeba proteus

(4) Paramecium caudatum