Biological Classification, The Living World

Total No. of Questions: 50 Total Marks: 200

SECTION 1: MCQ
Q1 Which one of the following is an incorrect statement regarding mycoplasma? 
(4 Marks)
A. They lack a cell wall.
B. They are the smallest living cells.
C. They cannot survive without oxygen.
D. They are pathogenic in plants and animals.

Q2 From the following categories, identify the only taxonomic category that has a real existence. (4 Marks)
A. Phylum
B. Species
C. Genus
D. Kingdom

Q3 Rice, Cereals, monocots and plants represent (4 Marks)

A. Different taxa at different level.
B. Same taxa of different category
C. Different category of same taxa
D. Same category for different taxa

Q4 Sugarcane is (4 Marks)

A. Saccharum
arundinaceum

B. Saccharum
officinarum

C. Saccharum
spontaneum

D. Saccharum
procerum

Q5 Plant preservation centre in which the collected plants are preserved as dry specimens, according to any (4 Marks)
recognised system of classification is called 
A. Flora
B. Herbarium
C. Museum
D. Botanical garden

Q6 The group of bacteria devoid of peptidoglycan in its wall is (4 Marks)

A. Archaebacteria
B. Cyanobacteria
C. Eubacteria
D. Nostocales

Q7 Blue-green algae are members of (4 Marks)

A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Plantae.

Q8 Animals that live in both land and water condition is called as (4 Marks)
A. Terrestrial
B. Aquatic
C. Amphibious
D. All of the above
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Q9 The art of preparing and mounting animal skin in a natural form is called as (4 Marks)
A. Herbaria
B. Culturing
C. Taxidermy
D. None of the above

Q10 According to binomial nomenclature system, scientific name includes two terms. They are (4 Marks)
A. Genus and species
B. Class and order
C. Genus and phylum
D. Species and order

Q11 Which of the following occupies the highest level in the heirarchy of organisation?
(4 Marks)
A. Organ
B. Cell
C. Tissue
D. Organ system

Q12 Archaebacteria can adjust to most adverse condition because of  (4 Marks)
A. Straight chain lipids
B. Branched lipids of cell membrane
C. Unique glycoproteins
D. Pseudomurein

Q13 Which of the phylum is a recently reported one? (4 Marks)

A. Gastroticha
B. Kinorhyricha
C. Loricifera
D. Priapulida

Q14 Some hyperthermophilic organisms that grow in highly acidic (pH = 2) habitats, belong to which of the (4 Marks)
following two groups?

A. Liverworts and yeasts

B. Eubaeteria and archaeabacteria
C. Cyanobacteria and diatoms
D. Protists and mosses

Q15 New systematics introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called (4 Marks)
A. Phenetics
B. cladistics
C. biosystematics
D. numerical taxonomy

Q16 Which one of the following can be categorised as a parasite in true sense?
(4 Marks)
A. The cuckoo (koel) lays its egg in crow's nest.
B. The female Anopheles bites and sucks blood from humans.
C. Human foetus developing inside the uterus and draws nourishment from the mother.
D. Head louse living on the human scalp as well as laying eggs on human hair.

Q17 Methanogens can be found 

(4 Marks)
A. In swamps
B. In a cow's stomach
C. In marshes
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Q18 Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobacterium are groups of (4 Marks)

A. Bacteria containing a cytoskeleton and all membrane bound organelles
B. Archaebacteria with peptidoglycan in their cell wall
C. Archaebacteria that consists of protein homologous to eukaryotic core histones
D. Most advanced type of bacteria
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Q19 Read the following statements :
(4 Marks)
i) Simple one-celled cyanobacteria originated on earth about 3.5 billion years ago.

ii) Approximate age of earth is 4.6 billion years.

iii) The term 'hot-dilute soup' was given by Haldane.

iv) Oparin-Haldane's view on the origin of life was experimentally proved by Stanley Miller.

v) The first life on earth originated from non-living material has been explained by the theory of abiogenesis.
How many of the above statements are CORRECT?
A. Two
B. Four
C. Three
D. Five

Q20 Methanogens belong to

(4 Marks)
A. Slime moulds
B. Eubacteria
C. Archaebacteria
D. Dinoflagellates.

Q21 In mycoplasma (PPLO) the plasmalemma is rich in (4 Marks)

A. Cellulose
B. Myosin
C. Glycogen
D. Cholesterol

Q22 The animals in which coelom originates as a space in the mesoderm are termed as 
(4 Marks)
A. Acoelomates
B. Pseudocoelomates
C. Schizocoelic and enterocoelic
D. All of the above

Q23 Which one of the following is not a mycoplasmal disease? (4 Marks)

A. Clover phyllody
B. Sandal spike
C. Western X-disease of peaches and cherries
D. Tungro disease of rice

Q24 Morphospecies concept was proposed by  (4 Marks)

A. Darwin
B. John Ray
C. Linnaeus
D. Both B and C

Q25 Select the correct combination of the statements (a-d) regarding the characteristics of certain organisms.
(4 Marks)
(a) Methanogens are archaebacteria, which produce methane in marshy areas.

(b) Nostoc is a filamentous blue-green alga, which fixes atmospheric nitrogen.

(c) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria synthesise cellulose form glucose.

(d) Mycoplasma lacks a cell wall and can survive without oxygen.

The correct statements are

A. (a), (b), (d)

B. (b), (c)
C. (a), (b), (c)
D. (b), (c), (d)

Q26 Biomass ferments to form _________ in the presence of air.

(4 Marks)

A. methane
B. ethane
C. oxygen
D. nitrogen

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Q27 If you go back in the history approx. 4500 million years back when atmosphere was reducing the organism were (4 Marks)
A. Autotroph, aerobic
B. Chemo-autotroph, anaerobic
C. Chemo-heterotroph, anaerobic
D. Heterotroph, anaerobic

Q28 Which of the following is a living thing?  (4 Marks)

A. Lamp
B. Car
C. Rock
D. Honey bee

Q29 Study of form and structure of organisms is (4 Marks)

A. Anatomy
B. Ecology
C. Morphology
D. Taxonomy

Q30 The study of biology is concerned with (4 Marks)

A. DNA
B. Biomass
C. Living organisms
D. Life as recorded for fossils

Q31 Match the columns:

(4 Marks)
   LIST I   LIST II 
  A  Carp  1 9-10 years
  B  Cobra  2   20 years
  C  Turtle  3   150 years
  D  Giant tortoise  4   80 years
E  Swan  5   30 years 
A. A - 4, B - 1, C - 3, D - 5, E - 2
B. A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3, E - 5
C. A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D - 3, E - 5
D. A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2, E - 5

Q32 The scientific name of banyan is written as Ficus benghalensis L. Which of the following statements is correct (4 Marks)
regarding this?
A. Letter L. signifies Latin language
B. The name should be written reverse with benghalensis preceding Ficus
C. Letter L. signifies the taxonomist Linnaeus
D. benghalensis is a generic name

Q33 (4 Marks)
Which of the following statement is incorrect?   

A. Plants tissue are classified upon its dividing capacity.

B. Animals cells show dividing and non-dividing regions.
C. Some tissue of plant divide throughout its life.
D. Cell growth in animal is uniform.

Q34 In which of the following state in India established the country's first carbon dioxide measurement exchange (4 Marks)
tower?

A. Maharastra
B. Gujarath
C. Kerala
D. Uttarakhand

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Q35 Which of the following is the correct representation of organisation levels in living beings? (4 Marks)
A. Subcellular → Cellular → Individual → Community → Population
B. Atomic → Molecular → Subcellular → Cellular → Tissue → Organ system → Individual
C. Individual → Population → Organ system → Tissue → Cellular → Molecular → Atomic
D. Atomic → Molecular → Tissue → Individual → Ecosystem → Community

Q36 Temporary cessation of breathing after forced deep breathing for a few minutes, by a person sitting at rest is (4 Marks)
due to
A. Too much oxygen in blood.
B. Too much carbon dioxide in blood.
C. Very little carbon dioxide in blood.
D. Both, too much oxygen and very little carbon dioxide in blood.

Q37 Growth occurs due to synthesis of  (4 Marks)

A. Protoplasmic substance
B. Apoplasmic substance
C. Both A and B
D. Lipids

Q38 The practical purpose of classification of living organisms is to? (4 Marks)

A. Explain the origin of living organisms
B. Trace the evolution of living organisms
C. Name of the living organisms
D. Facilitate identification of unknown organisms

Q39 What processes would be considered essential for maintaining life?

(4 Marks)
A. Nutrition and metabolism
B. Respiration and exchange of materials
C. Transportation and excretion
D. All of the above

Q40 Cellular organization has ______ stages (4 Marks)

A. 3
B. 5
C. 2
D. 4

Q41 Glucose, synthesized in leaves are transported in the form of  (4 Marks)
A. Starch
B. Sucrose
C. Fructose
D. Carbon dioxide

Q42 Professor Birbal Sahani discovered 100 million years old fossil plant from fossil forest at Rajmahal Hills, (4 Marks)
Bihar. This plant was
A. Rhynia
B. Horneophyton
C. Williamsonia
D. Red alga

Q43 Organisms using protonephridia for excretion are... (4 Marks)

A. flatworms rotifers ,earthworm
B. amphioxus,cockroach, prawn
C. planaria ,cephalochordates ,rotifers
D. rotifers cephalordates ,Annelids

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Q44 Higher concentration of CO2 causes ​
(4 Marks)
A. Reduced transport of O2 in blood.
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B. Low diffusion of O2 in blood.

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C. Quick diffusion of O2 . ​

D. All of the above.

Q45 In a man, the percentage of CO2 transported as bicarbonates is

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(4 Marks)
A. 5% to 10%.
B. 70% to 75%.
C. 90% to 95%.
D. 50% to 65%.

Q46 The process which helps in perpetuation of race is______________

(4 Marks)
A. Nutrition
B. Photosynthesis
C. Excretion
D. Reproduction

Q47 Metabolism is 

(4 Marks)
A) Total of all the chemical reactions accuring in the body of organisms

B) Observed even outside the body in a test tube

C) Not observed in non-living objects

A. A only
B. C only
C. AC only
D. ABC

Q48 If the CO2  concentration in the blood increases, the rate of breathing will (4 Marks)
A. Decrease.
B. Have no effect.
C. Increase.
D. Depends on the individual.

Q49 Which of the following property differentiates the living organism and crystal? (4 Marks)
A. Growth can be reserved in living organism
B. Growth cannot be reserved in crystal
C. Growth can be reserved in crystal
D. None of the above

Q50 A living organism can be unexceptionally differentained from a non-living thing on the basis of its ability (4 Marks)
for....
A. Reproduction
B. Growth and movement
C. Responsiveness to touch
D. Interaction with environment and progressive evolution

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