MCQ On The Living World    

1. In five kingdom classification the unicellular prokaryotic organisms were classified under kingdom

a) Protista          

b) Monera          

c) Animalia         

d) Plantae

2. In angiosperms floral features are commonly used for identification, why?

a) Flower can be preserved easily

b) Flower are attractive to work with

c) Flower have aroma and different colour

d) Reproductive parts are more conservative

3. True regeneration is found in

a) Amoeba         

b) Hydra              

c) Planaria          

d) Bacteria

4. The basic unit of classification is

a) Species           

b) Genus             

c) Family              

d) Phylum

5. Where is Biosphere Reserve Simlipal located?

a) Kerala              

b) Odisha            

c) Asom

d) Sikkim

6. Where labelling is done/pasted on herbarium sheet?

a) Lower RHS     

b) Lower LHS     

c) Upper RHS     

d) Upper LHS

7. Who is regarded as Father of Taxonomy?

a) Hooker            

b) Linnaeus        

c) Aristotle         

d) De Candolle

8. Bionomial nomenclature was first issued in

a) Systema Naturae        

b) Genera Plantarum     

c) Genera Animalium     

d) Species Plantarum

9. National wildlife protection act came into force in/was inacted in

a) 1978

b) 1982

c) 1972

d) 1986

10. A taxon is a

a) Group of related species

b) Group of related families

c) Type of living organism

d) Taxonomic group of any ranking

11. A ‘texa’ differ from ‘taxon’ due to

a) Being a higher taxonomic category than taxon

b) Being a lower taxonomic category than taxon

c) Being a plural of taxon

d) Being singular of taxon

12. Correct name is

a) brassica indica             

b) Magnifera Indica

c) SOLANUM MELONGINA          

d) Mimosa Pudica

13. Increase in body mass can be considered a criterion for growth

a) In living being               

b) Non-living being         

c) Both (a) and (b)           

d) None of these

14. Who is regarded as Father of Taxonomy?

a) Hooker            

b) Linnaeus        

c) Aristotle         

d) De Candolle

15. Which one of the following taxonomic categories top the hierarchy of categories?

a) Order              

b) Division          

c) Class

d) Family

16. In five kingdom classification, the eukaryotes were assigned under how many kingdoms?

a) Only four kingdom

b) All five kingdom

c) Only two kingdom

d) Only three kingdom

17. Which taxonomical aid provide all information about a particular taxon like order or family

a) Herbarium     

b) Catalogue      

c) Taxonomic key             

d) Monograph

18. Binomial system of nomenclature was given by

a) Engler              

b) Linaeus           

c) Prantl              

d) Both (a) and (C)

19. In which of the following, metabolic reactions take place?

a) In living organism only

b) Both in living and non-living organism

c) In isolated cell free systems

d) Both (a) and (c)

20. What is the old name of Indian Board of wildlife

a) National Board of Wildlife Animal

b) Central Board of Wildlife

c) Board of Wildlife

d) Wildlife Protection Board

1             (b)

Unicellular organisms are classified in kingdom-Monera, i.e., ‘kingdom of prokaryotes’ of five kingdom classification, rest four kingdom are assigned to eukaryotes

2             (d)

Flower is a specialized, modified shoot. Which has evolved due to progressive specialization of sporophyll. Sexual reproduction in angiosperm is performed by these conservative part of flowers. Hence, flower feature are commonly used for identification

3             (c)

Regeneration is a process in which a lost part of the body is recreated by the organism to became a new organism. It can be best observed in flatworm Planaria

4             (a)

The basic unit of classification is species. It is the lowest category of classification. It is a group of closely related individuals with similar morphological, anatomical, biochemical and cytological characters.  It is a group of naturally interbreeding populations with ability to produce fertile off springs. Individuals of a species share a common gene pool. Species is reproductively isolated, thus genetically closed system. Species has the real existence in nature. The term ‘species’ was given by John Ray, an English naturalist.

5             (b)

There are 14 reserve biosphere in India. Simlipal Biosphere reserve is located in Odisha

6             (a)

The correct labelling place on a herbarium sheet is lower corner of page of RHS and generally its size is 7×12 cm

7             (b)

Carolus Linnaeus is a Swedish botanist is regarded as Father of Taxonomy. Binomial nomenclature was published by him in Species Plantarum

8             (d)

Binomial nomenclature was given by Carlous Linnaeus. It was first issued in Species Plantarum.

9             (c)

Central Indian Government inacted wildlife protection act in 1972. Some wildlife project in India are the project Hangul-operated in J & K Government, IUCN and WWF.

Crocodile Breeding Project operated by UNDP and Central Government

10           (d)

Taxon is used to represent any rank in taxonomic hierarchy, i.e., any level of grouping of organism based on observable feature like dog (species), monocot (class). According to Simpson, taxon is a group of real organisms recognized at a formal unit at any level in hierarchy

11           (c)

Taxa is plural of taxon. A taxon represents a grouping in a systematic classification of organism (whatever its rank)

12           (a)

As per binomial system of nomenclature, botanical name consists of generic epithet. The names are written in italic, generic name begins with capital letter and specific name begins with small letter, e.g., Brassica indica.

13           (c)

Growth is exhibited by living as well as non-living organism. When increase is body mass is considered as a criterian for growth this may be as the result of accumulation of material on non-living  surface or weight increase in livings, e.g., mountains and sand dunes increase due to accumulation of material on their surface

14           (b)

Carolus Linnaeus is a Swedish botanist is regarded as Father of Taxonomy. Binomial nomenclature was published by him in Species Plantarum

15           (b)

Out of four options, division occupy the largest or top position in taxonomic hierarchy Kingdom-Division-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species

16           (a)

Eukaryotes are assigned the kingdom-Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia, while prokaryotes occupy space only in kingdom-Monera

17           (c)

Taxonomic aid monograph is treatise having complete information about a particular rank level of a taxonomic category. Key or taxonomic key contain list of traits or characters and their alternate which are helpful in taxonomic studies. Catalogue registers the species present in a particular place with brief description

18           (b)

Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) employed binomial system of nomenclature in the first edition of his book ‘Species Plantarum’ in 1753. According to which, the plant name is consisted of two Latin words. The first of which is generic name and the second is specific name.

19           (d)

Metabolic reactions can also be performed outside the body in a cell free system, i.e., an isolated metabolic reaction in vitro

20           (b)

Present Indian Board of Wildlife is former Central Board of Wildlife is former Central Board of Wildlife. IBWL concerned with conservation of wildlife and run project to save wildlife and public awareness