The Living World Class 11 MCQ | 40 NEET Questions With Answers | Chapter 1 Biology NCERT

Chapter 1: The Living World 🧬

SET-2: 40 More NEET PYQ Style MCQs

Q1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living organisms?

(A) Growth

(B) Reproduction

(C) Metabolism

(D) Crystallization

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Answer: (D) Crystallization

Q2. Who is known as the 'Father of Taxonomy'? [NEET 2020]

(A) Aristotle

(B) Linnaeus

(C) Theophrastus

(D) A.P. de Candolle

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Answer: (B) Linnaeus

Q3. In botanical nomenclature, the suffix '-aceae' is used for?

(A) Order

(B) Family

(C) Genus

(D) Class

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Answer: (B) Family

Q4. Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular taxonomic category? [AIPMT 2011]

(A) Humans - Primata, Family

(B) Housefly - Musca, Order

(C) Tiger - Tigris, Species

(D) Mango - Mangifera, Genus

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Answer: (D) Mango - Mangifera, Genus

Q5. The scientific name of Mango is written as?

(A) Mangifera Indica

(B) Mangifera indica

(C) mangifera indica

(D) Mangifera Indica

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Answer: (B) Mangifera indica

Q6. Which of the following is a defining property of living organisms? [NEET 2014]

(A) Growth

(B) Reproduction

(C) Consciousness

(D) Metabolism

Q7. Which one of the following is not a correct statement? [NEET 2013]

(A) Herbarium is a storehouse of collected plant specimens

(B) Botanical gardens have collection of living plants

(C) Museum has collection of photographs of plants/animals

(D) Key is used for identification based on contrasting characters

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Answer: (C) Museum has collection of photographs of plants/animals

Q8. Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which is not correct?

(A) Names are in Latin

(B) First word represents genus

(C) Both words start with capital letter

(D) Handwritten names are underlined

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Answer: (C) Both words start with capital letter

Q9. As we go from species to kingdom in hierarchy, the number of common characteristics? [NEET 2018]

(A) Increases

(B) Decreases

(C) Remains same

(D) First increases then decreases

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Answer: (B) Decreases

Q10. Which of the following ‘suffixes’ used for units of classification in plants indicates a taxonomic category of ‘family’?

(A) -ales

(B) -onae

(C) -aceae

(D) -ae

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Answer: (C) -aceae

Q11. The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on? [NEET 2016]

(A) Date of collection

(B) Name of collector

(C) Local names

(D) Height of plant

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Answer: (D) Height of plant

Q12. Match the following and choose correct option:

Column I      Column II

A. Family      i. tuberosum

B. Kingdom      ii. Polymoniales

C. Order        iii. Solanum

D. Species       iv. Plantae

E. Genus      v. Solanaceae

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Answer: A-v, B-iv, C-ii, D-i, E-iii

Q13. All living organisms are linked to one another because? [NEET 2016]

(A) They have common genetic material but to varying degrees

(B) They share common genetic material

(C) All have common cellular organization

(D) All of above

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Answer: (A) They have common genetic material but to varying degrees

Q14. Which is not a defining property of living organisms?

(A) Growth

(B) Metabolism

(C) Consciousness

(D) Reproduction

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Answer: (D) Reproduction

Q15. Three domains of life system was proposed by?

(A) Whittaker

(B) Linnaeus

(C) Carl Woese

(D) Haeckel

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Answer: (C) Carl Woese

Q16. Which organism is not included in Whittaker’s five kingdom?

(A) Virus

(B) Amoeba

(C) Yeast

(D) E.coli

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Answer: (A) Virus

Q17. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms because?

(A) All living things show growth

(B) All living things reproduce

(C) Non-living things do not show metabolism

(D) Both A and B

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Answer: (C) Non-living things do not show metabolism

Q18. Scientific name of Human is?

(A) Homo Sapiens

(B) Homo sapiens

(C) homo sapiens

(D) Homo Sapiens

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Answer: (B) Homo sapiens

Q19. Zoological parks are places where?

(A) Dead animals are kept

(B) Animals are stuffed

(C) Wild animals are kept in protected environment

(D) Plants are grown

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Answer: (C) Wild animals are kept in protected environment

Q20. Flora contains information about?

(A) Plants of a particular area

(B) Animals of a particular area

(C) Habitat of animals

(D) Fossils

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Answer: (A) Plants of a particular area

Q21. Which is correct for Panthera tigris?

(A) Genus: tigris, Species: Panthera

(B) Genus: Panthera, Species: tigris

(C) Family: tigris

(D) Order: Panthera

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Answer: (B) Genus: Panthera, Species: tigris

Q22. Taxonomic studies consider a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities as?

(A) Genus

(B) Family

(C) Species

(D) Order

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Answer: (C) Species

Q23. In case of plants, classes with few similar characters are assigned to higher category called?

(A) Phylum

(B) Division

(C) Kingdom

(D) Order

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Answer: (B) Division

Q24. Which is not a taxonomical aid?

(A) Herbarium

(B) Key

(C) Flora

(D) Museum

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Answer: (C) Flora - it’s a taxonomic publication, not aid

Q25. ICZN stands for?

(A) International Code for Zoological Naming

(B) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

(C) Indian Code of Zoological Nomenclature

(D) International Criteria of Zoological Naming

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Answer: (B) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Q26. The number of species that are known and described range between?

(A) 1.7-1.8 million

(B) 2-3 million

(C) 5-6 million

(D) 10 million

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Answer: (A) 1.7-1.8 million

Q27. Which statement is false?

(A) Manuals are useful for identification

(B) Monographs contain info of one taxon

(C) Catalogues are alphabetical listing

(D) Flora gives detailed info of one genus

Q28. Correct sequence of taxonomic categories from higher to lower is?

(A) Kingdom→Order→Phylum→Family→Genus→Species

(B) Kingdom→Phylum→Class→Order→Family→Genus→Species

(C) Kingdom→Class→Phylum→Order→Family→Genus→Species

(D) Phylum→Kingdom→Class→Order→Family→Genus→Species

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Answer: (B) Kingdom→Phylum→Class→Order→Family→Genus→Species

Q29. Which one cannot be included in defining characteristics of living organisms?

(A) Cellular organisation

(B) Growth

(C) Self-consciousness

(D) Reproduction

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Answer: (D) Reproduction - Mule, worker bee, infertile humans reproduce nahi karte par living hain

Q30. Biological concept of species was given by?

(A) Linnaeus

(B) Darwin

(C) Ernst Mayr

(D) Whittaker

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Answer: (C) Ernst Mayr

Q31. Which pair is correct?

(A) Mango: Mangifera indica

(B) Housefly: Musca domestica

(C) Wheat: Triticum aestivum

(D) All are correct

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Answer: (D) All are correct

Q32. Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in?

(A) Species Plantarum

(B) Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien

(C) Systema Naturae

(D) Historia Plantarum

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Answer: (B) Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien

Q33. Assertion: Consciousness is a defining property of living organisms.
Reason: Human is the only organism with self-consciousness.

(A) Both A and R true, R explains A

(B) Both true, R not correct explanation

(C) A true, R false

(D) A false, R true

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Answer: (C) A true, R false - All organisms have consciousness, only humans have self-consciousness

Q34. Which is not true for keys?

(A) Based on contrasting characters

(B) Each statement called lead

(C) Used only for plants

(D) Analytical in nature

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Answer: (C) Used only for plants - Keys are used for both plants and animals

Q35. Largest herbarium of the world is?

(A) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew

(B) Indian Botanical Garden, Kolkata

(C) National Botanical Garden, Lucknow

(D) Lloyd Botanical Garden

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Answer: (A) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew

Q36. Which of the following is a mercury based preservative used in herbarium?

(A) Formalin

(B) Alcohol

(C) Mercuric chloride

(D) Copper sulphate

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Answer: (C) Mercuric chloride

Q37. Taxon is? [NEET 2020]

(A) A group of related species

(B) A type of living organism

(C) A unit of classification

(D) A taxonomic group of any rank

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Answer: (D) A taxonomic group of any rank

Q38. Select the correct sequence for Homo sapiens?

(A) Eukarya→Animalia→Chordata→Mammalia→Primata→Hominidae→Homo→sapiens

(B) Kingdom→Phylum→Class→Order→Family→Genus→Species

(C) Both A and B

(D) None

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Answer: (C) Both A and B - A includes domain, B is taxonomic hierarchy

Q39. Which character is only found in living beings?

(A) Growth

(B) Reproduction

(C) Metabolism

(D) Ability to sense environment

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Answer: (C) Metabolism

Q40. ‘Systema Naturae’ was written by? [AIPMT 2011]

(A) Lamarck

(B) Linnaeus

(C) Aristotle

(D) Whittaker

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Answer: (B) Linnaeus

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