NEET Biology The Living World MCQs Set D

Question: Which of the following is not a result of cell division?

• a) Metabolism
• b) Reproduction
• c) Repair
• d) Growth

Answer: Metabolism

Question: Mark the incorrect pair

• a) Amoeba – Fragmentation
• b) Hydra – Budding
• c) Flatworm – Regeneration
• d) Yeast – Budding

Answer: Amoeba – Fragmentation

Question: Which of the following is incorrect for reproduction?

• a) Reproduction is a characteristic of all living organisms
• b) Unicellular organisms reproduce by cell division
• c) In unicellular organisms, reproduction and growth are linked together
• d) Non-living objects are incapable of reproducing

Answer: Reproduction is a characteristic of all living organisms

Question: Mark the incorrect statement w.r.t. metabolism.

• a) It is not a defining feature of life forms
• b) The metabolic reactions can be demonstrated in-vitro
• c) It is the property of all living forms
• d) Microbes exhibit the metabolism

Answer: It is not a defining feature of life forms

Question: Non-living objects exhibit/show

• a) Reversible growth
• b) Evolution
• c) Property of self-replication
• d) Self-regulating interactive systems

Answer: Reversible growth

Question:  Which statement is false about the growth shown by non-living objects?

• a) The growth is intrinsic
• b) The growth is due to the accumulation of material on the surface
• c) The growth is reversible
• d) The growth occurs from outside

Answer: The growth is intrinsic

Question: Local names of various plants and animals

• a) Vary from place to place
• b) Are used universally
• c) Help in recognizing organisms worldwide
• d) Are specific and distinct names

Answer: Vary from place to place

Question: Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. Binomial nomenclature?

• a) The first word of the genus starts with a small letter
• b) Biological names are printed in italics
• c) The first word in a biological name represents the genus
• d) Biological names are generally in Latin

Answer:   The first word of the genus starts with a small letter

Question: What do A, B and C represent in the given scientific name respectively?

                               Mangifera indica Linn
                                  C          B      A

• a) Author’s name, specific name and generic name
• b) Generic name, author’s name and specific name
• c) Specific name, generic name and author’s name
• d) Generic name, specific name and author’s name

Answer: Author’s name, specific name and generic name

Question: Which of the following is incorrect regarding scientific names?

• a) These are also known as common names
• b) These ensure that each organism has only one name
• c) These have two components – the generic name and specific epithet
• d) These are universally accepted names

Answer: These are also known as common names

Question: According to binomial nomenclature, every living organism has

• a) One scientific name with two components
• b) Two names, one Latin and other common
• c) One common name with three components
• d) Two scientific names with single component

Answer: One scientific name with two components

Question: Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. Species?

• a) Two different species breed together to produce fertile offsprings
• b) A group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities
• c) Human beings belong to the species sapiens
• d) Panthera has many specific epithet as tigris, leo and pardus

Answer:  Two different species breed together to produce fertile offsprings

Question: Taxonomy deals with

• a) Classification of diverse organisms in different taxa
• b) Evolutionary relationships between organisms
• c) Study of kinds and diversity of microorganisms only
• d) Development of zoological parks

Answer: Classification of diverse organisms in different taxa

Question: Which of the following features are not shown by scientific names of various organism?

• a) They always have “linn” abbreviation at the end of second component
• b) They are printed in italics
• c) They have Latin origin
• d) They consists of two components

Answer: They always have “linn” abbreviation at the end of second component

Question:  The correct sequence of taxonomic study of a newly discovered organism is

• a) First characterisation then identification and classification and then nomenclature
• b) First nomenclature then characterization, identification and classification
• c) First identification then classifying organism and then characterizations and nomenclature
• d) First classification then identification, nomenclature and characterization

Answer: First characterisation then identification and classification and then nomenclature

Question: Which one of the following statements given below is not included in universal rules of nomenclature?

• a) Generic name is immediately followed by name of taxonomists who described it firstly
• b) Generic names and specific epithet should be in Latin words
• c) Generic name must begin with capital letter
• d) All letters of the specific name must be small

Answer: Generic name is immediately followed by name of taxonomists who described it firstly

Question:  Find the correct sequence of taxonomic categories

• a)

  

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Question: Which of the following is a class?

• a) Mammalia
• b) Sapindales
• c) Primate
• d) Poales

Answer: Mammalia

Question:  ________ is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few similar characters.

• a) Order
• b) Species
• c) Genus
• d) Class

Answer:  Order

Question:

• a) A - Class; B - Family
• b) A - Genus; B - Species
• c) A - Family; B - Class
• d) A - Species; B - Division

Answer: A - Class; B - Family

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Question:

• a) a(i), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)
• b) a(ii), b(i), c(i), d(iii)
• c) a(iii), b(i), c(ii), d(i)
• d) a(i), b(iii), c(iii), d(ii)

Answer: a(i), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)

Question: Genus is a category which comes in between the

• a) Family and Species
• b) Class and Family
• c) Order and Phylum
• d) Kingdom and Class

Answer: Family and Species

Question: Three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed in the family

• a) Solanaceae
• b) Hominidae
• c) Anacardiaceae
• d) Poaceae

Answer: Solanaceae

Question: Cat and dog are placed in which families respectively

• a) Felidae and Canidae
• b) Muscidae and Felidae
• c) Felidae and Hominidae
• d) Poaceae and Canidae

Answer: Felidae and Canidae

Question: Which one of the following criteria is/are essential and form the basis of classical taxonomic studies?

• a) External structure
• b) Development process
• c) Ecological information of organisms
• d) External and internal structure

Answer: External structure

Question: In which of the following pair of category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level, thus the problem of classification becomes more complex?

• a) Division and phylum
• b) Genus and species
• c) Tribe and genus
• d) Species and family

Answer: Division and phylum

Question: In taxonomic hierarchy, which of the following group of taxa will have less number of similarities as compared to other?

• a) Polymoniales, Poales and Sapindales
• b) Leopard, tiger and lion
• c) Solanaceae, Convolvulaceae and Poaceae
• d) Solanum, Petunia and Atropa

Answer: Polymoniales, Poales and Sapindales

Question: Taxonomic categories which come lower to the rank of class are

• a) Order, family, genus, species
• b) Order, division, genus, species
• c) Order, phylum, family, species
• d) Division, family, order, genus

Answer: Order, family, genus, species

Question: Two animals A and B have similar morphological features and are fundamentally similar with each other, they must be treated as

• a) One biological species
• b) One biological genera
• c) Two distinct species
• d) Two distinct genera

Answer: One biological species

Question: A place used for storing, preservation and exhibition of both plants and animals is known as

• a) Museum
• b) Zoos
• c) Botanical Garden
• d) Herbaria

Answer: Museum

Question: Herbarium consists of

• a) Herbarium sheets carrying dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens on them
• b) Preserved insects in boxes after collecting killing and pinning
• c) Collection of plant and animal specimens preserved in the containers
• d) Collection of living plants

Answer: Herbarium sheets carrying dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens on them

Question: National Botanical Research Institute consists of

• a) Collection of living plants for reference
• b) Flora, manuals and monographs only
• c) Collection of preserved plant and animal specimens
• d) Dried and preserved plant specimens only

Answer: Collection of living plants for reference

Question:  Key is

• a) A taxonomical aid used for identifying various organisms
• b) A type of educational institute
• c) A form of herbaria
• d) Taxonomic category

Answer: A taxonomical aid used for identifying various organisms

Question: In zoological parks, animals are

• a) Kept in protected environments under human care
• b) Kept and preserved in containers or jars
• c) Preserved in boxes after killing
• d) Stuffed and then preserved

Answer: Kept in protected environments under human care

Question: For identifying organisms through key usually

• a) Two contrasting characters are used
• b) Two or more similar characters are used
• c) One similar character is studied
• d) Only one statement called lead is used

Answer: Two contrasting characters are used

Question: Select correct statement for growth as one of the characteristic of living organisms

• a) Intrinsic growth is a characteristic of all living organisms
• b) Non-living objects do not show growth by increase in mass of body
• c) Growth by increase in mass is a defining property of prokaryotic organisms only
• d) Growth can be extrinsic or intrinsic for multicellular organisms

Answer: Intrinsic growth is a characteristic of all living organisms

Question:  Reproduction is synonymous with growth in

• a) Desmids, diatoms and protozoans
• b) Mosses, algae and hydra
• c) Most of the fungi and Planaria
• d) Cyanobacteria, fungi and mosses

Answer: Desmids, diatoms and protozoans

Question: Carolus Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy because of one of his contributions

• a) Binomial nomenclature
• b) Genera Plantarum
• c) Described nearly ten thousand plants and animal species
• d) Die Naturlichen Pflanzen Familien

Answer: Binomial nomenclature

Question: Binomial epithet has

• a) Two Latin names followed by author's name in Roman
• b) Two Latin names and author's name in Italics
• c) Two Italics names written in Latin
• d) Two Latin names only

Answer: Two Latin names followed by author's name in Roman

Question: Systematics is the study of

• a) Diversity amongst groups of organisms
• b) Grouping of organisms
• c) Identification, classification and taxonomy
• d) Identification and grouping of organisms

Answer: Diversity amongst groups of organisms

Question: Which one of the following criteria is/are essential and form the basis of modern taxonomic studies?

• a) All of these
• b) Ecological information of organisms
• c) Development process
• d) External and internal structure

Answer: All of these

Question: Which one of the following is the first publication of Carolus Linnaeus?

• a) Hortus Upplandicus
• b) Hortus Cliffortianus
• c) Classes Plantarum
• d) Systema Naturae

Answer: Hortus Upplandicus

Question: Scientific name Rattus rattus is an example of

• a) Both
• b) Tautonyms
• c) Binomial nomenclature
• d) None of these

Answer: Both

Question: Given organisms belongs to how many genera?

Wheat, Brinjal, Potato, Lion, Dog, Tiger

• a) Four
• b) Five
• c) Two
• d) Three

Answer: Four

Question:  Organisms which can freely interbreed and produce fertile offspring and have similar coded information or blue print for making these organisms are called

• a) Species
• b) Tribe
• c) Genus
• d) Sub-genus

Answer: Species

Question: 

• a) Division—class—order—family—tribe—genus —species
• b) Division—class—family—tribe—order—genus —species
• c) Phylum—order—class—tribe—family—genus—species
• d) Class—phylum—tribe—order—family—genus—species

Answer: Division—class—order—family—tribe—genus —species

Question: Two species can be said to be reproductively isolated if they are

• a) Not interfertile
• b) Interfertile
• c) Do not grow together in a common habitat
• d) Growing together in a common habitat

Answer: Not interfertile

Question: A genus having many species is known as

• a) Polytypic
• b) Monotypic
• c) Polygamic
• d) None of these

Answer: Polytypic

Question: In taxonomic hierarchy, which of the following group of taxa will have more number of similarities as compared to other?

• a) Leopard, tiger and lion
• b) Polymoniales, Poales and Sapindales
• c) Anacardiaceae, Convolvulaceae and Poaceae
• d) Solanum, Petunia and Atropa

Answer:  Leopard, tiger and lion

Question: In which of the following pair of category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level, thus, the problem of classification becomes more complex?

• a) Division and phylum
• b) Genus and species
• c) Variety and genus
• d) Species and family

Answer: Division and phylum

Question: Rice, cereals, monocots and plants represent

• a) Different taxa at different level
• b) Different category of same taxa
• c) Same taxa of different category
• d) Same category for different taxa

Answer: Different taxa at different level

Question: The equivalent rank of Carnivora in taxonomic categories of man and housefly is respectively

• a) Primata and Diptera
• b) Hominidae and Muscidae
• c) Homo and Musca
• d) Mammalia and Insecta

Answer: Primata and Diptera

Question: All given are suffixes used for category class, except

• a) -phyta
• b) -opsida
• c) -phyceae
• d) -ae

Answer: -phyta

Question: Biological concept of species was given by ________ and it is based on ________

• a) Ernst Mayr; reproductive isolation
• b) Linnaeus; morphological isolation
• c) Ernst Mayr; mechanical isolation
• d) Lamarck; physiological isolation

Answer: Ernst Mayr; reproductive isolation

Question: Which category comes after phylum in descending order in taxonomic hierarchy?

• a) Class
• b) Species
• c) Family
• d) Genus

Answer: Class

Question: Order primata and carnivora are placed in the same class, i.e.

• a) Mammalia
• b) Insecta
• c) Chordata
• d) Hominidae

Answer: Mammalia

Question: Fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds are kept in the same

• a) Phylum
• b) Genus
• c) Class
• d) Order

Answer: Phylum

Question: Choose odd one out w.r.t. Panthera leo

• a) Common name of tiger
• b) leo represents specific epithet
• c) Panthera represents generic name
• d) Panthera represents higher level of taxon than leo

Answer: Common name of tiger

Question: Potato and brinjal belong to the genus Solanum, which reflects that

• a) They are a group of related species
• b) They belong to single species
• c) They both are morphologically and structurally similar to each other in all respects
• d) They can always produce fertile hybrid

Answer: They are a group of related species

Question: Class mammalia consists of

• a) Related orders like carnivora, primata, etc.
• b) Order carnivora only
• c) Families like felidae and canidae only
• d) All animals belonging to various phyla

Answer: Related orders like carnivora, primata, etc.