CBSE Class 11 Biology The Living World MCQs Set D

Question. Poales is the order of
a) Mango
b) Wheat
c) Maize
d) Corn
Answer: b

Question. In Mangifera indica Linn. indica refers to
a) Genus
b) Author
c) Family
d) Species
Answer: d

Question. The twin characteristics of growth are:
a) Increase in number of individuals, increase in mass
b) Increase in height and increase in mass
c) Increase in molecular weight and increase in mass
d) Increase in size and decrease in mass
Answer: a

Question. Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same
a) Phylum
b) Order
c) Division
d) Family
Answer: a

Question. Select the correctly written botanical/ zoological name
a) Panthera tigris
b) Mangifera indica
c) Sativum pisum
d) Homo sapiens
Answer: a

Question. Defining feature of life forms?
a) Metabolism
b) Consciousness
c) Cellular organization
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Question. The statement ‘nothing lives forever, yet life continues’ illustrates the role of
a) Embryogenesis
b) Morphogenesis
c) Replication
d) Reproduction
Answer: d

Question. First book of Botany, Historia Plantarum, was given by:
a) Theoprastus
b) A. P. de Condolle
c) Aristotle
d) None of these
Answer: a

Question. Systematics takes accounts:
a) Evolutionary relationship between organisms.
b) Breeding relationship between organisms.
c) Economic relationship between organisms.
d) None of these
Answer: a

Question. Which of the following do not reproduces?
a) Phytoplankton
b) Worker bee
c) Queen bee
d) Mycoplasma
Answer: b

Question. Carnivora includes
a) Canis
b) Felis
c) Both of these
d) None of these
Answer: c

Question. Term phylum was given by:
a) Haeckel
b) H. J. Lam
c) Eichler
d) Linnaeus
Answer: a

Question. ICBN codes for?
a) International code for Botanical Nomenclature
b) International code for Binomial Nomenclature
c) International code for Botanimal Naming
d) International code for Binomial Naming
Answer: a

Question. Linnaeus used the title for his publication is?
a) Systema Naturae
b) Genera Naturae
c) Altis vortex
d) Die Nature lichen pflanzen
Answer: a

Question. When organisms are in the same class but not in same family, the taxonomic term is called as:
a) Order
b) Genus
c) Family
d) Species
Answer: a

Question. Basis of Taxonomy are:
a) Identification – Characterization – Classification – Nomenclature
b) Characterization – Identification – Classification – Nomenclature
c) Classification – Characterization – Identification – Nomenclature
d) Nomenclature – Classification – Identification – characterization
Answer: a

Question. In binomial nomenclature, the first and second components represent:
a) Genus and species
b) Genus and class
c) Species and genus
d) Kingdom and class
Answer: a

Question. Improvement of human race through improvement of human environment is:
a) Anthropology
b) Euthenics
c) Euphenics
d) Eugenics
Answer: b

Question. As we go lower from kingdom to species the number of common characteristics goes on
a) Increasing
b) Remain unchanged
c) Decreasing
d) Sometimes decreasing
Answer: a

Question. The simplest amino acid is:
a) Aspartic acid
b) Tyrosine
c) Lysine
d) Glycine
Answer: d

Question. Father of Botany:
a) Aristotle
b) Theophrastus
c) Lamark
d) Whittaker
Answer: b

Question. Rearing of bees is:
a) Horticulture
b) Sericulture
c) Silviculture
d) Apiculture
Answer: d

Question. Royal Botanical Garden consists of how many specimens?
a) 6.5 millions
b) 6 millions
c) 6.5 billions
d) 6.5 trillions
Answer: a

Question. The term taxon for plants coined by
a) Curier
b) Adolf Meyer
c) H.J Lam
d) DeCandolle
Answer: b

Question. First book of Zoology Historia animalicum was given by:
a) Aristotle
b) Theophrastus
c) Carl woese
d) Alberto del rio
Answer: a

Question. Which of the following provide information of any one taxon?
a) Manuals
b) Monograph
c) Flora
d) Fauna
Answer: b

Question. Herbarium sheet size?
a) 29 × 41.5 cm
b) 29 × 40 cm
c) 30 × 20 cm
d) 20 × 20 cm
Answer: a

Question. In museums, larger animals like birds and mammals are:
a) Collected, killed and pinned
b) Stuffed and preserved
c) Preserved in natural habitat
d) Both Collected, killed and pinned and Stuffed and preserved
Answer: b

Question. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is:
a) Ethnology
b) Euphenics
c) Eugenics
d) Euthenics
Answer: c

Question. Not applicable to zoological parks:
a) In vivo mode of conservation
b) Wild animals are kept under human care
c) Wild animals are kept in separate enclosures
d) All are true
Answer: a

Question: Cell division occurs _____ in plants and ____ in animals
a) Continuously, only upto certain age
b) Only upto certain age, continuously
c) Continuously, never
d) Once, twice
Answer: a

Question: Which of the organisms multiply by fragmentation?
a) Earthworm, amoeba, fungi
b) Earthworm, fungi, bacteria
c) Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema of mosses
d) Amoeba, hydra, bacteria
Answer: c

Question: Metabolic reactions take place
a) In isolated cell-free systems
b) In living systems
c) Both In isolated cell-free systems and In living systems
d) Either In isolated cell-free systems or In living systems
Answer: c

Question: As we go down from kingdom to species, the number of common characteristics goes on
a) Decreasing
b) Increasing
c) Remain same
d) Can’t say
Answer: b

Question: Which type of organization is found only in living beings?
a) Atomic
b) Molecular
c) Mixture
d) Subcellular
Answer: d

Question: Taxonomy helps agriculturists because it aids in
a) Evolution and new species
b) Plant protection
c) Complete study of plant behaviors
d) All of the above
Answer: c

Question: Which one is species?
a) Carnivora
b) Canis
c) Familiaris
d) Canis familiaris
Answer: d

Question: Two plants are taxonomically related if
a) They store carbohydrates in the same type of molecule
b) Both obtain energy from hydrolysis of ATP into ADP and inorganic phosphate
c) Both have similarly lobed palmate leaves
d) Both have pinnately veined leaves
Answer: a

Question: Binomial nomenclature means
a) One name given by two scientists
b) One specific name consists of generic and specific epithet
c) Two names, one latinized and other of a person
d) Two names, one scientific, other local
Answer: b

Question: The birds taxonomically represent
a) Family
b) Order
c) Class
d) Phylum
Answer: c

Question: Following taxonomic aid provides information for the identification of names of species found in an area
a) Monograph
b) Manual
c) Memoir
d) Periodical
Answer: b

Question: Exclusive character of human beings, which separates humans from other organisms is
a) Consciousness
b) Self-regulation
c) Self-consciousness
d) Both Self-regulation and Self-consciousness
Answer: d

Question: Sensitivity is the
a) Ability to grow
b) Ability to reproduce
c) Ability to detect changes in environment
d) Ability to respond to sunlight
Answer: c

Question: Scientific name of brinjal is governed by
a) ICZN
b) ICNB
c) ICBN
d) ICNCP
Answer: c