The Living World MCQ Multiple Choice Questions Answers - Page 2 for Practice
31. Which of the following are unique features of living organisms?
Correct Answer is: All of the above
32. Which of the following term is used to refer the number of varieties of plants and animals on earth ?
Correct Answer is: Biodiversity
33. Three domains of life are:
Correct Answer is: Archea, Bacteria, Eukarya
34. Identify the correct match:
Correct Answer is: Rana - genus
35. Scientific names of animals are provided in:
Correct Answer is: ICZN
36. Taxon is a
Correct Answer is: group of closely related organisms.
37. What is the correct sequence of taxa from larger to smaller?
Correct Answer is: Kingdom-phylum-class-order
38. In printed scientific names, only the.................is capitalized.
Correct Answer is: genus
39. Each category of taxonomic hierarchy refers to as a unit of
Correct Answer is: classification
40. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct Answer is: The growth in living organisms is from inside.
41. Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct?
Correct Answer is: All of the above
42. Musca domestica is scientific name of
Correct Answer is: Housefly
43. Which of the following statements regarding growth is incorrect?
Correct Answer is: In plants, growth by cell division is seen only up to a certain stage.
44. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Correct Answer is: Organisms placed in the same genus are least closely related.
45. Which one of the following statements is correct about biodiversity ?
Correct Answer is: All of the above
46. Which of the following statements (i – vi) are correct ? (i) Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organism. (ii) Dead organism does not grow. (iii) Reproduction cannot be an all inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms. (iv) No non-living object is capable of replicating itself. (v) Metabolism in a test tube is non-living. (vi) Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms.
Correct Answer is: All except (v)
47. Which of the following statements are correct? (i) Genus comprises a group of related species. (ii) Taxon represents a taxonomic group of individual organisms. (iii) Family comprises a group of related genera. (iv) Taxonomic category class includes related orders.
Correct Answer is: (i), (iii) and (iv)
48. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ? (i) All living organisms have ability to respond the environment stimuli which could be physical, chemical or biological. (ii) Plants respond to external factors like light, water, temperature, other organisms, pollutants, etc. (iii) Photoperiod affects the process of reproduction. (iv) Human being is the only organism who has self-consciousness.
Correct Answer is: All of these
49. Which of the following taxonomic categories is being described by the given statements(i-iii) ? (i) It is the basic unit of classification. (ii) It is defined as the group of individuals which resemble in their morphological and reproductive characters and interbreed among themselves and produce fertile off springs. (iii) Human beings belong to the species sapiens which is grouped in the genus-Homo.
Correct Answer is: Species
50. Which of the following does not come under taxon?
