Biology Kingdom Protista MCQs Chapter 7 Class 11

Biology Kingdom Protista for Entry Tests and FSC Board Exams

Kingdom Protista is an important chapter in Biology that deals with unicellular and simple multicellular eukaryotic organisms, including protozoans, algae, and slime molds. This topic holds significant weight in MDCAT, NUMS, AKU, NUST, UET ECAT, and FSC First Year board exams. Key concepts such as cell structure, modes of nutrition, locomotion, reproduction, and classification of protists are frequently tested through MCQs and short questions in competitive exams.

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Biology Ch 7 Class 11 Kingdom Protista

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Chalk is gradually formed of dead

Actinopods

Foraminiferans

Apicomplexans

Radiolarians

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Bacteria that can only survive in the presence of oxygen?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Facultative anaerobes

B) Obligate aerobes

C) Obligate anaerobes

D) Facultative aerobes

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Who first separated bacteria from other protists as a group?

John Hogg

Ernst Haeckel

Margulis and Schwartz

Herbert Copeland

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This protist has isomorphic alternation of generation:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Phytopthora

B) Chlorella

C) Ulva

D) Euglena

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Which of the following results from conjugation in paramecium?

PMC Practice 3
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell death

B) Cell division

C) Budding

D) Recombination

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Bacteria that live in intestine and produce vitamin K belong to?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Vibrio

B) Cocci

C) Spirilla

D) Bacilli

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All of the following organisms belong to the kingdom protista EXCEPT:

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Ulva

B) Euglena

C) Slime Mold

D) Common Mold

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Sleeping sickness in humans is caused by:

UHS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Trypanosoma

B) Plasmodium

C) Anopheles

D) Andes

9 / 52

Lime stone deposits are formed from

Zooflagellates

Foraminferans

Aetinopods

Apicomplexans

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Freshwater protozoans pump out excess water by a special structure called:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Oral groove

B) Contractile vacuole

C) Vesicle

D) Vacuole

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Which of the following statement about eiliates in incorrect?

Contain mainly unicellular organisms.

Their contractile vacoule is respobsible for water regulation.

They are even capable of sexual reproduction.

Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in sexual process.

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Which of the following is TRUE about Amoebae?

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) They have flagella

B) They are multicellular

C) They do not cause any disease in humans

D) They move by forming specialized cytoplasmic projections called pseudopodia

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Stentor is a/an

Ciliate

Foraniniferan

Actinopods

Apicomplexan

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Which of the following is divided by fission?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Viruses

B) Viroids

C) Bacteria

D) Fungus

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_______ infection is caused by a viroid:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Hepatitis A

B) Hepatitis D

D) Mysterious brain infection

C) Mad Cow disease

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The nucleoid is found only in certain species of:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Gram positive bacteria

B) Both gram positive and gram negative bacteria

C) Gram negative bacteria

D) All bacteria

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Which of the following is used as a biological weapon?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Radiation

B) All of these

C) Chemicals

D) Virus

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Cyanobacteria resemble photosynthetic eukaryotes because they have:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) PS-I

B) None of these

C) PS-I and PS-II both

D) PS-II

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The drfinite shape to ciliates is given by

Pellicle

Penicle

Calcium

Cell wall

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Photosynthesis is absent in which of the following:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacteria

B) None of these

C) Seaweeds

D) Mushrooms

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It is the smallest eukaryote:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Virus

B) Bacteria

C) Plasmodium

D) Sponge

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Which part of bacteria is most delicate and damage to it can kill the bacteria?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell wall

B) Slime

C) Capsule

D) Cell membrane

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Plasmodium belongs to

Ciliates

Apicomplexans

Actinopods

Foraminferans

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These protists are mostly unicellular (a few are colonial) organisms with spherical or elongated bodies with a single central nucleus. They possess from one to many long, whip-like flagella that enable them to move. Flagellates move rapidly, pulling themselves forward by lashing flexible flagella that are usually located at the anterior end. Examples include trypanosome, euglena, etc.

The above give lines indicate which of the following group of protozoa:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Amoeba

B) Arthropods

C) Foraminifera

D) Zooflagellates

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Which of the following statement is incorrect about algae?

Their zygote unlike plants is protected by parental tissue.

Their classification is based on pigment composition.

Most of them have different morphological forms in-different stages of their life cycle.

Almost all of them are aquatic.

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The disease caused by Protozoal infection is:

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Rickets

B) Goiter

C) Malaria

D) Beri-beri

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Pili are mainly found on certain species of:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) All bacteria

B) Gram negative bacteria

C) Both gram positive and gram negative bacteria

D) Gram positive bacteria

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Identify the correctly matched pair relating to a term and its meaning/function/example:

NTS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) nitrogen cycle… Rhizopus

B) denitrifying bacteria..change protein to ammonia

C) biosphere.. where life exists

D) lithosphere…water,air and soil.on the surface of earth

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Which of the following is the best desciption of bacteriophage?

PMC Practice 32
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Fungus

B) Prokaryote

C) Living organism

D) Obligate intracellular parasite

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In which of the following growth phases, the number of bacteria increases the most rapidly?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Lag phase

B) Log phase

C) Stationary phase

D) Death / Decline phase

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Brown algae are also known as

Phaeophyta

Rhodophyta

Pyrrophyta

Chrysophyta

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Kingdom protista includes ______ phyla

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Of the following which one has glassy shells?

Radiolarians

Forams

Both of these

None of these

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Which type of chlorophyll is found in all types of algae?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Chlorophyll a

B) Chlorophyll b

C) Chlorophyll c

D) Chlorophyll d

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Trypanosoma belongs to class:

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Sarcodina

B) Flagellata

C) Ciliata

D) Suctoria

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Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are

Trichonymphas

Trypanosoma

Euglena

Radiolarians

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Which of the protozoa has a striking resemblance to collar cells in sponges?

Zooflagellates

Choanflagellates

Trypanosomoa

Trichonymphas

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Golden algae are also known as

Chrysophyta

Phaeophyta

Pyrrophyta

Rhodophyta

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Most of the photosynthesis on earth is carried by

Kelps

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

Algae

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Symptoms of malaria occur specifically due to the formation of:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Sporozoite

B) Merozoite

C) Gametocyte

D) Oocyte

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The feeding stage of slime mold is a

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Gastrozoid

B) Sporozoite

C) Plasmodium

D) Merozote

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Trypanosoma is a human parasite causing

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) African sleeping sickness

B) European sleeping sickness

C) Indonesian sleeping sickness

D) American sleeping sickness

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In which of the following pigments major energy reserves and cell wall are like plants?

Rhodophyta

Chlorophyta

Phaeophyta

Chrysophyta

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Based on molecular data euglenoids are thought to be closely related to

Dinoflagellates

Zooflagellates

Protozoans

Algae

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The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage is :

Chrysophyta

Phaeophyta

Pyrrophyta

Rhodophyta

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Which of the following statement about Kingdom Protista is incorrect?

Their members have characteristics which separate them from other kingdoms

They only include unicellular aquatic eukaryotic organisms.

They do not develop from Blastula or embryo.

They contain ancestors for fungi plants & animals

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All of the following are the characteristics of the kingdom Protista except:

NTS 2019
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Members can be photosynthetic

B) Members can be free living

C) Some members move via flagella

D) Some members are shaped like rods and termed bacilli

48 / 52

Radiolarians belong to which of the following protozoal group?

Zooflagellates

Actinopods

Foraminifera

Apicomplexans

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Cysts are not resistant to ______ but spores are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Light

B) Desiccation

C) pH

D) Heat

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Which of the following bacteria are able to release oxygen into the environment?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Saprotrophic bacteria

B) Parasitic bacteria

C) Cyanobacteria

D) Pathogenic bacteria

51 / 52

How are flat worms not similar to round worms?

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) They are both acoelmates.

B) They are both triploblastic.

C) They both show bilateral symmetry.

D) They are both worms.

52 / 52

Which of the following statements is correct?

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Viruses have their own ribosomes for protein formation

B) New viral ribosomes are formed after viral DNA enters the cell

C) Viruses do not need ribosomes for protein formation

D) Viruses use the host ribosomes for their own requirements

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Importance of Kingdom Protista in Competitive Biology

A clear understanding of Kingdom Protista helps students differentiate between animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like protists. Topics like Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena, Plasmodium, and their life cycles are commonly asked in entry tests. Practicing chapter-wise MCQs and topic-wise questions strengthens conceptual clarity, improves recall, and enables students to answer exam questions accurately within limited time.

Effective Preparation Strategy for Kingdom Protista

Effective preparation for Kingdom Protista requires regular revision, MCQ practice, and conceptual learning. Solving past papers and mock tests familiarizes students with exam patterns and highlights important areas. A structured study approach helps students master this chapter, ensuring strong performance in medical entry tests and FSC board examinations.

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