MCQ Questions for Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World with Answers

The Living World Class 11 Biology MCQs Questions with Answers

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Q1.	Identify the incorrect match.
	A.Physiology – Study of functions and processes of life
	B.Pedology – Soil science
	C.Limnology – Study of fresh water
	D.Kinesiology – Fossil study

Ans: Kinesiology – Fossil study

Q2.	The Phylogenetic system of classification was put forth by
	A.Theophrastus
	B.George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
	C.Carolus Linnaeus
	D.Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

Ans: Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

Q3.	Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by
	A.their failure to interbreed
	B.their ability to exchange gene freely
	C.their similarity in morphological characters
	D.discontinuity in a set of correlated characters

Ans: their failure to interbreed
Explanation:
Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by their failure to interbreed.

Q4.	Musca domestica is common name of
	A.Housefly
	B.Mosquito
	C.Snail
	D.Ant

Ans: Housefly
Explanation:
Musca domestica is the common name of housefly.

Q5.	Keystone species are
	A.important for ecosystem
	B.important for plants
	C.endangered species
	D.extinct species

Ans: important for ecosystem
Explanation:
Keystone species are plants or animals species that play a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions.
They are very important for ecosystem to function properly.

Q6.	The study of fish culture is called
	A.ophiology
	B.herpetology
	C.ichthyology
	D.pisciculture

Ans: pisciculture

Q7.	National Botanical Research Institute is located in
	A.Shimla
	B.Dehradun
	C.Howrah
	D.Lucknow

Ans: Lucknow
Explanation:
National Botanical Research Institute is located in Lucknow.

Q8.	Biosystematics aims at
	A.Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics
	B.The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
	C.Delimiting various taxa of organism and establishing their relationships
	D.The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies

Ans: The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies

Q9.	In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because
	A.Flowers are attractive
	B.Flowers are large
	C.Characters of flowers are conservative
	D.None of the above

Ans: Characters of flowers are conservative

Q10.	Scientific name of plants are given by
	A.International code for Botanical nomenclature
	B.International code for biological plants
	C.Indian code for Botanical nomenclature
	D.International code for zoological nomenclature

Ans: International code for Botanical nomenclature
Explanation:
The scientific names of plants are given by International code for Botanical nomenclature.

Q11.	A system which gets a continuous flow of energy is called
	A.micropropagated system
	B.closed system
	C.open system
	D.steady state

Ans: open system

Q12.	Solanum, Panthera, Homo are examples of
	A.Family
	B.Division
	C.Genera
	D.Species epithet

Ans: Genera
Explanation:
Solanum, Panthera, Homo are examples of generic names.

Q13.	Which of the following is correct?
	A.Musca domestica Order – Diptera Family – Muscidae Phylum – Arthropoda
	B.Mangifera indica Order – Sapindales Family – Anacardiaceae Phylum – Gymnospermae
	C.Triticum aestivum Order – Poles Family – Monocotyledons Phylum – Angiospermae
	D.Panthera leo Order – leo Family – Felidae Phylum – Mammalia

Ans: Musca domestica Order – Diptera Family – Muscidae Phylum – Arthropoda
Explanation:
Mangifera indica belongs to Phylum Angiospermae.
Triticum aestivum belongs to family Poaceae.
Panthera leo belongs to order Carnivora.

Q14.	Binomial Nomenclature was given by
	A.Ernst Mayr
	B.Alexander Agassiz
	C.Carolus Linnaeus
	D.Alexander Agassiz and Carlous Linnaeus

Ans: Carolus Linnaeus
Explanation:
The system of providing scientific names with two components i.e. generic name and specific epithet is called Binomial Nomenclature.
Binomial Nomenclature was given by Carolus Linnaeus.

Q15.	Systematics deals with
	A.Nomenclature of new organisms
	B.Evolutionary relationship between organisms
	C.Identification of newly discovered organisms
	D.All of these

Ans: All of these
Explanation:
Linnaeus used Systema Naturae as the title of his publication.
The scope of systematics includes identification, nomenclature and classification.
Systematics takes into account evolutionary relationship between organisms.

Q16.	Which of the following shows maximum diversity?
	A.Plantas
	B.Animalia
	C.Monerans
	D.Protistans

Ans: Animalia

Q17.	Which of the following does not come under taxon?
	A.Species
	B.Kingdom
	C.Division
	D.Key

Ans: Key
Explanation:
Taxon is a group of one or more population of organisms.
Kingdom, division and species come under taxon but key is taxonomical aid.

Q18.	The ozone layer is found in the
	A.hydrosphere
	B.stratosphere
	C.lithosphere
	D.troposphere

Ans: stratosphere

Q19.	Taxonomic studies depends on
	A.Ecological information of organisms.
	B.Structure of cell and development process of organisms.
	C.External and internal structure of organisms.
	D.All of the above.

Ans: All of the above.
Explanation:
Taxonomic studies depends on ecological information of organisms, structure of cell and development process of organism and external and internal structure of organisms.