MCQ Questions on Living World Class 11 | NEET Important Questions

MCQ Questions on Living World Class 11 | NEET Important Questions

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1.

The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on

(1) date of collection

(2) name of collector

(3) local names

(4) height of the plant

2.

Select the correct sequence for Homo erectus.

(1) erectus → homo → primata → chordata → animalia

(2) Homo → erectus → primata → animalia → chordata

(3) Homo → erectus → primata → chordata → animalia

(4) erectus → homo → animalia → primata → chordata

3.

Biodiversity means-

a. Number of organisms known

b. Types of organisms known

c. Number of species known

d. All are correct

4. Nomenclature is

a. assigning a single name to an organism valid all over

the world.

b. Defining properties of an organism

c. Localizing the area of abundance for that organism

d. Assigning three sets of name applicable at different

levels of classification.

5.

What is prerequisite for nomenclature?

a. Description of organism

b. Knowledge of which organism is considered for a

particular name

c. Identification

d. All are correct

6.

Scientific name does not ensure

a. Each organism has only one name

b. Description of any organism lead to the same name of

organism in any part of the world

c. No two organisms have the same name

d. Status of threat of extinction of that organism holding

a specific scientific name.

7.

indica is-

a. Specific epithet of mango

b. Specific epithet of Indus valley species

c. Specific epithet of wheat ( indian species)

d. Specific epithet of Rice ( indian species)

8.

In order to indicate the latin origin of scientific names-

a. They are latinised irrespective of their origin.

b. They are derived from latin on the basis of their origin.

c. They are italicized on the basis of their origin.

d. They are italicized irrespective of their origin.

9.

What is incorrect with respect to taxa?

a. Represents a category at different levels.

b. Human and Homo sapiens represents different taxa.

c. Mammals, Dogs and animals represent taxa at different

levels.

d. Taxa is a scientific term for category

10.

The processes which are not basic to taxonomy include?

a. Characterization

b. Identification

c. Observation

d. Nomenclature

11.

What is not true with respect to Systematics

a. Systematic arrangement of organisms

b. Derived from latin word systema

c. The study of relationships among different organisms

d. Does not account any kind of evolutionary

relationships.

12.

Systematics does not include-

a. Identification

b. Nomenclature

c. Classification

d. Evolutionary relationships between environment and

organisms

13.

Taxonomic groups or categories are not

a. Distinct Biological entities

b. Morphological aggregates

c. Part of overall taxonomic arrangement

d. Rank denoting entities

14.

Kingdom- Phylum- Class- Order-Family-Genus-Species

a. Categories of plants

b. Categories of animals

c. Both a and b

d. Categories of bacteria

15.

Genus has

a. More common character possessing group of one

species than other species

b. More common character possessing group of species

than species of other genera

c. Less common character possessing group of species

than other phyla

d. Less common character possessing group of one

species than other species

16.

Cats come under Felis. Which taxon are we talking

about?

a. Class

b. Order

c. Genus

d. Species

17.

Felidae does not have

a. Dogs

b. Cats

c. Tiger

d. Leopard

18.

Felidae and canidae are included in the order-

a. Carnivora

b. Primata

c. Diptera

d. Poals

19.

The quick referral system in taxonomic studies is

a. Museum

b. Herbarium

c. Botanical Gardens

d. Zoological Parks

20.

Identify the incorrect match

a. Royal Botanical Garden: kew (England)

b. Indian Botanical Garden: Howrah

c. NBRI: Manesar (India)

d. Quick referral system: Herbarium

21.

Which of the following match is incorrect with respect to

museum?

a. Insects: Collected, Killed and Pinned

b. Birds and mammals: stuffed and preserved

c. Animal specimen: jars filled with preservative solution

d. Plants: always live form

22.

Index of plant species of a particular area can be studied

by means of

(1) Keys

(2) Biological Garden

(3) Manuals

(4) Flora

23.

For the identification of the name of species found in an

area, one would use

(1) Manuals

(2) Catalogues

(3) Monographs.

(4) Museum

24.

Which of the following statements about

classification is not true?

(i) Members of a family are less similar than

members of an included genus.

(ii) An order has more members than the

number of members in an included genus.

(iii) Families have more members than phyla.

(iv) Members of a family share a common

ancestor in the more distant past than

members of an included genus.

(v) The number of species in a taxon

depends on their relative degree of

similarity.

1. Only (iii)

2. Only (iv)

3. Only (v)

4. None of these

25.

Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango

which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus :

1. Mangifera Indica

2. Mangifera indica Car. Linn.

3. Mangifera indica Linn.

4. Mangifera indica

26.

Some universal rules of Binomial Nomenclature for

naming of organisms are given below, in which one is

incorrectly mentioned. Identify that one.

1. The scientific name is printed in italics or underlined

separately when handwritten.

2. Biological names are generally taken from Greek

language irrespective of their origin.

3. The first word denoting genus starts with a capital

letter.

4. Specific epithet starts with a small letter

27.

The highest category in the taxonomic hierarchy is

1. Kingdom

2. Phylum

3. Class

4. Species

28.

Taxa with least number of common characteristics are

(1) Felis and Panthera

(2) Potato, Brinjal and Makoi

(3) Polymoniales and Poales

(4) Arthropoda and Angiosperms

29. How many of the given taxa belongs to the taxonomic category that has maximum number of common characters in comparison to other taxa?

Poales, Anacardiaceae, ,Homo sapiens

Panthera leo, Poaceae, Convolvulaceae

(1) Six

(2) Five

(3) Three

(4) Two

30. Select the incorrect match w.r.t. the given taxonomic

categories of wheat.

1. Genus - Triticum

2. Family - aestivum

3. Order- Poales

4. Class - Monocotyledonae