The Living World MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology Chapter 1
NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World. The Living World MCQ Questions with Answers from Class 11 Biology.
The Living World MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology Chapter 1
The Living World Multiple Choice Questions with Answers Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 PDF is available.
1.) Which of the following is not a characteristics exhibited by living organism?
a) Growth b) Metabolism c) Reproduction d) Consciousness
Ans- a) Growth
Reason- Non- living objects also grow if we take into account that increase in body mass is growth, so mountains, boulders and sand mound do grow, but this kind of growth is achieved by accumulation of material. So, growth is not a perfect characteristics to distinguish between living and non- living.
2.) The sum total of all the chemical reaction occurs in the human body is called
a) Reproduction b) Metabolism c) Self- replicate d) Consciousness
Ans- b) Metabolism
Reason- All living Organism are made-up of chemical.These chemical belonging to various classes, size, groups, convert into some other biomolecules. These conversions are called as chemical reactions or metabolic reaction.
3.) Who proposed binomial nomenclature?
a) Carolus Linnaeus b) Ernst mayr c) Charles Darwin d) Robert Hooke
Ans- a) Carolus Linnaeus
Reason- The binomial nomenclature includes genus an specific epithet.
4.) The scientific name of mango is written as
a) Magnifera indica b) Mangifera indice c) Mangifera indica d) Magnifera indice
Ans- c) Mangifera indica
5.) In Homo sapiens, Homo is a..
a) Species b) family c) class d) Genus
Ans- d) Genus
Reason: In binomial nomenclature, the first word in denotes genus and second word denotes species.
6.) Which of the following has correctly arranged the taxonomic hierarchy?
a) Species -> family->Class -> Genus
b) Genus ->Order -> Class -> Species
c) Species -> Family ->Kingdom -> Class
d) Family ->Order -> Phylum -> Kingdom
Ans- d) Family -> order -> phylum-> kingdom
Reason- Species-> Genus-> Family-> Order->Class-> phylum-> Kingdom
7.) The three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are belongs to which family?
a) Solanaceae b) Liliaceae c) Fabaceae d) Felidae
Ans- a) Solanaceae
8.) The scientific name of Housefly is
a) Triticum aestivum b) Musca indica c) Musca domestica d) Musa domestica
Ans- c) Musca domestica
9.) A store house of collected plant specimen that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets are known as….
a) Botanical gardens b) Museum c) Herbarium d) Key
Ans- c) Herbarium
Reason- Herbarium store dead plants record whereas Botanical garden have live plants as a record.
10.) Which of taxonomical aid is used for identification of plants and animals based on the similarities and dissimilarities?
a) Herbarium b) Monographs c) Manuals d) key
Ans- d) key
Reason: It contains a statement which is called as lead.
11.) Which one of the following is the largest Botanical garden?
a) National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
b) Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah
c) Botanical Garden of India Republic, Noida
d) Auroville Botanical Garden, Tamil Nadu
Ans- b) Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah
12.) What is the name of the preservative solutions in which the specimens are stored in containers?
a) Formalin b) Methylene blue c) Ethanol d) Acetone
Ans – a) Formalin
Reason: Formalin consist of 40% of formaldehyde gas by volume.
13.) Which of the following is not written on herbarium sheets?
a) Date and place of collection b) Local and botanical name c) Order d) Collector’s name
Ans- c) Order
Reason: Family of a species is written on herbarium sheets and not its order.
14.) The place where wild animals are kept under human care…..
a) Herbarium b) Botanical garden c) Museum d) Zoological parks
Ans- d) Zoological parks
Reason- Zoological parks provides the wild animals the same environment as their habitat under human care & protection to conserved the endangered or extinct species.
15.) Which taxonomic categories has highest number of dissimilarities?
a) Species b) class c) order d) kingdom
Ans- Higher the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship of other taxa at same level due to lots of dissimilarities.
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