MCQ’S ON AMOEBA
1. This is not the locomotory organ of protozoans
(a) Flagella
(b) Cilia
(c) Parapodia
(d) Pseudopodia
Answer: (c)
2. In Amoeba, excretion occurs through
(a) Contractile vacuole
(b) Plasmalemma
(c) Parapodia
(d) Nucleus
Answer: (b)
3. Kingdom Protista includes
(a) Amoeba, Euglena, Pseudomonas
(b) Amoeba, Euglena, Escherichia
(c) Amoeba, Euglena, Penicillium
(d) Amoeba, Euglena, Chlamydomonas
Answer: (d)
4. Entamoeba differs from amoeba in not having
(a) Pseudopodia
(b) Nucleus
(c) Contractile vacuole
(d) Ectoplasm
Answer: (c)
5. Amoeba was described in detail by
(a) Aristotle
(b) Rosenhoff
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) Hirshfield
Answer: (d)
6. In Amoeba, nutrition is
(a) Holozoic
(b) Parasitic
(c) Saprobic
(d) Holophytic
Answer: (a)
7. Amoeba was discovered by
(a) Twait
(b) Hofkins
(c) Jenner
(d) Rosenhof
Answer: (d)
8. Living amoeba is
(a) Light green
(b) Pale blue
(c) Translucent
(d) Transparent
Answer: (c)
9. When touched with needle, Amoeba will
(a) Split instantly
(b) Die
(c) Move away
(d) Develop pseudopodia
Answer: (c)
10. Posterior end of Amoeba is characterized by
(a) Amphid
(b) Lack of food vacuoles
(c) Uropygium
(d) Plasmid
Answer: (b)
