Question

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

• 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
• E. Some members spend part of their life cycle inside insects

Answer 1

The correct option is D Some members are shaped like rods and termed bacilli

Protists are a group of loosely connected, mostly unicellular eukaryotic organisms that are not plants, animals or fungi. There is no single feature such as evolutionary history or morphology common to all these organisms and they are unofficially placed under a separate kingdom called Protista.

Among the given characteristics rod shaped cells called 'Bacilli' (Bacillus singular) are an exclusive classification of Bacteria. Hence, the correct answer is 'Some members are shaped like rods and termed bacilli'.