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Q1. [1]
An organism which breaks down the food material outside the body and then absorbs it is
  1. (a) a plant parasite, Cuscuta
  2. (b) an animal parasite, Tapeworm
  3. (c) a bacteria, Rhizobium
  4. (d) a fungi, Rhizopus
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Model Answer

(d) a fungi, Rhizopus

Fungi like Rhizopus break down food material outside their body and then absorb it. This is saprotrophic nutrition.

Explanation

The passage in section 5.2.2 explicitly states: "Some organisms break-down the food material outside the body and then absorb it. Examples are fungi like bread moulds, yeast and mushrooms." Rhizopus is a bread mould (fungus), so option (d) is correct. Cuscuta and Tapeworm are parasites; Rhizobium is a symbiotic bacterium — none of these digest food externally before absorbing it.

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